Good Eats S1E5P2: A Bird In The Pan

[wotmot223]

that compitition show Flay had ended up giving me a lot of good ideas for cooking, but yea, Alton is the man.

[winkieman666]

In all fairness he does say all ovens are different and you can bet he has the best.

[mrl1nk]

Try to boil the "juices" and put in some cream and serve the sauce with the chicken and some potatoes.

[Loonieburger2]

Love AB's stuff. Have learned much over the years and replicated many of his recipes with great success. This one, however, does not work. I've tried it in a few different ovens and it doesn't cook evenly. The sides, drums, and insides of the wings are under cooked. It takes longer than his original 18 min prior to flipping; longer than 10-12 post-flip; and once it looks beautiful, it still requires ages to cook. There must be another step that isn't included in the video that I'm missing.

[nymphrenic]

@Loonieburger2 I wish I had seen your comment. I just tried this & it didn't work for me either. We ended up cooking the chicken an extra 40 minutes too & it was a bloody mess. I just gave up & threw the whole thing in a stock pot, am making roasted chicken stock as I'm writing this, for soup later. Very annoying but hopefully the stock turns out, I can't see why it wouldn't given that it's being made with an entire roasted chicken! Hopefully we'll both have better luck next recipe. :-)

[Bluegreenaqua]

When he was cutting open and stuffing the bird, my brain conjured the image of a disected frog. Thanks brain.

[bullseye614]

" Time to temp fate" LOL after watching this episode a dozen times i just noticed that

[1dark1dragon1knight1]

That is not stuffing it is filling because stuffing is evil !

[MrsJennDavids]

Tried this tonight... chicken was WAY underdone. Unsure what I did wrong. Sadface. It tasted pretty good, but by the time we got it done, it was pretty dry.

[Tokorai]

@MrsJennDavids Most home broilers aren't very strong. I had to cook mine longer, but it came out juicy. Sorry it didn't work out, this is absolutely delicious and so much healthier than frying, which is what I was raised on.

[xangelofxdeathx]

what are you supposed to do with the leftover vegetables he used as the chicken rack?

[codectified]

i didnt see him do anything with the backbone?

[Zidana123]

@codectified He gave it to the Jew.

Oh I'm sorry Jewish people! ._.

But I had to! ._.

[busyjoe177]

I've always wondered if he actually eats it after the show, 'cuz that looks REEEAL good.

[ericv00]

"Time to TEMP fate"

Gawd! AB is awesome.

[QueenBoadicea]

I'm reminded of this series I saw with Taye Diggs playing a lawyer. He had a freespirited aunt who kept butting heads with his nanny. The woman thought blowing cigarette smoke into a baby's lungs would help clear it and, when she reached for the baby without cleaning her chicken-coated hands first, he shrieked, "SALMONELLA!"

[poohbear5050]

how have I never seen this episode... i've been watching since season one

[imnewtryme]

spatchcocking!

[munnaf]

@2:01 "Save the backbone, it will be great for the Jew." What?!!!

[sonicy235]

@munnaf

Jus.

[Zidana123]

But Alton! Touching the dog with chickeny hands will result in many minutes of fun for you and your family as you watch the dog doing acrobatics to try and lick the chickeny juices off its own back!

[thedreamerswork]

I love Alton <3 I learned more from his show then I did when I took a cooking class lol. I even started taking notes while watching like I would in class <3

[logiclovr]

Whenever he sits down to eat after every ep, it always makes me think of Justin Wilson (RIP). He was the Cajun king I Ga-ran-tee!! :D

[flavioateo]

As a European I have to admit I don't share this chicken bacteria scare...

[Celestyal22]

@flavioateo Its okay, most americans dont either. At least most of the ones i know.  He just has to say it.

[TLRfrozenfire]

i love Alton Brown, he goes into detal about WHY and HOW everything happens while cooking, 90% of the other shows on food network, they just tell you a recipe and cook it, Good Eats is like sweet relief from the rest of the shows, at least in my opion

[trumbachd1]

@TLRfrozenfire YES!

The only show on food network that even used to do that was "Taste" with David Rosengarten back in the day but AB does it even more than David Rosengarten did.

[Jojoax]

Hey Jsuarez6 and ChefChris47, he does explain it on a later episode but i forgot which one.

[leeroyjenks]

That chicken looks delicious.

[rainey53]

2:02 It sounds like he said, "Save the backbone, it will be great for the Jew." Hahahah

[startledmonkey]

he said au jus btw

[startledmonkey]

and im also jewish

[kiminokami]

Was the backbone great for you?

[sabian1hhx1only]

even if u dont cut it in half u should gets under the skin and rub the meat with butter its cooking not baking grow a spine.

[Vesoe]

Garnish: "If it doesn't add flavor to the plate, it doesn't belong."

GFT

[Jsuarez6]

When he tales you to wash your hands before touching anything else, he actually touches the faucet's handle to turn on the water. When he is done washing his hands he will have to touch the faucet's handle (contaminated with raw chicken) with his clean hands. He is just contaminating his hands again.

[gilarja]

those kind of faucets are turned on by lifting the handle. I'd (and I bet he did too) push it up with my wrist.

[Jsuarez6]

I am sure he did do that. I just wish that he would have explained and shown that so that the audience would also know.

[ChefChris47]

It's a TV show dude, use your elbow, lol.

[JGA1980]

hmm he said the herbs and the auromatics would burn if they were on the outside cuz of "direct heat", I THOUGHT oven heat is indirect!???? hmm can somebody comment..

