I cooked INSIDE of clay… it was a game changer! (Beggars Chicken)
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- I cooked INSIDE of clay… it was a game changer! (Beggars Chicken)
I’ve spent 25% of my life living in China. When I first got there over 10 years ago I was taken out to dinner and this is the dish we were served (Beggar’s Chicken). The clay covered chicken arrived on a cart and they let me go up and crack it open with a hammer. It completely blew my mind and I remember absolutely loving it. It’s funny though, that was the first and last time I ever ate it while living there and I had forgotten about the experience until recently.
Where did Beggar’s Chicken come from?
There’s a few different stories but this is generally how the story goes. Thousands of years ago a beggar was able to get his hands on a chicken but lacked any pots, pans or utensils. So he covered it up in some clay and cooked it in a fire.
Is it practical?
Wrapping the chicken so many times prevents steam from escaping and the lotus leaves make a dramatic difference in flavor. You could certainly achieve similar results with modern day equipment. But honestly there is nothing more fun than cracking open a clay covered chicken with a hammer.
Beggar’s Chicken Recipe inspired by @emmymade. Check out her link for a great baseline recipe!
www.emmymade.com/beggars-chic...
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If this isnt served at my funeral I'm not going
I dont think you have a choice
haHA
Pahahahhza
@@ElbegAtTrophy choice*
Don't worry. God will serve everything u ever needed at heaven
The uncanny resemblance between you and the beggar who created this recipe makes me think you’re his direct descendent. That chicken looks so🤤
🦄
@@holl7w🤨
@@mrtrollnator123 what
@@holl7w why u used that emoji
@@mrtrollnator123 it means nothing.
Wow this is so amazing! I'm Chinese, but I've lived mainly in the U.S. and haven't been home for years. It just feels really different to see my favorite TH-camr showing some authentic recipes.
Don't concern yourself too much with leakage from the newspaper ink. Most newspaper inks are soy based and non-toxic. This was a change made by most printers back in the mid 2000s to address severe skin reactions with traditional petroleum based inks.
Soy is toxic
I didn't even know that
So your saying I can eat news papers?
@@Turtleking_ Well it's probably not recommended by any newspaper company, but you could
@@quick_z9252 I lead the foremost newspaper company in the world, and I recommend it sincerely.
Wow great video Max! ✨ So excited to finally see a Chinese recipe 🙂 I'd love to see more clay cooking videos, maybe do a salmon or a tomohawk baked in clay next, I think that'd be cool to see 👀
Amazing ideas! I will add those to the list 😃
@@MaxtheMeatGuy Can't wait to see them!
@@MaxtheMeatGuy You got me thinking of a turkey once you started stuffing that chicken. You might have add turkey to the list too.
@@deepfriarlaurence1666 Классная идея!!!обязательно надо индейку в глине👍
Spoiler alert he hasn’t made the video yet
Having a chinese Mother, I already kind of know how it tastes, even if I haven’t had that specific dish, since my mother used pretty much every ingredient in this video almost every day.
You had me there for a second when you presented the Liquid Hickory 😂
you should try wrapping a brisket in clay and comparing it to one you would prepare normally
Great idea!!
@@MaxtheMeatGuy you should see if they make edible clay you could cook stuff in
This man is easily the most creative cooking content creator on TH-cam. I love Joshua and I love babish but max is not afraid to try everything and I’m here for it
Joshua?
@@monroerobbins7551 Joshua weissman he’s an excellent cook as well
"You can substitute it....for anything else."
My dog across the room: "😳"
Great to see some Chinese & Asian dishes.
Looking forward to more
Definitely an inventive way to cook things .
This was super interesting! I think I've heard of the story before but never knew this is how to make the dish!
I'd love to see a collab video where you wrap some wagyu in clay with Guga.
Wow, this is legit one of those legendary dish that no one makes anymore cuz the process n preparation is so long
Matt your the best. Fun fact I don't love meat but when you cook your meat in different ways I feel I want to eat it. Keep the good work I follow from the middle east😉.
I never got to try this while I was in China but looking forward to when we can go back (and MAYBE try making it at home...) Thanks for doing this!
Love your videos Max! Every time I watch one of your videos I crave the delicious-looking meat that you cook! Keep up the good work!
