From a barbecue stand to a global gourmet tycoon

Chapter 151 Chu Hao's Plan

As usual, after arriving at the shop, the apprentices also came.

Today's Chu Shi barbecue is not what it used to be.

The word of mouth has completely settled down, the water is strong, and it is hot against the season. The guests are not too cold and come to eat every day.

Chu Hao's work must be busy, but it's not as scary as the peak season, and he can't get away from it.

Chen Xian and Lin Ran performed extremely well. They learned how to make fat and lean meat and streaky meat from head to toe. Although they didn't have the skills of Chu Hao, they copied them exactly, and the taste was not bad, and the customers liked it.

Beef tenderloin, butter, chicken bouillon, dried seeds, brains, oysters...

Baking this kind of ingredients is twice as difficult as it is difficult for apprentices to learn.

But they have already begun to learn how to make big eggplants, chicken hearts, sausages, and various beef skewers.

Now Chu Hao has completely handed over the preparation process to his apprentices.

Of course, when it comes to the secret ingredients, Chu Hao has to do it himself.

At that time, he would occupy the back kitchen and drive the apprentices out, preventing them from seeing the ingredients.

Of course, even if you peek through the small window, you can't tell what the ingredients are.

Yellow beef, except for the upper brain, outer spine, and kidney.

The small livers, snowflakes, and fat wings bought in packages in black shops are all new products.

Chu Hao has never sold it before, but it doesn't mean he can't handle it.

The craftsmanship passed down by my father is a system, not a single craft.

As long as you master the system, you will naturally be able to infer other things from one example, and how to cook it is delicious.

The beef liver should be made of wet ingredients. The base is salt and pepper mixed with crushed sesame seeds, and crushed perilla is added to increase the subtle spicy feeling. Finally, sesame oil is poured in and rubbed with hands. This sauce is spicy and sweet.

When roasting, put small pieces of beef liver and beef into a skewer, roast them until medium rare, then wrap them in wet ingredients, and roast them until they are fully cooked.

As for the snowflake meat, you need to grasp the timing when flipping and roasting. You can only flip and grill twice on both sides. It is the best when it is seven or eight mature.

Such high-grade ingredients can sweep a large area without excessive processing.

Beef fat wings are marinated with secret seasoning. The fat that grows naturally on the fat wings is small and even, all over the texture. Grilled over charcoal fire, the fat oozes out, and the fascia in the meat provides a chewy bouncing feeling. .

For Xiaogan and Fat Wing, Chu Hao each took in about 50 jin, while Xue Hua took in more than [-] jin with a lot of money.

The rest is small beef skewers, using the stewed soup with secret spices. Before roasting, soak the small skewers to taste, and then roast them quickly to lock the taste. Chilli for flavor.

Beef and chili are a natural match, tender and spicy, with a hint of marinated aftertaste.

The palate is very rich.

This afternoon, Chu Hao was leading his apprentices and making preparations.

Except for the snowflake meat, the small liver and fat wings are all priced at 100 yuan, and the upper brain, outer spine, and kidney will follow the previous pricing method, but the material will be replaced with yellow beef. Chu Hao added more than [-] catties for this .

As for the snowflake meat, it is higher.

Chu Hao figured out a whole beef set meal, priced at 300 yuan per person.

Of course, the premise of this package is that there must be snowflake meat to launch.

In this way, the cost can be recovered from the black shop, and then profit can be made.

"Turn it over a few times, I told you many times, you have to turn it over to let the charcoal fire thoroughly understand the ingredients and experience the texture."

"Be bold when spreading the ingredients, don't be petty, and don't be hesitant."

"Fat, thin and streaky are the basics of barbecue. Only after mastering this can you learn other things. Don't look at other people and concentrate!"

Chu Hao had a straight face and personally guided Wang Wanxuan and Zhang Zhihao.

Both of them have average talents, but they are still willing to work hard and have the energy to study.

Chen Xian and Lin Ran, who had already mastered the basics, gloated and sniggered beside them. They couldn't help being happy when they saw their frowning faces, looking serious and afraid of being reprimanded.

Competition, not just outside the store.

The same goes for the store.

Apprentices have competition, which is a good thing.

Of course, in terms of talent, this kind of competition may be somewhat unfair, but talent alone is not enough.

In Chu Hao's view, what Chen Xian and Lin Ran lack is this kind of research and seriousness.

