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-[Antoni] Hey, Kat!
-[Kat] Hello, my friend.
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[Antoni] So today
happens to be all about breakfast.
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{\an8}Okay, so breakfast on the go
does not have to be a sad little bar.
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-We've all been there.
-Mm-hmm.
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Let me show you.
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-Little mini frittata.
-[Antoni] Okay.
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-It is the easiest hack.
-Great.
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All you have to do is mix together
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eggs,
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Greek yogurt,
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and Pace salsa.
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We are gonna first incorporate
the Greek yogurt into the eggs.
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It's gonna come together. Pour in
about half a jar of that Pace salsa.
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You just wanna make sure to get
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some of this tomato and peppery goodness
in every single bite.
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They're gonna puff up a bit.
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-Don't go all the way to the top.
-[Antoni] Gotcha.
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[Kat] It's just gonna need
a few minutes in the oven.
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Delicious little perfect egg bites.
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Super cute. We're doing this.
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-Wait! These are so good!
-[Kat] I know! [laughs]
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Good morning!
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[all] Good morning.
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How are you?
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Ah, what a crew. So good.
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We have Lindsay,
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Stephanie,
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and AJ.
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-Stephanie, our reigning champion.
-Hello.
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Allow me to introduce my co-judge,
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the one and only,
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Kat Kinsman.
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-Hey, everyone.
-Hello.
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[Antoni] Kat is a food editor,
author, podcast host,
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and culinary connoisseur.
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She literally co-wrote an entire book
about today's culinary challenge.
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-Wow.
-Wow.
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And I feel so lucky to have her here.
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I feel lucky to be here and to see all
your beautiful faces and try your food.
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Stephanie.
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-Are you ready to defend your title?
-I'm ready.
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{\an8}I feel confident coming in.
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{\an8}But I also feel like I have
a little target on my back.
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So I wanna go the extra mile.
I wanna do my very best.
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I am ready to win again.
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So Stephanie is here defending the title
of Easy-Bake Champion.
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But either one of you could be
walking away here with $25,000 today.
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That's why we came.
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-Sorry, girlfriend, but...
-Literally why you're here.
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Yeah, I get it, I get it.
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{\an8}I want to go all the way
and win the $100,000 more than anyone.
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This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,
and I came here to win it.
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So I'm... I'm not gonna mess this up.
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[Antoni] AJ, you're one of six kids
growing up, right?
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Yes, I am.
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What was it like growing up
in that kind of environment?
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Who made food?
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-How did it all go?
-It was pretty incredible.
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My dad traveled a lot for his job.
Whenever he would come back,
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he'd gather all the kids and say,
"We're gonna do the Daddy cooking show."
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And we would all watch, but honestly,
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the other five
eventually made their way off.
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I was the one kid that stayed
and was enticed by what he was doing.
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Eventually, I took his place
in the kitchen.
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-It became the AJ cooking show.
-[Antoni] Nice.
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{\an8}I think a 22-year-old coming in here,
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{\an8}they're gonna underestimate me,
and that's what I'm hoping for.
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Even though I'm young,
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I wanna show people
that I really know what I'm doing.
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I'm passionate about it.
I came here to win.
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-No more chitchat.
-[Stephanie chuckles]
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Because I'm bursting at the seams
to tell you about today's first challenge.
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-Okay.
-Let's hear it.
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It's time for the Dish Dash.
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[upbeat music plays]
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So here's the situation.
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You got slap-happy with the snooze button,
and you gotta pay the price,
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because the morning rush is now.
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Get your act together and make
the most important meal of the day.
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So your Dish Dash challenge is to create
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a quick and easy breakfast
in up to 30 minutes.
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And the focal point
of this breakfast dish must be
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eggs.
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-Wow.
-I've made an egg or two before.
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-Okay. Good to know.
-Good.
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[laughter]
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Your breakfast dishes need to be easy,
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but they also still have to be impressive.
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Kat, the queen of breakfast,
what do you hope to see in this Dish Dash?
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-I want to see opulence.
-Oh.
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We're looking for rich,
decadent, and bougie.
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I'm from LA.
I can give you bougie. [giggles]
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[Antoni] And we're gonna challenge you
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to only use the two most
versatile appliances in the kitchen.
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A waffle iron and a microwave.
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-What?
-[Antoni] That's it.
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-That's it?
-[Antoni] No ovens.
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-No stove top. No air fryer.
-Okay.
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You only have 30 minutes max.
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Your shot at $25,000 is on the line.
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-And for you, Stephanie, that's $50,000.
-Yes. Yes.
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Your time starts in three,
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two,
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one.
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{\an8}Make it easy!
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{\an8}[upbeat music plays]
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{\an8}-[Kat] Look at them go.
-[Antoni] They are on it.
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There's too many eggs.
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{\an8}[Antoni] So they have 30 minutes.
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{\an8}The centerpiece has to be the egg,
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{\an8}and all they can use
is a microwave or a waffle iron.
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For me, with eggs,
it's all about technique.
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Eggs are complicated, but...
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-They're easy to mess up.
-That's the thing.
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[Lindsay] Waffle iron.
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I'm doing a bagel breakfast sandwich.
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{\an8}I grew up with a mom from New York.
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{\an8}We ate a lot of bagels,
lox, and cream cheese growing up.
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So I'm kind of doing my elevated spin.
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I'm making my two-ingredient bagel dough,
cooking it in a waffle iron.
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I feel like making scrambled eggs in the
microwave will come out gross and rubbery,
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so I'm thinking
poaching is the way to go for this.
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[Stephanie] I don't think
it's going to be easy cooking breakfast
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{\an8}with limited time and limited appliances.
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But for me, it is important
to cook breakfast fast at home.
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I have to get the kids to school.
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It's the beginning of the day.
Everybody's running all over.
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One of my favorite meals to make,
because my 13-year-old likes it,
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waffles rancheros.
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It's going to be hash brown waffles
with poached egg on top of it.
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I'm gonna poach my egg in the microwave,
in a ramekin. Quick to go.
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[AJ] Let's get this party started.
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Today, I'm gonna be making
a spinach, sun-dried tomato, basil waffle.
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I'm gonna top it with a poached egg
and finish with pesto cream sauce.
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I have not made this waffle before. This
will be my first time making this dish.
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I like taking risks though.
No risk, no reward.
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New whisk.
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There we go.
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Okay, so my first hack is super easy,
two-ingredient bagel dough hack.
