Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 281

After a few more days, this matter finally came to a perfect conclusion.

And the time has quietly come to the day of the Lantern Festival. After the Lantern Festival, the not-so-quiet New Year is finally over.

Li Xiao originally wanted to come to visit the squad leader to pay his respects in his old age, after all, the squad leader was of great help in this matter.

If there is no squad leader, let alone whether Zhao Buhui can be sent in, whether he can come out intact is still open to discussion.

However, when he contacted the squad leader, he learned that the squad leader had already traveled abroad two days ago, so the plan to come to thank him fell through smoothly.

On the Lantern Festival, Li Xiao's family has the custom of eating glutinous rice balls.

Many people think that Yuanxiao is glutinous rice balls, and glutinous rice balls are glutinous rice balls. In fact, this idea is wrong. Although the two are very similar, they are not the same thing at all.

The glutinous rice ball filling is soft, and there are many choices of salty, sweet, meat and vegetable.

The stuffing for Yuanxiao is hard, and it is usually single and sweet.

Tangyuan are mostly boiled or fried.

Yuanxiao is mostly fried, but it can also be boiled.

The soup after the glutinous rice balls are boiled is clear soup.

The soup after Yuanxiao cooking is cloudy.

Generally speaking, Yuanxiao is eaten more in the north, while glutinous rice balls are preferred in the south.

Li Xiao's family eats glutinous rice balls, usually stuffed with peanuts and sesame seeds.

Of course, the habit of eating sweet glutinous rice balls was started by his father's generation. Li Xiao still vaguely remembered that when he was a child, he still ate salty glutinous rice balls during the Lantern Festival.

At that time, the glutinous rice balls did not have any fillings, they were solid small flour balls, but when cooking the glutinous rice balls, cabbage, pork, chicken, and sometimes even some dried squid were added.

Li Xiao's grandfather liked salty balls made into salty taste, but he was very insensitive to them.

During the Lantern Festival in previous years, Li Xiao's parents had already started to go to work. After all, one extra day of work would earn one extra day of money.

Moreover, many factories started working before the Lantern Festival, and not only did they receive red envelopes for starting work, but also 1.5 times the wages. After all, in many people's perceptions, the New Year ends after the Lantern Festival.

So I don’t have time to make glutinous rice balls by myself, so I can only buy some ready-made glutinous rice balls in the mall every year, boil them in clear water at dinner time, add some sugar at the end, and it’s the festival.

But today it is rare for the whole family to celebrate the Lantern Festival neatly, so Li Xiao specially went to the market to buy materials and came back to make glutinous rice balls.

It's been a long time since I turned on the kitten live broadcast on my mobile phone. The incidents of people being inferior to dogs have flooded every corner of the Internet these days, and Li Xiao, the person involved, can hide as much as he can.

To be honest, if he is willing to take advantage of this wave of enthusiasm and live broadcast for five or six hours a day, he may be able to earn a small million a day, and if he meets some local tyrants with a strong sense of justice, the number may be even more .

But Li Xiao was unwilling to do this, because he felt that receiving live broadcast rewards from the audience at this time was like doing good deeds for everyone's rewards, popularity and traffic.

Therefore, the suspension period that was originally planned to end in three days was extended to seven days accordingly.

Li Xiao was a little nervous, he had never rested for such a long time.

There is not even a minute of live broadcast time for 7 days, which is unimaginable for any anchor.

After all, the society is very cruel now, not to mention not broadcasting for 7 days, even if there is no continuous live broadcast for two or three days, I am afraid that the popularity will drop a lot.

After all, if you don’t come to live broadcast, there will always be others who are willing to live broadcast. The live broadcast industry is too alternative.

If you don't read yours, you can read other people's. Anyway, there is no need to worry about reading the entire list of candidates. This is why the former No. [-] lady in the gourmet district fell to the mundane world in just two months.

Moreover, Li Xiao is still in a period of rapid development, otherwise no one would be willing to make such a decision.

However, what surprised him was that he hadn't started the broadcast for a full 7 days, but his popularity didn't drop too much. It wasn't long after the broadcast.

