The Royal Chef Reveals Prince William and Harry's Childhood Crispy Chicken with Mac and Cheese
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- Former Chef to Princess Diana shares a delicious Crispy Chicken and Mac and Cheese dish that he prepared for Prince William and Harry when they were young and how Nanny tricked them into "eating their greens"
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The recipe -
Crispy Chicken Thighs with Mac and Cheese
1 cup elbow pasta, cooked al dente and drained
1 cup cheddar cheese
½ cup parmesan cheese
2 Tbs butter
2 Tbs flour
¾ cup milk
¾ cup heavy cream
½ cup mozzarella cheese (optional)
Salt and pepper to taste
½ cup cheddar cheese for the topping
8 chicken thighs, bone in, skin on
salt
Set the oven to 425 Fahrenheit.
Sprinkle the chicken with salt and place on a wire rack on a baking sheet. Bake in the oven for about 30-45 minutes until the skin is golden and crispy and the meat cooked.
In a large pan melt the butter and add the flour. Whisk in the cream and milk and cook on a low heat until the sauce thickens. Stir in the parmesan and cheddar. Season with salt and pepper. Add the pasta and stir in. Spoon into a casserole dish, sprinkle with the cheddar and bake for about 20 minutes.
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Imagine in comments. You can also put sugar in chicken. Pre mix with sugar and chicken, lay it in there, Put some 2 cups of creamy milk, then put a whole butter in it, then heat it up, add powder, pat pat pat, into the batter. After that, deep fry it. and there you go. Sweet chicken with random ingredients.
I'm just gonna say this. That is by far the *PERFECT* *PERFEEECT* Mac and Cheese.
I didn't see your cookbook on your site Darren do you sell it in stores
@@nancylynnard1578 Sold out maybe?
@@goldeneyedragon7208 I just said same thing definitely on this weeks menu
No spices were harmed during the making of this video.
Fr 😂😂
L. O. L
I've never seen chicken seasoned with only a couple sprinkles of salt. Talking about bland.
@Egg Shaped Israeli Operative salt is not seasoning
Egg Shaped Israeli Operative has no flavour then
So many comments on my only salting the chicken before roasting. It's English roast chicken not southern friend chicken, don't confuse the two. Just salting makes the skin incredibly crisp and delicious and you really get to taste the chicken. You don't have to smother every protein you cook in herbs and spices. Look at the roast chicken Michelin star chef Thomas Keller cooks... www.thecomfortofcooking.com/2015/05/thomas-keller-3-ingredient-roasted-chicken.html
At least add black pepper!
That's the best way. Simple, easy and tasty 👍
How many dish you made for them to get hired?
Everyone has their own way to cook food. You were the royal chef for a reason and the members of the royal family loved your food exactly as you made it. I bet this dish would be brilliant with just a little salt as well. Thank you for this channel! :)
Ok brvh relax😭😭 tearing holes in my cooking worldview over here. Make sense tho, salt draws out moisture leading to an extremely crispy skin.
Anyone else immensely satisfied by the fact both oven doors open at the same time?
I WANT that oven! No bending down to look in...
you make people seem simple
That's the way all of industrial ovens open
Fuqumean People are simple. We’re just complicated chimps.
Simpleton.
That is the most British plate of food I've ever seen. No seasoning and confined to 3 colors
when your tongue is so dead from eating bland food that your tongue starts to recognise the "flavour" of plain chicken
Gordon Ramsay: “Am I a joke to you?”
@the Emperor of man Scotland is part of Britain. I think you mean "he's Scottish, not English"
@the Emperor of man
U.K: Britain + Northern Ireland
Britain: Scotland, Wales and England. They formed after the act of union in 1706 and 1707.
The British empire didn't form the UK nor did it conquer Scotland. Literally, England had no more kings so they invited the Scottish King James to join both England and Scotland to form Great Britain. Hence his name as King James I & IV, with him being the first King James in England and the 4th in Scotland.
Side note: the uk formed the british empire, not the empire formed the uk
@the Emperor of man then that was error on my part.
"A little chicken on the plate...maybe two pieces" Now you're talking my language Chef
Gladius de La Vallière ill have the chef to do more
Then times that by a bucket and your talking my language
Naw the whole rack
Hes a professional chef 2 is sufficient . Trust me.
...maybe 3.
4.
We'll take 4 now, and can always come back for seconds.
Simple and not over garnished. Too many chefs try to make simple dishes overly extravagant. He keeps it real in this one.