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I got two cups of self-rising flour
and Greek yogurt.
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Literally comes together
and you have the most incredible dough.
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So you can roll your bagel dough
in pretty much anything.
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Cinnamon, sugar, whatever you like.
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I'm gonna roll it
in everything bagel seasoning.
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What sets me apart from other home cooks
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is I think it really shines through
when you have a passion for something.
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I am so passionate about this.
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This competition was made for me,
because it's what I do on a daily basis,
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cooking for my kids,
getting them involved.
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I have to make it easy enough for them,
but also taste good.
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It's what I love to do.
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I got dental floss, unflavored.
Super cool hack for cutting your dough.
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[Antoni] So Kristin Chenoweth,
aka Lindsay,
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seems to have brought dental floss
from home to cut her dough.
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What is the value
of doing that versus a knife?
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Hmm. I guess
there's more precision with it.
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-Oh my God.
-As long as it's not too minty.
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[Lindsay] You got your four pieces.
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So one of my hacks is getting
the moisture out of the hash brown
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by squeezing it with a paper towel,
so it can cook faster.
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Then I'm going to season it,
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add my egg to it,
cheddar, some cheese in there.
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I am going to throw in
a little bit of the chives for some color.
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I'm a mom of three girls.
So I feel like God picked us.
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I like to cook. They like to eat.
It's a perfect combination.
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Should be
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all correct.
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I've loved to cook
since I was maybe five years old.
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I did grow up cooking with my dad
and I do think I know a lot about cooking,
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if I'm being honest,
and they're gonna underestimate me.
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I wanna show that, even though I'm young,
you can find a passion at a young age
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and follow through.
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If Antoni likes my cooking,
that is all the validation I'm gonna need.
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So AJ's making a pesto
to go with his eggs.
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-Okay, love pesto.
-That's decadent.
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-I love pesto in all its forms.
-[Antoni] So good.
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Do not want this sticking.
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Lindsay has taken
her two-ingredient bagel mix,
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and she's turning them into a waffle.
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So they're gonna be
two-ingredient bagel waffles.
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-You have that in your cookbook?
-I do not.
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But what is the portmanteau for that then?
Is it... Is it a baffle?
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Is it a... A wagle? Is it...
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-What is the cronut of bagel waffles?
-I think it's a baffle.
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I'm baffled by it.
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{\an8}[Antoni] Fourteen minutes left.
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{\an8}[Lindsay] Crack the egg
right into the mug.
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I just need a cover for this,
pop it in the microwave, one minute.
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So I've never poached an egg
in the microwave before.
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I've only done this on the stove top,
and we can't use the stove.
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It'll cook it nice and delicately,
I feel, in the water, in the microwave.
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That's my best bet for this round.
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Lindsay has done something
that is so intimidating.
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She live poached an egg.
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-[Antoni] Ah, she added lemon juice.
-[Kat] That is such a good hack.
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[Antoni] She definitely
took the note on decadent.
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-I love it.
-'Cause if it's done right...
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Ooh. And we've all had it done
when it's not great.
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I know. That yolk's gotta ooze out
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and the white has to be
fully cooked through.
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Okay, so Stephanie is
also poaching an egg in the microwave,
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but she's just using water.
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She doesn't have that acid,
like lemon juice or vinegar,
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which helps bind the white.
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It might break a little more easily.
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-[Antoni] Yeah.
-Okay.
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[Stephanie] Oh, sorry.
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-[AJ] Uh-oh.
-[Stephanie] That's cool.
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Yours is the middle one. It's all yours.
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-Trying to use two?
-[Stephanie] If it's available...
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-She said let me get that.
-[Stephanie] I'm using it. It's available.
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It's a lot of pressure
trying to cook $25,000 eggs.
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That one tiny little egg
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could be the reason
I lose this first challenge and go home.
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I don't wanna be
the guy with the runny egg.
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Nobody wants to be that guy. [chuckles]
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All three of our contestants
are poaching eggs.
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This is gonna be a poach-off.
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[Kat] I know. I cannot think
of anything more intimidating.
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-First, I could not do what they're doing.
-[Antoni] Oh, same.
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-I'm an anxious person...
-There's a reason why we're here. Totally.
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Another awesome hack,
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use a hair pick and you can cut
completely perfectly even slices.
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That is a hack of all hacks.
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-Lindsay is using an Afro pick?
-[Kat] Oh my gosh.
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To precisely cut her cucumber.
It's kind of genius. I'm not gonna lie.
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Oh, yeah.
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Look at that.
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[Stephanie] Beautiful.
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Now I'm checking on my waffle.
It is perfect.
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Nice, golden brown.
It's got the crust to it.
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I'm really excited about that.
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My next step
is to get my bacon in the waffle maker.
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[laughs]
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I cannot believe it.
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I have never cooked bacon
in a waffle maker.
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But for the purpose of this challenge,
I'm gonna try it and hope for the best.
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This... Literally just smelling the bagel
and the lox reminds me of my mom.
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Okay, there's less than ten minutes left.
AJ's a little behind.
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But he's really working into his herbs.
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-I love a fresh moment like that.
-Yes.
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[tense music plays]
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Time is running out.
I'm panicking a little bit.
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I wanna make sure that my egg
does not crack and spill all over.
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I'm rushing through it.
I wanna make sure that I get my paprika
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on my poached egg,
'cause I need a bit of color on there.
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{\an8}[tense music plays]
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{\an8}-[bell dings]
-Yes!
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{\an8}Stephanie's done first
in 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
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[AJ] That's a sexy looking waffle.
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The pressure is starting to get to me.
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I notice the clock is really winding down,
and if I don't get the pesto on the plate,
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the waffle on the plate
and this egg out of the microwave,
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I'm not gonna have a dish to present.
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One poached egg.
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Oh. Now that I know it works.
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-[Antoni] One minute left.
-[Kat exhales]
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[tense music continues]
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[Lindsay] Damn it.
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Of course, my yolk had to burst
with no time left on the clock.
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[groans] Of course. Why me?
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This one will be colorful.
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I'm super sad about my broken yolk,
but I think everything else looks amazing.
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So maybe they won't really mind.
You break it anyway when you bite into it.
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It actually looks really pretty broken up.
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[tense music plays]
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{\an8}-[bell dings]
-Lindsay is done.
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Thirty seconds left.
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-[Kat] He bare-handed that.
-AJ, you got this. AJ, you got this.