The number of people online in the live broadcast room has exceeded 15, and this number is still rising.

Although the number of people is indeed more than 20 online at the peak of the previous few days, the number of people is far behind, but it is already quite good.

After all, the traffic brought by hot people is too huge, and he never dared to hope to reproduce his glory.

What's more, people nowadays are very forgetful. 7 days ago, the incident of "people are not as good as dogs" was a sensation among the whole people. Today, 7 days later, not many people have mentioned it. It seems that everyone has completely forgotten about it.

[Yuzhou Banquet] The five-star hotel also reopened 7 days later, that is, yesterday.

However, they are somewhat self-aware, and opened quietly, even without any announcement on the official website.

They didn't even burn the firecrackers that needed to be set off for reopening, and they were quietly afraid that they would return to the hot spot again.

He greeted the audience:

"Long time no see. I would like to wish all the viewers a happy New Year. I wish you all a happy Lantern Festival."

The atmosphere in the live broadcast room is quite good. After all, the saying that ignorant people are the happiest is quite reasonable.

"Hi handsome anchor!"

"Happy Lantern Festival, host!"

"By the way, didn't the anchor participate in the Dahan Food Festival? Why are you still staying at home?"

"The anchors have been working outside for the New Year all year round. Is it too much to go home and rest for more than ten days?"

"There is really nothing more important than going home during the Chinese New Year."

Seeing that the audience was concerned about when she would start eating and drinking all over the country, Li Xiao said:
"The Dahan Food Festival may need to be delayed for a few days, because tomorrow I will fly to the capital to take the star chef exam."

"In addition, I have to report to the national sports team in the capital. Of course, I am not a full-time athlete. I just applied for a part-time position, but I will have the opportunity to participate in competitions in the future."

When his voice fell, the barrage in the live broadcast room fell into a two-second silence. When everyone thought they were disconnected from the Internet, the barrage appeared overwhelmingly.

"Wait, I seem to have an auditory hallucination. It must be because I ate too much greasy food during the Chinese New Year and blocked my ears."

"Can anyone repeat what the anchor said just now? I seem to be hallucinating too!"

"I'm not surprised that the anchor can get the star chef certification, but what happens next?"

"Join a national sports team? Or work part-time?"

"This is the first time I've heard that our national team still has part-timers. With so many people in our country, is there still a shortage of part-timers?"

"I suspect the anchor is bragging and has actual evidence."

Seeing Yishui's voice of questioning in the barrage, Li Xiao scratched his head in order to avoid the collapse of his credit.

He hurriedly ran to his room and found the red first-level athlete certificate and the invitation letter of the national team.

When these two things with a high degree of authenticity appeared in front of everyone, the live broadcast room became quiet again.

After all, as long as anyone with a little brain knows this kind of national-level certificate, no one will counterfeit it for bragging.

And it was displayed in public, so there is almost no need to question the authenticity of such documents.

Of course, among the more than 10 spectators, there will be no shortage of sports enthusiasts, and there are even many professional athletes themselves.

"It's really a first-class athlete's certificate. My teacher has the same one. He is still hanging in our Taekwondo gym like a baby."

"My brother-in-law is the coach of the national sports team. During the Chinese New Year, I heard him say that the national team didn't know what was going on. He actually recruited a part-time job back. I didn't expect that person to be an anchor."

"I'll go. Does anyone here remember that we watched a very exciting table tennis match?"

"Hiss! Could it be that the table tennis match was not an exhibition match but a real one?"

"Anchor, just tell me what else you don't know? It's fine if you are so good at cooking. After all, it's your job. Now you tell me that you are still a first-level athlete. It's terrifying!!!"

Li Xiao waved his hands lightly, and said very modestly:

"Small meanings are trivial things, everyone, don't be too nervous, well, now that you have read the documents, you should be able to trust me."

After solving the credit crisis problem easily, Li Xiao returned to the kitchen and walked to the workbench again.

"Okay, let's get back to business, today is the Lantern Festival, so I just make glutinous rice balls for everyone."

"The making of glutinous rice balls is very simple. Since there are only three people in our family, today I will show you a kind of glutinous rice balls, which are stuffed with sesame seeds and peanuts."

