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What Does Liquid Nitrogen Do To Meat?


hey guys it’s turning into liquid
nitrogen week on the king of random and
today is no exception for bizarre
happenings welcome back to the king of
random cooking show I’m just joking this
video was sponsored by a company called
hellofresh they send boxes of food to
your door to make it easier and more
convenient to make your meals
but my wife will tell you i am not much
of a cook so rather than taking these
ingredients and turning them into three
gourmet meals like you’re supposed to do
i wonder what would happen if you took
some fruits vegetables and even meat and
dip them in a bath of liquid nitrogen
just to see what would happen
let’s start off with a piece of lettuce
you know lettuce has bendy flimsy and
floppy but if we stick that down into
the liquid nitrogen that all changes
very very quickly and all it takes is a
couple of seconds you can see now it’s
actually super crispy just flake in your
hands and turn that’s cool what happened
if we put the whole thing in there
all things getting pretty crispy now and
watch this well that’s one way to shred
your lettuce next up I think we be fun
to try this chicken breast it’s really
squishy you really flimsy and it’s meat
so let’s see what liquid nitrogen does
to meat start with cutting this thing
open there’s a healthy chicken breast
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you know it’s done when the bubbling
starts to settle down
now that right there is what you call
flash-frozen there we go there’s our
piece of meat you can see it’s
completely frozen if we take something
like a sledgehammer
that’s impressive figure this out if you
move it around know what sounds like
pieces of glass dropping down it looks
and acts just like shards of glass
that’s amazing that’s chicken let’s try
a little baby broccoli next you see this
stuff is really limp and flimsy put that
in for a few seconds here we go
sautéed veggies extra crispy
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you see when that broccoli is done it is
super super crispy that’s amazing what
else we want to try tomato look at it
tomatoes change color as it freezes it
turns more of a whitey pasty color there
we go see it’s already kind of cracked
have pieces everywhere shatters that
used to be a tomato you couldn’t tell by
looking at it could you sounds like
rocks or broken glass and it is a little
bit cold I think for my last experiment
I’m going to try ground beef because
everybody knows what ground beef is like
it’s not hard and solid it’s very very
squishy this is kind of stuff you make
your hamburger patties out of there we
go look at that turn it into a nice
little hamburger ball I think that might
be a little bit too big let’s turn them
into smaller meatball all right there we
go
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so I know this might seem a little bit
wasteful it was a lot of fun and don’t
worry every scrap that you see use here
is going to be used for some purpose it
will be taken care of so there will be
no waste well guys that’s it for this
video I hope you enjoyed some of these
experiments I had a lot of fun and I
hope you did as well
big thanks to hello fresh I’m really
impressed with the quality of food I
mean this is stuff that we could eat and
in all honesty this is stuff we are
going to eat now in a company like hello
fresh reaches out to sponsor a video
they also send these things called
talking points which are basically the
things that they want me to tell you
about their product and in this case
they want to know that hellofresh is the
meal kit delivery service that makes
cooking fun easy and convenient and each
week hellofresh creates new delicious
recipes with step-by-step instructions
designed to take around 30 minutes for
everyone from novices to seasoned home
cooks short on time they source the
freshest ingredients measured to the
exact quantities needed so there’s no
food waste they employ a full-time
registered dietitian on staff who
reviews each recipe to ensure it’s
nutritionally balanced and it’s all
delivered to your doorstep in a special
insulated box for free so there you have
it guys if you have any interest in the
kind of service hellofresh has to offer
go check them out and use the promo code
at the king of random but if you’re not
interested then don’t worry about it I’m
just glad to have you along for the ride
today
of course liquid nitrogen is for
professionals and experts only this
isn’t something that I can recommend
doing at home but it is something that I
sure enjoy doing with you today now
who’s going to clean up this mess I
can’t believe the guy is my wife
salvaged all those scraps in the big
mess that I made is
turned it into this how awesome is that
that is what we’re having for dinner
tonight
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