MasterChef star Khanh Ong reveals his secret to making the ‘perfect chewy chocolate chip cookie’
He’s the MastcherChef fan favourite who was eliminated from Back To Win after his quail dish left the judges unimpressed last month.
But now Khanh Ong is back with his own YouTube cooking channel, So Let’s Cook.
The 27-year-old was joined by his sister Amy on Monday, to share the secrets behind his family’s favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe.
Family secrets! On Monday, MasterChef star Khanh Ong was joined on YouTube by his sister Amy as they revealed his secrets to making the ‘perfect chewy chocolate chip cookie’ at home (both pictured)
‘I don’t really bake so I thought I’d actually get someone who enjoys baking a lot more then I do,’ he said while introducing Amy.
‘Amy makes the best cookies, they are chewy in the middle and crunchy on the outside,’ he added.
Amy began by mixing three types of sugar- brown, white and natural.
‘I don’t really bake so I thought I’d actually get someone who enjoys baking a lot more then I do,’ he said while introducing Amy
‘That’s in there for the crunch, raw sugar doesn’t break down like other sugars, it stays in crunchy granules,’ Khanh explained.
After adding half a cup of melted butter, Amy mixed it together, revealing you only need to do it for as long as you can see large lumps.
‘As it cooks it will melt and all incorporate together anyway,’ Khanh explained.
Easy! After adding half a cup of melted butter, Amy mixed three different types of sugar together – brown, white and raw
After adding egg, vanilla bean paste and flour, Khanh sets about chopping up a block of dark cooking chocolate.
‘It’s ok to be rough, we want them to all be different sizes anyway,’ he added.
Once it was time to get them ready on the tray, Khan revealed one of his professional tricks of the trade.
Tricks of the trade: Once it is time to get them ready on the tray, Khan said one of his professional tricks of the trade. The talented chef puts dough onto a spatula to grease it before laying down the paper
The talented chef put dough onto a spatula to grease it before laying down the paper.
‘Put a little bit of batter onto the baking tray to help that stick. It’ll stop the paper moving and changing the shape of the cookie,’ he explained.
Khanh then revealed his secret to making perfectly-sized even cookies – he measures the dough using an ice-cream scoop.
Perfect: Khanh then revealed his secret to making perfectly-sized even cookies, he measures the dough using an ice-cream scoop
‘If you have any extra just add it to the balls if you don’t want to get out another tray. Or do what I do and just eat the raw dough,’ he laughed.
Khanh explained all they need is 13-minutes in the oven to be ‘perfect’.
‘At 13 minutes they are still chewy but the outside is hard,’ he says, adding if you don’t like the chewy texture it’s ok to leave them in for another minute or two,’ he said.
Lucky 13! Khanh explained all the cookies need is 13 minutes in the oven to be ‘perfect’. ‘At 13 minutes they are still chewy, but the outside is hard,’ he said, adding if you don’t like the chewy texture it’s ok to leave them in for another minute or two