What Makes These Potatoes Stretchy 

Now imagine Potato Pizza

Mr potato: *sweating intensifies*

Imagine hitting someone with this like it’s a sticky hand

To those in the states that would like to make this: red bliss is a great potato to use as well

Get someone who loves you as much as Great Big Story loves potatoes

You can actually make an almost exact replica of the dish with any waxy potato, such as Red Bliss. The potatoes used in the dish are just a specific type of waxy potato. Starch is made of amylopectin and amylose. The recipe won't work with floury potatoes, since they contain too much amylose. Waxy varieties contain almost 100% amylopectin, which allows the potatoes to stretch. This is why waxy corn feels sticky and why glutinous rice has that signature sticky mouth feel. You can also thank waxy veggies for your mochi desserts and boba pearls. In my opinion you can go with any herbs that you want. The classic herbs and chilies used in Yunnan pounded potatoes are quite pungent and spicy for some people, so feel free to use more common ingredients like rosemary and thyme instead. You might want to skip the butter though... Fat isn't really needed for this dish. I highly recommend people to try making a variation of this dish. It tastes absolutely wonderful! You're truly missing out if you never tried it.

Let's just imagine, if there was Potato Tea or Potato Cheesecake. Edit 2: Potato Pizza doesn't sound that bad.

so great big story has an obsession with potatoes im not complaining

I really wanted him to say: "I have potato blood in my veins"

Great bit story: for that you have to go to yannan Video: BEJING

Western chef: don't overwork your mash potato or it'll turn gluey Chinese: pound it until strecthcy

I'm hungry for these potatoes

The translation at 2:06 is incorrect. He slurred the words "外观(appearance)” and pronounced it like "外国人(foreigner)", which ended up in the translation

He looks soo friendly

Ireland, Latvia and Peru: *Gee! Why didn’t I think of that?*

You should do a video on French aligot!

Seems like great big story sure loves potatoes When’s your video on couch potatoes coming, I’m an expert 😂

Chef Joël Robuchon uses an extremely waxy type of potato Calle the "Ratte", for it has a strong natural taste of potato. His dish, although not pounded, also has a little bit of stretch to it. Waxy potatoes are the way to go if you’re making anything really, it just has so much more flavour! Perhaps with the exception of fries. However, the Yunnan pounded potatoes look much healthier than Joël Robuchon’s mashed potatoes. Thankfully I live in China so I’m excited to try it!

This is wonderful! It's a very flavourful Chinese take on the French Aligot, but without cheese.

I'm drooling just from watching this vid ...

Therapist: Potato cheese doesn't exist, it can't hurt you. Potato cheese:

Somehow I make this every time I try to make mashed potatoes just Bc I use a food processor to mash them up. Changes the natural flavor, really yummy!

Wow I’m actually early for once. But POTATOS THOUGH!!🥺💕

Imma say it potatoes are the best food in the world They are easy to grow DELICIOUS Can be made in many ways And have tons of different flavours Change my mind

Wow ive never been so early to a gbs episode!

I have heard about a similar dish called potato aligot which is made from such stretchy potatoes and cheese...I love potatoes!

yunnan reminds me of dianxi xiaoge! she must make these potatoes on her channel!!

It looks tasty!

ohhh that's why I remember seeing Dianxi Xiaoge also make this! I think she's also from Yunnan ;)

Poe tay toes. Pound ‘em stretch ‘em stick ‘em in a stew.

Caution: do not expect this dish would be like your average mashed potatoes. The texture is far different. This is chewy, not creamy at all. It's kinda like soft mochi or pounded rice cake. That being said, the taste is really good.

Proud to be Yunnanese-American!

Oooo cool

if any of yall wanna make this at home, sawtooth/mexican coriander is the herb, you can substitute chile de arbol for the peppers

I love potato and pork

Nice

You can do that with Taro. It becomes like a purple playdough that tastes like patatos but has the texture of mochi.

What unique potato

We usually do it with small purple potatoes or old reguler potatoes. But respect thier art...

Glad to be in neighbouring country, I can just go there to buy my stretchy potatoes.

This looks yummy yummy...it’s a bad idea to watch this at night T__T

2:17 that bite was so tiny XD 😂😂

You can defo do that with French potatoes especially the "ratte" kind as they're suuuuper waxy.

, I really want to try some pounded potatoes now

My knowledge about Yunnan cuisine is totally upgrade by watching Penji with her Dawang and this video

at 2:09 he says "外观特别好看" as in the dish looks better aesthetically, not "(对)外国人特别好看" that it looks prettier for foreign customers. There might be a translation error there :)

Huh, nice, my family’s from Yunnan.

Whoa this video is so yunnan,soon you teleported to yunnan

Chinese stamppot, nice! :)

"You need to go to Yunnan, China" There r yunnan potatoes in my grocery tho

I did mashed potato , i added some milk(not much ) and a bit of butter, u mixed it and then i left them in the fridge and they became stretchy

We call it aloo pitika 😁 our fav

Mashed potatoes. Love 'em!

Philippines potato is waving ☺️

anything: stretch my brain: *delish*

I remember french or germany have similar mashed potatoes

Incredible! I thought he used a starchy potato not waxy.

how did you get there??

I love Beijing tianmen

**Special Ed kid sweats nervously**

This is so simple I always made potato starch like this with normal potatoes 😂

Ah yes my favorite food, Macaroni and Potatoes

POTATOESSSSSSSS シ︎♡︎

chiiinnaaaaa foooorrrreeeevvvvaaaa

I can already see a potato noodle with this potato. and yeah, potato face mask

GBS:I love potatoes! They're so good! Me: yeah good- hehe *backs away slowly*

Well, if the potato taste like strawberry I'll afford it no matter how expensive

petition to name this Yunnan Gold

In France we just put cheese in mashed potatos to make it stretchy

pounded potato power

*beats potatoes aggressively*

why did I read the title as *What Makes These Potatoes Sketchy*

Aloo bortha!

Japan: mochi China: hold my potato

this is my first time early here so HiHihIhI

Greetings

I would too love to go to China right now, not only will get get to try this stretchy potato, i would too get to have a taste of covid-19. It’s two birds with a stone! Totally worth it!

Noti gang

Does Bat flavored available???

Chinese cooking demystified has a video on the recipe of this, check it out!

To all my arab and turkish friends every time we hear yunnan we see only one thing 🇬🇷 GREECE !!!

Mashed potato:am i a joke to yoy

How to get waxy potatoes: 1. Get potatoes 2. Get Candles 3. Melt candles 4. Cover potatoes in melted candles 5. Boom, you got waxy potatoes.

Take a shot every time he says Yunnan

Yunnan potatos are the best stretchy mashed potatos

They really that one small portion for the whole family?

This looks like "ALU VORTA" eaten in my country......😂

2:17 you know she did not like it

Lmao I remember accidently making these once. Pro tip 1: user an egg beater to "pound" them for a quick meal. Pro tip 2: don't use an egg beater if your intended dish is a Thanksgiving mashed potato... At least the guests enjoyed it.

It takes three days to make to this potato salad. *THREE DAYS!!!*

Stretch Armstrong has some competition

Just use chesse people! About 2/8 parts in the cheeses favor. Makes a simmiler result and an exelent taste

New drinking game Take a shot everytime this guy says Yunnan

this is way better than bat soup from Wuhan. nice job Yunnan

He must've said " Im potato man I poop potatoes"

I recognise beryl's voice !!!

hi

My grandpa is chinese, dad said he only eats potato dishes for dinner and lunch

I am amazed at not seeing a single comment about corona virus in this video which is set in China.

I just like mashed potatoes and fries