Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 337
However, after the judges ate the fish balls, Chen Nian still saw a look of surprise on the judges' faces. Although he didn't know what kind of fish the other party used to make it, Chen Nian just vaguely heard that it seemed to be coming from over there. There was a knocking sound, which meant that the fish balls were made by the other party.

Seeing that the judges chewed far more times than normal fish balls, Chen Nian also confirmed his guess in his heart, and his mouth couldn't help but salivate.

"I really want to taste it, but I don't know what it tastes like."

Soon those fish balls were distributed to other guests, one for each person, Chen Nian wanted Miao Miaowu to keep one for himself, but he couldn't do it, and he couldn't keep half of it for himself to eat.

The dishes made by other people were also brought up one after another. Most of the people's meals were cooked without any problems, but there were still some people who made some small mistakes when cooking, which caused the taste of the dishes to be unsatisfactory. .

Soon there were the last three people left, Chen Nian looked up at the other two, one of them was the tall and thin guy who helped him catch the fish, the fish of the other party was just finished, and he was dividing it into more than ten portions at the moment.

After the division was completed, they served it up, but what was somewhat unexpected was that the other party not only asked the staff to bring the divided plates to the judges and guests, but also left two more copies, one for the One for myself, one for another.

"Thank you." Chen Nian thanked quickly, and then his eyes were attracted by the exquisitely shaped piece of fish cut into squares in front of him.

The surface is golden, and the smell is very attractive, and the rich fragrance can be smelled just from a distance with the tip of the nose.

Then Chen Nian picked up the plate and observed it carefully. Under the golden skin, the fish meat was slightly red, the meat was firm and tender, and the skin was smooth like a piece of rough jade.

Just like the emeralds from the old pit, the outside looks rough and not very smooth, but the texture inside is better than fat after being cut.

The portions for them to taste are all small pieces of two centimeters square, but the positions are about the same, so even if there is a certain difference in taste, the difference will not be too big.

Aged put this piece of fish into the mouth, as the upper and lower teeth lightly close, the crispy fish skin makes a slight click sound, just like putting a piece of seaweed on it, but its taste is more delicious than seaweed too much.

And only the thin layer of fish skin on the outside has been fried to this state, the fish meat inside is still extremely tender, and the juice keeps coming out with chewing, giving people the feeling that they are drinking fish soup while eating fish meat .

Moreover, there was a faint smell of wine in the soup, the wine invigorated the umami taste of the fish, but he frowned as he ate and ate it, because he felt another taste!
Although it is somewhat similar to the aroma of wine, if you distinguish carefully, you can feel the difference between them.

"Did you use incense sticks?"

Suddenly, a voice came from Chen Nian's ear, and the judges on the stage also discovered the carefulness of this dish.

Chen Nian immediately realized that the other party actually used incense sticks!
Fragrant grains actually come from Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, and Fujian. The raw materials are wheat and glutinous rice fermented with koji.
Distiller's grains are originally used to brew rice wine, but if you want to get fragrant grains, you need to brew rice wine, and the remaining distiller's grains continue to be sealed, and can become fragrant grains after more than half a year.

And there is still alcohol in it, but it is more mellow than ordinary rice wine when used in cooking!
The reason why Chen Nian knew this was because he had heard from guests when he was in Shanghai. After all, there are many rich people in a big city like Shanghai, so there are places where you can eat this kind of time-consuming food.

For Chen Nian, even if he didn't eat it, hearing it can be regarded as increasing his knowledge.

But I didn't expect that the tall and thin man actually used these.

Now Chen Nian feels like there is a bare-bottomed doll swimming unsteadily in his mouth after dipping a little rice wine with chopsticks and sipping it.

He stumbled, collided with the edge from time to time, then he laughed twice, and then swam in another direction.

The fried white fish is really delicious, Chen Nian can't help sighing!

Looking at the guests, they also showed a very satisfied look after eating this dish, and the judges also nodded with smiles while discussing with each other.

It seems that this is to give high marks.

Chen Nian guessed in his heart.

He looked down at his own pot. His dishes were not finished yet, but they were about to be done. At this time, Chen Nian started to get busy again. He washed the green vegetables that had been prepared and processed them briefly. Put in the pan and set aside.

Chen Nian's actions surprised others a little bit. You only put in other people's dishes after they have finished eating. Isn't it too late?

But Chen Nian didn't care about these gazes at all, and he decided to add this dish only on the spur of the moment.

But just after he added the dishes, the staff suddenly brought another dish for him.

Looking up, it turned out that the other one of the last three people brought it to him.

But this person, Chen Nian, had never spoken to him before, nor did he meet him when he was picking up the ingredients.

Could it be that you want to emulate the tall and thin guy just now?

However, since the other party sent a copy, Chen Nian had no reason to refuse, at worst, he would give them another copy later.

After raising his head and smiling friendlyly at the other party, Chen Nian began to look at another entry that was brought up.

From the outside it looks like crabs and fish.

And at first glance, it seems that there is nothing special, a crab is a crab, and a fish is a fish.

But when Chen Nian picked up the crabs, he realized something was wrong, because the legs of these crabs were glued on!
With a light tug, it was torn off...

Then he saw that there seemed to be some jelly in the joint in the middle.

But the opponent used this thing in the competition, obviously these glues are edible, so I tasted the joint in the middle and found a faint smell of fish.

But is there such a thing on fish?
After thinking about it for a while, Chen Nian suddenly thought in his mind that there seems to be something called isinglass on the fish body, which is made of fish fat, which contains rich colloid, so it is called isinglass, and It is also sometimes called flower gum.

But in order to achieve such stickiness, Chen Nian guessed that there may be fish scales in it, and the fish scales can also be melted when cooking.

