Dare to cook

Chapter 214 The Winner Will Be Decided
"Pfft, haha! Yao Manzi is acting like a monster again!"

"Hell, it's not delicious, and it doesn't rhyme at all, okay?"

"What do you want to do with this competition? I ate my own lion's head in the semi-finals yesterday, and today I ate hibiscus shrimp. Is this food for eating and broadcasting or for the competition!"

"Reported, reported, Yao Manzi ate and drank in public, and didn't take care of the audience's emotions at all."

The scene of Yao Yu eating hibiscus shrimp quickly caused a lot of complaints in the live broadcast room.

The audience at the scene also saw this scene on the big screen in the main venue.

Seeing Yao Yu spit out that very low-key advertisement, the judges in the judging booth couldn't laugh or cry.

After eating two hibiscus shrimps to replenish his strength, Yao Yu went back to work and started making date chestnut chicken.

The main ingredients of the date chestnut chicken have been prepared before.

At this time, Yao Yu only needs to put the peeled chestnuts into the pot and stir-fry, then add the onion, ginger and garlic, pour in the chicken, add pepper and soy sauce and stir-fry.

When the soup in the pot is almost consumed, pour in the red date water used to soak the red dates before, then add salt, and simmer for about 10 minutes over medium heat.

Then add the red dates and continue to simmer for five to six minutes.

Finally, before collecting the juice, sprinkle some chili seasoning for decoration, and it will be considered complete.

When Yao Yu finished the date and chestnut chicken, Lu Chenyu on the opposite stove had already started cooking the third dish.

Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu did not cook in the same order.

On Yao Yu's side, his order is Hibiscus Shrimp - Chestnut Chicken - Sixi Meatballs - Barbecued Pork in Honey Sauce - Grilled Dried Fish with Mushroom and Moonlight in the Lotus Pond.

On the other hand, Lu Chenyu made the chicken with dates and chestnuts and Sixi meatballs first, and then made grilled dried fish with mushrooms and barbecued pork in honey sauce. He planned to cook the two simplest dishes last.

The fish breast in Grilled Fish Breast with Mushroom is actually beaten into fish paste, and then starch, clear soup, egg white and other auxiliary ingredients are added to make the fish paste into a flat "fish cake".

Making dried fish is also a time-consuming process, but the method itself is not difficult.

After Lu Chenyu has prepared the dried fish, put cooked lard in the pot, then put the prepared dried fish in and fry on low heat until cooked.

Dried fish is not as easy to shape as meatloaf and meatballs.

If you want to fix the shape of the preserved fish, you have to fry it with low heat first.

Then add the pre-cooked fish bone soup into the soup pot, bring to a boil on high heat, put the fried dried fish into the soup pot and boil it again, and take it out for later use.

After that, slice some ham.

Heat the oil in a pan, sauté the onion, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, pour the ham, chopped mushrooms, green beans, and preserved fish into the pan and stir fry for a while, then pour in the fish soup and cooking wine, then simmer to collect the juice, and then put it on a plate.

After Lu Chenyu made grilled fish with mushrooms, Yao Yu also made Sixi meatballs.

So, the two started to make the fourth dish-honey sauce barbecued pork at the same time.

After two hours of closed marinating, the char siu pork strips are fully flavored.

Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu each took out the meat strips, and they were about to spread the meat strips on the grill of the oven for roasting.

However, before baking, the two first spread a layer of clean tin foil on the baking tray under the grill.

That way, when the strips are baking in the oven, dripping grease won't stain the bottom of the oven.

It is also easy to clean up after the oven has been used.

Although, this kind of preparation has nothing to do with the final shape of the char siu.

But as a chef, you have to develop good habits when using kitchen utensils.

Only by taking good care of the kitchen utensils, the service life of the kitchen utensils will be longer, and there is no need to use too much detergent when cleaning the kitchen utensils after cooking.

In this way, the food cooked through repeated use of kitchen utensils will be healthy and hygienic.

There are three stages of barbecue pork.

In the first stage, bake on medium heat for 10 minutes, then take it out, brush with a layer of honey, and bake for another 10 minutes.

In the second stage, after roasting for 10 minutes, take out the char siew, brush with a layer of barbecue sauce, and then roast for 15 minutes.

In the last stage, take it out again, brush it with honey, and finally bake it for about 10 minutes.

In this way, after repeated brushing and baking, the honey barbecued pork is ready.

From marinating to grilling, it takes three and a half hours to make a honey sauce char siu, even if the process is simplified to the extreme.

Fortunately, Yao Yu and Lu Chenyu were able to cook other dishes while marinating the barbecued pork, otherwise the competition would not have been completed at all.

After the honey sauce barbecued pork is done, cut it into pieces and put it on the plate. Among the six dishes, only the moonlight in the lotus pond is left uncooked.

The name of the dish "Moonlight in the Lotus Pond" seems very poetic, but the method is very simple.

It's just that simple doesn't mean easy to do.

The simpler the dish, the higher the requirements for the details of the fire.

To make this dish, soak the fungus in advance.

Then slice the carrots and lotus roots.Boil a pot of water and blanch the fungus, lotus root, carrots and snow peas in the water.

Just blanch it for a while, don't blanch it for too long.

Rinse the blanched ingredients with cold water, then heat the oil in a pan, stir-fry the onion and ginger until fragrant, then put these vegetarian ingredients into the stir-fry, add salt, sugar, and a spoonful of clear soup to taste and leave the pan.

To make this dish, the time spent on washing and cutting vegetables is removed, and the actual cooking time is only 2 minutes.

It is very simple and convenient.

However, it is because the cooking method is too simple.

There is no room for many superb culinary skills.

Whether it is Yao Yu or Lu Chenyu, they are bound to win this game.

Although, the relationship between them is already very close and harmonious.

But a game is a game.

No one will give up.

Moreover, although the two of them didn't talk about it, they had been looking forward to this opportunity to fight in their hearts during this period of time.

Of the two of them, one was the top of the previous jade food list, and the other was the current top of the jade food list.

They all have the same record of winning the top spot for three consecutive years without a single defeat.

Ever since Lu Chenyu returned to China three years ago and impressed everyone with her cooking skills, people have been comparing her to Yao Yu.

But now, is it Yao Yu who is stronger or Lu Chenyu who is better.

This topic, which has been discussed intermittently for three years, finally has a result.

In this match, Yao Yu did not mobilize any other system skills except to scan the quality of the two people's ingredients with [Clearly Investigate].

Even the passive cooking skills such as [Eat All Over the World] and [Taste of Home] were temporarily disabled by Yao Yu.

Because Lu Chenyu is different from other opponents.

Yao Yu also wanted to have a fair and honest decision with her in the fairest environment.

Even so, Yao Yu may lose, and there is a risk of not being able to complete the task of [The Return of the Famous Chef].

But Yao Yu still wanted to have a fair fight with Lu Chenyu.

As for Lu Chenyu, he also showed extraordinary concentration in this match.

In order to ensure that she can win this competition, she cooks every dish with extra care.

Even when cooking the moonlight stir-fry in the lotus pond, Lu Chenyu cooked five portions in a row, and then picked out the one he was most satisfied with, and prepared to submit it to the judges.

With a sound of "Dang", the bell rang, and the game time was over.

At this time, the audience's spirits were lifted.

Everyone knows that the moment to decide the champion of this year's famous contest has finally arrived.

(End of this chapter)