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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Writers: Matthew Patrick and Luke Barats
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wegs 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

Munchkin 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

@urban_g00se_27 agreed

banana from hell 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

Food theory theory

Oliver Cameron 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

@freeve4 makes games A FOOD/STYLE/FILM/GAME THEORY!!!!!!

freeve4 makes games 25 วันที่ผ่านมา

but thats just a theory... ... ... ... ... ... ... A FOOD THEOR-

Classic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Jonathan Bush 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

Big Brain

DIDAmnesia 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

@Classic slow af

Classic 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

@DIDAmnesia your mother left you

Epidemix ปีที่แล้ว

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

jinx86 หลายเดือนก่อน

The no pepper in the house thing is pretty toxic

Devin Aswani หลายเดือนก่อน

in a few of there other episodes on food theory they make food for olie to taste test as he is unbaised

TheGamingShiba หลายเดือนก่อน

facts no fruciken cap

𝕍0ℝ𝔸 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

@angiee! #MYA4PREZLIV4VICE huh re watch it again and again give him money

angiee! #MYA4PREZLIV4VICE 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

@𝕍0ℝ𝔸 I just re watched it andb I saw it!

Aglibomph 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

stuff like this makes me wonder how many lists matpat is on

Soul P Superstar วันที่ผ่านมา

We are all on a list

Elliot Savenko Graebner 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

all of the ones you dont want to be on

Catzo หลายเดือนก่อน

He was on the history channel, at 3:00 am

Playstation . E 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

Don’t worry he’ll just use time travel he said was possible on his first episode

CouchPotato64 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

ImRic ปีที่แล้ว

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.

O Gui Blindao 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

Please pass the recipe

Rencol666 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

can you give link to the exact same package they are using? i wasnt able to find (im situated in europe)

h rex 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Graces perfect blend is a more accurate spice blend you can purchase.

Jose Alfonso ปีที่แล้ว

What was your batter and brine or marinade recipe?

Ash 2 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.

Jake Langley 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

@Kareem Sarhan never heard of baked chicken before?

Kareem Sarhan 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

baked¿¿¿????

Felix Corcoran 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

Sasson10 หลายเดือนก่อน

Problem is, what are the seasonings?

TechNewsEveryWeek หลายเดือนก่อน

@Ddot What about KFC in African or asian countries? Shipping takes forever to get to these locations making it more expensive to do.

Somoud Barghouthy 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

What is your last wish?

ItzStrawberryGachaTime 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

rip felix corocan He prob died cuz kentucky fried hitman got him may he be missed (well he kinda reveald the secret)

dit f pivi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

KFC is going to fire you

Ellington Lilly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

Chris White หลายเดือนก่อน

@A WH ok, good for you dude

jinx86 หลายเดือนก่อน

@Chicken Permission doesn't give her tbe right to push that onto others

jinx86 หลายเดือนก่อน

I get not liking it but forcing others to not have it is strange and controlling

EmmaLovesHampters หลายเดือนก่อน

my strange addiction- but no seriously me too lol

Ant 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

@F.H.S I have literally no idea, since it was ages ago, sorry!

Amythest Muse 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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?

LexifromZargon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Skulgan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

I mean, yeah - lemon pepper chicken, man.

R van bergen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

LisaBelle 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

R van bergen 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

Kareem Sarhan 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

are you sure¿¿

Svartalf14 ปีที่แล้ว

Man, I'm not surprised the tc34d was the farthest... the sourcing of the ingredients seems very niche, when the colonel would have used stuff that was easily available, and cheap because he had a margin to keep as wide as he could. But you had me when you mentioned Tahitian vanilla. So I learned that there are several varieties of vanilla, one being from Tahiti, but let's face it, total world production of Tahitian vanilla is like 8 tons, when France produces 80 of ordinary vanilla, and the rest of the world more like 5000 tons total... So if Tahitian vanilla was even available to mr sanders, it would have been hard to get and super expensive compared to the normal stuff, and I doubt there's even vanilla in kfc... at least there's none in the nephew's recipe.

