Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 580
The donkey meat with a completely different flavor from the simple sauced donkey meat, Li Xiao understood why the yellow noodles were served after the previous sauced donkey meat platter.

If you have eaten this full-flavored donkey meat in chili vinegar water dipped in sauce at the beginning, I am afraid that you will not be more delicious than this if you eat other things.

All in all, this bowl of yellow noodles with donkey meat is springy and refreshing with shiitake mushrooms, the tofu is soft and rotten, and the donkey meat is tender and delicious. As for the sauced donkey meat dipped in chili vinegar water, it is full of flavor, who knows who eats it" sour".

"This bowl of yellow noodles is excellent in terms of taste, color and texture. It is worthy of Mr. Chen who has been a chef for 30 years." Li Xiao unknowingly ate the whole bowl The yellow noodles with a big face were wiped clean, and Li Xiao couldn't help but burped, picked up some simmered rice dumplings left at the bottom of the bowl with chopsticks and put them into his mouth, his face was full of approval.

"This bowl of yellow noodles with donkey meat can also get a well-deserved 95 points!"

Studio:
"Just now there was a big plate of donkey meat in sauce, and now there is another plate for each person, and it looks like the portion is not small. This store is really full of ingredients!"

"Such a big deal, doesn't this store need to make money?"

"Let's make a reasonable guess. The donkey meat in the store should be charged according to the portion, right?"

"Looking at it this way, there are so many, and this meal will cost at least a thousand, right? It would cost so much for a casual meal, which is a bit exaggerated."

"If you really want to say that, wouldn't the boss earn a living by cooking a meal?"

"Don't tell me upstairs, the price of donkey meat has always been very impressive."

"Hey, hey, this anchor's score today is a bit exaggerated!"

"Is it true that you didn't take money from the boss? I don't believe it!"

"I'm a local, and I've heard of this hotel. I stayed in this hotel when I was on a graduation trip before. I really didn't realize that the roof was a restaurant! At that time we lived on a cheap top floor, but the rooftop It's not open..."

"Could it be that this restaurant is really so tyrannical? They don't even cook for money?"

"It's not arrogant, it should be said that the chef has a high spirit?"

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Li Xiao ate all the yellow noodles in this room, and the two brothers of the Liu family over there had already put an empty bowl in front of them, resting their cheeks on Li Xiao's live broadcast with interest.

"Brother, tell me, how much money does Li Xiao make live broadcasting in a day?"

"It's just someone who reads reviews for others. I don't earn as much as we make an order, right?"

"Too."

Although the two lowered the volume when they were talking, Li Xiao's hearing was sensitive. Even if the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't hear it, Li Xiao had unreasonable associations.

Although the income is not exaggerated for Li Xiao, the "one order" as the two brothers said does not sound like an ordinary job...

"Speaking of which, the next dish is donkey meat fire, right? It seems to be considered as a staple food, isn't it an exaggeration to have two staple foods for this meal?" Li Xiao looked at the names on the menu, and the ones that had not yet been delivered were donkey meat fire and A bowl of ice powder after dinner.

"This shouldn't be something we should worry about." Liu Min said, picking up the teacup on the table and swallowing it in big mouthfuls. The bold appearance is completely incompatible with the small tea set, but it gives people a sense of refreshment : "This is a set meal, if you can't finish it, you will be the boss."

Before he finished speaking, the waiter came up with something again.

Compared with the name, the appearance of this donkey meat is more like a small sandwich biscuit
About the size of two fingers, a finger-thick "biscuit", the skin is brown and crispy with bread crumbs, and the middle is donkey meat wrapped in thin flour, which also exudes a slight sweetness.

The traditional donkey meat fire is not so much a biscuit, but a white flour pancake with a filling similar to the northern flatbread.

Donkey meat is used as the sandwich, which requires a lot of work, and naturally it is the donkey meat inside.

Clean the donkey meat first, and then start to mix spices: cloves, nutmeg, star anise, grass fruit, cinnamon, cumin, angelica and licorice are wrapped in a clean cloth bag in a certain proportion, chopped onion, ginger and garlic, soaked in blood Put the donkey meat into the pot, add spices and water, and start to simmer. During the period, skim off the foam and add oil-consuming and dark soy sauce. Steps such as adding oily and dark soy sauce are also indispensable. Simmer for three hours on low heat, turn off the heat, and let the donkey meat follow the Let the marinade inside settle overnight.

