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Chapter 163 Brother's Special Dishes—Zaozhuang Spicy Chicken!There is also a reward for closing the store? 【Ask monthly ticket】

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Lin Xu's expression was a little surprised.

The first two Yangzhou fried rice and braised pork knuckle were good, but what happened to the winter melon candy at the end?

He rubbed Dundun's head.

I was just about to ask what happened to this kid.

A lot of experience flooded into my mind.

After reading Yangzhou Fried Rice and Braised Pork Knuckle, he began to read this winter melon candy, which looks like a make-up.

Winter melon candy is a dessert snack made from fresh winter melon through a series of steps such as dehydration and sugar dipping. It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxification, protecting liver and kidney, and stabilizing blood pressure.

Stuff is good stuff.

But what do you do with this?

Are you going to sell me as a health supplement to those retired old men and old ladies at a high price?

Damn it, is it because I am too busy to accompany you recently, so you are not happy to make things for me?
Just as Lin Xu was about to complain about Dundun, he suddenly remembered that he complained about Dundun many times when he won the sharpening technique before, but he encountered the sharpening technique in the first game.

Could this winter melon candy be useful in the future?

The whole production process of wax gourd candy is relatively long and takes about three or four days.

Lin Xu plans to buy a winter melon and start making it tomorrow.

Anyway, I won't come to the store from tomorrow.

And there is no need to check in at Diaoyutai, and there is a lot of free time to use.

When you are doing your own business, you can work from dawn to dusk, but after you become a worker, you have to fish if you can fish, and you cannot betray the worker group.

After making this decision.

Lin Xu played with Dundun for a while with the cat teasing stick, and then went back to the kitchen to work.

At three o'clock, Che Zai and the others went to the bakery next door in twos and threes to formally sign the labor contract and determine the wages of the regular workers.

after come back.

All of them had smiles on their faces and were very satisfied with the contract.

"thank you boss!"

"thank you boss!"

"thank you boss!"

Seeing Lin Xu, everyone expressed their gratitude.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"You deserve it, keep working hard, and the future will definitely get better and better."

Although the new Lin Kee Gourmet will recruit some chefs, and may even hire a professional head chef, Lin Xu still trusts Che Zai and the others more.

After all, they have been together day and night for so many days.

Not only do they understand each other, but they also cooperate with each other very tacitly.

After signing the contract.

These few employees are busy working in the back kitchen with great enthusiasm.

"This afternoon is the last meal in this shop, brother, do you want to eat anything? I don't have much work this afternoon, so tell me what you want to eat, brother, I'll make it for you."

Xie Baomin couldn't restrain his joy when he thought that Lin Xu was about to go to work in Building No. [-], and that "Home" was being sold in Building No. [-].

The unknown No. [-] building can finally explode.

It is hoped that the turnover will exceed Building No. [-].

Let's see how Dongdong is still swearing at the weekly morning meeting.

Lin Xu has just finished reading the recipes of the three delicacies, and he is not really interested in eating them.

But since the brother mentioned this, he said:
"Just make the Zaozhuang spicy chicken you mentioned before. I have eaten Geleshan spicy chicken and Guizhou spicy chicken, but I haven't eaten Zaozhuang spicy chicken. I want to taste it."

Geleshan spicy chicken is eaten from dried chili, while Guizhou spicy chicken is flavored with Ciba chili, which is the favorite of Guizhou people.

But this Zaozhuang spicy chicken made Lin Xu a little curious.

Want to taste it.

Xie Baomin smiled and said:

"No problem, but Zaozhuang Spicy Chicken needs freshly killed tender roosters, which are not available in the store, or I can just buy two."

"Let me go, I am familiar with the nearby vegetable market."

"Then you buy some thin-skinned peppers after you buy the chicken. This is the essence of Zaozhuang spicy chicken, so you must let it go."

Thin-skinned peppers?

After remembering the name, Lin Xu took the car keys and went out.

Drive the big G all the way to the Chunfeng Vegetable Market.

He found a stall that slaughtered roosters and bought three well-proportioned tender roosters.

There are so many people in the store today, one must not be enough to eat.

So he bought three of them.

Eat two in the store, and pack one for classmate Shen to take away.

The senior brother finally made a move, so he had to let his father-in-law and mother-in-law taste the taste.

After buying the rooster, he came to Uncle Shen's booth again:
"Uncle Shen, do you have thin-skinned peppers here?"

"Yes, some came in this morning."