So simple all you need to add to the chicken is just.. salt :)
Jonas Vanaman chicken isn’t all that bad when it’s unseasoned, but it is better seasoned
@@navalspray2673 When you've got crispy chicken like that, especially when using fresh, free range chicken, the juice from the chicken is drawn out by the salt and gives it such a pure flavour. There are many ways to make delicious chicken, but this is by far the simplest and tastes just as good as any other.
@@bengoacher4455 Exactly, the secret ingredient here is actually the quality of the chicken. And from what I can see the chef is using some good old "village" chicken. Else you're better off adding some spices to get some taste.
I wish more people would realize that the technique to being a better cook is being more simple. Adding aromatics and garnishes to the dish just adds aesthetic, sometimes flavor.
You have the sweetest personality and wish I had friends like you. You just make me happy watching. No blood pudding though. Much love. You’re a sweet soul.
This guy is so wholesome, for a guy who cooked for royalty.
It helps, not inspite of it. Everyone behaves better the more you up their status, popularity, money, and instilled sense how to be etc and police and cctv. Excluding the top who watch the rest of the world and act on it, those behave differently because they're completely secret inspite of the aforementioned perks. They learn nothing inspite of all the good things to be inspired by and education, that's because god blinded and wouldn't let them have actual good things for the sake of their own benefit, only for ruin and doin dirt, because he is the top.
@@louly3212 🤓🤓🤓
A servant for royalty should be less humble than a ordinary servant?
@@louly3212 tf r u talking abt
@@totoroid less wholesome* he said. Royals are scum.
6:25 NANI !?!?!
Bakana..
kutabare!
KANSEI DORIFUTO?!
MASAKA!
Ahahha! •﹏•
1:13 I thought my door bell rang and got up to check the door only to remember that I dont have a doorbell
🤣🤣🤣
Oh how funny I thought someone just rang my doorbell and I was not about to get up and answer it thank you I feel better now don't feel so mean or rude LOL
Oh man holy sh*t!
i thout it was mom phone get a messge
@@Jennifer.N.Presley Grammar and spelling are of paramount importance.
You loved those boys, didn't you? It shows so much 😍
👍👌👌👌
the reason why he only put salt on the chicken to make it crispy was because that he was using free range chicken or "village" chicken, which has a lot of juice and salt can take out the moisture from it. it's not your daily average grocery store chicken.
Exactly. Free range chicken really speaks for itself on its own
yea but just salt? that’s a bland ass chicken
@@sammysoppy3361 Fresh chicken has a ton of natural flavour when you aren't eating the frozen grocery store stuff and in instances where you can get high quality chicken salt is really only what you need.
@@sammysoppy3361 If you are eating factory raised chicken it has no taste. I get locally raised and just throw the whole thing in the oven. Delicious, doesn't need seasoning when you have excellent ingredients. It's like people who say they "hate tomatoes", guaranteed they have only had crap, big box or fast food tomatoes, not fresh, heirloom or locally grown ones. You don't even need salt, you can eat them like eating a piece of fruit.
Im so happy he has a youtube channel, i could listen to this guy for hours
how does this guy not have his own netflix series
The potential to combine great food with bad mouthing the royal family.
You need more than salt to have a special
He used 3 pinches of salt for 10 thighs and didn’t even salt the last one. This is the whitest shit since Archie Bunker
@@themachine8169 I guess you are American right? Just guessing though...
@@TolgarTheGreat I bet he's a hell of alotbetter than you.
Good God, I made this dinner for my husband and him and I both love it! The Mac and cheese is awsome. Thank you my friend! God bless you.
There's a man that loved that family. It really shows.
“How much cheese should I use?”
Chef McGrady - “Yes.”
"So a little mozzarella cheese in there too" *proceeds to throw the whole plate* haha
I'm sure it tastes delicious! I've NEVER tried mac & cheese but, for the first time in my life, I feel now the urge to try it ! And I'm gonna do it, for sure ! The chicken was soooo crispy.
Thank you, chef !
mac and cheese is amazing, simple soulful comfort food.
Make this and Yukki will never leave your side
i love turtles
@@sivaranjans2452 nice I just realize what was his name was lol
Mac and cheese made well, there’s nothing better but there is bad Mac and cheese
Wonderful. He loves eating with all his senses and is enthusiastic about himself and honestly touched by his arts. An authentic artist! And now I'm hungry!
The best British chef ever.
so Delicious.
