Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 274
After singing a song, Li Xiao clapped her hands lightly, saying that she sang really well, and then pressed two rockets in the other party's live broadcast room, and then left without waiting for the kitten to thank her.

Looking at the live broadcast room opposite which had turned into a black screen, Kitty Maojiang was stunned, and then moved.

He used to receive a lot of gifts like rockets, and he received more than a dozen rockets almost every day in the live broadcast.

But since I was smeared in various ways on the Internet, not only my live broadcast room, but also fewer and fewer viewers.

Even the audience's rewards began to drop sharply. She didn't know how long she hadn't seen the rocket's special effects.

Those local tyrants who used to spend a lot of money in their live broadcast room seemed to disappear overnight.

And there are countless black fans in his live broadcast room to discredit him from various aspects, and even attack his fans.

She knew very well what the reason was, but she was unwilling to back down, unwilling to give in.

Even if she needs money very much now, and her father's factory also needs money very much, but she is not willing to sell what she thinks is the most precious thing.

But she regretted why she didn't do more food promotions and live broadcasts when she was popular.

At that time, a live broadcast could get at least 10,000+ tips, and sometimes even hundreds of thousands.

Unlike the current live broadcast, although there are quite a few people who watch it for a day, the rewards for each live broadcast are at most a few thousand, which is basically the same as before.

But even so, she has to keep going live. After all, more than 1000 million in her bank card has been filled in her father's project funds.

If you say you want to give up all that now, then more than 1000 million will be in vain, and dad will still be declared bankrupt.

Things will go to the worst. If you give up now, it's better not to even take out the more than 1000 million in the first place.

In that way, my family will have a better life. Even if my father goes bankrupt and all assets are confiscated, I can still have more than 1000 million yuan in my family to start over.

But now that more than 1000 million has been invested, it is impossible to withdraw. This is the so-called sunk cost effect. The more invested, the more reluctant people will be to leave.

Kitty Maojiang bit her lips, put on a smile again, apologized to the audience in the live broadcast room, turned around and went to the bathroom.

Close the toilet door, press the flush switch, clenched throat, vomit, the action is done in one go, and you can tell that you have done it many times.

Li Xiao did not continue the live broadcast of the PK, but went back to his room, casually opened an animation and the audience in the live broadcast room, and chatted while watching the animation.

After watching the anime for more than an hour, he went back to the first floor again, so that the marinated lamb was placed on the simple barbecue grill in the garden.

The charcoal fire had already been lit by Yuqing, and the black charcoal fire had turned fiery red. It was the time when the firepower was at its best, and there was no smoke or fire.

After adding a little water to the lamb with a small watering can, Li Xiao reminded:

"Yuqing, remember, turn the direction once a minute, and use this small watering can to replenish a little water for his whole body after turning five times, understand?"

Yu Qing coolly made an OK gesture with her hands, and then sat beside the fire.

Although the garden is quite windy, it doesn't feel cold at all because of the fire next to it.

Seeing Yu Qing appearing in front of the camera again, the female perverts in the live broadcast room roared again.

But Li Xiao didn't pay attention to the demands of these female perverts. She didn't lack the rewards of [-] to [-], so how could she wrong her cousin to perform because they said they wanted to reward Rocket.

Back in the kitchen, it's only an hour before the meal time, so we can officially start cooking.

Take out the cleaned pullet hen from the refrigerator. When making white-cut chicken, you must listen to the selection of young and small free-range chickens.

The best breed is Qingyuan Ma Chicken, which is quite extraordinary and has been protected as a geographical indication product as early as 2010.

When Nixon visited Han in 1972, he used it to entertain, and it was a state banquet-level chicken breed.

These chickens are raised loosely in mountainous areas, drink spring water, eat miscellaneous grains and insects, and grow two catties of meat after a hundred days. The skin is thin and tender, and the subcutaneous and intermuscular fat is rich. It is most suitable for white-cut chicken.

And the best choice is to cut them open before laying eggs.

Because it is said that the chicken eaten in this way is the most fresh and sweet, and the meat smell is the lightest, and the meat is the smoothest and most delicate.

This is probably similar to why vampires prefer to suck the blood of virgin girls.

Li Xiaozai carefully washed this Qingyuan No-Ma chicken that had been stripped naked again.

If there is no fluff on the fingers, it means that the skin of the chicken has been cleaned. Turn it over and check the inside, and the internal organs have also been removed cleanly, which is perfect.