Seeing Lin Xu holding the newly purchased rooster, he asked with a smile:

"Is this going to be Zaozhuang spicy chicken?"

"Yes, Uncle Shen also knows this dish?"

"I just posted a short video...By the way, Boss Lin, don't forget to shoot the video after the store is closed. My wife has become your fan now. Do whatever you teach me. Yesterday I cut more than ten catties of lotus root. It didn't make the white jade lotus root shreds you taught."

Lin Xu said while picking peppers:
"The white jade lotus root is not a tutorial, it's just made to show the difficulty of the technique, to prove that the champion I won has no moisture... What to do with the lotus root that my aunt chopped up?"

"How can I deal with it? I found another food tutorial and made lotus root noodles."

OK, at least not wasted.

After picking the peppers, when Lin Xu wanted to pay, Uncle Shen refused.

How can such a big customer ask for money when he comes to get some chili?

Besides, this thin-skinned pepper is only a few yuan a catty, not a precious thing.

Lin Xu didn't give in to him too much:
"Don't buy so many dishes tomorrow. When the new store is about to open, I will notify you in advance to buy the goods, and I will wait for you to deliver them to your door, Uncle Shen."

"No problem, no problem, I will definitely send you the best ingredients."

Back to the store.

Xie Baomin glanced at it and said with a smile:

"This chicken is really good, and the quality of the thin-skinned chili is also very good. Just wait, it will be ready soon."

After speaking, he lifted the chickens to the sink, and carefully cleaned off the unfaded feathers on the chickens, as well as the outer membranes of chicken feet, chicken wings, and chicken combs.

Then cut off the tips of the chicken feet.

After washing everything, cut the chicken into pieces, put it in a basin and wash it twice to wash off the blood in the meat.

"In fact, the standard Zaozhuang spicy chicken is not washed, it is cooked after killing, but it must be a local free-range chicken in Zaozhuang. We can't buy it here, so I wash it twice to wash away the blood in the meat."

Xie Baomin's mother grew up in Southwest Shandong and is best at making spicy chicken.

In the past, transportation was inconvenient, and every time I felt homesick, I went to the market to kill a rooster, and then bought some thin-skinned peppers to make Zaozhuang spicy chicken for my family. Xie Baomin would do it again and again.

At that time he had just graduated from junior high school.

After learning how to cook, he was really excited for a long time.

Then I plunged into the kitchen and tried various cooking techniques such as frying, frying and frying, and almost burned the kitchen several times.

In order to prevent a fire at home after work, his parents sent him to a restaurant as an apprentice.

Just happened to be met by Uncle Gao, so he accepted him as an apprentice, took him to Diaoyutai, taught him cooking skills systematically, and has been working until now.

After apprenticeship.

Xie Baomin once cooked this dish in front of his master, but he was picked out for a lot of faults.

He was not discouraged, but improved according to the method master said, and found that the taste had improved a lot, and then this dish became his specialty.

Whether it is a family dinner or an extra meal in the back kitchen, as long as he is allowed to do it, Zaozhuang spicy chicken is indispensable.

Xie Baomin recalled the past while cleaning.

Rinse the chicken nuggets and drain them dry.

Then set up the frying pan and start frying.

Heat up the oil, first put in some peppercorns and deep-fry until fragrant, then remove, then add sliced ​​ginger, star anise, bay leaves and cinnamon, stir-fry until fragrant, pour in chicken pieces, and start to stir-fry.

This step is to fry the water in the chicken, so that the chicken will have a firm taste and a very fragrant taste.

This step is very important to make Zaozhuang spicy chicken.

You have to be patient and fry the chicken until it crackles.

"It's easy to fry with a professional stove, but if you use a small stove at home, this step takes about ten minutes."

Xie Baomin held the handle of the pot with his left hand, and the spoon with his right, and stir-fried in a leisurely manner.

Soon.

The smell of chicken wafts through the shop.

Lin Xu on the side was busy while hesitating whether to learn this dish or not.

Now he only has a Perfect Level Cooking Learning Card in his hand, he won't have any more after using it, and there shouldn't be many tasks in the next month.

If you don't have a study card when you need it, keep it.

After figuring this out.

He decided to forego this dish.

Anyway, I will be with my brother every day in the future, and I can learn it anytime I want to learn it. But for other dishes, I may miss it and never learn it again.

When the chicken was put into the pot, the fat in the pot suddenly became cloudy, and the water on the surface of the chicken quickly mixed with the fat.

But after a period of frying.

