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Chapter 96 The rematch begins
Three days later, the rematch started on time, and the venue was still in the branch venue of the Chefs Association.
The previous preliminaries were very exciting, so as soon as the rematch started, a large number of spectators poured in, eagerly waiting to taste today's food.
One hundred contestants have all been in place, according to the ranking of the last round of competition, they are in front of their own cooking table in turn.
"First of all, I would like to congratulate the 100 contestants today. You have successfully passed the first competition, but the next competition will only be more difficult. Please be mentally prepared." Ruan Tang said loudly.
The contestants in the field immediately responded with warm applause, and then put away their hands, waiting for him to announce the title of today's competition.
[Miao Miao loves to eat all the dishes of the anchor: Aww, my Tang is also handsome today!]
[Baomu can't hold it: I don't know what content will be compared today, I will blindly spy on a secret box!]
"Today's rematch is a themed match. You will choose one of the three designated main ingredients and cook it with the ingredients in the secret box. The three best performers in the last match will be in the match I have a privilege." President Gu paused, and continued, "These three contestants are: Zha Panpan, Cao Jun and Shi Mingxu, please follow me."
Zha Panpan, Cao Jun, and Shi Mingxu quickly came out, followed President Gu, and entered the ingredients room.
The ingredients room is very large, covering two to three hundred square meters, filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients and various seasonings, including the three main ingredients and the ingredients in the secret box that will be used in today's competition .
"With the outstanding performance of the last game, the three of you have a privilege in this game. Apart from the main ingredients, you can choose any ingredients you are good at to match, and you don't have to be limited to the ingredients in the secret box."
When the three of them heard this, they couldn't help showing joy on their faces. After the last round, they already knew the test of the secret box well. Compared with all kinds of messy ingredients that appear randomly, of course, the ingredients they choose independently are easier to control.
President Gu pointed to the ingredients in the transparent water tank and said, "These are the three main ingredients for today. After you decide which one to make, you can go get the ingredients you need to match."
The three main ingredients are fish, shrimp and crab. These are difficult dishes to handle, and Ruan Tang has cooked many kinds of dishes about these three ingredients during the live broadcast, so if the contestant simply repeats his dishes , there is no way to get support votes from the audience.
[Su Su Su Su Su: Wow, I saw the water monster crab again! It still looks ugly...]
[Genuine Devil: It’s not easy to make all three, and there are also side dishes. I don’t know how they will choose.]
Zha Panpan thought about it for a while, and then started to act. She picked up a basket and filled it with a fat and big mandarin fish. Then she went to the vegetable section and took a very unexpected ingredient, which was lotus root.
Lotus root is an ingredient that was put on the shopping mall just a few days ago. Ruan Tang also made glutinous rice candied lotus root during the live broadcast at noon the day before yesterday. Many viewers were impressed by this ingredient, but what they ate was sweet, so there was With a fixed impression, I always feel that lotus root should be made sweet. When I saw that Zha Panpan wanted to use lotus root with fish, I couldn't help but mutter.
Could it be... sweet and sour fish? Mandarin fish candied lotus root
Although it is not sure whether she has watched Ruan Tang's live broadcast, what is certain is that she must have spent time researching this ingredient.
As for Cao Jun and Shi Mingxu, both chose shrimp by coincidence. For side dishes, Cao Jun chose vermicelli, and Shi Mingxu chose a piece of old tofu.
[Happy Snacks ^O^: Hey, no one chose the water monster crab, it's obviously delicious!]
[Yue Mingya: Maybe it's because there are too few practices of water monster crabs? After all, apart from Tangtang's spicy crab and steamed crab, I haven't seen any other recipes, but it's not interesting to repeat the dishes Tangtang made.]
[Bai Yi'an: What the upstairs said makes sense! I just don't know if the players outside will choose the water monster crab.]
After the three made their choices, President Gu led them out of the ingredients room and back to the arena. Seeing these three lucky ones, the others hurriedly looked at them, wanting to see if they could guess today's topic.
"Okay, now announce the three main ingredients."
