How to Crack Open a Coconut by Master Chef Robert Del Grande

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  • Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2024

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  • @OPTFOOD
    @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад +9

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    • @kyrellethomas3125
      @kyrellethomas3125 4 года назад +1

      OPTFOOD daeea

    • @Theone-zg8qz
      @Theone-zg8qz 3 года назад

      I crack it open with one knock ✊ with a machete

    • @murugavel6697
      @murugavel6697 Месяц назад

      Hi uncle this method very dificult ok madurai electricity insbector comment ok rebly need

  • @johnmacdonald4511
    @johnmacdonald4511 3 года назад +157

    Just spent 20min hitting with my knife and the only thing that’s cracked is the handle of my knife.

  • @binadeen203
    @binadeen203 4 года назад +22

    Just to let you know,once you open coconut if you put it in the freezer for 10 to 15 mts,coconut halves comes out rt away with a butter knife

    • @TheOneanjel
      @TheOneanjel 3 года назад

      I'm gonna try that

    • @email4ady
      @email4ady Год назад +1

      Nope. Tried it, it was worse than normal uncooled coconut...

  • @sushilashukla1289
    @sushilashukla1289 3 года назад +11

    Hi thank you very much. I also tried to freeze 1st then hit on diagonally. I like to plant little stuff in it so the holes are handy. Will try your method.
    Take care love from South Africa

  • @Reneb1978
    @Reneb1978 Год назад +3

    This is the worst & funniest coconut opening I have seen so far on y.t. Lol

  • @renealba87
    @renealba87 3 года назад +6

    I used a hammer instead (just tilt it a little) and seemed safer and quicker.
    Thank you for sharing, was easier than I thought it would be

  • @mallick9060
    @mallick9060 4 года назад +48

    Being south indian breaking a coconut is something we do for fun for mother as a little boy. Not bcos she can't bcos we liked to drink the water. This is the same as we do but it takes just 3-5 strikes. For us coconut is a staple requirement in our currys and chutneys. Or just snack the flesh or milk it.

    • @sidharth7155
      @sidharth7155 4 года назад +2

      Yeah we have different kind of knife for just that, don't we?

    • @garymaya1767
      @garymaya1767 2 года назад +1

      Yeah that one was not fresh the shell was dried out.a fresh coconut comes with the outermost fiber and green color. Those are the best and taste way different than this one he has in the video. Coconuts don’t grow in America until recently.

  • @shobabass6127
    @shobabass6127 3 года назад +15

    I would keep coconut in the freezer overnight & remove & break it it opens easy.

    • @christabel2003
      @christabel2003 3 года назад

      😂😂😂

    • @garymaya1767
      @garymaya1767 2 года назад

      Lol a freezer in the jungle… totally 🇺🇸 way to do it.

  • @greatndit
    @greatndit 3 года назад +9

    You wasted the coconut water 😂
    Master my ass

    • @luketexas
      @luketexas 6 месяцев назад +1

      The best part haha

  • @annon9269
    @annon9269 3 года назад +2

    It's awesome being a teenager a know how to do a thing the more efficient way than this man

  • @autumnskye5882
    @autumnskye5882 5 лет назад +4

    Omg love 🥥 coconuts! Especially with chocolate 😋 coconut macaroons coconut shrimp coconut cocktails please!! Thanks for the video!

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад +1

      @Diana Lynn 🥥 ❤️. Sounds like great ideas for future episodes! 😋 We sincerely appreciate you watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by sharing our videos with everyone you know. 👨‍🍳 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

  • @jayaraj100
    @jayaraj100 3 года назад +8

    It only needs 2 or 3 strokes to crack it in perfect halves :)

    • @TheOneanjel
      @TheOneanjel 3 года назад +1

      it depends a lot on the age of the coconut. but he did have a tough one.

    • @eddesa5134
      @eddesa5134 3 года назад

      Just one if you know where to hit it.

  • @traveller...T
    @traveller...T 3 года назад +1

    I just tried this way to break coconut.. it turned out great.. very easy thnq so mch..

