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Tag: Key Ingredient
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Virtue Restaurant’s Erick Williams confronts a dusty dive-bar standby
He finds a classic, simple solution for eggs in a pickle.
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Funkenhausen’s Mark Steuer makes a miracle out of mushy pasta
Introducing Key Ingredient: Pandemic Pantry
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A fond farewell to geoducks and other memorable Key Ingredients
Goodbye natto, and balut, and durian.
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Dried scallops the key ingredient in chef C.J. Jacobson’s ‘Mediterranean XO sauce’ [VIDEO]
The chef of Ema restaurant sticks to Chinese tradition but adds a Mediterranean flair in this week’s challenge.
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Watch Hanbun chef David Park turn a spicy, fermented condiment into dessert
Challenged to create a dish with yuzu kosho, Park creates a “pre-dessert.”
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Watch Delta chef Adam Wendt turn the humble yellow onion into the star of the show
Challenged to create a dish centered around yellow onion, the Delta chef makes a version of liver and onions that uses the allium seven ways.
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Chicago chefs pay edible tribute to their culinary mentors
We asked some of the city’s top chefs to create a dish to honor a person who influenced their cooking. The exercise stirred many kitchen memories, about everyone from Rick Bayless to dear ol’ mom.
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The chefs at Honey Butter Fried Chicken make chicken wings with ‘a pop of ant’
Challenged to create a dish with ant eggs, Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp of Honey Butter Fried Chicken first had to find some.
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Watch Kuma’s Corner chefs make a spotted-dick burger
Challenged to create a dish with a classic British dessert, Tony Lomanto and Anthony Alfonsi from Kuma’s stay true to their burgercentric restaurant.
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Watch how the sausage gets made at Three Floyds Brewpub
Challenged to create a dish with lavender, Three Floyds Brewpub chefs Pat Niebling and Scout Hughes stuff it into a sausage.
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This video recap of the 2016 Key Ingredient Cook-Off will make you ravenous
Ryan Pfeiffer of Blackbird and Abraham Conlon of Fat Rice were this year’s Key Ingredient Cook-Off winners.
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Get tickets to the Reader’s Key Ingredient Cook-Off happening this Friday, May 20
Chefs from Fat Rice, Topolobampo, Blackbird, and more of Chicago’s best restaurants are cooking custom dishes in the West Loop.
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Vote now in the Reader’s Best of Chicago 2016 poll!
Cast a ballot by June 9 for your favorite things in the best city on earth.
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Key Ingredient Cook-Off 2016: first ingredient revealed via pancake art
Pancake artist Dancakes reveals the first ingredient to be used at our Key Ingredient Cook-Off.