i'm just a cook

Chapter 72: Master Chef Contest 2

The competition time is two hours, and those who complete the work within the time will be judged together when the time is up, and those who have not completed the work beyond the time will be deducted accordingly. The requirement is a western staple food and a dessert, and the rules are more reasonable.

Looking at the table full of ingredients, Guo Jiaping eagerly asked, "Master Lu, let's... first play first?"

Lu Xiaozhan withdrew his smile, and said solemnly: "Cooking is the same as being a human being. You have to do it down-to-earth. The first thing to do is-wash your hands."

Guo Jiaping: "..."

Lu Xiaozhan thought for a while, and said, "Boil a pot of water, prepare the oil tray, put a pot of cold water on the table, a plate, and prepare olive oil and spices."

According to Guo Jiaping's words, he set fire to the water and prepared everything.Most of the audience in the audience were paying attention to the one-armed chef, and when they were discussing and guessing what dishes he would make, Lu Xiaozhan slowly closed his eyes.

Lu Xiaozhan took out another scarf from his pocket, and said leisurely, "Xiao Duan, take the scarf and cover it for me, and watch me win them with my eyes closed."

Guo Jiaping didn't ask any further questions, took the scarf according to his words, covered Lu Xiaozhan's eyes, and tied a big knot behind his head.Seeing this scene, there was an uproar among the reporters and the audience, and there were many discussions.Several contestants curled their lips, expressing their disdain for Lu Xiaozhan's actions, waiting to see him make a fool of himself.Sharapova looked at him worriedly, and asked softly, "Lu, are you sure you want to do this?"

Lu Xiaozhan turned his head and nodded in Sharapova's direction with a smile: "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Blindfolded, Lu Xiaozhan still accurately dug out a bag of spaghetti, put a handful into the pot after the water boiled, and kept stirring slowly with a wooden spoon in his left hand to prevent sticking to the bottom.Brainwaves scattered in all directions following the call of thoughts, and with increasingly proficient control, Lu Xiaozhan focused them in one direction and plunged into the pot in front of him.The pale yellow spaghetti in the pot came into view, and as the brain waves gradually deepened, the overall situation in the pot was clear at a glance, from the drafting process of the flour, to the maturity of the noodles, to the softness, all under Lu Xiaozhan's control.

After stirring at a constant speed for more than ten minutes, Lu Xiaozhan suddenly held the pot with one hand, turned it sideways and poured it into the stainless steel oil tray that had been prepared on the side, filtered the hot water, turned around and immersed the noodles in cold water.The spaghetti had completely cooled, Lu Xiaozhan took out the cold water with the oil pan, flicked it a few times, and poured it into the stainless steel plate beside it.Put down the oil compartment, stretch out your left hand to pick up the olive oil accurately, open the bottle cap with your thumb, and pour a little into the plate.Putting the oil bottle back on the table, Lu Xiaozhan swept several spice bottles with a wave of his hand, pinching the neck of each bottle between two fingers, and sprinkled with his backhand, all kinds of spices fluttered down.Put back the spices, pinch the corner of the plate, and shake it left and right. After a while, the noodles and spiced olive oil have been shaken evenly, and they are evenly spread on the plate. Under the bright lights in the hall, there is a layer of attractive light green.

From putting the spaghetti in the water to taking it out of the pot, and then to cooling the water and adding spices and stirring, Lu Xiaozhan's movements can be said to be done in one go, without any sense of sloppiness.It is rare to do such a series of skillful movements, not to mention that Lu Xiaozhan was blindfolded with a three-finger-wide black scarf. Many reporters and audience applauded and applauded. The judges also looked at his performance with surprise and approval on their faces.And the faces of the few contestants who were disdainful just now changed to horrified expressions.

