Mexico -- One Plate at a Time With Rick Bayless

Oaxaca's Top Chefs

Season 9, Episode 13 of 13

Oaxaca has long been known for its seven moles, unparalleled home-cooking and remarkable market fare. Lately, its restaurant reputation has skyrocketed, too. Deservedly so. Rick visits four of the top chef contenders in Oaxaca City, tours their restaurants, cooks in their kitchens and discusses the lively burgeoning scene. For starters, Chef Miguel Jimenez cooks up a batch of red chile beef and fruit stew from the Isthmus to serve inside his crispy plantain mogo mogos. Next, Chef Jose Manuel Banos creates a taco from jelled carrot filled with a chintestle and shrimp ceviche. Chef Alejandro Ruiz and his brother Jesus show Rick their dream come true: An organic farm supplying their restaurants and their employees. Their beautiful produce inspires many of their house specialties. Rick and Alejandro make a fresh salsa with the garden cilantro to go with a red chile-burnished octopus barbacoa. Last but not least, Chef Rudolfo Castellanan makes a simple mole de caderas to accompany suckling goat. All this world class cooking inspires Rick to make a signature dessert at his award-winning Chicago restaurant Topolobampo.

Previously Aired

Day
Time
Channel
5/4/2014
12:30 p.m.
5/6/2014
11 a.m.
5/6/2014
6 p.m.
5/7/2014
2 a.m.
9/25/2014
12:30 p.m.
9/18/2016
3:30 p.m.
9/21/2016
11:30 a.m.
9/21/2016
6:30 p.m.
9/22/2016
2:30 a.m.
11/18/2016
8 a.m.
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