- Let's see if they are crunchy.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
- [Vincenzo] The chicken, oh my god.
(upbeat music)
Hi and welcome to Vincenzo's plate!
Yay, with Nonna's plate, ciao Nonna!
Nonna's kitchen, and
Giulia, my cousin Giulia.
Today's an important day,
because we're learning how
to make roast chicken the Italian way.
Of course served with potatoes.
It's an important dish
that Nonna used to serve
to the family on Sunday lunch.
Julia, remember?
- Yup.
The Sunday lunch?
- Every Sunday lunch.
We eat the chicken
together, with the family.
- Used to bring all of us together.
The smell in the building,
huh Nonna, Nonna,
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
I said to Nonna,
would you ask about roasted
chicken with potatoes.
The smell the fragrance,
how moist it is, okay.
(Vincenzo speakS in foreign language)
- Nonna, show us how to make
roasted chicken with potatoes.
Hey Julia.
- The best chicken with
potatoes, Nonna style.
- Yeah, and we can continue
this family tradition, Julia?
- Yeah, of course.
- Let's do it.
Okay so how do we make the best
roast chicken with potatoes?
First you need Nonna, second,
you need a good chicken.
And here we have a
fantastic organic chicken
from Nonna's sister farm, okay Nonna,
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
- So Nonna is cutting
the pieces of chicken--
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
- Okay, so Nonna prefers to
cook the chicken in pieces
because once it's cooked,
it's ready to eat,
instead of cooking the whole chicken
and then you have to carve it later on.
This way it's easier.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
- That's the drumstick,
and then you cut the chicken into pieces.
It's a nice big chicken as you can see.
And I look at the color.
There is nothing more organic than this.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Nonna says this is a big
piece, we cut it in half.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
She said don't make pieces too big.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Nonna said they used to
have a knife for the meat
but it's broken.
So you basically get a whole chicken.
We're talking about an
organic chicken which is big.
It eats well so it grows big.
And you cut it into small pieces
so everyone can have a piece.
My favorite part of the
chicken is the drumstick.
What's your favorite part,
Suzanne what's your favorite?
- [Suzanne] Mine's the drumstick too.
That's why we fight over it.
- We like to fight over the drumstick.
Nonna prefer the wing
but also the drumstick.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Nonna wash the chicken properly.
(Vincenzo speaks in foreign language)
Look at the blood coming out there see.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
It will remove the flavor
of the chicken by doing it.
But we're going to add the flavor soon.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Nonna puts the salt everywhere.
She feels it, she doesn't
know how much salt.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Just two teaspoons of salt, not much.
It is important you spread
salt all over the chicken
to give the flavor.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Now what you do, you
get the chicken, okay.
You get a large tray
and position the chicken
just like that, oh yeah.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
So Nonna said put them
next to each other tight.
Because as you cook them, it will shrink
so the space will be created.
Oh yes, okay, perfect.
This is the moment where the magic begins.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Now you put the garlic--
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Nonna uses the garlic and
she doesn't remove the skin.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Just removes a little bit of
skin and that's what she uses.
Rosemary, okay you put the
rosemary underneath, on top.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
About a glass of white
wine then of course,
homemade extra virgin olive oil.
Be very generous.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Nonna said look at this,
look how beautiful it is
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
So Nonna before, puts it in the oven,
she cooks the meat on the stove.
On the stove just for a couple of minutes.
About 10 minutes so that you--
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
After about five minutes turn them around
so you braise both sides.
Now it's time to peel the potatoes.
For the roasted chicken with potatoes.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
So Nonna is cutting the
potatoes into small cubes
then she's putting them in water.
The reason why the
potatoes are in water is
so they don't get dark.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
You can do the potatoes big.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
You can make it large like this
like wedges, it's up to you.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Nonna likes them like this.
If you like them bigger, make them bigger.
Wash them a bit more,
now you put salt to give the flavor.
Nonna would say again you have to feel it.
I would say about two teaspoons.
Make sure there is water in the potatoes.
Just a little bit more salt.
Put it in the tray and now we'll need
to add the flavors to the potatoes.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
And rosemary, rosemary
gives a nice flavor,
and again you put garlic,
you keep the skin on.
You only remove the brown part.
Nonna makes a little
cut here in the garlic
so the flavor comes out.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Dressed up garlic, and last but not least,
extra virgin olive oil.
Of course, it's homemade olive oil, yes,
be generous, look how
much the meat cooked.
For about 10, 15 minutes at
high heat the meat is nice
and brown, ready to go in the oven.
Ah look how beautiful it,
the chicken in the oven, yum.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
One hour, one hour and a
half until it is ready.
Maybe two hours.
So this is Nonna's trick.
This is Nonna's technique
for great potatoes.
What she does is she cooks them
a little bit on the cooktop
so they don't become too
soft so they get crunchy.
It creates water, so when that
water that liquid evaporate
from the cooktop Nonna
puts it in the oven.
That's how she understands when it's done,
to put them in the over
This technique is the
technique you need to use
if you want nice crunchy potatoes.
Nonna's always right.
She doesn't know if she
does the right thing or not.
I think she always does the
right thing, good technique.
I've never used this technique
and I can't wait to use it.
Also Nonna's checking
the chicken in same time.
Looks like it's cooking.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Nonna said the chicken is almost ready.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
The steam
and the flavor of the rosemary.
Nonna, the flavor of the
rosemary is coming out.
So this is what Nonna does.
Nonna removes the chicken from the oven.
Looks nice and ready.
And braises the potatoes in the oven
for about half an hour.
And you don't want to touch the potatoes
when they're in the
oven or they can break.
(Nonna speaks in foreign language)
Okay so she said when you see
this, it's already cooked.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
- [Suzanne] Wow!
(Suzanne and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
Oh my gosh, if only you could smell this.
And then Nonna puts
the chicken in the oven
just a little bit longer.
Just for a few minutes.
(Suzanne and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
So the chicken serve it nice and hot
while the potatoes cool down.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
- Let's see if they are crunchy.
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
The chicken, oh my god.
(Vincenzo, Nonna, and Suzanne
speak in foreign language)
That's the Favara style.
You serve it on the same tray
you cooked, mama mia, wow.
How is it?
(Vincenzo and Nonna speak
in foreign language)
They're beautiful, they're
crunchy, and they're not soft.
Guys, thank you for watching this episode.
Go to the restaurant, go.
You can dream of eating
a chicken like this
and the potatoes so perfect.
Go, go to the restaurant,
we enjoy Nonna's food.
If you want to eat a
chicken, an amazing chicken,
you make it following Nonna's steps.
And Giulia, we can continue
this family tradition.
So Nonna--
(Vincenzo speaks in foreign language)
So now, thank you so much
for watching this episode.
We will see you in the next
Vincenzo's Plate with a recipe.
(all speak in foreign language)
Nonna, all she cares about is eating, bye.
(all speak in foreign language)
