The New Chicken Dinner
Chef Yan Teaches Important Knife Skills and Tricks for Eliminating a Common Way We Overspend at the Supermarket
October 19, 2011 - It could be the most intimidating concept for a home cook. And, it could be one of the primary ways we overspend at the supermarket. But, breaking down a chicken, instead of buying pre-cut parts, can be easy…So easy that Chef Martin Yan can wow your viewers by breaking down a chicken in 18 seconds.
This feat demonstrates the techniques for utilizing a whole chicken, which can save more than $5 every week, which can equal more than $260 per year.
Chef Yan has more than 30 years of on-air cooking show experience and is known for his precise and impressive knife skills, an expertise that will benefit any home cook, or aspiring chef!
Chef Yan will:
- Show your viewers how to break down a chicken
- Demonstrate basic knife techniques
- Share his back-to-basics approach to chicken stir-fry, offering inspirational twists that will inspire your viewers and get them excited about cooking.
- Offer tips for everyday mincing, chopping and dicing skills
About Chef Yan: The celebrated host of over 3,000 cooking shows, broadcast worldwide, Martin Yan enjoys distinction as a certified Master Chef, a highly respected food consultant, a cooking instructor and a prolific author. His diverse talents have found expression in 30 cookbooks. In 1978, he pioneered a daily TV Chinese cooking show: the now classic “Yan Can Cook.” Infusing lessons with his characteristic warmth, humor and vitality, he quickly won a devoted following.
This interview is provided be Le Cordon Bleu.
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