But Wang Wanxuan and Zhang Zhihao have always been serious and meticulous in their work.

Chu Hao could tell that the two of them must have practiced by themselves after get off work.

But Chen Xian and Lin Ran... did not.

Going back is salted fish or lying down.

In other words, the two of them are not as passionate about barbecue as Wang and Zhang.

……

At this moment.

Chen Xian was serving a large eggplant. He beat an egg and let the egg liquid flow into the heart of the eggplant. Afterwards, he sprinkled the drunkard peanuts and roasted them together. bubbling.

Lin Ran, on the other hand, was concentrating on a pot of leeks.

The leeks have to go through the water, and he holds a cattail fan, which is exclusive to him. He bought it from a street stall. He can feel the change of the heat by constantly fanning it. At the same time, he can also feel the softness and hardness of the leeks by turning it over.

The leeks in my uncle’s house are different from other houses. In addition to leeks, there are also leek roots.

That's all watered and baked.

It tastes crisp and tender this way.

The two of them were already thinking about roasted vegetables.

Wang Wanxuan and Zhang Zhihao were very envious.

It’s not that I envy others, but vegetables are easier to cook and the heat is easier to control.

But they must first learn the first course of roasting fat and thin and streaky before they can advance.

Chu Hao was not in a hurry either, and leaned against the stove with a calm expression on his face.

Anyway, there is no need for him to do anything. If the roast is unpalatable, they will be responsible for eating it up themselves.

No matter how stupid you are, it can always be cooked, so you don't have to worry about eating it up.

His current thoughts, most of the time, are on the dumpling shop.

Because grilling is on track.

Thinking of this, Chu Hao glanced at Chen Xian.

After all, he is a relative of his own family, with an honest and obedient personality, and he doesn't have so many little ones. When he gets better, he can pass on some secret ingredients to him.

At that time, Chen Xian can be responsible for the ingredients.

This is a very critical position.

If it wasn't for his relatives, Chu Hao would not easily hand it over to others.

And Chen Xian did not disappoint Chu Hao. If he had average talent, Chu Hao would still have a headache. Fortunately, his talent is good, so he can rest assured.

But this kid still has to take care of his studies. I heard that he often dozes off in class during the day, and has to rush to the store in the afternoon, often missing classes, which is not good.

But the family has said it several times, first of all Chu Hao doesn't care about his studies.

The mother and aunt are in charge of communicating about academic issues. As long as Chen Xian can pass the test with them, it doesn't matter.

How to teach and how to teach.

After all, Chen Xian was just a cousin, not Chu Yue.

If Chu Yue behaves like this, Chu Hao will definitely take care of her.

Thinking of this, Chu Hao turned his attention to Lin Ran again.

This kid is also talented, and he is serious when he does things, especially when he barbecues with his own hands, but he seems relatively lazy when it comes to other things.

Mind still needs training.

But how to sharpen the knife to sharpen it requires skill.

Take your time, take your time...

The cycle of handicraft work and apprenticeship will not be short, ranging from three to five years, as long as seven or eight years, or even more than ten years.

Some conservatives don't even pass on the most critical craft to their apprentices until their own death.

Chu Hao felt that this was unnecessary.

The layout is enlarged.

Waiting for these apprentices, they dare not say that they are not teachers. At least, let them take charge of their own affairs. After going out to open their own shop, except for being cautious when using the Chu Shi barbecue brand, other directions are good for Chu Hao .

For example, buying individual stocks, sharing dividends, even participating in management, being a big barbecue in the university town, that's all possible!
What Chu Hao wanted was to relax.

Teach the apprentices without forcing them to stay in the shop.

Except for Chen Xian, of course.

He is the seed player who must stay here and be the boss in the future.

Chu Hao still needs to be distracted to do other things.

He made himself a cup of tea, sat in the outside room, through the small window, crossed his legs, watched the apprentices doing things, and at the same time fell into deep thought.

The back door of the warehouse is a narrow aisle. There are shops on both sides of the outside, but there is also a separate facade to serve as a warehouse. Chu Hao intends to plan for one, not to store goods, but to... build an earthen kiln .

He had thought about this before.

There are many ways to barbecue, such as charcoal stove, electric stove, gas stove, and even oven.

However, Chu Hao is not good at using electricity to bake. The skill passed down to him from his father is charcoal.

I heard that there are electric stove masters who can flip the strings on their own in the stove with a touch of their hands, move around each other, and change from raw to cooked in an instant by pushing and pulling.