As soon as Ruan Tang's words fell, an intelligent robot came out pushing the transparent water tank, and three aquatic products were dancing in it with long whiskers or pincers, which were the three ingredients of fish, shrimp and crab.
After seeing these three main ingredients, some people showed joy, but others frowned.
Then, another intelligent robot held wooden boxes one by one and placed them on the cooking table next to the contestants.
Ruan Tang said: "The ingredients in the secret box are certain, now please choose the main ingredients you want to use."
As soon as they heard this instruction, everyone's faces became more tense. The compatibility of each ingredient is different. It is really confusing to choose the main ingredient when you don't know what ingredients are in the secret box.
In order to ensure the compatibility to the greatest extent, most people choose fish and shrimp, while the crab with its own taste is too overbearing. There are only three people who choose it, and they are all relatively low-ranking players. , obviously hoping to rely on this to fight a turnaround.
After everyone made their choices, Ruan Tang continued: "Next, please open the secret box, use the ingredients inside, match the main ingredients, and make an amazing delicacy."
Except for the three of them, Zha Panpan, almost all the contestants took a deep breath, and slowly opened the wooden box on their table with anxiety. There are many ingredients in it, but it seems that they are not harmonious with today's main ingredients, namely lotus root, vermicelli, tofu, eggs, flour, tomato, pepper and celery.
[Worth the Tathagata and not the Qing: Huh? I just checked that all three of the ingredients they chose were in it. Is this a coincidence or a conspiracy? [Can't help showing provocative eyes.jpg]]
[Hand over the dried fish meow: Wow, the judges must be doing it on purpose!]
[Lin Jing'an: Hahahaha, the three of you take a look now, I'm afraid you're going to cry 23333]
The competition officially started soon, and all the contestants tried their best to make delicacies that could conquer the taste buds of the audience. Flames of different degrees, such as faint blue or bright yellow, rose in the stove, and the sound of "Zi La" when hot oil was poured into the pot instantly rang non-stop.
The three judges were still on the court to observe each contestant's cooking steps. Zha Panpan, Cao Jun and Shi Mingxu were all the objects of their focus.
Everyone has different priorities and abilities, which can be seen in the step of processing ingredients. For example, when picking shrimp strings, Cao Jun pursues beauty. He uses scissors to start from the protruding thorns in the middle of the shrimp head, and uses the flat surface of the scissors to directly pick out the shrimp’s brains. There is a long strip of shrimp strings hanging from the back, which is quick and easy. .
Others also used this method, but they didn't master it as well as he did. Instead, the heads of the shrimp were cut in a mess, and the shrimp line couldn't be pulled out. Or pick it with a toothpick, but every time you pick it off, you can't get it out, so you have to make a mistake and throw the shrimp into the pot directly.
Ruan Tang, President Gu, and Elder Ge all shook their heads as they watched, and it also affected several players with poor psychological quality. Seeing their flustered appearance, the three of them were a little dumbfounded.
Not daring to put pressure on these players, they had no choice but to go to other players, like Zha Panpan, Cao Jun, and Shi Mingxu. Because of their excellent strength, their mentality is more stable than others.
What Zha Panpan wants to do is stir-fry fresh fish and lotus root slices, which is a kind of fast-hand dish. Stir-fry with high heat to lock in the umami taste of fish and the sweetness of lotus root. She first puts the lotus root in hot water and scalds until it is raw, then removes the bones of the mandarin fish, slices it into fish fillets, and uses white vinegar to remove the fishy smell of the mandarin fish, and then puts the two together in an oil pan to stir-fry , add a little fresh soy sauce and salt to taste, then add red pepper, and it will be out of the pan soon.
She took out the dishes and glanced at Ruan Tang next to her, wondering whether to let him eat here or send the dishes to the jury first - there was no one in the judging table, and they all wandered around the venue.
"Just here." Ruan Tang couldn't help laughing, then picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth to chew.
