As you may notice, the BBQ chicken frame restaurant was opened in 1993, that is during the “Great Laid off” era. Many many Dongbei workers lost their job at that time, so this is the reason why the chicken frame became a kind of "traditional food". It's a sad story behind this delicious food, but also proof that shows how optimistic Chinese people are, and how hard they will try to make their life better.💪

It used to be poor people's food before 90's but now represents one of the signature dish in Dongbei. It is the representation that Chinese always respect food and don’t waste any part

Yum, count me in! We can bbq some frames at home and watch cricket together. Shout out to the wonderful Aussie women’s team winning the world championship twenty 20, 3 years in a row!

IM IN TEARS.... haven't been able to go back home for seven years..... it's just so good to see my city through your lenses

You are the best food creator out there, because once u realised ur mistake u took it upon urself to go back again which most other creators would never thought of doing that!

This young lady makes me so proud to be an Australian!

I totally agree - the fact that every part of an animal is used in Chinese cuisines is a a great way to reduce food waste, and, you get to unlock many unusual delicacies you'd probably never thought of before! 😉As usual, I love the vibe when you dine with the locals.👍

so weird. as a Chinese i am actually learning how to eat this Chinese food from an australian's vlog!

I absolutely love all your videos, super educational, adventurous and fun! Thank you!

That BBQ chicken frame looks so good!!

Here in UK you can buy a massive box of chicken carcasses for £2.50(used to be free until they realized a lot of ppl starting asking them for it), we use them for making our meat broth in our takeaway for cooking dishes and yeah even here there's a lot of meat left on them. We usually strip of the meat at the end of the night and use it to cook a midnight snack for everyone.

This will be my heaven. IM ADDICTED to eating bones especially chicken bones. They go so well with beer and alcohol in general. In Melbourne there's this Chinese snack shop that sold fried chicken bones with spices as a snack, when I ordered that the waitress looked at me numb shocked. She said she never ever saw a foreigner order that item before 😂

I just came back to Shenyang yesterday after 3 years of waiting. What a coincidence!

meat on the bone is always the best part. Chicken frame, wings, beef and pork ribs, you name it.

欢迎来到沈阳！作为传统的沈阳人，认为生烤(木炭)、辣炒的鸡架比较好吃，其实烤猪尾巴也很好吃

Amy reminds me of the time being high-school student...we "smuggled" chicken frames and beers from outside of our dorm, we put beer in our opaque water bottle to dodge the housemaster...best snacks before go to beds

Hey Amy! I found your videos super relatable for me! I grew up in Shenyang till 14 then moved to Sydney, but now im living in Munich! I love all your videos and keep up with the good content❤

Chinese people have a strong tolerance for food and foreigners, and this feature can also be seen in Western Chinatowns.

Hey Amy! So excited that you came to my home city Shenyang and checked out the chicken frames!!! You did go to the right place Lao Si Ji and tried the authentic way eating that chicken skeletons! Hope you had a really memorable time there❤❤ I missed that soooo much and finally I will back to Shenyang in May soon!!!

Back in day when I was a highschool student,the noodle's price was 2.5 RMB in LSJ. it's my lunch meal🤤 So the pleasure of eating is not in eating meat, but in "sucking", in the tightly attached parts of the ribs, searching for the tender chicken meat bit by bit, just like searching for treasure hidden in a cave in the jungle, happy and excited. Eating meat is not the main point, finding meat is. Shenyang people understand this joy most deeply, so we consume half of the country's chicken frame every year in ten thousand ways. There are Deep Fried Chicken frame, grilled Chicken frame, cold mixed Chicken frame, iron plate Chicken frame, smoked Chicken frame, spicy stir-fried Chicken frame, braised Chicken frame, sauce Chicken frame.......

For Chinese people, it is shameful to waste food, so we will make full use of every part of the animal as much as possible and make delicious food, even pig large intestine, or chicken head. As long as the part that can be eaten will not be thrown away, which is a respect for food and nature

Your videos are getting better and better

I love eating Chicken carcass from Costcos Rotisserie Chicken. I can only imagine how good it tastes BBQ in Shenyang. 🤤

I’m enjoying your videos a lot, I’m living in China for about 15 years, many of the food you are showing never heard about. Certainly still a lot to come.

