Chopped, the home game

[seattlegirl]

was so fun this weekend!   My boyfriend competed against my best friend using the 4 secret ingredients that her husband and I picked for them, plus access to our pantry and refrigerator.   They came up with two very different but delicious main dishes for us! 

Our ingredients were:  chicken drumsticks, gai choy, canned peaches, and hot banana sauce.   

I'd highly recommend doing this for a small dinner party.  It was really fun, and with a dishwasher, the cleanup afterward wasn't really that bad.   During the cooking, the judges sat and ate appetizers, drank, and pretended to be Ted Allen.  Afterwards we played a food trivia game called Foodie Fight. 

[all-smiles]

That sounds awesome; so what did they make for y'all?

[cgraz]

That sounds awesomely fun!

[merigayle]

FUN!!!!

[caribougrrl]

heh... though it sounds like fun, it won't be happening at my house...  it took about 9 years for us to learn to share the kitchen with each other... my gf would have a heart attack if she had to either share her kitchen or watch someone else use it

[seattlegirl]

One dish was chicken salad served on pate a choux, sauteed gai choy with shallots, and a peach, cinnamon, hot banana sauce pureed sauce.   The other was spicy chicken coated with a sauce of chipotle, hot banana sauce, and peaches, and a creamy spicy soup with gai choy and tomatoes in it, all served together in a bowl.

I don't know if my descriptions do them justice.  Everything was delicious!! 

[moroccangirl]

Did they come up with those dishes off the top of their heads? I'd still be searching for recipes.

[seattlegirl]

Did they come up with those dishes off the top of their heads? I'd still be searching for recipes.

They did!  No cookbooks or computers were referenced.  I am so impressed with them.  I'm not good at winging it.