  • @djs9415
    @djs9415 4 года назад +1

    Thank you so much Chef Douglas because we live in countries where the economy is based on coconut but this was I am extremely unique way of opening a coconut with a knife .
    You may not believe it but I have two of these knives and an endless supply of coconuts just out of my door but I really did not associate the breaking of the coconuts, with a knife. We just go to the nearest stone and Smash them hard just once or twice and a crack opens. Apply to mouth drink the juice wipe your face with the coconut water for moisturising against the sun shine and Bob's your mother's brother!
    Of course when I am at home it is very easy for me to pick up any sort of sharp instrument and poke it into the the weakest eye of the coconut it has three. And then drain the water into a glass period period means.

    • @eddesa5134
      @eddesa5134 3 года назад

      Your method is the sensible way to do it without making such a mess with shards and so much effort hitting with a knife.

  • @chulavista5239
    @chulavista5239 2 года назад +3

    I always wondered why there were sometimes little shards of coconut shells in my restaurant shrimp orders.

  • @beachbum4691
    @beachbum4691 5 лет назад +8

    Thank you :)

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад +1

      @John Skiggs 👨‍🍳 You are welcome! Thank you for watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by sharing our videos with everyone you know. 🥥 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

  • @TheLondonbum69
    @TheLondonbum69 2 года назад +6

    If he was a master he would use a cleaver and only hit it 1-2 times and he would have a strainer to filter the juice as it fell out #facts

  • @jayzee3303
    @jayzee3303 Год назад +1

    I. The Caribbean, we go outside and throw it hard on the concrete.....

  • @mercedesrodrigo9137
    @mercedesrodrigo9137 Год назад

    Best demo I’ve seen❣️ No tools 😀👍🏼

  • @MiN-ow9fr
    @MiN-ow9fr 3 года назад +4

    In the Pacific and Southeast Asian islands, there are 7-10 year olds that open coconuts less than ten seconds

  • @RakeshR-wp4xg
    @RakeshR-wp4xg 4 года назад +9

    Child's play for any Indian.. Being a south indian who uses coconut for each & every recipe of ours, Mr. Masterchef this was extremely messy. Me being a novice cook will break open a coconut in exact half with just 2-3 strokes 😀😁 Non indians look like aliens to us so many times 😂😅

  • @Tu_Chori_
    @Tu_Chori_ 2 года назад +1

    It workssss. Thanks girl 😊

  • @TiramisuCorleone
    @TiramisuCorleone 7 месяцев назад

    Best coconut video ever!

  • @avery3030
    @avery3030 3 года назад +5

    Watched this video before attempting to open my coconut and can confirm this works :)

    • @johnbockelie3899
      @johnbockelie3899 3 года назад +1

      I used to climb the coconut trees, but if one fell it would always land on the Skipper . Gilligan.

  • @subodhsharma905
    @subodhsharma905 Год назад

    Fantastic technique. Thanks for very good illustration. I tried it and it worked like magic. Thanks 👍👍👌👌

  • @juanwalker4045
    @juanwalker4045 4 года назад

    Excellent Chef I managed to crack the coconut, I wasn't able to ypll the coconut outside the shell in the way that you did. What I did was to crack more the two pieces and the with a knife pull out the coconuit fruit from each piece of shell

  • @daveford5641
    @daveford5641 Год назад

    Dang it, now I'm hungry as heck for some odd reason!! Time to fix me up some foodage!! Thanks chef for the amazing step by step I do truly appreciate it!!

  • @douglasd327
    @douglasd327 4 года назад +4

    Cold and snowy day, just found your channel and been binge watching.
    Obviously your a master yet A couple things id like to humbly share with you-
    I been taking avocados and halving them, just a touch of lemon juice, salt, pepper, an egg yolk where the seed used to be, then layer crispy bacon bits, then (i been using cheddar but convinced asiago would improve it 100 fold) cheddar. Bake that on 350. Its incredible! And possibly a good addition to your brunch menu.
    Try peeling a pineapple halving it, shalter it with butter(or ghee) then packing brown sugar around it. Bake at 320. I usually serve it over vanilla bean ice cream but suspect it would make an amazing chutney to have with an herb roasted chicken.

