Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards!

At 4:30 in the morning, Lin Xu took the elevator downstairs after washing.

After renting a house, his biggest change was that he slept longer.

When I lived on campus before, I had to get up at four in the morning so that I could be in time to buy groceries in the morning.

But now, he can sleep until 4:20 before moving into bed.

Scanning a shared bicycle at the gate of the community, Lin Xu leisurely came to the Chunfeng Vegetable Market and started purchasing the ingredients for today.

"Good morning, Boss Lin!"

"Come to buy groceries, Boss Lin."

"Boss Lin, can you make more chicken feet?"

"It's just that our food market ends late, and when we finish our business, we go to eat breakfast and everything is sold out."

As soon as I arrived at the vegetable market, the vendors greeted me one after another.

Lin Xu buys a lot of food, cooks delicious food, and is young and handsome. He became a celebrity in Chunfeng Market in a few days.

"After receiving your message last night, I ordered premium grade lotus roots overnight. These are nine-hole lotus roots, which have a crispy texture and are best suited for cold dishes."

Uncle Shen stood in front of the stall and enthusiastically introduced the lotus roots on the stall to Lin Xu.

Lotus root is divided into seven holes and nine holes.

Seven-hole lotus root is relatively thick and has high starch content, making it suitable for stewing.

The nine-hole lotus root is slender and has a relatively low starch content, making it more suitable for cold dishes with a crispy texture.

Lin Xu checked and found that these lotus roots were of moderate thickness, well-proportioned in shape, and indeed of good quality.

After reading it he said:

"Twenty pounds, let's do it today. It's the first day. It's too small and the customers will be nagging again."

After selecting the lotus roots, Lin Xu selected the tomatoes, eggplants and green vegetables to be used today. He bought necessary ingredients such as pork and chicken feet, and was then delivered to the store by the enthusiastic butcher stall owner.

Lin Xu washed his hands, put on chef clothes, and began to prepare the dishes for the morning.

Soak the chicken feet and pork, and then heat the stew used to stew the chicken feet yesterday on the stove to let the jelly-like stew in the stew bucket melt.

These braised soups are originally made from stock, plus the chicken feet that are rich in colloids will solidify into lumps after the temperature drops slightly.

When using, it needs to be heated in advance.

After the stew melted, Lin Xu used a large colander to take out all the ingredients such as onions, ginger, dried chilies, peppercorns, star anise, etc. and threw them into the trash can.

The stewed soup can be reused unlimited times, and the more it is repeated, the richer the flavor.

However, the residue inside cannot be repeated and needs to be cleaned and filtered every day, otherwise it will easily cause the stew to spoil.

After filtering the stewed soup, Lin Xu began to pack the chicken feet.

Now the store needs to sell more than 2,000 chicken feet and more than 700 bowls of hand-made noodles every day.

This was basically the limit of what the chef could do. Although he could bite the bullet and increase the amount, he felt it was not necessary.

Because the quality of the food cannot be guaranteed after the increase.

And if you continue high-intensity labor, your body will not be able to bear it.

It is only right to stabilize the sales volume first and slowly add new dishes.

seven in the morning.

Lin Xu had marinated the chicken feet and was about to pack the lotus roots.

Mom Chen Meijuan suddenly sent a WeChat message:

"Son, I've already taken the high-speed train to Beijing. I'll arrive around 10:30. Send me your location. I'll take a taxi when I get there."

Lin Xu: "..."

Do you still think I'm in a pyramid scheme?

I didn't send the message until I was in the car, for fear that I wouldn't be allowed to come.

He gave his mother a location, then took the lotus root, washed the remaining mud on the surface, and then peeled off the skin of the lotus root with a paring knife.

When making lotus root dishes, the skin must be peeled off.

Otherwise, the color of the lotus root slices will be dark, which will affect the appearance.

After peeling off the skin, he took a kitchen knife and started slicing.

When making ginger juice lotus root, the lotus root slices should not be too thick, but they should not be too thin either.

About two millimeters is best.

Such lotus root slices can be cooked through just a little blanching, and it is more conducive to the starch soaking out, making the lotus root slices more crispy.

The cut lotus root slices should be soaked in water with white vinegar added, which will make the lotus root slices whiter and more beautiful.

After cutting the lotus roots, the car boy also came to work.

After changing into chef uniform, he began to prepare several ingredients for toppings.

Lin Xu washed the cut lotus root slices several times to remove as much starch from the surface as possible, and then placed them in clean water to continue soaking.

Taking advantage of this time, he brought ginger and a juicer and started to squeeze ginger juice.

The biggest feature of the Ginger Lotus Root dish is that it uses ginger juice instead of minced ginger.

Blend the squeezed ginger juice with white vinegar, then add salt and twice as much sugar as the salt, and the ginger and lotus root cold juice is ready.

There are many flavors of ginger lotus root, including hot and sour, sour and salty, and the sweet and sour that Lin Xu is making now.

The sweet and sour lotus root is crunchy and appetizing, making it a great dish to go with wine.

At 10:40 in the morning, the preparations in the store came to an end.

Lin Xu and his five employees all ate noodles from large bowls. In front of them, there was a plate of tiger skin chicken feet and a plate of lotus root with ginger juice.

"Eat more. The customers at noon come more urgently and fiercely. When we are busy, let alone eating, we don't even have time to drink water."

While talking, Lin Xu picked up a slice of lotus root as white as jade and put it into his mouth.

The sweet and sour lotus root slices are crispy and have a hint of ginger spiciness. They are also dotted with green and red bell peppers cut into small pieces, which not only enriches the taste but also increases the appearance.

“The boss’s craftsmanship is really great!”

Che Zai originally thought that serving lotus root would not have a shocking effect, at least not as tiger-skinned chicken feet would be popular.

But after tasting it, he found that he still underestimated the boss's cooking skills.

This lotus root slices are so well made that they cannot be described in words.

No matter the white color, crisp texture, or sweet and sour taste, people can't stop eating.

While several people were eating, Chen Meijuan opened the door and walked into the store.

She is about forty-six or seventeen years old. Although her face has the traces of time, it can be seen from her still fair skin that Chen Meijuan was definitely a beauty when she was young.

"Hello, welcome!"

When Song Tiantian saw someone coming in, she quickly put down her chopsticks to say hello.

Lin Xu raised his head and realized that his mother was here.

He smiled and said:

"This is my mother. I'm here to see you from my hometown... You can continue to eat."

After saying that, he walked towards the door.

As soon as they heard that the boss's mother had arrived, Che Zai and the others quickly stood up and said hello:

"Hello, aunt."

"Auntie, you must be tired. I'll get you some water."

"Auntie, are you hungry? The store now has tiger skin chicken feet and ginger juice lotus root."

"..."

Chen Meijuan greeted them with a smile and then walked to the kitchen:

"You eat what you have and don't worry about me. Son, cook me a bowl of noodles and let mom have a taste of your cooking. I want to see how delicious hand-made noodles cost 10,000 yuan a day."

Lin Xu picked up the rolling pin:

"Mom, ten thousand yuan was the day before yesterday."

Chen Meijuan stopped smiling:

"You mean, there aren't usually that many? How many did you sell yesterday?"

Lin Xu flexed his index finger and thumb, raised his middle finger, ring finger and little finger.

Chen Meijuan raised her hand and slapped him on the arm:

"You kid, let me ask you a question. Why are you trying to be OK?"

Lin Xu smiled softly:

"No, it's 30,000!"

Chen Meijuan: "!!!!!!"