$268 vs $24 Hot Chicken: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

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Published 2023-02-28
Professional chef Eric Huang and home cook Emily are hitting the kitchen to make hot chicken! We set Emily up with the finest ingredients from chef Eric’s kitchen along with his eye-popping $268 hot chicken recipe. Meanwhile over with our pro chef, Eric was finessing Emily’s recipe and $24 worth of ingredients up to gourmet status with a little skill and professional know-how. Which hot chicken are you pickin’?

Chef Huang and Pecking House are on Instagram at @pecking_house
Keep up with Emily on her YouTube channel at youtube.com/emilyduncan and on Instagram at @emilyslamduncan

Director: Chris Principe
Director of Photography: Ben Dewey
Director of Photography: Eric Brouse
Editor: Micah Phillips
Talent: Eric Huang
Talent: Emily Duncan

Sr. Culinary Director: Kelly Janke
Culinary Editor: Vivian Jao
Producer: Michael Cascio
Culinary Producer: Jessica Do
Culinary Associate Producer: Katrina Zito
Associate Producer: Tim Colao
Line Producer: Jennifer McGinity
Production Manager: Janine Dispensa
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes

Camera Operator: Dave Castellano
Audio: Michael Guggino
Production Assistant: Alex Mitchell

Post Production Supervisor: Andrea Farr
Post Production Coordinator: Scout Alter
Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araújo
Assistant Editor: Ben Harowitz
Graphics Supervisor: Ross Rackin
Graphics, Animation, VFX: Léa Kichler



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All Comments (21)
  • @ed1659
    I remember watching epicurious years ago, when Emily was just a ketchup monster and today she breaking down whole chicken all by herself. What a character growth!
  • @mattortiz2724
    Emily has come so far. No rose call and all the confidence in the world. She need her own show
  • @alyssac2832
    Lol I love this chef. He's so laid back and chill but he got jokes too. Need more of him!!!
  • @GregJonson
    Not only is Emily funny and a total sweetheart but her journey from ketchup-on-a-grilled-cheese to a skilled home cook is so inspiring. If you haven't seen the oldest 4 Levels videos (about 4-5 years back I think), do that. It's going to give you a lot of perspective.
  • @tessalee4349
    Lights the smoke gun and says “I won’t say what this reminds you of” 🤣💀
  • @jbohlinger
    The series finale for this is going to be Emily as the Professional Chef.
  • @nollypolly
    Please never stop with the bad puns Emily! Also, I really like Chef Eric! Very relatable and easy going like Chef Saúl and Chef Frank.
  • For Old Emily, "butcher a chicken" would mean something very different from New Emily, where it means to cut it up like a pro!!
  • The only pro chef that has not dried out, crushed and transformed the Wonder bread into another type of bread
  • @Nemeczekes
    So nice that Lorenzo got promoted to Pro and Emily to home cook
  • @Sam-du3xx
    Love how he explained why chicken is better on the bone then literally 10s later he said “we’re gonna start by deboning these”
  • "This may come as a surprise but I also love mustard" she is our condiment queen
  • I love how Chef Huang breaks down the science of his techniques. The food nerd in me is happy.
  • There is no way you are gonna fool us by saying Emily is a home cook anymore. I remember when she just used to have ketchup for everything but I think she levelled up to a pro chef just by this episode. No call to Rose, she knew how to cut the chicken, the confidence permeating through the peppers, while still remaining funny and a total sweetheart. I think we need to give her a promotion guysss
  • @pjihae
    Love how mindful the chef is about food waste. And his reaction to that machine was cute 😂 Emily has grown so much as a home cook. Love to see it!
  • I love new chef Eric! I think the two of them have complimenting personalities and make the video so enjoyable to watch. Oh, and the food looks bomb
  • @edwinwang5594
    For once the ingredients for the expensive version and the cheap version actually looks very similar.
  • @kitty-kitten-
    Emily is giving ✨queen✨ energy in this ep. girl I know confidence takes time but you are well on your way! We love our girl from little ole Nova Scotia 🇨🇦👏🏽
  • @brandoutmusic
    LOVE eric! Real ones remember that this is the recipe that exploded a couple years back and Pecking House was popping 🤩
  • @owen9510
    One whisk pun? Ha! Emily can’t be contained.