Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 336 Save the trump card until the end (ask for a monthly ticket)

But I have to say that the various skills of aging are still very solid, and thanks to the solid basic skills of aging, many people who pay attention to aging because of their appearance can't help but shine.

Those who can be invited here as guests and judges are naturally insiders. Even if they are not chefs, their work must be related to food, so they can tell at a glance that the methods and methods of aging fish are very good. skilled.

And the knife work looks pleasing to the eye.

It doesn't look like the calm and sophisticated one should be at this age, but like a teacher who has been in this business for many years.

Of course, I don't blame them for thinking this way, it's really because Chen Nian has been in the dream world for too long before, and he has tried all kinds of dishes.

Therefore, for him, he has either not yet started a lot of things, or he can be proficient soon after getting started.

After Chen Nian had processed the fish and removed the excess blood, he soaked the fish in cold water.

Cold water can make the fish meat firmer, and at the same time, it can continue to suck out the blood water hidden in the crevices of the fish meat, and use this time to age and process the crabs.

The crabs here have all spit sand in the water, so there is no need to think about these aspects, and when the fish was processed in the old age, the crabs had already been steamed in the pot.

So it's almost the right time to steam it.

Crab powder is composed of crab meat and crab roe, and it needs to be steamed before cooking in this dish, otherwise the soup will become cloudy.

Although Chen Nian is from Sichuan and has never eaten crabs many times since he was a child, it is not difficult to handle crab meat well. As long as the tools are in place and there is a knowledgeable person to teach him, it is very easy Can learn quickly.

Therefore, it took more than ten minutes before and after Chen to disassemble these crabs carefully, and each part is placed neatly and stacked there separately, which looks very pleasing to the eye.

But this is also some old-fashioned care. After all, the crab meat and crab roe of different parts are neatly arranged in different categories. Who wouldn't feel happy physically and mentally after watching it?

Sure enough, among the dozen or so chefs, Chen Nian's operation quickly attracted the attention of the judges.

"What is he going to do?"

"Crabs and Huaibai fish are used... It's really hard to say, it may be some innovative dishes..."

"I didn't expect such a dark horse to appear in this competition!"

The judges talked a lot, they didn't see the mutton brought back from the old age, the mutton also needs to be soaked in the basin, but they can't see it from their angle, although the camera can run around the field, but also Don't focus on one place.

Moreover, their competition this time is only of a communication nature, so it will not be broadcast publicly. Even if they want to watch them, they have to run aside to watch the fixed cameras aimed at each of their kitchen positions.

But now the game has just started, and they are too lazy to run over to watch.

"I heard that his knife skills are quite good, and the Wensi tofu he makes is very thin, even compared with Xiao Huang and Lao Fang's son, it is slightly better."

"Such a high evaluation?" Another person said in surprise
"I've watched his videos before, and I've seen the Wensi tofu he made. Judging by the thickness of the tofu, I'm definitely not a novice cook. Chevinsi tofu requires not only talent, but also full experience."

"If it's according to what you say, then I have to take a good look at this kid."

So soon, many people turned their attention to this side, including some chefs who were participating in the competition.

But Chen Nian didn't have time to take care of these, he had just dismantled the crabs, and now he was going to start cooking.

Pour oil into the pan and put the fish in it when the oil starts to heat up.

After one side was finalized, he carefully turned it over again.

Make sure that the fish is evenly heated and in the same state on both sides.

Once the fish is fried, remove to a plate and set aside.

Then he took out the previous mutton and began to slice it into thin slices. At this time, the sharp-eyed people in the judging panel had already seen what Chen Nian was going to do.

"He wants fish and sheep?"

After the first guess was made, other people cast their gazes over one after another, and then nodded one after another: "That's right, it seems that he is going to make fresh fish and sheep, and he actually made this dish...Then the previous crab powder should be It's what he used to enhance the flavor!"

"However, I never expected that he would use Huaibai fish to make this dish. You must know that Huaibai fish is delicious, but it has a lot of thorns. If it is not cooked well, all the thorns will enter the soup, no matter how it tastes. , then he must not be ranked among the top few, I have to say that he is very bold!"

"Yes, the general chef will use mandarin fish or sea bass to make this dish, because these two fish have fewer bones and are very delicious, but he used white fish obviously because of the nature of this competition , and as a foreign chef can think of this step is already very amazing!"

"I totally agree! When he was handling the fish just now, I also took a few glances. The technique is very neat, and he also chose to use crab powder to hang the soup. Obviously, this should be his innovation. If this dish can be done well , I think at least it can be ranked in the top five."

In this short moment, the judges guessed most of Chen Nian's thoughts and gave them a high evaluation.

But even if they guessed Chen Nian's current plan, all they could predict was that in the best case, Chen Nian would get the top five.

But Chen Nian knew that he still had a trump card that he hadn't used yet.

When putting the fish and mutton into the soup pot for boiling, Chen Nian didn't watch from the side, but turned to the other side, where there was a small basket.

"What's that?" Suddenly a judge looked at this side with a sharp eye, and a question attracted the attention of others.

"What a worry-free kid! We're not allowed to see other people, and we don't know what tricks he's up to."

While talking, he also fixed his eyes on the old ingredients in the basket. Because the distance was a little far away, they never saw clearly what was inside.

But seeing that Chen Nian put the ingredients directly into the pot after some simple processing, it wasn't until then that Chen Nian began to look around in peace.

Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles, although now you have no way out, and even if you know what other people are going to cook, you can't specifically target them.