[captainessklutz]

Baking in an oven is indirect, but the broiler is a direct heat source (it's basically an upside down grill). AB is broiling his chicken in this instance, so he stashes the aromatics under the skin to prevent burning from the direct heat of the broiler.

[ChefChris47]

A broiler is pretty damned direct... notice this isn't a roasted chicken, it's broiled. A broiler, as Alton puts it, is basically an upside down grill.

[draculasUncle]

It's his birthday today :)

[Lisanab]

the skin-loostening and then oil massage was mildly disturibing hahahahahahahaha

[gchimmel]

Whenever Alton plays butcher it reminds me why I'm a vegetarian.

[koggi242]

and?

[kiminokami]

Because you have a weak stomach and have converted that into some kind of moral signal instead of physiological shortcoming?

[tartrazine]

Vegetarianism is just a phobia

[mrmorganmusic]

There's a superfluous comma at 6:15!!!!

[SenFushigi]

I'm getting hungry...

[Steve3child]

It'll be nice if thwey open a Good Eats Resturaunt. This would be the first thing i order

[aznshrimp90]

he beats bobby flay anyday he should b in iron shef america cookin!!

[altonbrownrox123]

y stop with bobby flay alton brown would beat anybody anyday

[Zephilindrum]

Not to hate on you or anything, but Alton Brown is a different kind of TV chef. He's about theatrics and mostly traditional home recipes, and teaching you about the food and some tips and tricks to help you save money (like that ceramic claypot smoker, best thing ever).

Bobby Flay on the other hand is a restaurant chef, and he's innovative when it comes to his food. The guy knows his flavors and knows how to manipulate them. Simply speaking, he's the TV chef on the battlefield.

[Zephilindrum]

Comparing one to the other is just stupid because they're in different branches of TV cooking.

[iSayHellos]

Most of what alton brown's recipes are not that traditional, you even said the claypot smoker, not traditional at all

[Zephilindrum]

I didn't mean the smoker as part of tradition, I said he gives you tips and tricks to help you save money, like the claypot smoker considering how modern smokers these days cost over a hundred dollars.

And his recipes are very traditional bound, such as the roast chicken featured in this recipe. It has garlic, lemon, and herbs, you'll see that combo everywhere in Europe.

[FrostbittenWolf]

Alton is a teacher, Morimoto is a warrior, Flay is a joke.

[Zaekk]

Genius in simplicity.

[pipsi181]

Comparing the two shows is one thing, but comparing the chefs is something we don't have enough to go on. We haven't seen either try to operate in each other's TV realm. Both can be innovative and I think that both know flavor, technique, and method. But they are reaching out to their audiences in different ways. Flay makes his living as an artist, AB as a teacher. I prefer AB because I want to learn more than view art. Nothing wrong with the other way, though, it's just not where I'm at.

[frankbombs]

Bobby Flay doesn't teach. And AB created his "type" of tv chef. Never existed before him.

Hes Bill Nye for food.

[deraifu]

@frankbombs there was others before alton just not as good.

[frankbombs]

@deraifu give me a name and ill most likely tell you they never took it as far as ab in with such comprehensive detail. then ill make fun of your poor english. :p just jaggin ya. you are correct about one thing. nobody was as good.

[lilacfunk]

@frankbombs

That's the most perfect, on the nose description of Good Eats I've ever heard.

[DeadlyDad]

@frankbombs Alton Brown describes himself as a "food mechanic" rather than a chef; he came out of TV, and only received culinary training as part of his preparation for Good Eats. Unlike most cooking shows, the viewer is 'standing right there', and is expected to be more than slightly clueless about what goes on in a kitchen. This 'I am going to explain *everything* to you, because you apparently know nothing about cooking' attitude is, IMHO, what makes learning from him so gosh-darned easy.

[GreenManalichi]

Its not a set temp....you're broiling it

[masterfly]

So, what temperature should we be using?

[Owner46]

How hot did he say the oven was?

[izzystdln]

He doesn't specify the temperature, 'cause it will lose it when he leaves the Broiler door open. 8 inches from the heat.

[Jealkeja]

Most broilers are set to 500 F I believe.

[ctarider665]

no no no the first thing u do is go up to your annoying little sister and say "I HAVE COME FOR U BLAHHHHH HAHAHHAHAHAHA* THEN WASH LOL

[crazychris013]

lol

[again748]

^^ this is a great show. ^^ i watch it all the time!

[dmdmal]

AB would be proud to know he has fans that quote him, use his methods, and can explain them =)

[MoyraAngel]

I bet he is. Better then the emril fans you just Say Bam!

[dmdmal]

That and "take it up another notch!" LOL

[bartleby256]

"Now, before you do anything—before you touch the oven door, the timer, your coffee mug, YOUR DOG—wash these nasty chicken hands!"

[DarkSoldier712]

And thus, a catchphrase was born.

[Hadra568]

That's AB's real dog.

[casobs2]

to season that side of the meat

[mkrause3]

why did he salt the bottom of the chicken?

[Zephilindrum]

To draw out some protein laden juices from the meat to drip down onto the bottom of the pan for the sauce. If he did that to the skin, it would just get in the way of browning and would coax up moisture which would make it soggy instead of crispy.

[ma218]

This is one of my favorites

Definately...well you know....Good Eats :-)

[JonnieZombie]

Thank you, I think this is the only episode I never saw.

[wysiwyg2006]

thank you very much for this great vid

a must view!

and taste! :)