There is a shop called "North China Homestyle Deli" at Eastwood sells chicken carcasses(jijia) and variety of north-eastern style cold dishes. But they only had smoky flavour jijia. They were delicious! I used to visit a lot when I was still living with my friends. We drank a lot and we ate the carcasses as finger food for beer :D

Oh wow! I initially thought you would be eating the bones, but I totally vibe with this concept! May fav part of the Thanksgiving turkey carcass is always nibbling away at the "frame"!

I am amazed at how well she speaks the language and handles the chop sticks. A really positive video.

I think a lot of strange way of eating that chinese people invented are just for fun. We all were told not to play with food when we were kids, but this kind of food like skeletons and rabbit heads are more like toys with meat. They're comparably delicious as other types of food, but what makes it special to me is the process of breaking down a delicate structure where all part magically match with each other. Just like how kids like to disassemble all kinds of staff

Food looks amazing as usual 👌

For a minute, I thought you'd be eating the bones. It all looked delicious, but the barbecued chicken frame really intrigued me. I have a friend who bakes bones from all kinds of meat carcasses and baked them until they're dry and eats them like potato chips. I was horrified when she told me this, but one day I tried some baked beef bones and I enjoyed it. It just crumbled in my mouth and the spices she used at the end of baking made it so yummy. She served it with a sweet and thick dip with coriander; I can't resist coriander. I'm really going to aim for a visit to China. My Son is taking me to Japan but I want to go to China first now. He's not on board with that, so I'll take the trip to Japan then save my money and visit China myself. I've been saving your videos for reference. I feel so connected to China for some reason; perhaps I've lived there in a past life 😅 or perhaps it's just because I've always been fascinated by China. You're definitely my favourite channel to watch! Thank you!

Hi Blondie, nice to meet you and so happy to find your KZfaq video filmed in Shenyang which is the city I went to my college! I never saw people from Western countries who has tried this local food. This video does bring my memory back, and thank you so much for this. Hope you had wonderful time in Northeast China!

Would love to see more Dongbei or Shenyang content! It’s so overlooked and would like to learn more!

Warning: watching Amy while contemplating dinner can be dangerous to your kitchen…😁 I actually have a 1/2 chicken marinating. Can’t BBQ it outside…we’re currently having a snowstorm (10-12+inches by morning, and it’s much windier than they forecast.) my hours are flipped because of a 中国画课 at 3am my time. Trying to decide exactly how to fix the chicken because I want to make sure I eat by midnight, so I can be “digested” before class. Hmmm…noodles, rice or fried rice? One of my late Son’s friends sent me some black sesame “tahini”, all just crushed sesame..oily. I’ve tried adding a spoonful to different dishes, like oatmeal, as was suggested…no..just no. Any other suggestions to make it more palatable…I was told many older folks in China have it daily because of health benefits…including supposedly stopping your hair from turning gray..😂. I’m WAY past that point…and have blue hair now anyways. But I can always use the antioxidants and protein…

Subscriber from Melbourne here, I'm going back to shenyang in May. And I've been waiting for Amy to do an episode on 鸡架 for years. Can't wait to go back home after watching this !

So impressed with your ability to make friends anywhere. Definitely something I struggle with!

That’s my hometown!!! This video making me miss Shenyang so much . BBQ chicken frame is absolutely my favorite food ❤️ I am proud lol and so glad you liked it and thank you so much for sharing our local food with people all over the world 🌎

love your videos!!

Amy this was an amazing video! I love you are respectful and so open minded and to new-and possibly strange-foods (etc: most of Chinese ppl won’t try the stuff u try- including my fam 😂) so ur really r amazing I hope u know that! Appreciate the amount of effort you put in for this content, so much good detail❤ Thanks for making my day :D also love this little joke here hahaha 9:11

your begining part is like oz rap - ha ha, so so aussie especially with "o my gosh!" - i miss oz, Im in China at the mo... have enjoyed ur video as always!! x

Hey Amy! Wow it’s so awesome to see you invited all these people to enjoy dinner with you! Everyone is friendly and what a fun food adventure!🎉😋🍗 wish I could tag along too… hahaha 😂😂😂 Enjoy the chicken frames fest!👀👏🏻👏🏻

Shenyang was hit really hard around Y2K. It used to be a center of state owned heavy industries, and lots of people were laid off during the privitization wave in late 90s in China. During that time, cheap proteins like chicken skeletons became popular because folks couldn’t afford actual chickens. It was a pretty tragic story unfortunately, sorta like budaejigae.