"As for the red bean stuffing, cantaloupe stuffing, bitter gourd stuffing, bacon stuffing and other wonderful stuffings, I'll make them for you when I have a chance in the future!"

As he said just now, the steps to make glutinous rice balls are very simple, basically divided into three steps, one is to make the filling, the second is to make the skin, and the third is to boil.

"First, let's fry the peanuts and sesame seeds to make the filling."

"The first step is to soak the peanuts in clean water for 5 minutes. Soaking has two functions, one is to wash off the dust on the surface of the peanuts, and the other is to effectively prevent the skin of the peanuts from zooming during frying. .”

"After soaking for 5 minutes, the originally dry and flat peanuts have become slightly fuller. At this time, we can fish out the peanuts and drain the water."

"If possible, you can put the drained peanuts on the dehumidifying paper to absorb the water."

"Because if there is too much moisture on the surface of the peanuts, wait a minute, the oil in the pan will be easily splashed everywhere when the oil is put into the pan. This is the result of the difference in density and heating temperature between water and oil. "

In order to reduce everyone's waiting time, of course he had soaked the peanuts in advance and drained the water.

A small amount of peanut oil was poured into the iron pan, and Li Xiao poured all the peanuts into it, and while pouring in the peanuts, he reminded:
"Remember, when we fry peanuts, we need cold oil and cold oil, that is, pour all the oil and peanuts into the pot before the pot is opened."

"This is the key point. You need to take notes. This way you can try to avoid the high temperature of the oil and iron pan, which will cause the skin of the peanuts to burn, and also make the peanuts more crispy and delicious."

While speaking, he had already turned on the switch of the iron pot, and at the same time adjusted it to the minimum fire.

"When frying, you must use a spatula to constantly turn the peanuts, so that the peanuts are heated evenly, and you can't stop in the middle, otherwise the skin of the peanuts will become burnt."

"In addition, don't use high heat to fry, otherwise it will appear that the outside is cooked and burnt, but the inside is still raw."

As Li Xiao explained, the color of the peanut coat, which was originally light pink, gradually became darker, from pink to light red, and then dark red, after the peanut skin turned reddish brown.

The peanuts make a dense crackling sound, and the feel of frying will become much lighter, and the peanut fragrance will become stronger and stronger.

After hearing the crackling sound, Li Xiao quickly turned off the fire, then opened the Moutai that had been prepared earlier and poured it on the fried peanuts.

At about eighteen or nine, Li Xiao stopped his hands when he felt that the whole kitchen was already smelling of Moutai.

Seeing the scene of his prodigal family, everyone in the live broadcast room gasped.

"I suspect that the anchor is showing off his wealth, but there is no evidence!"

"I always thought Moutai was for giving away. No one likes to drink it, after all, it is so expensive. But now I realize that I was wrong. Not only some people drink it, but some even use it to fry peanuts."

"Is this the legendary Moutai peanut? It's too extravagant!"

"Good guy! The Moutai sprinkled is more expensive than peanuts. Is this the legendary soy sauce that is more expensive than chicken?"

"Can anyone explain why the anchor sprinkled some Moutai in?"

"I know this, because there are too many Moutai in the host's house, and it's uncomfortable not to sprinkle it."

Li Xiao chuckled when he saw these bullet screens, and it was indeed a bit of a luxury to sprinkle Moutai.

But there is no way, he doesn't want to show off his wealth.

Rather, there is no other wine with a lower alcohol content in his home, and the only Cantonese rice wine was used up during the Chinese New Year, so now it can only be replaced by Moutai with a slightly higher alcohol content.

Li Xiao explained:
"The high temperature will cause the white wine to volatilize instantly. When the white wine volatilizes, it can not only cool down the peanuts quickly, but also take away part of the moisture on the surface of the peanuts, so that the peanuts become more crispy and not soft, and taste more delicious."

While speaking, Li Xiao's rapid stir-frying has stopped, and the aroma of the wine has been evenly distributed in every peanut.