"Awesome, such a complicated production process is used just for this connection!"

Chen Nian couldn't help feeling admiration for a while, just relying on this point is enough to call it ingenuity, and the other party is definitely from a big restaurant, or engaged in self-media shooting videos, otherwise it would be absolutely impossible Come out with such bells and whistles.

But now the other party is still with the judges, so there is no way to ask, so after aging, I look at the inside of the crab again. Many crabs have been dismantled before, so the aging side has all the tools.

Grab the tools and start disassembling.

After removing the legs and pincers of the crab, the old shell is opened, and some glue is used here to stick it.

It is slightly easier to open than normal crabs, but it also has the same frustration.

After aging, I saw full crab roe and thick crab meat inside.

But at this time, Chen Nian was a little confused.

If you just peel off the back shells of those arms and legs and glue them back together, is it necessary to spend so much trouble?

In other words, there must be a problem here!

Then Chen Nian used a small spoon to dig out the crab roe. He planned to remove the crab roe and crab meat and put them in the crab shell, and then eat them in one bite.

Old crabs are usually eaten like this, because it will be particularly refreshing, but due to the limitations of tools, there is no way to dismantle them carefully.

But when he just took out the crab roe, he suddenly noticed that the crab roe seemed to be different from the crab roe he had seen before...

So he took a little and put it in his mouth first.

Then he finally realized that this is not crab roe, it is clearly fish roe!

The other party actually made the fish roe into the shape of crab roe!

This is too creative!

Chen Nian finally figured out why a crab and a fish were served!
Because of this crab, except for the outer shell, the rest of the internal structure has been replaced with fish!
Crab roe is made from fish roe, and crab meat is made from fish meat!

This is true even inside those legs!

"Simply invincible!"

Chen Nian removed all the fish meat from the crab's body, and those fish meat removed from the legs of the pliers were still covered with some red film, and the other party even simulated this layer.

Put them all in the crab shell, then pour in some crab vinegar served with this dish, mix evenly, scoop it up with a spoon and put it in your mouth!

The smell of fish fills the mouth with a faint smell of crab, and the texture and taste are quite good, but after all, there is still a certain difference between fish meat and crab meat, so it still feels a little weird when it is aged.

It's not the kind of weirdness that doesn't taste good, but a feeling of disobedience.

After eating the crab, Chen Nian turned his attention to the small fish next to him. Since this crab is filled with fish meat, then there is no need to think too much about this fish, it must be made of crab meat.

After opening it, Chen Nian realized that what he thought was indeed right. The fish meat was indeed made of crab, but the fish roe in his stomach was made of crab roe.

However, when he was eating crabs, Chen Nian found that the junctions of those joints had isinglass as the glued connection. Logically speaking, this fish should have similar surprises.

After reading it back and forth, Chen Nian finally focused on the fish skin. The fish skin made of crab meat is golden yellow. Cut off a small piece of fish meat with a knife and put it in his mouth. After savoring it carefully, I really tasted the taste of crab roe.

You must know that the old-cut fish does not have fish roe, which means that the crab roe has been carefully processed by the chef, and the fish has been rubbed on it for coloring.

"There are people out there." Chen Nian asked himself that he must not be able to cook such a dish now, because if he wants to achieve this level, he must first prepare ordinary dishes, and then consider this level of innovation vegetable.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Nian doesn't even understand the ingredients, so naturally he can't make such things.

Now aging is just to make those dishes and some of those dishes well.

But there's nothing to be discouraged about. After all, everyone's starting point is different, and I have only been doing it for more than half a year at best. Which one of them hasn't been doing it for several years?
Almost 5 minutes later, the old pot of fresh fish and sheep was finally ready.

The staff brought over a dozen teacups for drinking tea, and then began to fill them with soup. After the soup was filled, some fish and mutton were put in. In addition, there were previously prepared vegetables, Gorgon fruit, and crab meat or something.

Make sure that you can eat these ingredients in each serving, but the three servings for the judges must be the best position on the fish.

After all, everyone is doing the same, and it's not considered flattering the judges, but after all, the judges are responsible for scoring, so naturally they have to bring the best food to them.

Finally, it was Chen Nian's turn to make this dish. The judges and guests had also paid attention to Chen Nian's side for a while, but after Chen Nian started cooking the soup on a low fire, he didn't make any movements, so their eyes Then move away.

The judges looked at the small bowls in front of them. The soup inside was milky white and extremely rich. The fragrance emanated from the container, as if it was alive and kept drilling into its nose.

"Sure enough, it's fresh fish and sheep." One of the judges nodded and said, it was he who first guessed that Chen Nian was going to cook this dish.

"But this white one seems to be a kind of medicinal material... what is it?"

"It should be Gorgon."

"It's actually Gorgon fruit, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, and the dish on it should be Pucai, right? I didn't expect that all the ingredients he used were seasonal ingredients, so be careful."

The judges all nodded. Previously, some chefs used all seasonal ingredients to cook, but the types used were not as many as those aged. You must know that for a dish, the more types of ingredients used, the more difficult it will be. high.

Because it is not only to process the ingredients, but also to consider whether their tastes can complement each other. If you blindly pursue the season of ingredients and just pile them up randomly regardless of their taste, then the dishes you cook will definitely fail.
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The dishes made by others are full of color, fragrance and flavor, and there are certain meanings in them, but you put a bunch of seasonal ingredients into the pot and make a pot of stew, not to mention that there is no color, fragrance, but you just want to think about it. When good morals come out, they have to be copied mechanically.

Thinking of this, the judges all felt that the aging can achieve this step on the basis of fresh fish and sheep. If the taste is still good by then, it will actually be very valuable.

(End of this chapter)