A grand super chef competition has officially begun.
The rules of the competition are very simple. Anyone can participate, but only those who pass the auditions can become official contestants. The auditions are supervised and executed by the International Gourmet Association. There are a total of 18 audition locations around the world, three of which are in China.
Of course, there are also some chefs who do not need to go through the auditions and can directly qualify to participate. These chefs include chefs with five stars or above and those with a good reputation.
Ye Chui is a one-star chef, but he can be said to be the most famous chef in the world now, so he naturally obtained the qualification to participate in the competition and received an invitation letter issued by the International Gourmet Association.
Tian Xiaodu, Qin Yiyue and Dong Qian are now seven-star chefs, so they naturally received invitations to participate in the competition.
Jim, Jiang Yuemei, and the three five-star chefs of Manhanlou are no problem at all.
Similarly, Chen Tian, who has opened a Mapo Tofu branch in Hua Xia Food City, is only a four-star chef, but she is a famous chef, so she also qualified to participate.
But An Xiaoxiao and Han Yuyan, two of Ye Chui's disciples, were not eligible to receive the invitation directly.
Both of them want to participate in the competition, so they need to hold auditions first.
Fortunately, there is an audition location here in Yanjing.
The audition location was in a large domestic shopping mall. The organizers of the competition made a big investment and booked the entire mall, setting up stoves for the cooking competition.
The audition questions are also very simple - the question is about an ingredient, and you just need to make a dish with this ingredient and satisfy the examiner.
The examiners are gourmets from the Chinese Gourmet Association and the International Gourmet Association. Because this competition is global, their scoring standards are also very strict.
"The young lady will definitely have no problem, but can Sister Dayu do it?" Outside the examination room, Ye Chui and his group were sitting in a cold drink shop drinking drinks, waiting for the audition to end. Wang Shiyu leaned against Ye Chui, and the child was very worried. "It seems that Sister Dayu can only fry eggs."
"Don't worry. Cooking actually requires one method to apply to all methods." Ye Chui expressed confidence.
Lin Wei, An Jing, Tian Xiaodu, Dong Youyou, and Tang Shanshan were all sitting at the dining table. Hearing what Ye Chui said, Dong Youyou pouted his lips and said, "You thought this was a martial arts novel. You also said that if you can master one method, you can master all methods. How can you master all methods if you can only scramble eggs?"
"It's very simple." Ye Chui said with a leisurely smile, "No matter what the topic is, just fry it with eggs."
other people:"… "
It turns out that if you understand one method, you can understand everything...
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"carrot."
Han Yuyan had already received her own question, and when she saw the word "carrot" on it, she was stunned for a moment, and then she thought: "Master said that no matter what ingredients you encounter, you can just fry them with eggs... Scrambled eggs with carrots, I seem to have made this dish before, but ordinary scrambled eggs with carrots will definitely not work, it's too common, I have to change the method..."
Sister Han took two carrots and two eggs from the chopping board next to her, thought for a moment, and then started to work.
Eggs are a magical ingredient that can be paired with a variety of other ingredients. Of course, there are some tricks to pairing them together.
Eggs are easy to fry, but carrots are too hard to fry, so the heat must be controlled very accurately.
Another dish must have good color, aroma and taste. Not to mention the aroma, color is the first factor. Eggs and carrots are similar in color, so making this dish look flawless is a difficult point.
Most importantly, the theme of this dish is carrots. You can't let the eggs steal the show, the carrots must be the protagonist.
It’s a simple dish, but every aspect of it needs to be carefully considered.
Sister Han is considering it seriously.
After a moment, her hands moved, and she didn't cut the carrot into shreds. Instead, she cut the carrot into thin oval slices at an angle.
Her knife skills had become very good during this period, so the slices cut by Hu Luopo were uniform in size and thickness, just like petals.
After completing this step, she picked up the pot and briefly dipped the carrot slices in boiling water until the carrots were cooked.
Next, it's time to fry the eggs.
What Sister Han is best at, most skilled at, and most confident about is making fried eggs.
But after putting the two eggs in the bowl, Sister Han did one thing: she took out the yolks of the two eggs, leaving only the egg whites.
Mix the egg white with a little salt and stir evenly, then cut it into a round, slightly browned poached egg.
The poached eggs are placed in the center of the plate, followed by the carrots.
Sister Han poured the two egg yolks that had been taken out earlier into the bowl containing carrot slices, added salt and stirred carefully, allowing the egg yolks to cover the surface of the carrot slices. She put oil in the pan, and when it was 70% hot, poured in the carrot slices and stir-fried them.