He put the cleaned Qingyuan No-Ma chicken on the workbench, found a thin hemp rope, and tied the chicken's neck.

The camera is aimed at the boiling water that has begun to boil. The height of this pot of boiling water is about [-] times the length of the chicken.

The reason why it has to be so deep is because you have to put the No-Maj into the water and lift it up again later, and this action needs to be repeated many times.

If the water is too shallow, some parts will not be fully soaked, and uneven heating will easily occur.

Seeing that the temperature of the water in the pot was almost enough, Li Xiao introduced:

"Okay, now the water temperature is about 80~85 degrees and we can do it. If there is no thermometer in the house, we can observe the state of the water inside."

"The water must not boil. It is advisable to use the boiled shrimp eye water. At this time, the water temperature is about 80-85 degrees. At this time, you can turn down the heat to prevent the temperature from continuing to rise."

While talking, the water in the water tank had dense blisters the size of shrimp eyes. Li Xiao immediately immersed the chicken tied with hemp rope into the boiling water, talking.

"When you put the chicken in the water for the first time, you can soak it for a little longer, about 30 seconds."

"When the 30 seconds are up, the chicken should be lifted. After that, the soaking time should not exceed 15 seconds each time. The reason why you have to lift and soak the pullet in your hands repeatedly is to let the water flow to all parts of its body. .”

"This is similar to the [low temperature and slow cooking] in the emerging molecular cuisine, but the temperature of the water for soaking the chicken will be slightly higher than the water temperature of the [low temperature and slow cooking] in molecular cuisine."

While constantly pulling the hemp rope in his hand, Li Xiao said to the audience in the live broadcast room:

"The soaking process of white-cut chicken is actually very cumbersome, but the benefit of the tedious work is that it will make his chicken tender and smooth."

"Of course, if the viewers don't want to waste this effort, just turn off the fire, insert a thermometer in the water, turn on the fire again when the temperature is lower than 80 degrees, turn off the fire if it is higher than 85 degrees, and soak for 10 minutes That's about it."

In the live room
"Is it so easy to make the legendary Cantonese dish of white-cut chicken? I have to try it, and I can tell others that I can cook Cantonese food after I learn it."

"This dish is really as long as you have your hands. I also have a thermometer at home. I will try it tomorrow."

"Actually, white-cut chicken is very easy to make. The key is whether it tastes good and the sauce is good."

"The above said that if the sauce of a white-cut chicken is not tasty, then the white-cut chicken is useless."

Li Xiao was explaining to the audience how to choose a Qingyuan Ma chicken that is suitable for making white-cut chicken, while constantly pulling up and down the white-cut chicken in the pot.

Fifteen minutes passed quickly, and Li Xiao thoroughly put the whole chicken in the pot, and then took out two rows of ice cubes from the refrigerator.

Pour ice cubes into a large stainless steel plate, pour in clean water, and then thoroughly soak the white-cut chicken in the pot into ice water.

Li Xiao reminded:
"This step is very critical. Super cold water can make the white-cut chicken form a layer of jelly that the old Guangzhou people talk about most."

"This jelly-like layer is between the skin and the meat, crystal clear like jelly, and has a slippery texture."

"Many people think it's fat, but it's actually a mixture of collagen and gravy, just like the pig's knuckle jelly and fish jelly that friends in the north are familiar with. It's rich in amino acids and extremely delicious. It's like a jelly-like natural chicken essence."

"Whether there is this transparent jelly layer is also one of the criteria for judging whether a white-cut chicken is qualified or not."

In order to cool down as soon as possible to retain the precious jelly layer, the water must be ice enough, so more than half of Li Xiao’s plate of ice water just now is filled with ice cubes, so that the white-cut chicken at 80 degrees can be quickly cooled down to 0 degrees.

After putting the chicken thoroughly in the ice water with a layer of ice cubes floating on it, Li Xiao turned around and went to deal with the seasoning.

There are many ways to make dipping sauces, and there are all kinds of them.

The most common dipping sauce only needs ordinary soy sauce and some hot oil. Of course, there are simple ones, and there must be complex ones. There are also dipping sauces that need to be refined for seven to 49 days, from a large pot to a small dish.

Of course, these were not among Li Xiao's choices.

