Food Theory: I SOLVED KFC's Secret Recipe! (KFC Chicken)

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Food Theorists, this is not the first time I've talked about KFC or Colonel Sanders on this channel and I'm sure it won't be the last. However, today just may be the most important day on this channel... if you love fried chicken like I do! You see, I believe I have figured out the SECRET recipe that makes KFC chicken taste so good. Join us as we taste test our way to the best homemade fried chicken EVER! Science has never tasted so good.
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@wegs5492 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Food theory: whenever MatPat wants something to eat from a fast food chain, he makes a food theory video

@urban_gse_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

I like that theory

@FluffyOrionlol 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Frrrrrr

@ADHeyDonuts 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Makes it to where you can write it off on taxes at least

@washingwashie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Sounds legit

@Emihana 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Agreed

@luigidreemurr6034 ปีที่แล้ว

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.

@bobsquires4521 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@classic6288 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@brente3187 ปีที่แล้ว

Fr💯😂🙏

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric ปีที่แล้ว

The Secret Ingredient is Love: KFC + U the customer.

@ethanmurgatroyd730 ปีที่แล้ว

What is a reciple

@dabest2815 ปีที่แล้ว

@@ethanmurgatroyd730 a recipy is instructions on how to make something

@gv2807 ปีที่แล้ว

@@dabest2815 but what are instructions

@C.Ross_Faded 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@jakelangley5561 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

Kareem Sarhan never heard of baked chicken before?

@romanlegion5837 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

What if it was just pickle juice

@C.Ross_Faded 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@romanlegion5837 that could be it strangely enough. Kfc ain’t against using pickles

@RichardServello 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

I always use an acid in any chicken dish.

@onehellofaboredguitarist4287 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@RichardServellotry fluroroantimonic xD, but seriously WHY DOES IT ALWAYS TASTE SO GOOD WITH LEMON

@ellingtonlilly ปีที่แล้ว

As someone who’s favourite seasoning is pepper I can’t imagine not being allowed to have pepper at home. I literally buy pepper by the pound and go through it in a month or two tops. I wanna know what happened with pepper to cause this. The curiosity is immense.

@starlight.productions ปีที่แล้ว

Same here, my family is always surprised about how much pepper I eat, but I can't live without it

@awh4272 ปีที่แล้ว

If my wife tried to impose a rule like that it would be a no no.

@EmeraldEyesEsoteric ปีที่แล้ว

When YOU the customer enter KFC which four letter word is taking place? This is an unfair question since you aren't allowed to type it.

@thairinkhudr4259 ปีที่แล้ว

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric???

@deezem5294 ปีที่แล้ว

@@EmeraldEyesEsoteric its "food" right..? right?

@telmaborges1017 ปีที่แล้ว

Matpat missed a really good dad joke “we are putting the best con-tenders to the test.”

@ditfpivi8512 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

🤣

@billyalarie929 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

A moment of silence 😔😔😔😔

@supriyapatil537 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

A moment of silence for this... (this is hilarious frankly 😂)

@sanjanaakotyada4753 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

😂

@sonasaha1255 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

😂

@ambassadorcow6264 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Solution: Get people who are allergic to a single spice and find 11 different spices that people are allergic to. Boom theory done xD

@thanatoast 2 ปีที่แล้ว

That... Might actually work actually.

@ambassadorcow6264 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@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

@broburak1210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

This is 300 IQ gameplay

@Silkie_Dragon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Wow. That would be a PROCESS and 10 more. Jesus that’d take forever

@watevr4evr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

you mean allergic to kfc?

@vanghostvvs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

maybe the 99-x, plus the citric acid, PLUS the tellicherry pepper mentioned at the pressure cooker manufacturer interview wouldve been the perfect combination

@RefinedRandy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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"

@kraken6183 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@RefinedRandy why would colonel sanders release 99-x as a hit piece if it was missing tellicherry pepper

@bluewater6878 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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)

@hopoffmydick9574 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

Ur AMAZING

@bobertrobert6870 หลายเดือนก่อน

Tysm

@LavenderKookie หลายเดือนก่อน

Lolz

@alexsanderivan6511 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

So fun fact: here in Brazil (and maybe in other countries in South America, idk), using fruits like lime to spice up chicken is very common, and it is delicious

@ossioikarinen6232 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

The reason for kfc not being in finland is that in finland you have to tell EVERY SINGLE ingrediant and the amount of them.