One of your best videos yet
I gotta say man I love your channel and your genuine passion for food and cooking you seem like such a cool dude
I really appreciate it!
Fun video, Max! Great idea!
Wow Mat I’m very impressed. This dishes was popular and many people sell it in Vietnam where I live and your chicken looks similar or even more juicy.
No-escape Chicken
Wow that clay chicken and pork looks so good! This ancient cooking technique looks so sophisticated!
Do a leg of lamb in clay. The Pacific Islanders (Fijians and Samoans) do it an interesting way if you don't want to use clay again. This was an excellent video 😀👍
Bro yes he should!!!!!
That chicken looks amazing 👍
He describes the taste so well that I can taste it myself
It is such a pleasure to hear someone of your stature visit and live in a my homeland for such a great amount of time! Please make a video on your experience I feel that most people have the wrong idea about China :)
One thing all of these videos do well, they make you hungry, well done.
I saw and tried a very similar technique in a Tuscan cookbook. Traditionally they used clay, but the cookbook said you could use a salt and flour dough as a substitute for the clay. I made it a few times (a lot of work) but it is a cheap and easy substitute for clay. The chicken wasn't salty at all.
The best part of this video is obviously the food but also it came with a story so bonus
Cool you did something that's been around for thousands of years and never went away.....you want a gold star.
You made my day man❤
Those look delicious!
That looks so good
I love the "ancient old story" clip included... just adds historical tradition emphasis.
Just heavenly. Very much. Keep on rockin'! 🤘
we need to see a whole fish wrapped in clay. That would be soooo delicious! 🐟🐟
BEGGAR'S FIIIIIIIIISH
What a cool experiment! I'd like to see a whole fish!
Thanks bub!
I really got happy when I saw your video notification
In all youtubers food content I do really love your channal the most
Keep it up keep it good ❤️❤️
Thank you so much! Means a lot hearing that 😃
Counting my 8th in Shanghai, China. Love Chinese food. Never tried beggars chicken but looks like a must try here. Hope I can find it somehwere.
Love your videos so much man, so nice and creative honestly
Really appreciate it!
First of all, beggers chicken is really indeed a very famous Chinese dish, which has been featured/mentioned in a lot of Chinese TV drama series. However, I was born and raised in China, yet I've never had this dish once. lol
Idk about china, but this method was used to cook whole hogs. One of the main purposes tho was to avoid skinning or burning off the hair prior to preparing. The whole pig, hair and all, is coated in a slurry and clay. It isn't wrapped in leaves or anything first like this video. In the end the hair is cooked into the clay basically removing it from the flesh. I would imagine the story of beggars chicken is proving that same purpose. It says in the story the beggar had nothing to prepare the chicken. Meaning he had no way to skin or pluck it. The clay method probably de-feathers chicken the same way it de-hairs a pig. I also have read of one person doing this with whole fish and it "removes" the scales. Long story short I'd say this method was an easy preparation free method of dealing with a whole animal. To be clear the hogs are gutted, and vegetables are sewn inside prior
I personally resent you for how good that looks
They all usually are but this one was especially cool. Nice one Max.
This is something different, love the innovation mate
Omg this is gold
I love these full videos so much more
I saw an episode of WORTH IT where the group went to Japan and had beggars chicken and at fine dining restaurant. But they didn't seem very impressed by the actual chicken. They were more interested in breaking the clay. But their desert was the most impressive dessert I have ever seen. That was the only other time I have seen beggars chicken, and that was a while ago! Great job Max!! (did it REALLY NEED the liquid smoke?!?!😖)
I believe he only put the liquid smoke on the pork
I thought it was Taiwan
I love this so much
Imma gonna try this
0:06 You nailed it 🙌
When I feel hungry I go to your channel and got saliva full in my mouth as if I could taste the phone
Mom: If you keep Digging you end up in China
Max: If you keep cooking meat you end up baking your way back to China
this is very cool. i'm thinking of trying these recipes with a clay cooker (romertopf) and prepping the meats through the lotus leaves wrapping and omitting the newspaper, to make it more than just a very special occasion dish.
5:15 "Max, what are you looking at?"
Exposed 🤣🤣
Thank you for explaining what brining is!
