I was a manager for a Corporate KFC. The “Special Ingredients” are purchased from 2 different companies. By contract, neither company, is allowed to deal with each other, in any way. Also, the special ingredients are VERY EXPENSIVE to buy for what it is. It truly is, still a secret. The truth is, it really is the ingredients along with the method of cooking. Pressure fryers really PUSH that flavoring DEEP into the chicken. Even if you got your hands on both flavor packets, it would be near impossible to get everything right. You can get close, but not exact. That secret is held by two different companies, and neither know the full combination.
If i rember right there is a marnaid you put with the chicken before it goes int he tosser then it comes out is battered and fryed orghional is pressure cooked and extra crispy and strips are open vat that's what gives orgional its smooth texture
I would love to see this AGAIN... but with another twist... blindfolds, since the brain tend to be a bit biased sometimes, so do all the flavours, get them randomized and then try them blindfolded :D
Yeah, I kept waiting for a blind taste test, especially after Mat specifically mentioned it. They could've at least done one between the citrus and non-citrus variant of 99-x
figgehn agreed, my biggest issue with this vid is him having a conclusion before trying it, which usually makes it more biased. If he had tried it blindfolded it would’ve been more accurate
Please, like KFC Corporate isn't meticulously buying your information from all of social media which includes your GPS coordinates and signatures so that those big Colonel Sanders heads on those signs can actively watch and record in a giant data vault of who is keeping their yearly KFC Quotas filled less they send out the Ninjas to kidnap you while you sleep and force you to eat KFC until your personal quota is met via food injector? Casual thinking.
Fun fact. My Dad used to work at KFC years ago when he was a teen. And stole some of the spice mixed flour to make some chicken at home. AND IT DIDNT TASTE LIKE THE CHICKEN FROM KFC. So I think the pressure cooker and possibly the oil is the main issue.
ya, a master chef buddy also worked at a KFC years ago and mentioned that 'all the spices were not as important as the pressure cooking.' Salt/pepper though are important. The whole issue nearly drives me to drink.
Hey Matt, I used to work for a poultry processing plant, that prepared the KFC brand chicken. A lot of the seasoning is injected in the chicken pieces at the processing plant. Similar to a brine.
Binging with Banish: "Now just tiny whisk that all together." *Gets challenged by film theory* Binging with Banish: *breaks out the C O L O S S A L W H I S K*
@@thanatoast Ikr same with Mats obsession with diet coke. Get someone who is allergic to each type of ingredient. A worthy sacrifice will be made in there honor xD
Looking back now i think the reason why some of the chicken didn't come out as flavorful (like the nephew recipe) was probably because Mat and Steph never marinated the chicken before frying them
@@abhinavyadav13 Marinate might be a bit of a misnomer. You can do what is called a brine. Place the raw chicken in heavily salted water for at least a couple of hours before you prepare the breading. Make sure to pat the chicken completely dry before you do, though. What this does is impart some extra salt directly into the meat and adds to the juiciness. Conversely, you can do a sort of marinade in a milk or buttermilk solution. If I do that, I like to use buttermilk and infuse that with a bit of pickle juice and a smaller portion of the spices that are used in the flour mix.
What happened to stephenie having panick attacks over chewing noises? It looks like she solved that issue? Cause this video had a lot of chewing noises.
As a KFC employee, I can confirm that 99x looks right. The proportions are approximately 11kgs flour to 400g seasoning and 400g salt, with 100g of dried milk and egg mix
It's also brined overnight in a buttermilk mixture. Buttermilk is as easy to make as adding some fresh lemon juice to milk, and letting the chicken sit in that overnight. Probably could get the same results plus a more tender chicken that way. Also thinking they may add baking powder to the flour as well, the combination of the acidity would help the batter fluff up more light and crispy like fish batter.
Everyone always asks me the secret to my fried chicken when they try it... it is just marinating the chicken in buttermilk. It comes out so tender and juicy.
theory: everytime the recipe gets correctly leaked they slightly change it and acts like its a lie and everyone belives them just because it tastes slightly different from the old leaked reciple
"I think the secret ingredient is love." "And here I thought it was little clippings of his beard that have fallen into the chicken batter." There are 2 kinds of people in this world.
@@kombomaster9141 FNAF Fans: Whatever the internet does to over complicate, it will never be as crazy or complex as what the original creator will come up with and add to the lore.
I worked on a marketing campaign for KFC and I can say if citrus was the missing component, it was a complete accident. They took us on a tour of the facilities so we’d know a bit more about the company and explained that only 1 person in the entire world knows the recipe. And to get to the recipe you need 3 people to unlock the vault. So if the citrus is the answer, that was just a happy coincident.
maybe the 99-x, plus the citric acid, PLUS the tellicherry pepper mentioned at the pressure cooker manufacturer interview wouldve been the perfect combination
Plus buttermilk with 2 eggs instead of regular milk for the wet soak. Plus 100g of dried milk and 100g of dried egg in the breading like other commenters said. I also think the pressure fryer plays more of a role than people think and does something beyond reducing cooking times. Double 99x + 100g dried milk + 100g dried egg + 50% extra salt + tellicherry pepper + dredge in buttermilk and egg mixture before breading + pressure fryer + citric acid in the oil = perfect fried chicken? 🤔🤔 "It's the little things that matter"
I’m not surprised the citric acid made the 99-X taste more similar to KFC. Citrus is such a great chicken additive that definitely improves the flavor especially when fried/baked.
I used to work at McDonald's. Mac Sauce and Thousand Islands dressing consist of very very different ingredients. Taste them side by side and you'll notice the much tangier taste of Mac Sauce.
