Pepin Debone Chicken.flv
What it is
Jacques Pepin demonstrates deboning a whole chicken, quickly and with complete control. It is a short, wordless-feeling technique demo that shows a skill most cooks never learn.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN calls it the single best cooking video on the internet and suggests it as a skill worth practicing for an hour.
- 2 people recommended it
- 3 different months
- 2 strong recommendations
- first 2016, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Pepin's chicken deboning video is the best cooking video that has ever or will ever be put on the Internet”
Pepin deboning a chicken
tptacek, 2016-11 · Strong recommendation · in “Jacques Pepin, unlike other celebrity chefs, will actually teach you how to cook”
“One hour (because as easy as it looks you're gonna have to do it at least 4 times)”
Learn chicken deboning in an hour
IvyMike, 2019-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What's the most valuable thing you can learn in an hour?”
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Topics: jacques pepin, cooking, knife skills, deboning, technique
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