Frado’s channel 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

Tahiti. It’s a magical place

Hedera 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Eye Walker 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

Mike the Goo หลายเดือนก่อน

It already exists

Isabella Eaton หลายเดือนก่อน

That’s a good invention idea

Enoshima-P 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

@David Wolfish tastes like regret

poo ปีที่แล้ว

@Just Weird Stuff Idkbro its called cursed comments not cursed replies

Emily Ward ปีที่แล้ว

Made some fried chicken recently using the 99-X seasoning and it did taste really close to contemporary KFC. I was pleasantly surprised.

Fazkrueger 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

Try adding some citric acid. There's a mild difference, but it's bound to improve the taste.

Draco Clouse 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.

RashAtRoblox 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

Chicken STUCK on it

Telma Borges 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Billy Alarie หลายเดือนก่อน

A moment of silence 😔😔😔😔

Cherry_Bl00D 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

HE DID NOOOOOOO 😢

dit f pivi 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

🤣

Harokou Jishou 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!

LexifromZargon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Harokou Jishou 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Bagel Brain 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Eyes_Espresso 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

gerghgh herb วันที่ผ่านมา

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

Cam M 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!

Shy Frog 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

I'm going to have that theme song stuck in my head for days. Thank you.

JamesLove 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

😂😂😂

nomad90125 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Yea i wish people would stay focused on what they set out to actually do rather than switch the entire story to, Its all about us now. 🤔

BeanBoy2763 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

But what about the 14 metric tons of Oganesson?

Healing Alternatives 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Using this replica MatPat Steph and their editors dedicated their day to making a THvid video on the INTERNET!

Rusty Shackelford ปีที่แล้ว

Im a culinary school graduate and i can confirm a capital T means Tablespoon. also citric acid makes your mouth water. Could make the chicken seem more juicy

I Dislike Miis 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

@seraphyne13 same, but then again, like you, I do bake a lot and most of my recipes are either older (my great-grandmother and grandmother) or online. I learned the T and t from my dad when we are doing another relatives recipe because where I live we use S and s instead (for "spise Ske" and "tee Ske"). We use the actual spine instead of the the word before

seraphyne13 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

And I thought Rusty Shackelford was an international man of mystery/exterminator (of bugs and other things...) 😁

seraphyne13 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

As I was watching this, I thought it was common knowledge that 'T' = Tablespoon and 't' = teaspoon. But then I cook a lot. And while I've always known tablespoon is table... spoon, I literally just noticed that teaspoon is tea... spoon. Which is why a teaspoon is a smaller measurement. 🤦🏻‍♀️ I hate it when the universe slaps me in the face with face with my own stupidity...

Bob Hakes 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

Alexsander Ivan 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

lolpol 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

lookoutforchris 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

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.

King Spina 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

Thought that was how you do it?

Emerald Emperor 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

They did this, they mention the egg bath

Grey Rains 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

Jimmy'sThoughts 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

Steve Cheney ปีที่แล้ว

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.

Steve Cheney 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@Earth-Chan - It might impair your judgment. On the other hand, you might be more likely to notice the ways that it *doesn't* taste like KFC because you're expecting it to be KFC.

JuMiKu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@Earth-Chan Well, you have to get the idea of what a flavour is like from somewhere, but it is basically true. People have for example taken Mc Donalds food out of their packing and people have given far better scores on taste than when they knew it was Mc Donalds food. If you present cheap, store-bought food nicely, it will taste better to people. Basically, the best thing you can do to isolate taste, is to present all food in non-descript packaging and have the original, here KFC, as a control. The score KFC itself gets will be incredibly important. Don't expect a 10/10.

Earth-Chan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

Wouldn't that logic work the other way around as well. If you're unsuspectingly eating what you think is KFC chicken in a KFC bucket than wouldn't it taste more like KFC?