Update: Matpat has mysteriously disappeared from him home and in his place is a apology note saying he was wrong and a box of KFC. Matpat has never been seen again
Salt, Pepper, Flour. these are the ingredients to make a perfect fried chicken. but Matpat intentionally added an extra ingredient into the concoction. CHEMICAL 99-X. Thus, an almost perfect replica was born!
The problem with any taste test like this is that it ignores a hugely important aspect of taste: psychology. People are going to think that what they're tasting doesn't taste like KFC because they know it's *not* KFC. To do this right, you'd have to put every test subject in a KFC bucket, and serve it as if it actually *is* KFC to unsuspecting customers.
yep my Foster mom hated what she called "Duck Juice" the "Donald Duck Orange Juice" so i just keept the clear plastic Tropicana Juice container & she always thought it was Tropicana, OOOOoooo so so bad, but i like them both, apparently she does to LOL
That makes sense, the fact that they know its not kfc will affect the raw/real reaction because they know its not the real thing so they might not give their true opinion
I worked at a KFC as a cook in Australia and one of the things they stressed was how important and different pressure cooking was to normal deep frying, that may have made a difference to a few of the recipes
Yea but every thousand island dressing is a lil different add a little sugar and a bit more mayo and ketchup to frenches bottled thousand island and ut gets close to the way mac sauce taste
9:10 try crushed cilantro with lime zest and make caramelised honey and then dissolve some of the honey in sparkling water and add the cilantro and lime zest juice in too.
If Matt ever gets the secret to Diet Coke, the world would never be able to contain him, he would be far too powerful, the only thing holding him back from theorizing about everything is that diet coke is a limited resource.
@@willnolan6091 Me too, but the higher people wouldn't. How long do you think it would take for him to start theorizing about the more obscure things in life? He does have a fourth channel slot (if you ignore GTLive, because that channel is TECHNICALLY Game Theory Live) Illuminati Theory? Not that his theories are always correct, but if he pumps out theory after theory in a speed we can not comprehend, he will be right, every so often, "even a broken clock is right twice a day" as they say.
Remember when you suggested that the Krabby Patty secret formula was more or less marketing hype? I get the feeling the “11 herbs and spices” is probably the same deal
I would believe it, but that is marketing fraud, and if ever found out the company would lose its customers, and at the same time probably be hit with a class action lawsuit, the risk of lying outweighs the risks of saying "11 spices" over just saying "a secret spice blend". Now take into consideration the controversy created by subways foot longs "not being a foot long" ( which I'm not saying it wasn't a stupid court case, it is, very much so, just it's a good example how using exact can work as good marketing, but when that its exactly as said... well ya get the point). The issue with faking exacts is someone can find out by testing it. Not that testing it always works, but the reason you test a hypothesis Is because there could be random variables
When you have access to a mass spectrometer: “I feel more powerful and important then the rest of the world. So powerful, that food theory would recognize me.”
I bought the 99X a few months back when I first saw this episode. actual cooked it today (oncamera). Its is so close I no longer worry about buying KFC. You must do double spice from recommended and 50% more salt. I also cook it 20 minutes covered after it is browned on both sides flipping once. This gives it the texture that KFC has with its pressure cook method. You will never get it exact without the pressure cooker but the spice is correct.
Okay, but all theories set aside and their correctness or not, it is honestly just a blast seeing Steph and Matt together. They are just absolutely adorable, and it's nice to see a serious internet relationship that's not filled with toxicity. It genuinely puts a smile on my face watching them be so happy together and it's truly what makes videos like this so special. Love you guys
If you like their dynamic, and if you're interested in gaming content, you can go watch their older GTLive streams. For most of them Stephanie was part of it (she stopped being a regular co host last year), but you have 5 years worth of streams of the 2 of them (for most of the streams anyways) co hosting a livestream.
Right when mat pat said "WELCOME TO FOOD THEORY" the bloody face of Steph killed me She looks like she's in pain 😭 But the rest of the video was adorable
R.I.P. Matthew Robert Patrick. Assassinated by a KFC hit man before his time. May he rest in piece, no longer tormented by Five Nights at Freddy’s lore.
For me it's more like, how did the awkward over-analytical, frequently annoying dude find someone who wanted to marry him? And what does that say about me?
STEPHANIE AND MAT ARE SOOOO CUUUUTTEE!!! 😂 🥰 I have never felt more single than when they “Chef’s kiss”ed at the same time and happy squealed while hugging!! 😭
Hey, kinda related, a family member of mine worked at MacDonalds for a while and they still remember what the Big Mac special sauce is made out of... Just so you know
I love rewatching all the food theory videos and I will continue to do so no matter how old I get! Love you MattPat! Please never stop making good content! I don't just watch food theory, i watch all 4 theories!
Steph: "What do you think it is Matthew?" Me: Don't say love. Don't say love. MatPat: "I think the secret. The secret is Love" Me: You son of a Steph: "Here I was thinking it was little clippings of his beard that had fallen into the chicken batter." Me: ... I'll allow it
You have to for original chicken, but the extra crispy chicken doesnt need a pressure cook. This is because of the Milk and Egg bag goes wrong in the open fryer.
@@PrettyPersimmon over on GTLive he's actually talked about how one of his previous goals was to break the Diet coke addiction and has been pretty successful
I used to work KFC back in the day. The only difference in regular and extra crispy is you cycle it twice. When I worked you went to the fridge to get the chicken, dunk it in a basket to get it wetter, roll it in flour and then onto a tray. To make extra crispy, put it back in the basket in water after the 1st breading, roll it in the flour again and there's your extra crispy
Keep in mind The Colonel was a fried chicken aficionado, I have no doubt he had 11 herbs and spices in the beginning. But as with many good cooks, a corporation bought KFC for $75K. The Colonel was a cook not a savy business man. He remained as spokesman for commercials and his face is still on the brand. But the contract he signed did not include royalties, merchandising, his face on the brand or did he get paid for commercials. He just wanted to do commercial cause it was fun. And yes Im sure the corporation may have changed the recipe to meet cost reductions. Bottom line NEVER sign anything until an Attorney has reviewed it!!
from what i remember this is more or less accurate, supposedly he didn't like the company's changes to the recipe and attempted to start up a competing restaurant. Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky might still be using the original recipe.