@blobisback 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

They scared

@symphonyspeed3226 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

@Sinistarrrrrrr 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

I noticed this too, they just applied the seasonings to the batter without prepping the chicken beforehand.

@abhinavyadav13 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

i was wonderting about that too, but in this case, how would u marinate the chicken?

@felixccorcoran 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@callumcartini 2 ปีที่แล้ว

exposing the secrets over here

@leonwashburn4747 2 ปีที่แล้ว

True there is dehydrated egg in the flour mixture n chicken dipped in water then battered

@TheFunniBaconMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

KFC's gonna send a Kentucky Fried Hitman after you now.

@fishylloyd7339 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@TheFunniBaconMan underrated comment🤣🤣🤣

@moditorplayz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Find a safe place to hide now

@amythestmuse22 ปีที่แล้ว

Actually on the fruit bit, it's not as unlikely as one might think. A bit of citrus zest or juice can add to certain flavor combinations, or help you power through something that is extra greasy. Did Ollie get any fried Chicken?

@rattle_me_bones 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

I mean, yeah - lemon pepper chicken, man.

@LexifromZargon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

Where I'm from its really standard to put lemon juice on fried meat

@Simfk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

No he didn’t

@thatonepokemonwhateveritwa8371 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@Simfk 😢

@greyrains9672 ปีที่แล้ว

Stephanie: "It's almost like people who do analysis on the internet overcompensate things..." Steph Rolls a nat 20 on her speech check Matpat suffers from EMOTIONAL DAMAGE.

@jimmysthoughts8571 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

It was overcomplicate, not overcompensate. That said, absolutely spot on by steph, lol

@beterbomen ปีที่แล้ว

Harland Sanders didn't use the pressure fryer for taste, you know. He invented it himself, for speed.

@beterbomen 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@Kareem Sarhan That's what they said in The Food That Built America. I have no reason to doubt their claims.

@lisabelle7553 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

...and tenderness. Pressure cooking breaks down proteins and makes the meat fall apart/tender - fast.

@thisnewnamesystemisdumb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

False. "Winston Shelton is known for developing the Collectromatic, a pressure fryer, at the request of Colonel Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken." Trust but verify. You'll look less foolish.

@Natp69 หลายเดือนก่อน

He WHAT?? that's actually so cool, the man INVENTED it???

@beterbomen หลายเดือนก่อน

@@Natp69The story as I know it goes like this: Harland Sanders wanted to give people fried chicken at his bussiness (I think it was a gas station, though I'm not too sure), but chicken takes a long time to fry normally, and if he just prepared some, he could end up having only hours-old chicken to serve. Now, there were plenty of pressure COOKERS already, but in order to use it to fry something, he had to reconfigure it so it could stand up to the higher temperatures - especially the seals, which he had to replace with metal ones. This took quite a bit of trial and error on his part, and once it was working, he still had to work out the propper time and temperature to fry the chicken, as well as the propper batter to coat the chicken in. So yeah, I wouldn't say it's too much of a stretch to say he invented it.

@dracoclouse9853 ปีที่แล้ว

I absolutely LOVE the little things you notice once you watch a few times, like the "This is just a damned ball of dough with chicken in it." - Colonel Sanders on the new KFC recipe in the shown newspaper. I also liked the "Make chicken and stop getting into fist fights!" Note from Claudia.

