Jacques Pepin = Magic

[thebikingengineer]

I thought that this might be on interest to the Mess Hall Community. This is on my to-do list for the earliest available evening.

 

[ouch]

I can't believe how good he is with a knife.

He's brilliant.

 

[Loric]

I love French cooking, until I watch a French chef and he makes me feel like a fool for cooking chickens the wrong way

Awesome video, thanks for sharing it!

 

[the_edski]

Wow...how to de-construct a chicken, LIKE A BOSS! Amazing that it only takes a few cuts to take it apart. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Jim]

As my buddy Jay always says about Pepin, he does everything in "real time" when he did a show. My favorite chef to watch on TV.

 

[professorchaos]

Met him once. He's also a very nice guy.

 

[SiBurning]

Sweet!

That one's not even in his Complete Techniques book. Time to order some DVDs.

 

[mattnick]

I used to like watching the shows that he would do with Julia Childs. Could never cook like that, but enjoyed watching them.

 

[Tim_McD]

I am not worthy

I have boned chicken hundreds of times, but never with the speed and efficiency of Jacques - I will watch this again with the laptop in the kitchen on Saturday

 

[inspiringK]

This is a great video, thanks for posting it.

Since we are going to the store today anyway and I am now planning on buying a chicken, this is definitely something that I am going to try soon, though I think my spinach will have noticeably more bacon in.

 

[Dennis]

That is from the DVD that comes with Essential Pepin. It is a great book - he went back to all his published works and pulled essential or favorite recipes and updated them. It really covers a broad range of his work and makes it interesting to cook from the book.

 

[SmoovD]

Thanks for the video. He has always been a favorite of mine among TV chefs.

 

[Prince]

Love watching the shows with him and Julia Childs. Quite a few times, they each showed cooking tips to the other's amazement.

 

[BobS]

I picked that up a few monthis ago and it really is almost as easy as he makes it. The cooked chicken and the presentation is excellent. I really like making the lollipop wings!

 

[saf]

He is awesome. Once you have this down you can crank out turduckens.

 

[The Count of Merkur Cristo]

Jacques is a 'Master' because not only shows & teaches you to cook from raw product(s) to finished dishes; he also gives you the talk-through method of instruction.

"Cooking is the art of adjustment". Jacques Pépin

 

[MASSDRIVER]

How cool is it to watch a master of a craft at work? Pepin is very personable as well, and the instruction is concise.
That chicken didn't stand a chance.
You should see him do that at full speed. I have, in a working kitchen, and it's masterful.
Brent.

 

[inspiringK]

I picked that up a few monthis ago and it really is almost as easy as he makes it. The cooked chicken and the presentation is excellent. I really like making the lollipop wings!

Congrats, your trussing is more picturesque than mine ended up being. I damaged some of the skin near the drumsticks and it made the wrapping look a little less than perfect. The final product is great though, taste and presentation work well, the lollipop wings are a nice bonus

As I was doing my best to keep up with the video while it played in the background, discouragingly, I could swear he says something along the lines of "it should not take you much more than a minute to debone a chicken"! I don't doubt he could do it, but it will take a lot of chicken deboning before I can imagine doing that.

 

[cernel_joson]

Jacques Pepin is a legend. I'd be interested in knowing how he shaves. He's definitely a perfectionist.

 

[Obsessed]

He's the man.