ChefSteps Nerd Alert: All About Xanthan Gum
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2015
- Xanthan gum: What is that stuff? How do you use it? ChefSteps founder Chris Young breaks it down.
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Nice explanation. It is so much easier to learn this stuff from a video, compare to reading it from a webpage or book. Thanks for doing this.
I love my Xanthan gum. The fact that it is a thickener and a stabilizer at both hot and cold temperatures and also has a neutral flavour means it has almost completely replaced my other starch thickeners. It's also a lot faster as you don't need to waste time with slurries etc.
I used it in a honey, mustard and pineapple sauce last night and was completely enamoured by it's viscosity. Perfectly clear sauce, allowing all the ingredients to stand out individually, but with just the right amount of 'clinginess' to be able to plate and present with absolute confidence and control.
Same here! Its made a massive difference in my 10 min sauce recipes.
Its* viscosity.
@@englishatheart Complain to the thrice damned "autocomplete", not me.
I'm trying to teach myself to cook and you sound amazing at it. How is your cooking life these days? Please share, I'd love to make better sauces
@@englishatheartIt's *It's
i like this guy, sounds like he's been teaching/recording videos for a long time. very personable
He was one of the lead Chef researchers at the Fat Duck
Plot twist this is actually a fake account that this guy made to comment on himself 🤣🤣🤣
as a junior cook, please continue to do this type of tutorials that let us understand :D thankyou!
+Fion SMACKS Chris always helps the ChefSteps team understand complex food related science, so we thought we would share with the class! ;)
+ChefSteps just making me look forward to more 'class' with chef chris! XD
+Fion SMACKS Watch for another video with Chris in the coming weeks!
+ChefSteps YAAYYYYYYYYY!!!™
Make more videos like this that go more in depth.
been 2 years and we're still waiting lol...
More videos like this please! and very happy to see Chris
Great video, please do more of these with Chris!!!
Great video, and so nice to see Chris again. Please, make it even more nerdy! Use your superior graphics and illustration skills combined with Chris' scientific prowess to illustrate the molecular mechanisms.
This is timely - I was speaking to my gluten free friend in my food technology class today, and I mentioned using xanthan gum in her gluten free baking, but she had never heard of it. This has helped me understand it as a product, and so now I can actually explain it to her without being unsure (: Thank you!
Does it create any "chew" ?
Gotta say I love the way Chris presented this video
Xanthan gum: What is that stuff? How do you use it? ChefSteps founder Chris Young breaks it down.
alright now I know what is that, you always use it, now how abour a cold creamy xantham beer hhaahaha
Love this video please do some more like this! would love to see one about maltodextrin.
Love this video please do some more like this! would love to see one about maltodextrin.
Love this video please do some more like this! would love to see one about maltodextrin.
+ChefSteps Hey Chris! Can you get Heston on a Chef Steps video in the future?
Wow! This is the first chef's video I've seen that expresses the weight of an ingredient as a percent of another ingredient! I really appreciate that, so few folks in the U.S. measure by weight, but I'm one who does. Usually I have to make conversions, but 0.5% of the water weight gives me an initial number I can use in my recipe spreadsheets without making tedious volume-to-weight conversions. Really, thank you!
please do more of these kinds of videos. I love all your videos where you discuss the science behind the cooking.
I've known this additive since I was a kid, always read the ingredient labels of everything I found because I've always liked finding out what's in food.
this video is awesome and extremely helpful, would like to have more vids like this to come in the near future! :)
Wish I could work with these guys. Such a passionate and creative group of people!
I love to use Xanthan Gum, the textures for different cold sauces, creams, is just so nice.
Fun fact: Soils can be thixotrophic too. That's why whenever the base (fundament) for any building is made they use heavy machinery to compact the soil very tightly underneath. Otherwise the the soil could turn "liquid" due to the vibration/stress during construction. Just google for sinking buildings. You should find plenty ;)
+Hapi djus Great call Hapi!
+Hapi djus but then it's called liquifaction, no?
Andreas Lied
but the attribute of the soil/food(e.g. ketchup) to decrease its inner friction coefficient with vibration is called thixotrophy
Another fun fact infants and children I think under the age of one or two shouldn't have xanthan gum as some Studies have shown xanthan gum to be a cause of colon cancer or colon degradation in infants
But you'll line up at the vacks man, huh?... 😂🙄
bbbgoodfood website says: "safe for the general population, including infants (over the age of 12 weeks) and young children when consumed at levels used by the food industry." though.
@@jessicag630sounds likebs, so I’m just going to NOT give it to my kids 💁🏾♀️
Man probably adults too smh
Perfect! FINALLY FOUND SIMPLE EXPLANATION ON PROPORTION for Xantham Gum !!! THANK YOU!
ok I just asked you guys about this in the last video and you make a whole video about it? I feel a little too special for this to be a coincidence
Good and simple video. Nice job, thanks!