Steve Cheney 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@dxkaiyuan - Oh, if you were doing this taste test in any kind of scientific way, it would absolutely make sense to include KFC in the selection, as a control, and to confirm whether people even know what KFC tastes like. Let's say you were doing a bogstandard Coke vs Pepsi blind taste test - two cups, one of Coke, one of Pepsi, no indication which is which, and people have to say which they prefer. It would be smart to have maybe 10% of the people you test be given two cups that both contain Coke, or both contain Pepsi. Those people *should* say "they both taste the same", but knowing how many of them *don't* say that is useful data when you judge the rest of the results.

JuMiKu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@dxkaiyuan This is obviously just for KFC-fans, but it would certainly be interesting to put original KFC in with the others for a control.

The Bone Witch ปีที่แล้ว

So funny story, my dad works for a food blending company, and early 2000s his company partnered with KFC (I live in Kentucky) and he and the rest of his company had to sign a waiver that stated he and the company would never leak what the Spicy blend was. He told me this later and said that they made the blend, make chicken, and tasted it. But he doesn’t remember what the blends were because he said he forgot. 👀👀 Also love the videos Mat across all channels!!💙

Terry Wisniewski ปีที่แล้ว

99-x is very accurate. Besides using pressure frying, everyone I see trying to reproduce fails to use a milk and egg dip prior to coating. Original recipe spice mixes originally came in two bags, one with the "11 herbs and spices" mixed with the flour, and the other bag which was powdered eggs and powdered milk which you mixed with water. chicken was dunked into egg/milk dip, drained, breaded and fried.

Jimmy'sThoughts 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

They fail to do that because KFC doesn't do that. There may be milk or eggs in the ingredients, but it's all together and there's no pre dipping. When the ingredients are put together at the KFC, it's a big ol' bag of flour and two smaller bags that get mixed together with the flour. The chicken gets dipped but that's into water because it's bloody, so it's being cleaned off. After being cleaned off, the chicken goes straight into a tub that holds all the ingredients, which were thoroughly mixed. If it isn't obvious, I worked at a KFC as a cook.

Gay Spaghetti 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.

Rika Miarunua 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

I think you all forgot about a special ingredient that I think many over look just how much impact it can have with just a small amount: Saffron spice and safflower oil, NOT to be confused with Sunflower or a sassafras plant. I want to see you try this and think you might be surprised by your results. also the prep for the chicken is super important. like do you marinate the chicken in a bath of x kind of egg, x kind of milk, and x kind of spices BEFORE you begin even covering it with that flavor explosive breading.. YOU might want to take a look into that. just saying... Let me know^^ ~ Syiaryia (sigh-R-E-ah) As always I love your show! I also love how you and her both are light hearted, real, honest, and so wonderful to watch together!!^^ Thank you.

Mostly_Roblox 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

I like how Matpat does this channel, it feels more real

Ravenpotter 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

Amused Animator 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

I saw him at the KFC hq

James KIRK 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

rip

Quyen Gordon Pooch Smith 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

Don’t get it

skxteboading…frxgzz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

Lmao lol lollololololololol

skxteboading…frxgzz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

lol

Ev0ltion ปีที่แล้ว

You should have let your chicken wait for a bit after making. Im sure KFC one had a while when you were waiting for delivery and probably had to wait a moment. It can change flavour dramatically.

Borderline Content 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

DaMightyLamp 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Mark Robinson ปีที่แล้ว

High chance he used a citrus soak for a few hours before brining and breading, it opens the gaps in the meat to allow the seasoning to propagate into the meat easier.

Jimmy'sThoughts 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

For a restaurant, it's highly unlikely actually. It's a fine idea in general but if you're selling any amount of chicken, you simply don't have the space, nor the time to spend hours marinating the chicken. I'll say this much, there's no marinating going on in KFC restaurants, I was a cook at one for a good while.

FeatherlightFox 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

I cannot tell you how hard it was for me to watch this video. I absolutely adore fried chicken, and seeing all the pieces they only took a few bites out of made me want to jump through the screen and devour every remaining crumb on their plates. It's still five days until pay day T_T

AmbassadorCoW 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

Rhys Williams 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

It's fairly simple to find out the ingredients these days tbh. The measurements of each is the golden ticket.

