I am Qinxing No.1

Chapter 372 Grilled Fish with Scale Fragrance ([-] words)

What is the most critical homework for a chef to cook?
Naturally it is fire power.

If you are not good at knife skills, you can avoid dishes that require high knife skills. Don’t you have skills in carving skills and pastry shapes?That's okay, the big meat in the steamed bun is also delicious.

But if you don’t have a good grasp of fire skills, you can’t do anything. You don’t need to consider fire skills for sashimi in the island country, but try eating sashimi for three meals a day, it won’t kill you!

This "simmering lake fresh food" is of course a combination of knife skills, fire skills, and chef's ingenuity in one furnace, but in the final analysis, it is still a control of fire skills and heat. The straw egg biscuit is simmered, or the ashes of the firewood cauldron are used to heat it. The control of the fire is more complicated. When Ling Zhenfeng developed this dish, he also failed countless times, so it can be done. I know what I know, and I'm not bad.

Except for a few "unspeakable nobles" who are qualified to eat his "simmered lake fresh food", Ling Zhenfeng has never cooked this dish more than ten times even at state banquets. It can be guaranteed that Zhou Dong is the first time to see him. However, Zhou Dong took a few glances, and then said the time when this dish was cooked!

Ling Zhenfeng has repeatedly confirmed, Zhou Dong said 57 seconds, the error should not exceed one second, this is because he is standing behind him, observing the color of the fire is probably not clear enough!
"No wonder even a rebellious genius like Huai Liang gathers around him, and Yan Yi, the master disciple of the abbot of Lingyin Temple, doesn't even go to Chu. This son's culinary skills are almost monsters!"

Ling Zhenfeng suddenly felt a little uneasy, he won't lose this competition, right?

impossible!It has to be me, my baby chopper
In 57 seconds, Ling Zhenfeng quickly took out the Houttuynia cordata egg roll from the pot by using the method of taking chestnuts from the fire. The pieces are as pure and white as jade.

After dividing the fish fillets into several porcelain plates, Ling Zhenfeng glanced at Zhou Dong before smiling, "Mr. Bai, Chef Huai, please have a taste."

Everyone has a plate of fish fillets, and even the Dragon God is not left behind. Now, in Ling Zhenfeng's eyes, the Dragon God is a "comrade of the publicity mouth", and that should be taken seriously.

"I'll try it!"

When Zhou Dong praised Ling Zhenfeng just now, Huai Liang was a little dissatisfied, and kept holding back, waiting for this moment to find fault with him. He took the porcelain plate, quickly put a piece into his mouth, and just chewed it. After a while, he was stunned, turned his head to look at Zhou Dong and said, "Can fish still be made like this?"

"Of course it is possible. In fact, this is the taste that fish should have."

Zhou Dong was savoring carefully, and with the perfection-level tasting skill turned on, he didn't find the fault of this "simmering lake delicacy". He has a [-]% chance of winning, but now it seems that it is only about [-]%.

If we put aside the overall strength and don't consider it, if we only talk about this simmered lake delicacy, wouldn't it already have the level of a master? '

The Dragon God next to him has already made a moaning sound, it is so delicious, it is simply touched, this kind of touch is like the first time he ate Goubuli, egg pancakes, and stewed fire !

He is a gourmet writer and not a professional chef. Naturally, he can't use professional language to evaluate. If he must say two words - pure!
Why such two words popped up, but even he himself couldn't explain clearly.

"After this stewed lake fresh food is eaten, it is like tasting raw fish meat. It is fresh and sweet, and its fragrance is just right. In fact, this is the pursuit of the ancient fish meat in my country and the sashimi in the island country today. the taste of."

Baiwei ate with a smile all over his face, and the two dimples suddenly became deeper: "Many people love to eat sashimi, but many people can't understand the meaning of this kind of cuisine, and its meaning is to preserve as much as possible. The original tenderness, freshness, sweetness, and sweetness of the fish are removed, and at the same time, the fishy smell caused by the lack of cooking and the use of various side dishes and spices is removed.

