Chapter 411: It's Good to Lose
"Don't be surprised, in the way of cooking, although I don't have the talent of Song Xiu's kid, I dare to bet with you, naturally I have my support. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Song Likun said.
"Tell me how you want to bet. ”
For betting, Gu Zheng has always been very interested.
"As the saying goes, there is a specialization, although my overall cooking skills are not as good as Song Xiu's kid, but I also have a few specialty dishes for housekeeping, I want to bet with Gu Zhangmen that I am best at 'Snow Cabbage Orchid Slices and Meat', I don't know if Gu Zhangmen dares to bet?" Song Likun said.
As for the pork used, it is still from the Kunlun Ruins 'Xianyun Pig', and the orchid slices in this dish are also from the Kunlun Ruins, the rhizome of an edible orchid. In addition, the dish of 'snow cabbage slices and pork buttons' is also available on the banquet menu provided by Kunlun today.
"You don't want the high-ranking members of your Kunlun faction to be judges, do you?" said Gu Zheng.
"No, Kunlun's grudge with Emei has finally been resolved, in this special period when the grudge has just been resolved, I don't want the elders to worry about it! As for the judges, you will find this person!" Song Likun said indifferently.
"You're so relieved of me, aren't you afraid that I'll find someone to cheat?" Gu Zheng said curiously.
"Anyway, I will definitely taste the food you cook, and we will all rely on our conscience to cheat or not. Song Likun said.
"Okay, tell me what you want to bet on?
Song Likun shook his head: "I believe that set of immortal kitchenware will be more useful in your hands, I bet with you, my bet is these things." ”
It seemed that he had been prepared, and Song Likun took out a large bag of things.
"These are all treasures that I have treasured for many years!" Song Likun said.
The things that Song Likun took out, Gu Zheng's eyes straightened, there were more than forty of these things, including the medium-quality sugar that Song Xiu used in the food competition, and some other medium-sized ingredients. And ordinary ingredients account for less than one-third of the billy in this!
Although there are no high-grade ingredients in the things that Song Likun took out, most of the ingredients have reached the medium grade, even if Gu Zheng now has the treasure of the empty door, and the medium-level ingredients are no longer scarce, but who would have too many resources? Not to mention the high-grade resources!
"You,"
Gu Zheng didn't know what to say, this was a person who was obviously different from Song Xiu and Song Bai.
"As the saying goes, a good horse with a good saddle, you can win Song Xiu, these ingredients are in your hands, I believe they can bloom more flavorfully. And if you want to get them, you beat me over my specialty dish, which convinces me to lose, and also makes me feel relieved that I have finally entrusted such a good ingredient to someone worthy of trust. ”
Song Likun's voice paused, and then he said solemnly: "You must win me, otherwise I will be disappointed!"
"Good!"
Gu Zheng nodded, and he also had more respect for Song Likun.
"Although you don't ask for my bet, I still put this set of fairy utensils on the table, and if I lose, I don't want this set of fairy utensils. "Gu Zhengdao.
"No, winning or losing once is nothing, I don't think there is anyone more suitable for this set of fairy utensils than you. Forget it, I don't want your bet either, let's get started!" Song Likun's attitude could not be refused.
"Promise, Gu Zheng, you won't take advantage of such a bargain!" said the machine spirit helplessly.
"Machine Spirit, he makes me feel weird like this!" Gu Zhengxin said.
"Why do you have so many psychological burdens? He originally wanted to fulfill you, and if you also fulfill him, wouldn't he get it? Perfection is a virtue! Wait until you go all out and don't use any immortal arts, just win him with your true ability, which can be regarded as a manifestation of your strength!"
Gu Zheng's brows furrowed slightly, although there was nothing wrong with the machine spirit's words, it always made him feel indescribable! This feeling had also appeared in the Shushan kitchen before, it seemed that in some special circumstances, the machine spirit hoped that he could defeat other chefs without using immortal arts.