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-[Kat] Yeah.
-Be delicate.
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{\an8}[Antoni] Ten, nine, eight, seven, six.
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{\an8}[bell dings]
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{\an8}And that's it. AJ is done!
29 minutes and 55 seconds.
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-[Kat] Dramatic.
-[Antoni] Take it easy.
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-Hello, Lindsay.
-Hi, guys.
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Welcome to my kitchen.
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Thank you. What happened to my egg?
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This is to give it a little pop of color.
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So this was intentional?
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[Lindsay] That was intentional.
Perfectly plated for each of you.
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You are charming and very intelligent,
and you have a wonderful vocabulary,
284
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but let's be real here.
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Your egg broke.
286
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You're gonna break it anyway
when you eat it.
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[laughter]
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So tell us what you made.
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{\an8}I made a two-ingredient bagel dough,
fresh, homemade, from-scratch bagels.
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{\an8}I made it on the waffle iron.
I have some freshly-shaved cucumber.
291
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{\an8}I used a vegetable peeler
to create those gorgeous ribbons.
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Some lox, some red onions.
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I did a poached egg,
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topped it off with a little dill,
some everything bagel seasoning.
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[tense music plays]
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I was a little,
I guess skeptical is the word
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about a two-ingredient bagel
made in a waffle iron.
298
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But?
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-I would pay money for this for brunch...
-I love you!
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-No. It was really well seasoned.
-Thank you.
301
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I really love the flavors.
302
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I see a lot of technique going on in here.
303
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I really appreciate
the beautifully thin ribbon of cucumber.
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But
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my egg was broken.
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So that's just something that is a thing
that exists that we just have to address.
307
00:14:05,803 --> 00:14:09,431
-Thank you.
-It was all balanced so incredibly well.
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That everything bagel seasoning balanced
against that really luxurious egg.
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-Sorry, that yolk was great.
-[Antoni] Now you're just bragging.
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So sorry about that.
You did a phenomenal job.
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The detail that you brought to this,
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like that's what luxury
and opulence are about.
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All those little things.
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So happy to hear that, thank you.
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Thank you so much.
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-[Kat] Thank you.
-Thank you, guys!
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-[Antoni] Hello.
-Hi. How are you guys?
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Very good, especially now.
319
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Stephanie, please tell us
all about what you are serving us.
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{\an8}I decided to make a waffle rancheros.
321
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{\an8}So I have a hash brown
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{\an8}with some cheddar cheese,
a little bit of chive, and eggs.
323
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{\an8}I whipped it all up
and put it in the waffle maker.
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I also poached my egg in the microwave.
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I also did the bacon in the waffle maker.
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[Kat] There is so much going on here.
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You took all those extra steps
to make texture happen,
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and it paid off
in a fairly short amount of time.
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You have crunchy corners. Cheese
comes in and makes it a little bit crispy.
330
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We've got some chives in there too,
for that extra element.
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I wanna talk about the egg for a second.
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The form of it was really beautiful.
Little chalky on the inside.
333
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I wonder if it could have gotten there
using a bit of acid,
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so you didn't have to leave it in as long.
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-The flavor is great.
-Got it. Thank you.
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00:15:29,428 --> 00:15:32,389
I'm in a serious committed relationship
with this waffle now.
337
00:15:32,473 --> 00:15:33,474
Thank you.
338
00:15:33,557 --> 00:15:37,394
So I feel like I'm in a serious
committed relationship with the bacon.
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I did not know that bacon
could do that in a waffle maker.
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-I was delightfully impressed by that.
-Thank you.
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[Antoni] The waffle, crunchy.
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I taste the cheese in there,
which is really important.
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The egg, just a little slightly overdone.
344
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I think that acid would have helped
decrease the temp time in the microwave.
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But that said, I like how
the elements played together.
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The waffle's really pretty.
I love the specks of green.
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I always get excited
when I see chopped chives.
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-Thank you, Stephanie.
-Thank you so much.
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00:16:03,712 --> 00:16:04,838
Thanks for stopping by.
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-AJ.
-Hello.
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So tell us about this dish.
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{\an8}[AJ] Today, I made for you
a sun-dried tomato and spinach waffle
353
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{\an8}with Parmesan cheese as well in there.
354
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{\an8}And I made a handmade pesto cream sauce.
Also poached an egg, put it on top.
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I wanted to add more color to the plate.
Couldn't do that with five seconds left.
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[tense music plays]
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00:16:30,406 --> 00:16:32,574
I have to say the egg, for me,
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perfectly cooked.
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00:16:35,911 --> 00:16:39,540
-You knew that was perfect.
-After I saw you cut it open...
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00:16:39,623 --> 00:16:42,334
[Antoni] You saw it ooze
and you were like, "There we go."
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00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:46,839
This is so different
than any waffle that I've ever had.
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00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:51,969
Really delicate and fluffy,
and it cut really easily.
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00:16:52,052 --> 00:16:56,515
The pesto, adding a bit of lemon juice,
just to kind of like brighten it up.
364
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Lemon changes everything!
And it did with this.
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00:17:00,102 --> 00:17:03,814
It added to the color,
to the vibrancy of it, to just the flavor.
366
00:17:03,897 --> 00:17:06,025
I love the amount that you used.
367
00:17:06,108 --> 00:17:07,776
If there's anything
I would do differently,
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00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:12,156
maybe a little sprinkling of chive or some
flake salt or some pepper over that egg.
369
00:17:12,239 --> 00:17:16,201
[Kat] It's simple, but it's actually
incredibly complex in there.
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00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:18,370
Just a few elements playing together
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00:17:18,454 --> 00:17:21,165
deployed really precisely on the plate.
372
00:17:21,248 --> 00:17:26,712
There are a few bits of the egg albumin
that could've been a little wiped up.
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00:17:26,795 --> 00:17:30,215
It would have made it look
just extra, extra professional.
374
00:17:30,299 --> 00:17:34,595
If you're gonna lock into such simplicity,
it has to be perfect.
375
00:17:34,678 --> 00:17:36,388
Of course. You're right.
376
00:17:36,972 --> 00:17:38,974
Don't know what's going through
those judges' heads.
377
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:43,103
-Yes, you don't.
-They made it so hard.
378
00:17:43,187 --> 00:17:46,398
I think Lindsay is gonna win
this first round based on presentation.
379
00:17:46,982 --> 00:17:48,609
It was really... Her meal was really pretty.