@@m.walker7907 The Colonel was very naive and the businessmen who bought kfc knew that and took advantage of him. The colonel just wanted to be associated with them. The colonel did not know he should get paid for being the spokesman or the face for kfc. He couldnt even use the name Kentucky Fried Chicken cause he sold that too and the recipe
Nope I don’t think this is true, if you look it up and do some research, you find that he actually sold it for $2 mil, still did operations for the company in Canada and was paid to be the brand ambassador
A FOOD company that made a FILM and a GAME console? They're practically begging for MatPat to cover them. KFC should totally sponsor this channel!
Next they make a book or a list on how to get fit xd
Because the next theorist channel is probably book theory or muscle theory
Don't forget about the dating sim
How about all three.
@@p3pgamingofficial or the dc crossover comic
@@ImproxAi0li chill ddy
Food theory: whenever MatPat wants something to eat from a fast food chain, he makes a food theory video
I like that theory
Frrrrrr
Makes it to where you can write it off on taxes at least
Sounds legit
Agreed
Matpat three KFC videos at the same time?
I think that’s an addiction 😅
3*
3 bud
m.th-cam.com/video/nrSXw-VMMUI/w-d-xo.html
*3
if it is, I wouldn't blame him
I was a manager for a Corporate KFC. The “Special Ingredients” are purchased from 2 different companies. By contract, neither company, is allowed to deal with each other, in any way. Also, the special ingredients are VERY EXPENSIVE to buy for what it is. It truly is, still a secret. The truth is, it really is the ingredients along with the method of cooking. Pressure fryers really PUSH that flavoring DEEP into the chicken.
Even if you got your hands on both flavor packets, it would be near impossible to get everything right. You can get close, but not exact. That secret is held by two different companies, and neither know the full combination.
oh,you shouldn’t say that some people might threaten you for the recipe
@@DA_PROYT_LOL
I doubt it,I read the above as if it was a Bond villain revealing his evil plan…and I got scared !
The fryer waste is the gravy
If i rember right there is a marnaid you put with the chicken before it goes int he tosser then it comes out is battered and fryed orghional is pressure cooked and extra crispy and strips are open vat that's what gives orgional its smooth texture
I remember hearing about this. Apparently the companies that make the two halves of the spice mix are Griffith Laboratories and McCormick and Company.
I would love to see this AGAIN... but with another twist... blindfolds, since the brain tend to be a bit biased sometimes, so do all the flavours, get them randomized and then try them blindfolded :D
Yeah, I kept waiting for a blind taste test, especially after Mat specifically mentioned it. They could've at least done one between the citrus and non-citrus variant of 99-x
Predicting this comment will get thousands of likes because this guy's verified
figgehn agreed, my biggest issue with this vid is him having a conclusion before trying it, which usually makes it more biased. If he had tried it blindfolded it would’ve been more accurate
Oh my god figghen the main man watches food theory that's amazing
Hej jag är verkligen svensk, jag översatte verkligen inte detta.
Mat Pat at the end of the Film Theory: "What is KFC's secret recipe?"
Ad before this video: "It's meat"
Nice timing
I got beer, lol
Basically lol
CAR
Well I Got an end of the world scenario ad
I feel like Matpat made food theory just so that he can include takeouts as part of their business expenses.
that sounds like punishment
He’s already said that in a few vids
wabungus
That sounds like a good idea.
qhahha
3:45. Recipe #1: Todd Wilbur.
7:53. Recipe #2: Lab Results (William Poundstone).
11:14. Recipe #3: 99-X. (Marion-Kay Spices)
14:52. Recipe #4: The Colonel's Nephew Recipe.
18:31. Recipe #5: TC34D (Internet Hive Mind/Crowdsourced).
23:51. Recipe #6: A Recipe for Seduction (Citrus)
Ur AMAZING
Tysm
Lolz
You deserve a medal
Don’t forget to let “the ingredients get to know each-other”
You! Are a Man of culture
Tiny whisk and friends :3
@@kokoskolan2099 I’d watch that for like hours on end...
and add some kosher salt
Tiny whisk to combine
If matpat goes missing after this remember he himself gave KFC his location , so you know
Please, like KFC Corporate isn't meticulously buying your information from all of social media which includes your GPS coordinates and signatures so that those big Colonel Sanders heads on those signs can actively watch and record in a giant data vault of who is keeping their yearly KFC Quotas filled less they send out the Ninjas to kidnap you while you sleep and force you to eat KFC until your personal quota is met via food injector? Casual thinking.
@@nightdrivenen7909 I beg your absolute pardon ,? First I was concerned but now I'm convinced ,
weeb #JustMonika #LarryLawton #FreeTaiwan
rip mat pat
@@mingfanzhang4600 ??
Fun fact.
My Dad used to work at KFC years ago when he was a teen. And stole some of the spice mixed flour to make some chicken at home. AND IT DIDNT TASTE LIKE THE CHICKEN FROM KFC. So I think the pressure cooker and possibly the oil is the main issue.
ya, a master chef buddy also worked at a KFC years ago and mentioned that 'all the spices were not as important as the pressure cooking.' Salt/pepper though are important. The whole issue nearly drives me to drink.
@@bobsquires4521cheers brother
@@bobsquires4521 chef buddy has never had good homecooked fried chicken that poor soul is damaged.