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  4 года назад +2

      @Douglas D That is AWESOME! We are grateful you found our channel and are enjoying your binge watching. Thank you for sharing your tips. Sounds like you are on your way to mastery, keep learning and stay tuned for new episodes. God Bless!

    • @djs9415
      @djs9415 4 года назад

      I don't want to sound superior patronising but Desi Ghee, welcome to the fold this is India calling full stop to good health. If the butter is homemade the taste is exquisite and out of the world and that is why Julia child used it in large quantities. It is called one of the most good and beneficial foods in The Good Book.

    • @hairul87
      @hairul87 4 года назад

      Check out my tutorials on how to open a young coconut! Juicy and delicious! 😎
      ruclips.net/video/UFSNe4Yjcww/видео.html
      ruclips.net/video/QlrSAyE4MCs/видео.html

  • @ainna1978
    @ainna1978 Год назад

    Thanks for the lesson to crack coconut. 😊

  • @robinahnub3569
    @robinahnub3569 3 года назад +1

    Thanks so much I managed to open it

  • @1joshjosh1
    @1joshjosh1 3 года назад

    Thank you MasterChef.!

  • @Marz011
    @Marz011 3 года назад +4

    Just give it a one strong strike on the middle of tje coconut tjen you ooen a coconut in a split second

    • @jayaraj100
      @jayaraj100 3 года назад +1

      Single stroke most of the time only works on matured coconuts, this is green :)

  • @NinaRodriguez-ge2yg
    @NinaRodriguez-ge2yg Год назад

    Thanks for showing us how to open the coconut I always throw it down the steps, it makes so much mess

    • @luketexas
      @luketexas 6 месяцев назад

      What 😂😂

  • @Ladysueiroh48
    @Ladysueiroh48 3 года назад

    This worked. Thank you!!!!

  • @rkprime709
    @rkprime709 4 года назад

    Master chief your idea is harder than mine.... 😊

  • @rickyburton4642
    @rickyburton4642 2 года назад

    Excellent! Yea Yea Yea 👍👍😃

  • @manal-hh3xh
    @manal-hh3xh 4 года назад

    Thank you it actually worked

  • @evelynvega1730
    @evelynvega1730 3 года назад +2

    What i do is make a little hole with a cork screw and put a straw in and drink the water first then crack it open.

  • @arunkk82
    @arunkk82 Год назад

    Thanks !

  • @milkakuhrt9390
    @milkakuhrt9390 3 месяца назад

    Nice to see . But I never can get such a fresh coconut in Germany 😢

  • @CChamp599
    @CChamp599 5 лет назад +10

    Simple yet very helpful. Thanks for the vid

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад +1

      @Friendly faces make me smile. You are welcome! 👨‍🍳 We sincerely appreciate you watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by sharing our videos with everyone you know. 🥥 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

    • @michellenicholls9039
      @michellenicholls9039 Год назад

      That took way too long 😂 I’ve seen someone do it with one hit

  • @MaximusSilentium-cl1ff
    @MaximusSilentium-cl1ff 5 месяцев назад

    just freeze it. then when you break the shell the whole coconut comes out clean in one peice. just put it in a freezer bag and let if warm up for later

  • @BX138
    @BX138 4 года назад +4

    He hit the coconut with the knife 175 times

  • @OmidDavoudi
    @OmidDavoudi 2 года назад

    Incredibly easy

  • @RandomRads
    @RandomRads 2 года назад

    Hammer one shot.
    Thumbs up if you know what I’m talking.

  • @dorxlab
    @dorxlab 4 года назад +6

    5 mins for him, it takes only 5 seconds for Asians

  • @felypeforte
    @felypeforte 4 года назад

    We have been doing that in Brazil for centuries. Hehehe

    • @jayaraj100
      @jayaraj100 3 года назад

      so are we, in India :))))

  • @atahuallpamejia2698
    @atahuallpamejia2698 2 года назад

    Before you crack it chef...
    Put it in ice water for 5 min, take it out, one hard hit in a hard surface and it will split perfectly in half. To remove the flesh, place the coconut half face down in the oven and heat it up for 5 min med heat, let it cooldown, place pering knife between flesh and shelf and it should come out the whole flesh full.