After all, it is white-cut chicken. If it is not served with green onion, then this white-cut chicken is incomplete.

And because Li Xiao's live broadcast this time has teaching tasks, he didn't choose fancy production methods.

I saw him take out green shallots and a piece of peeled ginger, and introduced to the audience in the live broadcast room:
"Today I will teach you how to make a simple scallion juice. This is the simplest version. The ratio of chopped scallion to minced ginger is 2:8, add a little scallion for color, and season with salt, soup, monosodium glutamate, and chicken essence. After pouring hot oil, "Zi La" stimulates the aroma. "

While speaking, he had already crushed the shallots in his hand with a knife, separated the white and minced green onions, and placed the ginger on the melon grater, and used the simplest tool to take out the minced ginger.

Squeeze out the ginger juice from the minced ginger with your hands. After all, if there is too much ginger juice, the ginger taste will be very strong, which will affect the overall problem.

Put in the seasoning, pour a small spoonful of squeaking peanut oil, and the simplest scallion juice is complete.

After adjusting the dipping sauce, Li Xiao took the white-cut chicken out of the ice water by the way.

At this time, the poached chicken exudes a proud air-conditioning, and it is obvious that the overall temperature has dropped enough.

However, Li Xiao didn't directly chop up the white-cut chicken and put it on a plate, because there is still a period of time for the chicken to wake up after cooling down. The function is to let the chicken relax, and the chicken will be more tender and soft when eaten.

The other dishes are not too difficult. Chop the pork ribs into the size of a thumb, marinate them with salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chicken essence, and minced garlic and fermented soybeans, and put them in the steam oven. If necessary, turn on the oven for 15 minutes and it will be out of the oven.

Sliced ​​egg beef is cut into slices in advance, add an egg white, add various seasonings, and a little starch water, and stir constantly to let the water blend into the beef slices.

Li Xiao reminded:
"The starch water should be added in small amounts and many times, so that the beef can be continuously absorbed."

"If a large amount of starch water is added at one time, the water will be drained from the beef again not long after the addition."

"If there is no water in the beef, it will taste dry and sticky, not tender enough."

Taking the time to glance at Yu Qing who was still rolling the lamb in the garden, he found that he was not lazy.

Not only does the rolling speed remain the same as before, but the watering can in hand is sprayed from time to time to keep the mutton hydrated and prevent the skin of the lamb from being scorched.

Li Xiao nodded in satisfaction, her three cousins, Yu Qing, were the most obedient and had the best academic performance.

If it was Zhiming or Zhiquan who I ordered just now, then the roasted whole lamb in the garden would have become a whole lamb with carbon.

Even if you don't change the carbon sheep, if you tell them to spray water with a watering can on time, you will probably be lazy.

After quickly finishing the preparation of other dishes, Li Xiao wiped her hands and walked towards the garden.

Checking the status of the roasted whole lamb, he nodded with satisfaction. The outer skin of the lamb has become golden and crispy, and the spices on it also exude a rich and attractive aroma. Golden oil flowers.

The condition was perfect, Li Xiao patted his cousin on the shoulder and praised:
"It's very well done, the heat and moisture are well controlled, and it can be taken inside after a few minutes of spinning."

Hearing Li Xiao's approval, Yu Qing, who was nervous, relaxed. After all, a sheep is not cheap, and it would be difficult if she was roasted by herself.

Now that he heard his cousin's praise, he nodded in relief, sat down on the stool again and began to turn the roasted whole lamb.

It takes less than 10 minutes to return to the kitchen, and all the rest of the work is done. You only need to wait for the rice to be cooked and the steamed fish to be ready to eat.

After finishing today's home cooking teaching, Li Xiao said goodbye to the audience in the live broadcast room.

Today's live broadcast is neither too long nor short. Of course, if you want to compare it with Li Xiao himself, it is indeed much shorter than the usual live broadcast.

However, he glanced at the data on his phone and found that he had already climbed to the top three in the popularity list at some point.

Moreover, No.2 is already very close to No. 1. It is estimated that two or three more rockets will be able to catch up to No. [-].

Of course, he didn't continue the live broadcast because he wanted to earn the first place. This kind of food can't be eaten or drunk.

And the total number of rewards is quite astonishing, the total number of rewards in just 3 hours of live broadcast is 80.

But now that his contract has become 40 or 32, he could get 8, but now he can only get [-], which is more than [-] less.