Awesome! Do more this kind of tutorials for chems you are using!!! :D
thanks for the video..i feel like i read a PhD thesis on starches and thats a beautiful thing!
Very informative thanks
i love you guys! keep up the good work? do you guys have a cooking school?
great video, bring on more nerd alerts!
ground chia seeds works well too
Wow! Thanks for this!
It would be great if you guys could make more videos like this, and have more in depth topics on the subjects of more modernist ingredients and hydrocolloids. as of right now its very difficult to make our own recipes using such ingredients because the information on how to use them is so sparse.
we use this all the time to bake for people with wheat allergies. so you're suggesting this may be helpful in thickening something like a hot sauce? maybe I'll have to test that out on a video on my channel.
Glad I know all about xanthum gum now! So glad it only took a minute and a half
great video, now do one for msg!
Hi Chris Young and Chefsteps!
I am using Xantham gum for body wash but when I mix the gum it has tons of air bubbles. is there a way to have that clear look and feel the way you get from regularly sold soaps and washes?
I thought this was awesome. I love learning about ingredients and how they work. I have been using xanthan gum in smoothies for a while now.
I'd absolutely love to see videos like this on other thickening agents, their properties and how to choose the right one for the job.
Great info and insight. Just wondering, could I use this instead of flour when making creamed beef (military sos type)? If so, would I blend it into the milk before adding to the beef or add it as if I'm making a roux? Thanx for your expert insights!
Thank you so much. How to store after opening
At the end you show a drink,im looking into making that whipped coffee but with thai tea since i do not drink coffee... ill do some more research but will this work?
Could you please tell me what blender do you use here? Looks like it helps to avoid extra air bubbles, I need one like this!
I thought corn starch was used! this is the first time i heard of this the most important thing wasn't said what does it taste like and can you use this instead of corn starch?
Wonderfull. give more info like this please :)
More content like this would be great!
What model of scale are you using in that video? Would it be possible to have you do a video on the various measurement equipment you are all using in the ChefSteps kitchen?
Is it possible to make up a batch of this and keep it in the fridge until you need it? If so how long would it last?
We use it in old age homes here in canada to feed residents and patients with dysphasia. We thicken water, juice, milk with it.
Thank you Soooooooooo Much
YES!! something nerdy for advanced cooks!!
who makes/where can I buy the double walled mugs you guys use? They look relatively sturdy. Are they?
I’m a new follower thank u for the tip 🎉🎉🎉
It doesn’t need the immersion blender to mix if you disperse it into fat instead of water. I hold back a little of the fat I’m using in a recipe and stir the xanthan gum into it. It doesn’t clump, i don’t get unwanted aeration from thr immersion blender and everything plays nicely.
For free-gluten muffin baking, do we dissolve xanthan gum in the water first (e.g like this video) and followed by the dry ingredients OR do we straight away mix xanthan gum with the dry ingredients? Please do more videos on xanthan gum in baking. Thank you for sharing :)
The man himself! Great vid.
+Michael Tang exactly
Can i use it as a binding agent eg to bind a burger meat n what the ratio of usage . Tqvm
More more more more more please!
hi, one should use xanthan gum or ghar gum for a thick milkshake, and in what ratio?
hi , my question was is it fine if I use xanthan gum in the sauces without cooking the sauces and then freeze the sauces and use it in the one year shelf life . will this be any food safety issue . please let me know.thanks ,
I used it with cold water and nothing happened, do I have to use it with hot/warm water or do i need to heated it up after mixing to get the liquid to thicken?
So should we use it instead of corn starch which thickens the sauces ?
What is the machine you used to stir the xanthan gum and water?
Thank you!👌
I just made some amazing juniper and lavender incense using this as a binder, a little bit goes a long way. This is going to bring back more hand rolled incense! Will try in my next bread and pizza recipes to replace yeast as well. Yeast is tacky, hard to clean and back up your works.
Xanthan cannot replace yeast because yeast is not a thickener. Yeasts are living organisms that feed on sugar and they produce CO2 and a bit of alcohol as waste products. The CO2 is trapped in dough and thereby forms gas bubbles. It is those gas bubbles that raise the dough. You can use gums like Xanthan (or guar bean flour, locust bean flour, fleawort and other such materials) to make a dough sticky and thick enough to trap the CO2, but you still need the yeasts to produce the CO2 (although you can also use baking powder, which chemically makes CO2 when heated).
Does xanthum gum affect the effectivity of ingredients within a liquid formula or does it only alter the viscosity?
Does it work as an emulsifier replacement for lecithin?
I wonder if I can add this to egg whites to make a batter for french toast?
I use it for thickening my fermented hot sauces. Just a bit gives a runny sauce an easy flow and stay consistency.