380
00:17:48,692 --> 00:17:53,197
But then with Mr. Flavor over here,
with all the stuff that he put, I'm like,
381
00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,991
"When did you have time
to put all this into a waffle?"
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00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:57,034
-You know.
-[chuckles]
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00:17:57,826 --> 00:17:59,119
I'm worried about this one.
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Your challenge today was to create
a rich and fancy breakfast dish
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using only a microwave and a waffle iron,
386
00:18:06,835 --> 00:18:09,838
and showcasing eggs in just 30 minutes.
387
00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:14,635
The winning dish brought everything
to the table that we asked for.
388
00:18:15,260 --> 00:18:16,720
And the winner is...
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00:18:16,804 --> 00:18:17,971
[tense music plays]
390
00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:21,767
...AJ.
391
00:18:23,102 --> 00:18:25,270
-Congratulations, AJ.
-Thank you, thank you.
392
00:18:25,354 --> 00:18:26,188
I feel incredible.
393
00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:29,274
The validation that gives me,
it's a huge confidence boost.
394
00:18:29,358 --> 00:18:32,736
Also knowing I only have to deal
with one more competitor now
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00:18:32,820 --> 00:18:34,738
makes me feel a lot better as well.
396
00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:37,825
Now unfortunately for me,
I have to give the bad news.
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00:18:38,659 --> 00:18:42,663
It has been a blast having you all here,
but only one of you can move forward.
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00:18:42,746 --> 00:18:44,039
[Lindsay exhales]
399
00:18:44,123 --> 00:18:45,666
[tense music plays]
400
00:18:45,749 --> 00:18:47,167
We have to say goodbye
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00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:49,294
to Stephanie.
402
00:18:50,504 --> 00:18:53,423
Where it didn't hit the mark for me
was just on the opulence,
403
00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:55,884
which was an important part of the task.
404
00:18:55,968 --> 00:18:57,177
I'm so sorry.
405
00:18:57,261 --> 00:18:59,721
[Stephanie] I'm taking home
with me 25,000.
406
00:18:59,805 --> 00:19:02,724
But not only that, my hope for this is
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00:19:02,808 --> 00:19:06,436
showing my girls
that anything is possible.
408
00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:07,855
What other way to show them
409
00:19:07,938 --> 00:19:10,691
then actually going out there
and doing it.
410
00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:14,236
I want them to be able to say,
"I can do that. Mom did it. I can do it."
411
00:19:14,319 --> 00:19:16,405
-You ready for your next challenge?
-Oh yeah.
412
00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:17,447
-I'm ready.
-I'm ready.
413
00:19:17,531 --> 00:19:20,409
It's time for a food face-off
in the Easy-Bake.
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00:19:23,579 --> 00:19:27,541
In the Dish Dash round,
you dazzled us with delectable breakfasts.
415
00:19:27,624 --> 00:19:29,960
Now, guess what's for dinner?
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00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:31,461
[tense music plays]
417
00:19:31,545 --> 00:19:32,546
Breakfast.
418
00:19:33,964 --> 00:19:35,632
-Of course!
-Round two.
419
00:19:35,716 --> 00:19:41,471
So Antoni and I are looking for a dish
that looks like restaurant quality
420
00:19:41,555 --> 00:19:44,266
and is deceptively simple.
421
00:19:44,349 --> 00:19:47,686
[Antoni] Also, you may have noticed
that this round is called the Easy-Bake.
422
00:19:47,769 --> 00:19:50,606
So each of you are required
to bake your dishes in this round.
423
00:19:50,689 --> 00:19:53,192
So no cracking eggs in a pan
and calling it a day.
424
00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:57,696
In your Easy-Bake challenge,
you will have 45 minutes,
425
00:19:57,779 --> 00:19:59,448
and during this 45 minutes,
426
00:19:59,531 --> 00:20:03,243
you will only have 30 minutes
to cook with these ovens.
427
00:20:03,327 --> 00:20:04,870
-You both ready?
-Ready.
428
00:20:05,370 --> 00:20:07,372
And your time starts in three,
429
00:20:07,456 --> 00:20:08,832
two, one.
430
00:20:08,916 --> 00:20:10,083
{\an8}Make it easy!
431
00:20:10,167 --> 00:20:12,169
{\an8}[upbeat music plays]
432
00:20:17,090 --> 00:20:19,301
[Antoni] What would your strategy be
right off the bat?
433
00:20:19,384 --> 00:20:21,094
-Make dinner reservations?
-Yeah.
434
00:20:21,178 --> 00:20:22,262
Order takeout?
435
00:20:23,597 --> 00:20:27,100
{\an8}Breakfast for dinner I'm definitely
familiar with. I have two little ones.
436
00:20:27,184 --> 00:20:30,604
Sometimes at the end of a long day,
and we're running around like crazy,
437
00:20:30,687 --> 00:20:34,107
we have like an hour to get the kids
fed, bathed, ready for bed.
438
00:20:34,191 --> 00:20:36,485
A lot of times,
we just whip up some omelets,
439
00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:38,070
some eggs for dinner.
440
00:20:38,153 --> 00:20:40,197
So this is something
I'm definitely comfortable with.
441
00:20:40,280 --> 00:20:43,575
I am making a breakfast pizza,
442
00:20:43,659 --> 00:20:47,246
because I had to incorporate my eggs
this time that I promised him.
443
00:20:47,329 --> 00:20:50,707
So I'm actually making the crust
out of hash browns.
444
00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:54,127
It sounds so basic, but you go
to the fanciest restaurants in LA
445
00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:57,798
and they have some sort of flatbread
or pizza on that menu, guaranteed.
446
00:20:57,881 --> 00:21:02,719
You can create pizza into a work of art
and totally elevate it super easily.
447
00:21:02,803 --> 00:21:03,887
[upbeat music plays]
448
00:21:03,971 --> 00:21:07,057
{\an8}Going into the second challenge,
I need to make sure I'm focused on timing,
449
00:21:07,140 --> 00:21:09,309
{\an8}so I don't have just five seconds left.
450
00:21:10,352 --> 00:21:11,436
Anything else I need?
451
00:21:12,104 --> 00:21:15,065
I plan on doing something
that I've never done before.
452
00:21:15,148 --> 00:21:16,858
I want to do a savory Dutch baby.
453
00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,069
This is one dish
that you can throw in the oven
454
00:21:19,152 --> 00:21:20,988
and it's completely done
within 30 minutes.
