Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 271
The dried oysters not only become more fragrant when chewed, but also because they have been processed in advance, the moisture inside is actually quite sufficient. Although they are not as tender as fresh oysters, they still have a special flavor.

After swallowing the whole dried oysters in enjoyment, Li Xiaocai set his eyes on the circle of hair vegetables next to him.

Fa Cai, also known as Nostoc hairy, is a kind of algae of the order Nostoc of Cyanobacteria.

It is widely distributed in deserts and barren soils all over the world. It is named for its black and slender color, like human hair. It can be eaten, and medicinal ingredients can also be extracted from it. It is very precious.

Fat Cai is the only algal plant found growing on land in the world. It is very popular because of its high nutritional value. However, it was once included in the list of plants that were prohibited from being collected and sold more than ten years ago.

However, Dahan Kingdom later carried out large-scale artificial field planting, restored the wild reproductive environment of Nostocs, and resumed sales in recent years.

So most of the wild hair vegetables now use the first batch of artificial strains, which are only cultivated in a wild environment.

The color of Nostoc is actually deep purple, but the purple is not easy to see when piled up together.

The texture of the hair dish is very delicate and smooth, with a crunchy texture, very delicious.

The texture of Nostoc is similar to that of shark's fin, but the texture of Nostoc is soft and not as brittle as shark's fin.

Fa Cai itself has only a faint fragrance and no other taste, so what you eat is only its texture and nutritional value, and the taste depends entirely on the abalone juice wrapped in it.

The thickness of the abalone juice is appropriate and not too thick, and it will not feel too ostentatious after eating, and it will not cause the taste of the food to be lifted because it is too light.

For the lettuce, only the tenderest leaves of the lettuce heart are selected.

The lettuce is in boiling water, and it is taken out after a few seconds. When the lettuce is taken out, the heart of the lettuce is still raw, but because the lettuce is still warm, it can be cooked directly in a short time.

So when the guests eat it, the heat is just right.

A little salt is obviously added to the water in which the vegetables are blanched, so it tastes not only juicy on the surface, but also has a slight salty taste inside.

When many restaurants make oil-consuming lettuce or lettuce with abalone sauce, because the abalone juice or oil is added at the end, the chef does not add salt when boiling the lettuce.

Because they think that abalone juice and oyster juice are inherently salty, and if such salty juice is poured on it, then try to avoid using salt in other steps.

But in fact, the correct way should be to add salt when boiling, and when adding abalone juice later, try to reduce the salinity of the abalone juice.

The embarrassing atmosphere in the cabbage room seems to have eased a lot, and the fourth uncle was the first to break the silence:

"In the past, I heard many leaders say that those big leaders and wealthy businessmen invited them to [Ke Ruyun] for dinner. Today I really saw it."

"I used to hear them say how delicious the food is. I always didn't believe it. I thought it was all their bragging. I thought that the leaders thought it was delicious because the food here was expensive."

"However, after I tasted it myself today, I found that what they said was actually true. A simple good thing to make a fortune can be so delicious. It's really amazing. No wonder one person costs more than 3000."

Hearing what the fourth uncle said, Sun Yan quickly licked her face and said:
"Yes, yes, if it wasn't for Li Xiao's favor, we don't know when we would have the chance to eat it again."

"This is how one person attains the Tao, and the whole family ascends to heaven!"

Li Zhiming next to him quickly poked his mother's waist and reminded in a low voice:

"One person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven."

Although Li Zhiming tried to keep his voice down as much as possible, the dining table in the private room is so big, of course the rest of the people could vaguely hear it, and suddenly there were whispers of laughter in the private room.

But Sun Yan didn't feel embarrassed, and quickly said with a smile:

"That's right, that's right, I can't even speak well if one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven."

Li Xiao couldn't help but feel a little funny that his second mother, who had always looked down on her family, would have a sex change one day.

It's really a feng shui turn, how arrogant it was before, and how humble it is now.