When I worked at KFC we got a girl to believe that the blocks of oil were cooking cheese and that is why it tasted so good.
@@bobsquires4521 Also you need to do a buttermilk soak preferably with frank's red hot in there
Hey Matt, I used to work for a poultry processing plant, that prepared the KFC brand chicken. A lot of the seasoning is injected in the chicken pieces at the processing plant. Similar to a brine.
That would explain them not finding the herbs and spices with the machine, thanks!
Binging with Banish: "Now just tiny whisk that all together."
*Gets challenged by film theory*
Binging with Banish: *breaks out the C O L O S S A L W H I S K*
The day Babish uses a colossal whisk is the day the world ends
I read that as a Colo Sal Whisk
Babish breaks out the nano whisk and creates a flawlessly precise Sanders-approved KFC duplication for a colony of amoebas.
Why do i hear boss music?
Whisks only come in three sizes guys, come on man!
Someone: MatPat, how about another KFC theory?
MatPat: Three. Take it or leave it.
ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
I am your 69th like. Nice.
uh four, how do people keep forgetting that
I mean there’s also the game theory live video I guess?
I’m your 169th like. Nice.
Mat Pat: “I discovered KFC’s secret recep-“
**gunshots**
Lol 69 likes
Only in america
@@skellylmaoo only in southern America, with the bud light and *gulp* Texas
recep-?.. receptionist?
I discovered KFC is food -me
The reason for kfc not being in finland is that in finland you have to tell EVERY SINGLE ingrediant and the amount of them.
They scared
KFCowards
This is a LIE. KFC is in Finland as of 2021, they were not present due to issues with local laws and could not find partners.
The bs people spread on the internet. 😂
😂😂@@RaptrRamblings
We need to invent taste-o-vision for this exact moment
Yuuuup
Yes
Yeah, so we can taste Mat.
Did you know that wal I was peeing on the floor yep you herd it here I was peeing on my floor and my phone so I dare you to do the same
@@afkboy5925 dont say that here, people have a fedish for everything these days...
Solution: Get people who are allergic to a single spice and find 11 different spices that people are allergic to. Boom theory done xD
That... Might actually work actually.
@@thanatoast Ikr same with Mats obsession with diet coke. Get someone who is allergic to each type of ingredient. A worthy sacrifice will be made in there honor xD
Wow. That would be a PROCESS and 10 more. Jesus that’d take forever
you mean allergic to kfc?
cruel but good idea ill try it
Mat Pat: "Hey guys welcome to food theory where today I'm wearing a Game Theory jacket"
Nice.
Okay
*yes*
Agreed
Looking back now i think the reason why some of the chicken didn't come out as flavorful (like the nephew recipe) was probably because Mat and Steph never marinated the chicken before frying them
I noticed this too, they just applied the seasonings to the batter without prepping the chicken beforehand.
i was wonderting about that too, but in this case, how would u marinate the chicken?
@@abhinavyadav13 Marinate might be a bit of a misnomer. You can do what is called a brine. Place the raw chicken in heavily salted water for at least a couple of hours before you prepare the breading. Make sure to pat the chicken completely dry before you do, though. What this does is impart some extra salt directly into the meat and adds to the juiciness. Conversely, you can do a sort of marinade in a milk or buttermilk solution. If I do that, I like to use buttermilk and infuse that with a bit of pickle juice and a smaller portion of the spices that are used in the flour mix.
@@abhinavyadav13pickle juice and some milk for an hour in the fridge
Or, as we do at the store, put it in water before we bread it (legs get double dosed)
“I think the secret...is love.”
SpongeBob: *wants to know your location*
You again.....
@@fryreviews693 where did i c your username like wtf
@@ultrazappergaming5222 probably on your kitchen table.
Ba dum tsss
i see you everywhere
I’d rather not put love in my food
Stephanie is dressed like a wise mother while matpat is dressed like a nerdy teen :)
Amy Santiago and Jake Peralta
They got the slick hipster look, very cool.
What happened to stephenie having panick attacks over chewing noises? It looks like she solved that issue? Cause this video had a lot of chewing noises.
accurate
@@revolvingworld2676 yeah she could be ignoring it
As a KFC employee, I can confirm that 99x looks right. The proportions are approximately 11kgs flour to 400g seasoning and 400g salt, with 100g of dried milk and egg mix
exposing the secrets over here
True there is dehydrated egg in the flour mixture n chicken dipped in water then battered
KFC's gonna send a Kentucky Fried Hitman after you now.
@@TheFunniBaconMan underrated comment🤣🤣🤣
Find a safe place to hide now
It's also brined overnight in a buttermilk mixture.
Buttermilk is as easy to make as adding some fresh lemon juice to milk, and letting the chicken sit in that overnight.
Probably could get the same results plus a more tender chicken that way.
Also thinking they may add baking powder to the flour as well, the combination of the acidity would help the batter fluff up more light and crispy like fish batter.
Everyone always asks me the secret to my fried chicken when they try it... it is just marinating the chicken in buttermilk. It comes out so tender and juicy.
*When you spend hundreds of hours replicating a Big Mac recipe and then a TH-camr tells you it's in the commercial*
Food Theory: Complains that recipes online dont tell us proportions
Also food theory: Doesn't tell us how much citrus acid and additional 99-x to add
Maybe it’s on the website that everyone has been crashing (Marion Kay)?
theyre not directly showing the recipes so i dont see any problem
the citric acid is true, but the 99 is shown
True
@Jacky Lau THANK YOU
For some reason, I’ve always thought that the “11 herbs and spices” was just a ploy like Mr.Crabs with the Krabby Patty secret formula
Its love
@@mmaantj love from each employee.