"It stands to reason that using immortal magic to win should be a matter of course in the hearts of the machine spirits, after all, this is all the means of the Immortal Lord. But on some special occasions, how can I always feel that she is inducing me not to use immortal arts? Just like what she needs me to show is a kind of self-confidence, an attitude of contempt for my opponent! What's more, if she is not inducing me, she asked me not to use immortal magic to win, it should not be said to be a manifestation of my strength, it should be said that it is a kind of respect for Song Likun!"
Gu Zheng shook his head and stopped thinking about it, anyway, what was going on in the little head of the machine spirit, he was really unpredictable sometimes.
"Okay, since that's the case, I'll take Chef Song's good intentions. Gu Zheng said.
"That's right, let's start!" Song Likun smiled.
The cabbage is white in color and looks like the first sprouts of a fern.
The rhizome of edible orchids is a bulb, as large as a sweet potato, cut into slices of moderate thickness, and when the time comes, it is sandwiched in the fairy cloud pork, and while absorbing the excess oil, the orchid itself will become soft and charming.
'Cabbage slices and pork' is more troublesome to make, the cabbage in this dish should be fried first, and then added to the prepared soup to simmer for a while, and set aside for later use.
The processing of orchid slices is relatively simple, you only need to wash and cut them into slices, and sandwich them in Xianyun pork before basketing.
As for Xianyun pork, the pork belly on the Xianyun pig is selected, after the initial hair removal and blood staining, the pot is boiled for a period of time under cold water, and then taken out and pierced on the pig skin, so that the loose skin made after the effect is better.
On the punctured Xianyun pork, evenly spread the seasoned sauce, wait for the sauce to dry, and then put it in the oil pan, fry the Xianyun pork until the pork skin changes color, and then soak it in cold water to make the pig skin loose.
The sauce made of tofu, soy sauce, spices, etc., evenly spread on the cut Xianyun pork, add a piece of orchid slices between each piece of Xianyun pork, put it upside down in a bowl, and then cover it with a layer of previously fried cabbage, after steaming in the basket, when it comes out of the pot, it is buckled upside down on the plate, and a 'snow cabbage orchid slice button meat' is considered to be done.
Gu Zheng does not use immortal arts, and his advantages lie in the matching of ingredients level, his understanding of ingredients, and the ability to feel the trace substances that play a bad role in the ingredients.
Xianyun pork is a medium ingredient, orchid slices and snow cabbage are also medium ingredients, and the grades of the auxiliary ingredients are all too low, and there are few that even reach the ordinary level. For these excipients, unless it is said to be particularly important, otherwise Gu Zheng can not use it.
The cabbage was washed and quickly fried and put aside for later use, the orchid slices had been cut, and the Xianyun pork had been almost cooked.
After the seasoning sauce, Gu Zheng evenly spread it on the Xianyun pork, and as of this step, Gu Zheng's method and Song Likun's method began to be significantly different.
Song Likun's sauce used a lot of things, and Gu Zheng's sauce was just a fusion of rice vinegar and soy sauce.
"Master Gu, why do you only use rice vinegar and soy sauce?" asked Song Likun.
"There are good and bad ingredients, and Chef Song must also understand that some of the seasonings you use are not as good as Xianyun pork in terms of ingredient level, and using them will also play some good roles, but without them, it can highlight the taste of the ingredients themselves. ”
Hearing Gu Zheng say this, Song Likun frowned thoughtfully.
The sauce on the meat has dried up, and Song Likun has already put the meat in the pot, because of the small holes in the meat, while a slight explosion sound sounded from time to time, there was also the unique aroma of fried meat wafting out.
"Ziz-la-la!"
On the other hand, in the pot on Gu Zheng's side, what was placed was not Xianyun pork, but some excess fat when Gu Zheng was processing Xianyun pig pork belly.
To make 'snow cabbage orchid slices and button meat', the oil used to fry Xianyun pork is placed on the cutting board, and the oil used by Gu Zheng today is not the kind put on the cutting board, but it is not a violation, after all, it comes from the leftovers of the pork belly.
"Master Gu, do you want to use Xianyun lard? The meat of Xianyun pig is delicious, but the oil is a little tired!" Song Likun kindly reminded.