Most of the water in the oil and chicken was fried out, and the fat at the bottom of the pot became clear again.

The chicken nuggets were also crackling.

This is the manifestation of hot oil frying the fat from the chicken skin.

At this time, the surface of the chicken is browned, with a delicious fragrance for use.

Xie Baomin poured dried chili segments into the pot.

Continue to stir fry.

Stir-fry the spicy flavor in the dried chilies.

Then he took a pot of rice vinegar and poured it into the frying spoon, poured a full frying spoon, and then cooked it along the side of the pot into the pot.

"Zi la..."

The rice vinegar and hot oil are stimulated together, and the sour aroma rises immediately.

This is Xie Baomin's favorite dish.

While cooking, he explained the essentials of making this dish:
"Cooking rice vinegar is a major feature of Zaozhuang spicy chicken. It uses the volatilization of vinegar to take away the miscellaneous flavors in the chicken and add some ester flavor to the dishes. If you are going to do it, don't save vinegar in this step, cook more Come on, it tastes good."

The vinegar will evaporate quickly in the hot oil, so you don't have to worry about the chicken being sour.

In fact, after the vinegar evaporates, it will only make the dishes more fragrant.

After cooking the vinegar, Xie Baomin stir-fried it a few times, then put in some light soy sauce, then salt, sugar, light soy sauce, and dark soy sauce.

Continue to stir fry to allow the flavors to thoroughly meld with the chicken pieces.

After the dark soy sauce started to color and the chicken pieces in the pot turned an attractive red, Xie Baomin added some water into the pot.

You don't need too much water, just enough to cover the chicken nuggets.

After adding water, cover the pot and start to simmer.

Although Zaozhuang spicy chicken sounds like a stir-fried dish, the method is very similar to raw fried chicken nuggets, but the middle part of this dish has a stewing step.

"First fry the water to make the chicken firm, and then stew it to make the chicken boneless and delicious. This is the deliciousness of Zaozhuang Spicy Chicken."

Xie Baomin explained while doing.

I was stunned to hear Lin Xu.

fifteen minutes later.

Lift the lid of the pot, the water in the pot has been boiled almost.

Xie Baomin put some spicy millet cut with a diagonal knife in it to increase the spiciness of the chicken again.

After putting it in, turn it over, then collect the juice, and let the spicy taste of millet penetrate into the chicken by the way.

Wait for the spicy taste of millet to float out of the pot.

Add the chopped scallions, garlic and thin-skinned peppers, and continue to stir-fry to reveal the flavor of the scallions and thin-skinned peppers. At this time, you can turn off the heat and leave the pot.

There are three kinds of peppers in one dish, no wonder it is called spicy chicken.

Lin Xu felt a little hungry when he smelled the tempting spicy smell.

Well, it should go well with rice, right?

Xie Baomin divided the spicy chicken into two portions, one large and one small.

Put a large portion directly into a small bowl, sprinkle some coriander leaves into it, and then place the chicken kidney neatly on top of the chicken, this Zaozhuang spicy chicken is ready.

"When eating chicken in Southwest Shandong, the store will put the chicken kidneys on top of the chicken like this. Only the most distinguished customers can eat it. This is a good thing."

There is a saying in Chinese medicine that what to eat is what to supplement.

So many men eat pork loin and lamb loin when they eat barbecue, and chicken loin when they eat chicken.

Brother, you don't have to hint like that, I don't eat chicken kidneys, I'll give you all three pairs... no, I have to keep a pair for my father-in-law, who is also middle-aged, so he should also need to make up for it.

Lin Xu muttered a few words in his heart, then took out the packed lunch box and started to pack it for the old man.

Put the chicken nuggets in, sprinkle with coriander leaves, and finally put a pair of plump and well-proportioned chicken kidneys on the top, I hope my father-in-law will like it.

After packing, it happened that Shen Jiayue also got off work.

Lin Xu packed a few more dishes and rice, put them in the bag and handed it to Shen:

"Since uncles and aunts don't come to eat, you can take these meals home to eat. The big box is the Zaozhuang spicy chicken made by the senior brother. It tastes great."

Although he hasn't tasted it yet, it's his brother's special dish after all.

The taste is definitely not bad.

"Thank you, brother, then I'll go back!"

Shen Jiayue left Linji Gourmet with the food in hand.

The employees of Lin Kee Food started to eat dinner.

"Come, come, try this Zaozhuang Spicy Chicken I made. Even my relatives in Zaozhuang praise my craftsmanship."

Gee...

