Mandy Lee's Ultimate Chicken Salad Uses a BLOW TORCH!

HAND-TORN CHICKEN SALAD WITH FRESH HERBS:
"Chicken salad, a dish that had seen its better days, is now sadly an aforementioned thought in the evolution of American food culture. Often taken not very seriously, these two words nowadays don't bring about anything but memories of quick-lunch buffet counters and half-hearted leftovers. Its unjust really, because if we could just approach it with the same level of fear and respect as we do with a piece of prime-rib, chicken salads, I say, could be truly amazing. Inspired by cuisines from Yunnan, this recipe ditches poaching, where you would lose all the flavors to water that youre dumping later into the sink, I incubate the chicken in a low-temp oven to bring its internal temperature slowly up to the optimal, supple 165F. But were not done yet.
The treatment of blow-torching is the highest form of respect and civility you could pay to the skin of this chicken, and it would be a crime not to. Torn instead of cut, the pieces present naturally maximized surface area to retain a simplebut not mindlessdressing that is flavored with the chickens own juice. Last but not least, an absurd amount of fresh herbs brings the fragrance needed to make this dish truly refreshing." ~Mandy Lee

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - Prep the Bird
04:24 - Cook the Chicken
10:14 - Build the Salad
13:40 - Taste Test!

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