Yeah like 23 flavors in Dr.pepper thats just prune soda lol
@@lrdjoker007 wait Dr.Pepper isn't actually made from pepper extract?
I thought the Krabby Patty was made from crab
Idea: Use a mass spectronomer (or whatever the thing was that they used to analyze the dry batter) on the 99-X blend to see what shows up.
Matpat: "I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe!"
Kfc: *sweating intensifies*
True cause other company’s can steal it
Better use some chicken to cool himself down a bit...
But he technically made the kfconsole more likeable
TRUE
Well I would download this one in case it gets taken down
theory: everytime the recipe gets correctly leaked they slightly change it and acts like its a lie and everyone belives them just because it tastes slightly different from the old leaked reciple
Fr💯😂🙏
The Secret Ingredient is Love: KFC + U the customer.
What is a reciple
@@ethan.2011. a recipy is instructions on how to make something
@GV280 we don’t know the recipe it’s a secret
Hmmmm - shoulda just called me. I’ve been working on the inside and just dropped our final KFC recipe video last week.
love your videos Glen!!
Glad I read the comments before mentioning you got the scoop first. With a pressure fryer.
I was about to comment the same thing :)
Lol
Glen And Friends Cooking 🥘 #LarryLawton #JustMonika #Popipa
“Oh my gosh I want to send everything through a mass spectrometer” is such a mood 😭
"I think the secret ingredient is love."
"And here I thought it was little clippings of his beard that have fallen into the chicken batter."
There are 2 kinds of people in this world.
and i am the latter
I won’t lie I thought going from film theory to food theory was a dumb idea yet here I am on my food theory number five lol
Yep she is hinting that he should show more love.lol
love.lol
When I found that scene, the roles were reversed
Steffany: "It seems like people on internet over complicate things"
Matpat:.
Fnaf fans: I understood the reference
Lol yes
@@kombomaster9141 FNAF Fans: Whatever the internet does to over complicate, it will never be as crazy or complex as what the original creator will come up with and add to the lore.
*Stephanie
@@dasha_ucko I'm a disgrace for forgetting :c
We thought they were cooking food but turns out Matt was the one getting roasted.
The dude who did the lab test had big Plankton energy like that's actually so extra
Lmaoooo
Ive always wanted to do that
th-cam.com/video/DPUJQ8KlWWs/w-d-xo.html
@@Sinsmoke_ you had one job
@Rania Assal Del Valle Doctors often have strange writing so that's not uncommon
I worked on a marketing campaign for KFC and I can say if citrus was the missing component, it was a complete accident. They took us on a tour of the facilities so we’d know a bit more about the company and explained that only 1 person in the entire world knows the recipe. And to get to the recipe you need 3 people to unlock the vault. So if the citrus is the answer, that was just a happy coincident.
“There is no secret ingredient”
- Mr Ping, Kung Fu Panda
Those are a wise mans words from a wise man
Literally couldn’t breath
@@cmor33 thats racist man.
@@Atemwas69 how tf is that racist?
I was literally thinking about this when I saw the title
maybe the 99-x, plus the citric acid, PLUS the tellicherry pepper mentioned at the pressure cooker manufacturer interview wouldve been the perfect combination
Plus buttermilk with 2 eggs instead of regular milk for the wet soak.
Plus 100g of dried milk and 100g of dried egg in the breading like other commenters said.
I also think the pressure fryer plays more of a role than people think and does something beyond reducing cooking times.
Double 99x + 100g dried milk + 100g dried egg + 50% extra salt + tellicherry pepper + dredge in buttermilk and egg mixture before breading + pressure fryer + citric acid in the oil = perfect fried chicken? 🤔🤔
"It's the little things that matter"
@@RefinedRandy why would colonel sanders release 99-x as a hit piece if it was missing tellicherry pepper
I'm drooling from the fact that I"m basically from tellicherry (very close to it).. but ofcos here we call it thalassery
MY LOCAL KFC USED TO SHOW THE SECRET HERBS AMD SPICES ON THE WALL
600th like
I’m not surprised the citric acid made the 99-X taste more similar to KFC. Citrus is such a great chicken additive that definitely improves the flavor especially when fried/baked.
@Kareem Sarhan never heard of baked chicken before?
What if it was just pickle juice
@@romanlegion5837 that could be it strangely enough. Kfc ain’t against using pickles
I always use an acid in any chicken dish.
@@RichardServellotry fluroroantimonic xD, but seriously WHY DOES IT ALWAYS TASTE SO GOOD WITH LEMON
I used to work at McDonald's. Mac Sauce and Thousand Islands dressing consist of very very different ingredients. Taste them side by side and you'll notice the much tangier taste of Mac Sauce.
Update: Matpat has mysteriously disappeared from him home and in his place is a apology note saying he was wrong and a box of KFC. Matpat has never been seen again
Seriously
Lmao
Lol
hmmm I wonder kfc
lmao
Bruh can you type
Salt, Pepper, Flour. these are the ingredients to make a perfect fried chicken. but Matpat intentionally added an extra ingredient into the concoction. CHEMICAL 99-X. Thus, an almost perfect replica was born!
Don't forget the citrus in rhe oil
This comment deserves so much more attention.
And the colonels 12th secret herb wink wink nudge nudge
@@Galoric lmfao stoppp lol
Under-rated comment
Next episode of Food Theory:
How to out-pizza the hut
Yes pls. This needs to happen
It’s impossible to do that if not the Pizza Hut Illuminati will come after you
Dominoes out pizzaed the hut from the beginning
@@webberinternetpolice6431 dominos is going to die
@@webberinternetpolice6431 please, their pies share DNA with the boxes they come in.
Would love to see this theory revisited or more recipe testing videos.