It seems that she hasn't given up yet and is still thinking of pleasing herself with words and asking herself to help, but after thinking about it, how can a woman who is so preoccupied with him be willing to let such a big advantage slip away from her eyes.

But Li Xiao couldn't help shaking his head secretly. No matter what the other party did, he would not help him. Even if it really cost money, he would not agree to ask him to make a refund. He would definitely use some excuses to shirk it.

He was still young back then, but he still clearly remembered how embarrassing his father was back then.

After all, his father was sick and asked for money to treat his illness, but as a son, Li Jianguo couldn't come up with the money. He not only had to brazenly go to his wife's house to borrow it, but also went to the factory to ask the workers and the boss with snot and tears. borrow money.

As the saying goes, good money is easy to repay, but debts of favor are not easy to repay, so after my father paid back all the money, he still owes a lot of favors to others.

When others want to take a rest or ask for a temporary leave, Li Jianguo is always the substitute. After all, Li Jianguo always feels that he owes everyone a favor.

If it wasn't for the help of these workers back then, his father would not have been able to save him, so as long as the workers' demands were not too excessive, he would readily agree to them.

So Li Xiao has been thinking, if the two of them could lend a helping hand in time when grandpa needed help back then, let alone contribute the most, they only need to bear the corresponding obligations.

In this way, his father didn't have to be so embarrassing back then, and he didn't need to take so many extra classes in these years, and his health wouldn't be so bad. People under 40 have more than half of their hair gray.

If they had each paid 6 at the beginning, instead of only paying 2 at Sogou.

So today they need help, not to mention that he charges tens of thousands per hour now, even if he charges hundreds of thousands per hour, there is no problem for him to go and help for free without saying a word.

But now everything is out of the question, he even thinks that he can let them in so generously to pay New Year's greetings is considered very good.

So when he heard Erniang's flattery, Li Xiao just pretended that he didn't hear it.

Soon Moutai and other dishes came up one after another, with wine and meat, and the flattery of the second and third uncles, the atmosphere in the room soon became lively again.

Although Li Xiao didn't talk much all the time, he just chatted with Yu Qing and fourth uncle from time to time, but Li Jianguo and Liang Jinjian kept chatting with their second and third uncles with smiles on their faces.

Seeing this scene, Li Xiao couldn't help but sigh with emotion, her parents are too big.

But seeing his parents' happiness, Li Xiao's resentment seemed to be reduced a bit. It is true that the reason why he chose to eat here at Lai Ke Ru Yun was that he had some idea of ​​showing off in his heart.

Now it seems that this decision was really good at the time. A 4 yuan lunch is far more deterrent than a 700 million house and a Mercedes-Benz of more than 40 yuan.

But thinking about it, I ate 1/10 of a Mercedes-Benz for one meal, and the price is really scary.

The guests and hosts enjoyed the meal, of course Li Xiao was very happy, as for whether the second and third uncles were smiling and MMB in their hearts, he couldn't control it.

After the meal, Manager Cai politely sent the group of people to the car again. Such a move attracted the attention of the surrounding crowd.

Li Jianguo took his sister's car and went back to Longding Mansion first, while Li Xiao and his mother went to a nearby supermarket that was still open to buy some fresh vegetables and a wild East Star Spot.

It's funny to say that this wild Dongxingban was actually sold for the price of breeding Dongxingban. Li Xiao didn't understand what went wrong in the middle that would lead to such a result.

The salesperson also gritted his teeth and repeatedly confirmed that what he had was the cultivated East Star Spot. Li Xiao was really angry and funny, and finally had no choice but to buy it at a super cheap price.

Back at Longding Mansion, Li Xiao immediately started preparing today's dinner. Although it's only two o'clock and there are still a few hours before dinner, some materials need to be prepared for a long time, so it's time to start preparing now.

