For the appetizer round, the mandatory ingredients were chicken breast, stout, parsnip and jelly rolls. A little bit weird, but not a complete throw-off. Not that difficult to figure SOMETHING out, either. What I’d make would be sweet and sour chicken sliders topped with parsnip slaw. This would work very well both as a passed […]
Last night was the first season finale of Chopped Canada and I have to say that the ingredients were quite interesting. In true Chopped style, the first round required contestants to use not only chicken livers, but also watermelon, green onions and dulse (a dried and salty, purple coloured food that is somewhat similar to […]
Well, at least they weren’t all used in the same round. Chicken skin was up first, along with green beans, prunes and sweet apple cider. I probably would have stuffed the chicken skin with prunes, quinoa and tomatoes, serving it with a bean salad and an apple cider dressing, but that would probably have taken […]
I have no words. “Strawberry parfait” (it looked more like a gelatin parfait packaged in a mold, but it was hard to tell. Anyway, it looked gross) was one of the mandatory ingredients in the competition. However, it wasn’t for the first round. In Round One, the chefs had to create a dish using ostrich, […]
What would you make with escargots and onion ring chips? It is, in a way, taking “high and low” to a whole new level. Well, maybe not that high, since the escargots were canned, not fresh, but still. Those two ingredients, combined with cranberry juice and chanterelle mushrooms were the four mandatory items for the […]
The ingredients weren’t used in the same round, mind you, but they were all mandatory ingredients for episode 22. I think the combinations from last night’s show were the most interesting (read: gross) to date, and it’s a good thing. It’s Chopped Canada, after all. Tahini is a kind of sesame paste/sauce/dip The episode had […]
Yes, along with the kohlrabi, “canned pressed ham” is excatly what you think it is, without the brand name. They had to use it. In the first round. I bet everyone was grossed out. The other ingredients for that round were quince past and white wine. Out of the four contestants, I’d say that the […]
I think out of the 20 shows so far, combinations last night were one of the tamest. In addition to the yeast extract, contestants were required to use mussels, instant coffee and portobello mushrooms for the appetizer round. The dishes weren’t all that innovative. All four of them went a traditional route and steamed the […]
This time, the gross ingredients mostly came in the first round, with candied fruit rolls and yellow mustard in the same basket. Nothing against yellow mustard, but it’s just not as good as the grainier kind. Anyway, the contestants, two from Toronto and another two from Calgary, set out to create a starter using those […]
Wait, didn’t they have chicken thighs LAST WEEK? Anyway, it was on the ingredients list again this time (first round), and unlike the previous episode, contestants actually cut the chicken into smaller pieces so that it would cook quicker. Unfortunately, judges were still left with undercooked (and therefor inedible) chicken. Other ingredients in round one […]
