Recreating Emeril Lagasse's Chicken Cordon Bleu From Taste | Reverse Engineering | Bon Appétit


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We challenged resident Bon Appétit supertaster Chris Morocco to recreate Emeril Lagasse’s Chicken Cordon Bleu in the Bon …

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  1. B Stucki
    B Stucki says:

    Seems like dry spices like thyme and oregano would lose all their subtle herbal aromatic qualities in a pan fry, especially next to cayenne, salt, pepper, garlic and onion which are far stronger flavors. Also Italian bread crumbs also would be moot as they probably only offer a small addition of dry basil and parsley which again are scorched by hot oil. Dry herbs release their flavor more noticeably into wet applications like sauce. My take-a-way, Chris nailed it.

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  2. Abigail Wood
    Abigail Wood says:

    Anyone else feel like they refuse to give him an A? She said it looked “exactly the same” as the original and then gave him a 94 for appearance? It’s so confusing and frustrating! Halfway through the episode I thought this would surely be the one he’d get at least a 95 on, but the judges always seem to nitpick this smallest things.

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  3. twrob82
    twrob82 says:

    I found it interesting that Chris couldn't seem to taste the olive oil and butter that Emeril's cutlet was fried in. This confirms my suspicion that pan frying in olive oil and/or butter rather than in plain ol' vegetable oil is a waste of relatively expensive ingredients.

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  4. Noa L
    Noa L says:

    I want to see a version of this where Chris is allowed to touch, smell and SEE the dish but is NOT allowed to taste it! That would be so interesting to watch! Please make it happen! 😀

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  5. SirPrizeMF
    SirPrizeMF says:

    I was supposed to have a 12 hour layover in Newark yesterday, arriving at 5:45am. Top of my list of things to do was go to the WTC and see if I could catch any Test Kitchen people sneaking in. Sadly I had an 8 hour delay so no time to leave the airport. I'll be back though!

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