$113 vs $10 Burrito: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious

Who’s ready for a big budget burrito battle? Pro chef Saul Montiel from Cantina Rooftop and home cook Bianca are swapping their recipe ingredients and hoping for the best! We set Bianca up with all of the supplies she’d need to create Chef Saul’s decadent Mar y Tierra Burrito, while sending her modest chicken burrito ingredients back the other direction. While Saul was using his skills and experience to elevate Bianca’s recipe, food scientist Rose dialed in to assist Bianca along her way. How did everything wrap up? Tune in and find out.
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Keep up with chef Saul on Instagram at @chefsaulmontiel
Follow Bianca at @its_bink
Rose can be found at @rosemarytrout_foodscience


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[ummesalma]

Saul has the skills of a great chef but the mind of a comedian. What an amazing guy

[supersassy]

I really appreciate Saul’s commitment to using Bianca’s ingredients. He doesn’t substitute and freestyle.

[camerongrondzki]

My man's really just made a $10 burrito look infinitely better and more expensive than a $100 burrito. Proof that you don't need expensive ingredients to make high quality food

[keith]

I had no clue how Saul could have possibly elevated those ingredients but that looks like the best burrito I've ever seen.

[Biruk]

Please give him his own show. Obviously he’s entertaining

[xmelseru]

saul needs his own cooking show, dude is hilarious

[ChuChild]

I woulda been so stressed if I was Bianca. She tried and she stayed positive. But like.. it's hard to use ingredients when you don't know how the ingredients are gonna taste or affect the flavor. Couldn't be me lmao

[PhantomSavage]

I would have paid $100 for that $10 burrito.

[hugogamboas.]

As a Mexican with a Mexican mom who uses an avocado every day for lunch I can say that avocado looked P E R F E C T

[DaisyRM]

Saul cutting the onions with his eyes closed is the biggest cooking skill flex I've ever seen

[miguelaguilar]

Bianca succesfully making a tortilla and it not breaking or being too thick is actually impressive. Her suegra for sure likes her.

[chaoskitteh]

When Chef Saul said "am I saying this right my love?" I absolutely melted. That's so sweet!

[Skp]

Bianca got overwhelmed by the ingredients, because most of them she does not use lol. But i do have respect for the fact she followed the recipe best she could.
Saul wishes he had more ingredients, but he still managed to make allot with less. Really like these video series!

[raulcarlos]

I love that chef Saul doesn’t force himself to pronounce English words with the “American” accent. I am the same, I love my Mexican accent.

[rodrigoc.]

Saul is the type of guy that closes the fridge with his hips.

[MonicaRodriguez-sxrs]

I LOVE THAT HE JUST KEPT SAYING “a little bit of Monica in my life” instead of the full song 🤣🥰

[Nevicka]

"I wish I had lime.. Bianca..BIANCA.. I wish I had lime 🥲" IM DYING

[nannosiemens]

When soul said "I'm gonna make the best burrito you ever had in your life" I believed him

[yuriescubio]

"What's better than cheese?


More cheese"
-Chef Saul, 2021

[calebdavenport]

From my experience working in the kitchen Hispanic people are usually always funny asf to work worth this guy seems like a good boss or coworker 😂💯