And all of this is done in a closed electric furnace.

The master can't see the changes of the baked goods, which needs to be pulled away from time to time to observe.

In short, compared with charcoal grilling, it is not intuitive enough.

And there is a big difference in the use of technology!

The so-called interlacing is like a mountain, even such a small difference in baking technology can be reflected.

Not to mention the oven, it's very simple, but it's also very troublesome, Chu Hao won't touch it.

He has seen before that in some small shops, more than a dozen ovens are prepared to roast meat for customers in this way.

But Chu Hao is not only good at charcoal grilling.

If you give him a small earthen kiln, he can bake amazing baked goods!
The earthen kiln is different from the Nang pit baking method in southern Xinjiang, but physically the changes are the same. The ingredients are gradually matured through stewing. The key lies in the earthen kiln or Nang pit. temperature.

For example, people in southern Xinjiang prefer to spread wet cloth on the surface of the naan pit, or press soil and stones, so that the mutton roasted in this way is authentic.

The change of earth kiln lies in the temperature in the kiln, the use of wood and kiln bricks, and of course, the use of charcoal.

If there is an earth kiln, then Chu Hao can continue to bring different experiences to the guests.

He still has a lot of tricks hidden and hasn't come out...

For example, he has been thinking about hanging stove potatoes since he opened the store.

He tried several times for that kind of special hanging stove, but no one could make it. Even if he could, he wouldn't just make a few for you, and he wouldn't make much money at all.

Then Chu Hao had no choice but to change his strategy and use an earthen kiln instead of a hanging furnace to present potatoes, a popular baked product.

Because there are always customers asking, or suggesting.

Why doesn’t my uncle’s barbecue have potatoes?
A lack of baked potatoes is equivalent to a lack of soul!

For many people, roasted potatoes are essential.

And Chu Hao also took this into consideration.

He can actually bake potatoes now, but in order to ensure the amazing feeling at his uncle's house, he doesn't plan to make ordinary roasted potatoes.

Of course, Chu Hao has inspected the area around here and built an earthen kiln. The charcoal smoke from the fire should not disturb the people, but he doesn't know if there are usually people upstairs, because the neighborhood is all old buildings, and he used to run a company small commercial building.

It is the same now, they are all rented out to some small businesses and small workshops.

You can often see it upstairs, full of various signboards, such as wedding photography, housekeeping services, home appliance repairs, and various insurance sellers.

But I haven't seen anyone coming in or out of this building at ordinary times, and it looks quite depressed.

Qin Jiangyi will come over tonight. This store originally belongs to her, so if you ask her, you should know more about the environment here.

Besides.

Chu Hao had another idea.

There are too many customers, sometimes there are not enough seats in the store, and the weather is cold now, so people don't want to line up.

In fact, many customers want to come to eat, but seeing so many people in the store every day, they buy a copy and take it home. They are afraid of the cold and disappoint the fun. In the past, they did not have the patience and stamina to queue up.

Forget about queuing up to buy barbecue at night, it's better to go home and warm up.

As a result, many customers didn't want to come because the store was full.

And that doesn't mean they don't want to eat it.

To solve this problem.

Chu Hao was thinking of finding an opportunity to open another store nearby.

Preferably the next door neighbors.

It's just that this depends on fate, not that you can make money if you have money.

People also have to do business, right?

Or, get a partner, your family opens a shop during the day, I don’t affect you, your house closes at night, and the shop is lent to me, and I don’t use your kitchen, just borrow your table, chairs and benches for guests to sit on, and I will return it after work Can help you clean up, that's all.

Right now, this is just an idea and there is no concrete implementation plan yet.

But Chu Hao had plans.

Besides, I have to buy a house now.

Once the house is completed, there will be no money, so forget about building a kiln or borrowing a shop.

……

Evening.

Customers came to the store one after another.

Chu Hao is now used to ordering with vx. Every day, he starts ordering a quarter of an hour before He Dongdong goes to work, because once there is the first time, there will be countless times.

In the next few times, even if Chu Hao didn't say it in the group, some customers would find him in advance and order first.

It was cold, and at six o'clock, it was completely dark.

This is different from summer, it is still bright after seven o'clock.

However, in this foggy mountain city, the sun is often invisible, and in winter, it gets dark faster.

The store is completely full of customers.

The apprentices also started to get busy...

(End of this chapter)