455
00:21:22,739 --> 00:21:24,574
Traditionally, they're made
with lemon juice
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00:21:24,658 --> 00:21:26,660
and confectioners' sugar
as a sweet breakfast.
457
00:21:26,743 --> 00:21:31,123
I'm gonna top it with oven-roasted salmon,
tomatoes, and asparagus tips,
458
00:21:31,206 --> 00:21:33,917
and a lemon dill Hollandaise sauce.
459
00:21:34,501 --> 00:21:35,794
-[Antoni] Hey, AJ.
-Hey.
460
00:21:35,877 --> 00:21:37,462
-What are we making?
-A Dutch baby.
461
00:21:37,546 --> 00:21:39,881
-Okay.
-Something I grew up eating all the time.
462
00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:43,302
I'm going to add salmon
and you'll have breakfast for dinner.
463
00:21:43,385 --> 00:21:45,595
I love watching a Dutch baby puff up.
464
00:21:45,679 --> 00:21:48,974
-That is a presentation dish.
-Yes. Yep, totally.
465
00:21:49,975 --> 00:21:51,727
Four-twenty-five.
466
00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:53,603
For this, I'm cranking my oven up.
467
00:21:53,687 --> 00:21:57,274
I'm throwing in some sheet pans
to warm up in there as it preheats,
468
00:21:57,357 --> 00:21:59,234
so we already start the cooking process
469
00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:01,695
before anything
even gets itself into the oven.
470
00:22:01,778 --> 00:22:05,699
Awesome hack. If you don't want to
stand there shredding an entire potato,
471
00:22:05,782 --> 00:22:08,160
grab a bag of frozen hash browns.
472
00:22:08,243 --> 00:22:12,247
I mix this with some eggs, oil,
and seasoning to make a hash brown crust
473
00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,623
with a little cheese in it.
474
00:22:13,707 --> 00:22:15,000
Super easy in a pinch.
475
00:22:15,083 --> 00:22:18,587
Season it to taste and you're good to go.
They cook beautifully in the oven.
476
00:22:18,670 --> 00:22:22,591
I'm just gonna hand-form
two separate crusts for each judge.
477
00:22:22,674 --> 00:22:24,468
That way, they get their own pizza.
478
00:22:24,551 --> 00:22:27,554
I definitely wanna incorporate
some classic omelet toppings.
479
00:22:27,637 --> 00:22:29,056
I'm thinking maybe some sausage.
480
00:22:29,139 --> 00:22:32,434
I might go sweet
to kind of balance out the saltiness,
481
00:22:32,517 --> 00:22:34,811
maybe chop up some peppers, tomatoes.
482
00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:38,065
If I can execute this on the plate,
I'm going in the right direction.
483
00:22:38,148 --> 00:22:43,945
So it appears that Lindsay is shaping
hash browns in the shape of pizza bases.
484
00:22:44,029 --> 00:22:46,698
-Ooh.
-That feels very breakfast for dinner.
485
00:22:46,782 --> 00:22:49,701
[Kat] I'm already feeling that texture,
what that's gonna be like.
486
00:22:49,785 --> 00:22:52,329
-That little crunchy, crispy...
-Yeah.
487
00:22:53,121 --> 00:22:54,831
Gonna go with the natural break.
488
00:22:54,915 --> 00:22:58,251
Cool hack with asparagus
is grab it at both ends and break it.
489
00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,339
The asparagus wants to break
where it gets soft. Don't want hard ends.
490
00:23:02,422 --> 00:23:05,384
Another cool trick, if you don't
wanna waste time dicing garlic,
491
00:23:05,467 --> 00:23:07,511
you can microplane it
directly into what you're doing.
492
00:23:07,594 --> 00:23:09,429
It gives you a more intense garlic flavor.
493
00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:10,347
Once it's done,
494
00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:13,308
underneath your microplane,
you should be left with garlic paste.
495
00:23:13,809 --> 00:23:17,354
I'm gonna put this directly in here,
skin side down.
496
00:23:17,437 --> 00:23:22,192
Wait. Did you see what AJ is doing
with the salmon over there?
497
00:23:22,275 --> 00:23:24,569
So far as I can tell,
putting it in a cold skillet,
498
00:23:24,653 --> 00:23:27,531
but we know that he can't actually
cook that on a burner, right?
499
00:23:27,614 --> 00:23:29,408
Correct. It's got to go in the oven.
500
00:23:29,491 --> 00:23:32,327
-Okay. I'm here for a fish breakfast.
-I am too.
501
00:23:32,411 --> 00:23:34,329
-Extremely.
-I love fish for breakfast.
502
00:23:34,413 --> 00:23:37,624
Trying to go fast to get everything
in the oven when ten minutes is up.
503
00:23:37,707 --> 00:23:40,001
Under one minute until your ovens turn on.
504
00:23:40,085 --> 00:23:41,128
[Lindsay] One minute.
505
00:23:42,254 --> 00:23:44,506
I'm gonna run these under hot water.
506
00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:46,800
Your ovens are now on!
507
00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:49,010
You have 30 minutes left
until they turn off.
508
00:23:51,263 --> 00:23:53,974
[AJ] This goes in there. Almost forgot.
509
00:23:55,016 --> 00:23:59,438
[Lindsay] Using my awesome hair pick hack
again to slice this baby up.
510
00:23:59,521 --> 00:24:02,691
I see this shallot. I'm thinking
I gotta deep-fry these shallots.
511
00:24:02,774 --> 00:24:05,652
They're gonna add
the perfect crispy topping to this pizza.
512
00:24:07,988 --> 00:24:10,782
I've never used a deep fryer before,
so fingers crossed.
513
00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:14,161
I gotta get one of these for home.
This is too much fun.
514
00:24:14,244 --> 00:24:16,413
-How you doing?
-[Lindsay] Good. How are you?
515
00:24:16,496 --> 00:24:18,290
I'm doing good. Feeling stressed?
516
00:24:18,373 --> 00:24:20,917
-No, I'm good. I'm excited. How about you?
-Ah, no.
517
00:24:21,001 --> 00:24:23,670
-You got that song playing in your head?
-I sure do.
518
00:24:23,753 --> 00:24:25,589
-[Lindsay] I hear your music.
-[AJ] If only.
519
00:24:25,672 --> 00:24:27,924
-I hear it, baby.
-[AJ] All right, good.
520
00:24:29,176 --> 00:24:31,303
[Lindsay] That's the crisp I want to see.
