How to Make Show-Stopping Apple Pandowdy and Southern Smothered Chicken

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Julia shows Bridget how to make Southern Smothered Chicken. Equipment Expert Adam reveals his favorite kitchen timer and Bridget bakes Apple Pandowdy.
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@peachy75019 4 жыл бұрын

I made the chicken tonight and it was excellent! For all of you who commented on the gravy being too thin, it is thin because after adding the chicken back into the sauce to finish cooking the chicken releases a good bit more grease. I mixed a half cup cold water with a quarter cup flour to make a smooth slurry and whisked that into the gravy after removing the fully cooked chicken. This made a perfect gravy. The flavors were wonderful! I served it over mashed potatoes and it rivals any restaurant dish. Just needed tiny bit of tweaking. Making the Apple Pandowdy tomorrow!

@elisage5300 2 жыл бұрын

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@AKD822 3 жыл бұрын

Best part of this show and America's test kitchen is the education on how to cook.

@VoiceOfReason5487 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you thank you thank you ATK for putting all this content on YT!

@mikewilkins9343 3 жыл бұрын

I would like Bridget to try deep frying Pierogies in half filled 2 Qt sauce pot with veg oil,up to 375 deg. drain on paper towel after turning light brown on all sides. Then sprinkle with Old Bay seasoning. You could also mix it with sour cream. Mike W

@dianeroome972 2 жыл бұрын

I also love watching all the shows. Only trouble is, their recipes are all kept behind a paywall. So annoying to go over a recipe multiple times sometimes. LOL. I guess these are fancy commericals promoting the website... But I'll keep watching and learning since they are so interesting.

@jessiepapabear4272 5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy the two of them taking turns. I'm very happy with the new shows.

@AmericasTestKitchen 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being a fan!

@aislinngraves4291 5 жыл бұрын

Love the old fashion dishes. :)

@Macros1971 5 жыл бұрын

The apple pandowdy recipe should be illegal! It's so easy to make, yet so deliciously decadent You girls have so much fun working in the kitchen together, you make it look effortless. Thanks for sharing with all of us :)!

@mattwilson8298 Жыл бұрын

I love it when Bridget and Julia are in the kitchen together. I know that all the techniques they're talking about are for the benefit of us the viewer, but I think it's so funny that whoever isn't cooking has to stand there and be told things that she has known for years 🤣

@crowesarethebest 5 жыл бұрын

That apple pandowdy looks amazing and easy to do. Gonna give it a try.

@cindydbc12 4 жыл бұрын

Omg my mother in law was from Louisiana n I adored her smothered chicken , that gravy was to die for , but never had enough gravy now I will try this to see if it compares

@xavierxrc 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad a coworker suggested this channel to me

@MintV2 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode. My two favorite Test Kitchen chefs on the same recipe.

@guffmanify Жыл бұрын

I really enjoy watching Bridget and Julia cook together! They are a great pair, and very talented

@CherryPork 3 жыл бұрын

Ready for the Bridget and Julia Holiday Fruit Dessert Musical Spectacular!

@imari2305 5 жыл бұрын

Nice recipe for the smothered chicken; not how I was taught to make it but it looks delicious. Also never heard of apple pandowdy; it looks yummy and I will definitely have to try it.

@timothymclendon5600 5 жыл бұрын

That looks great! I have to try this in the weeks! Thanks ladies! 🙂

@ramadanzehri2117 5 жыл бұрын

Like this program very much 😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@AntiDot70 5 жыл бұрын

Why didn't they even mention smart speakers like Alexa and Google Home? I've had my Alexa in the kitchen for a couple of years now and it's the best timer ever. I don't have to touch any damn buttons to set as many countdowns as I want. It is also so wonderful at many other things like playing music while you're cooking, converting units in recipes, telling jokes, making calls, switching lights on/off, adjusting thermostats, and on and on and on. THIS IS THE BEST timer and more hands down - a MUST in the kitchen these days in my humble opinion.