Hi Amy i am from Shenyang and live in Adelaide nearly 20 years, I always show my Aussie husband about your videos especially’ Dong Bei ‘ ones, the videos you took with bf DalI went to some local street restaurants for cheap meal in ‘Jin Lin Chang chun ‘make me remember me and hub cruise around Shenyang city doing food adventures what a fabulous experience ..I feel very touched and proud what you done and what you doing everyday, I am going to Sydney for a week holiday on Easter, and today when I saw your latest video in my city.. I think it’s the sign to write something to you and which I was never then from. KZfaq, I am sure you will see it and thumbs up 👍 all the best to you and bf also enjoy the Shenyang city. 😉

You're not the only one who didn't catch what the lady at the restaurant said, if not for the subtitles. 🤣 As a Southern Chinese always found it difficult to catch what people are saying in Mandarin when speaking in a northern accent. I would've been stunned at what to do too

love all your videos, can't stop watching all of them❤️

so cool you are exploring areas of China many do not know of, keep up the good work. Hopefully you can get to Dalian and other cities of north , North East of Beijing to discover what else they have as specialties.

Fantastic, the chinese subtitle s even with shenyang Slangs hahaha love this video I havent been home for 4 yrs, miss it

Very interesting concept ..not sure if it would work in US but I love to try it...cool looking city for chicken foodies..I’m surprised you don’t gain weight after watching your food adventures..thank you

I love you videos so much, really exploring customs and cuisines of china that I wouldn't have known otherwise. Also the people you meet are so friendly. Maybe bc the culture is stranger danger in the US, but how do you suddenly meet random strangers and all agree to go out and eat together?? Do you just go up to them and ask about the cuisine? Would love tips for when I travel abroad :)

I am from Shenyang. Glad you had a good time. nostalgia hit hard

Thank God this intriguing video had more flesh than those chicken frames! :D

wow, welcome to my hometown! You literally make me hungry, just miss the jijia. Definitely going to eat it next when I go back home.

didnt know this was a thing!! have to try some time! love your videos as usual :)

Shenyang is my hometown and I am so happy to see you enjoy the food there. My fav type is smoked chicken skeleton. It’s hard to find in restaurant but you could find in the night market or farmers market.

AMY!! This is probably one of my most favourite videos you have made. It hits my spot exactly. Here in Dallas TX I love to eat the chicken carcass left over from Costco's $4.98 chicken. There is a lot of meat left and wit a bowl of Ramen it's heaven on earth!! BTW you should do video about the difference between Asian Chickens and Western (UK, USA and maybe Australian Chicken). there's a hug difference which I'm sure you must have discovered by now.

really love ur channel. u deserve more subs❤

Thanks for this neat chicken skeleton video!

Damn just picking up a bunch of strangers for a awesome night out. Some people are just built different.

Never heard of chicken frame as a delicacy. Very interesting. Love your videos.

This reminds me so much of my childhood! Thank you Amy!

Fully develop food without wasting any food resources. ~true environmentalism！

When I was a little boy, I lived with my grand-parents in the country-side. Even after I went to elementary school in the city, I still return to spent my summer time there. The greatest thing in summer was that my grandpa would pick one of the young roosters, which they brought in as little chicks during the spring(male chicks are not welcome in big farms so they sold them really cheap to smaller farmers), do the butchering himself and then steam it as a whole for me(only seasoning was to rub some salt on the skin). The steaming process created a super concentrated chicken soup in the plate(super umani), and I ate the whole chicken with my hands. Every time I finished every bit and only left the bones. Those are some great free-run-local-sourced-organic chickens I had haha!

ur videos are so good!

Hahaha. You enjoyed it so much I get a kick, but I still want to reach through the tele and braid your hair so it doesn't get into the food. Keep up with your crazy adventures. Thank you.

These chickens must've died proud, knowing that their deaths are so fulfilling.

I was wondering when you will be in Shenyang and here you are! If I knew you were coming to Shenyang, I would definitely give you more directions for food and places of interest. Hope you like this city and welcome back again.

When I'm not hungry, I prefer having bony and flavourful meat over just meat😂

My goodness ! How can Amy eat so much in a day ?! Lol 😝 I would be so full after the breakfast noodle & chicken carcass already. Amy is such a trooper !

Hi Amy, I am an Aussie born in Shenyang and currently living in Canada. Thanks for all the amazing videos you did. ALL THE BEST!!!!