This is how I taught my husband to cook, lol. "First you make a roux". NO boxed mac 'n cheese ever in our house!
You will if you're poor lol... sometimes at least.
@@lifeexperienceandgrowthyoutube Its literally more expensive to buy premade stuff, if you're poor it's better to make your own food 100%, even things like cheese are actually very easy and cheaper to make than buy
@@SchnookieC That's for rich countries. In some places (some third world countries/not all) it's cheaper to buy premade food while it's classier and more expensive to have it homemade.
"how cheap this dish is"
"puts whole plate of parmesan"
You can buy a bag of shredded parmesan for less than 2 dollars
@@ignore-a-moose9860 probably not in my country
@@pavlomakarchuk not I'm my country either. Parmesan is like, powdery gold
That was the fake powdered crap you get. He didn't even use real parm
@@kevinmacdonald9269 You mean grated Parmesan?
"It takes 2 minutes to make this sauce"
"I let the sauce cook out for 10 to 15 minutes..."
Lol
Make it, then simmer? I bet you tell yourself you are a chef when you microwave ready meals eh?
You don't have to let the sauce cook out, so he's kind of right.
@Juan Swaim 1:53
Also, a real shame the main sauce ingredient (cheese) costs 3x more than a packaged mix.
When I watch a Gordon Ramsey video I think: "wow that's amazing technique, looks great". When I watch a video by The royal chef I think: " I REALLY want to eat that".
Your passion is incredible.
Have you ever eaten roasted chicken seasoned with only salt?
Yes, and unlike the foul mouthed Ramsey, you don’t get the ‘F’ word every other sentence !
@@sighfly2928 yup. if cooked correctly and you use thighs then you dont need another seasoning
I love that you’ve started your own channel!!! You’re so positive and absolutely enthralling to listen to.
This is beyond wholesome, it’s just plain cute.
I love how a chef for actual royalty isn't going nuts with fancy stuff. This is food anyone can make.
As a chef by trade, its absolutely fantastic watching Darren cook, I could watch these videos all day, he doesn't rush when he's by himself, he takes his time and does it to perfection (man after my own heart) compared to the chefs I've worked with over the years, who never seemed to slow down lol, so It's an absolute pleasure watching him.
He missed half the chicken when seasoning… 😂 not exactly perfection… I’d get fired if I did that
He rushed that roux? i think so, didnt even add the milk slowly, would of been a little bit lumpy for sure, cream in the bechamel? thats all signs of a dodjy chef! was not perfection... traditional bechamel takes 20 minutes to cook
i was so confused because to work that job, he would of have to been 100 percent on point on everything he touches...
maybe he just got lazy in the recreation of it.
Marge Simpson: "You might say the secret ingredient is salt"
Obviously she studied at the royal college of culinary arts
:)
Well she ain't wrong. People don't know how to season their food these days.
Zander who are you to judge? To each their own I say
When you’re a chef you cook what people want to eat. And that’s what the kids wanted to eat. Looks great!
The real “NANI tf”
He said nanny ... no?
DareDevil :P yeah but the way he said it i just remembered nani from it lol
What a bright person for dark times. Much love
Dearest Darren, I adore you! I could listen to your stories all day! Thank you for sharing your experiences and recipes!
man even the royal boys got hoodwinked into eating more broccoli. right in the childhood!
It's a WONDERFUL cookbook, and I've learnt so much! I really enjoy that like Julia Child you're TEACHING, not just putting on a show like they do on those network shoes. Thank you! This looks delicious.
Thank you so much!
🥂
This has become my go to Mac and cheese recipe for my kids. We all love it, and we love watching your cooking videos! Thank you!
May I have the recipe?TY!
Grandma always knows best. Thank you! Love these videos.
I just made this delicious meal, in the middle of the afternoon, day after Christmas. The Macaroni and Cheese is so flavorful and eating it with the chicken is a perfect combination. If you seasoned this chicken with sauces and whatever, it would take away from the beautiful fragrant Mac & Cheese. Thank you for sharing this recipe with us.
No it won’t
Another commenter said you"re a ray sunshine and they're right and you are. We love your royal stories , they give a more human side to the lives of the royals. I am a huge fan of the royals, watched every royal wedding since Prince Edward's, only missed Princess Eugenie's.
They maybe princes, but like any other lids, William and Harry loved what other kids loved, simple fare like roast chicken abd Mac and cheese. My mom made the best homemade Mac and cheese , really miss it now that she's gone. Tried to make it after she passed and haven't tried since.