@WanderingSkunk 5 жыл бұрын

AntiDot70 exactly. What’s better than single touch control? No touch control.

@LoveSnoopy1962 5 жыл бұрын

What you have is unique and not all of us can afford such luxuries. The test is about affordable traditional timers. Not the new and unique, I think. It might be awesome, what you have, but it isn't available to everyone.

@sarahmaywoodruff1443 5 жыл бұрын

Oh, good then you can buy it for me since it such a must ans I cannot affort one.

@emilletich 2 жыл бұрын

HOWDY, DOWDY! Thank you for that fun, comforting concoction. It is really delicious.

@Lantanana 5 жыл бұрын

That might be an apple pie I can make. Looks delicious!

@sokey70 5 жыл бұрын

Lantanana it is so easy and so good

@evalynnetorres7802 5 жыл бұрын

Your Channel is By Far My Favorite.. And You Two Girls are a Hoot! 💚💜💙💛

@hollym5873 5 жыл бұрын

This was really great. Thanks

@dmbaj 5 жыл бұрын

Bridget I didn’t know you could sing ☺️

@icycold9406 4 жыл бұрын

I love the oven they’re using, it’s beautiful and high tech looking 😀

@davidcobb7446 3 жыл бұрын

Nice easy recipe. I will have to try this. Looks delicious. Thanks for sharing.

@rodmckenzie9089 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard the song but I've never tasted the dessert. It certainly something I'll have to try. Thank you Cook's country 😋

@LadyLJOII 2 жыл бұрын

I found an Apple Pandowdy recipe several years ago from Country Living Magazine, I think. You actually take a biscuit mix you make and roll it into a thin rectangle, you spread soft butter, sugar and cinnamon on it, roll it up, cut into rolls, lay those cut side up in a buttered 9x13 pan, then make the apple mixture with chopped apples, juice, sugar, cinnamon, lemon juice and flour to thicken, you cook that apple mixture til thick, then pour over the rounds and bake it. Very good and party looking.

@johnpoffenberger9733 4 жыл бұрын

Made my pandowdy tonight It was awesome!

@barrymccarty4222 3 жыл бұрын

For the chicken, I would include buttermilk biscuits with the meal.

@willburga3329 5 жыл бұрын

I love your show and now I can watch it on YT

@johngalvez1671 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously educational and a thrill to watch

@pamelaallen6543 5 жыл бұрын

As usual, amazing!

@Compy1968 3 жыл бұрын

Those were two AMAZING recipes!!! Keep on bakin' on! Scott, Prince Edward Island Canada.

@susiem5084 5 жыл бұрын

I made the Apple Pandowdy and it's oh so good!

@AGTsakumis 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@mancymeadows5198 5 жыл бұрын

Love your show!!!

@trainroomgary 5 жыл бұрын

Hi from Michigan: I use the timer on my iPhone 7 Plus. Easy ⏰ • Cheers from The Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂

@silverfeigner 3 жыл бұрын

I tend to use my cellphone as a timer as well.

@subnormality5854 Жыл бұрын

"And I'm a little bit large...so is the dough." "Story of my life." Love these two and their dynamic

@grannypeacock1218 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to try both of these recipes

@DaybirdAviaries 5 жыл бұрын

Just know that ain't a Southern recipe.

@watermain48 3 жыл бұрын

What a great looking meal...thanks.

@jamesdiehl8690 2 жыл бұрын

Almost like a cobbler! Yummm!

@esockell 5 жыл бұрын

I just know we' d be friends if we met! Love watching you two work together!!! More recipes to try.!!!!better get at it!

@mzmarquette 5 жыл бұрын

I was sitting here with a good friend who is from Mississippi watching the smothered chicken portion of this video.... it's looks delicious, but I concur with most other comments left, this is not the smothered chicken & gravy I'm used to seeing at my friend's family dinner. The chicken usually has a thicker breading from frying before soaking it in the gravy. The gravy color is typically golden color. That gravy color reminded me of black eye peas (yum) cooked. But everyone has their own recipes and this still looks good for eat and lick my fingers!