But Chen Nian is here not only for competitions, he also wants to learn.

He first turned his attention to the young man who helped him catch the fish before, because the other party also caught a white fish before him.

But looking at the utensils and ingredients placed on the other party's table, it is obviously not the same as what I made.

I saw that the other party had already killed the fish at this time, but unlike myself, the other party directly cut the fish open and took the middle part, took it out and cleaned it, and wiped all the excess water on the fish with kitchen paper. Wipe it clean carefully.

Then it was put into a bowl aside and started to marinate. The color of the sauce inside was not soy sauce because it was brown and aged, but it looked like rice wine, and there were some particles in it. I don't know what that is either.

But seeing that the other party neatly smeared those sauces around the fish section, put some water, shiitake mushrooms and bamboo shoots, then covered the lid and let it marinate quietly inside.

"Something." Although Chen Nian could probably guess that the other party might still use it for frying or deep-frying after marinating, he could think that this step is actually not a big deal, because he didn't know the sauce prepared by the other party at all. juice recipe.

If nothing else, that's the most important thing about this dish.

In the end, Chen Nian turned his attention to other places. In other kitchens, some cook lion head, some cook squirrel mandarin fish, and some are processing ingredients. Chen Nian can't see what they are going to do. vegetable.

But everyone is very creative, such as the young chef who made squirrel mandarin fish...

Ordinary squirrels directly cut the mandarin fish skin into diamond shapes, and then take out the head, tail and fins on the back separately, fry the starch, and then arrange the plate and pour the sauce.

But this chef did it differently. He directly took off the left and right pieces of the fish, and cut a small diamond shape on one of them.

Then I don't know what to put on it, hold it gently with your hands to make it into a round shape, and even roll up the end a little bit and put it in the oil pan, after a while, it is directly shaped like this.

And this part actually looks a bit like a squirrel's tail.

The remaining part was made into a body by him, and the part of the pectoral fin was made into ears by him.

There are two small black dots that are made of something unknown.

It looks alive, and it is much better than the squirrel mandarin fish that I have made in the store before. Although I haven't tasted it for a long time, but judging from this appearance alone, it should be called squirrel mandarin fish.

But what Chen Nian didn't expect was that the other party didn't finish here, but took out another one to continue to follow the previous steps.

It took a lot of work to make a little squirrel that was bigger than the one just now.

In the end, Chen Nian saw that the other party actually mixed two kinds of sauces and poured them on the two squirrels respectively. One was golden yellow and the other was tomato red.

The two squirrels stood next to each other like this, like a pair of squirrel brothers who go out to pick pine cones together, but are afraid of encountering natural enemies, looking forward and backward, shaking their heads and shaking their heads.

"Sure enough, talented people come forth in large numbers, and this is no longer cooking, this is making art with vegetables!"

During this process, Chen Nian even took time to take a look at Miao Miaowu who was sitting in the guest seat. She had been sitting there dignifiedly for more than two hours, although she occasionally looked around, and from time to time bowed her head in the There is something recorded in a small notebook, but she is a girl after all, and there is a high probability that she will be on the local satellite TV this time, so she didn't show too much detachment.

This made Chen Nian couldn't help laughing secretly in his heart.

After a while, people started to finish the dishes one after another, and as they rang the bell to signal, the delicately arranged dishes were also brought to the judging panel.

But since Chen Nian is still a little short of heat, he can only see how other people cook first, and by the way, see what the judges will show when they taste other people's dishes.

Chen Nian is more confident than most of the chefs in the field of reading the expressions of the guests, because according to the data, most of them come from high-end restaurants or hotels, and there are very few opportunities to get in close contact with the guests.

Even if they occasionally go out to ask the guests how they taste, many people actually don't say much in front of the chef, even if they are slightly dissatisfied, they just let it go.

And even if the guests say something, they can't actually see the first reaction of the guests when the food is in the mouth.

In contrast, Chen Nian is different. He can see all the guests as soon as he looks up in the kitchen every day, and Chen Nian can see their reactions when they eat every dish.

The first thing brought to the judges' table was a portion of shrimp, and these shrimps were still packed in the crab shell, neatly stacked up, like a flower in full bloom, and there were some in the stamen. crab roe.

There are also some sweet-scented osmanthus petals scattered around, which looks quite artistic.

The judges picked up the shrimps with chopsticks and put them into their mouths. Their faces soon showed satisfaction. The shrimps were tender and elastic, and there was a hint of sweetness in them.

Obviously, these shrimps were marinated before, but they were not marinated too thoroughly, so that the marinade affected the freshness and sweetness of the shrimp itself.

Moreover, the chef specially made the shrimp cold in order to maintain the taste, so after the mouth, the feeling of freshness and sweetness is even stronger.

Such an ingenious design can be regarded as a good start for this game.

After tasting by the judges, the other part was taken to the guest seat for the guests present to taste.

During the competition, the judges are responsible for deciding the rankings of the contestants, and the guests can also vote for the contestants, but their votes will not affect the rankings.

Because in addition to the judges' votes, there is another popularity competition, which is an additional award.

Then came the fish balls.

This person, Chen Nian, also greeted the other party just now, but he didn't know what kind of fish the other party used, but each fish ball on it was about four centimeters in diameter and was carefully placed on the plate.

The bottom of the plate is a light orange soup and there are some ingredients in it. Due to the distance, Chen Nian didn't see what it was, but he could see that there were some unknown ingredients on top of each ball. Shredded vegetables piled up.

From a distance, it looks like wearing a little green hat.

(End of this chapter)