Pratique du Shadowing: How To Make The Best Fried Chicken - Apprendre l'anglais à l'oral avec la vidéo

Création de la leçon...
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This is how you make fried chicken right at home.
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Let's play some b roll.
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You know I'm all about flavor. So this recipe starts by marinating our chicken.
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To do this, grab a good sized container and fill it up with your chicken and cover that with buttermilk. We use buttermilk because it's acidic.
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So in addition to giving some flavor, it's going to break down the protein in our chicken and make it more tender.
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Along with that I'm going to add a pinch of salt and then I'll give it a good mix.
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Make sure every piece of chicken is well coated, and make sure they're spaced out a little bit in there. And once you've mixed, toss on your lid and place this in the fridge for anywhere between 2 to 6 hours to marinate.
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For our dredge, we'll start with some classic all purpose flour.
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Just make sure you grab a bowl that you're going to be comfortable dipping that chicken in and out of. And with this I'll add some cornstarch, baking powder, paprika dry mustard chicken bouillon powder that'll boost the chicken flavor. It's a good little secret. Some black pepper, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, a little thyme and some smoked paprika.
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Give this a whisk to fully combine.
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And just keep in mind that you can use whatever spices and seasonings you want. I'm going to move on to set up my dredge station, which will be very simple.
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It goes from here to the flour and then to fry.
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My favorite type of fried chicken is when you've got all those little craggly bits climbing off the edges of the chicken, those really crispy little crunchy parts, and making your fried chicken like that at home is actually very easy. All you do is take a little bit out of the wet dredge and drip it right into the dry dredge.
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You only need a few spoonfuls at least to start, and then you just get in there with your hands and mix it all together.
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This process is really all about just squeezing the flour and then dropping it back down. And if I remove my hands for a second, look at all those little bits in there that already look like they're kind of crispy, and once I drop my chicken in here, it's gonna get coated in these nice little craggly bits.
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My dredging station is clean and ready, so now I'll move quickly over to my fry station, where I'm gonna fill a heavy bottom pot with oil.
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Use any neutral high smoke point oil you want.
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I'm using peanut oil for the flavor, and now I'll just turn up my heat to let this come to temperature while I prep the rest of my chicken. Anytime I'm dredging anything. I have one very simple rule.
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One hand will be used only for my wet ingredients, while my other hand will be used only for my dry ingredients.
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That keeps it from having that situation where your fingers are caked up with tons and tons of flour, just becomes too messy and difficult to work when making fried chicken.
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I also like to dredge just one piece at a time as a first step, shake off any of that excess buttermilk and then move it straight into your flour and press. Now I switch hands and move that flour from the outside over the top of the chicken, making sure that I'm not getting my other hand wet. And once I know that it's been fully coated with all that flour, I start to press and squeeze, pushing and pressing and squeezing like, this is how you're really going to get all of that breading stuck to your chicken.
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And when I shake this off, you can already see some of those crispy, crackly bits starting to form, which is exciting before moving it to a wire rack lined baking sheet, give it one last shake to remove any excess flour, and then bring it right over to rest when it already looks this nice and we haven't even fried it. That's a good sign that it's going to be a great piece of fried chicken. Back when I was a kid, I'm guessing that my mom probably didn't love when I made things like fried chicken at home because the kitchen got pretty messy from all that flour, all that buttermilk and all that oil spraying everywhere.
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And occasionally that is still what happens if you make things like this at home. But I like to think that I'm a little bit neater now.
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This technique that I'm using here to dredge and fry all this chicken is the same technique used by lots and lots of restaurants and even fast food places.
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These simple steps are how they get that crispy texture, that delicious taste, and that beautiful golden look every time.
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If you ever feel like your flour starts to look too smooth and you don't have enough crispy bits anymore while dredging, you can just add a little bit more in there and squish it all up with your other hand like this. And then you're good to go. Oh, look at that one. Dang.
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I've been making fried chicken for a long time at home, and I feel like for it to be dredged properly, you have to be a little bit rough with it. Really get in there and press down and squeeze.
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Make sure you're coating any and every part of your chicken that can take on any flour.
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When I dredge my last piece of chicken, it always feels great to finally be able to use both hands. Once your oil comes to temp.
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Fry your chicken in groups.
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I'm going to start with my thighs because they'll all cook at the same rate when I lower them in. I also like to wave slightly back and forth like this.
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So it kind of goes in gradually.
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And then I drop and now we're cooking.
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I started my oil at a slightly higher temp than what I want these to actually fry at, because they're quite cold, and they're going to lower the temperature of the oil right as they go in.
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And now that they've gone in, I'm only about three degrees off from what I want them to fry at, which is perfect.
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Look at the golden brown already peeking out.
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Now focus on being very delicate with your chicken. You don't want to break any of those crispy bits, because each little crispy bit that's there is going to add so much texture when you go to eat it. So just be careful.
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Be gentle, but look how delicious that looks.
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Fry these until they're beautiful golden brown.
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Then place them off on a towel lined baking sheet, because we'll need to let some of the oil drip off for just a moment before we finish cooking them through in the oven. Right when they come out, I'll give them a touch of salt. I like to do this right away because it sort of grips to some of that oil, and while my oil comes up to temperature again, I'll transfer these thighs to a wire rack lined baking sheet.
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Still so carefully. So I'm not breaking any of my crispy bits.
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And this will go into the oven. I started with those bigger pieces because while those cook in the oven, now I can move on to my drum.
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These won't take quite as long to cook, so once they join the thighs in the oven, everything will finish at the same time.
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Sometimes I like to see how many crazy little crispy bits I can get leaping off the chicken. Look how tall this one is! This piece of chicken just looks insane. I challenge you to see how long you can get those crispy bits.
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Once these are beautiful and golden brown, I'll take these off as well.
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Those are looking gorgeous.
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Same thing again. Quick pinch of salt.
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Lock it onto the chicken right away. And then these crispy boys can join the rest of our fried chicken in the oven to finish.
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I always like finishing them in the oven either way, because it just gives you that extra safety to know that things are fully cooked once they are done.
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Tada! Beautiful fried chicken!
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I usually don't put it on a plate, but why not?
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I feel like fried foods like this are best just eaten right away, but the plate does look nice. Pair this with your favorite dipping sauce. I like to do a combination of ranch and blue cheese.
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I hope nobody judges me for this.
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And you've got yourself the perfect fried chicken.
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Take that, Colonel Sanders.