I hope that my mac n cheese is close to your moms recipe Danielle
Love this guy he's so comfortable on camera, makes it nice to watch and love the stories . 💜
Sprinkle nutmeg on broccoli instead of salt and pepper. If there is leftover broccoli, put it in your scrambled eggs with a touch more nutmeg and cheddar. Wonderful!!!
I'm from England and I get why people are saying this is underseasoned but this is for kids he literally says this if the kids don't want food that is seasoned like no tomorrow then that's fine it's his job to make it for their tastes not others
I am definitely in Nannys' camp! All through the video I kept saying there needs to be something green, green beans, a salad, broccoli......something! Good for her! This meal looks amazing and when good quality food is used there isn't any need for a whole lot of seasoning.
It has always been illegal in my home to serve a meal without vegetables…
I love that too mmm and with Darren's lovely speaking voice and demonstration skills who doesn't love hearing and listening to him and seeing him enjoying and eating the fruits of his work!
Just made this for dinner tonight. It was very delicious!! Thank you for this wonderfully simple, yet delicious recipe.
I love how everyone tells him how to spice his chicken. Yet he’s a better chef then everyone in the comment section combined
He's good but he's not that good.
Zander he makes what the british royalties wanted, not what he wanted. If they wanted it like that you can’t tell them to fuck off and slap 1000000 spices in it.
@@kine6452 what! Where did I say that he needs to add a shitload of spices? I just meant that he's not a better Chef than everyone in the comment section combined.
@@redbaron1001 he actually is, even if you merged all people in the comment section, they still would've not reached the point to cook for the queen
@@hephaistosthesmith2069 either way I never said you had to add 1000000 spices and tell them all to fuck off. cedric is of his nut if that's what he thinks.
I always look forward to your posts! You are a delight!
Plot twist, it's been Ramsey in a costume the whole time.
Victor Njogu Chef Gordon seasons his food
@@tazinyu8629 Thank you for the correction 🤝
It can’t be. No jerky movements. This man’s too finesse🤣
Must've been great growing up with your own chef. Still it's a life of service in the Royal Family.
Loved the Queens sense of humor.
I made this exact mac and cheese following this recipe and I can confirm it is an absolute beauty! This recipe is not too over the top and still retains that classic mac and cheese delight 🤌 THANK YOU CHEF DARREN i’ve been making this every time and people beg me for more!
can you give me the recipe including amounts for the mac and cheese please?
@@Macca1803 it’s in the description!!
@@kevinleeguan-mou1805 iam sorry, ive searched and i cannot find the exact recipe for this dish. the chef just tips in the ingredients. where is this description you say please?
This looks perfect for being stuck in quarantine!! Can’t wait to make it. Thanks for sharing, Chef!
watch this at around 5am, haven’t slept at all, and feelin’ hungry 🙃 this quarantine really ruin my habit
Feel you
Read this as I'm literally experiencing the same thing lol
Yep, me too.
I love how simple this is
Woah woah I don't have enough room for two cheeky British chefs!
This is exactly what I need. I could watch his videos for hours.
I'm making this for dinner tonight! It's such a tasty treat that's not hard to make. One simple thing I always do is season my macaroni with white pepper when it's out the oven. I find it compliments the mac and cheese so well and I love a few wee cherry tomatoes on the side with mine too 🤗😋 mmm delightful!
Now that looks good.
This is why the British royals are respected. There's nothing fancy about this, it's just good food everybody can agree on!
Can't believe he has a channel now, subbed
This man's a legend. Absolute unit
LOL I didn't really notice until you said something. I guess I was too busy looking for the seasoning to pay attention to the guy.
Fried chicken with salt and pepper cooked the old fashioned way!! YUM!!
You're a good dude. I'm British and live in the UK. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work. Thank you for all your teachings. And thank you to your camera operator as well. I feel camera people don't get enough thanks and praise. Good work, people 🙂 I look forward to the next one.
If you have a personal chef, i’d say your life is pretty good 😂😂🤣🤣
The British really know how to do simple, wholesome food! Well done chef!
Just made this for my me and my husband, unfortunately didn't have any parmesan but it was lush. Some nice comfort food was definitely needed today.
literally makes cooking look so effortless yet delicious!
I enjoy McGrady's demos so much! Beautiful Mac-n-Cheese. I know that many chefs skip mustard but I'm a fan and when it's baked, I always top with bread crumbs.