LeleR 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

@AmbassadorCoW either you're a psychopath or the jokes you make kind of sound a bit serious😅

LeleR 23 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

Imagine committing murder killing someone over chicken recipe Hey it's probably a joke right... right?

Onyyx 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

Wait that’s actually genius😊

Spectrum 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

Best idea ever

mathew thomas หลายเดือนก่อน

"It's almost like people who do analysis on the internet overcomplicate them" *intense stare at mat* Dear lord Steph does not hold back

Teekl Bleak ปีที่แล้ว

This is the first video I’ve watched of Matpat actually doing stuff with his wife, and they’re so cute together like what? This was adorable

Zachary Gilmore 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

If you want much more of that, then watch their GTLive channel. Steph doesn’t appear in it much anymore because of Ollie, but there are a lot of videos of them playing games and having fun together.

Gik Gik 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

She’s patient w him that’s y it works so well. He’s a talker if I ever seen one

lvlygl 2 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.

Heidi 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

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

Floppywoppy หลายเดือนก่อน

Matt is what everyone wants. Respect your fear of pepper. These two are just perfect for one another 😊

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*

Dan Edgar ปีที่แล้ว

I went on a quest to make it, I never nailed it but got close. I bought a pressure fryer too man, that's how serious I was, and yes it made a big difference! from scouring the net, there were a few things in common all of them had that I felt 100% didn't work without them. Marjoram, celery salt, garlic salt, accent (msg based flavouring) I'm told true msg is better but I couldn't get it anywhere, ground oregano, paprika and onion salt. It obviously had salt and pepper but the ratios were a nightmare when other ingredients were tested/subbed in. I would almost say powderd tomato soup mix on flavour alone but the colour was way off and couldn't be right.

VanGhost 2 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

King Petrol Randy 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

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"

Nekolga 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Jamaal Dawkins 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

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?

Damian Britts หลายเดือนก่อน

Fo(od)T(heory) LIVE

Lauinra Inra วันที่ผ่านมา

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 😂

P_aizurii 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

entertainment theatre 2 ปีที่แล้ว

someone commented this on the food theory (which fries is the best) video too

Schnee 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Im 666 😈

Kitkatandahalf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

YEAH, the snacking in so many episodes kind of just feel like they wanted to chow down lmao

Tsuyoshi. 2 ปีที่แล้ว

yes...

Shiv Devan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

qhahha

Kiko Hernández ปีที่แล้ว

I just want to say that, as a mexican fan, I really appreciate the way you say the words "telenovela", "Mario López" and "taquitos" (this one from another episode). Love u guys

Animals RCute! 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

We actually went and got the spice after this aired! Thank you so much! It's the best thing! And I am super snobby about my chicken, and then we add it on to our turkey for the holidays! It is so so good! I'm not a THvid watching person. But because of the things he's done on Food theory , Game theory and Film theory, he has made me watch or cook a certain way because of all his theories!

MarioBrenden 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

☁️ 蓝景仪🌙 ปีที่แล้ว

I think the recipe is the most simplest and common thing but we are making it difficult for ourselves to find...

J Behrens 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

Khalillian 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

Hagen springtrap ปีที่แล้ว

Fits them both equally

WildEle ปีที่แล้ว

@RevolvingWorld context please?

Zoey Deu ปีที่แล้ว

First time viewer, didn't know they were married at first. I thought he was 10 years younger than her from what he's wearing and his mannerisms

Gentles and Ladymen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Anzy they do have Stephanie and Matt energy 😮

monkey 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Anzy trueee

ADawsome ปีที่แล้ว

I've highly enjoyed watching this episode. Another good one matpat!

Chicken Permission 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

God, their kitchen must’ve smelled _incredible_ after this!

gracejordan110 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

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.

Criptin ปีที่แล้ว

The herbs and spices of modern day taste different than they did back then. Really all of the herbs and spices can have a variation in taste so that means theirs too many factors no matter how you go about it and even the colonels recipe would taste different on a batch to batch basis.

