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Chris Valdes
Miami-born Cuban-American chef, TV personality, and Food Network Star finalist; host of Roku's "Qué Delicioso!" and author of the cookbook "One With the Kitchen."
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Aug 30, 2026
Ep. 39: Chef Chris Valdes on Food Network, Latin Flavors & Cooking With Purpose
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6:57Chris ValdesGUEST
And she's like, you know, sometimes in life, Chris, we're going to have obstacles.
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7:02Chris ValdesGUEST
And those obstacles are meant to show us whether we're supposed to go somewhere else or whether we're supposed to try it again one more time.
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7:14Chris ValdesGUEST
And I just stayed quiet because Ms. Hyatt had a way with her words, and she was usually right.
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7:19Chris ValdesGUEST
But I walked away, and about a week or two later, I received a phone call saying, we chose you to compete.
Chorizo in the Middle
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Claudia SandovalHOST
What comes to mind? Who's around you? Who made it? Who's with you? How old are you? And
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3:45Chris ValdesGUEST
I'm in my family restaurant and I'm right there in the counter that was in the middle, silver commercial style counter.
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3:54Chris ValdesGUEST
And mom just starts cutting up the huge boliche that she made and mom stuffs it with chorizo.
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4:03Chris ValdesGUEST
What's boliche? Boliche is like a picture like a beef tenderloin, a beef round.
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4:08Chris ValdesGUEST
She roasts it, but before she roasts it, she makes an incision in the middle and she stuffs it all the way, which for me, I never understand how she's like, if it's this big, how she stuffs it all the way with chorizo, but it's just in there.
31 MINS LATER
The Perfect Spicy Mezcal Margarita w/ Chef Chris Valdes 🍹
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0:06Chris ValdesGUEST
We've still got a couple more over here, but now it is time to make our spa- spicy mezcal margarita.
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0:15Chris ValdesGUEST
Okay, so m- I think the most important thing, uh, there's two very important things when you're making a good margarita.
9 MINS LATER
Cinco de Mayo Pod Gets Wild When Chef Chris Valdes Arrives
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1:23speaker_0HOST
You got the ropa vieja and then c- the tacos, obviously.
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1:29Chris ValdesGUEST
And today we're using a little four cheese Mexican blend, but you could use any cheese type of situation.
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1:35Chris ValdesGUEST
A- and, and the secret there is once you dip it in that, that little fattiness and the, and the au jus of the, of the beef, let it crisp up.
22 MINS LATER
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23:44speaker_0HOST
Okay