Brother, can't you hold back a little longer and wait for us to praise you?

Lin Xu held a bowl of rice, bypassed the chicken kidneys on top, and then picked up a piece of chicken wing and put it into his bowl.

"Junior brother, why don't you eat kidneys? You are the boss, you have to eat this..."

"Eat, senior brother, you are tired after a long day of work, so make up for it."

Xie Baomin didn't show any politeness when he heard it, and put the chicken kidney in his mouth:
"Mmm, delicious!"

And Lin Xu was also eating spicy chicken wings.

The chicken wings are spicy in the mouth. The chicken tastes a little firmer because it has been fried, and because it is stewed, it is more boneless than ordinary fried chicken, so it tastes tender and delicious, spicy and appetizing.

Really good!

Lin Xu originally thought that a bowl of rice in the afternoon would be enough.

But with such a delicious spicy chicken, you have to eat another bowl.

He tasted another piece of chicken.

After stewing, the spicy taste has completely penetrated into the meat, and the chicken is both chewy and tender, which is not only suitable for eating, but also for drinking.

Others also ate happily.

"Master Xie, this skill is really amazing."

"The chicken is very spicy and tastes better than ordinary fried chicken."

"Master Xie really makes everything delicious..."

Xie Baomin immediately said modestly:

"Actually, I haven't shown my culinary skills yet. If I cook it in Zaozhuang with local free-range chickens and farm-grown peppers, the taste and texture will be better than this."

The three kinds of peppers in Zaozhuang spicy chicken must be grown locally to be delicious.

And the scallions added at the end should also be slightly sweet Shandong scallions. This kind of spicy chicken is the real Zaozhuang spicy chicken.

"Junior brother, the decoration will start tomorrow, how are the kitchen equipments adjusted?"

Xie Baomin asked curiously.

These devices are suitable for small kitchens, but they are not enough for professional kitchens.

"Leave the freezer and refrigerator, and sell the rest as second-hand. These equipment are easy to cause problems after being dismantled and reinstalled, and the dishwasher is too small for a large restaurant, and it is not enough."

He has actually contacted a merchant who collects second-hand kitchen equipment.

Come over tomorrow and take the equipment away.

Fortunately, Lin Xu didn't buy much in the store, only two sandwich pots and two steaming cabinets. The other equipment was arranged systematically. Selling second-hand is equal to net profit.

While eating.

The customers have arrived.

At the last meal, they were more excited than the employees in the store.

Everyone in the store had to finish the dinner in a hurry and officially entered a busy state.

It was busy until eight forty in the evening.

The dishes prepared in the store were sold out again, and Lin Kee Food officially entered the stage of closing the store for renovation.

Just as Xie Baomin was about to leave with the chef from Diaoyutai, Dou Wenjing, who had been working overtime next door, suddenly pushed in the door, holding a stack of red envelopes in her hand, and handed them to the staff in the store and the chef from Diaoyutai to help in turn.

"Everyone has worked hard, a little tea fee is not a respect."

Lin Xu didn't even think of this.

But Dou Wenjing, the general manager, did not forget.

He waited until now to distribute red envelopes on behalf of the company. This can not only draw a lot of money, but also make Lin Xu's work of poaching people in Diaoyutai smoother.

Well, Lin Xu didn't hide from her that he planned to poach the wall. After all, it is not realistic to rely on these few people in the store to support a restaurant, and a chef with signature skills is needed.

"Thank you Mr. Dou!"

"Boss Dou is too polite!"

After receiving the red envelopes, everyone helped Lin Xu tidy up the kitchen, and sent all the unused cooking oil and condiments to Lin Xu's room.

I moved the refrigerator freezer to a rented warehouse next door, plugged in the electricity, and froze the brine in it.

It's a pity to throw away these old brines. Now they are frozen, and they can be used again after being boiled in the new store.

After everything was packed, he closed the door and left.

Lin Xu hugged Dundun, quietly watching everyone turn off the lights and lock the doors.

The moment the shutter was pulled down, a system prompt sounded in his mind:

"The host's turnover exceeds one million during the business period, complete the hidden task [monthly income one million], and get a lucky draw for perfect soup. Do you want to draw immediately?"

soup?

The soup in the store really needs to be upgraded.

Lin Xu rubbed Dundun's head and started to draw a lottery!
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I designed a lot of scenes of closing the store, but I felt that it was long-winded, so I deleted and rewritten it.This chapter is 5100 words, ask for a monthly pass, brothers!
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