- Hi, I'm Rie.
Today a friend will be challenging me
to take a popular food and make it fancy.
Today's guest is Kanchan.
- Hi, I'm Kanchan
and I am super excited to challenge Rie
to make Maggi fancy.
I grew up in India where Maggi is pure comfort food.
The umami, salty, spicy, brothy Maggi noodles
were just a party in the mouth
and like a hug in a bowl.
I know she's gonna do something super cool,
and I cannot wait to see what it is.
- Maggi.
Maggi, it's masala flavored instant noodles
and I've never had this before.
It is smaller than I thought.
Packet seasoning, very fragrant,
the color of curry.
This is actually reminds me of our first episode,
Maruchan noodle.
I kinda had a flashback.
Looks cool, but I want to try it.
This is a delicious.
It's not too spicy and it has a lot of flavors.
We can make a lot of different, interesting things.
All right, I have some great ideas
and as always, I'm excited to make it fancy.
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Here is what I got:
cilantro, mint, butter lettuce,
ginger, it's huge,
lime, tomato, garlic,
jalapeno, chicken thighs, mayo,
yogurt, red onion, and eggs.
From the pantry I got:
cumin seed, salt, baking powder,
flour, sugar,
Kashmiri red chili powder, and vodka.
All right, let's get started.
Make it fancy.
I have two chicken thighs seasoned with salt,
half cup Greek yogurt,
one teaspoon of ginger, I'm gonna to just eyeball,
two cloves of garlic.
Our production manager, DJ, he's from India.
I asked a lot about Maggi from him.
It seems like there is
a lot of things you can do with Maggi.
I'm doing one of them today.
Two tablespoon of lime juice,
one teaspoon of Kashmiri chili,
one tablespoon of water,
and one pocket of Maggi seasoning.
Mix well, marinate chicken thighs,
you want to completely covered.
I'm going to put this in the refrigerator,
marinate at least four hours or preferably overnight.
One cup cilantro, half cup mint,
one tablespoon lime juice, half jalapeno,
two cloves of garlic,
half teaspoon of whole cumin, ginger,
half teaspoon of sugar, salt,
quarter cup of mayo, it will give nice texture,
add a little bit of water to just blender get going.
Blend this together.
The sauce looks good.
I'll keep this in the refrigerator until I use it next.
Boiling water, I'm adding two packs of Maggi,
keep spice packet for later.
The packet instruction says cook for two minutes,
but I want to make it more soft and tender
so I'm going to cook about five to seven minutes.
Seven minutes later,
the noodle is very, very soft, opposite of al dente,
and I'm going to drain.
Let it sit for a while until it is a little bit dry.
Add these overcooked noodles and two tablespoons of flour.
I'm going to blend this well
and the texture should look like mashed potato.
Sprinkle some flour on a surface, more flour,
and then you are going to knead, almost like making gnocchi.
It's all coming together, one big dough.
It's a little bit softer than a regular bread dough.
Cover this with plastic.
Put this in the refrigerator
and the rest this for 30 minutes.
I already have
Maggi noodles I cooked according to the package instructions
and I didn't use the seasoning.
I'm gonna crack two eggs, whisk them.
I've met Kanchan in New York.
She is great.
She's a mom I aspire to be.
And also she graduated Harvard
and her cooking, it's kind of focused on,
like, healthy cooking
and she has a lot of knowledge.
So if you haven't followed her, you should follow her.
Tossing eggs with noodles, coat them evenly,
spray ring mold, put in hot oil.
I'm dividing this into four
'cause I want to make four of them.
So this is hot oil so be careful when you do this.
I'm using rubber spatula,
you want to compress as much as you can.
Cook three to four minutes per side.
So noodle is crispy so I'm going to take off the mold
and flip this.
I fried the other side for three minutes
and it's nice and crispy on the other side.
Put on a paper towel so it drains extra oil.
Make two more and moving onto the next step.
I have one packet of Maggi.
I'm going to use noodles,
and you kinda wants to make it powder texture.
Measure out 1/4 cup noodle powder.
3/4 cup of flour,
one teaspoon of baking powder, well combined,
and I set this aside.
Add two package of Maggi seasoning, mix well.
In a bowl, 1/3 cup of yogurt,
two tablespoons of water, one tablespoon of vodka.
I'm adding vodka so I can make the chicken coating crispy
and I learned this hack
from Tasty 101, fried chicken episode.
Adding egg whites, mix well.
I have the chicken thighs that I was marinading.
Coat in the flour first
and then dip in a yogurt mix,
coat with Maggi flour again.
I'm going to fry chickens at 350,
about five to seven minutes one side.
You are looking for golden brown color
and cook until inner temperature reaches 165.
Drain the oil in the pot.
Chicken looks nice, golden brown and crispy.
Sprinkle some flaky salt while it's still hot.
Chicken looks great, but we have more things to do.
I have chilled the dough.
Sprinkle some flour,
put some flour on top,
flour to the rolling pin,
roll it into square, four inch by four, 1/4 inch thick.
Using a pizza cutter, cut in half, cut into stripes.
I'm going to just cut top
so make it a little bit even sides/
I'm gonna just separate it so easy to pick it up.
Oil is at 350.
I'm going to fry this about two to three minutes
or until golden brown.
I'm occasionally stirring
so it doesn't stick together and evenly brown.
You see ,it's crazy, it just look like French fry.
Take this out from the oil.
This looks great, it's nice golden brown.
So I'm going to finish them and move on to next.
Add in a bowl
and I have one pocket of Maggi seasoning,
cilantro for color,
make sure fries well coated with seasoning.
It's really good.
Everything is kind of fried
so I want to make things a little bit lighter
so I made green sauce with fresh herbs
and I have fresh vegetable for garnish.
Ramen buns on bottom, shmear on the bottom.
Put lettuce and put chicken, so crispy,
and more green sauce and tomato, onion,
bun on top, such a big boy,
masala fries and we are done!
(gentle music)
Maggi fried chicken sandwich with Maggi fries,
very big and so festive.
(bright music)
Hi!
- Hi, Rie!
- Here we go.
- Oh my gosh, you made like, a Maggi burger?
- Yes.
- You turned Maggi into ramen burger!
Oh my gosh, of course you did.
I wish I could eat it through this Zoom situation.
(sandwich crunching) Ooh, the crunch!
You should be so proud.
I loved Maggi as a kid.
I haven't had Maggi in a while,
but that's the version I want to have next.
- So, Kanchan, did I make Maggi fancy?
- You made it so fancy!
I cannot even handle it and I can't wait to eat it.
- We have one last things to do.
Three, two, one-
- [Together] Make it fancy!
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