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Top Chef Dishes

By Food & Wine
Updated December 02, 2019
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These delicious recipes include Carla Hall's creamy asparagus soup and Richard Blais's amazing spicy chicken wings.
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Ginger-Lime Baby Carrots

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Richard Blais (Seasons 4 and 8: All-Stars)

“I just think carrots, particularly their tops and roots, are an artistic wonder,” Richard Blais says. “The color, the abstract shape—they’re gorgeous.” He cooks them in a tangy ginger sauce and then sprinkles them with the flavorful, seaweed-and-sesame-seed-based Japanese seasoning called furikake.

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Warm Chocolate Cakes with Mascarpone Cream

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Hosea Rosenberg (Season 5)

In his riff on Black Forest cake, a favorite dessert of his father’s, Hosea Rosenberg tops individual cakes with mascarpone cream instead of whipped cream and luscious brandied cherries instead of jarred.

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Yogurt Panna Cottas with Honey

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Marisa Churchill (Season 2)

Thick and creamy Greek-style yogurt contains bacteria cultures that may aid in digestion and strengthen the immune system. As an homage to her Greek heritage, Marisa Churchill uses it as the base for her tangy, low-fat panna cottas.

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Indian-Spiced Short Ribs

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Michael Voltaggio (Season 6)

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Fontina, Prosciutto and Caramelized Onion Pizzas

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Betty Fraser and Cliff Crooks (Season 2)

For their delectably crusty and chewy pizzas, contestants Betty Fraser and Cliff Crooks adapted a bread recipe from star chef Jamie Oliver—a recipe Fraser had memorized—then covered it with slices of nutty Fontina cheese, prosciutto and sautéed onions.

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Spice-Rubbed Chicken Thighs

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Tre Wilcox (Seasons 3 and 8: All-Stars)

“I grew up on chicken thighs,” says Top Chef all-star Tre Wilcox. “These days I season them with crushed red pepper and star anise and braise them in a sauce with tomatoes and red wine.”

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Aleppo-Pepper-Pork-and-Fennel Sandwiches

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Tony Mantuano (Top Chef Masters)

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Seared Scallops with Bacon-Braised Chard

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Stephanie Izard (Season 4)

“When you learn how to cook scallops with a crisp golden crust, they’re just so good,” says Top Chef winner Stephanie Izard. To help brown the scallops, she adds butter to the pan halfway through cooking. The butter and bacon that flavor the colorful chard make this dish nicely rich.

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Meat-Stuffed Cabbage Cakes

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Hubert Keller (Top Chef Masters)

“My trick for making individual cabbage cakes: Use a coffee cup to mold the stuffing in the cabbage leaves. Different meats are good: I add bacon to the veal and sausage,” says chef Hubert Keller.

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Hung's Clay Pot Rice

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Hung Huynh (Season 3)

As a student at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, Top Chef winner Hung Huynh learned to cook with the Chinese trinity—GGS, or ginger, garlic and scallions. He uses all three here to flavor his earthy, mushroom-and-bacon-studded clay pot rice.

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Thai Shrimp-and-Coconut Soup with Lemongrass

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Harold Dieterle (Season 1)

Top Chef winner Harold Dieterle’s feel-good Thai coconut soup is flavored with chiles, ginger and lemongrass, and garnished with plenty of shrimp.

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Spaghetti Carbonara with Green Peas

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Elia Aboumrad and Sam Talbot (Season 2)

A carbonara sauce always has eggs, bacon (usually pancetta) and Parmesan or pecorino cheese; some versions contain heavy cream, others do not. Contestants Elia Aboumrad and Sam Talbot made their decadent sauce with plenty of cream; to add color and freshness they also added a less conventional ingredient—a handful of green peas.

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Duck with Miso-Almond Butter

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Stephanie Izard (Season 4)

After experimenting with miso paste and flavorful Spanish marcona almonds, Stephanie Izard created a delectable nutty-sweet butter that she serves with meaty seared duck breasts.

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Salt-Crusted Snapper with Eggplant-Raisin Puree

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Michael Voltaggio (Season 6)

Top Chef Season 6 winner Michael Voltaggio says fish in a salt crust is sexy.

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Mexican Pizza

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Spike Mendelsohn (Seasons 4 and 8)

Deconstructed nachos were Spike Mendelsohn’s inspiration behind this fun pizza. Made with chili-spiced black-bean puree, tomatoes, olives, shredded lettuce and low-fat Jack cheese on a whole-wheat crust, the pie also gets a little low-fat sour cream (that nacho staple) on top.