@liwiathan 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of the recipes here are WTF.

@semco72057 5 жыл бұрын

I love the look of the chicken you all cooked and it is nice with the rice, but the gravy is not the Southern made gravy I remember. With the pie I love how yummy it is looking and have to make some myself and taste it.

@DaybirdAviaries 5 жыл бұрын

I aint never seen no gravy like that.

@veecee3669 5 жыл бұрын

I agree with all who thought this sauce looks anemic; just a touch of Worcestershire Sauce would help, also browning the onions.

@mrs.schmenkman 5 жыл бұрын

Vee Cee Agree, they put in too many onions together and when you do that they come out that gray color, and will never really caramelize or brown. I was told that it's called "sweating" if you use a nice large frying pan instead if the trendy casserole pot you. Would get a better flavor on the onions. I would have cooked celery onions separate.

@veecee3669 5 жыл бұрын

Deb Carsey 😊

@Starrgazed 5 жыл бұрын

Love the show love the girls everybody's great!!!!

@hkyt21 5 жыл бұрын

I love a kitchen timer from a company called Tanita, it's dedicated buttons for setting 1, 3 and 5 minutes, I think that's not so useful for setting a long time timer but for day to day cooking it's so great.

@cobrakai6209 5 жыл бұрын

That desert looks so good

@horseshoe_nc 3 жыл бұрын

I would be tempted to swap out the Golden Delicious apples for, Crispin (called Mutzu, if you live near the Appalachian Mountains). They are a cross between Golden Delicious and Granny Smith.

@robertferguson2091 5 жыл бұрын

$30 gets you an echo dot, which you can use for other things, and is a perfectly acceptable multi-timer.

@JonMeFree 5 жыл бұрын

Or Google Home Mini, yes

@jonathanmoore3130 5 жыл бұрын

Haha, funnily enough, I just made the smothered chicken and used my google mini as the timer!

@LoveSnoopy1962 5 жыл бұрын

You're all going with the assumption everyone can have a google mini or alexa. We cant so we need a timer and if you're using your microwave it also won't work as a timer. You need a dedicated device more often than not and not google.

@janishart5128 4 жыл бұрын

*Robert Ferguson:* Why would you not just use the time on our microwave?

@mayolson2 5 жыл бұрын

I watch you on Create daily and here on You Tube. I love the show.

@themiltonguy4530 4 жыл бұрын

Been watching ATK for years and I LOVE the random point in all their videos when I suddenly salivate. Love you guys!

@jackiemarriner8900 Жыл бұрын

Can’t wait to make yum

@chefdingo 5 жыл бұрын

In the age of smart phones, who needs a countertop timer? On top of that, ranges and microwave ovens today have easy to use timers. Something they didn't mention, is that those large timers are commercial grade, that's why they're so big and the alarm is so shrill. And that big silver one is easy for anyone with at least half a brain to figure out without a manual.

@lizmiller7681 4 жыл бұрын

I have two, two dollar timers that are super simple, super accurate, and fit together in any pocket. A third would be no problem. Suits me really well bc I can leave the kitchen, even walk outside, and still stay in touch w/ all that’s going on. But, I’d still kinda like that chosen timer...

@normadurr818 5 жыл бұрын

Yum!

@davidyoung8875 3 жыл бұрын

Omg I love these women

@GlenAndFriendsCooking 5 жыл бұрын

They didn't test the Chris Kimball / Milk Street timer? Why not?

@cristrivera 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

@bloodgain 5 жыл бұрын

Ah, right, so maybe that's why they didn't test the Thermoworks Timestick. They didn't want folks to go over and see Chris Kimball's timer based on it. And they have to know about it, since the Thermapen is their favorite instant read thermometer! :-D

@cristrivera 5 жыл бұрын

@@bloodgain I thought the same, the timestick would have win in a heartbeat.

