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Frying Your Way to Better Chicken

Season 4 Episode 20

Reactions is exploring the chemistry behind fried chicken today. We're looking at the science of heat transfer, hydrolysis, convection, polymerization and more! The deliciousness of fried chicken all comes down to that chemistry.

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