Mei Lin and Chef Ryan Wong talk about their families' Lunar New Year superstitions while making steamed fish with ginger, scallions and seasoned soy sauce.
You can put all your bread on a bet that a baker is going to take the $10,000 prize in this competition. In the first round, the competitors must bake focaccia and figure out how to make a rich fish work with rice pudding. The ingredients in the second basket strongly hint at a particular recipe: Is it a trap? The two bakers to make it to the dessert round consider themselves lucky, until they are stymied by an alarming candied ingredient.
Jeff Mauro highlights the best seafood dishes The Kitchen has ever reeled in! Geoffrey Zakarian prepares his classic Halibut en Papillote, Sunny Anderson makes Ahi Tuna Poke with Plantain Chips, Alex Guarnaschelli goes fresh with Crab Louie and Katie Lee Biegel tosses a Lobster Roll Panzanella! Then, Jeff offers tips, tools and recipe ideas for the perfect seared salmon before reinventing a classic with Fried Shrimp with Atomic Cocktail Sauce, and Geoffrey does flavorful Fish Tacos with Papaya Slaw, Iron Chef style.
Vivian Chan's noodle salad is the perfect balance of flavor and texture with fresh greens, savory grilled shrimp and a dressing that gets an umami kick from fish sauce.