@rashatroblox1371 ปีที่แล้ว

Chicken STUCK on it

@hedera1332 ปีที่แล้ว

I wanted to point out that there are multiple kinds of paprika, not all of them spicy. I learned this the hard way 😬

@The_tiredone 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

Rip whatever you where trying to make

@hedera1332 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@The_tiredone Stroganoff 😭

@Nachotaco4005 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@hedera1332did you still eat ot

@hedera1332 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

@@Nachotaco4005 As much as I could, don't have the money to waste that

@m_artroom 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

Paprika is spicy….? Oops 😂

@Slyeyewalker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

We need to invent taste-o-vision for this exact moment

@i_love_rocks 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Yuuuup

@ranggapradipta8526 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Yes

@HOTD108_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Yeah, so we can taste Mat.

@afkboy5925 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@swagster700 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@afkboy5925 dont say that here, people have a fedish for everything these days...

@bobhakes3221 ปีที่แล้ว

after working in the food industry and supplying the breading to local KFC 's after reciving the wrong breading on one occasion the blowback was instinctanous with the threat of losing the contract to supply them unless the right product was replaced . it was the supplyers fault not ours so we managed to save the contract but found out that the kfc recipe is based on location not the same for everyone

@harokoujishou7888 ปีที่แล้ว

I don't know if it's normal everywhere else to marinate their chicken with citrus among others, but it is REALLY GOOD, try it sometime, it gives a faint lick of delicious and juicy sweetness to your chicken!! We marinate the chicken a little with a little salt and pepper with citrus (calamansi, specifically) and then we cover it with generally any kind of coating you may want to use after an hour at least of marinating. It's great if you know your ingredients well!

@bagelbra1n ปีที่แล้ว

Fr, I don't know why they were so fuzzed about adding citrics, I love that flavor and I can't eat anything if it doesn't have that citric flavor, so when I'm cooking chicked i'll always add that

@harokoujishou7888 ปีที่แล้ว

@@bagelbra1n it's also a really good alternative to vinegar to soften the meet and make it juicy!

@LexifromZargon 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

Fr fr i thought its common knowledge that citrus and meats like chicken go great together love dripping some lemon juice on mine

@zan1971 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Lookup Claudia Sanders Dinner House. It is the restaurant the founder of kfc opened up after the investors of the new kfc company butchered his recipe.

@lettertree11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@eyes_espresso4803 ปีที่แล้ว

There was a whole missed opportunity to say "con-tenders" even though it's on-the-bone fried chicken 😂

@gerghghherb880 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

Probably why they didn't say it, because it would have made no sense

@numx18431 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

I absolutely love your fashion sense and you are so wholesome. Thank you for making my childhood, keep doing what you're doing and don't let the haters negatively impact you.

@p_aizurii6899 2 ปีที่แล้ว

I feel like Matpat made food theory just so that he can include takeouts as part of their business expenses.

@tsartomato 2 ปีที่แล้ว

that sounds like punishment

@gamersinacontainer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

He’s already said that in a few vids

@intestinalobstructiongamin157 2 ปีที่แล้ว

wabungus

@NAME-yg8sl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

That sounds like a good idea.

@shivdevan1414 2 ปีที่แล้ว

qhahha

@fivejedis 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

Would love to see this theory revisited or more recipe testing videos.

@naomilopez7949 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@_heidi_ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

I would love another episode like this or a follow up of some kind. I eat while watching food theory and this has been the best one for that purpose. I dunno, seeing food in a sciencey, exciting setting makes it easier to cook my own food

@CraftME10 ปีที่แล้ว

Just how Gordon would say. The less spices you use, it makes you able to understand the flavor better and i do think that they didnt use 120931203 spices fighting vs each other, they kept it simple and let the premium ingridients speak.

@FutureFoxyOfficial 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

If you use the final recipe with the frying method that they use at kfc you might just have yourself an identical match

@JediPlays0309 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Matpat three KFC videos at the same time? I think that’s an addiction 😅

@eliyafandul3421 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@l.__..l 2 ปีที่แล้ว

3 bud

@acdgamer7292 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@greenapples2992 2 ปีที่แล้ว

if it is, I wouldn't blame him

@mariobrenden3384 ปีที่แล้ว

I want a shipment of Steph and Matt's version of Todd's recipe it just sounds good

@AustinJASMR 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@tlouitas 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

Theories aside, I love the fact that MatPat is wearing a game theory hoodie. It is so incredibly on-brand while being off-brand, and it’s perfect.

