The Food Thread's Chopped/Iron Chef Ingredient Picking Extravaganza Thread • Page 7

With an iron and a blow dryer. @Justice Beaver

 

So who is actually going to have a completed dish to share?

 

I might be able to do it tonight

But I'm feeling kinda bleh today so idk

 

I made my dish last night, hoping to do the write-up some time today/tonight

 

I'll probably post mine tonight or tomorrow.

 

Anyone wanna vote to extend this to Friday?

 

Sure.

 

You need til Friday to peel your chickpeas?

 

I was unsure if they would work, so I just went and bought a bag of dried ones

 

It's been so long, I've already forgotten the ingredients.

 

We don't have to, I was just suggesting

But I'm gonna make mine Wednesday and if it's too late nbd

 

We should honestly make the competition period two weeks. I had no time to compete this past week and I wanted to.

 

Two weeks is fair IMO. It gives everyone a little more time, especially in the event something happens that makes you busier than expected

 

Yeah, I don't really have a kitchen as I'm renovating/moving at the same time. Where's that damn beaver?

 

an extension would be fantastic. i can get mine in by friday.

 

Vegas

 

That town will eat him alive.

 

I was able to get mine done in time this week but I was kind of scrambling to do so on Sunday night. I have no problem with an extension for this week and a 2-week period for future contests.

 

shoot, so I didn't have to walk to the grocery store for supplies when my car broke down over the weekend?

 

@Justice Beaver how is vegas? Are you going to none of my restaurant suggestions?

 

Tortilla Chip Wings w/ Peanut Sauce, and Edamame & Chickpea Salad



Coming up with something different for the tortillas & chickpeas was the hardest part of this. Went in hoping the salad wouldn't be too heavy and pair well with the chicken. If nothing else, the greens would add some color to the plate, haha.


First step-Turn those tortillas into chips.


Virgin tortillas

First batch were a little dark, the rest came out much better. Pan fried in canola oil with a lite sprinkling of kosher salt.

These suckers were delicious and it's a little bit of a shame they were destined to be smashed as soon as they cooled down. Will definitely be making these again.


Step 2-WINGS


Ready for breading. Chili powder eggwash & cumin-spiced crushed tortilla chips.

I've got a bad track record with breading things, so this was the step I was most nervous about. I think it went pretty well, the wings came out with a decent covering, and those tortilla chips maintained their delicious flavor through the baking of the wings.


Third-Peanut Sauce


Peanut sauce prep while the wings bake.

Finished wings & peanut sauce

This is one of my favorite sauces to make, so it was a no-brained for the peanut butter. Some websites recommended natural peanut butter, and I chose to go with chunky because it's the best. But while simmering, the sauce seemed a little too peanutty and not enough buttery, so I ended up adding in some Jiffy creamy. Pretty pleased with this stuff.

The Final Piece-Use those Dang Chickpeas


Salad prep

I brought the leftover salad to mother's day the next day, and it was a hit with grandma, so that's a win for me.

Debated using these as the wing breading initially, and also considered just roasting them, but I think this salad should be enough of a contrast from the wings but still tie in nicely with the asian flavors of the sauce. I think overall, this was my favorite final piece of the dish.

I wasn't actually super hungry after cooking all this, but it was certainly delicious. The combination of the breaded wings and peanut sauce was little bit heavy, but the flavors were all there, and like I said before, the salad came out great.

 

Man, I'm real mad I don't actually get to try any of these meals. That looks great

 

Damn @coleslawed !!!!

 

coleslawed is gonna run away with this thing

 

Ken was right to be afraid