Iron Chef America- Battle Alaskan King Crab
The Sunday night episode of Iron Chef this week was one of my favorites. I just got a chance to watch it last night and I was pleasantly surprised. Challenger Amanda Freitag took on Iron Chef Bobby Flay in battle Alaskan king crab. Bobby Flay is always great to watch and I LOVE Alaskan king crab. It is such a great ingredient; I was really interested to see how each of the chefs would handle it without overpowering the crab itself.
After Alton got Amanda Freitag to be quiet (I am sure she is a great chef but her constant comments were rather annoying), the battle began.
I did think Chef Freitag had a couple great looking dishes. The play on green eggs and ham with the crab pancake was very clever and looked delicious. I would have loved to try her spaghetti and crab with the fennel, leek tomato sauce. That is one dish that I am going to try to replicate. I really love the combination of crab and pasta. If anyone has a good recipe, please let me know.
However, Iron Chef Flay certainly did not disappoint. His crab cake with the pinot noir poached egg in a hazelnut butter sauce looked amazing and his crab gumbo with the fried okra looked like a great twist on a classic.
I was slightly worried because the judges had very favorable comments about Amanda Freitag’s dishes and were more critical of Chef Flay. In the end the Iron Chef prevailed, but only by one point. I predict that Chef Freitag will be back for a rematch.
Also, check out Chef Freitag on Chopped this week. This time she appears as a judge.