Pick up a peanut whose outer skin has begun to loosen and throw it into the mouth. It has a rich burnt aroma, a strong peanut aroma and a mellow Moutai aroma mixed together.

Since the fried peanuts are used to make fillings, Li Xiao didn't add salt during the frying process. Although the tasteless peanuts are a bit bland, they can make the original flavor of peanuts stand out more.

After frying the peanuts, Li Xiao put his eyes on the washed sesame seeds.

He scooped up a spoonful of wet sesame seeds with a spoon and said to the audience:
"There is a lot of dust on the sesame, so it must be washed with clean water before use, and enough water can also make the sesame not easy to burn during the frying process."

Stir-fried sesame seeds are similar to fried peanuts, but they are slightly different.

Stir-fried peanuts need to add oil, but fried sesame seeds do not. This is because the oil content of sesame is much higher than that of peanuts.

And because sesame has no coat, there is no need to worry about the paper-like coat being burnt when frying.

Pour the wet sesame seeds into the frying pan one by one, turn the heat to the minimum, and use a wooden spoon to constantly turn the sesame seeds.

The heat of the pan quickly evaporated the moisture on the surface of the sesame seeds, and then the sesame seeds finally came into contact with the pan, making a faint sizzling sound from the sesame seeds, and at the same time, a faint scent of sesame seeds began to spread in the pan.

The time required for frying sesame seeds is very short. It only takes about one or two minutes to hear the sesame seeds dancing gently on the pan, which proves that the sesame seeds are fully cooked.

But the sesame seeds needed to make sesame stuffing are not enough if the sesame seeds are ripe.

Li Xiao needs to fully fry the aroma of the sesame seeds, so at this time, he needs to continue to turn the sesame seeds in the pot so that the skin of the sesame seeds turns from light white to light yellow.

The collision between sesame and sesame will make a rustling sound, which proves that the sesame has been fried.

"Okay, the main ingredients for the stuffing are ready, now let's make the stuffing."

"Put the peanuts into the cooking machine and crush them. Of course, you must pay attention to the adjustment of the horsepower. Don't crush them completely. Of course, it is also possible to crush them directly with a beer bottle."

"Otherwise it won't taste that good, and the taste will not be that good. The best state is that [-]% of it is smashed, and [-]% is still in the form of small particles."

"Mix the crushed peanuts and sesame seeds together, add a small amount of melted butter, mix the three together, then add a small amount of white sugar, and the sesame peanut filling is complete."

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"It looks really simple."

"Originally, I planned to go out to buy some glutinous rice balls tonight and go home. Seeing that the anchor made it so simple, I also wanted to make a bowl of glutinous rice balls for my daughter myself."

"In the past, my family ate glutinous rice balls without fillings. Today, when I saw this peanut and sesame glutinous rice balls, I wanted to change the taste."

"This stuffing looks super delicious, can I eat this stuffing directly?"

After putting the stuffing in the freezer, Li Xiao went back to the workbench to prepare the skin of the glutinous rice balls.

It is even easier to make the skin of glutinous rice balls. He took out a pack of Sanxiang brand glutinous rice flour and introduced:
"Although this Sanxiang brand glutinous rice flour is not made by Dahan Kingdom itself, but imported from other places, but one thing to say, the quality is quite good, very stable, and very suitable for beginners."

Li Xiao poured all the glutinous rice flour into a stainless steel plate, and then added warm water.

While adding water carefully, Li Xiao mixed the water into the glutinous rice flour.

"Water must be added little by little. Stir while adding, and then knead for a while to form a dough that is neither soft nor hard. Just grab a piece and knead it until it becomes soft and smooth."

The difficulty of making glutinous rice dough and flour dough is completely different. Basically, glutinous rice dough can be made with hands. As long as you don’t add too much water, there will be no failure.

With the filling and the dough, the rest of the work is much easier.

Leave the sesame and peanut stuffing into small yellow balls, make the dough into a hollow semicircle, and stuff the small balls into the vacancy of the dough.

Slowly rub the dough up with your hands until the dough completely covers the sesame filling, and finally coat the naughty skin with a thin layer of glutinous rice flour, and a glutinous rice ball is complete.

(End of this chapter)