  • @findingvedanta5626
    @findingvedanta5626 4 года назад +1

    Thanks, It Worked! (Just consider wearing a Protective mask, and or Hard Plastic face Covering--pieces flew up to my face--thankfully, I wear glasses). Also, keep phone or tablet screens away from this activity, lest you don't mind a cracked screen, from a flying coconut piece. Again, Thanks

  • @SpearChuckUngawa
    @SpearChuckUngawa Год назад

    What's the shrimp dish you're making with the coconut?

  • @222noori
    @222noori 2 года назад

    I’ve see easier & much clean &
    neater way to open a coconut.
    But thanks for showing this way too!

  • @funandfactaroundtheworld7231
    @funandfactaroundtheworld7231 3 года назад +3

    U made a mess out of coconut as well as damaged the knife.. just hit at the vertical line with some hard pounder and u will break it in one short..

  • @luloon2040
    @luloon2040 4 года назад +1

    It honestly easier if you just use a palm size rock. One punch and youre already done. I do that often. You might wanna watch how asian do it. Asian always has the best trick.

  • @desmaree1230
    @desmaree1230 Год назад

    it worked but you didn't tell me i needed safety googles for this LMFAOAOAO

  • @johninmilford7719
    @johninmilford7719 3 года назад +4

    Boy, as a professional chef, you struggled with that thing a LOT. A heavy knife like a meat cleaver works so much better. (I Watched a dozen videos, You made it look difficult!)

    • @garymaya1767
      @garymaya1767 2 года назад

      A concrete hard edge works way better the. A knife , and yes he sucks at opening this it’s all crumbly and old rotted out coconut. Not fresh at all. Probably taste vinegary too. Professional…. Lol, and fresh much less. I used to go to local fruit and veggies store every morning and crack these open with the hush on faster than this video took.

  • @mohamedrasookgulam5605
    @mohamedrasookgulam5605 3 месяца назад

    Looks like tender coconut. Soccer champion teaching table tennis

  • @z0ey_idk525
    @z0ey_idk525 3 года назад

    I like to poke the 3 holes with the tip of a knife so I could drink from the coconut, never tried the fruit on the inside tho!

  • @evamcbarnette3963
    @evamcbarnette3963 4 года назад +1

    wow

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  4 года назад

      @Eva Mcbarnette Thank you! 👨‍🍳 We sincerely appreciate you watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by subscribing to our channel and sharing our videos with everyone you know. 🥥 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

  • @RohanChandran88
    @RohanChandran88 3 года назад +5

    THIS IS A DISASTER. We break coconuts into equal halves in just 10 seconds

    • @happysawfish
      @happysawfish 3 года назад

      oh my lol One wonders why an expert like you proclaim would come HERE to watch. : / ??

    • @RohanChandran88
      @RohanChandran88 3 года назад +1

      @@happysawfish was surprised to see a misleading video like this when ppl actually have easier options.

    • @happysawfish
      @happysawfish 3 года назад

      @@RohanChandran88 : Awesome. In 10 seconds please tell how to break open a coconut. : )
      Thank you sir Rohan.

    • @eddesa5134
      @eddesa5134 3 года назад +4

      @@happysawfish If you look at the top of the nut you will see 3 spots that look like a face - 2 smaller eyes and a larger 'mouth'. Between the 2 'eyes' running laterally from top to bottom of the nut there is a ridge. If you strike this ridge at its widest point on a hard flat surface the nut will cleve perfectly in half with just on clean strike. There is a good video on RUclips with a guy in Hawaii who shows how to do this even from picking the whole nut from the tree. Thats the proper way to do it without mess and effort and shards of broken nut flying around. Good luck matey.

  • @DeuryMota
    @DeuryMota Год назад

    Ok watched video got thanks

  • @James-ke5sx
    @James-ke5sx 3 года назад

    I've been using a 1/4'' thick British military MOD (Minestry of Defense) knife to crack mine, came here to find a better way, seems I was doing it right except I crack it around the middle and over the top & bottom.