Vocabulaire et conseils d’expression pour cette leçon

Cette leçon d’expression orale de niveau B1 s’appuie sur la vidéo « How To Make The Best Fried Chicken ». Les mots qui reviennent le plus souvent : chicken, fried, crispy, flour, oil. Cette vidéo contient 55 phrases et 1481 mots à répéter en shadowing. La partie parlée dure 5:54. Le locuteur parle vite, environ 251 mots par minute : attendez-vous à des liaisons et à des sons réduits. Seuls 81 % des mots font partie des 3 000 mots les plus courants en anglais, le vocabulaire est donc exigeant.

Vocabulaire clé de cette vidéo

Les 15 mots les plus avancés de la vidéo, avec leur prononciation et leur sens :

MotPrononciationSens
fry verbe/fɹaɪ/faire frire
crispy adjectif/ˈkɹɪs.pi/croustillant
dredge verbe/dɹɛd͡ʒ/draguer
flour nom/ˈflaʊ.ə/farine
oven nom/ˈʌ.vn̩/four
buttermilk nom/ˈbʌtɚˌmɪlk/babeurre
bake verbe/beɪk/cuire
squeeze verbe/skwiːz/presser, comprimer
flavor nom/ˈfleɪvə/goût, saveur
powder nom/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/poudre
thigh nom/θaɪ/cuisse
shake verbe/ˈʃeɪk/secouer, agiter
marinate verbe/ˈmæɹɪneɪt/mariner
drip verbe/ˈdɹɪp/goutter, goutteler
ingredient nom/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ingrédient

Les verbes à particule que vous entendrez

MotPrononciationSens
back down verbebaisser d'un ton
break down verbetomber en panne
come out verbe/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/sortir
set up verbe/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/mettre en place, installer
shake off verbesecouer
turn up verbearriver, se pointer

Des phrases à répéter

Des phrases courtes et complètes de la vidéo, à réutiliser dans la conversation de tous les jours :

  • Let's play some b roll.
  • You know I'm all about flavor.
  • We use buttermilk because it's acidic.
  • I usually don't put it on a plate, but why not?

La grammaire de cette vidéo

Les structures que le locuteur utilise le plus, avec les mots exacts de la vidéo :

StructureDans la vidéo
Present perfect have/has + participe passé — une action passée qui compte encore maintenantyou've mixed · haven't even fried · they've gone
Voix passive be + participe passé — l’accent est mis sur ce qui arrive, pas sur qui le faitare caked · be dredged · are done
Propositions relatives who / which + proposition — une précision sur une personne ou une chosestation, which will · form, which is
Futur avec « going to » be going to + verbe — un projet ou ce que l’on voit venirit's going to break · I'm going to add · you're going to be

Prononciation à surveiller

Le locuteur utilise 47 contractions et formes réduites, comme I'm, I'll, they're. Prononcez-les sous leur forme courte, telles que vous les entendez.

  • Les sons « sh » et « zh »: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/
  • Mots longs — placez bien l’accent: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/

Les sons difficiles pour les francophones :

  • /tʃ/ et /dʒ/ — à ne pas adoucir en « ch » et « j »: dredge /dɹɛd͡ʒ/, pinch /pɪnt͡ʃ/, texture /ˈtɛkst͡ʃə(ɹ)/, crunchy /ˈkɹʌnt͡ʃi/, ranch /ˈɹænt͡ʃ/
  • /r/ anglais — langue recourbée, sans frotter la gorge: fry /fɹaɪ/, crispy /ˈkɹɪs.pi/, dredge /dɹɛd͡ʒ/, marinate /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/, paprika /pəˈpɹiːkə/

Comment s’entraîner avec cette vidéo

  1. Écoutez la vidéo en entier une fois sans parler et notez les mots que vous ne connaissez pas.
  2. Commencez à la vitesse 0,75×, répétez phrase par phrase, puis revenez à la vitesse normale quand cela devient facile.
  3. Enregistrez-vous et comparez avec l’original, en faisant attention à des mots comme fry, crispy, dredge.

Qu'est-ce que la technique du Shadowing ?

Le Shadowing est une technique d'apprentissage des langues fondée sur la science, développée à l'origine pour la formation des interprètes professionnels. Le principe est simple mais puissant : vous écoutez de l'anglais natif et le répétez immédiatement à voix haute — comme une ombre suivant le locuteur avec un décalage de 1 à 2 secondes. Les recherches montrent une amélioration significative de la précision de la prononciation, de l'intonation, du rythme, des liaisons, de la compréhension orale et de la fluidité.

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