iron chef columbus...

i finally transferred the photos from iron chef columbus. a friend of ours decided to have a monthly potluck following loosely the format of the food network show iron chef.

the secret ingredient was rice.

i created a rice cake in the spirit of a crab cake. i think officially i called it rice cake with deconstructed remoulade.

rice cake key ingredients: brown basmati rice, pinto beans, blue corn tortilla chips, death valley kettle potato chips, cilantro, monterrey jack cheese, and a slew of spices.

the remoulade consisted of 2 sauces. one was a simple sourcream sauce with my heatwave spices mixed in. the other sauce was a rice wine vinegar and sake salsa of sorts with corn, onions, and tomatoes.

the cake is topped off with a death valley chipotle chip.

i'm not sure if i'm super competitive when it comes to cooking...but how can you hate on the plating and use of the secret ingredient? i finished second.

here are some photos:





the competition:


vennison stuffed peppers with rice.



fried chicken and waffles on the left. the waffle were made with a rice flour. the chicken and waffles won go figure. they tasted amazing!




betty made kheer crispies. i mean how are you going to have rice as the secret ingredient and not have rice crispies. the twist on the recipe is after the indian dessert called kheer which is a rice pudding. cardamom, nutmeg, and almonds were added to make it taste yummy

all in all it was a good time. we have talked about this month's secret ingredient being an orange...but we're all struggling to find time in february for it. let's see how it goes.