Chopped After Hours

Geoffrey Zakarian, Aaron Sanchez and Chris Santos make exotic appetizers featuring eel and shaved coconut.

Scott Conant, Amanda Freitag and Geoffrey Zakarian man the stations and cook with hanger steak, under the watchful eye of guest host Alex Guarnaschelli.

Alex Guarnaschelli, Scott Conant and Amanda Freitag use a blowtorch in this firefighter-tested basket that includes vanilla pudding and lemon soda.

Marc Murphy, Aaron Sanchez and Maneet Chauhan cook with pickled pig's feet, coleslaw mix, butter beans and sweet potato chips.

Chopped judges Amanda Freitag, Aaron Sanchez and Maneet Chauhan create a super Italiano appetizer using fish, sopressata and limoncello

Chopped judges Alex Guarnaschelli, Amanda Freitag and Marc Murphy try their hand at cook with the vegetarian basket ingredients, including golden beets, tempeh and wheatgrass.

Under the watchful eye of guest host Aaron Sanchez, Chopped judges Amanda Freitag, Marc Murphy and Marcus Samuelsson try to top the teen chefs' goat leg and hummus entrees.

Chopped judges Aaron Sanchez, Alex Guarnaschelli and Marcus Samuelsson attempt to conquer a basket featuring squid and leeks.

Host Ted Allen switches roles and joins Marc Murphy and Maneet Chauhan to cook with crab legs, asparagus, Mexican wedding cookies and sweet vermouth while Chris Santos acts as host.

Chopped judges Chris Santos, Geoffrey Zakarian and Scott Conant cook with leftover lasagna, hamburgers, fortune cookies and broccoli.