I work as a chef in the university cafeteria

Chapter 64 Chopped Pepper Fish Head
In order to hurry, Jiang Yu hailed a taxi as soon as he left the school gate, and went straight to the largest vegetable market nearby.

As soon as he got in the car, he opened the system virtual panel, clicked directly into the system mall, and found the dish "Chopped Pepper Fish Head" in the "Hunan Cuisine Series".

At a glance, other dishes in the Hunan cuisine series, such as preserved pepper eggs, fried chicken offal with capers, bandit pork liver and money eggs, are not very expensive to exchange for. Most of them only need about 3500 wealth points.

But the exchange price of chopped pepper fish head is scary, it costs 8800 wealth points!
After thinking about it, the reason why the exchange price is so high is probably because the chopped pepper fish head is the top dish in Hunan cuisine, and its popularity is so wide that almost every Hunan restaurant has it.

Now Jiang Yu is not short of wealth, and he also likes to eat fish head with chopped pepper, so he was only a little surprised, and he ordered the exchange without hesitation, and made the fish head with chopped pepper The recipe was taken down.

To make this dish of fish head with chopped pepper, the choice of fish head and chopped pepper is very important.

The fish head should be thick and fleshy, usually bighead carp, which is commonly known as "fat head fish". Of course, other fish heads can also be made.

But using bighead carp head to make the dish of chopped pepper fish head is the choice of most people.

As for chopped peppers, most restaurants will choose homemade, not only to save costs, but more importantly, homemade chopped peppers can be seasoned according to the characteristics of the restaurant.

For example, if the taste of some restaurants is too spicy, you may choose Chaotian pepper to make chopped peppers, while some restaurants are lighter, then you usually use Erjingtiao peppers. The chopped peppers made from this kind of peppers are slightly spicy and fragrant. tasty.

In addition to fish head and chopped pepper, this dish also needs other ingredients such as green onions and ginger. The method is different and the ingredients are also selected differently.

Sitting in the car, Jiang Yu carefully read the recipe for making the fish head with chopped peppers from beginning to end, and after writing down all the ingredients needed, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Lao Jiang, let's buy a big fish later!"

Seeing that Jiang Yu seemed to be thinking about something before, Hu Zhihai didn't bother him with a wink.

At this moment, seeing that Jiang Yu had come to his senses, he quickly opened his mouth,

"There are so many people in our store, and Lu Shuwu's grandfather and grandson have a few mouthfuls. I guess two plates of fish heads with chopped peppers might not be enough to eat. You can buy a big fish back. The fish heads can be compared, and the fish meat can also be chopped by the way. Pepper fish nuggets, let everyone have a taste!"

"..."

Jiang Yu turned around, and suddenly stretched out his hands to grab the two "swimming rings" on his stomach, then gave him a meaningful look, without saying a word.

"!!!"

Hu Zhihai's face was dull, and he quickly realized that his hair was about to stand on end with anger.

What's wrong with me getting fatter? I ate your rice? !

When he arrived at the vegetable market, Jiang Yu didn't go anywhere else. He went directly to Boss Zhao at the fresh food distribution center, picked a bighead carp weighing about ten catties, and bought chopped peppers and other ingredients.

Of course, the recipes provided by the system are different from the traditional methods. Some condiment distribution centers do not have them. Jiang Yu searched for a place in the vegetable market that sells condiments for a long time before he bought all the ingredients in the recipe.

After buying the ingredients, Jiang Yu and Hu Zhihai hurried back to the shop with the processed bighead carp and other ingredients.

I don't know if Lu Jinsheng is a newcomer and is not familiar with the way, or because of other reasons, they haven't come back yet.

Jiang Yu was not in a hurry. While cutting off the fish head, cleaning it and draining it for later use, he began to prepare the sauce according to the recipe provided by the system. When he was almost finished, Lu Jinsheng and others finally returned.

"This fish head is simple, and it's really hard to find good chopped peppers."

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Jinsheng couldn't help shaking his head and said with a sigh,

"The soul of fish head with chopped pepper lies in the chopped pepper. If the chopped pepper is selected well, the fish head will be bright in color, spicy and refreshing, and the more you eat, the more delicious it will be.

I just looked for several big supermarkets, but I couldn’t find any usable chopped peppers. Finally, I found a fellow who opened a Hunan restaurant here, and I asked for a small jar of homemade chopped peppers from him. "

After speaking, he took out a small clay pot from the bag in Lu Chunming's hand behind him, and showed it to Jiang Yu.
"Boss Xiao Jiang, if you don't find any chopped peppers you are satisfied with, you can use mine. Anyway, I won't be able to use up this small jar."

"No, thank you Grandpa Lu."

Jiang Yu waved his hand and said with a smile, "The chopped peppers I found are also pretty good, and they are homemade."

This is not a lie. The chopped peppers he brought back were pickled by Boss Zhao himself for his family to eat. The Chaotian peppers he used were spicy and fragrant.

That is to say, when he heard that Jiang Yu was going to make fish heads with chopped peppers, he generously gave away two small bottles, and he was reluctant to take them out when ordinary people came.

"Really? That's fine!"

When Lu Jinsheng heard this, he also laughed. He went to the vegetable sink and washed his hands carefully, and then said,
"Then let's start, it's getting late."

After speaking, he asked Lu Shuwu to put the bighead carp he had been carrying into the pond, and began to clean it.

After washing the fish, Lu Jinsheng picked up a knife, first removed the scales and gills, cleaned up the internal organs, and then cut off the whole head of the fish.

The bighead carp he picked was quite big, only a little smaller than the fish Jiang Yu picked, and weighed about ten catties.

The head of bighead carp is very large, and the head of an adult bighead carp can even take up more than half of the body. Such a big head of bighead carp cannot fit on an ordinary dish.

Lu Jinsheng took the head of the bighead carp to the chopping board, cut open the middle of the lip of the fish with a knife, and then made a few oblique cuts on the thicker part of the fish under the head.

Then he sprinkled cooking wine, pepper, and salt on the fish head and spread it evenly, then put the fish head into a large plate, and added a few slices of ginger to marinate it for flavor.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Jinsheng turned on the fire on the stove again, heated up the pan, poured rapeseed oil in, waited for the oil to heat up, then added minced garlic and green onion roots, stir-fried on low heat until the aroma was released, and then took it out of a small earthenware pot. Put a few tablespoons of chopped peppers into the pot and continue to stir fry.

After a while, the store was filled with the fragrant and spicy smell of chopped peppers.

Brothers and sisters Lu Chunming and Lu Shuwu were fine, they seemed relatively calm. After all, they could often eat fish heads with chopped peppers, and occasionally they could taste dishes cooked by Lu Jinsheng himself.

But Hu Zhihai, Yan Tongtong and the others didn't have that concentration, and they couldn't help swallowing, feeling that they could eat three big bowls of rice with just this chopped pepper!

Although Lu Jinsheng was old, he still moved quickly. As soon as the smell of chopped peppers wafted out, he poured an appropriate amount of light soy sauce and cooking wine into the pot.

After the fire boiled, the soup became slightly thicker, so he turned off the fire, and put the chopped chili peppers that were fried until they became fragrant, and put them on a plate for later use.

Afterwards, Lu Jinsheng turned back to handling the marinated fish heads.

I saw that he brought a special large plate, first put a few slices of ginger on the bottom of the plate, then put the cut fish head and spread it out flat, and finally spread the fried chopped pepper evenly on the fish head.

After finishing this step, Lu Jinsheng turned on the fire again to boil the water, and when the water boiled, he steamed the large plate with the fish head on top of the water.

(End of this chapter)