and this is everything that's in KFC popcorn chicken.

而這是肯德基爆米花雞中的所有內容。

Welcome to "Fast Food Chemistry."

歡迎來到 "快餐化學"。

You probably know about the 11 herbs and spices,

你可能知道11種草藥和香料的情況。

but there are over 40 other ingredients

但還有40多種其他成分

that go into making your popcorn chicken.

在製作爆米花雞的過程中。

Seeing as I can't get ahold of American popcorn chicken,

看到我無法得到美國的爆米花雞。

we wanted to find out exactly what makes it so addictive

我們想弄清楚到底是什麼讓它如此令人上癮

by making our own from scratch.

通過從頭開始製作我們自己的。

I of course am here to judge on how well Harry does.

我當然是來評判哈利做得如何的。

It took some digging, but we did manage to find

花了一些時間挖掘，但我們確實設法找到了

an official KFC recipe for popcorn chicken,

一個肯德基官方的爆米花雞配方。

and we're going to follow it to the letter.

而且我們要嚴格遵守它。

Also, don't try this at home.

另外，不要在家裡嘗試這個。

So, let's take a look at some of the chemicals

是以，讓我們來看看一些化學品的情況

that are going into the chicken.

這是要進入雞肉的。

And when I say into the chicken, I mean into the chicken.

當我說進入雞肉時，我是指進入雞肉。

[crew laughing]

[工作人員笑聲]

The first is carrageenan.

第一個是卡拉膠。

It's part of a mixture which we're actually

它是我們實際上正在進行的混合物的一部分

going to inject into the chicken itself.

將注射到雞肉本身。

It comes from this, seaweed.

它來自於此，海藻。

You can buy it dehydrated,

你可以買到脫水的。

as some people consider it a superfood.

因為有些人認為它是一種超級食品。

However, if you leave it in water, it will turn into this.

然而，如果你把它留在水中，它就會變成這樣。

So we're going to wet one on camera.

是以，我們要在相機上溼一個。

I mean, yeah, that's not surprising. It's seaweed, right?

我的意思是，是的，這並不令人驚訝。它是海藻，對嗎？

I mean, it's supposed to be wet and kind of weed-like.

我的意思是，它應該是溼的，有點像野草。

Still organic.

仍然是有機的。

Oh, Harry, no!

哦，哈利，不！

It's crunchier than I was expecting.

它比我所期望的更脆。

And not in a good way.

而且不是以好的方式。

This seaweed is incredibly useful for jelling and thickening

這種海藻對膠凝和增稠非常有用。

because it's so mucilaginous.

因為它是如此的粘稠。

These properties mean it's used in everything, from sauces

這些特性意味著它被用於一切，從醬汁

to shoe polish to firefighting foam and even lube.

從鞋油到消防保麗龍，甚至是潤滑油。

And we're going to put it in chicken.

而我們要把它放在雞肉裡。

While the seaweed itself

雖然海藻本身

is often considered to be a health food,

通常被認為是一種健康食品。

the extract is supposedly less good for you.

據稱，提取物對你的好處較少。

Here are some studies looking

以下是一些研究報告

into the possible dangers of carrageenan.

對卡拉膠可能存在的危險進行調查。

It traditionally comes in two or three different types,

傳統上，它有兩到三種不同的類型。

iota, kappa, and less commonly lambda.

iota, kappa, 和不太常見的lambda。

Each of them have slightly different properties.

它們中的每一個都有稍微不同的屬性。

So, by mixing 1 gram of carrageenan

是以，通過混合1克卡拉膠

with 100 milliliters of water

用100毫升的水

and heating it to 70 degrees, you can form a jelly.

並將其加熱到70度，就可以形成果凍。

So here are the two types of jelly we've made

是以，以下是我們所做的兩種類型的果凍

using the two types of carrageenan.

使用兩種類型的卡拉膠。

Uh, and then what, just slap 'em?

呃，然後呢，就給他們一巴掌？

Slap 'em out?

給他們一巴掌？

[wet flopping]

[溼翻]

I really hope you got the sound on that,

我真的希望你能得到這上面的聲音。

'cause that was incredible.

因為那是不可思議的。

The kappa one seems to be a lot sturdier

卡帕的那個似乎要結實得多。

and also slightly cloudier in color,

並且在顏色上也略顯混濁。

whereas the iota one is the opposite.

而 "iota "則相反。

It's a little clearer, and it's also extremely liquidy.

它更清澈一些，而且還極富流動性。

I feel like I've just delivered a baby.

我感覺我剛剛分娩了一個嬰兒。

Then we have sodium caseinate,

然後我們有酪蛋白酸鈉。

which is another texture-altering substance

這是另一種改變質地的物質

and protein supplement.

