Blogger makes TRANSLUCENT fried chicken that ‘tastes like real deal’

Blogger makes TRANSLUCENT fried chicken that ‘tastes like real deal’,

There are hundreds of different ways to cook chicken – but one food blogger might have come up with the most bizarre method yet.

Cai Nan, a YouTuber from China, has concocted translucent fried chicken that he claims tastes just like the real thing.

His peculiar creation looks like a breakable glass sculpture rather than something you’d eat.

It consists of translucent bones, ‘meat’ and even a crispy outer shell.

‘This is transparent fried chicken,’ he said in his video. 

‘The bones are also transparent. The crust is very crispy. It’s very “chicken” and it’s very delicious.’

Commenters on his video have joked that ‘one day this man will make himself transparent’ while another called for him to receive a Nobel prize.

Believe it or not, this is just the latest of his translucent creations, which also include steak, cake, a burger and salmon sashimi.

Fried chicken is loved around the world – but one food blogger has turned it into something bizarre. His creation consists of translucent bones, ‘meat’ and even a crispy outer shell

In his clip, which has been watched nearly a million times on YouTube, Mr Nan explains that he basically recreated fried chicken piece by piece.

He started with the bones, cooking real chicken bones for a long time to create a ‘bone marrow soup’.

This is mixed with collagen and cold gel before being ‘set’ in bone–shaped moulds.

For the meat, he uses a device to extract proteins and flavour from real pieces of chicken and turn them into a liquid form.

Spherification– a technique that shapes liquids into small, gel–coated spheres – is then used to restore the structure of muscle fibres.

The transparent ‘meat’ and bones are placed in another mould to fuse them together.

But he’s not done yet.

‘The soul of fried chicken is the crunchy shell on the outside,’ Mr Nan explained.

To start, he cooked real chicken bones to create a ‘bone marrow soup’. This is mixed with collagen and cold gel before being ‘set’ in bone–shaped moulds

For the meat, he uses a device to extract proteins and flavour from real pieces of chicken and turn them into a liquid form. He then used spherification to restore the structyre of muscle fibres

To create the signature crunch, he put a piece of real fried chicken in some silicone to make a replica mould of the batter.

Mr Nan then heated isomaltitol – a type of sweetener – to high temperatures to turn it into a liquid which is poured into the mould.

The translucent piece of chicken is added on top and, when the mixture cools, it creates a fried chicken–like texture.

‘It’s a transparent, brittle shell,’ he said. ‘The crust is very crispy. The chicken bones are looming inside. It’s very delicious.’

Some commenters went on to suggest the blogger would open a ‘transparent restaurant’ one day, with transparent interior design and menus.

Others have come up with more food items they’d like to see made transparent including squid skewers, tofu, curry fish balls and waffles.

Back in 2020, restaurants in Singapore became the first in the world to serve up lab–grown ‘chicken’ after the slaughter–free meat received regulatory approval.

US start up Eat Just revealed that its artificial meat was given the green–light in the Southeast Asian island city–state to be an ingredient in chicken nuggets.

To finish, he coats the ‘chicken’ in a transparent, brittle shell. He said the crust is’very crispy’ and the creation is ‘really delicious’

As the world turns to more environmentally friendly and ethical ways of sourcing meat, the move marked a ‘breakthrough for the global food industry’, the firm said.

Consumption of regular meat is an environmental threat, experts have warned, as cattle produce the potent greenhouse gas methane, while logging forests to make way for animals also serves to destroy natural barriers against climate change.

Pressure from consumers is increasing the availability of meat alternatives.

It is anticipated that the cost of the artificial meat could be brought down to less than that of regular chicken in the coming years, the spokesperson added.