@lolpol1719 ปีที่แล้ว

a tip when making this: dip the chicken in an egg mixture so that the herbs and spices +the flour stays on the chicken

@emeraldemperor2601 ปีที่แล้ว

They did this, they mention the egg bath

@kingspina1781 ปีที่แล้ว

Thought that was how you do it?

@lookoutforchris 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

From the kfc Taino g videos they just use water and coat the chicken twice. Doesn’t seem very appealing but that’s what’s in the video.

@kaylinalaska6117 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

here's my food theory: the last recipe you tried with the citrus added to it is the true recipe, BUT because it was made in a small kitchen deep fryer instead of an industrial sized pressure fryer it was slightly different. The other reason behind it tasting different is because KFC is made by sweaty teenagers in a rushed environment that isn't always so clean just gives the chicken that extra oomph that it has.

@ravenpotter3 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@michaelhamson9366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Seriously

@dr.vegito 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Lmao

@edosman2230 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Lol

@mo-likes-internet9221 2 ปีที่แล้ว

hmmm I wonder kfc lmao

@cozypoke1246 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Bruh can you type

@themightylamp6814 ปีที่แล้ว

Saddest part of this episode (even though it’s great) is watching all them wasted wings being left with meat on them

@gayspaghetti3374 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

I remember a friend of mine from America came over to visit me (I live in Scotland), and their favourite thing to do was to eat at fast food restaurants because they're allergic to soy, and we don't use soy oil over here! To elaborate, in the UK, we use vegetable oil, sunflower seed oil, or just plain old butter to fry things as its harder to get soy over here.

@StrongFreak13 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

Former KFC cook, the 99-X does look like the pack I dump into the flour. It was also a different recipe vs the extra crispy chicken

@smartidiotsinc.985 ปีที่แล้ว

You guys should do this but with other secret recipes, like the Dr. Pepper recipe (maybe not that since making soda is probably pretty hard, but it’s an example)

@kraken6183 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

Heres my idea, for an easier analysation of the spice mix use the walkers max kfc chicken flavor which apparently uses the original recipe spices, (ik obscure) and get as much of the seasoning off as u can, then analyse that

@khalillian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Stephanie is dressed like a wise mother while matpat is dressed like a nerdy teen :)

@Anzy.99 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Amy Santiago and Jake Peralta

@thegoodthebadandthenasty5843 2 ปีที่แล้ว

They got the slick hipster look, very cool.

@revolvingworld2676 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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.

@realkingbacon1163 2 ปีที่แล้ว

accurate

@slytherinmusic2795 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@revolvingworld2676 yeah she could be ignoring it

@Jdb025 ปีที่แล้ว

I think there could be a lot of variables with your fried chicken recipes but the main one is that they use a pressure fryer to cook all their chicken and it cooks for a much shorter time and I worked there when I was in high school and I know for a fact that the chicken comes in brine to KFC in a salt or maybe MSG solution in a bag they don't use buttermilk or anything along those lines to dredge the chicken it's all dredged in that liquid that comes in the bag with the chicken and water if it's extra crispy for the second dip in the flour.

@jamaaldawkins5019 ปีที่แล้ว

Not sure how I missed this episode! But anyways as you’ve already noticed, it takes very little seasoning to ring the flavor a fried chicken. Do you think you can do an LIVE Food Theory stream as to why that happens?

@olimar6738 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

Fo(od)T(heory) LIVE

@zan1971 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Lookup Claudia Sanders Dinner House. It is the restaurant the founder of kfc opened up after the investors of the new kfc company butchered his recipe.

@placeholder4020 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

I feel like the colonels recipe is like that of the krabby patty recipe and how it’s near impossible to replicate the taste of both dishes

@reneewewer ปีที่แล้ว

So, what if... each region has their own secret quantities to the spices just to keep people guessing 🤔

@silverblast404 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

Wow! So the secret recipe was a secret spice, plus an ingredient that they already told us about.