Brenden Carr 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!

Nana_UFC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

The 4 ingredients might actually make sense as a marketing tool, like the krabby patty formula.

ibrahim azhar ปีที่แล้ว

but the krabby patty is made out of cRab

Red Diamond 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Your name and your profile pic is enough for me to subscribe 🥺

Anarchy Animate 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

For the Chicago Tribune recipe I'd use teaspoons for some of the spices like Paprika, then maybe it'd be closer to the KFC one

Lina IsNotANoob 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

I've always suspected that something like what Poundstone suggested (though not necessarily exactly that) is the case. That everyone is looking for something that adds up to 11, but there is either fewer or more ingredients and that's why, according to KFC at least, no one has gotten it right. That or they are just lying.

Trans Yuri หลายเดือนก่อน

My need for variety in my diet has gotten me suddenly addicted to this channel

Murilo G.P. 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

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?

amandapc 3 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

Apollo 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.

Trixxart(archive) 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Pepsi Max

Nancy Absalon9 2 ปีที่แล้ว

THEN LET'S HELP HIM The world is ready for a change. And it can start with this.

Apollo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@calliopeblue For the sake of our feeble minds, may it be forgotten.

Apollo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Will Nolan 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.

Michael Mcdowell 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

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?

iBeastFelix 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Beta Sword ปีที่แล้ว

I think freshness should've been a factor as well. How long the KFC chicken was sitting out, vs. a fresh batch could easily shake up the results.

ProGaming101 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Fun fact: there’s a video on THvid of the head chef of McDonald’s at the time teaching you how to make the Big Mac at home.

Amy Weigand 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!

Risotto Pose 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Amy Weigand 🗿

Amy Weigand 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Risotto Pose Oh, dear. The Sweeney Todd of fried chicken. What a nightmare that would be. Probably not good for marketing, tho.

Risotto Pose 2 ปีที่แล้ว

Next their gonna reveal Colonel Sanders was actually a murderer, because I really want Crime Theory

unfortunatewitnessX 2 ปีที่แล้ว

YES, KFC SHOULD DEFINITELY SPONSOR FOOD THEORY!

Vwertz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

@Xavier Ninness chill ddy

DarkKnight95sm 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

I’m questioning they’re results a little because how crazy is it that adding they’re film theory added to the closest recipe just so happened to push it in the right direction. I love seeing Steph and Matpat, but I’m gonna need a third party to test this

G T ปีที่แล้ว

Lol their surprise about seasonings on the chicken is quite on brand 😂

Smart Idiots Inc. 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

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)

Alexis Frasciello ปีที่แล้ว

I would like to point out that there might be citrus in the recipe. If you don't have buttermilk you can make it by adding 1Tb of vinegar or Lemon juice to regular milk and it creates a buttermilk substitute so they might be on to something.

Soju 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

Still waiting for that Binging with Food Theorists episode. Someone please make it happen

Ryan P ปีที่แล้ว

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

Madkirk74 ปีที่แล้ว

Yeah

OuiOui Baguette ปีที่แล้ว

they're talking abt the colonel's original recipie not KFC's contemporary fast food recipie

cherg ปีที่แล้ว

@Griffin Mueller yeah the recipe is secret and stuff but no costumer will leave because HOLY SH*T THEY TAKE LIKE ONE SECOND TO GIVE YOU YOUR ORDER

望月花 ปีที่แล้ว

Yeah, probably

Griffin Mueller ปีที่แล้ว

@Surota Onishi your forgetting one part, they could only add that negligible amount because it already had a strong "pumpkin" flavor before they added it, it already tasted like pumpkin so they only needed enough to put it on the label

hofmeister15 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Alice Pearson 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

I've always wondered what if someone's allergic to one of the ingredients-

TRose2001 ปีที่แล้ว

Watching this made me hungry so I literally ordered wings for delivery 🤣🤣🤣

Mike McConeghy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Cindy Land ปีที่แล้ว

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!!

h rex 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

@Cindy Land the corporation did change the recipe, because a man named pat grace met the colonel and opened up kfcs in Ireland using the original recipe given by the colonol himself. The kfc America corporation started using a different recipe to cut costs and took pat to court because he was using the kfc brand name for his restaurants, but was still using the original recipe given to him by sanders and pat would eventually lose the case and be forced to change his restaurants to pat Grace's famous fried chicken.

