Online butchery course: one whole chicken
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Break down a whole chicken, then cook every part, from a liver dumpling and breast skewers to a stuffed fried leg and a chawanmushi, with Lukas Mraz of Mraz & Sohn in Vienna.
- 6 lessons
- 38 min
- Butchery
- Advanced
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What you'll learn
6 lessons · 38 min total
Introduction FREE
#1 Chicken Butchering FREE
#2 Frozen Apricot and Chicken Liver Parfait FREE
#3 Peanut Chicken Breast Skewer FREE
#4 Stuffed Fried Chicken Leg FREE
#5 Salad Bar & Fried Chicken Plating 
#6 Chicken Soup Chawanmushi
At the end of this course you will be able to:
Debone a chicken leg and stitch it closed through the skin so the stuffing stays in.
Poach chicken breast at 60°C in a steam oven until the core reaches 50 to 52°C.
Fry a breaded stuffed leg at 185°C for 3 minutes, rest it 3 minutes, then fry it 1 minute more.
Steam a chawanmushi of cold chicken broth and egg at 100°C, starting with 10 minutes.
About this class
This online butchery course takes one chicken apart and finds a use for every piece. Lesson #1 removes the legs with as much skin as possible, peels the rest of the skin off in one piece, takes the breasts and scrapes the carcass clean, then gives each part a dish.
The liver becomes a frozen dumpling based on a Viennese apricot dessert, the breasts are poached and dipped in peanut sauce, and wing meat fills a deboned leg that is breaded and fried as Backhendl. The bones and skin go into a chawanmushi garnished like an Austrian chicken soup.
- Lessons
- 6
- Video
- 38 min HD
- Recipes
- 5
- Level
- Advanced
- Audio
- English (VO)
- Subtitles
- English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
“You have to go almost only through the skin and do a little crisscross.”
Lukas Mraz · Lesson #4
PROMake one chicken carry a whole menu.
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Lukas Mraz
Chef, Mraz & Sohn, Vienna
- Mraz & SohnHis family’s restaurant in Vienna.
- CordobarFormer head chef of the Berlin wine bistro.
Lukas Mraz is an Austrian chef from a family of restaurateurs, following his great-grandfather, grandfather, father and brother into the kitchen. He cooked in several well-known kitchens and made his name as head chef of Cordobar, a wine bistro in Berlin.
In 2018 he returned to Vienna to cook with his father, Markus Mraz, at Mraz & Sohn. He has built whole menus around one animal, starting with a 14-course chicken menu, and this course follows the same idea.
Chicken broth scaler
Example values. Lesson #6 blends one egg into 155 g of cold broth and steams about 25 g of custard per bowl.
Key concepts
Butchery
The preparation of animals for meat, from slaughter to cutting. Taught in lesson #1. (Wikipedia)
Clarified butter
Butter with the milk solids and water removed. Taught in lesson #2. (Wikipedia)
Wiener Backhendl
An Austrian dish of breaded, deep-fried chicken. Taught in lesson #4. (Wikipedia)
Chawanmushi
A Japanese savoury egg custard steamed in a cup. Taught in lesson #6. (Wikipedia)
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I watch it for free first?
Yes. The introduction and lessons #1 to #4 are free to watch, no card required. To watch all 6 lessons with Lukas, start a Gronda PRO trial. Cancel before it ends and you pay nothing.
Do I need a steam oven?
Lukas poaches the chicken breast at 60°C in a steam oven in lesson #3 and steams the chawanmushi at 100°C in lesson #6. If you do not have one, ask about alternatives in the lesson comments.
What level is it, and what language?
Advanced level. Lukas teaches in English, with subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
Do I get the recipes?
Yes. All 5 recipes are included and available in the Gronda app or on gronda.com.
Can I watch on my phone?
Yes, in the Gronda app on iPhone and Android, or in the browser at gronda.com.
Can I cancel my membership anytime?
Yes. App Store or Google Play: in your phone’s subscription settings. gronda.com: in your account settings. No fees, no calls.
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