@toblobs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

*When you spend hundreds of hours replicating a Big Mac recipe and then a THvidr tells you it's in the commercial*

@borderlinecontent8661 ปีที่แล้ว

The citrus could also be part of the brine. Buttermilk is fairly acidic, add a little lemon and the chicken is great, moist and tender

@nekolga7722 ปีที่แล้ว

I have the same reaction every time I hear someone saying paprika, cause it’s spelled the exact same way as Swedish, my native language, but the, with lack for a better word, exaggerated letters are completely different. It’s a lot like Michael, in Swedish Michael is almost pronounced Me-kah-el, with kah being exaggerated

@gracejordan110 ปีที่แล้ว

I wonder what would happen if you did use tsp and a skim milk wash with the nephew’s recipe. Usually uppercase T would be tablespoons but if it’s handwritten by an old lady, it could just be a handwriting thing. They mentioned that it seemed like too much spice for the amount of flour so I’m curious if that’s why.

@cjspencer3799 ปีที่แล้ว

Keep in mind that you’re not using the same kind of fryer as kfc so that last one chicken wing could be the drier type

@lauinra 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

An update to this could be to ask chatgpt about the secret recipe and try what it comes up with... Great video by the way! Being a vegetarian who has never ever tried fried chicken I'm surprisingly in awe of the results here 😂

@kokoskolan2099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Don’t forget to let “the ingredients get to know each-other”

@radutheodor758 2 ปีที่แล้ว

You! Are a Man of culture

@kokoskolan2099 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Tiny whisk and friends :3

@soidontthinkicanthinkofago4162 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@kokoskolan2099 I’d watch that for like hours on end...

@dawn8136 2 ปีที่แล้ว

and add some kosher salt

@haihai9022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Tiny whisk to combine

@derpyspace_eggs3440 ปีที่แล้ว

Ahhhh that last part with MatPat and Steph was so cute. They've got to be like the best internet couple in the world.

@wsbill14224 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

You should make another batch of chicken using the Colonel's nephew's recipe but use teaspoons rather than tablespoons. It is very unusual for a whole recipe to be in tablespoons.

@marshallrush7717 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

So fun fact from someone who has worked at multiple kfcs in the US at least the extra crispy is cooked in an open vat deep fryer while the original breading is cooked in a pressure fryer and they're two different types of breading

@AbhishKernerVids64 ปีที่แล้ว

I'm a big fan of KFC I couldn't resist a piece of that finger licking crusty chicken, but yeah a 29:05 episode I enjoyed it and I'm rewatching this and I love MatPat talking bout Todd Wilbur I laughed the first time and I kind of giggled rewatching

@loganu4664 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

I'm sorry, are we just gonna gloss over the fact that Steph knows how to SAFELY USE A MASS SPECTROMETER?!?! What was her major in college or what high school did she go to where she was given this knowledge?! I need to know

@AmyWeigand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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!

@erikford7959 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@p3protagonist 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Don't forget about the dating sim

@xavierninness394 2 ปีที่แล้ว

How about all three.

@KilosFoxo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@p3protagonist or the dc crossover comic

@vwertz7829 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@xavierninness394 chill ddy

@jamesclemons9079 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Yeah... I didn't pay much attention to the actual seasonings used but I do know the chicken was dipped in water and then dropped in the flour + seasoning mix (and then dip the already flour covered chicken in the water again and then in the flour again, for extra crispy) back when I worked as a cook there. Definitely a lot of pepper in the recipe though...

@AlexFootballJersey 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

Underrated comment

@careyburleson7374 ปีที่แล้ว

The 99-X needed to go into a pressure fryer. Pressure does affect flavors more than most people anticipate or expect.

@hdervish2497 ปีที่แล้ว

I totally understand the no pepper thing. My bad childhood experience was with ketchup and I can't even smell it anymore.

@Andeh8 ปีที่แล้ว

Can i just say a year ago when this video came out, i hadnt eaten KFC for 5 years, and when i watched all the KFC videos on the other channels too including this one, i asked my parents if we could have KFC for dinner after 5 years. Spoiler: KFC in Australia is not crunchy and i haven’t had it in a year since then-

@marcelminecraft9357 ปีที่แล้ว

I live in Australia and I agree it is not that crunchy

@zertilus 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

YUM! Now please please try to figure out the grilled chicken recipe they came out with. It definitely changed over time, but initially it was insanely good!