和蛋白質的補充。

It comes from milk curds

它來自於牛奶凝結物

and is the thing that makes cheese stringy.

它是使奶酪變得鬆散的東西。

Before synthetic PVA took over,

在合成PVA佔據主導地位之前。

casein glue was used for a lot of things.

酪蛋白膠被用來做很多事情。

It was even strong enough

它甚至足夠強大

to hold World War II fighter planes together.

將第二次世界大戰的戰鬥機固定在一起。

We're going to try and use it

我們將嘗試使用它

to stick these two pieces of wood together.

將這兩塊木頭粘在一起。

It's already pretty sticky.

它已經很粘稠了。

That's well and truly stuck to the spoon.

這句話很好，真的粘在了勺子上。

I really can't, I don't think I've ever felt

我真的不能，我想我從來沒有覺得

anything like this, to be honest.

說實話，任何像這樣的事情。

At what point does this go in the chicken?

這東西在什麼時候進了雞肉？

I'm still not clear, and it's really like,

我還是不清楚，這真的很像。

it's already pretty unsettling that we've made

我們已經取得了相當令人不安的成績。

some sort of, like, natural, incredibly powerful glue.

某種，像，天然的，令人難以置信的強大膠水。

And we all know the real test

而我們都知道真正的考驗是

as to how sticky something is.

粘性如何的問題。

Harry, we use that wall for, like, three different shows!

哈里，我們用那面牆來做，好像有三個不同的節目!

What are you doing?

你在做什麼？

Harry: Some of that is not coming off.

哈利。有些是沒有脫落的。

And the chicken ingredients are as follows. [clears throat]

而雞肉的成分如下。[清嗓子]

Chicken breast with rib meat.

雞胸肉與肋骨肉。

Contains up to 25% of a solution of water,

含有高達25%的水溶液。

seasoning, which is soy protein concentrate, salt,

調味料，即大豆濃縮蛋白，鹽。

modified food starch, food starch, carrageenan,

變性食品澱粉，食品澱粉，卡拉膠。

onion powder, dehydrated chicken broth,

洋蔥粉，脫水雞肉湯。

and spice extractives and sodium phosphates.

和香料提取物以及磷酸鈉。

That means that up to 25% of your chicken

這意味著，你的雞肉中有高達25%的

is actually just water and seasonings.

實際上只是水和調味品。

If you go for the chicken strips, that can be up to 45%.

如果你去買雞肉條，那可以達到45%。

KFC doesn't specify exactly

肯德基並沒有確切說明

how it gets the solution into its chicken.

它是如何把溶液弄到它的雞裡的。

However, we did find out how other companies do it,

然而，我們確實發現了其他公司的做法。

and it's something which I think you all need to see.

這是我認為你們都需要看到的東西。

This is the Schröder IMAX 350 meat injector,

這是Schröder IMAX 350注肉機。

which might be one of the most upsetting things

這可能是最令人不安的事情之一

I've ever seen.

我所見過的。

Hey, Harry, quit being a baby.

嘿，哈利，別像個孩子一樣。

Nothing about that was unsettling, OK?

這沒有什麼讓人不安的，好嗎？

To make sure all our ingredients

為了確保我們的所有成分

are getting into the chicken in a similar way,

正在以類似的方式進入雞群。

we're going to mix all of these together

我們要把這些都混在一起

and then inject it into the breast.

然後將其注射到乳房中。

The first ingredient after water is soy protein concentrate.

水之後的第一個成分是濃縮大豆蛋白。

This will improve the springiness,

這將改善彈力。

the chewiness, and the cohesiveness.

嚼勁，和凝聚力。

Then we have a series of thickeners and flavorings,

然後我們有一系列的增稠劑和調味劑。

that seaweed we talked about,

我們談到的海藻。

which helps the chicken absorb more water,

這有助於雞肉吸收更多水分。

and some dehydrated chicken broth.

和一些脫水的雞湯。

We want to make sure we're following

我們要確保我們遵循

the ingredients exactly,

準確的成分。

so what we're going to do is take some chicken,

所以我們要做的是拿一些雞肉。

make a broth, dehydrate it, rehydrate it,

做成肉湯，脫水，再水化。

and then put it back into the chicken.

然後把它放回雞肉中。

Once again, we're not doing this in a kitchen.

再說一次，我們不是在廚房裡做這個。

We're doing it in an office for some strange reason.

由於一些奇怪的原因，我們是在辦公室裡做的。

The final ingredient is sodium phosphate,

最後的成分是磷酸鈉。

or the bowel cleanser that we mentioned earlier.