521
00:24:31,386 --> 00:24:32,637
Want to keep the oven warm.
522
00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,849
[upbeat music plays]
523
00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:39,603
[AJ] Next thing is to put
a few tablespoons of butter into the pan.
524
00:24:39,686 --> 00:24:41,021
The pan should be very hot now.
525
00:24:41,104 --> 00:24:43,565
I'll make sure
I don't let them burn for too long.
526
00:24:43,648 --> 00:24:46,693
A Dutch baby is
essentially a German pancake.
527
00:24:46,776 --> 00:24:48,904
You pour it into an already heated skillet
528
00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:51,448
and it builds this crust
the second it hits the pan.
529
00:24:51,531 --> 00:24:54,618
Eyeballing it. Hoping they're all the same
and cook in the same time.
530
00:24:54,701 --> 00:24:56,536
You can see almost immediately,
531
00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:58,955
the egg around the corner
starting to cook.
532
00:24:59,039 --> 00:25:03,710
As you put it in the oven, it slowly rises
and gets airy and fluffy and puffs up.
533
00:25:03,793 --> 00:25:05,962
When you take it out of the oven
at the right time,
534
00:25:06,046 --> 00:25:08,006
it deflates only in the center.
535
00:25:08,089 --> 00:25:10,634
You're left with this canvas
to paint your picture.
536
00:25:10,717 --> 00:25:13,512
Not able to touch it until it's done.
It's all a timing thing.
537
00:25:14,221 --> 00:25:16,139
Cool, 24 minutes. Let's do it.
538
00:25:17,265 --> 00:25:19,893
All right, so I'm doing
a little Parmesan herb blend.
539
00:25:19,976 --> 00:25:23,855
I want that to go over that Dutch baby.
I'm gonna do it as soon as this is done.
540
00:25:24,481 --> 00:25:25,941
Ooh, real Parm. I like it.
541
00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:28,568
I love garlic.
542
00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:32,489
[Antoni] Hello.
543
00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:36,076
You're mentioning you're gonna be making
Dutch babies to go with your salmon.
544
00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:37,953
That's something you had
when you were younger.
545
00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:41,831
I never actually made this before.
I think I've eaten it enough times that...
546
00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:44,209
-This is his first time?
-[Antoni laughs]
547
00:25:44,292 --> 00:25:46,044
This is your first time making this?
548
00:25:46,127 --> 00:25:47,337
-It is.
-Are you crazy?
549
00:25:47,420 --> 00:25:49,172
-AJ!
-No, you're actually crazy.
550
00:25:49,256 --> 00:25:50,757
-[AJ] Yeah, yeah. I know.
-[Kat laughs]
551
00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:52,926
I call it manifest destiny.
Since it's in my mind,
552
00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:55,345
I just have to recreate it
with my two hands. I can do it.
553
00:25:55,428 --> 00:25:58,306
-[Antoni] AJ, we're gonna let you focus.
-Thank you.
554
00:25:58,390 --> 00:26:00,976
-Hello, Lindsay.
-How's it going?
555
00:26:01,059 --> 00:26:03,478
So what magic is happening here?
556
00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:07,482
You can't go wrong with pizza.
Everybody loves pizza.
557
00:26:07,566 --> 00:26:10,443
So I'm putting my own spin on it.
Slightly elevating it.
558
00:26:10,527 --> 00:26:14,239
There will be yolks intact on top.
It's gonna look gorgeous and gourmet.
559
00:26:14,322 --> 00:26:15,657
[Antoni and Kat laugh]
560
00:26:15,740 --> 00:26:18,660
I feel you're gonna have
nightmares about yolks for...
561
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:20,954
I'm gonna be dreaming about them.
562
00:26:21,037 --> 00:26:22,831
-You got this.
-[Lindsay] I got this.
563
00:26:22,914 --> 00:26:24,833
-Keep doing your thing.
-I believe in you.
564
00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:25,750
Thanks, guys.
565
00:26:27,836 --> 00:26:29,045
You have 15 minutes left.
566
00:26:29,671 --> 00:26:31,006
A little bit of olive oil.
567
00:26:31,506 --> 00:26:35,302
Okay, three minutes to assemble these,
get 'em back in.
568
00:26:35,385 --> 00:26:39,389
I'm throwing on some cheese,
tomatoes, peppers, the sausage.
569
00:26:39,472 --> 00:26:43,476
I think we're good to crack our eggs on.
I just can't break any yolks.
570
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,687
Now, the moment of truth.
571
00:26:47,522 --> 00:26:52,027
I promised Antoni a full, luscious yolk
for him to crack into.
572
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:55,322
So I am focused
on not cracking any yolks this time.
573
00:26:55,405 --> 00:26:56,364
[tense music plays]
574
00:26:56,448 --> 00:27:00,327
Oh. They're gonna kill me
if I serve another broken yolk.
575
00:27:00,410 --> 00:27:01,328
Hey, Lindsay.
576
00:27:01,411 --> 00:27:02,329
[Lindsay] Yes!
577
00:27:02,412 --> 00:27:05,248
-Did you just break a yolk?
-No! What?
578
00:27:05,332 --> 00:27:06,333
[laughter]
579
00:27:06,416 --> 00:27:08,960
-Are you kidding me?
-Go crack some eggs, Antoni.
580
00:27:09,044 --> 00:27:10,420
We talked about this.
581
00:27:10,503 --> 00:27:11,504
Nobody saw that.
582
00:27:11,588 --> 00:27:13,214
[laughter]
583
00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:16,509
[Lindsay] Back in the oven
these babies go.
584
00:27:17,302 --> 00:27:19,304
So right now, I'm in a bit of a pickle.
585
00:27:19,387 --> 00:27:24,267
So I can't open the oven until 20 minutes
after the Dutch baby's put in.
586
00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:27,103
But I believe my salmon will be done
in about the next...
587
00:27:29,648 --> 00:27:30,607
Now.
588
00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:34,486
Did you notice he's got his salmon
and his Dutch baby in at the same time?
589
00:27:34,569 --> 00:27:39,449
Those, uh, call for very, very different
situations and timing.
590
00:27:39,532 --> 00:27:41,993
[Antoni] He can't open the oven,
because if you open it,
591
00:27:42,077 --> 00:27:44,371
it's gonna deflate,
but you wanna check the salmon.
592
00:27:44,454 --> 00:27:46,373
Should we see how he's feeling about that?