  • @mosesetuilawa807
    @mosesetuilawa807 8 месяцев назад

    Exactly how we do in Fiji islands

  • @qillura
    @qillura 3 года назад +1

    does anyone else notice a word "BF" on coconut body at 4:37?

  • @FrontierSubba
    @FrontierSubba Год назад +1

    In India it's mostly cracked within 10 Seconds.😂😂😂😂

  • @mustafahajhamoud2077
    @mustafahajhamoud2077 Год назад

    this is a good method , but just in case you dont want to risk ruining your knife, you can do the same steps with a hammer instead, but keep in mind that if you dont drain the water before hand, it will spill everywhere. Enjoy your coconut :D

  • @daviddavidson2357
    @daviddavidson2357 2 года назад +1

    4:37 cool, I never knew coconuts had batch numbers printed on the inside. Nice to see this is from batch 8f, must be a fresh one.

  • @BeatsbySandr
    @BeatsbySandr 3 года назад +1

    Bruhhhh...In the Pacific ..we hit it once with the knife and it opens up. This chef takes so many tries and made so many dirt. It does not even crack properly.

  • @mackmoto5573
    @mackmoto5573 5 лет назад +1

    Finally

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад

      @Mack Moto Thank you! 👨‍🍳 We sincerely appreciate you watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by sharing our videos with everyone you know. 🥥 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

  • @F_M20
    @F_M20 4 года назад

    as an indonesian people who lives around coconut every single day, this chef has to learn from asian people to know how to break a single coconut wihout wasting time.
    and that knife is too small and to fragile for coconut sir. indonesian people used a bigger knife for breaking it. its called golok. and we have machine to take the coconut out of it shells.
    wanna buy one? go to indonesia.

  • @ajmeshram8219
    @ajmeshram8219 3 года назад +6

    It only takes less than 5 seconds for me to do that

    • @TheOneanjel
      @TheOneanjel 3 года назад

      some are more difficult.

    • @taufafifita2831
      @taufafifita2831 3 года назад

      Yeah he's hitting it too soft. The harder you hit it, the faster it'll crack.

  • @clementmanuel1987
    @clementmanuel1987 Год назад

    I used to crack open a coconut with 3 or 4 whacks of a "parang." (Machete).

  • @ruth9247
    @ruth9247 3 года назад +2

    I smashed it on the ground and it cracked open! No tool used.😆

  • @charlesroberts3910
    @charlesroberts3910 3 года назад

    There’s an easier way just spin the nut around the equator while you drop it on a hard surface spinning on the way down and it will crack around the middle

  • @moonlightspark3402
    @moonlightspark3402 3 года назад +1

    The coconut is not fully mature.

  • @yakzivz1104
    @yakzivz1104 2 года назад

    Why does nobody cook fresh coconut??? Does it get soft if baked in oven??

  • @gullwingstorm857
    @gullwingstorm857 4 года назад +1

    Do it the Indian way, it's much quicker and neater.

  • @ridhaaa
    @ridhaaa 2 года назад

    That's absolutely hilarious.. 🤣 the weakest point in a coconut is follow the line in between the two eyes to the center of the nut ... One hard hit on that center line will crack it

  • @donaldjacques7962
    @donaldjacques7962 Год назад

    Accident looking for a place to happen.

  • @yodaz101
    @yodaz101 2 года назад

    Dude!! Tried smashing it, hitting hammer,, dropping... I guess it's all in the technique....

  • @hotdrumchick
    @hotdrumchick 2 года назад

    Or you just drain out the water. wrap it in an old towel, put it in an old pillowcase and slam it on the ground. Much more satisfying.

  • @joshpro6231
    @joshpro6231 3 года назад

    This guy did it the hard way... just take a sharp Rock and hit it once in the back of the eyes and middle line down the back.

  • @dragoonshazil
    @dragoonshazil 3 года назад +2

    Dont do this my knife broke and almost went in to my forehead.