Whether it is the old sauce dipping sauce in ancient my country or the mustard soy sauce used in island countries, they are all born for this purpose.

Because the sashimi is not cooked, these seasonings will not penetrate deep into the fish and affect the original delicious taste of the fish, but do they really have no effect at all?
Not only is there, but it's huge!

But in this simmering lake delicacy, I saw a talented and outstanding chef suppress this effect to a minimum, almost zero!It can be called a wonderful chef in the world! "

Is it that exaggerated?

After all, he is the president of Zhoudong Food Aid Association, Long Dashen instinctively wanted to refute, but when he thought of the taste just now, he closed his mouth again.

Looking back carefully at the feeling just now, this old guy with two dimples seems to be right?
After the fish fillet is in the mouth, it is so fresh and tender that it doesn’t seem like it has been cooked. It looks like a salmon fillet cut by an extremely skilled chef with a fine knife. Moreover, Chudu grass carp is a freshwater fish, which is naturally more delicate and sweet than sea fish. , not to mention the need for soy sauce and wasabi, the mouth-watering fish flavor allows him, a layman, to fully feel what is called real lake freshness!
Except for the light salty taste, the tender fish meat texture and the light fish freshness, there is no any peculiar smell anymore, Long Dashen subconsciously blew up, and immediately smelled a tempting fresh fragrance at the end of his nose, which made him feel his own Articulation and tongue have become the most delicious food in the world.
Baiweisheng looked at Zhou Dong and said with a smile: "If you only look at this dish of 'Simmering Lake Fresh', the King of Fish Ling is well-deserved.
If I were to rate it, I would give full marks on weekdays!Because this dish is close to the way of gourmet food, it already has some meaning of 'returning to the original'. Chef Zhou, what do you think? "

"Hehe, Master Ling's simmering is the real simmering method,

Across the houttuynia omelet, the fish fillets are cooked with the residual heat of the ashes, making the fish fillets seem cooked but not cooked, and not cooked yet cooked. In fact, this kind of firepower is used to make the fish fillets reach a critical point. Ordinary cooked food, less is just better sashimi, and the grasp of this point is called simmering!
What is especially rare is that in order to maintain the original taste of the food, Chef Ling did not use onion, ginger, garlic and some common spices, but took several kinds of fish to neutralize each other, and used Houttuynia cordata to remove the fishy smell. The fishy smell is much smarter, which I admire very much.”

"It's really an honor. Chef Zhou can be regarded as my bosom friend."

Ling Zhenfeng's eyes fluttered when he heard that, Zhou Dong is the comment of an expert in the circle, and it is very different from the comment made by Baiweisheng from the perspective of a gourmet. You can start to evaluate from the method of this dish, and you can say everything In terms of ideas, he immediately felt a sense of confidant.

As the saying goes, it's hard to find a confidant, but I have to count on other people's precious kitchen knives. Is this too much?It was rare for Ling Zhenfeng to feel ashamed, feeling somewhat sorry for the young master.

"But I still don't understand a little bit"

Zhou Dong looked at Baiweisheng and said, "Mr. Bai said that you can give full marks on weekdays. What does this mean on weekdays? Is it not possible today?"

Huai Liang was very anxious when he heard this, he thought what are you doing talking about this, don't you want to lose to be happy!Yan Yi looked at Zhou Dong with a smile, feeling very comforted in his heart, isn't the Chef Zhou in front of him his predestined relationship?

The observation angle of Long Dashen is completely different, and he secretly raised his thumb: "Good guy, this is just pretending to be X, Master Xiao Zhou is amazing, even you have mastered the current trend of Internet literature? That's great, I don't need to design bridge sections anymore, the bridge sections are all ready-made!"

"Hehe, haven't you met Chef Zhou on weekdays?"

