XO Soused - Beggar's Chicken

What is Beggar’s Chicken? What are the myths that surround it and why are they important? How has Andrew attempted to bring Beggar’s Chicken - chicken stuffed and wrapped in leaves and clay - into his professional kitchen, and what iterations of the dish is he trying next?

Why is the technique such a fundamental part of its origin story and how has that technique and the recipe changed over time?

A chef in a dining room in Hong Kong smashes open the clay wrapping of Beggar’s Chicken at the table. Source: Jesús Gorriti on Flickr Creative Commons shared via licence CC BY-SA 2.0

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Intro and outro music: 遊子 [wanderer] by mafmadmaf.com