593
00:27:46,456 --> 00:27:48,208
-[Antoni] Hey, AJ?
-Hey.
594
00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:52,671
How much money would you pay to have
a glass door on that oven right now?
595
00:27:52,754 --> 00:27:54,631
-A lot.
-What's going on in there?
596
00:27:54,714 --> 00:27:56,758
I have a Dutch baby rising to perfection
597
00:27:56,841 --> 00:28:00,178
and a salmon that is
on the verge of being overcooked.
598
00:28:00,261 --> 00:28:02,681
That's a Sophie's choice
if I've ever heard one.
599
00:28:02,764 --> 00:28:05,225
Do you want a flat Dutch baby
or overcooked salmon?
600
00:28:05,308 --> 00:28:07,602
-It's a good question.
-Which one's worse?
601
00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:10,730
I know. Like a flat Dutch baby is so sad,
602
00:28:10,814 --> 00:28:13,316
because you lose
that whole shock and awe thing.
603
00:28:13,400 --> 00:28:16,444
-But overcooked salmon, no one needs that.
-No.
604
00:28:17,112 --> 00:28:21,408
This batter was made for one Dutch baby,
and I split it into three containers.
605
00:28:21,491 --> 00:28:23,618
I don't need to wait as long as I think.
606
00:28:23,702 --> 00:28:25,412
[tense music plays]
607
00:28:25,495 --> 00:28:28,623
-[Kat and Antoni gasp]
-Oh-ho! Let's go!
608
00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,834
Yes! Did you see that? Did you see it?
609
00:28:31,418 --> 00:28:33,670
-AJ, how are they?
-I don't know. What do you think?
610
00:28:33,753 --> 00:28:35,922
-[Kat] Oh, baby! Whoa!
-[Antoni] Oh!
611
00:28:36,005 --> 00:28:37,424
-[AJ] We're good. [chuckles]
612
00:28:37,507 --> 00:28:38,800
I just aged.
613
00:28:40,468 --> 00:28:43,054
Just to keep a little spice in your life.
Keep you on your toes.
614
00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:46,766
That looks beautiful.
615
00:28:48,476 --> 00:28:50,979
Perfect. The skin protected my salmon.
616
00:28:51,688 --> 00:28:52,522
Beautiful.
617
00:28:53,356 --> 00:28:57,235
This is just a last-minute idea,
since I have time.
618
00:28:57,318 --> 00:28:59,654
Super easy hack.
Everybody has ketchup at home.
619
00:28:59,738 --> 00:29:02,866
But if you wanna elevate it
and add some gourmet flavor to it,
620
00:29:02,949 --> 00:29:06,202
just some garlic powder, onion powder,
a little cayenne pepper for kick
621
00:29:06,286 --> 00:29:10,373
and you've got this gourmet sauce
to go along with your dish. So easy.
622
00:29:10,457 --> 00:29:11,875
How's it going, AJ?
623
00:29:11,958 --> 00:29:14,252
-[AJ] Pretty good. How about you?
-Awesome.
624
00:29:14,335 --> 00:29:15,837
[AJ] Coming together a bit at a time.
625
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:17,672
[tense music plays]
626
00:29:17,756 --> 00:29:19,257
One minute left with your ovens.
627
00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:21,968
Awesome. We have a minute.
628
00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:26,431
Last second here. Yolks literally need
30 more seconds and they will be good.
629
00:29:26,514 --> 00:29:30,769
She's leaving them until the last minute.
Has to be out before the end of time.
630
00:29:30,852 --> 00:29:31,978
Is your heart racing?
631
00:29:32,061 --> 00:29:34,481
-Yes! I'm stressed for them.
-[Kat laughs]
632
00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:36,065
{\an8}-Oh-ho!
-[Antoni] Wow.
633
00:29:36,149 --> 00:29:37,525
{\an8}[tense music continues]
634
00:29:38,526 --> 00:29:41,404
{\an8}That's it for your ovens.
Your ovens are off.
635
00:29:41,488 --> 00:29:44,199
{\an8}You have five minutes left total,
five minutes remaining.
636
00:29:44,824 --> 00:29:45,658
[Lindsay] I'm nervous
637
00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:49,496
because I didn't get that full ten minutes
for the eggs to cook in the oven.
638
00:29:49,579 --> 00:29:53,416
But I know they're gonna continue to cook
from the residual heat of the pans.
639
00:29:53,500 --> 00:29:56,503
I have three minutes for them to sit there
and continue to cook.
640
00:29:56,586 --> 00:29:58,671
[tense music plays]
641
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:01,800
Okay.
642
00:30:04,886 --> 00:30:07,055
Okay. Okay.
643
00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:10,475
As long as I don't break these yolks
in the process, we're in business.
644
00:30:10,558 --> 00:30:13,019
-This is close!
-I know.
645
00:30:13,102 --> 00:30:14,020
[Lindsay] Boom!
646
00:30:15,188 --> 00:30:20,735
{\an8}-All right.
-Five, four, three, two, one.
647
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:22,570
[Antoni] Time is up!
648
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,656
-Take it easy!
-[Kat] Oh my gosh!
649
00:30:26,241 --> 00:30:28,785
All right, so, AJ,
we're gonna start with you.
650
00:30:28,868 --> 00:30:32,080
When I hear breakfast for dinner, I think
Dutch baby. I grew up eating Dutch babies,
651
00:30:32,163 --> 00:30:34,290
{\an8}usually with confectioners' sugar
and lemon juice.
652
00:30:34,374 --> 00:30:37,126
{\an8}But I decided to go the savory route
with roasted salmon,
653
00:30:37,210 --> 00:30:39,754
{\an8}which, immediately,
dinner is what I think of.
654
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:42,632
Oven-roasted the tomatoes and asparagus
with the salmon,
655
00:30:42,715 --> 00:30:44,259
so you can get those flavors.
656
00:30:44,342 --> 00:30:46,678
Seasoned that
with fresh garlic, salt, pepper.
657
00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:49,848
The lemon dill Hollandaise sauce,
I think pulls it all together.
658
00:30:49,931 --> 00:30:51,766
[tense music plays]
659
00:30:56,771 --> 00:30:59,190
-This is really freaking good.
-Thank you.
660
00:30:59,274 --> 00:31:01,734
The presentation, it's so beautiful.
661
00:31:01,818 --> 00:31:06,823
It's like looking into, like, this cave
and I see little flaked salmon
662
00:31:06,906 --> 00:31:10,702
and like those little
burst cherry tomatoes and the asparagus.