The original orange-yellow color of the carrot becomes brighter because of the egg yolk, as if it were dyed with a layer of bright color.
Since the carrots have already been blanched, they only need to be stir-fried for half a minute to be fully cooked.
After turning off the fire, Sister Han used chopsticks to pick up the carrot slices one by one and placed them around the fried eggs. The simple carrot slices immediately formed a picture of sunflowers on the plate, which was full of childlike fun. At least in terms of color, there was absolutely no problem with this dish. As for the aroma and taste, Sister Han was also confident enough.
She wiped the sweat from her forehead and walked towards the judges' table with the dish.
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"Someone came out of the examination room!"
"Why is it a little girl? She looks only fifteen or sixteen years old."
"You gave up?"
Just over ten minutes into the Super Chef Competition auditions, An Xiaoxiao walked out of the mall.
When the people waiting outside the mall saw An Xiaoxiao coming out, they all sighed to themselves: Why would such a young girl come to participate in a cooking audition? She wasted the 100 yuan registration fee. She came out of the examination room so quickly, she must have failed in cooking...
However, just when everyone agreed that An Xiaoxiao had failed in cooking, An Xiaoxiao suddenly saw Ye Chui and his group in the cold drink shop next to her. Dong Shanshan even came out of the cold drink shop and waved at her when she saw her come out, so An Xiaoxiao immediately ran over happily.
"I passed the audition!" she shouted.
Those who were originally looking to laugh at the joke were all stunned when they heard An Xiaoxiao's words.
This little girl...
Passed the audition
So fast
"Master, the topic I got is to make a dish with tofu skin." After arriving at the cold drink shop, An Xiaoxiao explained to everyone with a smile.
"Tofu skin, what dish did you make?" Lin Wei asked curiously.
“I made a salad.”
"Cold dish?" Dong Youyou was a little surprised. "You're making a cold dish in the cooking competition? What kind of cold dish?"
"Purple cabbage mixed with shredded tofu. I used to make it for uncles and others. It's crisp and refreshing and very good." An Xiaoxiao said with a smile. She was able to finish the competition so quickly because cold dishes were the most time-saving. "The judges also said it was very good after eating it."
Dong Youyou looked unhappy: "It turns out it's so easy to pass the audition. If I had known this, I would have participated. After all, I have a two-star chef certificate."
Ye Chui smiled and shook his head, knowing that it was definitely not that simple. Cold dishes sound simple, but in fact they are not easy to make. The order and selection of the dishes are all of paramount importance. To make them perfect and delicious so that the judges' eyes will light up is definitely not a simple and easy task - in this kind of selection, the simpler the food, the harder it is to impress the judges.
Although An Xiaoxiao’s dishes are simple, the cooking skills involved are even more advanced.
Next, other contestants who had finished participating in the competition came out of the mall one after another. Looking from the cold drink shop, except for the first contestant, An Xiaoxiao, none of the others had made it through the audition...
Dong Youyou, who had been clamoring to sign up for the competition, suddenly lost her temper, realizing that things were not as simple as she thought. An Xiaoxiao passed the audition with just a plate of cold dishes because of her high cooking level.
"I wonder what's going on with Sister Yuyan." More than half an hour had passed, but Han Yuyan hadn't come out yet, which made everyone worry for her.
"Could she lose?" Lin Wei grabbed Ye Chui's arm with some worry.
"I don't think so..." Ye Chui frowned and thought, but then he shook his head, "But it's hard to say."
After waiting for a while, about an hour later, Han Yuyan's figure finally appeared at the entrance of the shopping mall. Sister Han's expression looked a little confused and dazed. After standing at the door for a while, she finally saw Ye Chui and his group waiting for her in the cold drink shop, so she continued to walk over with a dazed expression.
Seeing Han Yuyan's expression, everyone immediately felt that Sister Han probably didn't perform well in this exam...
"Sister Yuyan, it doesn't matter if we didn't do well in the exam. We just need to keep working hard next time."
"That's right, I'll take the exam with you if this kind of competition is held again."
"Sister Yuyan, don't be sad."
After listening to these persuasions, Han Yuyan's expression became even more confused. She took out a qualification certificate from her pocket and said, "I passed the exam."
other people:"… "
Tang Shanshan said unhappily, "Since you passed the exam, why are you looking so sad?"
Han Yuyan smiled awkwardly, and then continued: "I just can't figure it out... After the three judges saw the dish I made, they all wanted to taste it and then started fighting..."
Others: “… ” (~^~)