In fact, the greasy Xianyun lard is because it is too fragrant, and the fragrance has a feeling of being too much, so when cooking Xianyun pork, the chefs have done a lot of work to remove the oil, regardless of the 'sauce three immortals', or the current 'cabbage orchid slices and meat'.
"Thank you Chef Song for reminding me, but since I do this, I naturally have a reason to do so. Gu Zheng smiled slightly.
The reason why Xianyun lard is too fragrant is because it contains a trace matter of 'incense', which is naturally impossible for ordinary people to find and remove, but for Gu Zheng, this is not a thing! When comparing with Song Xiu to make the 'Three Immortals of Sauce', Gu Zheng also used the same method to remove the fragrance, which is also the reason why the two judges, Nun and Luo Jin, unanimously determined that the meat taste of Gu Zheng's 'Three Immortals of Sauce' is better.
Although Gu Zheng didn't boil much oil, it was enough to make do with a piece of Xianyun pork.
When the Xianyun pork was put into the pot, there was also a slight explosion sound, but all the cooks in the kitchen gently stirred their noses.
"It smells so good!"
"A fragrant but not greasy fragrance, why is this happening?"
"This is obviously Xianyun lard, but why doesn't it have that fragrant and greasy feeling?"
"If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that the Gu Master was using Xianyun lard, I would have wondered if this was Xianyun lard!"
"How did Master Gu manage to remove the fragrance from the oil? I saw him scoop out some of the oil before, is it the secret?"
Everyone is a chef, and soon a chef surnamed Li found out about the problem, and then he went straight to Gu Zheng's side, squatted down regardless of his identity, and sniffed deeply at the trash can.
"Ahh
Chef Li, who smelled the trash can, couldn't help but sneeze loudly, but his expression was very excited: "Yes, yes! This is it, the oil scooped out by the ancient master, the smell under the deep smell, is actually fragrant!"
"Master Gu, how did you do it?"
Almost all the chefs spoke at the same time, and it seemed to them that it was simply impossible.
"With your heart, with your heart to understand, with your heart to cook every kind of food, you will find things that you couldn't find before. ”
Gu Zheng had an unfathomable expression, and even his eyes became a little floating when he spoke, as if he could see the clouds in the sky through the roof.
"That's it!"
Several cooks said the same thing thoughtfully, and their eyes were also on the place where Gu Zheng saw, but they could see nothing but the black roof.
In the process of frying pork, Gu Zheng also used a stupid method to remove some flavor substances from the meat, and then quickly put it into cold water. Due to the effect of thermal expansion and contraction, the fried pork skin quickly changes and becomes a loose skin with a feeling of expansion, which looks very beautiful.
Traditionally, this process takes a lot of time, but Song Likun and Gu Zheng are not ordinary chefs, and they process Xianyun pork through internal strength, which greatly saves this time.
While soaking the pork, Gu Zheng and Song Likun both began to make sauce.
Song Likun's sauce is made with sugar, salt, flour, oil, soy sauce, and tofu. The sauce made by Gu Zheng only uses soy sauce, salt, sugar and tofu.
To make the selected accessories into a paste, Gu Zheng and Song Likun are not just as simple as smearing them on the meat slices, but use internal strength to promote the uniform absorption of the meat slices. After doing this, the two put the meat slices into bowls, sandwiched the orchid slices in the meat slices, covered the snow cabbage on top, and put them on the cage to steam.
"Gu Zhangmen, this 'snow cabbage slices button pork', in addition to using a little less auxiliary ingredients and using Xianyun pork to fry pork, the only thing I can see the difference is that you fried snow cabbage with a little more soup, and this extra soup, you poured all the extra soup on the button meat. ”
Song Likun's voice paused, and then added: "Also, you seem to use more sugar than me." ”
"Actually, it's not just that, the orchid has also been processed. Gu Zheng smiled.
"Orchid slices contain a lot of starch, excessive washing will reduce the starch, will make its taste crispy, this 'cabbage orchid slices button meat', the taste of the orchid slices should be soft to be delicious!"
Song Likun frowned, when Gu Zheng was washing the orchid tablets, he was busy with something, so he just glanced at it in a hurry.
