In the kitchen of Manhan Building, An Xiaoxiao tilted her head and held the phone between her shoulders, listening to Ye Chui's instructions on what to change. She was originally a very talented girl in cooking, and her eyes, which were a little hesitant and unconfident at first, gradually brightened up: "So that's how it is... Oh, I never thought that beggars' meals could be eaten this way... Yeah, Master, I get it... It will definitely taste good this way..."
Qin Yiyue and Han Yuyan stood on one side, both of them were attracted by the phone call between An Xiaoxiao and Ye Chui. After hearing what An Xiaoxiao's so-called beggar's meal was, Ye Chui seemed to be immediately full of confidence, as if he thought that An Xiaoxiao could beat Miao Shengsong with this dish
Is this beggar's meal so powerful
Seeing that An Xiaoxiao had finally finished her call with Ye Chui, Han Yuyan hurried over and asked, "Xiaoxiao, Master seems to be very interested in your beggar's meal. Is it really that delicious?"
"Master just told me some changes to make. I think this dish will be many times more delicious after Master's changes..." An Xiaoxiao also became excited at this time, "But Senior Sister and Brother Qin, this dish probably still needs your help."
“That’s easy.” Qin Yiyue continued. He didn’t seem too frustrated after losing to Miao Shengsong. After all, the other chef was a seven-star chef. Although he was only one level higher than himself, it was increasingly difficult for chefs above five stars to advance one level. It was not shameful to lose to Miao Shengsong. It was a pity that if he lost today’s game, he would have to leave Manhanlou and join Shenghuayuan…
A chef from Shenghua Garden walked up to Han Yuyan, Qin Yiyue and An Xiaoxiao and said, "The second game is about to start. The boss asked me to ask, what are you going to make for the second dish?"
"It's beggar's food..." Han Yuyan replied immediately.
"Senior Sister, Master said that this dish should not be called beggar's meal." An Xiaoxiao said hurriedly.
"What is that called?" Han Yuyan turned and looked at An Xiaoxiao curiously.
An Xiaoxiao smiled, with two dimples on the corners of her mouth: "It's a nice name, hot pot."
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"I really did not make a mistake in choosing An Xiaoxiao as my apprentice. She unexpectedly figured out how to cook delicious hotpot." Ye Chui, who was riding his bicycle to the restaurant breathlessly, could not help but think at this moment.
Hotpot is a unique Chinese delicacy, which means that this way of eating was invented by the Chinese. However, in the previous life, it became famous all over the world because of its uniqueness and deliciousness. Hotpot also exists in Japanese and Korean cuisine, but the most authentic hotpot dish is still the Chinese hotpot.
But in this world, hot pot has disappeared because of the vegetarian movement!
During the eighty years when meat was considered poisonous, the deliciousness of any meat suffered a devastating blow. Although there are vegetarian hot pots, the deliciousness of hot pot still mainly relies on meat. Many recipes for hot pot bases require beef tallow, pork bones and beef bones. As for the ingredients for shabu-shabu hot pot, they are even more all-encompassing. It can be said that anything flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water is included. Any ingredient for making dishes can be used as an ingredient for shabu-shabu hot pot. However, the most classic way of eating it is to use various meat products for shabu-shabu hot pot.
If there is no beef, mutton, seafood, or poultry and livestock, and only vegetables and fruits are left, the taste of the hot pot will naturally be greatly reduced.
It is for this reason that, within eighty years of the vegetarian movement, hot pot gradually declined and became completely invisible.
(ps: Seeing this, some readers will definitely raise opinions, thinking that popular food like hot pot will never disappear. But please think carefully, if there is no meat food, the audience for vegetarian hot pot will be very small. No one will eat only vegetables when eating hot pot. Without meat, the fun of hot pot will be greatly reduced. Malatang is also a snack that evolved from hot pot.)
"It's very troublesome to prepare the base of hot pot. The seasoning for the beggar's meal that Xiao Xiao made is also very simple. It's not realistic to ask her to make a classic base in a short time, so I told her the simplest clear soup recipe." Ye Chui continued to think, "As for the ingredients needed for hot pot, Xiao Xiao picked out a few vegetables, some chicken nuggets, braised beef, shrimp balls, etc. But after all, the most classic dishes for hot pot are still lamb and beef slices, and there are refrigerated lamb and beef in the hotel's refrigerator, which can just let Qin Yiyue cut them into lamb rolls and beef rolls. With his knife skills, there will be no problem, not to mention that he has the killing sword in his hand?"
Just now on the phone, Ye Chui had explained all of this clearly, not even leaving Han Yuyan out - Ye Chui handed the dipping sauce for the hot pot to this sister.
In fact, it would be difficult for An Xiaoxiao, Qin Yiyue and Han Yuyan to make the hot pot perfect with just a phone call from Ye Chui. However, this way of eating hot pot might be very novel to the three gourmets. As long as they can make the hot pot 80% delicious, there is hope of winning!