Baiweisheng smiled and said: "So I, the main judge, of course have to taste Chef Zhou's craftsmanship before making a decision. Surely Chef Zhou won't let us wait too long, right?"

Zhou Dong smiled and shook his head. This was the first time he felt pressure since he got the series.

After all, Ling Zhenfeng is the chef of the National Banquet, and he is also a master of fish and vegetables all his life, but this time he did not practice with good luck in the kitchen in advance, and only relied on basic skills. Although he estimated that he had an [-]% chance of winning, he could not Unable to stand this dish, Ling Zhenfeng performed exceptionally well, and he has already touched the essence of cooking.

"My grilled fish is going to be made near the lake, and I will temporarily set up a bonfire by the lake for use. If you want to watch and give advice, you can go together."

How can something like grilled fish be made to taste in the kitchen?Naturally, it is best to be close to the mountains and rivers, while grilling fish and watching the bonfire being blown by the mountain wind.
Zhou Dong wanted to get out of the back kitchen and go to the lake to cook grilled fish. This took into account the environmental factors of cooking and dining, and he regarded Ling Zhenfeng as his opponent very seriously.

Ling Zhenfeng smiled and felt very comfortable in his heart. Zhou Dong's performance of 'respecting' his opponent made him feel very honored, and at the same time he secretly admired him. Thinking about it, this line of thinking alone is not something Fan Chu can possess.

Zhou Dong circled Ajie Lake for half a circle, and finally stopped at a place where the lake diverges.

Here, half of the mountain wall breaks into Ajie Lake, which makes the lake water on the inner side of the mountain wall more quiet and stable, and the water flow will not be affected by the waterfall above. It brings the fragrance of many nameless weeds and even wild medicines on the mountain wall, and grilling fish here will undoubtedly get extra points.

Many people wonder why they often lose their appetite when eating at home, but when they go out for picnics or picnics, everything tastes delicious?
In fact, this is the magic of nature. When you step out of the house, stay away from the smog, and breathe the fresh air in the mountains, even the food you eat will naturally become more delicious. If it is freshly cooked in the wild That's even more amazing, all kinds of miraculous molecules in nature will add luster to food, which is also the basic content of the "environmental theory" of molecular cuisine.

I dug a small earth pit by the edge of Linshui Lake, first threw down a few pieces of ordinary firewood to burn the pit hard, and removed the possible peculiar smell in the soil, then removed the firewood ash and replaced it with the prepared old pine firewood Zhou Dong The technique is very skilled, like a road chef who has been cooking outside for many years.

In fact, ever since he learned about the 'Road Kitchen', Zhou Dong wanted to try it out, 'The best scenery is on the road, that's because there are the best chefs on the road', 'The bad scenery is on the scenic spot, that's Because there are professional butcher chefs in the scenic spots, why is a good road chef not the most beautiful scenery on the journey?
Zhou Dong didn't mean to set up a grill. A grill is only suitable for grilling whole lamb and pork legs. It is not suitable for grilling fish at all. The master who is best at grilling fish naturally wants to skewer the fish on the grill However, Zhou Dong didn't use the kind of grilling fork that is common in BBQ. Instead, he took a wooden branch of appropriate thickness and soaked it in water, and prepared to use it as a tool for grilling fish.

Great God Long was very curious, and couldn't help but strike up a conversation with Huailiang, "Master, don't you have a ready-made roasting fork now? Why did Master Xiao Zhou abandon it and use wooden sticks to pierce the fish instead?"

Huailiang looked at him, he didn't really want to answer this kind of common sense question, but he felt very relieved by the sound of 'great god', so he smiled and said: "The kind of roasting fork you mentioned is used to roast a The sausage was ok, the grilled fish just ruined the meal.

