The gorgeous 5'9" Chrissy Teigen has made it clear from Instagram and interviews alike that she might be a swimsuit model, but that doesn't mean she survives off juice cleanses. Her true love is food—junk food, mainly: chicken wings, queso, Frito pie, and more. This weekend the Captain Morgan spokes-celeb, who just wrapped shooting her first cookbook, caught up with Delish at the brand's Sunday RumDay in Miami about how often you'll actually find her hitting up the Taco Bell drive-thru and her bizarre (low-carb) Doritos hack.
1. SHE NEVER EATS CARBS IN THE A.M.
"I get really mad when I hear there's a continental breakfast somewhere. I'm not a big breakfast pastry, chocolate croissant girl. I have to have eggs every day. I like a farmer's breakfast: two over-easy eggs, turkey bacon or pork sausage, sliced avocado, and grilled tomatoes. I can't do pancakes or else I just want to go to bed. Eggs are my must—with a ton of Cholula on top."
2. YOU'LL ALWAYS FIND PICKLED PEPPERS IN HER FRIDGE.
"They're my go-to. Pickled green hot peppers, deli-style pickled jalapeños, pepperoncinis. I put them in certain dishes, like tuna casserole, when I want that crunchy bite of heat, but I mainly just munch on them. I love intense spice, and sour, too—anything super acidic."
3. DINNER IS HER BIGGEST MEAL OF THE DAY.
"It's funny, I start every day attempting to be healthy, but then dinner is when I always mess up. By then I'm feeling deprived, so when I finally get home around 11 o'clock I end up eating a heavy dinner. I don't like food on the go and I don't do snacks—I need meal meals. I end up waiting until the time I'm sitting at home in front of the TV. It's always pretty hearty—I love a big rib-eye. If I have a salad or something lighter for dinner, I wake up around 2 a.m. and go candy crazy. So I need to find that balance—still working on it!
4. SLICE OF PIZZA > SLICE OF PIE.
"I'm not a big dessert person. I could never eat dessert again. I skipped desserts entirely in my upcoming cookbook. I hop from breakfast to lunch to dinner to drinks."
5. "SOMETIMES YOU JUST WANT A DORITOS LOCOS TACO."
"I eat fast food a few times a week. Sometimes I go a little crazy, especially when things get nuts and I'm in L.A. I'm used to living in New York and I myself would never ever venture into a Taco Bell or McDonald's. But there's something about L.A., with the drive-thru — it's too easy. I get haters who ask why I would eat that kind of meat? There's a balance with anything. When I cook, everything is organic and very clean; I'm meticulous and kind of insane about it. But sometimes you just want a Doritos Locos Taco."
6. SHE HAS THIS THING WITH DORITOS ...
"I lick off the nacho cheese seasoning and put the chips back in the bag. You still get all the flavor, not all the carbs!"
7. SHE DOESN'T JUST SIP RUM — SHE COOKS WITH IT, TOO.
"I make a French toast recipe with rum, like a French toast casserole. You soak the bread overnight and in the morning you pop it in the oven with a Frosted Flake, butter, and salt topping."
8. SHE EXISTS ON RANCH.
"I eat ranch dressing with EVERYTHING — always with fries."
9. SHE BELIEVES IN BYO-CONDIMENTS.
"I'm obsessed with Cholula. I bring packets on the airplane. People get jealous and ask the flight attendant for some and they say I brought them myself. I have them upstairs in my hotel room right now!"
10. SHE WON'T EAT PANCAKES.
"Anytime I eat pancakes I feel like such a glutton. Even though I'll eat the same amount of calories in fried chicken. For some reason it just sits and I feel really gross and mad at myself all day."
11. SHE SWEARS SHE CAN SEE CARBS IN HER FACE.
"Carbs make me go 'pow'. You can literally look at a photo and know if I ate carbs. My face isn't the most forgiving of them."
12. SHE THINKS SHE'D TAKE JOHN'S FRIED CHICKEN OVER SEX ... MAYBE.
"John's fried chicken is really, really amazing — I'm a fried chicken nut — but is it better than sex? That's a hard one; the sex is pretty good! Actually, my mom's scalloped potatoes are better than sex — final answer."
13. SHE DOESN'T DENY HER MIDNIGHT CRAVINGS.
"Hot Pockets are fun. I also love cashews and pistachios; I'm a big nut eater. But ideal midnight snack would be Cup Noodles or Hot Pockets."
14. SHE CAN'T GET ENOUGH SPICY CHIPS.
"Tim's Cascade Jalapeño Potato Chips are my favorite. I do a tuna casserole where I crumble and toss them with shredded cheddar and that's the topping. Amazzzing."
15. SHE LOOKS TO MOM'S COOKING WHEN SHE'S HUNGOVER.
"Best hangover cure: my mom's rice porridge. It's a thick rice porridge with a ton of ginger and garlic that makes everything go away. You can make these little pork meatballs that you drop into it."
But when it comes to "drunchie" foods, ramen and pho are where it's at — and bonus, they're a hangover cure, too. "Pho is like an amazing hangover cure and then ramen for like that milky Tonkotsu very porky broth, "Teigen told Refinery29.
16. HER FAVORITE FOOD COMBO IS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED
"I love everything bagels and peppercinis together. And butter. Everything bagel toasted with butter, sprinkled with peppercinis. I love that. When I was pregnant, I really loved whole milk and rare steak. That was like my jam," Teigen said.
17. SHE'S GOT SOME BOLD OPINIONS ON THE BEST FAST FOOD BURGER
"I'm gonna go ahead and say Shake Shack over In-N-Out."
18. SHE'S NOT A COFFEE DRINKER, BUT SHE'S OBSESSED WITH ONE ITEM AT STARBUCKS.
"I love a green tea Frapp, but I cannot actually have the coffee, coffee part."
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