  • @CharlieBrown-zr9wk
    @CharlieBrown-zr9wk 2 года назад

    Master chef my ass
    All you need a sharp stone
    Open with one hit lol

  • @q695
    @q695 3 года назад +1

    Why's it so soft?

  • @Klampfenhubi
    @Klampfenhubi 4 года назад +2

    Sorry, but that's still a complicated was, especially eben you want to collect the water. Netter Swatch fort "how to open a coconut and remove the meat" and look at the young Lady here!
    My motherinlaw in India does it the same way.
    Instead of a knife use the thin Side of a hammer.

  • @komalashankar8540
    @komalashankar8540 2 года назад

    Why go on hitting the coconut? Just apply water line around the coconut. Just give one stroke. It vl open🤣🤣.

  • @deannalove9073
    @deannalove9073 4 года назад

    Thank you!!!!!!!!!! You are by far the best 😁

  • @hariprasaduday7787
    @hariprasaduday7787 3 года назад

    😭 I struggled the same way when I had food with fork for the first time.

  • @OptimusPurp
    @OptimusPurp 3 года назад

    Arent coconuts brown after husking?

  • @OruMarunadanKitchen
    @OruMarunadanKitchen 4 года назад +1

    Oh, God! Is he doing it for fun? Can somebody tell me is this the easiest way to crack open a coconut or the one which is showcasing on RUclips? /watch?v=m_LHpQ5dIDw

  • @alejandrohector4528
    @alejandrohector4528 4 года назад +1

    Why did he set the knife down on shrimp?

    • @1lonelyCrochet7307
      @1lonelyCrochet7307 3 года назад

      Right those who have allergies to seafood.
      Thanks for see that I thought I was the only one.🤔

  • @thetigerstripes
    @thetigerstripes Год назад

    First, I take the coconut out to the garage. 😂 Next, I take the coconut over to the workbench; 🤣 Then, I open up the vise very wide..……hammer, chisel(s) and DeWalt drills come next followed by Milwaukee Sawzall……then I throw the pieces of the coconut I have destroyed into the garbage can. Return to the kitchen and tell my wife we need another coconut.

  • @collinswekesa
    @collinswekesa 3 года назад

    I just broke my knife doing this, now I have to buy a new one to slice my tomatoes

  • @rafeekkaramat3186
    @rafeekkaramat3186 5 лет назад +3

    Hahaha....watch how the asian guy with the street cart making 2 dllrs a day does it with the husk on...hahahaha!

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад

      @Rafeek Karamat 🤣 Yes, some of the people with the street carts have crazy skills. 👨‍🍳 We sincerely appreciate you watching our video and leaving a positive comment. Please help us create new informative episodes by sharing our videos with everyone you know. 🥥 Bon Appétit & God Bless!

    • @rafeekkaramat3186
      @rafeekkaramat3186 5 лет назад +1

      @@OPTFOOD please make a simple yet fancy ish pasta recipe video next... and some videos simplify basic sauces like hollandaise or bearnaise and beurre blanc. Im struggling to make sauces. Thanks.

    • @OPTFOOD
      @OPTFOOD  5 лет назад

      @@rafeekkaramat3186 These are all great suggestions. We will add them to the list of future episodes. Thank You & God Bless!

  • @kyrellethomas3125
    @kyrellethomas3125 4 года назад

    🥥

  • @alialii1274
    @alialii1274 2 года назад

    🍾

  • @ashkuuali4401
    @ashkuuali4401 2 года назад

    It's very hard to open , but it's the best Drink health for Heart Attack and many profits for human being

  • @alisas.840
    @alisas.840 2 года назад

    1. The coconut is not mature. You can tell by the water being too much and meat too soft.
    2. If you freeze it first, the meat comes out easier.
    3. Use a heavier Knife (read machete) and you only need to hit it 2-4 times max.

  • @calliesconci8204
    @calliesconci8204 4 года назад +1

    I tried this it doesnt work I must have a different kind

    • @garlicmuncher
      @garlicmuncher 4 года назад

      Just hit it harder along the ridges. One clean strike should do. Trust me I'm Indian

  • @teslax2404
    @teslax2404 3 года назад

    My mother tooks just one shot to do that. What the hell cheff