This is because the steel fork conducts heat too quickly. If you use a steel fork to grill, it is easy to burn the inside of the fish. The most important thing about grilled fish is to be crispy but not burnt, and it must be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It's all burnt, is this fish still edible?
If you use wooden branches, you don’t have to worry about this problem, and if you use pine wood for fire and pine branches for roasting, the taste is more uniform. However, in order to prevent the pine branches from being ignited by the fire, you must wet them with water before piercing the fish. "

"So that's how it is. Who would have thought that grilling a fish would be so knowledgeable?"

Long Dashen kept it in his heart, these are all hard goods, most can be used to fool readers, and if there is a chance to take a girl out for a picnic in the future, you can also pretend to be an X or something, it seems that there will be more in the future Master Xiao Zhou is here to 'experience life', really talented!
After Zhou Dong raised the fire, he started to process the two grass carp. He didn't see him remove the scales first, but just cut open the belly of the fish and removed the internal organs, and then washed them by the lake.

Except for the swim bladder in the fish viscera, which is edible, the rest should be discarded, and the fishy tendons should also be removed.

If the internal organs and fish blood that should be discarded are not removed, the taste of the grilled fish will be astringent and bitter. Even if you sprinkle a lot of chili powder and cumin powder to suppress it, what the diners will finally eat is only the taste of chili and cumin. , it might as well just eat the seasoning directly.

As soon as Zhou Dong started to wash the fish, he immediately caught the attention of God Long.

Even something as simple as washing fish becomes absolutely not easy in Zhou Dong's hands.

Long Dashen found that before Zhou Dong started to wash the fish, he first tried to insert his hand into the lake water, and the insertion was quite deep. Once he did not reach the base of his arm, he suddenly felt strange, and couldn't help asking: "My gods, what is Master Zhou doing?"

It was Ling Zhenfeng who answered him this time, and Ling Yuwang smiled: "The lake water is different from the tap water introduced into the kitchen. It is also the cold water on the surface, which will inevitably produce more turbulent water flow and fault temperature difference.
If you do not pay attention to the difference in water temperature when washing the fish, it may affect the meat quality of the fish. Did you notice that when Chef Zhou killed the fish, he knocked the fish unconscious with a knife handle before killing it quickly?This is to avoid fear when the fish is killed, which will affect the quality of the meat.

A good chef pays much attention to everything from killing ingredients to cleaning ingredients. Chef Zhou is obviously more particular, so he personally tested the water temperature. "

Long Dashen was in a daze for a while, I understood that the grilled fish I ate before were all fake
Suddenly, I thought of another question: "No, the vitality of fish seems to be very strong. Many fish can still survive after being killed and put in a frying pan. Is it useful for Master Zhou to knock them out?"

Huailiang interjected: "Fish are not pigs, cattle and sheep, and their memory is only seven seconds. As long as you knock it unconscious before killing it, even if you wake up after a while, it will not know that it has been killed.
You pay attention to Lao Zhou's technique. Now the fish has woken up. He is cleaning the fish while imitating the trajectory of the fish swimming in the water, so that the fish thinks that he is still alive and will not affect the quality of the meat due to fear. "

"I'm going to go, there is still this kind of operation?"

God Long stared at Zhou Dong who was cleaning the grass carp by the lake, and saw that he was holding a fish in one hand, with the head of the fish in the right position, and he was paddling back and forth in the lake water, probably due to his skillful technique. Not only did the fish not struggle desperately, but Zheng Huan swam in the water shaking his head and tail, completely unaware that he had been cut open
"Damn it, Miyu Dafa?"

Long Dashen looked at Zhou Dong with fear, and felt that Master Zhou was not like a chef, but more like a wizard.

Even Ling Zhenfeng was a little confused. It is said that even if the fish's memory is insufficient, at least it should feel the pain. It is impossible for the chef to kill the fish directly like the slaughter of the pig in the meat joint factory. When I realized it, I went to hell head by head. It is impossible to achieve true perfection.