或我們前面提到的清腸劑。

Mbowel. How do you say bowel?

Mbowel。你怎麼說腸子？

Bowel.

腸道。

Mbowel.

姆博爾。

In this case it's used to emulsify

在這種情況下，它被用來乳化

this delicious jelly mixture,

這種美味的果凍混合物。

which we're going to inject into our chicken.

我們將把它注入我們的雞。

OK, this is getting injected.

好了，這是要注射了。

It looks like you've just taken chicken and blended it.

它看起來就像你剛剛把雞肉拿去攪拌。

Shout-out to the IMAX 350. We're doing the best we can.

向IMAX 350喊話。我們正在盡力而為。

[syringe slurping liquid]

[注射器啜飲液體]

Oh, the noise.

哦，噪音。

[liquid squirts] [Harry laughing]

[液體噴出] [哈利笑]

There you go.

你去吧。

It's hard to describe. It's not unpleasant.

這很難描述。它不是不愉快的。

I think it's just 'cause there's quite a lot of onion in it.

我認為這只是因為裡面有相當多的洋蔥。

Come on, inject it. Let's go!

來吧，注射它。我們走吧！

Oh, look at it. Can you see that?

哦，看看它。你能看到嗎？

The little bubble.

小小的保麗龍。

That is disgusting. Oh, my God.

這真讓人噁心。哦，我的上帝。

What are we doing? [crew laughing]

我們在做什麼？[船員笑聲]

Go on, there you go.

繼續，你去那裡。

This looks so unholy.

這看起來很不神聖。

Leon: You got all of that in there!

你把這些都寫在裡面了!

Harry: Empty.

哈里。空的。

[sighs] Good lord.

[嘆氣]好傢伙。

Hey, man, people inject meat with stuff

嘿，夥計，人們在肉裡注射東西

to make it taste better.

以使其味道更好。

This is common sense, so none of this has surprised me.

這是常識，所以這些都沒有讓我吃驚。

I didn't think that footage was that upsetting at all.

我認為那段錄像根本就沒有那麼令人不安。

Basically 2 fluid ounces of fluid.

基本上是2液盎司的液體。

I didn't think that chicken as a kind of solid material

我不認為雞肉是一種固體材料

would have the room in it to accept 2 ounces of fluid.

它有足夠的空間來接受2盎司的液體。

Obviously we've had some overflow here,

很明顯，我們這裡有一些溢出。

but a shocking amount of that has gone in.

但其中有一個令人震驚的數字已經進去了。

Replacing with the water, buddy.

用水替換，夥計。

Come on, we went over this.

來吧，我們已經討論過這個問題了。

Out with the water, in with the flavored goo.

扔掉水，加入調味的粘稠物。

So, our injected chicken breast

是以，我們的注射雞胸肉

has now been resting in the fridge for one hour

現在已經在冰箱裡靜置了一個小時

along with the other chicken breast,

與其他雞胸肉一起。

which we left untouched.

我們沒有動過的。

And we just want to show you the size difference,

而我們只是想向你展示尺寸的差異。

because it's pretty wild.

因為它很狂野。

It's just massive. The size of it is huge.

它就是巨大的。它的規模是巨大的。

It's gained quite a lot of volume thanks to the injections.

由於注射，它獲得了相當多的體積。

Wow, that's interesting.

哇，這很有趣。

It absorbed that stuff like a sponge.

它像海綿一樣吸收了那些東西。

It's, like, twice as big now.

它現在好像是兩倍大了。

I think I just found a hack for cooking at home, man.

我想我剛剛發現了一個在家做飯的黑客，夥計。

I'm going to start injecting it with stuff.

我打算開始給它注射東西了。

And the breading ingredients are as follow.

麵包的成分如下。

Enriched wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron,

富含小麥粉、煙酸、還原鐵。

sodium bicarbonate, modified food starch,

碳酸氫鈉，改性食品澱粉。

autolyzed yeast extract, monocalcium phosphate,

自溶酵母提取物，磷酸一鈣。

and corn syrup solids.

和玉米糖漿固體。

Breading, baby, let's go!

鑲邊，寶貝，我們走吧!

Now, there are two incredibly similar lists here,

現在，這裡有兩份令人難以置信的類似名單。

because KFC predusts its chicken

因為肯德基對其雞肉進行了預塵處理

with a slightly different recipe.

有一個稍微不同的配方。

They both have a lot of flavoring agents, enriched flour,

它們都有大量的調味劑，富含麵粉。

and leavening agents to help make the breading rise.

和發麵劑，以幫助使麵包粉上升。

There are two small differences between the coatings.

