They Gather Here

"Is she good at cooking?"

"Pretty tall, just a little short of me."

"That's really high." Chitanda couldn't help but agree, and had a new proposal, "Can you make her signature dish?"

"Signature dish?" Luo Zhen pondered for a moment, "There are too many dishes she can cook."

"Then just use the existing ingredients and make something casually. I believe the three seniors are also very curious."

Would the three of them be curious?

Luo Zhen raised his head and looked at the three girls.

I saw Eirika braiding rings with her twin ponytails; Yukinoshita was carefully observing the packaging of the old version of Vegetable Life; Kato Megumin secretly aimed at herself.

In this absent-minded state, he was indeed curious.

However, it is human nature and understandable.

Luo Zhen didn't think there was anything wrong, so he opened the refrigerator, but he didn't expect that the first thing he saw were Hida beef and sweetfish.

He asked in surprise, "Chitanda, did you bring these ingredients to school?"

"Yes." The girl nodded, "I always feel that such good ingredients, if I give them all to the diners in the izakaya, and I can't eat any, it will definitely be a pity."

I didn't expect such a serious girl to have selfishness.

Of course, on this point, Luo really agrees with the other party.

"Then I will eat beef dishes today." He said.

"Red wine beef stew?" Chitanda asked.

"It's no use. Lafite ran out of witch soup pasta yesterday. What I'm going to make is beef tenderloin with onions and black pepper, which is a Mexican dish."

"Do you need help?"

"You do it."

Chitanda glanced at the three seniors and saw that none of them had any intention of making a move, so she knew it was because she was shy and refused to cook alone with Luo Zhen.

Of course, Sawamura-senpai may just have poor cooking skills.

The girl walked over and obeyed Luo Zhen's instructions——

Cut onions.

This is a technical job.

Everyone knows that after chopping an onion, the eyes can easily turn red, hot, uncomfortable, and teary.

The same is true for Chitanda, who couldn't help feeling a little bit dissatisfied with Senior Luo's "bullying" herself.

Unexpectedly, Luo Zhen came over, pinched her wrist, and taught her hand in hand.

"The onion should be divided into the bottom and the top. The bottom has long roots, and the top has leaves." He explained while operating, "We need to use a paring knife to cut the bottom."

"Hmm..." Chitanda's wrist felt a little hot.

"First, draw a circle at the bottom of the onion, then use a fruit knife to cut in along the circle, cut at a 45-degree angle, dig out a cone, and the tearing part is done."

"Um……"

"Will it be?"

"Yes."

"That's good, I'll leave the dirty and tiring work to you."

It turned out that he was regarded as a tool man.

Chitanda is so angry!

She was about to protest, but found that Luo Zhen had already concentrated on operating the beef.

I saw that with the help of God when he lowered the knife, the right hand that shredded the beef was steady and precise, and the speed was very fast. After cutting into thin slices and then shredding, he finished half a catty of Hida beef in a blink of an eye.

He then marinates it by tossing it with mirin, thick soy sauce, black pepper, sugar, starch and cooking oil.

It takes at least 20 minutes to marinate, there is no reason to waste it.

Luo Zhen started the sauce, using thick soy sauce, black pepper, sugar, salt, starch, and then adding water and barbecue juice.

The reason why the finished barbecue sauce is used is because there is no Shaoxing wine and oil consumption. In this case, when the sauce is poured on the beef that is about to come out of the pan, the taste may be lacking, and the barbecue sauce can only be used to make up.

Next, wait for the onions to be cut and the beef to be marinated.

Luo Zhen heats the oil in the pan, stir-fries the marinated shredded beef, removes it after it changes color and sets it aside, then adds additional oil to the pan, and stir-fries the onion over medium-low heat until it becomes soft and juicy.

He tasted it and felt that the onion had become sweet and soft, so he took it out.

Finally, turn the stove to high heat, add shredded beef and stir-fry twice quickly, then pour in the onion, pour in the freshly made sauce, quickly stir evenly, and then take it out of the pan.