You can see the jubilant appearance of the two fish killed by Zhou Dong shaking their heads and tails, as if you can set up a dragon gate in the lake and they can jump for you to see!
But how did Zhou Dong know that Zhou Dong's two hands were continuously injecting mysterious power into the fish body, and he didn't know how much admiration points were consumed, making these two Chudu grass carp the happiest 'dead fish' in the world.

What everyone sees is only superficial. In addition to the blessing of legendary vegetable washing skills, Zhou Dong is also very knowledgeable about the choice of water layer when washing fish.

Because it is not far from the waterfall, the cold waterfall water and the hot spring water of Ajie Lake cannot be completely integrated. About two feet below the water surface, there is an obvious junction of hot and cold, which is also the location where the two water qualities initially merge.

He immersed the two fish a little above this junction, not only to ensure that the fish will not be overwhelmed by the cold water, but also because the water quality here has initially merged, whether it is the mineral content or the pH value, it is the most suitable. Cleaning two grass carp here will make the fish more fresh and sweet.

Baiweisheng and the other chefs nodded secretly, only Master Long couldn't understand it, he felt it was unfathomable, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, and he talked about it in the book, and said that Master Zhou washed the fish. It's just that the method coincides with the laws of heaven and earth, and it can collect the essence of the sun and the moon. Readers will definitely shout "really fragrant".

It takes about 5 minutes for Zhou Dong to wash the fish. If this time is too short, it will be difficult to completely remove the dirt from the fish body. If this time is too long, the fish will lose its flavor. Hold the two fishes, pick up the 'Master Xiao Zhou's Kitchen Knife' with the right hand and start to remove the scales quickly,
The two fish were stacked in his left hand. The lower fish was still trembling slightly due to muscle memory, and even the upper fish was not very stable, but it did not hinder the speed of his knife at all. Everyone looked carefully, only to see The kitchen knife in his hand can always fine-tune the angle with the trembling of the fish body when there is no time to spare, and he is secretly surprised that Zhou Dong's knife skills are not only perfect, but superb.Even the legendary chef is probably nothing more than that.But they didn't know that Zhou Dong's perfect knife skills corresponded to the chef level knife skills in reality, and their eyesight was not bad.

"Grilled fish need to be descaled?"

Long Dashen has been working on the stick for so long, and finally raised a more professional question.

That's right, there is no need to remove the scales for grilled fish. The scales can not only conduct heat to make the fish cook faster, but also protect the inner layer of the fish from being burnt. Descaling and grilling is definitely an amateur.

God Long just doesn't understand, even he can understand the truth, why does Master Xiao Zhou seem to not know?
Moreover, none of the chefs on the sidelines raised any objections. Instead, they stared intently at Zhou Dong who was removing his scales, with expressions of admiration and shock, but no doubts.

"It's not descaling, it's scaling."

Huailiang took a look at Long Dashen, at least he was called 'Great God', so he explained it to him again.

"Scaling? Is this different from descaling?"

"Of course there is a difference."

Yan Yi rarely opened his mouth and said: "Generally people grill fish to leave scales, just to use this layer of fish scales to conduct heat and protect the fish from being burnt. , this layer of fish scales will be wasted.”

"Oh"

God Long still didn't understand, and thought that this is not a waste, is it?Although I heard that people in some areas eat fish scales, they are a minority after all. Isn't this thing just for throwing?

"In fact, [-]% of the essence of the fish body is inside the scales. It's a pity to lose it like this. Chef Zhou used a very fine knife to cut off the surface layer of the fish scales. This layer of fish scales may contain dirt or even parasites. Insects have no food value,
But after peeling off this layer of fish scales, the remaining part can become the most wonderful thing."

"good stuff?"

The more Long Dashen listened, the more confused he became, thinking what's so good about it?
"You'll know it after reading it. Chef Zhou's grilled fish probably takes [-]% of his effort on the fish scales. It should be called 'Grilled Fish with Scale Flavor'."

"Scale-flavored grilled fish?"

God Long became more and more confused, what the hell is this?

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