🐓 How my dad cooks the JUICIEST Whole Chicken (豉油雞)

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Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make soy sauce chicken. It's one of the easiest crowdpleasers to make for both large parties and intimate family-style meals!

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

Check out our blog for an adjustable list of ingredients and step-by-step videos:
https://madewithlau.com/recipes/soy-s...

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🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳

- Electric Burner: https://geni.us/electricburner
- Non-Stick Wok: https://geni.us/nonstickwok
- Carbon Steel Wok: https://geni.us/carbonsteelwok
- Non-Stick Pan: https://shrsl.com/305jb
- Carbon Steel Pan: https://shrsl.com/305j9
- Stainless Steel Skillet: https://shrsl.com/305j8
- Cookware Set: https://shrsl.com/305j7
- 8 Quart Pot: https://shrsl.com/305j6
- Cookware Collections: https://shrsl.com/305j5

- Pan Protector: https://shrsl.com/305j0
- Carbon Steel Seasoning Wax: https://shrsl.com/305iz

🔪 KNIVES WE USE/LOVE 🔪
- Dad's 40 year old Chinese Chef Knife: https://geni.us/dadschefknife, https://geni.us/Vtjn
- Chef Knife: https://shrsl.com/305is
- Santoku Knife: https://shrsl.com/305iu
- Starter Knife Set: https://shrsl.com/305iw

- Sharpening Stone Set: https://shrsl.com/305iy

👨‍🍳 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 👨‍🍳
- Magnetic Knife Strip (storage): https://shrsl.com/305j3
- Cutting Board: https://shrsl.com/305j2
- Instant Read Thermometer #1: https://geni.us/bluetooththermometer
- Instant Read Thermometer #2: https://geni.us/wirelessthermometer
- Food Scale: https://geni.us/ourfoodscale

🍜 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 🍜

If you don't live near an Asian market, you buy these online / on Amazon:
- Sesame Oil: https://geni.us/bPkD
- Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce
- Light Soy Sauce: https://geni.us/h5GrZ
- Light Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): https://bit.ly/premiumlightsoysauce
- Dark Soy Sauce: https://geni.us/VIgg0
- Dark Soy Sauce (Handcrafted): https://bit.ly/premiumdarksoysauce
- Rice Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/ZHJK
- Premium Oyster Sauce: https://bit.ly/gfoystersauce, https://geni.us/BplS8
- Chili Oil: https://geni.us/DX1vm
- Hoisin Sauce: https://geni.us/lmBz0
- Chicken Bouillon: https://geni.us/2Eu7CU
- Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://geni.us/M93Zer

Options for Vegetarian Oyster Sauce
- https://geni.us/evyhI
- https://geni.us/nf17

Options for Gluten Free Oyster Sauce
- https://bit.ly/gfoystersauce
- https://geni.us/C9ABB

Note: These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, our family earns a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support!


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🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗

MICHELIN Guide Asia:    • The MICHELIN Guide Insider Series: Th...  
Made With Lau (White Cut Chicken recipe):    • 🐓 Dad's White Cut Chicken (白切鸡) & Gin...  
Woks of Life (Soy Sauce Chicken recipe): https://thewoksoflife.com/soy-sauce-c...
FlavCity with Bobby Parrish:    • Shopping At Costco For Meat & Seafood...  

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Wash chicken
01:10 - Blanch chicken
01:39 - Do you need to cook this dish with a whole chicken?
02:29 - On soy sauce chicken
03:07 - Prepare aromatics
04:06 - Stir-fry aromatics
05:05 - Add soy sauce
06:15 - More dark soy sauce for darker skin
07:01 - On soy sauce
07:43 - Ladle sauce onto chicken
08:22 - Simmer chicken in sauce
09:02 - Large chicken vs small chicken
10:37 - How to get the flavor deeper into chicken?
11:18 - Chicken cooking summary
12:08 - Transfer chicken to ice
12:39 - Boil the sauce
13:22 - Cut chicken
15:01 - Create sauce for chicken
15:26 - Add slurry
15:48 - Ladle sauce onto chicken
16:06 - Did parents eat this in China?

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Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog:
https://madewithlau.com/family

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🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵

Produced by Randy Lau, Grace Phan
Edited by Willard Chan, Nicole Cheng
Translation by Arlene Chiu, David Loh

Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau
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