Li Xiao thought about it, waved off her mother who wanted to come to help, and asked her to accompany relatives, of course, mainly to chat with fourth aunt and fourth uncle, while she was busy in the kitchen.

Familiar with turning on the kitten live broadcast on the mobile phone, Li Xiao started the live broadcast.

After all, it has been two full days since I started the live broadcast. As the most dedicated model worker of the kitten live broadcast, it is a rare case of being lazy.

The news of Li Xiao's broadcast was sent out through the background of the live broadcast room, and the number of people in the live broadcast room increased rapidly.

The number of 20 was quickly broken. He smiled and said to the audience:

"Long time no see. I wish the handsome guys and beautiful women in the live broadcast room a happy new year and good health. Thank you for the new year. Everyone continue to support my live broadcast."

However, before Li Xiao could say the second sentence, a sum of rewards appeared on the screen in the live broadcast room. The number of rewards was so large that the screen in the live broadcast room even froze for a short time.

Seeing the dazzling gift special effects appearing in the live broadcast room, Li Xiao couldn't understand what was going on all of a sudden.

However, before he could figure out what happened, six or seven rockets rose from the ground one after another.

Most of the remarks behind the rocket are such as: [Happy New Year], [The anchor has worked hard! 】,【happy New Year everyone! 】 Such blessing words.

Li Xiao finally realized that this was the legendary New Year's fan giveaway.

During the New Year, many viewers who have received a large number of red envelopes have a high desire to tip.

And these viewers with a high desire to tip will tip their favorite anchors.

The income of many anchors during the seven or eight days of the New Year alone exceeds the usual two-month income or even more.

Therefore, even for an important festival like the Chinese New Year, many anchors are willing to stay in their live broadcast room for a long time, just to wait for the local tyrant who may give him a huge reward.

And because of Li Xiao's huge fan base, the number of local tyrants appearing in the live broadcast room will also increase accordingly.

So even at the moment when Li Xiao started the live broadcast, the gift rain of rewards started to spread in the live broadcast room.

As the special effects of these gifts continued to disappear and reappear, his popularity rose rapidly, and he soon reached the top [-] popularity list, and then broke through the top [-] with lightning speed.

However, his improvement in the popularity list soon slowed down, because many anchors started live broadcasting early this morning.

And the total number of gifts rewarded by everyone has also accumulated a lot, so it will not be able to surpass other people at all for a while.

However, Li Xiao didn't care about his ranking in the popularity list at all. After thanking him, he turned around and went to the workbench to process the lamb that had been thawed out earlier.

His hand touched the lamb's grayish-white skin lightly. The skin was delicate and smooth, giving it a strange feeling.

Although the temperature of the lamb is still a bit cold, it is already very close to room temperature, and after several hours of thawing, the meat is no longer stiff and becomes soft.

Li Xiao lifted the whole lamb and shook it in front of the camera

"Today, I will cook a very hard and hard dish for you, roasted whole lamb. Of course, there will be several other hard dishes later, but it may be more difficult, so the first simple hard dish, everyone Learn more carefully."

There was a burst of wailing in the live broadcast room

"Good guy, did Versailles live just after the New Year's Eve?"

"It's the first time I've heard of roasted whole lamb. It's a simple hard dish?? Is my ear hallucinated by the sound of firecrackers?"

"One thing to say, it's really easy to roast a whole lamb, otherwise you can roast it with a grill, but whether it tastes good or not is another question."

"What the upstairs said is quite reasonable. The problem is that I can't cook it well, so why do I still cook it?"

"A few days ago, I watched the video of the anchor buying sheep. A sheep is not cheap. If it fails, isn't the price a bit too high?"

"Failure is success, damn it. If you don't fail a few times, how can you have success?"

"I can't afford a roasted whole lamb. The price is equivalent to half a month's salary. It's too extravagant."

Li Xiao took out a sharp knife and made a gesture on the whole sheep.