"I have to hurry back too!"
Ye Chui pedaled the bicycle hard. Now the competition between Shenghuayuan and Manhanlou was at a critical moment. Everyone could be said to be trying their best to fight against Shenghuayuan, but the success or failure of this competition would depend on Ye Chui's move!
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Inside the kitchen of the Manhanlou Hotel.
Gao Yuesheng has announced the start of the second game.
Following Ye Chui's instructions, An Xiaoxiao began to carefully prepare the clear soup recipe for the hot pot. Clear soup is very easy to prepare, and is mainly based on marinade, with seasonings such as mushrooms, onions, garlic, etc.
The marinade also had a great origin - it was the old soup left over when Ye Chui made Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. It was a very precious thing. At this moment, just put a spoonful into the pot to directly enhance the deliciousness of the soup base.
Ye Chui felt that this hotpot had a chance of success, and the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup was an important reason.
Next to him, Qin Yiyue was holding a butcher knife in his hand, carefully cutting a piece of frozen mutton.
After the meat is frozen, its texture becomes very hard and it is difficult to cut with an ordinary kitchen knife. However, the characteristic of killing life is that it is extremely sharp. The frozen meat can be easily cut like tofu under the killing life. Combined with Qin Yiyue's determined knife skills, the mutton rolls soon filled the plate.
Han Yuyan was also carefully preparing the dipping sauce. This sister was also working extra hard now. She considered herself a member of Manhanlou and Ye Chui's second disciple, but she was a little frustrated that she couldn't help when the restaurant was being bullied. Now that she could help, she would naturally work harder.
Sister Han's way of working hard is to taste every dipping sauce she prepares herself.
Sesame paste, peanut butter, chives, chili oil, etc., these things mixed together are delicious when eaten as a dip, but the taste is definitely not good if you eat them directly.
While the three people at Manhan Building were working extremely hard, the scene at Shenghua Garden on the other side of the kitchen was completely different.
"Are you kidding me? Manhanlou actually let a little girl compete with me?"
After knowing that An Xiaoxiao was the second dish, he felt extremely irritated and angry. As a seven-star chef, he felt that it was a loss to his reputation to compete with Qin Yiyue, a newly promoted six-star chef. But now, Ye Chu actually let a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl compete with him? Shame, this is a shame!
"For a little girl like this, I only need 30% to 40% of my performance to defeat her!" Miao Shengsong thought with disdain.
The dish that Miao Shengsong made this time was a stir-fried three-fresh dish.
This dry-fried three fresh ingredients is Miao Shengsong's original dish. The so-called three fresh ingredients are potato, eggplant, and green pepper.
Miao Shengsong's dry-fried three fresh vegetables is inspired by the classic dish of three fresh vegetables. The three fresh vegetables are first dry-fried and then stir-fried together. This dish is also one of Miao Shengsong's signature dishes. The method is not complicated, but it is difficult for ordinary chefs to bring out the deliciousness of this dish by following the recipe.
Miao Shengsong could have easily made this dish, but his mood was somewhat affected because of An Xiaoxiao.
It's like a fighting competition. A world-class champion finds out that his opponent is just a child... It would be difficult for him to maintain enough fighting spirit.
On one side of the kitchen, the three gourmets were talking in low voices.
"Chef Miao is going to make his classic dish, stir-fried three fresh vegetables. Although this dish is not difficult to make, the difficulty lies in fully mastering the heat. The softness and hardness of the three fresh vegetables must be controlled within a certain range so that the flavors of the whole dish complement each other. This dish is now only available at Shenghuayuan, and when it comes to the taste of this dish, no one can make it more delicious than Chef Miao."
"Master Miao brought out this dish. I'm afraid he will win the second round as well."
"But... I'm curious about what kind of dishes Manhanlou is going to make. I've never seen this kind of thing before."
"It's really curious, but... the cook is just a little girl, I'm afraid the dish will be disappointing."
“You can’t say that. Look, Qin Yiyue is helping her. Maybe this dish is worth looking forward to.”
"Qin Yiyue has a proud personality, and he is willing to help this girl, which really makes this dish look extraordinary."
The three gourmets discussed the matter.
Outside the kitchen, there were also many people, including waiters from Manhanlou and beggars like Su Laosan.
In addition, there is Fan Hong.
Fan Hong was so happy to see Shenghua Garden challenging Manhanlou that he came to watch. He was so proud of Qin Yiyue losing the first match, but when he saw An Xiaoxiao coming out, he couldn't help but feel shocked. He sneered, "Ye Chui actually let this little beggar cook the second dish? This is really ridiculous. I drove this little beggar away when he wanted to join my restaurant. If this little beggar can really beat Miao Shengsong, it means I am blind. I will sell Hanxiang Garden and never open a restaurant again!" (~^~)