"Chef Song, although the ancient master has been washing orchids for a long time, it is very strange that the water he washes orchids has hardly turned white. Originally, I thought that this was because the orchid slices used by Gu Zhangmen happened to have less starch content, but since I smelled the trash can, I think Gu Zhangmen seems to have processed the orchid slices with care. When Chef Li spoke, his expression was solemn and solemn.
"It seems that there are a lot of differences, which makes me look forward to Gu Zhangmen's 'snow cabbage slices and pork' more and more. Song Likun said with a smile.
During the steaming process, Gu Zheng chatted with Song Likun and them, and soon it was time for the 'snow cabbage slices to buckle the meat' to come out of the pot.
"Master Gu, the dish is about to come out of the pot, you should choose a judge. Song Likun reminded.
"It's you!"
Gu Zheng smiled at Chef Li, who had smelled the trash can.
"Huh?"
Being selected by Gu Zheng as a judge, Chef Li was obviously surprised, but his surprise was only for a moment.
"Okay, good, smelling the 'snow cabbage slices and buckle meat' made by Gu Zhangmen and Song Chef, I have long been hungry! Gu Zhangmen and Song Chef rest assured, I am a judge, and my remarks are absolutely worthy of my conscience. Chef Li said solemnly.
"Let's get started!"
Song Likun and Gu Zheng nodded and said the same thing.
Two steaming plates of 'Snow Cabbage Orchid Button Meat' were placed on the table, and Chef Li took a look at it and said: "'Snow Cabbage Orchid Slice Button Meat' requires the overall roundness, the orchid slice and the meat slice are integrated, the snow cabbage at the bottom does not leak, and the plate does not overflow juice." In terms of color, the 'snow cabbage slices and pork' made by Gu Zhangmen and Song Chef are equal. ”
"In terms of fragrance, the 'snow cabbage slices and buckle meat' made by Gu Zhangmen are better, as for the difference, after Chef Song himself smells it, he will understand that it is really difficult to describe. ”
After saying that the color was fragrant, Chef Li couldn't wait to take a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
Usually when others eat the food made by Gu Zheng, their first reaction is to open their eyes wide, but this Chef Li is different, he closes his eyes for the first time, and then chews very intoxicated.
After eating a mouthful of meat, Chef Li swallowed his saliva again, and the second time he moved his chopsticks, he added up orchid slices.
Also with his eyes closed, he was still very intoxicated with eating, and Chef Li, who had eaten the orchid slices, still didn't hurry to speak, he took another chopsticks and put the snow cabbage on the plate, closed his eyes and put it in his mouth.
But this time, Chef Li, who had his eyes closed, no longer reveled in his expression, but frowned very tightly, and his chewing speed slowed down a lot, as if he was savoring it.
Finally, Chef Li swallowed the snow cabbage in his mouth, and while he stretched out his thumb to Gu Zheng, he said four words with great emotion - so delicious!
"Chef Song, the 'Snow Cabbage Orchid Slices and Pork Button' you made is a common finale dish at our Kunlun faction banquet, I haven't tasted this dish fifty times, at least thirty times, right?"
Facing Chef Li's inquiry, Song Likun nodded.
"Chef Song's 'Snow Cabbage Orchid Slices and Pork Buckle Meat' can be used as the finale dish of our Kunlun faction banquet, and its taste is unanimously affirmed by everyone!"
Chef Li's voice paused, and a hint of apology appeared on his face: "However, if there is no major breakthrough in the 'Snow Cabbage Orchid Slices and Buckle Meat' that Chef Song made today, you will be the one who loses." ”
After Chef Li finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks and began to taste the 'snow cabbage orchid slices and button meat' made by Song Likun.
Although Chef Li still tasted it with his eyes closed, the intoxication on his face was gone, especially when he ate the snow cabbage, and even had a slight regret.
"Chef Song, you lost. ”
Chef Li shook his head at Song Likun.
"Good!"
Song Likun not only did not lose it, but applauded.
"It's good to lose, and it means that Master Gu didn't disappoint me!"
Song Likun laughed, picked up the chopsticks and began to taste the 'snow cabbage orchid slices and button meat' made by Gu Zheng.