
What’s in Your Ultimate Chopped Basket?
by FN Dish Editor in Shows, January 21st, 2013
Three rounds, three different baskets and 12 out-of-this-world ingredients. Whether it’s Chopped Champions, All-Stars or regular-season episodes, that’s a lot of combinations to come up with.
So we’re asking this question: What would be included in your ultimate Chopped basket? Not something you’d want to receive, but something you’d give to a fellow competitor. Would there be two proteins? All sweets? Would you include one or two ingredients they’ve probably never heard of? It can be argued that the simplest ingredients like eggs, chicken, pasta and rice are sometimes the hardest.
Tell us what you’d choose in the comments below.
Three rounds, three different baskets and 12 out-of-this-world ingredients. Whether it’s Chopped Champions, All-Stars or regular-season episodes, that’s a lot of combinations to come up with.
So we’re asking this question: What would be included in your ultimate Chopped basket? Not something you’d want to receive, but something you’d give to a fellow competitor. Would there be two proteins? All sweets? Would you include one or two ingredients they’ve probably never heard of? It can be argued that the simplest ingredients like eggs, chicken, pasta and rice are sometimes the hardest.
Tell us what you’d choose in the comments below.





Appetizer round: pork rinds, tofu Noodles, canned tomatoes and cream cheese
Main course: eggplant, portabella mushroom, white bread and elk steak
Dessert round: Bacon, white chocolate, Rum and ostrich eggs
vienna sausage, swai, beef jerky, twinkies
Appetizer: Sun Chips, Habernos, Turkey cutlets, Romaine lettuce
Entree: Flounder, strawberry Twizzlers, rutabaga, chamonile tea
Dessert: Canned apple pie filling, Cream of celery soup, Buddha's hand, root beer
appetizer round: beef ( precut as stew meat) cheddar cheese, won-ton wrappers, and mustard
entree: scallops, fennel, lime and pork chops
dessert: Apples, feta cheese, grapefruit and muscato
Appetizer: Beef jerky, dandelion greens, kumquats, a can of red cream soda
Entree: cracklin's, fresh crappie, manchego cheese, canned pears
Dessert: sweetened condensed milk, asparagus, pepper bacon, tequila
appetizer:mud crab,mullberry,oolong tea leaves and stinging nettle
main dish:camel meat,hoisin sauce,honey beer and anjera
dessert:luquats,false banana,sorghum and mango powder
Appetizer: vienna sausages, charms blowpops, curry powder, cherry cola
Main: Shark fillets, Chicken gizzards, okra, clotted cream
Dessert: Dragon fruit, alfalfa sprouts, lime sherbet, cornbread mix
love the charms blowpops idea
Appetizer: Canned tuna, grapes, sunflower seeds, and turnips
Entree: Calf liver, blood oranges, mushrooms, cinnamon flavored instant oatmeal packs
Dessert: Grits, meyer lemons, Milky Way candy bar, plantain bananas
Appetizer – Tofurkey/Habanero Cheese/Louisiana Alligator Sausage/?
Entry – Swordfish/Wax Apple/Green Tea Ice Cream/?
Dessert – Pretzel Buns/Cocoa Dusted Truffles/Canned Silkworms Pupas/Green Apple Flavored Gelatin
Hang on. How about this?
Appetizer – Tofurkey, Habanero Cheese, Louisiana Alligator Sausage, Root Beer Schnapps
Entry – Swordfish, Wax Apple, Green Tea Ice Cream, Malanga Coco
Dessert – Pretzel Buns, Canned Silkworms, Green Apple Flavored Gelatin, Mangosteens
appetizer: vienna sausages, marchino cherries, canned cheese, ritz crackers
entree: gator tail, dill, cocoa, beets
dessert: ramen noodles, oreo cookies, apple schnapps, cottage cheese