@Crushnaut 5 жыл бұрын

or why not just buy a mechanical timer? twist and it is set, no fucking around with buttons

@heatwave 5 жыл бұрын

Chris who??? For me, he's long been forgotten.

@justinlay2092 5 жыл бұрын

What would i change of inused my iron skillet?

@edieboudreau9637 5 жыл бұрын

Justin Lay in iron skillet just knock oven heat down by 25*.

@davidyoung8875 3 жыл бұрын

Julia has great knife skills

@RatTaxi 5 жыл бұрын

Love the cast changes

@donaldmiller2306 3 жыл бұрын

Bought the OXO Triple Timer based on this recommendation. The one drawback is that the alarms are so quiet that you can't hear them above normal kitchen noises. I contacted OXO, and they are aware of the issue, but there's nothing that can fix the problem.

@shirleyvice57 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a chart that lists guantitys of fresh herbs vs dry herbs?

@Avacarho 5 жыл бұрын

Where's the link to buy the best kitchen timer?

@slypup1 5 жыл бұрын

good one girls!

@zacharylavender1568 5 жыл бұрын

A skillet "Apple pie!"

@MegaLnichols 3 жыл бұрын

I've heard criticism about the chicken recipe, if you remember the bases for the change was the overpowering of the sauce to the chicken.

@atlenebartolino8923 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes yes yes. Yum-O

@MichaelEllis1 5 жыл бұрын

I've been using my Google Home Mini as my kitchen timer lately. It's voice controlled, you can name multiple timers and you can just speak to it to inquire how much time is left on a timer. I'm in an apartment, so the Mini in the living room is in range of my voice in the kitchen. Nothing ever spills on it. :) Could be a disruptor for the timer manufacturers. (And it can play music for me in the kitchen)

@liwiathan 4 жыл бұрын

I just use the phone or microwave.

@margaretcavin2231 3 жыл бұрын

I’m curious if you can use fruit other than apples for the pan dowdy? How would cherries work? My sister loves cherry pie, cobbler, etc. I’m always looking for a new way to use cherries for her birthday.

@alishamartin4442 3 жыл бұрын

Could I substitute cumin for the sage?

@vickiibendit943 3 жыл бұрын

So far nearly like the way I do it. I don’t use sage because I’m allergic to it, but do I use garlic because I simply don’t like it. I also cut my onions into half moons because that’s the way I was taught. I also don’t like vinegar in it. I’ve tried it - but nope!

@vickiibendit943 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t use garlic - sorry!

@chrisengelke1371 Жыл бұрын

Is there any gadget that Oxo doesn’t make that’s the best?

@PastorJack1957 3 жыл бұрын

Just a thought. Not all cooks and those who made the vintage dishes originally have food processors. Would it be possible to explain the method to making it like they did back then without electricity?

@laurikinker2316 11 ай бұрын

they used a fork or knife to 😅cut in the butter or just their fingers. and no yogurt

@harriette8802 2 жыл бұрын

What apples can be substituted for golden delicious apples

@jodyperkinsdalton5799 4 жыл бұрын

I want you 2 ladies to be my new best friends!!!! I’ve gotta try this one

@vitoscatigno4207 3 жыл бұрын

How do they manage to keep their dutch ovens looking brand new???

@JesseWard1979 3 жыл бұрын

Bar Keepers Friend cleanser.

@Puzzledrev 3 жыл бұрын

My $1 timer from the dollar store works fine.

@rodmckenzie9089 3 жыл бұрын

The smothered chicken looks great! But where's the shoofly pie to go with the Apple Pan Dowdy?

@cloudwatcher608 3 жыл бұрын

6:58 You can tell that Bridget thought about making a “thyme” joke but let it go

@eirikastokes9652 5 жыл бұрын

To all of you crying out that the sauce looked too thin or too pale, just add a little turmeric for color - it really doesn't taste like much in small amounts like a teaspoon - and boil it a bit more after you take out the chicken. It's really not that hard.