The problem with any taste test like this is that it ignores a hugely important aspect of taste: psychology. People are going to think that what they're tasting doesn't taste like KFC because they know it's *not* KFC. To do this right, you'd have to put every test subject in a KFC bucket, and serve it as if it actually *is* KFC to unsuspecting customers.
Lol yeah
True.
True
yep my Foster mom hated what she called "Duck Juice" the "Donald Duck Orange Juice" so i just keept the clear plastic Tropicana Juice container & she always thought it was Tropicana, OOOOoooo so so bad, but i like them both, apparently she does to LOL
That makes sense, the fact that they know its not kfc will affect the raw/real reaction because they know its not the real thing so they might not give their true opinion
I worked at a KFC as a cook in Australia and one of the things they stressed was how important and different pressure cooking was to normal deep frying, that may have made a difference to a few of the recipes
In my days at KFC they used vegitable vat in the pressure cooker
@@barryliebich3993 please revel the recipe 🥺
The mix of spice and flour mixture came ready mixed
@@barryliebich3993 then we need to steal some of the spice mix and send it to lab
I don't work at KFC anymore it was casual job in my younger days I'd say keep experimenting until we find the nearest taste to OG KFC
*MatPat and Steph cook with 99x*
“Why does this taste like Powerpuff Girl?”
xD
I KNEW I WASNT THE ONLY ONE
Pffttt X3 oh my lawd
You eat powerpuff girls?
10:17 " were coming for you.👹" "whatch out here comes food theory😊"
Had me weezing XD
“Putting our best conTENDERS to the test”
I see what you did there mat. I see you.
But they ate drumsticks instead of tenders D:
@@zaxtonhong3958 let the man make his pun
@@zaxtonhong3958 ...are you alexander Hamilton, SIR?
I'm ashamed I didn't get that pun as a fellow pun man.
But HEY I'll get out the drumstick for a quick "Ba Dum Tis"!
@@zaxtonhong3958 condrumsticks
Watch the chicken coming out to have "coke" as the flour, that's why it's so addictive
ive had kfc once and never again
not addictive
Nah, it would have to be a no-calorie version to get MatPat hooked.
Game theory:It is a theory A food theory
Film theory:It is a theory A food theory
Food theory:It is a theory A food theory
Make it Diet “Coke” and you’ve got yourself a MatPat Spon matchup for life
Matpat: "I will use Food Theory to solve food mysteries"
Also Matpat: "Isn't Mac Sauce just Thousand Island Dressing?" :o WHAT!?
Yea but every thousand island dressing is a lil different add a little sugar and a bit more mayo and ketchup to frenches bottled thousand island and ut gets close to the way mac sauce taste
@@Katherine_999 pretty sure it has onion and pickle added
It's Mayo, ketchup, relish and some other spices isn't it?
@@Sarah-vp5cn yep
As a manager at Maccas who also loves seafood coated in thousand island dressing, it’s a hard no from me
9:10 try crushed cilantro with lime zest and make caramelised honey and then dissolve some of the honey in sparkling water and add the cilantro and lime zest juice in too.
If Matt ever gets the secret to Diet Coke, the world would never be able to contain him, he would be far too powerful, the only thing holding him back from theorizing about everything is that diet coke is a limited resource.
oh no
@@Popthebop oh no indeed
I would enjoy all the theories
May this secret never be seen from now on
@@willnolan6091 Me too, but the higher people wouldn't.
How long do you think it would take for him to start theorizing about the more obscure things in life? He does have a fourth channel slot (if you ignore GTLive, because that channel is TECHNICALLY Game Theory Live) Illuminati Theory? Not that his theories are always correct, but if he pumps out theory after theory in a speed we can not comprehend, he will be right, every so often, "even a broken clock is right twice a day" as they say.
Remember when you suggested that the Krabby Patty secret formula was more or less marketing hype? I get the feeling the “11 herbs and spices” is probably the same deal
That actually makes a lot of sense
He probably knew about it but he
wanted content
I would believe it, but that is marketing fraud, and if ever found out the company would lose its customers, and at the same time probably be hit with a class action lawsuit, the risk of lying outweighs the risks of saying "11 spices" over just saying "a secret spice blend". Now take into consideration the controversy created by subways foot longs "not being a foot long" ( which I'm not saying it wasn't a stupid court case, it is, very much so, just it's a good example how using exact can work as good marketing, but when that its exactly as said... well ya get the point). The issue with faking exacts is someone can find out by testing it. Not that testing it always works, but the reason you test a hypothesis Is because there could be random variables
The secret ingredient is crab meat. 😳
@@MrBrightcide the secret ingredient to krabby patties? *Good* shows.
MatPat: "I solved KFC's secret recipe!"
KFC: *Execute Order 66…*
Yes my lord
Order 11*
Is it a star wars reference
*w h e e s e*
@@Hashbrown69420dud yes
The ad placement is hilarious here.
"In 2016, the nephew of Colonel Sanders came forward with - Grammarly's 5 tips for writing a professional email."
When you have access to a mass spectrometer: “I feel more powerful and important then the rest of the world. So powerful, that food theory would recognize me.”
MatPat LISTEN! Here is your mass spectrometer
Legitimately need to get this to him.
Kaiden has a mass spec!
I bought the 99X a few months back when I first saw this episode. actual cooked it today (oncamera). Its is so close I no longer worry about buying KFC. You must do double spice from recommended and 50% more salt. I also cook it 20 minutes covered after it is browned on both sides flipping once. This gives it the texture that KFC has with its pressure cook method. You will never get it exact without the pressure cooker but the spice is correct.
What was your batter and brine or marinade recipe?