663
00:31:10,785 --> 00:31:14,497
You did not overcook your salmon,
which I was looking for.
664
00:31:14,581 --> 00:31:17,125
-That said, there's a bit of arugula.
-[AJ] Yeah.
665
00:31:17,208 --> 00:31:20,670
Wilted arugula, not one of my favorite
things. I probably would've avoided that.
666
00:31:20,753 --> 00:31:23,089
Or I would've added it at the end,
just a little touch of it.
667
00:31:23,715 --> 00:31:26,342
The word that keeps
coming to mind here is balance.
668
00:31:26,426 --> 00:31:30,638
The brightness of that lemon in
the Hollandaise balanced with that salt,
669
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:34,267
balanced with a slight, you know,
the sponginess of that Dutch baby.
670
00:31:34,350 --> 00:31:36,895
But you managed to get
the sponginess and the crispiness.
671
00:31:36,978 --> 00:31:39,147
I just want to trip and fall into this.
672
00:31:39,230 --> 00:31:40,899
Thank you. I appreciate that.
673
00:31:42,191 --> 00:31:44,903
-So, Lindsay, you're up next.
-[Lindsay] Yeah.
674
00:31:45,695 --> 00:31:48,489
Here I have a breakfast pizza.
675
00:31:48,573 --> 00:31:51,910
{\an8}So I used frozen hash browns,
mixed in a little egg,
676
00:31:51,993 --> 00:31:53,161
{\an8}some cheese for the crust.
677
00:31:53,244 --> 00:31:55,914
{\an8}You have that nice,
crispy, cheesy, eggy crust.
678
00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:58,666
It's making the crispy sound
as you're describing it.
679
00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:00,919
-As we're cutting into it.
-Right. I hear it.
680
00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:02,962
-You have your yolks.
-[Antoni] Mm-hmm.
681
00:32:03,046 --> 00:32:04,589
Luxuriously...
682
00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:06,215
-Fully intact.
-[Kat laughs]
683
00:32:06,716 --> 00:32:11,179
I deep-fried some shallots for garnish.
So you get that little crispiness.
684
00:32:11,262 --> 00:32:14,766
Because there's no tomato sauce, 'cause
it's not a traditional dinner pizza,
685
00:32:14,849 --> 00:32:19,812
to garnish it, I also made
my own semi-homemade spicy ketchup.
686
00:32:19,896 --> 00:32:22,941
Just to brighten up the plate
for people that want spicy.
687
00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:26,444
My husband wouldn't eat this if there
wasn't some ketchup, hot sauce on it.
688
00:32:26,527 --> 00:32:27,528
[tense music plays]
689
00:32:35,495 --> 00:32:36,412
So fun!
690
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:37,956
Thanks.
691
00:32:38,039 --> 00:32:43,836
Yolks intact. The crispy shallot, for me,
just brings like that sweetness and char.
692
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,254
Really lovely.
693
00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:49,133
Crunchy, decadent,
but, um, while the yolks are intact
694
00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:52,553
there definitely is
a significant amount of the egg white
695
00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,180
that's still raw on the outside.
696
00:32:54,263 --> 00:32:58,059
For myself personally, I'm okay with it.
That's something I would watch out for
697
00:32:58,142 --> 00:33:00,228
to make sure
that the white is fully cooked
698
00:33:00,311 --> 00:33:02,230
and that yolk is still nice and runny.
699
00:33:03,606 --> 00:33:07,276
-Lindsay, bottle and sell this sauce.
-[Lindsay laughs]
700
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,029
You added so much dimension.
701
00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:13,950
-I keep visiting it.
-It looks like this gourmet sauce.
702
00:33:14,033 --> 00:33:16,327
But it's a bottle of ketchup
with some ground seasonings.
703
00:33:16,411 --> 00:33:20,707
That is a brilliant hack. I keep
revisiting it with different elements.
704
00:33:20,790 --> 00:33:22,458
-Dip the sausage in there.
-[Lindsay] Right.
705
00:33:22,542 --> 00:33:24,377
Dip those hash browns in there too.
706
00:33:24,460 --> 00:33:27,130
It's just bringing out new notes.
You gave me sweet.
707
00:33:27,213 --> 00:33:30,508
You gave me salty. You gave me spicy.
Crispy with those shallots.
708
00:33:30,591 --> 00:33:33,136
My critique is actually
the same as Antoni's.
709
00:33:33,219 --> 00:33:36,764
That raw egg white. I can see how that'd
be really off-putting for some people
710
00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:40,018
'cause it was almost to the clear stage,
but you nailed those yolks.
711
00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:43,396
I feel I gave them
exactly what they're looking for.
712
00:33:43,479 --> 00:33:47,025
Combined everything breakfast
in a dinner item.
713
00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:49,360
And then here's AJ.
714
00:33:49,444 --> 00:33:52,447
The judges loved that meal.
715
00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:53,740
Like, they loved it.
716
00:33:54,866 --> 00:33:56,993
So... I don't know.
717
00:33:59,454 --> 00:34:01,080
AJ, Lindsay,
718
00:34:01,789 --> 00:34:04,751
we are so proud of the both of you.
719
00:34:05,251 --> 00:34:07,378
You both belong
in the breakfast Hall of Fame.
720
00:34:08,087 --> 00:34:10,798
But there can only be
one Easy-Bake Champion today.
721
00:34:10,882 --> 00:34:15,178
So the winning dish
is a dish that was familiar,
722
00:34:15,261 --> 00:34:16,846
but somehow fresh.
723
00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:18,723
And the winner is...
724
00:34:18,806 --> 00:34:20,975
[tense music plays]
725
00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:24,353
...AJ.
726
00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:25,438
[sighs]
727
00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:29,734
[AJ] I am feeling
absolutely on top of the world.
728
00:34:29,817 --> 00:34:32,070
The money was a huge part of why I came.
729
00:34:32,153 --> 00:34:34,280
But another big part of it
was the validation.
730
00:34:34,363 --> 00:34:38,117
I don't think that's done yet. I think
I have something to prove being here.
731
00:34:38,201 --> 00:34:42,205
And, uh, honestly,
I think 50K sounds a lot better than 25,
732
00:34:42,288 --> 00:34:43,915
so I'm ready for tomorrow.
733
00:34:45,333 --> 00:34:47,251
[upbeat music plays]