Beef tenderloin with onion and black pepper, done!

Luo Zhen put a plate on it, sent it to the girls, and said, "Try it~"

The four girls immediately surrounded them.

The aroma is tangy!

There are no green, red, or yellow peppers, so the color is only reflected by pure thick soy sauce, but it is very bright, reflecting the oily light, seducing people's appetite.

"I'm starting~" in unison x4.

The girls picked up the chopsticks, took the food into their mouths, and chewed carefully.

Amazing!

It melts at the entrance.

These four words are not something that can be done casually.

Stir-fried beef must be smooth and tender without losing the texture of the meat, which is the highest state of tasting beef with delicious sweetness.

Luo Zhen obviously did not use chemical preparations such as meat tenderizer powder and baking soda, but relied on marinating and quick frying to achieve this step. It takes a lot of effort to fry the beef tender and delicious without sticking to the pan.

Moreover, in addition to the tender beef, there are also soft and sweet onions.

Super delicious!

The four girls chewed hard, and in a blink of an eye, a plate of beef was wiped out.

Luo Zhen asked: "Is it delicious?"

Seeing that the other three seniors didn't intend to answer, Chitanda volunteered: "It's delicious, but I'm more curious, can Nakiri-san cook it so delicious?"

"If there are ingredients, she can make even more amazing things." Luo Zhen said, "Authentic Mexican dishes are mostly made of peppers and tomatoes, and the taste is mainly sweet, spicy, and sour, and the sauce nine The above is made with chili and tomato, it looks very simple, right?"

"Indeed, compared to Chinese cuisine, Italian cuisine, and French cuisine, it doesn't seem particularly difficult."

"But there are exceptions, such as a spicy sauce called 'Moli', which needs to be made by mixing more than 100 ingredients."

"More than 100 kinds?"

"Eri...ahem...Erina's horror is that when she tasted this spicy sauce blindfolded for the first time, she named 91 ingredients in it."

What is that?

Is it some kind of special function?

Yukinoshita, Eriri, and Kato Megumi couldn't help but look at each other, and they had the same thought in their hearts——

The enemy is now, must form an alliance!

Looking at the seniors, Chitanda suddenly thought a little darkly, what would happen if I told them about the "caught rape" this morning?

I'm curious!

The curious baby looked at Senior Luo thoughtfully.

Luo Zhen suddenly felt like a chick under the gaze of an eagle, and couldn't help shrugging his shoulders.

Chapter 24 Business Improvement and Convenience Cuisine ([-])

In order to see the strength of the "newcomer" Nakiri Erina, the girls, including Kato Megumi, did not go home.

Luo Zhen and Chitanda rode bicycles, so they left the school one step late, cleaned up and returned the keys before leaving the school.

As a result, the timing was just right, and the two groups met at the station.

They head to the izakaya together.

As he went deeper into the alley and saw the door of Yi Er, Yukinoshita showed a surprised expression: "Hey, it's strange, why did the lantern hang out?"

"She used to do this often." Luo Zhen shook his head.

"Does it matter?"

"It's okay, as long as it's not a noren curtain."

For small restaurants with neon lights, hanging out the noren curtains means opening for business, and hanging out lanterns can only serve to attract attention.

But it was the end of June, the days were long and the nights were short, so it was not necessary to hang up the lanterns and light them.

The five-member group from the neighborhood committee walked over, opened the door and entered.

Fragrant!

The back kitchen was smoky and completely filled with steam, but squinting his eyes, he could only vaguely see a beautiful figure constantly busy.

Of course, this could only be Erina.

When Luo Zhen came to the bar, he saw that the other party was rolling out a large pancake on the cutting board, then stacked the pancake, and cut it into noodles with a knife.

"Looks like udon noodles." He said subconsciously.

"Hmm~" Erina nodded, "It's been cooked a lot over there, and it's drying in the drawer of the steamer."

"Why did you suddenly think of doing that?"

"Let's not talk about this, my udon noodles, do you want to try it?"

"of course."