(audience applauds)
Jacques is making literally edible art.
We have some water there, three cups of water.
So I put a cup of carrot.
(indistinct)
Leek, cup of leek. (Rachel laughs)
A bit of hot pepper, a bit of salt, thyme, bay leaf, too.
You bring that to a boil and you boil it five minutes.
So we set about cooked. Right.
By then, you can two breasts of chicken
or a whole chicken, boil it one minute.
You'll let that set. One minute?
That's it.
Because after that, you push it on the side
and you leave it in the stock
for 45 minutes, 20. Ah! Beautiful!
So it pulls very slowly. So it gently,
(audience applauds) it cooks slowly,
slowly in the hot liquid.
Yeah. Here, chef.
So you remove the chicken, which I did here.
Uh-huh.
And there, in the stock which you've left over,
I put the vermicelli. Oh!
Some pasta, you know? (audience exclaims)
And then you have a good soup.
Oh, beautiful!
For free, you know?
For free! (audience applauds)
With the byproduct. Yeah.
Want me to cook here?
Yeah, you can have that pot there.
Okay, I'll do that.
And then here, what I do, a dressing here.
So you got a little bit of mayonnaise,
like two, three tablespoons of mayonnaise.
You know?
A little bit of mustard.
Fresh mustard. I mean, you can change your quantity
and so forth.
Dash of vinegar,
a little bit of hot Sriracha sauce if you want.
(audience exclaims)
And some olive oil, and we have a bit dressing.
Yep.
(whisk clanks)
Some chives in there, I guess.
That's it.
Some chives
in there.
Here's the soup.
And you know,
I find out that shredding your chicken like this.
Mm-hmm.
Makes it more tender, you know we-
Yes! I do that, yeah.
(audience applauds)
Just pulling it apart- Yeah, yeah.
Instead of chopping or slicing them.
And you know who showed me that?
Hm?
Danny Kaye. Aw!
Remember Danny Kaye?
Yeah, I do remember Danny Kaye.
Wonderful man!
I went to his house once,
he told me, "I'm gonna show you how to poach a chicken."
(Rachel laughs)
He took a whole chicken and-
Don't you love knowing that? (audience laughs)
Yeah?
He filled it up with a spoon, fork, to I said,
"What are you doing?"
He said, "Because it has to stay in the bottom of the pan."
Oh!
So he put the water on top of it
and cook it very- Wow!
Little like this and that... (audience applauds)
I love knowing that!
So here we are.
You see all the wonderful chicken stories?
That's why you need this book, people!
(audience laughs) (audience cheers)
This is your bedtime story.
Okay.
This is the perfect bedtime story
for anyone who loves food or chicken.
I think that's pretty much the planet Earth.
(audience laughs) (Rachel laughs)
Okay. (audience applauds)
So we have our chickens that we-
Okay.
We can serve it as such,
but that we do it a little different.
So here,
I got a very, very nice-
Oh, I see where he's going now
and it's pretty brilliant.
Need a couple of-
Eggs. Cooked eggs, you know?
So, I put that on this. (audience gasps)
A little piece of...
Olive?
Olive, we put on top.
That may be the eye. (audience laughs)
The eye of the chicken, you know?
So, we can put a little piece of tomato here on top here
(audience laughs) to do the thing.
Mm-hmm.
And maybe the waddle. (Rachel laughs)
(audience laughs)
Again, more tomato.
Then, maybe the beak. (Rachel exclaims)
And maybe want a beak this way.
(audience laughs)
Aw! (audience applauds)
I think this one should be looking there.
(Rachel gasps)
And then, we put our... I love arugula salad.
Me, too. I do, too.
(audience cheers)
Just like this. Arugula.
For you, you could put any type of salad.
Mm-mm!
Anyway, I have lots of arugula in my garden.
And then of course,
we're gonna put the chicken salad on top.
You know? Oh my God,
it's so adorable. (audience exclaims)
Like this.
And a little more here. (Rachel laughs)
(audience cheers)
And then, maybe we use some chive to imitate the-
(Rachel screams) (audience cheers)
Bring it!
We have edible chicken.
I mean, I could arrange that better than that.
No, I think it's perfect.
I made a mess all right, but you know,
maybe this one, then this.
Like this.
Okay.
So here, you are-
Here, I'll put some more on top.
(Jacques laughs) I'll get in there.
(Rachel exclaims) Oh, fat bird!
(audience applauds) (Rachel laughs)
Oh, okay. Look at that!
(audience cheers)
(twinkling sounds)