Iron Chef - Battle Prawn (4 of 5)

[newstarcadefan]

These are definately some luxorious dishes I seen in this battle. They're not Iron Chefs for nothing, as they only have an hour to prepare, and to keep the food warm after for judging.

[0timelost]

I like how Saito and Chen are so modest.

[petejt]

this looks soooooooooo delicious!!!

[dmcn19]

This might be the first Iron Chef battle where no one cooked any rice.

[eatmyshorts2007]

this is exactly why american tv can never be this good... cuz they are just not genuine

[swiffstep]

chef saito knew chen would use his fathers own signature recipe for prawns. so he used the original style before the huge franchise was invented

[poop121]

i bought kenichi's cookbook (8 bucks used) and the exact chili prawns recipe he is making is in there. i'm eating some now. instant classic. get doubanjang (aka toban jan) bean paste at an asian market. it is a very tasty ingredient.

[cedrock08]

if you search it by its japanese name, Ebi Chilli (remember chef chen is actually japanese cooking chinese) you will find some pretty close recipes.

[M3diaCultur3]

@cedrock08 if you read about chen kenichi, it says that he is an ethnic chinese that was born in japan, by chinese parents of japanese nationality (his father, chen kenmin, was from sichuan who later went to japan).

the challenger here, saito, would be the right example of a japanese person cooking chinese cuisine.

[BlueFox284]

Seriously, who doesn't love Chen Kenichi. . .

[sabrinamom]

Ketchup - blech. I know which one I'd eat.

[cloverforluck]

What ignorant food-snobbery.

You'd be surprised how great ketchup is in a well made stir-fry sauce.

[doggieGZ]

it's so hard to find an accurate recipe for Chen's chili prawns. Almost all of the stuff online recipes from American websites are garbage. Some call for marinating the prawns overnight...others use fish sauce or oyster sauce in the chili base (wtf)...

if anyone can find the real recipe, that would be awsome

[Zephilindrum]

You can't recreate his recipe unless you have his family's hot bean paste recipe.

From what I know, the bean paste that Chen uses is always his family's blend, not generic stuff found in Japan.

[FrostbittenWolf]

The only ingredients i can accurately call are hot bean paste, ketchup, prawns, scallions, and flour to thicken the sauce. You want an authentic recipe you're going to have to learn a few styles of Chinese or make it yourself. American recipes will only amount to warm shrimp cocktail.

[beckenry]

hahaha,,i am from Sichuan, or Szechuan as they spell it, but all stir-fry of sichuan have the base of chilli bean sauce(郫县豆瓣酱）,Chopped dry paper, sugar,chopped garlic, ginger, sugar(for colour mainly), and Szechuan paper(small black balls)....Heat oil up to high temp,put dry red paper and sichuan paper in, when it fragrant ,put chili sauce, ginger, sugar, stir it, wait for the smooth red colored soup, put garlic, and then you can begin to fry whatever you want! XD Enjoy.

[Zephilindrum]

This battle makes me want to cry.

So much emotion, dedication, and love for a teacher/parent. Chen Kenichi rules. I'd like to visit his restaurant and atleast meet him once in my lifetime.

[petejt]

@Zephilindrum I've met Kenichi- he's a great bloke. Very funny. His Mapo Tofu kicks arse!

[abukim]

who would've thought cooking could be so dramatic!

[jasmineology]

Man..this is why Chef Chen is my favourite Iron Chef. I love the concentration he has on his face as he is preparing his last dish..it's like "Dad, thank you"

[r3drock]

that was beautiful

[Stapler78]

Nice. Chen is by far my favourite chef too. While Sakai's and Michiba's dishes might look prettier, and Morimoto more creative, Chen always makes food that I would love to eat. The interesting thing is that Ebi Chilli or Prawns in Chilli Sauce would never be found in real Sichuan food! But we find it everywhere here in Japan.