Dare to cook

Chapter 76

Sometimes the world is big.

It was so big that Yao Yu felt that he was too poor to learn all the dishes in the world.

Sometimes the world is small.

Who would have thought that they just came to Hangzhou to attend a small party, but they not only ran into Lu Chenyu, but also Zhao Fangqing.

What's even more coincidental is that Yao Chan's head teacher, Zhao Fangqing, is actually the cousin of Zhao Fenyang's younger sister, Zhao Jingxi.

Tsk, the relationship between them is really a bit convoluted.

Zhao Fangqing couldn't laugh or cry after listening to Zhao Fenyang's retelling.

She wouldn't really think that Yao Chan wanted to introduce her brother as her boyfriend.

Although that time after Yao Yu rescued her at the school gate, Zhao Fangqing also had a good impression of Yao Yu.

But that's just a good feeling, not a liking.

"Yao Yu, you eccentric little sister should be disciplined. You dare to make any jokes." Zhao Fangqing gave Yao Chan a reproachful look, and gently explained what Yao Chan said just now.

Yao Chan stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.

In the box, apart from Lu Chenyu, Zhao Jingxi, and Zhao Fangqing, Yao Yu also knew the others.

Guo Chaoyi, Song Ziyi, Lin Weiwei, and Liu Junshu all went to Renhe Pavilion for dinner with Zhu Xingchen last time.

Yao Yu knew that these people were all from the wealthy second-generation circle of Hangzhou's catering industry.

The last time they went to the Renhe Pavilion, Yao Yu had a pleasant chat with these people.

Everyone exchanged pleasantries for a while, and Yao Yu was still thinking about watching Zhu Xingchen cook boiled cabbage, so he got up and left the box, and walked towards Jiaran's kitchen.

Jiaranju Yao Yu had been here before, and more than once.

At that time, the restaurant had just opened, and there were very few chefs in the back kitchen who could support the scene.

Yao Yu used to come to Jiaranju, and when business was busy, he would help in the back kitchen.

Today, after several years of development, Jiaranju has made a great leap in the overall level of the back kitchen.

There are seven chefs here who have been on the Jade Food List.

However, Zhu Xingchen was the only one still on the Jade Food List.

The rest were either pushed out of the list by latecomers, or automatically dropped off the list because they were over [-] years old.

But even so, it can be seen that Jiaranju is strong.

Yao Yu just entered the back kitchen,

Zhu Xingchen, who was instructing other people to work in the back kitchen, also saw him: "Manzi, what are you doing in my back kitchen?"

"I heard that you are going to make boiled cabbage, let me take a look."

As Yao Yu walked in, he glanced at the other busy chefs.

"What? You want to steal a teacher?"

"Hehe, you're thinking too much." Yao Yu said without batting an eyelid.

In fact, he really had the idea of ​​stealing the teacher.

With the system skill [A Hole Like a Candle] in hand, even if Zhu Xingchen doesn't say anything, he can instantly analyze all the details of Zhu Xingchen's cooking of boiled cabbage.

Zhu Xingchen curled his lips and said:
"I won't stop you if you want to see it. But don't think I will teach you. Unless you exchange Yao's private kitchen."

"Cut, I don't care about learning." Yao Yu looked around, but he didn't see Zhu Xingchen's master, and asked, "Where is Mr. Shao?"

Zhu Xingchen's master, Shao Mingzhang, used to be the president of Shu Province Kitchen Association.

Although the old man has never been on the top three lists, his level of Sichuan cuisine is the best, which is admirable.

Otherwise, he would not be able to teach an apprentice like Zhu Xingchen.

Zhu Xingchen said:
"Someone challenged Chen Duanrui today, and my master was invited to be a judge for them. I came back at night."

Chen Duanrui is currently the No.30 chef on the Jade Food List.

There is no need to say more about his strength.

Yao Yu heard that Shao Mingzhang had gone to serve as a judge for Chen Duanrui, so he didn't ask much, and said, "When are you going to make boiled cabbage?"

Zhu Xingchen said: "I still have to wait for 10 minutes, the soup is not ready yet."

The key to making boiled cabbage is the soup.

The choice of soup is very important.

Old hens with more than three years of age have to be used as the main ingredient, and ingredients such as chicken, duck, ham, pig's feet, scallops, etc. have to be added and simmered for four to five hours.

The process is quite elaborate and tedious.

When Yao Yu heard that the old soup was not ready yet, he was not in a hurry, so he stayed in the back kitchen and wandered around, leisurely watching the other cooks busy.

After 10 minutes, the old soup was cooked, and Zhu Xingchen started to make boiled cabbage.

As long as the old soup is in place, it is actually very fast to make boiled cabbage.

The selected choy sum is blanched in broth until it is seven times ripe, and then rinsed in cold water.

After the cabbage heart is cooled in water, rows of fine holes are inserted on the cabbage stalks with silver needles, so that the flavor can be absorbed later when steamed.

After finishing the cabbage, Zhu Xingchen took some wolfberry and shredded green onions and added them to the bowl.

Don't use too many wolfberry and green onion, otherwise it will overwhelm the taste of cabbage and soup.

After pouring the broth with minced chicken, you can put the choy sum and soup into the steamer.

After steaming for 3 minutes, the boiled cabbage is ready.

Zhu Xingchen is very skillful in cooking this dish.

In fact, these steps are not complicated and can be performed by any cook.

Again, the essence of making boiled cabbage is all in the soup.

Once you know how to boil the soup, and then choose the right and tender cabbage sum, you can make this dish almost perfect.

But no chef would easily tell others the key ingredients of the soup base.

Zhu Xingchen directly cooked more than 20 people.

He raised his eyebrows at Yao Yu: "Manzi, do you understand? Do you want to know the ingredients ratio of the old soup?"

Under the skill vision of [Penetration Like a Candle] and [Clearness], Yao Yu has already analyzed the ingredients of the broth clearly.

When it comes to making soup, there is one method that works for all.

For a professional chef, as long as he knows the ratio of raw materials, he knows the secret recipe.

Therefore, at this time, Yao Yu has actually understood Zhu Xingchen's biggest secret of making boiled cabbage.

He smiled, but couldn't get the words out.

"Old Zhu, for the sake of my friends, I will pass you a secret recipe of red oil."

Yao Yu said, and sent Zhu Xingchen the secret red oil formula he got from the system via WeChat.

If you learn secrets secretly from other people.

Yao Yu would be happy to make a fortune in silence. Anyway, it is so easy to steal a teacher by using the system, and it is impossible for others to notice.

But Zhu Xingchen is his friend.

Although Lao Zhu didn't know that Yao Yu had already learned the recipe of boiled cabbage soup base.But Yao Yu still didn't want to take advantage of Zhu Xingchen.

Therefore, this red oil recipe became Yao Yu's return gift to Zhu Xingchen.

With this secret recipe of red oil, Zhu Xingchen's level of Sichuan cuisine will definitely skyrocket.

Zhu Xingchen naturally couldn't guess Yao Yu's intention at this moment.

Now the back kitchen is busy, and he doesn't have time to look at Yao Yu's recipe carefully.

Zhu Xingchen curled his lips and said:

"What are you doing? I don't have a hundred recipes for making red oil, but I have eighty ones. You want to exchange this with me for the old soup recipe?"

Yao Yu smiled and said:

"This is for you. You don't want to exchange it with a prescription."

"Okay, it's getting late. Do you think it's time to serve? Lu Chenyu, Zhao Jingxi and the others are still waiting in the private room."

(End of this chapter)