Rebirth as a Cooking God

Matsujiang Bass!

Hearing Xia Yu's whisper, the energetic Mrs. Tang nodded with satisfaction, You have not forgotten your roots at last, and you still recognize these ingredients that have been praised by sages throughout the ages.

Songjiang sea bass is only produced under the Xiuye ​​Bridge outside the west gate of Songjiang County, Shanghai. It is a specialty of Songjiang County, Shanghai. It has been famous throughout the country since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Its meat is fat and tender, fresh but not fishy, ​​has no fine burrs, and tastes delicious. Unparalleled, it is one of the most delicious wild freshwater fishes, and it is naturally praised as one of the four famous freshwater fishes in China.

The old woman held the cane and stood firmly in front of kitchen counter No. 1. She was talking to Xia Yu. At the same time, she was also looking at the camera and talking to everyone watching the audition.

Suddenly, she changed her tone, and the change in her tone was shocking.

I have often heard Arqiong mention you recently. She said that you are very powerful, so powerful that she can look up to you and cannot catch up with you... At this point, an elusive look flashed across Mrs. Tang's eyes, The title of this round of auditions was announced three days ago—Fish!”

“Fish cuisine!”

Isn't it very ordinary?

The old woman was smiling, but the talented people on the stage were secretly sweating.

Other freshwater fish are fine, but it’s the Songjiang perch!

Precisely because of its great reputation, the recipes for this freshwater fish have long been developed by chefs from all walks of life. It can be steamed, fried, stir-fried, or boiled. Anyway, the cooking skills of the great masters of the past and present are all based on the ingredients of 'Songjiang Bass'. Each shows his or her special powers. You know, innovation is also a point of evaluation for the judges. It is very difficult for the boys and girls on stage to get points in this aspect. But if they can't get high scores, how can they compete for the top 10 on the list?

Today's three auditions are still based on the 300-point ranking system. Only the top ten will be selected in each game, and there will be a total of 30 qualifying candidates.

Ordinary? Xia Yu also shook his head, The more famous the ingredient, the greater the pressure on the chef's shoulders. After all, as you said, Songjiang sea bass, which has been praised by sages throughout the ages, has received too much praise. Failure to highlight the glorified side of it means failure.”

Mrs. Tang was quite surprised by Xia Yu's cautious answer. She obviously didn't expect that a boy with the nickname Devil King would have nothing to do with his nickname. He was not arrogant at all.

Cook more seabass delicacies, just think of it as a special favor for me, an old lady.

The crutch struck the floor crisply, and Mrs. Tang said with a smile.

Xia Yu looked into her clear eyes full of stories and murmured in his heart, is this old lady the old monster hidden in the depths of Tang Dynasty?

Before turning around with her crutches in hand, Mrs. Tang paused and said, By the way, I haven't had a good appetite recently. If the food is too mediocre, I may lose my appetite.

A very subtle warning.

Hey, is this an order? Xia Yu called Mrs. Tang in front of the camera with a smile on her face.

order?

Mrs. Tang was stunned for a moment and understood what Xia Yu meant. She was not a judge, but just a guest watching the competition. According to the rules, she was not qualified to receive special care from the talents on the stage.

That's right. If your cooking is approved by me, I won't eat the Overlord meal, old lady.

The cane hit the floor, and the clack-clack sound faded away.

Xia Yu raised his head and raised his hand to the stunned emcee on the stage to apply: There is an extra mouth, so the ingredients may not be enough. Can you provide more ingredients?

The host came to his senses and nodded quickly, No problem! No problem at all!

So, in the next ten minutes, aquatic product trucks came on stage and then left one after another, and hundreds of kitchen tables were allocated sufficient amounts of live fish ingredients.

It is worth mentioning that there are two fresh water basins on the kitchen counter No. 1 where Xia Yu is, and there are three fresh Songjiang Bass swimming in each basin.

In these ten minutes, Xia Yu also thought of the recipe.

sea ​​bass?

In fact, the simplest and most convenient way to cook sea bass is fish breast, which is sashimi and sashimi.

However, considering that he didn’t bring any kitchen utensils, including carving knives and ice soul knives, there was a high probability that the quality of the fish meat would be different from his cooking skills, and it would be easy for Mrs. Tang and Wei Qinglian to The two people disliked each other and found fault with each other.

Therefore, not only for Xia Yu, but also for all the talents on stage, fish breast is the most difficult form of cooking to present.

Among the eight major cuisines, such as Shandong cuisine, Cantonese cuisine and Hunan cuisine, there are steamed seabass and braised seabass.

Xia Yu knew the seabass recipes from all major cuisines at his fingertips, and a random search in his head brought up a sea of ​​words.

Hey!

The sound of hot oil in a pot began to be heard on the stage, and there was movement on other kitchen tables.

Looking at a young boy of the same age who was busy not far away, Xia Yu saw green onions, sesame oil bottles, and peppercorns on the table. Xia Yu nodded secretly, Hey, if you look at a fish dish from the perspective of Sichuan cuisine, In terms of taste classification, there are spicy, sour, peppery and numbing, etc. For example, seabass soaked in peppery and numbing. The method is to slaughter the seabass, cut the fish into small pieces, steam it over a high fire, stir-fry with chopped green onion, and then use Soak it in soup, pepper oil, add seasonings, and a large bowl of delicious fish soup is ready...

At this time, the staff came to kitchen counter No. 1 and delivered a basket of ingredients.

Chef Xia, these are the ingredients you requested.

Thanks!

Xia Yu casually picked up the basket and placed it on the table in front of him. Xia Yu didn't care that the surrounding cameras were zooming in.

Since basic seasonings such as salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, etc. are all available on the kitchen counter, players do not need to ask for them from the event logistics, so Xia Yu's food basket is missing many bottles and cans.

In addition to a few pieces of ginger and two sections of green onions, Xia Yu continued to take out packages of medicinal materials from the basket.

The medicinal materials were all wrapped in yellow paper. When looking at the camera, Xia Yu opened a package at random and found a few small sun-dried granules, gray in color.

Lowering his head to smell the faint astringency, Xia Yu's eyes lit up, This white cardamom is of quite good quality!

Hey, cardamom?

The camera gave a close-up of the package of medicinal ingredients in his hand. There were comments from every corner of the Longmen Pavilion, and many viewers recognized this ingredient. Although it is said to be food, it is actually just Chinese medicinal materials and spices.

In the private seats in the private room, Li Han and Tang Yuqiong were condescending, looking down at the stage on the ground. When they saw Xia Yu taking out at least seven or eight bags of medicinal materials from the basket, they couldn't help but look at each other in surprise.

Medicinal food?

Suddenly, there was quite a commotion in the venue because of Xia Yu's next move.

I opened the second yellow paper bag. This paper bag was very large and contained more than 20 black bean-like ingredients. Tang Yuqiong put her hands on the window sill and leaned half of her body out. She stared blankly and said, Tempeh?

oh--

The arena was filled with discussions, and naturally people paid the most attention to the boy with the nickname Devil King. Is he planning to make sea bass with black bean sauce?

In another private room in the Longmen Pavilion, Fan Jiaorou, Yuan Lanzhi and Mu Xiaoyue were present.

Fan Jiaorou, who had just been rejected by Xia Yu a few days ago, opened her mouth wide and asked, Tempeh?

Is this a coincidence?

No wonder Fan Jiaorou was overthinking and was deeply shocked. Three days ago, she sent the topic notification letter and planned to ask Xia Yu to help her perfect the spice recipe related to black beans. She never expected that Xia Yu planned to use it during today's audition. Tempeh cooking!