🐓 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.
  • @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!!
  • 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☺️
  • Love watching your father cook. You are blessed. This chicken looks so good!
  • @YM-wb7kg
    Thank you for both English and Cantonese narrative and subtitles. I am learning cooking, chinese and cultural history. 😃
  • 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! 😁🙏💙🦘
  • @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!😊
  • @pattyc281
    Great video detailing each steps! Thank you Daddy Lau for explaining each steps & showing us. Best teamwork for both. 😄 😋
  • 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.
  • 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
  • @Slimtastic
    Im glad to see im not the only one who cant ever find a fitting pot lid when cooking 😂.
  • @needkhun
    I learn a lot from dady lau. Even my mom still learning from dad lau how to prep the ingredient. Like yesterday we just learn to prep our freezer meat to not smell like freezer. Lolol we used to think we need the blood to make the meat juicier, gosh how wrong we were. THANKS A LOT Mr Lau for teacing us.
  • @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.
  • I randomly stumbled upon your channel. After watching how your dad made chili oil, I couldn't stop watching him make other dishes.. Your dad is great! Not just as a chef, but he seems like a great all around person. I really enjoy watching him cook. I look forward to making most of these dishes at home!