Graces perfect blend is a more accurate spice blend you can purchase.
can you give link to the exact same package they are using? i wasnt able to find (im situated in europe)
Please pass the recipe
Where can. U buy it I can't find it
Whenever mat eats something he sounds like he’s crying
Those are probably tears of joy!
Well, eating from the K.F.C near me makes me want to cry.
He dosnt sound like he's crying but he does make a lot of noise.
4:28 has anyone who's watched The Simpsons can tell you, the special sauce is mayonnaise left out in the sun
Food theory: Matt just wanted fried chicken
all the videos are an excuse for him to eat too much of something lol
This channel's entire purpose is so that Matt can write off Diet Coke as a business expense
Okay, but he did eat a Christmas tree. 🎄
*Kentucky* fried chicken
Okay, but all theories set aside and their correctness or not, it is honestly just a blast seeing Steph and Matt together. They are just absolutely adorable, and it's nice to see a serious internet relationship that's not filled with toxicity. It genuinely puts a smile on my face watching them be so happy together and it's truly what makes videos like this so special. Love you guys
If you like their dynamic, and if you're interested in gaming content, you can go watch their older GTLive streams. For most of them Stephanie was part of it (she stopped being a regular co host last year), but you have 5 years worth of streams of the 2 of them (for most of the streams anyways) co hosting a livestream.
specially the last part
Right when mat pat said "WELCOME TO FOOD THEORY" the bloody face of Steph killed me
She looks like she's in pain 😭
But the rest of the video was adorable
KFC + U the customer makes a four letter word I cannot type.
Agreed
R.I.P. Matthew Robert Patrick. Assassinated by a KFC hit man before his time. May he rest in piece, no longer tormented by Five Nights at Freddy’s lore.
Doggoperson626 #Popipa
Rip
Oh please
Purple Guy will follow him to the grave
F
He was so young.
Chef from Nashville here, awesome video you two. Subscribed!
I always freak out when you’re a real person and not a talking picture
Yeah me too
For me it's more like, how did the awkward over-analytical, frequently annoying dude find someone who wanted to marry him? And what does that say about me?
@@kaldogorath cos steph is nerdy too
@@kaldogorath All he did was being himself, I think? They explain it in a GTLive ep.
@@kaldogorath I think he's charming.
Imagine if Conspiracy Theory was a thing now, Matpat's video would be,
"Conspiracy Theory: Colonel Sanders is Still ALIVE!"
And a green lantern
He sees everything that his statues see
@@poppy1x3 I'm pretty sure that's bill cipher not colonel Sanders
OMG I WANTED CT FOR SOOO LONG
@@skylerwhiteyo I want matpat talking about how the Titanic was insurance fraud as well my dude
Um, I'm pretty sure you just single handedly crashed the main website that sells 99-X
Neat
Yeah I saw that too.
I can confirm this as well.
OMG SAAAAMMMEEEE the marionkay.com shows ERROR 500 - INTERNAL SERVER ERROR
Having that issue too 🤣
STEPHANIE AND MAT ARE SOOOO CUUUUTTEE!!! 😂 🥰
I have never felt more single than when they “Chef’s kiss”ed at the same time and happy squealed while hugging!! 😭
1:20 “I think the secret recipe is...”
Me: love?
“...love”
Nice profile pic😂
Y'all should start a cult
Bruh 2.0
Wish I was a fish
Ah I see you're a fellow bruhify as well
This video needs to be renamed “speedruning making everyone hungry”
*Eazy speezy wants to know your location*
Yea I did end up going to KFC
Not me, I hate KFC.
yeah i got pretty hungry watching this video, and i'm allergic to chicken
Mouthwater% run confirmed
i love how at the end of the vid mat was like "aw how adorable" and steph was like "ew gross"💀🥰 thats a power couple if ive ever seen one
That ending. 🥰😅
The first MAJOR mistake these guys made from the start was not having a pressure cooker, which vastly boosts flavor and moistness.
New theory: what's was Steph's pepper trauma
she probably got it in her eye lol
the bite of 87
Maybe someone had an extreme allergic reaction, assuming you can be allergic to it.
@@MidwestArtMan they are literally using pepper in the ingredients, chances are steph wouldnt eat it if she was allergic
@@bleachcan1132 They said someone, like her dad or something.
Matt: Complains because some of the recipes miss out on ratios of certain ingredients
Also Matt: *Doesn't say how much citrus he uses*
Right I was like hm maybe I’ll make this for supper tonight but nope. Smh
Why don't you just ask him on stream how much
WE NEED THE PERCENTAGE!
iKr like we have to guess maN
@@oncreativemode5486 citric acid
“Mario Lopez wouldn’t lie.” Is probably the funniest thing Mat’s ever said.
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The coffee falling on Newton's head had me dying!😂😂😂
"secret ingredient?"
MatPat: Love
Stephanie: beard clippings
XDXD
me : BOTH
Trishiee V There are two types of people
Hey, kinda related, a family member of mine worked at MacDonalds for a while and they still remember what the Big Mac special sauce is made out of...
Just so you know
Yum yum in my tum tum
Olly: hey dad, what's for dinner?
MatPat: fried chicken.
Uhhh....o...k...?
oh, kfc
@@markmeana870 A man of culture I see
Olly: Ok
MatPat: *in an ominous creepy voice* take a bite out of these drumsticks
Wait matpat has a son?
A few titles later: “ How Fritos are made is NOT what you think “ he then starts to show some super weird theory that Fritos are primarily birdseed
I love rewatching all the food theory videos and I will continue to do so no matter how old I get! Love you MattPat! Please never stop making good content! I don't just watch food theory, i watch all 4 theories!
“Let’s taste Todd,” is a sentence that i will use more often
Bethesda
It just works.