@bbittercoffee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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.

@Popthebop 2 ปีที่แล้ว

oh no

@bbittercoffee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@Popthebop oh no indeed

@willnolan6091 2 ปีที่แล้ว

I would enjoy all the theories

@calliopeblue2303 2 ปีที่แล้ว

May this secret never be seen from now on

@bbittercoffee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@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.

@SD-the-big ปีที่แล้ว

1.Mix the flour in a bowl with all the herbs and spices; set aside. 2.Mix the buttermilk and egg together in a separate bowl until combined. Soak the chicken in the buttermilk mixture at room temperature, 20-30 minutes. 3.Remove chicken from the buttermilk, allowing excess to drip off. Dip the chicken pieces in the herb-spice-flour mixture to coat all sides, shaking off excess. Allow to sit on a rack over a baking sheet, 20 minutes. 4.Meanwhile, heat about 3 inches of the oil in a large Dutch oven (or similar heavy pot with high sides) over medium-high heat to 350 degrees. (Use a deep-frying thermometer to check the temperature.) When temperature is reached, lower the heat to medium to maintain it at 350. Fry 3 or 4 pieces at a time, being careful not to crowd the pot. Fry until medium golden brown, turning once, 15-18 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a baking sheet covered with paper towels. Allow the oil to return to temperature before adding more chicken. Repeat with remaining chicken.

@zip7806 ปีที่แล้ว

Secret with the Citrus is to Bath the raw chicken in Lemon/Lime juice before the first flour coating stage. The OG recipe is from his Wife legit sans MSG. Col.Sanders was from the South, AKA Florida. Not Kentucky. He may have also fried in Peanut Oil and or Crisco cotton seed oil given his a OG location. Also Consider adding a pinch of Sugar witch is the secret to Chinese food along with MSG. Baking soda may be added for a crispy texture.

@FedGrod 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

You are the only person who I would believe if you told me you discovered Colonel Sander's secret recipe

@Sephiroth5200 ปีที่แล้ว

The only difference between KFC's original chicken and extra crispy chicken is that they don't fry the extra crispy under pressure, so it ends really crispy like yours.

@TekkGnostic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

@ShorenkiZelshin 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@Artsea_Grace 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Maybe it’s on the website that everyone has been crashing (Marion Kay)?

@Ohmwise 2 ปีที่แล้ว

theyre not directly showing the recipes so i dont see any problem

@steelpump100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

the citric acid is true, but the 99 is shown

@hadouken75 2 ปีที่แล้ว

12:49 "Direction for smaller quantities: ... 2 Tbls 99x"

@thevioletskull8158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

True

@TJBall-go3gv ปีที่แล้ว

The secret with flavor isn't in just the breading, you have to marinate the chicken then bread with spices. The chicken has to have flavor or all your going to get is good fried skin or coating, and plain chicken flavor.

@eeveea.5133 ปีที่แล้ว

I noticed in some of the recipes they used paprika. As someone who has hungarian parents, I can say that more pricey hungarian flour tastes much better than cheaper more orange paprika. In some of the recipies, if they used paprika, it could be hungarian or other paprika.

@HardwarePirate1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

I LOVE watching smart people use their knowledge. Keep it up! The duo videos are great, you can see the brain smarts thru the eyes.

@user-df7ke4ki8n 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

Me and my ex wife went on a mission to re create original recipe KFC. Salt pepper and a hidden valley ranch seasoning packet was spot on. Give it a try, it's surprising!!

@silk29 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

MatPat makes normal things like fried chicken into the most intense thing in the world and I love it

@camm9210 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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!

@treckyvoiceomg1497 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Don't forget the citrus in rhe oil

@maltaraquel9459 2 ปีที่แล้ว

This fit so well! Lol

@scarxiett2998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

This comment deserves so much more attention.

