I really can't control myself.

Chapter 3462 Secret Skills
"...Okay, it seems that the players on both sides have completed their works now. Both sides spent a long time this time. It seems that they have tried their best." Ma Lin said.

Indeed, this confrontation took a very long time, and Linton even felt a little impatient waiting.

The main reason was that the rules of the competition were determined beforehand and the time was not mentioned. Linton thought that the chefs in this world were all cooking like a train, and according to previous experience, it should be very fast. Unexpectedly, it was particularly slow this time.

But in fact, neither side stopped, and the two were busy from beginning to end. Linton could even feel that the two were still catching the train, but this time the way to the train station might be a little longer. Maybe, as Ma Lin said, they really did their best.

The actual situation is indeed like this. Whether it is Xiang En or Liu Maoxing, they obviously have reasons not to lose.

Liu Maoxing wanted to save people, not to mention that Xiang En didn't dare to come this time like before. After all, this duel was related to the future of the entire dark cuisine world. If he became the deputy minister, it would affect the subsequent plans of the entire organization. He must get this position.

If he lost, he wouldn't know how to face the leader.

So Xiang En really put his best into cooking this time.

She was faster and finished her dish first. She wanted to serve it to Linton for comments, but was stopped by Ryan, Chef Jie and others.

"What do you want to do?" Xiang En asked disdainfully.

"You don't think the same strategy will work a second time, do you? No matter what, you should eat Amu's food first this time." Master Xie said.

It turned out that they remembered that in the third match, Xiang En had used the method of taste paralysis to win. In order to prevent such a situation from happening again, the two stopped Xiang En.

"Heh, I don't plan to use the same trick twice." Xiang En said, "After all, this competition is related to whether I can become the deputy minister. I have to show my true strength."

That being said, it made sense. But Master Ryan and Master Jie didn't believe a word of what the woman said, and clearly had no intention of giving way.

"What's wrong? This is a royal duel, the first food battle. Do you want to stop the contestants? I'm not the one being offended." Xiang En said.

Indeed, there were guards ready to come up. This was the first food battle hosted by Linton, and if someone caused trouble it would obviously be a slap in Linton's face, so of course the guards would come to maintain order.

Xiang En obviously knew this, so he was not afraid of the two people blocking his way.

"This..." Looking at the guards who were about to come up, Master Xie didn't know what to do. Just as he was about to talk to Linton about the situation, he suddenly heard Liu Maoxing's voice beside him: "I'm done."

Fortunately, Liu Maoxing was only a little late, and he had already come to the stage with a huge casserole. Seeing this, Ryan and Chef Jie made way. Xiang En also quickly put his dish on the stage.

It seems that Xiang En really didn't intend to use the same trick again this time. She put down her plate calmly and waited for the judges. She didn't make any requests to eat hers first.

"Oh, then... let's start the evaluation." Linton nodded, looked at Xiang En who was motionless, and took the initiative to say, "In that case, let's start with the work of the Little Chef."

"..." Although Liu Maoxing wanted to say that he was not called by that name, he held it in for a long time and still did not speak, because he was really worried that if he got entangled in this, Linton would issue an imperial decree to change his name. He just pretended that he did not hear it. Liu Maoxing took a step forward, clasped his fists, and then opened the lid.

The moment the lid was opened, a ray of light came on. It was indeed a glowing food, and the light was amazing.

Along with the light came a strong heat. When everyone looked into the casserole, they could see the huge eel meat directly, and below it was a very shallow clear soup base.

"Liu Maoxing's special steamed giant river eel, please evaluate it." Liu Maoxing said with a fist salute again.

"Steamed river eel." The audience nodded one after another. Steamed river eel is a very common way to cook river eel. It just sounds like a simple method, which is to put the river eel in a steamer and steam it, but it is actually not simple to do at all.

The biggest problem with this cooking method is the earthy smell. It is really difficult to remove the fishy smell of river eels, and steaming is an inherent deficiency in this cooking method.

Through other methods, such as charcoal grilling, braising, etc., other seasonings can be used to cover up the earthy smell, but if it is steamed, more of the original flavor will be retained, and the earthy smell will be more prominent.

Therefore, the most important point about this dish is whether it has an earthy smell.

Of course, the audience could only discuss it, but Linton and the others must have eaten it directly. Soon, Linton cut a piece of fish directly, and as soon as he put it in his mouth, a very fresh fragrance rushed into every part of his mouth.

Yes, there is no earthy smell at all. Not only that, there is no other strange smell.

There are some ways to remove the earthy smell, such as soaking it in vinegar, using garlic, onion, ginger, etc., but other flavors will be mixed in. But the dish in front of me obviously did not have that, it was just pure eel flavor, plus some... probably pork flavor.

"How do you do that?" Fubuki, who was standing next to him, was obviously the most curious and couldn't help asking, "I'm talking about removing the fishy smell. How do you do that?"

"Indeed, it's quite magical that it can remove the earthy smell and yet retain such a fresh taste." Aizen also spoke.

Linton glanced at Aizen. This could be possible. Could this guy really be a judge?
"Well, I can do this because I used a secret technique... the Five-Layer Soup." Chef Xiao said, holding up five fingers.

"Five-layer soup?" Fubuki asked, obviously having never heard of it.

"First, cover the eel meat with pork, brush it with cooking wine, salt, pepper and other seasonings, steam it in a double steamer through a layer of utensils, and squeeze out the excess fat. Then use the best dried goods to make soup, add the eel meat and stew it, then pour out the soup. Then change to another soup and repeat. Repeat this process five times, that is, use five kinds of soup to nourish the eel. The eel will absorb the essence of these five soups and remove all the earthy smell at the same time." Liu Maoxing said, "This is the secret technique, the five-layer soup."

"I see..." Fubuki nodded, "No wonder there are so many strong flavors."

"Uh..." Linton was confused. How come he couldn't taste so many different flavors? Was he eating the same thing? Fortunately, he didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)