After that, start preparing the fire.

Kneading noodles and making ghee: Add pepper and salt to the noodles and hot oil in a one-to-one ratio and stir well.Roll the dough thinly, spread ghee and roll it up, cut it into pieces, continue to roll it thin and then roll it up again. This step should be done at least three times, in order to make the fire more textured, and the taste is smooth and springy. .

The finished fire is first fried in a pan until both sides are golden, and then baked in the oven until it swells in the middle of the fire. The more swollen, the more space for the donkey meat to be put down. The donkey meat is rich in ingredients and is the best. Good donkey meat is grilled.

The fire is cut from the middle, leaving a place for the donkey meat. Add the prepared donkey meat to your favorite ingredients and side dishes, chop it into pieces and stuff it into the middle of the fire, and a donkey meat fire is complete.

This method sounds simple, but the most difficult step in it is not the processing of donkey meat, but the fire.

If there is too little flour or not enough ghee for a piece of fire, no matter how beautiful the color is when you fry it, it will be just a single layer of crispy skin after it comes out of the oven, and it will not bulge out. It may be delicious to eat alone , but it can't be a dough made of donkey meat.

"This donkey meat fire is made into a snack, right?" Li Xiao took out a piece from the plate, wrapped it in bread crumbs and fried the donkey meat fire that was even more rounded than its actual appearance. Although it was small in size, it But exceptionally delicate.

"Not much to say, let's try it first." Li Xiao didn't comment much on the piece of donkey meat on the chopsticks, and the Liu brothers didn't say anything, seeing Li Xiao picking up the things, they started to put the food on the plate non-stop Put chopsticks inside.

Should I say that they really deserve to be rice cooks, or are their two brothers' appetites different from ordinary people?

Feeling the slight fullness of his stomach, Li Xiao burned the donkey meat into his mouth with a chopstick.

The moment he entered the mouth, there was a crisp sound of "click" from the crispy dough being bitten by the teeth. The crispy taste reminded him of the old man who sold crispy rice at the school gate when he was a child.

"The skin is crispy."

The skin was bitten off, and the next thing was the donkey meat.

Different from the previous two donkey meat dishes, this donkey meat has a bit of chewy texture inside.

Li Xiao tasted it carefully, and guessed that it was probably because of the dried soaked carrots used as a side dish.

"Generally speaking, the donkey meat in the donkey meat fire has been stewed and marinated for a long time. The most common manifestation is that the taste is soft and rotten, and it is easy to chew. Dried carrots, after soaking, retain the toughness of dried vegetables, making up for the lack of taste of donkey meat inside, which can be said to be very unexpected.”

According to the dried carrots that most people come into contact with, it is probably in the seasoning package of instant noodles. Who would have thought that it could be used as a side dish in donkey meat fire?

"The taste of donkey meat is very fragrant, and the ratio of spices is ideal. The stewed donkey meat is fat and thin, but not too fatty and dry. The juice in it splashes out in the mouth instantly after one bite. , full of fragrance."

"The crispy texture of this dough, the more you eat, the more you feel like eating snacks."

"It's not the thin texture of potato chips that can be eaten in simple daily life, but also thick and thick like the aroma of crispy rice cooked in a hot pot."

"In terms of taste, it has the salty and delicious taste of donkey meat in sauce, and the oily aroma of rice crackers. Judging from the taste, the skin is crispy, and the inside is soft and chewy. Jin, it’s really a great dish of donkey meat.”

"In terms of the order in which the dishes are served, although they are usually eaten as a staple food, they have transformed into an exquisite snack after the yellow noodles. I have to say that the arrangement is very ingenious and interlocking, making it very comfortable to eat. "

"This donkey meat is cooked on fire, giving it 95 points will not make the chef proud."

After finishing speaking, Li Xiao raised his chopsticks and picked them up on the plate that the two brothers of the Liu family ate in an instant.

Studio:
"Listen, listen, does the voice coming from the anchor's mouth really exist?"

"That crisp voice, that oily donkey meat, and that unbelievably beautiful expression, I want to take the place of the host to crack down on counterfeiting in person! (Funny)"

"One strike a day! (Not)"

"Seriously doubt that this is not the donkey meat fire that I have eaten before! Boss, refund the money! (doge)"

"I've never seen donkey meat fire pancakes before, this small and dainty look is really unique!"

