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A Recipe for Asian-Flavored Burgers Wins the Grand Prize in This Year's 'National Chicken Cooking Contest'
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(OPEN):
IT WAS A BIG WEEK FOR BRIGITTE NGUYEN, OF LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.
FIRST, SHE GOT ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED; THEN, SHE WON 50-THOUSAND DOLLARS,
IN THIS YEAR'S "NATIONAL CHICKEN COOKING CONTEST", HELD IN SAN
ANTONIO. SHE CALLS HER GRAND-PRIZE-WINNING ENTRY, "CHINESE CHICKEN
BURGERS WITH RAINBOW SESAME SLAW"...
(NGUYEN):
"IT'S A BURGER PATTY MADE WITH GROUND CHICKEN; AND THEN, IT IS
GLAZED WITH A HOISIN SAUCE, AND THEN TOPPED WITH AN ASIAN-STYLE COLESLAW
THAT'S MADE WITH JULIENNE JICAMA, DIFFERENT-COLORED BELL PEPPERS, AND
SNOW PEAS. BURGERS HAVE, SORT OF, JUST BECOME MY THING: I'VE
HAD A LOT OF FUN PUTTING ETHNIC SPINS ON CLASSIC AMERICAN FARE; AND SO,
THAT'S JUST HOW THIS BURGER WAS BORN. IT'S FIGURING OUT NEW WAYS
TO, YOU KNOW--INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING A GOOD-OLD AMERICAN
CHEESEBURGER--TRYING DIFFERENT MEATS, AND TRYING DIFFERENT SEASONINGS.
AND, I ALWAYS HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN MY ASIAN-SPICE CABINET. SO,
THAT'S WHAT INSPIRED THIS."
(BRIDGE):
"MIAMI HERALD" FOOD EDITOR, KATHY MARTIN--WHO CHAIRED
THIS YEAR'S JUDGING PANEL--ADDS THAT THE ZESTY ASIAN FLAVOR MADE THE
DIFFERENCE...
(MARTIN):
"THE BURGERS THAT BRIGITTE MADE STOOD OUT JUST BECAUSE THEY WERE
SO INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS: IT WAS A TREMENDOUSLY FLAVORFUL
BURGER--AND A NICE KIND OF COHERENT FLAVOR PROFILE; IT WAS AN ASIAN
FLAVOR PROFILE."
(CLOSE):
BRIGITTE NGUYEN IS A TRAINED FINANCIAL AUDITOR AND PART-TIME BOOKKEEPER;
SHE SAYS THAT SHE PLANS TO PUT HER PRIZE MONEY IN THE BANK, AND SAVE IT.
TO SEE HER WINNING RECIPE, VISIT
"CHICKEN-COOKING-CONTEST"-DOT-COM.