塗料之間有兩個小區別。

The first has some more of that

第一篇還有一些這樣的內容

dehydrated chicken broth we made

我們製作的脫水雞肉湯

as well as some autolyzed yeast extract.

以及一些自溶酵母提取物。

This is yeast that's been broken down, usually by heat,

這是已經被分解的酵母，通常是通過加熱。

and it's used as a kind of cheaper substitute for MSG.

而且它被用作一種更便宜的味精替代品。

It's also a key ingredient in a British favorite, Marmite.

它也是英國人最喜歡的Marmite的關鍵成分。

There is one item that we couldn't get our hands on exactly,

有一個項目，我們無法準確地拿到手。

and that's monocalcium phosphate.

而這就是磷酸一鈣。

Calcium phosphate comes in three different varieties,

磷酸鈣有三個不同的品種。

mono, di, and tri.

單聲道、二聲道、三聲道。

These are all pretty common additives in food,

這些都是食品中相當常見的添加劑。

the only difference being the phosphorus percentage.

唯一的區別是磷的百分比。

Instead of monocalcium phosphate,

而不是磷酸一鈣。

we got dicalcium phosphate,

我們得到了磷酸二鈣。

which in the UK tends to be used as a horse supplement.

在英國，它往往被用作馬的補充。

The only downside is that it comes

唯一的缺點是，它帶有

in this handy 4-kilogram tub,

在這個方便的4公斤盆中。

of which we need 1 gram.

其中，我們需要1克。

4 kilogram!

4公斤!

Nothing makes food taste better than liquefied horses,

沒有什麼比液化的馬匹更能讓食物變得美味。

is how I understand what a horse supplement is.

是我對什麼是馬匹補充劑的理解。

Don't correct me.

不要糾正我。

So, the elephant in the room

是以，房間裡的大象

when it comes to KFC ingredients

當涉及到肯德基的成分時

are the 11 secret herbs and spices they use.

是他們使用的11種祕密草藥和香料。

It's 11 herbs and spices? Here we go.

是11種草藥和香料？在這裡，我們走了。

11 herbs and spices. We'll go 10.

11種草藥和香料。我們將採用10種。

I'm gonna go, let's go salt and pepper,

我要走了，我們去吃鹽和胡椒吧。

paprika,

辣椒粉。

oregano,

牛至。

thyme,

百里香。

garlic powder,

大蒜粉。

and then therefore onion powder.

然後，是以洋蔥粉。

Sage?

聖人？

Oh, yeah, cayenne pepper, good?

哦，對了，卡宴辣椒，好嗎？

We'll put it in there,

我們會把它放在那裡。

'cause we can't even think of 11 at all, so.

因為我們甚至根本無法想到11，所以。

OK, we need two more.

好的，我們還需要兩個。

Mustard? What do you think about mustard?

芥末？你對芥末有什麼看法？

Crew member: Coriander. Joe: Coriander?

機組成員。芫荽。喬。芫荽？

Let's go coriander.

我們走吧，香菜。

While KFC, of course, refuses to disclose

當然，雖然肯德基拒絕披露

the exact herbs and spices used,

所用的確切草藥和香料。

a nephew of Colonel Sanders a few years back

幾年前，桑德斯上校的一個侄子

discovered an envelope with a recipe written on it.

發現了一個信封，上面寫著一個菜單。

This included not only the spices

這不僅包括調料

but also the quantities used by KFC.

但也是肯德基使用的數量。

A lot of people have tried this on the internet,

很多人都在互聯網上嘗試過這個方法。

and they swear by it as an accurate representation of KFC,

而且他們發誓說這是對肯德基的準確表述。

so we're going to base our recipe on that today.

所以我們今天的食譜將以此為基礎。

The spices in order of amounts are:

這些香料按數量順序排列如下。

paprika, white pepper,

辣椒粉，白胡椒粉。

garlic salt, ginger,

大蒜鹽，姜。

mustard, black pepper,

芥末，黑胡椒。

celery salt, salt, thyme,

芹菜鹽，鹽，百里香。

basil, and oregano.

羅勒，和牛至。

Holy [beep]!

我的[嗶]!

We were, like, really close!

我們，就像，真的很接近!

I do love paprika.

我確實喜歡紅辣椒。

The colonel doesn't want you to know.

上校不想讓你知道。

Whew!

嗚!

This is Ultratex, which is a "gluten-free, multi-functional,

這就是Ultratex，它是一種 "無麩質、多功能"。

highly dispersible instant thickening starch."

高分散性即時增稠澱粉"。

It smells like a stable.

它聞起來像一個馬廄。