Dare to cook

Chapter 33 Tofu Xi Shi Chu Xinmei

There are two interpretations of minced chicken.

The first is to tear the chicken into long strips and mix them together to make minced chicken.

The other kind has nothing to do with chicken. It is made of lean pork, eggs, taro powder, fish, dried razor clam and other materials to make a paste.

After the paste is cooled and solidified, it is cut into pieces with a knife, and it is somewhat similar to tofu.

The minced chicken used to make Farewell My Concubine is the second type.

Yao Yu personally prefers to call it "minced pork".

Making minced pork is a relatively time-consuming process.

First of all, the lean pork should be minced, and the amount of lean pork should be at least half a catty.Beat another five eggs, beat the eggs and mix them with the minced meat.

Then put the fish and razor clams into boiling water to cook until cooked, remove them and cut them into shreds.

Next, take a large bowl and make a paste of taro powder.

Then pour the paste taro powder into hot water, heat and stir, then pour the meat stuffing into it and stir, and add two tablespoons of lard.

In fact, it should be made with chicken broth at this time.

But the competition time was limited, and the organizer of the competition did not provide ready-made chicken soup, so Yao Yu had to use hot water instead.

After the meat stuffing is put into the pot, pour the fish shreds and razor clam shreds into the pot, turn to medium heat and continue cooking until the ingredients in the pot are cooked until translucent.

After this step is done, if you add rice wine and light soy sauce, add salt, monosodium glutamate, and chopped green onion, then this pot of minced chicken can be served as a separate dish.

But today's game topic is Farewell My Concubine.

It was also inconvenient for Yao Yu to engage in other show operations.

By the time the minced chicken is cooked, nearly half of the game time has passed.

At this time, you can pour the soft-shelled turtle, silky chicken, minced chicken soup, and shredded ham into a casserole and add water to cook.

Don't forget to add cooking wine and green onion and ginger before cooking.

Cook on high heat for about 25 minutes, and the chicken will almost start to soften.

At this time, put the whole casserole into the steamer for steaming.

The best steaming time is about 10 minutes, so that the taste of the dishes can be the best.

It's a pity that the competition time is limited, and the ingredients provided by the organizer are not comprehensive.

Therefore, even a master like Yao Yu can only try his best to be flexible, but cannot make an authentic Farewell My Concubine.

After all the ingredients were placed in the steamer, Yao Yu was fine for the time being.

He looked at the time, and there was half an hour left, so he relaxed and looked around.

At six o'clock, Mu Shaoran also put the ingredients on the steamer at this time.

Mu Shaoran glanced at Yao Yu, and conveyed a series of complicated messages with his eyes: no chicken soup, no wolfberry, no shiitake mushrooms, and the traditional flavor of Farewell My Concubine cannot be made.

Yao Yu, who deeply felt the same way, understood it in an instant. He smiled and said nothing.

In addition to him and Mu Shaoran, there were several contestants in the entire A region who had similar cooking progress to them.

One of the players was very close to Yao Yu.

That contestant was tall and slender, with a cold temperament like a knife, and his appearance... seemed to be more handsome than Yao Yu!
If I had to use one word to describe it, it would be four words: handsome as a demon.

This person is also a well-known chef, and his age is similar to that of Yao Yu.

Yao Yu had heard of him before, and his name was Chu Xinmei.

As the name suggests, he is a man who is more delicate than women, so beautiful that he is outrageous.

Chu Xinmei opened a tofu shop with a very good reputation near the snack street on Yunshan Road.

In terms of his ability to make tofu dishes, no one in Shanghai can beat him.

Therefore, Chu Hsin-mei also has a very resounding title in the world - tofu Xishi.

But if anyone thinks that Chu Xinmei's character is gentle and easy to bully, then he is totally wrong.

Because of his handsome and handsome appearance, Chu Xinmei has been missed by many people these years.

Not only women but also men covet his beauty.

Just last October, when Chu Xinmei returned home late at night, she was targeted by three North American homosexuals who were visiting Shanghai.

Those three people found Chu Xinmei behind and gathered around trying to plot something wrong.

Unexpectedly, instead of being afraid, Chu Xinmei pretended to cooperate and followed them into the dark alley without surveillance.

Then, those three tall and burly foreign homosexuals were beaten out of shape by Chu Xinmei, and their faces were swollen to the size of a pig's head.

Later, the three gay guys were so angry that they limped and ran to report the crime.

As a result, the police made a clear investigation and concluded that Chu Xinmei had over-protected herself, and compensated the three homosexuals for medical expenses of RMB [-].

After the news came out, it quickly spread in the culinary circle of Shanghai.

Since then, no one in Shencheng culinary arts circle dared to call Chu Xinmei the tofu beauty in front of him.

Yao Yu was quite surprised when he saw Chu Xinmei.

What surprised Yao Yu even more was that Chu Xinmei's cooking level was as high as lv7 (30321).

Since the system was activated, this was the first time that Yao Yu met a chef whose culinary skill value exceeded [-] points.

Moreover, the other party is as young as himself!
If this strength is fully displayed, I am afraid that there is a chance to be ranked in the top fifty of the jade food list!
However, Chu Xinmei was not on the list at all.

Not only was he not on the list, but he never discussed dishes other than tofu with others.

It's a bit confusing to have such a high strength but behave so low-key.

However, Yao Yu didn't have time to think about it right now.

Now he has to keep playing.

After the casserole steamed in the steamer for 25 minutes, Yao Yu opened the lid and used chopsticks to take out the green onions and ginger slices inside.Then add the winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and green vegetables, and continue to simmer for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, the game time ends.

All contestants must turn off the fire and stop, and then wait for the judges' comments.

In this round of competition, there are more than 20 judges in each competition area.

They will be in groups of two and comment on the contestant's Farewell My Concubine.

The review process can be fast or slow.

It took about seven or eight minutes before two judges came near Yao Yu.

But they didn't try Yao Yu's dishes right away, but first tasted Chu Hsinmei's dishes.

Chu Xinmei lifted the casserole, and a strong aroma wafted out, overwhelming the aroma of other people's dishes.

The alluring fragrance made the judges take two deep breaths.

The other contestants also craned their necks to look over, as if they wanted to understand why Chu Xinmei's dishes had such a strong aroma.

The two judges took the bowls and chopsticks and tasted Chu Hsin-mei's dishes.
After tasting, one judge said:

"Your soup is thick and fragrant. It brings out the umami flavor of the silky chicken and the collagen of the turtle."

"But I don't understand why your dish has such a strong fragrance and it tastes a little sweet?"

It's easy to sweeten Farewell My Concubine.

When stewing, just add some sugar or red dates.

However, the organizer deliberately did not give these seasonings, and it also clearly stipulated that the contestants could not use their own seasonings.

Therefore, the judges will feel curious after tasting the sweetness.

Chu Xinmei with a cold demeanor said lightly:
"The aroma is strong, because at the end of the steaming, I poured two spoonfuls of rice wine sautéed with green onion and garlic until fragrant."

"As for the sweet taste, it's because..."

"It's because of the use of shredded ginger and rice wine." Before Chu Xinmei finished speaking, Yao Yu gave him the answer not far away.

(End of this chapter)