Zha Panpan has mastered the heat very well. The fish is very smooth and tender, fresh and spicy, with a hint of sweetness from lotus root slices. This dish has a lot of oil, but she chose lotus root slices, which can absorb oil. As a result, the fat is locked in the ingredients and soaked in the fresh and spicy seasoning. It tastes very rich without being greasy.
Ruan Tang nodded slightly, looked into Zha Panpan's expectant eyes, and said with a smile: "It's well done, the fish is very fresh, and the spiciness is well controlled. I will pass it for you."
Zha Panpan's eyes lit up immediately, and he bowed to him, "Thank you!"
Ruan Tang smiled again and said: "But there is still room for improvement in this dish. Your lotus root sticks are cut into big pieces. It's better to cut them into cubes. It's easier to taste. In addition, you chose mature vinegar, which has a strong sour taste. , At this time, you can add a little water to the vinegar to reduce the sourness of the vinegar, so as not to bring it into the fish, resulting in inconsistent taste, or use rice vinegar directly.”
But these are icing on the cake details that don't affect the outcome too much.
"Ah, I see, then I'll pay attention next time!" Zha Panpan listened to him carefully, then nodded, indicating that he had written it down. Ruan Tang encouraged her a few more words, and then went to the other two seeded players.
Cao Jun used vermicelli, chili and celery to match delicious prawns, and made a fresh shrimp vermicelli stew. He wrapped a thin layer of flour on the surface of the prawns and fried them in oil before taking them out for use. Then he set up another oil pan, sautéed ginger slices, minced garlic, red pepper, etc., put vermicelli soaked in cold water, celery, and shrimp, simmered over low heat, and then added pepper, salt and a little Sugar to taste.
In fact, his approach is to refer to the sea emperor vermicelli stew made by Ruan Tang during the live broadcast not long ago. The main ingredients of the sea emperor vermicelli stew are cuttlefish meat, scallop meat, crab meat, shiitake mushrooms, leeks, carrots, green onions, ginger, garlic, etc. The taste is delicious and rich, very delicious, but shrimp and vermicelli are not the type with very strong taste. Celery has a strong taste, but it is more inclined to the slightly bitter flavor of vegetables. Only one pepper can be used for seasoning, which leads to his fresh shrimp Compared with Ruan Tang's Haihuang vermicelli pot, the vermicelli pot has a lighter taste.
After Ruan Tang tasted it, he felt that the taste of this dish was not bad. It might be a bit difficult to win the top three, but it should not be a big problem to get into the top fifty.
Shi Mingxu is more surprising. The soup he made looks a bit like Thai Tom Yum Kung. The main ingredients are celery sticks, tofu, tomatoes and prawns. The taste is sweet and sour. The shrimp meat absorbs the soup and is very tasty. , the tofu is stewed until soft and rotten, and the delicious soup overflows as soon as you eat it, and the taste is quite good.
The point is that this should not be the dish he wanted to make at the beginning. After all, when he was choosing the ingredients, he didn't know what ingredients were in the secret box. He was able to quickly and skillfully apply tomatoes and celery, which made Ruan Tang very optimistic about his dish. Creativity.
Among the other contestants, there are many who are good at ingredients such as fish and shrimp. After all, they have made sufficient preparations before the game. Some people made a fresh fish soup with fish, celery, and old tofu; steak. They all stood out with a good number of votes and successfully advanced to the top fifty.
There is also a player who came from a lower ranking. This time he was very good. He chose prawns. He removed the shells, threads, and heads of the prawns, and peeled out more than a dozen shrimps. The ingredients in the secret box, he even I picked five kinds of lotus root, tofu, tomato, pepper and celery.
He walked around the condiment area for a long time, and brought out a small bowl of spicy base oil. Then he went back to the hot pot, poured the oil, put garlic slices in and sautéed the ingredients one by one, then added soy sauce, Ran, salt and crushed peanuts, even without a teacher, they made a spicy pot.
Ruan Tang took a sip, and immediately gave it a pass without hesitation. The other audiences were also very surprised by this dish, and gave him quite a high number of votes, directly sending him into the top three.
As for other mediocre and uninspiring people, they were eliminated without a doubt.