$120 vs $16 Enchiladas: Pro Chef & Home Cook Swap Ingredients | Epicurious - Summary

Summary

Summary:

In this video, two individuals, Elon and Daniel, embark on a cooking challenge. Elon, a professional chef, is tasked with making high-end enchiladas, while Daniel, a home cook, prepares a more budget-friendly version. Elon begins by deboning a small chicken for chicken milanesa. He also gathers various ingredients for his enchiladas, estimating a total cost of around $95. Meanwhile, Daniel opts for ground chicken enchiladas with black bean sauce and hot sauce tortilla chips. He grinds the chicken and prepares the ingredients.

Elon deep-fries his chicken milanesa and makes a complex red sauce using a variety of chilies, garlic, and other spices. Daniel fries his ground chicken mixture and prepares a simpler bean sauce. Both create garnishes, including pickled onions, jalapeno crema, and guacamole. Elon showcases a hack for easily processing avocados through a resting rack.

Finally, both chefs assemble their enchiladas by frying tortillas with their respective sauces and fillings. Despite a minor mishap, they complete their dishes, each offering a unique take on enchiladas.

Facts

1. Elon, a professional chef, is preparing a dish of enchiladas. The ingredients for this dish cost around $17 and are available in most supermarkets.

2. The dish is a version of Elon's mother's recipe and includes breaded and fried chicken, three different types of chilies, red onions for pickling, masarina, fresh tortillas, queso Chihuahua, and ingredients for fresh guacamole.

3. Daniel, a home cook, has a simpler recipe for enchiladas stuffed with beans, chicken, and cheese. He also plans to make ground chicken enchiladas with a black bean sauce and hot sauce.

4. Daniel also prepares a bean sauce inspired by Frijoles, which is essentially enchiladas with the bean sauce over it. He uses an onion, adds some oil, and then soaks chilies and garlic.

5. The chicken is ground and marinated before frying. It's then spread out and left to color.

6. The enchiladas are stuffed with chicken and cheese, rolled up, and then baked.

7. The process of stuffing the enchiladas is delicate and requires careful handling to avoid tearing.

8. The dish is garnished with pickled red onions, crispy tortilla chips, guacamole, pickled red onions, a little twist of cilantro, and drizzled with a cream sauce.

9. The dish is described as "banging" and "wild" by the viewers.

10. The dish is rated 15 out of 10 by the viewers.