Lu Xiaozhan stretched out his hand and accurately took out a bag of prawns, threw it on the table with a bang, pulled out a sharp boning knife from the knife holder, cut open the bag, and dumped all the prawns on the table.Turn the sharp knife in the palm of your hand, dancing a bright white light, flip the sharp knife and use the back of the knife to arrange the prawns on the table in the same posture, insert and pick the tip of the knife, and the head of the shrimp will fall to the side.

Seeing Lu Xiaozhan's blindfolded sword dance and his quick moves, the audience was about to applaud when they saw him turn his wrist, and the sharp blade quickly slashed across the back of each shrimp without moving the shrimp. .After scratching the last shrimp, Lu Xiaozhan flipped the sharp knife over and inserted it into the knife holder on the table, and inserted it into the narrow knife slot on the knife holder impartially.Lu Xiaozhan pinched the tail of the shrimp with his thumb and middle finger, pressed the tip of his index finger together, and the shell of the shrimp fell off completely, leaving only a complete tail of the shrimp.After all the shrimp shells were removed, Lu Xiaozhan drew out the sharp knife again, turned the blade sideways, picked the backs of the shrimp one by one and patted them flat.

Lu Xiaozhan inserted the sharp knife back, and called Guo Jiaping: "Dip in egg wash, fry until golden, and pour over teriyaki sauce."

"Boom..." The audience finally erupted, and the applause sounded like thunder.The horrified contestants were already sweating profusely at this time, and they were all frightened by Lu Xiaozhan's miraculous performance and lightning-quick and precise knife skills, their legs trembling, and the pressure was overwhelming.Sharapova looked at Lu Xiaozhan in surprise, put down her hands and clapped her hands.

Guo Jiaping was already in admiration of Lu Xiaozhan's dazzling knife skills, so he hurried over and followed Lu Xiaozhan's instructions.

Lu Xiaozhan ignored the process of Guo Jiaping frying the shrimp, took a piece of cloth to clean the table, poured about a pound of special bread flour, piled it into a ball, opened the center, put in six eggs, thought for a while, and added He took two egg yolks, pinched a pinch of sugar with three fingers, put a small piece of butter, and poured a little milk.

Lu Xiaozhan suddenly took a few steps to the sidelines, smiled at the audience, and shouted: "I forgot to roll up my cuffs, which friend is troubled, come up and help me."

"I'm coming, I'm coming!"

A dozen or so figures stood up in the audience, screaming and rushing forward, startling Lu Xiaozhan, and said with a smile: "This, this, this...you are so enthusiastic about me, how can I let a foreign cook feel so embarrassed? ?”

In the end, it was a young man who rushed to help Lu Xiaozhan roll up his cuffs. After helping, he excitedly raised his flour-stained hands and ran off the stage with a smirk, showing off to the people around him.

Lu Xiaozhan walked back to the table, withdrew his smile, took a deep breath, inserted his left hand into the flour, and said in a loud voice, "Slowly and evenly, round as you wish. Cloud hand!" With flour, eggs and milk mixed in his palm, he stroked slowly on the table Make a circle.

The audience was in an uproar again, shouting: "Damn it, Tai Chi?"

After a while, the flour has been completely mixed with the milk to form a dough.Lu Xiaozhan flipped his palms obliquely, and swung the dough up. When he flipped his wrists, the dough spun back and forth on the palm and the back of his hand, gradually turning into a perfectly round sphere.

Lu Xiaozhan felt the surface tension of the dough in his hands reached the extreme with his fingertips. He threw it into a drum with his backhand, grabbed a handful of chopsticks from the table, inserted it into the dough, and said in a low voice, "Xiao Duan, pour milk!"

At this time, Guo Jiaping had finished frying the prawns and was watching blankly. When he was called, he hurried over and picked up the milk box and poured it slowly into the bucket.

Lu Xiaozhan held the chopsticks with heavy shoulders and elbows, and said loudly again: "Light and soft, continuous. Yunjian!" Turning his wrist, the milk gradually melted into the dough.The audience shouted again: "Damn it, Tai Chi Sword?"

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