But looking at the more than 300 million lying quietly in the bank card account, Li Xiao didn't have much feeling for the missing 8.

After downloading the live broadcast, he greeted the people who were playing cards in the hall, and the people in the game responded one after another to express their last hand.

Mahjong is also a must-have entertainment in Li Xiao's family every year. The game is not too big, one piece, two pieces, purely for entertainment when chatting.

Li Xiao glanced across the hall but found something was missing. After thinking carefully, he realized that his two cousins ​​were missing.

He looked towards the garden with some doubts, but he didn't find his other two cousins ​​in the garden.

He frowned, did he go out while he was cooking?
However, just as he was thinking, there was a sound of exclamation from the second floor, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Li Xiao took a deep breath, the voice seemed to be coming from his own room.

And he can be sure that there are no huskies or other large creatures in his room, so the two disappeared cousins ​​can only cause such a movement.

Sure enough, a heavy object appeared on the second floor. Less than 2 seconds after the sound of the landing, two figures rushed down from upstairs. There was no doubt that it was Li Zhiquan and Li Zhiming who had disappeared.

Seeing the panic on the faces of the two of them, Li Xiao quickly recalled in his mind, what kind of thing in his room could make such a sound.

Then he figured it out. There were not many things in his room, and the only thing that could make such a sound was probably his own live broadcast equipment.

Since I am currently live broadcasting, the equipment they dropped can only be a drone that is charging on the table.

Li Xiao walked from the open kitchen to the hall. The two who had just come down from the upstairs had already hid behind their parents like a quail.

He rubbed his temples, glanced at the two timid cousins, and then shook his head.

He didn't scold directly, but walked upstairs. Although there was a lot of movement just now, he still had to take a look at what happened before deciding what to do.

If the problem is not serious, then he can pretend that nothing happened. Although the relationship between the two families is not very good, it is Chinese New Year after all.

If it's just some minor problems, he can let the two of them go.

Pushing open the door and walking to his computer desk, he saw his smart drone, three of the four propellers were damaged.

One of the propellers has been completely broken, the bearings have been broken, and it is obvious that it needs major repairs.

The damage to the remaining two propellers was not very serious, and only the upper blade needed to be replaced if the blade was broken.

He rubbed his temples, feeling a little headache.

He also thought that the plot like a brat coming to make trouble in the room would only happen to some little kids of a few years old.

I didn't expect it to appear on two guys who were already in their third year of high school today. Actually, this matter is neither big nor small.

After all, these tens of thousands of dollars per drone really need to be overhauled, and those thousands of dollars are indispensable, but thousands of dollars are really not a lot to him now.

After a few seconds of ringing, he sighed, forget it, after all, there is really no need to hurt relatives for thousands of dollars, and they are so old that they are not sensible.

They're just two unlovable cousins, and I don't bother to discipline them. Anyway, when they leave the society, someone will teach them for me, so I don't have to waste my time.

Thinking of this, he closed the door and returned to the hall calmly.

Looking at the two cousins ​​with nervous faces, he shook his head and said to everyone:

"What are you doing in a daze, let's eat quickly."

Sun Yan immediately stood up and wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Li Xiao waving:
"It's okay, it's okay, it's nothing serious, it's not like something valuable is broken, just take it to repair, I don't want to curse people when it's New Year's Eve, hurry over to eat, don't do this next time."

In the middle of the night, he nodded and bowed and pulled his son:
"Why don't you hurry up and thank your cousin? Going up to get a mobile phone charging cable made a mess, what else can you do?"

Only then did Li Xiao understand why they moved their own drone after they entered their room. It was probably because they saw such a large technological drone when they were looking for a charging cable, so they became curious.

Maybe they accidentally fell to the ground while playing, and the two of them didn't intend to sabotage.

After thinking it over, he forced a smile on his face, waved his hand and said again:
"Okay, I said it's okay if it's okay, go eat quickly, or the food will be cold later."

Seeing that Li Xiao really didn't care, the second and third uncles breathed a sigh of relief. They just heard that their son said that they broke a drone that was as big as a washbasin and looked expensive.

They were also worried about whether Li Xiao would ask them to pay for it. If they had to pay a lot of money, it would be over for them.

Thanks to all the big guys for the monthly tickets, recommendation tickets, and the rewards from a lot of big guys, it's really too expensive.grateful.

(End of this chapter)