{"id":68,"date":"2008-05-22T20:03:11","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T02:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.info\/wordpress\/?p=68"},"modified":"2008-05-24T16:42:53","modified_gmt":"2008-05-24T22:42:53","slug":"kitchen-stadium-episode-review-chicken-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ironcheffans.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"Kitchen Stadium Episode Review: Chicken Battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ishinabe vs. Jacques Borie<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Originally Airdate: 12\/19\/93<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Iron Chef, the Official Book episode# 10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Iron Chef Collection episode# 110<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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<\/span>For Kitchen Stadium\u2019s first Christmas battle, a Meilleur Ouvrier de France (MOF) winner is brought in as challenger: <\/span>Jacques Borie, who won the medal at age 36 in 1982. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Just as Chairman Kaga is about to summon the Iron Chefs, he asks if Borie understands Japanese. <\/span>\u201cOh yes,\u201d Borie assures him. <\/span>Kaga calls on his Iron Chefs with special fervor, and Borie selects Ishinabe, \u201cthe so-called sauce specialist of French cuisine,\u201d for a French-on-French battle. <\/span>The two smilingly shake hands as the Chairman prepares to announce the ingredient.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/span>\u201cWhen you think of Christmas, you think of only one ingredient. <\/span>An ingredient found in almost all chickens. <\/span>Oh, sorry [Ishinabe laughs at Kaga\u2019s stumble]… Well, I meant in all kitchens. <\/span>Today\u2019s theme is kitchen… no, no… Chicken!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>\u201cOh, no,\u201d moans actress Mai Kitajima, on the commentators\u2019 panel, as the chefs start cutting and degutting their chickens. <\/span>\u201cThis is not my favorite part of this show. <\/span>I guess it comes with the territory\u201d <\/span>(How would she have reacted to a live octopus battle?). <\/span>Joining her on the panel are Dr. Yukio Hattori, and Kenji Fukui.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Ishinabe cuts thick slices of black truffle, and just as Hattori is predicting it will be stuffed under the chicken\u2019s skin, Ishinabe does exactly that. <\/span>The challenger also works on some black truffle. <\/span>It\u2019s chopped into fine bits. <\/span>Some chicken breast is coated with the rich dark bits, and pan-fried. <\/span>Truffles are also used for sauce, in this truffle-abundant battle.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Challenger Borie offers two dishes:<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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