John McAuliffe 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

I do think that over the years (sometime after the 80's when the guy did his mass spectrometer analysis of the chicken) KFC may have realized that there wasn't anything special about their fried chicken so changed the recipe again to more closely match the original recipe hence why the 99X (which the Colonel made because he was unhappy at what the corporatists did to his recipe) is so close to the current recipe. Basically the timeline is colonel makes his recipe, KFC buys it and removes the spices making it easier to produce, Colonel makes 99x out of frustration and analysis of the chicken reveals no spices, some time passes and KFC decides to go back to it's roots and that's the chicken we have today.

Cindy Land 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

@hi_im_bi I saw the documentary on his chicken, sale, etc.

hi_im_bi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

Wait but how you know that?🧐

brr johnson ปีที่แล้ว

@M. walker did you ever have the A&W finger steaks? Soo good. Like deep fried chicken, but steak. Now I'm hungry.

Sakuragi Hanamichi 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.

Travis Yarbrough 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

You folks and GugaFoods are doing great work on this subject ..... Love it !!!!!

Shamwater 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

Going to have to inject something here. Yours coming out crispier may have to do with how KFC chicken is stored. I have never worked at a KFC but I have worked in quite a few resturants and there is a thing called a cvap which is used to store chicken and such after it is fully cooked.... which contains moisture to keep the product from drying out.... which will over time make the chicken less crispy.

Platinum_Angels_ 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

Is it just me, or would anyone else be interested in what he could come up with about the elven bread from Lord of the Rings?

Charlie Caruso 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Love how matpat calls us friends

figgehn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

prehistoric orchid ปีที่แล้ว

This we need unbiased opinions

Trevor Marquis ปีที่แล้ว

@MeWhenIAmMe we made it happen for you

The Oofer ปีที่แล้ว

@EchoWasTaken He fell from grace to the pits below. I saw it happening

annoy mous ปีที่แล้ว

@MeWhenIAmMe it’s actually because his comment made a lot of sense on this occasion

Eric Overland ปีที่แล้ว

@MeWhenIAmMe it did

T.J. Ball 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.

Galaxy Gone 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

21:56 I'm losing it at Steph's slow glide haha

Quagigitymire วันที่ผ่านมา

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.

Lora Massegee ปีที่แล้ว

Find someone that can “cook with their nose“ which if you’re are aware of what that means, it means somebody that can smell literally, every single ingredient without having to have it in their hand, all they have to do is know what it is before hand. Example, like if they smell pepper, they know pepper goes in the recipe however what kind of pepper is irrelevant. I know a couple of people just off the top of my head that are great at it. But might not be able to come to your show. One in which is my mother. She has bested and bested some famous recipes just by taste and smell alone. Find someone like that give them the chicken, give them the ingredient list and they can figure it out. They may not even need the recipe list. 🙂 Good luck if you decide to try this again. 🙂 No I’m not advertising.

Infernoedits09 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

I bet it's just like one or two special ingredients and that KFC uses the whole 11 spices and herbs to entice people into trying to solve the mystery by buying and eating and testing

Gabby 305 2 ปีที่แล้ว

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

Emmett Richardson, Jr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

That ending. 🥰😅

derpyspace_eggs 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Rion Hoel 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

Someone should make a movie about all these people trying to recreate the secret recipe and center the story around the family that wins

FedGrod หลายเดือนก่อน

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

Devin G ปีที่แล้ว

The Citrus makes sense...... Think about Lemon Pepper chicken. Citrus and chicken go hand in hand, now the fact they had it in flasks in the KFC vault may mean it's lemon rind. But in adding the citrus kicked it up a notch or two for ya, good on ya..... Ya figured it out. 👍

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