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Has anyone done their own “Chopped Challenge”?

Posted on 6/30/20 at 4:07 pm
Posted by yankeeundercover
Buffalo, NY
Member since Jan 2010
36384 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 4:07 pm
Firstly, I love to cook and can get very creative and we were watching Chopped on FoodNetwork and I mentioned how I’d love to do something like that.

The other night while we were watching, she was like, “You want to do one right now?” And I said “Of course!”

She chose ingredients we had at home:
-Frozen chicken patties
-Tomatoe Soup
-American Cheese
-Packets of Ramen

So I made a diced chicken patty “Parmesan” pasta with the ramen noodles and a reduced tomato soup with heavy cream and American cheese... I seasoned everything fantasticallly and prepared it deftly... she loved it. And I loved cooking it...

We’ve talked about doing the same thing with another friend couple a couple months ago, and can’t figure out how to make the logistics work. (ie Home stovetops, ovens, mixers, pans, pots, etc) would be limited for more than one chef...

Has anyone done one in a single kitchen with more than one person?

If not at home, then where did you successfully do it?
This post was edited on 6/30/20 at 4:08 pm
Posted by Sidicous
Middle of Nowhere
Member since Aug 2015
17530 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 4:28 pm to
When I lived in Tulsa one of my buddies every week would call up "party at my place, get over here!".

I'd shower and head over and then he'd pick up his phone and call everyone else he knew: "He's here. Grab your groceries and come on over!"

I'd run 2 charcoal grills, and all 4 stovetop burners and the oven for about 4 hours with folks bringing whatever they had on hand, or stopped to pick up on the way. Beef, chicken, pork, fish, mushrooms, fresh or canned veggies, what ever.

Even had one bring a can of white beans and request I make baked beans. No BBQ sauce, no catsup, not a tomato to be found. Drank so much I don't remember how, but I pulled it off.
Posted by tduecen
Member since Nov 2006
161244 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 4:31 pm to
Every time I cook, I just throw whatever I have available together.... Sometimes it sucks and sometimes it is great (for me)


I'm a shitty cook though
Posted by BigB0882
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2014
5322 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 4:36 pm to
I mean, I haven’t planned a Chopped night but it certainly has happened out of necessity on quite a few occasions. I have noticed a very tight correlation to kicking arse on the nights I drink more. Amazing how that works. Does it improve my cooking skills or do I just not give a damn how it tastes? Does it matter?
This post was edited on 6/30/20 at 4:37 pm
Posted by Degas
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Member since Jul 2010
11439 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 5:41 pm to
We used to hold Chopped Challenges right here on the food board. I wish there was interest again.
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14275 posts
Posted on 6/30/20 at 9:05 pm to
We did chopped here a few years back. Ran maybe 4 sessions. Had pretty good participation.

My Stuff:

Chopped 1 (bad ingredient was pumpkin)



Chopped 2 (Can't remember the bad ingredient. Used it in the liquid coating for the potato pancakes and meat)




Chopped 3 (bad ingredient was peppermint)



Chopped 4 (bad ingredient was dried wasabi peas)

This post was edited on 6/30/20 at 9:19 pm
Posted by Fat Batman
Gotham City, NJ
Member since Oct 2019
1413 posts
Posted on 7/1/20 at 3:19 pm to
quote:

Has anyone done their own “Chopped Challenge”?


Every night after I get home from the bar.

Here's one, Ingredients:
-Bologna
-4 packets of Taco Bell sauce (Fire)
-Cheezits
-That bag of lettuce you buy at the grocery store and never get around to using it before it goes bad
This post was edited on 7/1/20 at 3:26 pm
Posted by B&TCoonhound
Fighting in the Kumite
Member since Feb 2013
2004 posts
Posted on 7/1/20 at 7:18 pm to
I did the one on here with chorizo, peppermints, etc. I think I ended up winning. It was fun
Posted by The Third Leg
Idiot Out Wandering Around
Member since May 2014
10066 posts
Posted on 7/2/20 at 12:44 pm to
Posted by sml71
Run if you hear banjos.
Member since Dec 2005
4316 posts
Posted on 7/3/20 at 8:39 am to
I have no idea what a chopped challenge is, so no.
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