Wow what an adventure day Amy! Breakfast, lunch and dinner full of various chicken skeletons' day. 👍🏻🙏🏻😍🐔🐓

That’s me, I don’t think the skeleton with less meat can be delicious,but now I do wanna try it 😂

Omg 😱… it is my home city !!! I have lived in Aussie for 12 years now… I love the chicken frame 👍👍👍… they are just so delicious!! We have a saying no chicken 🐓 can leave Shenyang alive ❤❤ great experience!!! You should explore more.. there are so many delicious food there ! Good luck Amy xx

Omg, that looks sooo good tbh!

As a die-hard foodie born and raised in Shenyang, i'm quite blown away to see a blonde girl trying this bony delicacy from my hometown! I miss the pure fun of taking my time gnawing them bits of meat off those tiny bones. Btw, you broke up your Jijia like an indigenous pro! Keep up the good work!

you make me want to go to china so badly 😫 hope it can open to tourists in the not too distant future!

Welcome everyone to my hometown!❤❤❤ thanks for making this video!

I missed shenyang a lot, thank u Amy😜

I have to shout out to the chicken skeleton vendor near my neighbourhood in Harbin, whose shopfront is small, but great. The essence is their seasonings.

My grandma used to teach me how to each off the bone. I always found the meat around bones way more flavorful and most likely more nutritious than eating just muscle meat.

My hometown!!! Thanks Amy.

why oh why I always watch your contents, you always manage to make me hungry

Great video as usual Amy! The value for $ is rediculous even by China standard! Here in Sydney, I can't even buy that coriander in that bowl in Woolies for 2$.

You are truly adventurous. Salute

Can't believe that is for breakfast, even more than my dinner I can eat

Got to get some CHICKEN SKELETONS for my next BBQ.

very Strange dish, i really need to visit China

soooooo delicious ! i've been craving it since i was young!!! And i really want to recommend the barbeque in my hometown, Shandong Zibo, it goes with a wrap and a tiny bbq pit on the table, which becomes very popular all of a sudden🤩

Even in China, chicken frames were initially poor man's chicken.

Reminds me of the tale of Stone Soup, but with better results.

you look great in this green jumper and I saw you wear it in several videos. Just want to ask what brand it is cuz I’m also looking for a green jumper like this 😂 0:02

I watched my parents hometown through your videos, love it..... lived in Sydney for 15 years, I myself have not yet visit their hometown. love from jakarta Indonesia.

Looks so delicious!

YUM, I didn't know but, can imagine all of those taste wonderful! The different ways... all start raw and then cooked to order to enhance your experience? Had a full day,:-)

Your videos make me feel like I'm starving when I'm not really starving. Sometimes I wish I was there too. You should start a food tour in China!

Haha you finally made it to Shenyang!

In Malaysia it's normal. They sell a lot of these at night markets or food bazaars. We call it rangka ayam.

Our Chinese love food so much, think about very different ways to enjoy the food! When i lived in Brisband Australia , I bought chicken skeleton in China town for soup cooking with verg.. each time at least two chicken skeleton, very yummy.. ! In our Hong Kong, we do these in the same way but the whole chicken, we call it 'Hand Shake Chicken'. Blondie, if you come to Hong Kong, you could try it . Enjoy food paradise in China!

shrimp on the barbie.....nah..... butterfly chicken carcase is the way forward mate..... 🤣🤣

That's great. I agree that using the whole bird is a good thing to do but not just because you don't want to waste parts of an animal but because it can be super delicious! In the US for instance people are put off by the idea of eating offal and oxtail and pig's feet for instance, but those things are real delicacies if prepared well. Why throw them away? So many cuisines have dishes prepared by people without a lot of resources, so nothing must go to waste, and they end up being classics and wonderful. Imagine, lobsters used to be 'trash' catches and now they are expensive high end items. Chicken skeletons are well used in many cultures for chicken broth - definitely not trash. It is all about perception. People shudder at chicken feet but love to have dozens of chicken wings. BBQ marinated chicken gizzards and livers are great. Eat on Blondie!

Chicken Carcass. I use to put various chinese herbs with chicken carcass to steam soup. Add 1 tbsp light soy sauce and 1 teaspoon sugar. The soup is good and healthy to drink twice weekly. So nourishing and cheap (budget) to effortlessly drink soup. One carcass can serve 2 to 3 bowls of soup. Or use carcass to boil chicken porridge for 2 to 3 servings. Yes! Chicken carcass can be very useful. Can use it to boil noodle soup adding other ingredients.

I'm happy to see you have a good helping of the bones, lovin' how you savor all the varieties, I want a taste