@billymathes1257 4 жыл бұрын

Who knew Bridget could sing?

@shaylinmonk9208 5 жыл бұрын

I have a huge crush on the girl with the popped up collar

@michaelmonley1427 3 жыл бұрын

What seasoning can you substitute for sage. By wife can not stand the flavor.

@lancelotharris5088 2 жыл бұрын

Good morning

@rachellowther2819 Жыл бұрын

Want pan do you use

@Convolutedtear 5 жыл бұрын

😍😍😍😍😍

@laurao7688 4 жыл бұрын

Looking for a good recipe for Grapefruit Meringue Pie.

@jedonhopkins3868 5 жыл бұрын

👍❤

@DanielMartinez-lz3ot 5 жыл бұрын

the timers section missed an important part of timer choice, how long does the alarm sound? less than a minute and it's of no use.

@kwfown 4 жыл бұрын

Is it me or does the pot looks different (shape) between 5:10 and 5:12?

@davids7182 5 жыл бұрын

I'm definitely gonna try the smothered chicken 😋 and if I need a timer I'll just ask Google 😅

@AdrienneBoswell 5 жыл бұрын

I agree with those using an AI for timer. 1. No having to touch ANYTHING 2. No complicated buttons to press 3. No having to pick up the timer to see how much time is left 4. Ability to name timers "Set a 4 minute coffee timer" 5. Ability to have I think up to 10 simultaneous timers 6. Easily stop the timer 7. Set reminders - "Remind me to take the meat out of the freezer in 20 minutes.' 8. Use shopping list "Add flour to my shopping list" as you run low or out. 9. Have recipes read to you 10. Listen to inspiring music while cooking up a storm

@maybeonemore 5 жыл бұрын

Hit the sub button before the credits ended

@tylineburgos8879 5 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the meal tasted good but that's not how Ive ever seen smothered chicken look. The gravy looked way too thin and light. That aint soul food lol

@daone4093 5 жыл бұрын

That's what I said, lol

@lewiskrmp 5 жыл бұрын

Nope

@sammysoppy3361 2 жыл бұрын

well at least this recipe won’t give you diabetes and heart failure lol. it looks like the healthy version which.. prolly ok but it won’t be like what your family makes.

@allananderson2247 3 жыл бұрын

Why does ATK & Cook's Country NEVER use RED Onions ?

@UnenthusiasticPerson 5 жыл бұрын

So is Chris not doing the show anymore? I haven’t seen the show in a while.

@rachelsweets 5 жыл бұрын

He's on another show now

@cmenowOn 5 жыл бұрын

😳 While I understand everyone’s recipes and techniques will be different, there aint’ a lick of southern in that “smothered chicken”.

@DaybirdAviaries 5 жыл бұрын

#Truth

@AntiDot70 5 жыл бұрын

I'm not from the South by any stretch of imagination but that sauce did look weak and bleak. As soon as she drained the fat out, I knew this was a watered down version no true Southerner mom would ever make. It may indeed be healthier and all that, but it's not quite as authentic, which I thought was thew point here.

@KenDanieli 5 жыл бұрын

Needs more onions and they should be caramelized. There should be some cayenne or other hot pepper in it too.

@knowyourhistory 5 жыл бұрын

ATK always does their own version and experiments a lot before presenting their recipe. They aren't just going to do a traditional dish, they never have.

@themingee1 5 жыл бұрын

I’m glad it isn’t southern. Southern recipes are generally: take fat, add fat, sugar and fillers, knead with your hate for everything that isn’t white or hillbilly, overcook the shit out of it, serve over dry biscuits.

@myrnahuichapan7624 3 жыл бұрын

Wonder how they feel about this recipe in Georgia, Alabama etc. Hmm?

@mayonnaiseeee 2 жыл бұрын

Julia would have been an amazing surgeon. She is the only chef that says to cheat the cut between chicken leg and thigh towards the leg side. If you don't, you'll likely hit the joint capsule itself. The specifics matter.