- [Robin] Welcome to Tasty's nacho cook-Off.
Three members of the Tasty team face off
to see who can make the best nachos.
Competing in this event are Robin Broadfoot,
Tasty video producer,
Hannah Williams, Tasty video producer,
and Nick Guillory, Tasty social media strategist.
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So today I'm making steak and potato nachos,
so I made this into a video and once it was made,
I usually like to take my food home,
but in this case, it didn't happen,
because all my coworkers ate it.
I've got three russet potatoes, which I'm going to season
with olive oil, salt, pepper and paprika.
I'll bake the potatoes at 450 degrees for about 20 minutes.
While that's cooking, I'm going to season the steak and
get a nice sear on them roughly three minutes each side.
I'll flip the steak once.
After that, I'll let the steak rest for eight to 10 minutes
because it's still cooking after you take it out of the pan.
Once the potatoes are ready, I'm going to lay them
around the cast iron pan and sprinkle the steak on them.
When everything's assembled, I'm gonna cover the dish
with freshly grated cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese.
And then I'm just gonna boil it seven to 10 minutes
until everything's nice and melted and then top it off
with sour cream and salsa and serve it.
When I was younger, I wasn't really allowed in the kitchen.
My mom would always shoo me away,
but then going to college, my dad said this would be
a good way to go on dates, if women knew you could cook.
- [Hannah] Today I'm making Korean pork belly nachos.
I make a lot of desserts for Tasty.
I'm kind of known for making cheesecake.
This is a little out of my comfort zone.
So the first thing I'm gonna do
is get this pork in the marinade.
It's gonna marinate in some kimchi juice, soy sauce,
sesame oil, Korean red pepper, and honey.
Then I'm gonna sear it on extremely high heat to try to
render the fat a little bit to get it nice and crispy.
And while that cooks, I'm gonna dice my toppings.
I got some red onions, some kimchi, and I'll layer that
on top of the pork and the chips.
I'm gonna grate some cheddar and Monterey Jack
and let that melt on top of the nachos.
And then my finishing touches
are gonna be some diced tomatoes and green onions
and that's gonna go on top of everything once it's melted.
And I'm gonna mix some sour cream with kimchi juice
and drizzle that on top as a finishing touch
to tie it all together.
When I think of nachos, I think of kind of the standard
salsa, beans, cheese, whatever you like on that,
so this is just a really, really different type of nacho.
It's not too loaded, it's not too heavy,
but it still has a lot of flavor.
- [Nick] Hi, I'm Nick and I'm making
spicy, cheesy, blackened chicken nachos today.
These guys cook like this all the time.
This is my first time like cooking with all these cameras
and these fancy lights and these microphones.
Like I'm not gonna lie, I'm scared.
I'm gonna season my chicken with cajun seasoning,
garlic powder, chili powder, and hot sauce.
While that's cooking, I'm going to cut up some onions,
tomatoes, jalapenos, and corn.
I'll saute those veggies with more cajun seasoning.
I'll add the blackened chicken to the mixture
and top it all off with freshly grated
pepper jack cheese and salsa.
Broil that until the cheese is melted.
I'm from Louisiana and I love spicy food.
I like to entertain at home.
This will be like a cute little appetizer,
get everybody nice and spicy and moving around,
and hot and sweaty before we go dancing.
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- [Taste-Tester 1] What kind of beautiful mess is this
that I walked into?
- [Taste-Tester 2] That's exactly what nachos are,
a beautiful mess.
- [Taste-Tester 1] This is real crunchy.
It's got a nice crunch to it.
- [Taste-Tester 3] Got a nice crunch to it.
- [Taste-Tester 2] I love this, but it doesn't
have that classic nacho cheese.
- [Taste-Tester 3] Yeah.
- [Taste-Tester 1] It's very original though.
Okay, let's go to the next one.
It almost functions kind of like a dip.
This looks like a little bit of salsa, a little cheese.
That is delicious.
- [Taste-Tester 2] It is spicy, though.
- [Taste-Tester 1] This is the perfect
ratio of cheese right here.
Steak!
- [Taste-Tester 2] Steak and potatoes.
- [Taste-Tester 1] I want this so badly.
- [Taste-Tester 2] Are you kidding me?
- [Taste-Tester 1] There's a lot of cheese.
- [Taste-Tester 2] Oh wait, are there no chips?
Can we all agree though if this one had
crispy potato chips, it would win?
- [Taste-Tester 3] For sure, the flavors
in this one was on point.
- [Taste-Tester 1] Mainly we're just thankful that
they made this food for us.
- [Taste-Tester 3] I can't stop eating.
- [Taste-Tester 2] Yeah, I'm just gonna keep eating it.
My winner, my decision is this guy.
- [Taste-Tester 1] Mine is the blackened chicken.
- [Taste-Tester 2] Angela?
- [Angela] Mine was the blackened chicken, as well.
- [Nick] Yeah! I won, I won, I win everything.
Yes, what do I win?
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- [Narrator] Oh yes!