Alphabet Cooking Challenge!! | Sorted Food

It's time for a new challenge! Chef Ben has to cook up a delicious dish or dishes using only 26 ingredients... one for every letter of the alphabet!

Time to CANCEL your boring dinners!

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[jessicadurand]

As punishment for the unbleached paper travesty, Ben should now have to do a dish completely made with the letter U.

[JBSouls]

Honestly, I almost expected Ben to eat a small piece of the unbleached paper to prove his point, lol.

[peakobegtera]

If Ben could do "U" like that maybe he didn't have to bother with Asparagus because he already served the "Audacity"

[marijnsamuels]

Ube (Purple Yam)
Ugli Fruit
Udon Noodles
Ulluco (a type of root vegetable)
Umibudo (Sea Grapes)
Unagi (Eel)
Urad Dal (Black Gram)
Urfa Biber (Turkish Chili Pepper)
Ume (Japanese Plum)
Umeboshi (Pickled Japanese Plum)
Unicorn Tears Gin (a novelty gin)
Upma Rava (Coarse Semolina)
Usal (Spiced Sprouted Beans)
Union
Urui (Japanese Vegetable, similar to hosta)
Umbu (Brazilian fruit)
Uchiki Kuri (Japanese Pumpkin)
Unrefined Sugar
Unsalted butter

[arbitraryusername-ww]

i was SO on board until unbleached baking paper 😂

[LaoBigW]

You guys should actually do a scrabble cooking battle. Dip into a bag, pick 7 letters and only use foods starting with those letters to cook a dish. (Can be pre planned).

[adriennea]

Guys, you CANNOT tell me a chef genuinely didn't think of UNSALTED BUTTER.

[Ganan]

Even describing something on the plate as ‘Umami’ would be less dubious than Unbleached baking paper 😂

[Madison_]

I think for not fully completing the challenge, Ben has to make a dish using only the letter he missed out 😂 In seriousness, well done for doing the challenge. I would love to see a round 2

[serrovosreaver]

That unbleached baking paper is a bigger breaking of the rules than anything Barry has ever done

[dylonMa]

Unbleached paper does NOT count as an ingredient since you do not actually eat the paper, the paper is just for serving, 25 out of 26 is very impressive and the result was incredible

One thing to add to drive the point home that is does not count
In the SideKick App, baking paper is listed under equipment not ingredients so your own app says it is not an ingredient

[Guacward]

I think the R for rapeseed oil was legit, because it was a key ingredient for the mayo. A sesame oil vs olive oil vs rapeseed oil mayonnaise will heavily change in flavors.

[michaeltelfer]

Cant wait to see Kush and the normals have a go at this

[kimgranvikfolkhogskolelara]

The unbleached baking paper cheat is sooo the kind of thing I could see myself doing in this kind of situation. But when I'm on the judging side, it's a hard no. Do it again, do it right, no repeats!

[chillaxter]

Mike's idea at the end is GENIUS! No repeats, and 26 edible ingredients... We need to see it!

[aziaarctos]

I don’t think it needs to be a rule that you can’t use a letter more than once. Just have to use each letter AT LEAST once. Agreed that this is a fail due to the lack of a “U” ingredient. Looking forward to more in this format!

[a.r.]

Unbleached baking paper is DEFINITELY an automatic fail. We want a redo, or a punishment😂

[WingRocka]

Now imagine this concept in Pass It On. 😂

[aquafyre]

The thing that gets me the most about attempting to use the unbleached paper as an ingredient is that unbleached flour is *right there.*

[schilling]

I agree on the oil. A small amount of oil to cook with or toss something in is different than a primary ingredient.