🐓 Dad's White Cut Chicken (白切鸡) & Ginger Scallion Sauce (姜葱酱)!

Watch Daddy Lau teach us how to make White Cut Chicken & Ginger Scallion Sauce! Also known as Bak Chit Gai in Cantonese or Bai Qie Ji in Mandarin, Cantonese Whole Poached Chicken is a classic dish for Lunar New Year and other celebrations.

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🍴 RECIPE + INGREDIENTS🍴

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⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲

00:00 - Intro
01:15 - Types of chicken to use
02:05 - Sourcing chicken sustainably
02:27 - Boil water, add salt
02:49 - Prepare and cook chicken
04:07 - On heat, timing, and how restaurants cook it
05:20 - Mince scallions and ginger
07:52 - Heat oil, cook ginger & scallions
09:42 - Flavor the sauce
10:40 - Prepare ice bath
11:38 - How to tell if the chicken is done?
12:24 - Lift and transfer to ice bath
12:59 - Buying chicken in a Western supermarket
13:43 - What knives to use to carve a chicken
14:18 - How my dad carves a cooked chicken
14:59 - Cut the wings
15:16 - Cut the thighs
15:41 - Cut the chicken in half
16:17 - Split the chest in half, cut chest pieces
17:02 - Remove breast bone and cut chicken breast
17:54 - Cut thighs & wings into smaller pieces
19:35 - Finish plating chicken
19:57 - Meal Time!
21:00 - Chicken’s many meanings and symbolisms
23:12 - Why do we use an ice bath?
23:43 - If the bones are red, is that good?
24:24 - On reheating leftovers
25:11 - Buying a whole chicken at a Western grocery store
25:34 - On perfection and the symbolism of whole chicken
27:46 - Childhood stories
29:43 - What if you don’t have a Chinese cleaver?
30:07 - Daddy Lau’s stories of making this at 12 years old
30:48 - Mommy Lau reminiscing on her grandma’s food
31:24 - Special delivery!

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