🔪 How to Use a Chinese Chef Knife & 🥩 How to Cut Meat for Hot Pot

In today's video, my dad (a Chinese chef of 50+ years) teaches us how to use a Chinese Chef Knife (cai dao) and how to prepare meat for hot pot. He'll be showing us how to create thin slices of beef, chicken, pork, squid, and fish. He'll also be showing us how to sharpen a knife with a whetstone! This is the second of three videos for our series on DIY hot pot. Watch the full series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvd5bo3J-_kqm_zEqQoFVJR4LHOQ_p7B- Hot Pot Ultimate Guide: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/ultimate-guide-to-hot-pot 🍜 JOIN THE CANTO COOKING CLUB 🍜 Develop the intuition and foundation to cook Cantonese food with exclusive classes from Daddy Lau! Take a free peek inside: https://bit.ly/mwlclub 🍳 COOKWARE WE USE/LOVE 🍳 - Chinese Cleaver: https://amzn.to/4eMSoL9 - Carbon Steel Wok: https://amzn.to/3BH16fq - Stainless Steel Spatula: https://amzn.to/4fomqVZ - Non-Stick Wok: https://amzn.to/47Q8fGk - Non-Stick Spatula: https://amzn.to/489rWsY - Gas Burner: https://amzn.to/3XYAQVI - Electric Burner: https://amzn.to/4eLoXZO - Steaming rack: https://amzn.to/4eKewpQ - Steaming rack with holes: https://amzn.to/408qPYu 🥢 KITCHEN ACCESSORIES WE USE/LOVE 🥢 - Infrared Laser Temperature Gun: https://amzn.to/3ZRioAK - Wireless Meat Thermometer: https://amzn.to/3BE6iRg - Food Scale: https://amzn.to/47QRIC6 👨‍🍳 DAD'S SPECIAL INGREDIENTS 👨‍🍳 - Light Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NcsQva - Dark Soy Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y6uyV8 - Chicken Bouillon: https://amzn.to/3ZQWn4V - Sesame Oil: https://amzn.to/3XJGef6 - Rice Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/4gJG405 - Shaoxing Cooking Wine: https://amzn.to/3TWiBib - Premium Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/4drBPTS - Chili Oil: https://amzn.to/3Y7w1uo - Hoisin Sauce: https://amzn.to/3Y9mwuJ - Vegetarian Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/47RJ0U5 - Gluten-Free Oyster Sauce: https://amzn.to/3NdKPRK - Handcrafted Soy Sauce: https://bit.ly/handcrafted-soysauce 🎥 MY CAMERA GEAR! 🎥 - Workhorse Camera: https://amzn.to/3UaMdsd - Lens for Wide Shots: https://amzn.to/3YpCUHD - Lens for Detail Shots: https://amzn.to/4h781if - Macro Lens: https://amzn.to/3Y6ANXF These links are affiliate links, which means that if you use our links to purchase these ingredients, Amazon pays my family a small amount for the sale - at no extra cost to you. If you use these links, we really appreciate the support! ⏲ CHAPTERS ⏲ 00:00 - Intro 01:00 - My dad’s 40 year old Chinese chef knife 01:39 - Cai Dao / Choi Dou 02:05 - How to sharpen a Chinese chef knife 03:31 - Using a plate to sharpen your knife 04:21 - Intro to whetstones, sharpening stones 05:21 - How to slice beef for hot pot 05:55 - Tip for thinly slicing - partially freeze your meat 06:45 - Place a towel underneath your cutting board 07:12 - Thinly sliced beef ASMR + My dad’s backstory 08:31 - How to slice pork for hot pot 09:15 - Pork slicing ASMR + tips for first timers 10:16 - How to thinly slice chicken for hot pot 10:51 - How to prepare squid for hot pot 13:19 - How to prepare fish for hot pot 14:28 - Outro 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED 🔗 @Burrfection 's awesome video + YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aQKhb8aEWw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOluHMoKJ6CrS0kcybhaThg 🎵 OTHER CREDITS 🎵 Intro Flute Music - Performed by Daddy Lau Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/49e6fa9c Copyright Chillhop Music - https://chll.to/4ca8cc15 Overhead Camera Rig built by P.Oak - https://www.instagram.com/p.oak.co/ Chinese Subtitles by Wynee Pan - https://www.instagram.com/gotchacafenyc 💛 OUR FAMILY 💛 Learn more about the Lau family, and why we started this channel + blog: https://madewithlau.com/family 👋 CONNECT WITH US 👋 https://www.tiktok.com/@madewithlau https://www.instagram.com/madewithlau https://www.facebook.com/madewithlau https://www.pinterest.com/madewithlau 🙏 SUPPORT OUR CHANNEL 🙏 If you enjoy these videos and want to support us being able to continue creating content for many years to come, we’d love for you to consider becoming a patron of Made With Lau. https://www.patreon.com/madewithlau