"Our main effort in making this roasted whole lamb is marinating, but before marinating, we need to break his tendons first, otherwise when roasting, his tendons will shrink due to heat , causing the whole sheep to curl up."

As he spoke, he slashed a dozen knives on the lamb that had already been cut open and cleaned.

Every knife was drawn on the main tendons of the little lamb. As long as several of his large tendons were cut off directly, the problem of muscle retraction would not be so serious.

"We cut off the lamb's tendons, and we can use a rack to set him up directly. Of course, here is a recommendation for everyone to find an iron rack for roasting whole lamb."

"After the limbs are secured with racks, the pickling can begin."

Li Xiao took out a lot of spices, and he introduced to the audience:
"Because the lamb is too big, we must not be stingy with spices when marinating."

"We first crush the large pieces of spices with a cooking machine. If you don't have a cooking machine, you can put them in a bag and smash them with a hammer. These spices are grass fruit, cumin, ginger, cinnamon, angelica, and peppercorns. , Baihu grains, 5 grams of each kind is enough."

"After that, we can mix spices on top, mix peanut butter, chicken powder, cinnamon powder, cumin powder, sesame oil, rice wine, ginger juice, onion juice, and salad oil."

"Mix all the ingredients together, then add warm water to make them all into a paste."

While speaking, Li Xiao had already prepared a large plate of gray-brown marinade, picked up a small piece of seasoning with his fingers, and spread it evenly on the body of the little lamb, and the little lamb quickly turned from gray-white to gray-brown.

"When applying the marinade, remember to apply it evenly, not only the surface needs to be coated, but also the inside of the lamb, so that it can taste both on the outside and inside, and even more marinade on the inside, because the inside is uneven, There is no way to taste it without adding more marinade.”

This little lamb weighs only ten catties, and it is really not easy to handle. It took a full 10 minutes to marinate it.

Looking at the evenly colored lamb, Li Xiao nodded with satisfaction. Now the lamb has been marinated for the most part.

He flipped the lamb again to let the audience see the lamb clearly.

"We marinate the lamb to this extent to complete the first step, and then we wrap the 1 lamb feet in tin foil, because the hot spots of the 4 feet are too small and they can easily burn."

"It takes about two to three hours to marinate the lamb. During this period, we can use a small watering can to spray a little water on the surface of the lamb. The water will be absorbed by the lamb and make the lamb juicier and more tender."

"After waiting for two or three hours, we will preheat the oven to 180 degrees, and then stuff the roasted whole lamb in."

After watching the operation below, the audience in the live broadcast room felt that they were doing well again.

"Hey, this roasted whole lamb doesn't look too difficult!"

"It's too simple. I'll set off immediately to see if there are any lambs in the market. I'm going to eat roast whole lamb tonight."

"The baked leather shoes with so many seasonings are delicious."

"Please go upstairs to bake the leather shoes immediately. If you don't have enough seasoning, as long as you dare to tell me your address, I can send some by free shipping!"

"Laughing, there are still trolls who celebrate the Chinese New Year? Do the trolls charge overtime for the Chinese New Year?"

"By the way, have you not noticed a problem? How can such a big roasted whole lamb be stuffed into the oven?"

"Hey, my idea of ​​going upstairs is too tricky, I never thought of it before."

"You guys should be new here, right? Haven't you seen the super big oven in the host's house? It's more than enough to roast a whole lamb."

"Cry to death, then those of us who don't have a super big oven, can't we make this simple roast whole lamb?"

Li Xiao's eyes swept across this barrage and quickly said:
"Sorry, sorry, I've been forgetting. The oven in your home is not that big. Of course, even if you don't have an oven at home, you can still roast this whole lamb."

"But everyone needs to buy a turntable, which is the kind that can directly put the whole sheep on it. Of course, you also need to buy some charcoal."

"But if you use charcoal, you need someone to stand by and keep turning your cute little lamb, otherwise it will be burnt or undercooked due to uneven heating."

(End of this chapter)