Eternal food paradise

The atmosphere became anxious.

Hu Jun noticed something was wrong. Even Jie Qi, who had had a fierce exchange of looks with her before, was focused on the ingredients provided by the judges.

Ren and Mrs. Lei Hua changed their previous attitude of watching the show, took two steps forward, pressed against the stone table, and looked closely at the ingredients in the bag.

no doubt.

Ingredients are the source of changes in the atmosphere!

"Why?"

With confusion, Hu Jun's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at a green branch that Jie Qi held in his hand.

At first glance, it looks like a willow branch, but the leaves are very different from willow leaves. They are as wide as the palm of a hand. From the area of ​​the leaves, it seems that we can also infer the growth environment of the plant. It must be a primitive jungle with abundant rain.

and.

Regardless of the branches or leaves, their color and appearance are, to be precise, dark green with a hint of darkness, rather than the delicate green color.

Suddenly, Jie Qi smelled something strange, his face changed slightly, he picked off a leaf and threw it into his mouth to chew.

After chewing only two mouthfuls, Jie Qi turned green, gasping for air as if he was nauseating:

"What a strong smell!"

Smell...

Hu Jun continued to be confused.

Is this really a description of plants and vegetables?

Even the most unpalatable vegetables are described in terms of sweetness and bitterness... No, no, there are also weird things like 'Houttuynia Cordata'...

‘Houttuynia cordata’ flashed through my mind.

So Hu Jun's look at the branches suddenly became subtle——

Something dark?

"so."

"Is the secret of cooking just how to use or eliminate the 'fishy smell'?"

Hu Jun was thoughtful.

"It's not the smell of Houttuynia Cordata!" Jie Qi took a deep breath, "It's more like the smell of meat!"

In order to prove that his judgment was not wrong, Jie Qi broke off a section of the tail of the branch in his hand, let the juice seep out from the break, and caught it with his own palm. As the juice dripped more and more, the strange smell diffused in the air became stronger. Rich.

Hu Jun, Ren En, and Mrs. Lei Hua all changed their expressions.

What on earth is this?

Unheard of!

Can vegetables still smell like meat?

Xia Yan met everyone's curious eyes and coughed: "It's just an ordinary wild vegetable."

He said this with his mouth, but added something in his heart——

This one is unremarkable and ordinary.

This is in a different world, in the vast elven forest.

In a different environment and world, the so-called "ordinary" would suddenly become full of specialness and mystery.

"alright."

Xia Yan clapped his hands and looked at the gradually setting sun. "The duel begins, and the deadline is at nightfall."

The announcement of the judges undoubtedly brought the atmosphere back on track.

Without saying a word, Hu Jun took away one of the bags containing strange wild vegetables, and under Xia Yan's instructions, he chose the kitchen hut where he had just finished cooking.

Jie Qi still uses his room.

Watching the two contestants split up and head towards the opposite kitchen.

Renn sighed: "I suddenly want to quit the game and become a 'player'."

"yes!"

Mrs. Leihua agreed without any hesitation: "If I knew the benefits of being a contestant and having the opportunity to handle and cook these mysterious ingredients with my own hands, maybe from the beginning, I would grab it before Jie Qi. What a wonderful 'misunderstanding'."

Xia Yan heard a black line.

He has realized that the target of Hu Jun's challenge is him, not Master Jie.

Let’s not talk about Hu Jun’s “misunderstanding” first.

The dignified Madam Leihua, if she takes over this "misunderstanding", wouldn't she be bullying the small with the big?

Perhaps sensing the strangeness in Xia Yan's eyes, Mrs. Leihua laughed twice: "But this girl is not stupid, how could she think that I am the famous new celebrity chef... Well, maybe You can change your muscles and change your appearance..."

A strange color flashed in her eyes, as if she was really considering the feasibility of "disguising one's muscles and changing one's appearance" if another challenger came to her in the future.

Hey hey!

Modesty, madam!

Xia Yan made ten thousand complaints.

…

the other side.

However, Jie Qi, the "steel stick" who stepped into the kitchen again, had already started to process the wild vegetables in the bag.

What he did was to pick off all the leaves but not the branches, soak them in water and wash them, put them on the chopping board and use a knife to cut them into equal strips, grab them with his hands and spread them on the plate.

The leaves and roots are clearly distinguishable.

Jie Qi's eyes swept across.

"Ingredients are limited. How to use limited materials rationally and cook special dishes?"

One kilogram per person, not too much, not too little. If you want to make a complete vegetable dish, the error tolerance is within two or three times.

Come on, let’s find a way to get rid of the smell first, at least suppress it! Suppression!

Jie Qi took the lead in adopting a daily and common practice——

Soak in hot water.

He threw a leaf and a few rhizomes into a hot water basin, and dropped some white vinegar. Soon after, he picked up the leaves and rhizomes, chewed them to taste, and shook his head while biting, with a gloomy expression on his face:

"no!"

"The effect is there, but it's very weak."

The thought changed.

Jie Qi secretly thought, what if all the juices from the rhizomes that produce a meaty smell are "removed"?

After trying for a quarter of an hour, he shook his head again.

No, no.

The juice drains away too much, and when chewing, the taste becomes obviously old and the flavor is completely lost!

Thinking of this, Jie Qi's eyes gradually changed as he glanced at the wild vegetables on the table.

He is not that kind of old-fashioned, brainless chef. On the contrary, after being promoted to the special level, he traveled all over the country, met many strange people, and watched many cooking schools and styles. Therefore, Jie Qi’s philosophy has always been open-minded. And flexible.

At this time, a bold idea suddenly came to Jie Qi's mind——

Simply.

Just regard "wild vegetables" as "meat"!

Treat it like meat!

As a result, Jie Qi found that his vision suddenly became clearer.

Techniques to deal with the fishy smell of meat include stir-fried garlic, ginger, scallions, and traditional spices such as star anise, cinnamon, and grass fruits.

Jie Qi thought that he had found a bright path in the desolate jungle. His originally gloomy face suddenly showed a confident smile: "Just do this, I will win -"

When Xia Yan walked into the house, he discovered Qi Qi's extremely weird operations.

He put all the leaves and small rhizomes into the pot.

A handful of snow-white salt grains were rubbed on his hands.

The movements were gentle and careful, applying salt grains to the leaves and roots, as if they were afraid of hurting the delicate cortex.

"Is this 'pickling'?" Xia Yan stood for a while and saw some clues.

On the stove not far away, a pot was boiling water. At this time, the water was boiling, and green onion slices, ginger slices and some various spices floated on the water.

Hey, hey, hey!

After finishing the "pickling", Jie Qi set up a wok on the stove, and the pot heated up quickly.

Immediately afterwards, Zhi Qi tipped the copper basin, threw the leaves and vegetable roots into the hot water pot, and within a few seconds, he quickly fished them up with a large colander, and suspended the colander in the middle of the waste water tank, his arms continuing The shaking shakes the water out of the vegetable leaf segments and shakes them out visibly to the naked eye.

Add oil to the wok, but instead of frying vegetables, you fry a large amount of minced garlic.

Cook the two separately.

When putting it on the plate, a piece of minced garlic was shaken off with a frying spoon, and it landed on top of the steaming green vegetables.

"Finish!"

Jie Qi’s excitement was beyond words.

Unexpectedly, a voice pouring cold water came from the kitchen cabin behind:

"I've been waiting for you for a while."

Jie Qi turned around in shock and found Hu Jun standing outside the door, holding a plate in both hands and staring at him coldly.