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Asparagus Soup with Parmesan Shortbread Coins

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Carla Hall (Seasons 5 and 8)

“I adore savory cheese cookies with creamy asparagus soup,” says Carla Hall. “Both are dead simple to make.”

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Watermelon Granita with Cardamom Syrup

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Marisa Churchill (Season 2)

Watermelon is a great source of vitamin C. Here, Marisa Churchill turns it into a fat-free granita, which she drizzles with a fragrant cardamom syrup.

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Xie Xie's Tofu Salad with Pickled Vegetables

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Angelo Sosa (Seasons 7 and 8)

Tangy pickled cabbage and spicy carrot kimchi are the key to Angelo Sosa’s tofu-topped green salad. They are supereasy to make, but for a great shortcut, use store-bought kimchi in place of both.

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White House Honey-Oat Muffins

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Spike Mendelsohn (Seasons 4 and 8)

Spike Mendelsohn was inspired by the new beehive in the White House garden to make these lovely, not-too-sweet muffins. “I’m not a big breakfast eater, but I have muffins in my house right now,” he says.

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Coconut Pavlovas with Tropical Fruit

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Marisa Churchill (Season 2)

The kiwis and mango that fill these airy, low-fat meringues are high in vitamin C and other antioxidants. The low-calorie passion fruit seeds add tartness and intense tropical flavor.

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Barley-and-Spinach Salad with Tofu Dressing

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Lee Anne Wong (Season 1)

This salad is incredibly satisfying, thanks to the fiber-rich barley Lee Anne Wong tosses with spinach and mushrooms. Crumbled firm tofu in the sherry vinegar dressing adds extra protein.

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Breakfast Burrito

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Spike Mendelsohn (Seasons 4 and 8)

“How many lunchrooms have disgusting Taco Tuesdays?” asks chef Spike Mendelsohn. As an alternative, he stuffs burritos with scrambled eggs (lightened with egg whites), feta, turkey bacon and spinach.

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Crispy Pan-Fried Shrimp and Chorizo Fideo Cakes

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Ilan Hall (Season 2)

Ilan Hall’s ingenious dish merges fideos—a Spanish classic made with toasted pasta that’s cooked in stock—and Japanese grilled sticky rice cakes.

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Glass Noodle Stir-Fry

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Hosea Rosenberg (Season 5)

Made from the starch of vegetables like mung beans, translucent glass noodles (a.k.a. cellophane noodles) are ubiquitous at pan-Asian restaurants. Hosea Rosenberg gives them extra care, stir-frying them in sesame oil with a generous array of vegetables—snap peas, carrots, zucchini and yellow squash, to name a few—then tossing them with tangy rice vinegar.

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Grilled Striped Bass with Indian-Spiced Tomato Salad

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Floyd Cardoz (Top Chef Masters)

This summery grilled bass with ginger-spiced tomato salad is a favorite of chef Floyd Cardoz, an avid fisherman.

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1 of 25 Ginger-Lime Baby Carrots
2 of 25 Warm Chocolate Cakes with Mascarpone Cream
3 of 25 Yogurt Panna Cottas with Honey
4 of 25 Indian-Spiced Short Ribs
5 of 25 Fontina, Prosciutto and Caramelized Onion Pizzas
6 of 25 Spice-Rubbed Chicken Thighs
7 of 25 Aleppo-Pepper-Pork-and-Fennel Sandwiches
8 of 25 Seared Scallops with Bacon-Braised Chard
9 of 25 Meat-Stuffed Cabbage Cakes
10 of 25 Hung's Clay Pot Rice
11 of 25 Thai Shrimp-and-Coconut Soup with Lemongrass
12 of 25 Spaghetti Carbonara with Green Peas
13 of 25 Duck with Miso-Almond Butter
14 of 25 Salt-Crusted Snapper with Eggplant-Raisin Puree
15 of 25 Mexican Pizza
16 of 25 Asparagus Soup with Parmesan Shortbread Coins
17 of 25 Watermelon Granita with Cardamom Syrup
18 of 25 Xie Xie's Tofu Salad with Pickled Vegetables
19 of 25 White House Honey-Oat Muffins
20 of 25 Coconut Pavlovas with Tropical Fruit
21 of 25 Barley-and-Spinach Salad with Tofu Dressing
22 of 25 Breakfast Burrito
23 of 25 Crispy Pan-Fried Shrimp and Chorizo Fideo Cakes
24 of 25 Glass Noodle Stir-Fry
25 of 25 Grilled Striped Bass with Indian-Spiced Tomato Salad

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