You make it look so easy. I actually have all of the ingredients on hand. I think I will try to make it for tonight's dinner. Thank you!
I love this man he is such a bright star of a chef n deserving of his place in the royal palace
Brilliant! Bloody brilliant!
Giving us a 5-second generous silent stringy cheese shot!
Excellent!
Just subbed, always good to see someone who loves their profession and has a fair few stories to go with it. Keep up the great work!
Oh my goodness, this Gent is adorable :) - excuse the intrusion, but I'd of tossed some seasoned bread crumbs on the mac&cheese, and dredged the broccoli through the cheese sauce and topped with toasted bread crumbs. Yum!
I honestly love this guy he seems so down to earth
such a lovely gentleman!
Chef roasts chickens : SLEEP
Chef makes amazing god sent mac n cheese : AWAKEN
The best channel.. the Mac n cheese looked Devine .. I don’t usually care for baked ...that wasn’t dry at all....I’m gonna try it... Thank you...
I am sharing this with my son. He loves to cooks Chicken in the oven was one of their faves.
I haven't seen yellow cheddar cheese for many many years. Lovely meal .
Why do people want to hate on this ray of sunshine, he can cook better then anyone hating on him!
no
No he can’t!!
Xander Kush tell you what post a video of you cooking, and I’ll be supportive of you, I’m not afraid of spice and taste, but there’s no need to hate
nin met Bro it’s not hate it’s an observation. It’s very basic stuff he’s doing. Trust me my Antiguan mother and grandmother taught me well!! I repeat this man is a mediocre chef. Says a lot about you if you don’t realize that. I wouldn’t eat his food but that’s just me. I’m not a royal 👑
@@xanderkush674 ah yes Antigua, that country famous for their food...oh wait
Thanks Darren - great video! Macaroni cheese is one of my favorites, I like to add some very lightly fried onions (just enough to soften them) 👌
Ty Darren. Simple yet delicious looking.
I remember watching this guy a while ago, I’m so glad to see he has blown up since then. I’m so excited for him he seems wonderful
I'd love it if you did a story time where you talk about your adventures in the kitchen/as a royal chef ❤️
mac and cheese is the first thing I ever learned how to make from scratch at the age of 15 and ignited my love of cooking. this is the exact same recipe I used back then. Now when I do this cheese sauce ill usually experiment with different cheese and spice blends. My latest has been a smoked gouda and fontina mix with a touch of cayenne pepper.
That's a lot of "grown up" flavour !
Must try....😉
Everyone joking about the spices, it’s actually true. UK was plagued in the past with food adulteration which included overly spiced meats to cover the rot. Thus not spicing foods became equivalent to healthy non toxic food and it just became a dietary cultural norm.
I Love your cooking preparations for Burgers. Steak, Chicken and a good ole fashion English Breakfast!
he really just hit that chicken with two grains of salt lmao
Sucks
@@yukoo5320 Like ya mum!
I'd say that there's alot more than two grains there.
Zander r/woooosh
@@walkernick86 you're my mom
I tried this recipe and it was good. The mac and cheese was terrific! I tried the chicken and I wasn't expecting much with just salt. But the chicken was surprisingly good. Sometimes less is more at times.
that mac and cheese looked amazing!
Chef McGrady I totally LOVE your channel! You have such a calming effect in the way that you so very cheerfully deliver each and every upload!
Thanks ever so much,
Love from Canada ♥
Listening to the Queens chef refer to her as 'nanny' was just what I needed to get me through another day in quarantine
nanny means their caretaker / childminder, not the queen herself
Imagine watching this at 2 in the morning and being hungry af
So me
Literally watching this, and reading this comment at 1:58 am
Roast chicken anyone?
All I know is after I discovered Darren I have bought several of his cookbooks...
I just love his cooking..
This is the video that got me hooked on Darren McGrady's channel.
People in the comments talking like they could do better 😂😂 there’s a reason this guy as cooked for the queen and you lot are just sat on TH-cam
If shit like that was there standard then it obviously doesn’t take very much.
@@imran9545 it was for kids in the early 90's.
Imran 95 thanks for proving my point 😂
The queen has shit taste. As we can tell
Yeah he seems nice e ough and good chef wish i couod say sane for people he cooks for 😞
No countries were colonised for spices during the recording of this video.
Spice melange..
That is actually a very funny comment... the internet thrives
Will always love the simplicity of salted crispy crunchy meats 🤤 brings me back to my childhood!
I made it. Turned out great. I baked one thigh for 38 minutes.