@Galoric 2 ปีที่แล้ว

And the colonels 12th secret herb wink wink nudge nudge

@scarxiett2998 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@Galoric lmfao stoppp lol

@Arion661 ปีที่แล้ว

Regarding the flavor being lacking from the mom and pop Chicago tribune one, did you guys allow for enough time to let the meat marinate?

@anagjini7111 ปีที่แล้ว

A bit of lemon juice or even peel to your fried chicken makes for amazing taste! Many recipes use it as far as i know

@VeraFrost64 ปีที่แล้ว

I was born in the county where KFC started. I used to like it but now its just to dry around here and the chicken doesn't taste great anymore. I'm quite glad to see this theory though maybe I can make my own chicken to snack on that doesn't give me heartburn.

@murilog.p.1383 ปีที่แล้ว

What if we just try to use deduction tactics to figure out what spices would The Colonel have acsses to at the time considering his budget and his location at the time?

@theoriginaledi 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

I'm certainly not old enough to remember the ORIGINAL-original recipe, but I AM old enough to remember it in the early '70s and I can absolutely confirm that it does not taste the same now as it did back then. My best guess is that it's largely due to the change in oil, but they've probably fiddled with the seasoning some too in the past 50 years or so.

@rolo0o 2 ปีที่แล้ว

The dude who did the lab test had big Plankton energy like that's actually so extra

@bena9369 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Lmaoooo

@cohensmith6100 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Ive always wanted to do that

@Dont-Have-A-Name 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@Sinsmoke_ you had one job

@shaquilleeurope2600 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Rania Assal Del Valle Doctors often have strange writing so that's not uncommon

@ronakdave4466 หลายเดือนก่อน

What I think made that 1 point difference is fryer. Maybe if you fry your chicken in one of those pressure fryers along with the last recipe, you get 10/10 kfc

@michaelmcdowell7096 ปีที่แล้ว

I never knew they used soybean oil, that’s kinda neat. I’d love a pressure fryer tho.

@theiam585 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

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.

@brianalderman7350 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

So based on the decade taste buds without pepper I’d imagine the taste and flavor of the pepper would be strong

@amandapc 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

When you said made with love at the beginning, it made me think of an old crochet/knitting joke that basically means when you say something is made with love, you really mean it’s made with a lot of your hair, so Steph saying it was made with his beard hair isn’t that far off

@spaghettiyeti1445 2 ปีที่แล้ว

“There is no secret ingredient” - Mr Ping, Kung Fu Panda

@intheeyesofdorian0853 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Those are a wise mans words from a wise man

@calebmroz5217 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Literally couldn’t breath

@Atemwas69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@calebmroz5217 thats racist man.

@elevate5731 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@@Atemwas69 how tf is that racist?

@I11Vanon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

I was literally thinking about this when I saw the title

@hofmeister15 ปีที่แล้ว

cant believe that i just watched a video about fried chicken and hat says a lot about your videos to me. keep it up your videos and delivery is entertaining

@luissesaber2370 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

Now what about that heavenly zinger sand which sauce that I love. Seriously, I love it so much I've been trying for months to figure out what it is. Truly a mystery for me!

@Quagigitymire 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

A fascinating subject even knowing I very likely never try cooking kfc style fried chicken. Although maybe apply it to make those awesome fries they once had.

@rabeapakind3709 ปีที่แล้ว

It's not enough to know which 11 spices you need, it's also important to know the amounts of each spice.

@mikemcconeghy4658 ปีที่แล้ว

Had to try all that fried chicken. MatPat really suffers for his work. (Yes, I'm jealous.)

@elementalofdark5555 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

@harrylover531 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

You know all these resipies even the other versons of TC3 sound really good. So steph can enjoy a chicken video again rate the resipies un realated kfc to see if where herbs are grown does play a part in taste or not? High end chefs does this too

@zacharylancon1126 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

I'm not normally a guy who comments on another man's wife and maybe it's just all the fried chicken talking on my fifth rewatch following along myself but stephs beauty is on full display in this episode and she really is drop dead gorgeous