Iron Chef Party
So, I thought it would be fun, since I love Iron Chef so much, to have an Iron Chef party. My guests will bring an item made with "the secret" ingredient and everyone will go around and judge. The winner will receive a prize of some sort, like some silly kitchen gadget...
So, what do you think the first Iron Chef ingredient should be?? Nothing too crazy, but I'd like something interesting...Ideas?
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14 Comments:
I suggest Puff pastry...simple because savory and sweet items can both be made from it.
ambrimberry at 10:51AM on 09/15/09
What about figs? They are really tasty and can be savory or sweet, paired with a lot of different things and are definitely not the normal ingredient - would be more Iron Chef than say....corn or something. :)
Traveller at 10:54AM on 09/15/09
something that's fun to yell obviously...
SQUASH!
or
NUTS!
or
TUBERS!
gastronomeg at 11:00AM on 09/15/09
Eggplant.
pjracz10 at 11:03AM on 09/15/09
COOL! this sounds like a hit.
Be prepared to have a mess. I tried a community-cooking party once and the only thing I would have liked to do is have a seperate area for the cooking.
Here's my picks:
Challenging Ingredient: Fennel
Seasonal Ingredient: Tomato
Splurge Ingredient ($$): Rabbit (mmmm...)
Blue Cheese or Cheese in general could be really fun too!
hungrychristel at 11:09AM on 09/15/09
I second cheese.
emgroff at 11:22AM on 09/15/09
CHEESE!
BananaMonkey at 11:32AM on 09/15/09
I did a similar thing with my friends last year-- recurring potluck dinners with theme ingredients.
We did almonds (good for sweet and savory), matzah (during Passover), and... I'm blanking on the others! Fennel is a great idea-- I really wanted to do that, but the potlucks kind of fizzled out.
lizaj at 11:34AM on 09/15/09
I have some friends who have regular iron chef parties -- they were even featured in an article in Saveur. They have some great stories about Battle Cinnamon. So I vote for Cinnamon. =) They also had a great time at Battle Ginger.
gbania at 11:44AM on 09/15/09
my friends and i did this a few times. battle eggplant was really good and easy to start out with, plus it allows for lots of vegetarian items.
allot at 11:51AM on 09/15/09
i've done this before - we had a theme rather than an ingredient - farmer's market - you can only cook with what you find there!
kristin314 at 12:11PM on 09/15/09
Thanks for all the advice and ideas!
kmgagne at 12:35PM on 09/15/09
my friends and i were talking about it this weekend and we're going to do an actual (non make-ahead) iron chef challenger between my and my friend. we came up with a list of potential citrus ingredients:
citrus (limes, lemons, meyer lemons, grapefruit, blood oranges, etc.)
legumes (string beans, lentils, peas, beans of all types)
tomatoes (fresh, canned, paste, fire roasted)
korovka at 2:32PM on 09/15/09
Yeah I was thinking tomatoes cause it is a pretty easy one to start with.... then make them a little harder as you go along.
flavacrisp at 1:07PM on 09/16/09