Imagine going to art class, moulding clay and finding a whole chicken and hearing the teacher ask where tonights dinner went
When you said you feel like it's your birthday that made me think of the fun on gonna have today for my sisters birthday
Max be like, "And the taste of the wood!"
😁 Lotus leaf is the reason that I keep ordering The Lotus Leaf Steamed Sticky rice each time I'm in Dim Sum Diner House.
"theres rlly no wrong way to do this.........i think" LOL i love ur vids
That intro was great
I know it’s a old video, but I love it.
I love that legendary apple wood plot twist 😂❤️
The amount of “That’s what she said” joke I made is immaculate
Max do a boneless rib roast in the clay wrap next! 👍🏻
Would you consider doing a video on different smoking woods? I'd love to see that.
In 20 seconds in. This is going to be amazing.
Max rolled up a whole chicken in a Backwood 😂
😆
I wonder if CBD oil would create a calm steak?
🤷♂️
Max is the kiddy simple as that 👊🏼
the chicken looks like lovo you should do it one day it is a fiji type of cooking
The only thing clay cooking makes me think of is that one hannable scene where he cooks and serves a leg to himself and the guy he cut the leg from
bison in clay would be really cool!
I love how bro cuts open & just cuts the clay with a whole ass kitchen knife
it's like buried TREASURE!!
Do claypot rice next!
As a person who love some good spice, imma need to use this chili crisp sause!
This looks fun to make but also to crack open. Great job, I'd eat it.
Great video
This man's obsession with applewood is the same as Uncle Roger with MSG...
applewood! how iconic
Max, you have to smoke a brisket in clay!
My aunt cooks suckling pigs stuffed with smoked bacon fat seasoned in a bit of pineapple and spices then covered in clay. Then buried in a fire pit an slowly cooked it over the course of an entire day. It's... freaking amazing. When done right it's like cracking a meat geode full of meat juice. Served with home made tortillas, it's to die for. I'm hungry now.
that sounds amazing
And the man has done it again, who knew I would want to devour clay covered meats before noon, how long was that overall cook for chicken or pork? 👨🍳
5-6 hours approx. 3 hours to brine, 30 to possibly wrap up, 1 hour on 400° F and then a second hour on 350° F
Alternative Title: I WAS cooked inside of clay
I am happy with what you did as a chinese, I am in canada now
Saw beggar's duck or something like that in Cook up a storm movie....try that Max,you won't be disappointed
Need some more info about that chili crisp though! Store bought? (Doubtful) Home made? Recipe please 🙏🏼
You should try a brisket next
That chicken looked unreal
the first version of beggars chicken is actually with no lotus leaf, the covering dirt is basically seasoned and moisted as clay, cooing from chicken without feathers removed, and after the chicken is fully cooked, cover layer with feathers and skin is all removed, and meat is seasoned and cooked without any dirt
I can see a resturants starting to do this! If a resturants doesn't already do this
When he pulled out hickory I thought “WTF?!”
And then he was like: “we have some beautiful APPLEWOOD SMOKE”
Typical Max 😂
Love how it kinda looked he was fishing in the ocean for a chicken😂
Holy moly chicken is tasty he have my fav mushroom source
My dude done trashed that Hickory smoke, bruh!
I mean applewood is good but don’t sleep on hickory either!
Where did you buy the clay for this... I can find the lotus leaf on Amazon, but I can seem to find cocking clay
A brisket in clay would be interesting. Maybe try to put wood chips in the inside of the clay to help get some smokey flavor? I always brein my brisket for at least 24 hours. The brein is water, salt, vinegar, brown sugar, garlic, lemon, cloves, and cummin. I bet it would be amazing cooked in clay
The wood would be wasted. The clay mostly steams with a controlled temperature based on the limited temperature the clay and water can reach under the fire conditions.
Doesn't the wood actually need to be smoking in order to get a smoky flavor?
That's why it's an experiment ☺️. I don't know how it would turn out, that's why I'm interested in finding out. Thanks for your input ☺️
Obviously the next one need to be a brisket and rib combination
Max, Guga needs your help with his brisket experiment 😅. He’s out there wrapping beef in Crayola clay. Please save him. 😆