Mmmmmmm
Cannibalism
It taste better with pepper
There can be 2 meaning for that 1 sentence
Make that 3
The 4 ingredients might actually make sense as a marketing tool, like the krabby patty formula.
Your name and your profile pic is enough for me to subscribe 🥺
but the krabby patty is made out of cRab
Matpat missed a really good dad joke “we are putting the best con-tenders to the test.”
🤣
A moment of silence 😔😔😔😔
A moment of silence for this... (this is hilarious frankly 😂)
😂
😂
MatPat, this is off topic. When you said 99-X, Agent 99, played by Barbara Feldon, in the 1965 to 1970 TV show, “Get Smart”, popped into my head.
MatPat: **Uploads three vids at a time**
Me: **Has Fnaf flashbacks**
Four, I believe
@@channelmoved6918 an hour, i believe
Look at the suggested theories in the description of the game theory video
@@channelmoved6918 *IM HAVE A FUCKING BREAKDOWN WDYM 4 THATS.....NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
"It's almost like people who do analysis on the internet overcomplicate things"
She flayed you lol
They ask you how you are and you just have to say that you're fine
@@BradleyBoy but your really fine
hey search for "chill yall" on youtube search its worthy!
@@lvb3612 ur ruinin it look at my lips man ur ruinin it
Steph: "What do you think it is Matthew?"
Me: Don't say love. Don't say love.
MatPat: "I think the secret. The secret is Love"
Me: You son of a
Steph: "Here I was thinking it was little clippings of his beard that had fallen into the chicken batter."
Me: ... I'll allow it
As someone who worked at a KFC for a few years, I can say that not all KFCs use pressure fryers, because we sure didn't.
You have to for original chicken, but the extra crispy chicken doesnt need a pressure cook. This is because of the Milk and Egg bag goes wrong in the open fryer.
Someone: *Actually mails them a mass spectrometer*
Freeman you fool!
To Team Theorist
From IKEA
Matt: 😐😑🤬
“P.S. Hope this helps ya for that big Sunday dinner. Even if it isn’t necessarily Sunday.
wink wink”
Dr. Hodgins be like
Give me timestamps
It for research purposes
I’m actually surprised we haven’t had a theory about Diet Coke yet
Because then he would have to confront his not-at-all concealed caffine/L-Phenylalanine addiction
@@PrettyPersimmon over on GTLive he's actually talked about how one of his previous goals was to break the Diet coke addiction and has been pretty successful
Soybean Oil will give you heart attack
Forget the Aspartame
Ikr
true LULW
Next: the original recipe for Coca Cola (yes *with* the cocaine ingredient please 💪)
I laughed reading this comment more than I should of 😂
this comment is underrated
the drugs make it authentic
@Infamous Comment Stealer it's highly good to drink
@@lancetheking7524 It's even better to ingest nasally.
that 20$ family deal at 3:00 seems like a dream
Now we need a film theory on this episode of food theory theorizing what was the traumatic experience Stephanie had
Wouldn’t really be a theory would it, they both know it
Yes🍗
i dont think thats any of our business
Mat Pat: “KFC Chicken is one of the most renowned secret recipes in all of history”
The Krabby Patty: “Am I a joke to you?”
Its ketamine
Matpat who also solved that one like a year ago?
It's.. a plankton?
@@juanluis21monsanto98 NO It's Nothing! Absolutely Nothing
It's made out of ketamine and crab
I used to work KFC back in the day. The only difference in regular and extra crispy is you cycle it twice. When I worked you went to the fridge to get the chicken, dunk it in a basket to get it wetter, roll it in flour and then onto a tray. To make extra crispy, put it back in the basket in water after the 1st breading, roll it in the flour again and there's your extra crispy
double dip it
@@LonPG97 r/cursedcomments
Wait if you worked there do you know the ingredients
i worked at KFC back in high school and I remember this being the case as well
@@LiMe251 nah the flour comes in bags already seasoned so nobody knows
1:01 I thought he was about to say the GTLive intro
Binging with Babish/Food Theory collab is actually something I really need in my life. Imagine the view count from both these TH-cam juggernauts.
Keep in mind The Colonel was a fried chicken aficionado, I have no doubt he had 11 herbs and spices in the beginning. But as with many good cooks, a corporation bought KFC for $75K. The Colonel was a cook not a savy business man. He remained as spokesman for commercials and his face is still on the brand. But the contract he signed did not include royalties, merchandising, his face on the brand or did he get paid for commercials. He just wanted to do commercial cause it was fun. And yes Im sure the corporation may have changed the recipe to meet cost reductions. Bottom line NEVER sign anything until an Attorney has reviewed it!!
from what i remember this is more or less accurate, supposedly he didn't like the company's changes to the recipe and attempted to start up a competing restaurant. Claudia Sanders Dinner House in Shelbyville, Kentucky might still be using the original recipe.
He sold out.& Did not get BUCKS for his face, royalty and bucks for commercials
@@m.walker7907 The Colonel was very naive and the businessmen who bought kfc knew that and took advantage of him. The colonel just wanted to be associated with them. The colonel did not know he should get paid for being the spokesman or the face for kfc. He couldnt even use the name Kentucky Fried Chicken cause he sold that too and the recipe
nope, very smart man. was paid a mill for KFC back in the day. Made franchising as common as it is today.
Nope I don’t think this is true, if you look it up and do some research, you find that he actually sold it for $2 mil, still did operations for the company in Canada and was paid to be the brand ambassador
Film theory: finding out the secret recipe
Food theory: recreating the secret recipe
Game theory: finger lickin console heat sink
Mhm
@@Cooltodd hMh
@@thesologoldfish uwu
Mhm
Mhm
At least col. Sanders' secret recipe isn't dirt, rat poison or even drugs