Hi Chef. How if their pouring into honey? For making of hard candy
Can I use it to make syrup, I mean if I use it with stevia?
NERDS!!! But seriously this is great stuff. More please :)
It's great in an egg nog that mixes custard and whipped cream as it will keep the two from separating.
Can i use plain white flour also
Does xanthum gum act differently in hot vs cold liquid? (Like how gravy gets thicker as it cools)
It doesnt act differently. No heating or cooling is needed to form thicker consistency, it does so as soon as it is in contact with a liquid. Unlike corn starch, can only active it by bringing liquid to boil temperature. Hope it helps 🙂
Hi! Would like to ask for your suggestion if I want to thicken a juice concentrate. 1% is 1 tsp of Xanthan Gum with 200mL water? Thanks!
No, 1 g of xanthan gum is more like a rounded quarter tsp. (1/4 tsp is 0.8 g)
Whats the non glutee free alternative to this. ie what is the traditional thickening agent i can use in home cooking
starch
can i use it in hot coffee or tea ?
Can I use it in gluten-free bread baking to get that gluten texture?
the don of chefsteps right here
Is it ok to mix it in Milk Tea?
Guar gum and xanthan can be substituted 1:1 right?
I was looking for if it was dangerous to the body
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"chief executive nerd"
Bahaha xD
What is the ratio for adding it to food ? Have a video for this
Good to see I'm not the only one who was fed up with the cord on my Bamix :-D
The shear thinning property of xanthan gum is called pseudoplastic and not thixotrophic. Solutions of Xanthan Gum immediately get back to the same viscosity when shear or stirring or pouring is stopped
chef steps return to your roots of beautiful food and cinematography without so much talk
+Sebastian Henshaw they actually discussed this in another video. they really didn't like the format of those videos and are not likely to return to said format
Sooooo ,is it safe? because I heard it wasn't due 2 the bacteria (bad) that it produces in the digestive system
How do I mix it without incorporating too much air? Like it's still not as thick as I want but it's already frothy.
loved this vid, #wantmorenerdalerts
More of this!
More of this.
Was that thickened coffee in the last video frame?
Nice info, I tried to use xanthan gum but a lot of air bubbles got trapped while mixing it with hand blender. I also tried hand mixer as well but the same result. Please let me know how to mix it without the air getting trapped inside?
to the best of my knowledge, the only way you could try to achieve this is with a wooden spoon or similar. the problem with that is the xanthan thickens the mixture and allows for it to hold the air bubbles. that will most likely take quite a while to achieve. are you making something that you need to have the air bubbles out? you might try heating it gently to see if they dissipate, but I'm thinking it might be something you have to deal with.
Thanks for replying!! Will try to heat it next time. I am trying to make thing that should not have the bubbles inside because the final look does not look good with that.
Excellent video, thank you. I'm not a foodi, so can you tell me that if you are using 200 grams of water, is that a weight measurement or a liquid measured in a measuring cup?
Grams are a unit of weight. One gram of water has a volume of 1 ml (slightly more if very warm). So he is using 1 g xanthan gum in 200 ml water
@@JohnSmith-oe5kx thanks, I did not know that.
Ok, we need more videos like this, awesome info.
Would love to see an episode for other thickeners as well. One on agar, ultratex, gellan. Would be great! Thanks guys
+Mike8913 Thanks so much for letting us know what you're interested in content-wise! We'll keep this in mind!
What was that last latte looking drink? That’s clever if it is what it looks like...
can i use it to make cake frosting?
does that mean i may not need egg white if i am making a swiss meringue frosting?
does it have side effects ?
hello!! nice video, actually i have a challenge for you guys i need a pizza dough and cinnamon rolls but also need gluten free, dairy free, nut free and egg free sounds crazy right? i tried to do that and fail i used rice flour for my cinnamon rolls and oatmeal flour too So this is my challenge for you i know you gonna make it :) good luck!!
will it still thicken the liquid if I only stir it with a spoon? have seen people using mixers in every xanthan gum video I've seen so far, I'm wondering if that's what really expands it
I'm not a chef or scientist, but I 'm going to take a shot in the dark. The yeast/gum molecules/bits are what thickens the water, by absorbing it via some natural manner. By using the mixer, you're making sure that each of those particles is moved as far away from another one - giving it the best room to expand, and not inhale a neighboring particle's water.
You can definitely get that consistency by hand, with a spoon, but it will take a while. Things like a whisk, will let you to it with less effort.
I don't think that getting air into the mixture is critical (like it is for a meringue). Currently high af, so this may be all wrong.
@@AkulaCola I don't even remember if I got an answer elsewhere but I think I did since I got a blender a couple of days later lol but thanks for your reply! 😆
Hi chef steps I want to help me for make Apple pie because I try lot of recipts but no success I don't know why thank you