"It's said to be donkey meat, but it actually looks more like spring rolls, right?"

"I also think it's a bit like spring rolls."

"Has anyone calculated how much they ate for this meal?"

"I only saw the rapid reduction of things on this plate, and I was surprised that everyone on this table was a cook."

"No way, the yellow noodles with donkey meat, which can be described as a bowl just now, are going to fill them up, right?"

"The person who cooks the rice belongs to him."

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The three of them ate at the dining table, and there were only a dozen or so small "cakes" left at the end. Li Xiao put down his chopsticks and did not continue because there was still a dessert to come.

"Brother, why don't you continue to eat?" Liu Mo began to babble, seeing Li Xiao suddenly put down his chopsticks with some doubts, but the speed of chopsticks was not affected at all.

"If I keep eating, I won't have any stomach for ice powder." Li Xiao leaned back in the chair, her voice full of surprise: "This amount of food, this speed, I am really willing to bow down."

In just two sentences, the amount of donkey meat on the plate was reduced by half again.

Hearing Li Xiao's words, the two slowed down a little embarrassedly, thinking that Li Xiao was startled by their cooking speed: "If you haven't eaten enough, you can tell us, and you can continue to add more."

"You guys are the ones. If you think it's not enough, just add more." Li Xiao couldn't laugh or cry.

"Don't look at our large appetite, in fact, the main work is physical work, and those who need to work hard will naturally be able to eat more." Liu Min misunderstood the way Li Xiao looked at them, and explained.

"Ah."

The waiter waiting at the door watched the few people stop eating, and brought them the last thing.

The freshly made ice powder still had a hint of coolness. They were originally eating on the open-air balcony, but now they were a little hesitant looking at the cold air rising from the bowl.

"Speaking of which, isn't this weather suitable for eating ice cream?" Liu Mo asked.

The few people arrived at the hotel in the afternoon. It was already sunset after eating the three items. Seeing that the fire clouds in the sky were about to be swallowed up by darkness, a cool wind gradually blew up.

"Maybe it's because donkey meat is easier to get angry when you eat it?" Li Xiao began to wonder if Mr. Chen might be a southerner.

But anyway, it's already late autumn, and serving such a bowl of ice powder is really a test of the diner's willpower.

"I can continue to fight!" Liu Mo touched the edge of the bowl, picked up the spoon without much hesitation, "The color is so beautiful, it would be a pity not to eat it."

He was right.

As a bowl of ice powder, this bowl of ice powder is really pretty.

Red and white dragon fruit, brightly colored mango, black and white jelly jelly, and peanuts and sesame seeds sprinkled on top, together with transparent ice powder soaked in brown sugar water, looks as rich as a fruit platter .

"This season, these fruits seem to be out of season, right?" Liu Min was a little surprised, "It doesn't taste bad, does it?"

"Delicious!" Liu Mo's words left Liu Min speechless.

"My brother is a foodie." Liu Min smiled helplessly, carefully scooped up a mouthful with a spoon, and when he put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up instantly.

"Brother, I feel like I'm about to become a foodie." He patted Li Xiao on the shoulder and gave him a look of approval.

Li Xiao looked at the ice powder in front of him, and his eyes also showed strangeness.

"Is it because I have seen less in the market? If these fruits grow in a greenhouse, they will not have such an excellent appearance... Could it be that the boss also uses a special delivery method?"

Li Xiao's guess is correct. In order to present the dishes in the most ideal form, Mr. Chen has always used expensive planes to deliver them from the fruit bases in the south.

The method of ice powder is actually very simple: put ice powder in a pot and boil until it boils, let it cool at room temperature and then refrigerate.

But there is another kind of ice powder, which needs to be rubbed by hand, which is most praised by people:
The pectin is rubbed out of the sapling seeds in clean water, boiled on high heat, and let cool at room temperature after it is ready.

The steps that can be described in two sentences are not ordinary.

First of all, there should be no oil in the pectin rubbing basin, and then mineral water is needed for clear water to better blend with the pectin of the pectin, and then it cannot be refrigerated in the refrigerator.

Another one is to eat the hand-rubbed ice powder as soon as possible to ensure its best taste, otherwise it will harden.

(End of this chapter)