The Kitchen banishes boring leftovers with new and creative dishes using leftover ingredients. Jeff Mauro works his magic with leftover rice to make Carbonara Arancini. Geoffrey Zakarian pours an Olive Oil Martini using ingredients straight from the pantry. Sunny Anderson turns last night's steak into a saucy noodle sensation with her Take Home Steak and Garlic Noodles. Geoffrey Zakarian transforms leftover mashed potatoes into crispy Pierogies with Sour Cream Dip. Chef Esther Choi from Food Network’s "24 in 24: Last Chef Standing" joins The Kitchen hosts to make her version of Breakfast Congee using three leftovers.
Cook once, eat twice! It's all about practical cooking as Alex Guarnaschelli hosts a look back at some of The Kitchen's best recipes that use leftovers in simple, creative ways. Alex makes Braised Chicken Thighs with Tomatoes and Olives then turns it into a Mediterranean Pasta. Katie Lee Biegel gives leftovers a makeover with her Freezer Fix Shepherd's Pie, and Geoffrey Zakarian uses leftover pork for his Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe. Then, Sunny Anderson whips up an Easy Chicken Tortilla Soup, Geoffrey transforms leftover mashed potatoes into crispy Pierogies with Sour Cream Dip, and Jeff Mauro works his magic with leftover rice to make Carbonara Arancini.
In this supersized episode, Rahm Fama tracks down El-Gigante, an infamous burrito layered with 8 pounds of meat, 1 pound of rice, and 1 pound of beans then slathered with a hearty meat sauce and cheese at Amigos Mexican Restaurant in Kansas City, Mo. He then makes a stop at Cowtown Diner in Fort Worth, Texas, where a team of hungry football players tackles “The Full of Bull,” a 64-ounce chicken-fried steak topped with 6 pounds of rich, buttery mashed potatoes. With barely room for more, Rahm visits Giant Burger in Springfield, Ore., where they flip up juicy 5-pound patties.