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

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Published 2022-04-22
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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:
madewithlau.com/recipes/soy-sauce-chicken

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🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳

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

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

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

- Sharpening Stone Set: shrsl.com/305iy

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

🍜 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 🍜

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

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

Options for Gluten Free Oyster Sauce
- bit.ly/gfoystersauce
- 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): thewoksoflife.com/soy-sauce-chicken/
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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💛 OUR FAMILY 💛

Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog:
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
Copyright Chillhop Music - chll.to/49e6fa9c
Copyright Chillhop Music - chll.to/4ca8cc15

All Comments (21)
  • @MadeWithLau
    Join the Canto Cooking Club - bit.ly/3l8mmmp Enjoying our content? Support us on Patreon - www.patreon.com/madewithlau Get the full recipe here - madewithlau.com/recipes/soy-sauce-chicken Notes: 1) To address some of the comments on the color - we cooked the chicken twice!! The chicken in the thumbnail is our second attempt, in which we achieved a more thorough color on the skin. We spend quite a bit of time in the video explaining and comparing our first attempt with our second. 2) There is supposed to be red in the bones when you cut into it - that’s one of the cues that it’s in the sweet spot of doneness.
  • @sandilum
    You canʻt imagine how happy was my husband to eat this dish! It came out perfect, even without the shallots which I didnʻt have nor the rock sugar which I substituted with brown sugar. Thank you so much for sharing all your secrets with us in YouTube land. So thankful for you, your son, and family!
  • @trixiewutang
    Was amazing able to hear your dad speak Cantonese. As someone trying to relearn the language I really appreciate your subtitles :)
  • @DavidBeckerSr
    It is a JOY watching Lau cook! He is a special gift to this world❤
  • @Pyrettz_Blaze
    This was so delicious and surprisingly easy to make! This is now a forever recipe in our house. Thank you so much for sharing all of your wonderful recipes!! (p.s. I love having the step by step videos also!)
  • @Edwinthegod
    Great recipe but one tip from my dad is to make sure that the chicken is DRY before you put it in the soy sauce. Pat it dry with a paper towel / let it air dry for a while before it goes in. That way you get an even dark coloring all around your chicken instead of blotchy colouring.
  • Wow, I loved hearing your dad speak Cantonese. It has been many years since I lived and worked in Macau. I don't get much opportunity to speak it anymore.
  • Love watching your father cook. You are blessed. This chicken looks so good!
  • @kickyouinhalf
    I can't believe I'm watching this before bed. Now I'm salivating like crazy! Thanks for sharing this video. I'm definitely going to have to try this recipe!!
  • @YM-wb7kg
    Thank you for both English and Cantonese narrative and subtitles. I am learning cooking, chinese and cultural history. 😃
  • @CB-lg1pk
    I love this channel so much I can see the passion and enjoyment on every video, which brings somewhat a different vibe from other cooking channels All the love to you and your family ♡
  • This looks incredible! My next mission is to make this dish! Ive never seen such a method before. Your dad is a real gem! Thank you!😊
  • I love your Dad! Your entire family is beautiful n I love the way your Dad teaches n talks about how to cook without any pretentious ways. He's just so genuine. I'm Australian but from an Italian born Dad(family), so always home cooked meals n we love to cook other cuisines too. Thank you so much for all your videos! 😁🙏💙🦘
  • @pattyc281
    Great video detailing each steps! Thank you Daddy Lau for explaining each steps & showing us. Best teamwork for both. 😄 😋
  • 你好,我是菲律宾人,我认为你父亲是烹饪方面的狂热粉丝之一。 你的视频先生对我很有帮助,因为我是香港的新人。 我赞扬你父亲的厨艺,这表明他在他那个时代真的是一位伟大的厨师,直到现在希望更多的人来帮助这个视频我非常非常感谢你们所有人☺️
  • @kcmama128
    I love that daddy Lau used an oversized lid and the rice cooker pot to cook the chicken. That’s how I cook in the kitchen. I don’t have the perfect cooking skills or the perfect fancy cookware. I just wanna learn and cook for my family. I like that Daddy Lau and Randy are showing us how we should be cooking in the kitchen, just use whatever in the kitchen that works!!!
  • @aliciachao7490
    Ive been missing my yeye a lot recently, and he was always the cook. So watching your videos brings me a lot of comfort and nostalgia of when he used to make big familly dinners. Thank you ❤
  • @Maelarix
    My goal is to make every recipe on this channel and I'm SO EXCITED to see this one! I was always entranced by all the hanging chickens in markets and how tasty they looked.
  • He truly is a master, I really appreciate him sharing the proper tips, methods ans secrets. The teaching is also very easy to understand. Also I love how he specifies which ingredients is neccesary to get accurate and which one is not. I also love it when he says you can just use whatever soy sauce you usually use
  • @JoeYeeB
    Your dad reminds me of my dad. Thanks for sharing your dad with us. And the recipes of course.