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Chapter 84 Fried Shredded Potatoes
Zhang Xu showed his admission ticket and entered the isolated competition venue.

Looking at it, there are really not many people participating.About 50 more.

But there were nearly 2000 people watching the game.

Including some chefs, some catering professionals, some journalists, and some food lovers.

Zhang Xu wondered why there were so few participants.

What Zhang Xu didn't know was that this was a master chef competition.

Chefs who are not technicians dare not come to the competition.Most chefs are senior technicians.

He has worked as a chef in the kitchen of famous hotels and restaurants for many years.

Except for Zhang Xu, everyone else is experienced.

Even Kong Yongchao, who has never been a chef outside, has honed his cooking skills in the Kong family for almost 30 years.

The other chefs were slightly surprised when they saw Zhang Xu.

Because Zhang Xu looks too young.

Among the other chefs, the youngest is probably Kong Yongchao.And Kong Yongchao is already 35.

Zhang Xu looked to be in his early twenties.

The chef industry basically reached its peak in the 50s.

Therefore, most of the chefs participating in the competition today are in their 50s or [-]s.

Several chefs showed disapproving expressions when they saw Zhang Xu.

A person in his early 20s, who may not have learned all the recipes, actually imitated others to participate in the MasterChef competition.

I really don't know how his master and his elders taught him.

Zhang Xu didn't take the surprise, suspicion, or disapproval in these people's eyes.

Zhang Xu took a look, and there were five people in the judges' seat, all of whom had nameplates on their chests.Besides Wan Mingyang he had seen and Li Baihao he had heard of, there were three other people.

They are called Deng Chuyan, Guan Huairen, and Zheng Qinxue.

Li Baihao wore a pair of glasses. He had good features and was very elegant. He didn't look like a chef, but a scholar.

Deng Chuyan is the oldest. He looks to be over 80 years old. He wears a bunt Tang suit, has not much hair, and has a beard floating on his chest.

Guan Huairen was a somewhat gloomy person.

The eyes are narrow and long, the bridge of the nose is high, and he looks about 60 years old.

Zheng Qinxue is a woman in her 40s.

The appearance is dignified, quite a bit of the demeanor of a big woman.

Zheng Qinxue is the editor-in-chief of a very famous gourmet magazine.

The other four judges are all chefs.

The five judges are all acquaintances, sitting on the judges' table, whispering non-stop.

When it was exactly nine o'clock, Wan Mingyang stood up, "Everyone, the first God of Cooking Competition in Hexi Province starts now."

Suddenly, there was warm applause on the field.

After the applause fell, Wan Mingyang continued, "Today's Chef's Competition is divided into three rounds and held for two days. In the first round, 53 chefs each make a fried potato shreds, and five judges will score. Take out The top 20 with the highest scores."

After hearing Wan Mingyang's words, many chefs began to frown.

Fried potato shreds is a very simple dish.

Not difficult to do.

But it is still very difficult to do well and do well.

This dish mainly examines two points, one is knife skills, and the other is heat.

Without good knife skills, the shredded potatoes will not look good. If you don’t master the heat well, you can’t make this simple dish superb.

Wan Mingyang continued, "The top 20 people with the highest scores will enter the second round. In the second round, we will make stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers. The five judges will continue to score, and the top ten with the highest scores will be selected."

Many chefs breathed a sigh of relief.

Stir-fried shredded pork with green peppers is very simple, but it is much better than fried shredded potatoes.

You can find a lot of places for chefs to play and shine.

Wan Mingyang continued, "The third round of the competition will be held tomorrow morning. Those who enter the top ten will cook a dish and a soup, and they can bring their own ingredients. Then the judges will score, and the person with the highest score will be awarded the title of God of Cooking .”

"Okay, I announce that now, the MasterChef Contest officially begins."

Suddenly, there was another burst of warm applause.

Under the judges' seats, there are 53 sets of utensils.

There are gas tanks, gas stoves, pots, chopping boards, ingredients, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar...etc, etc.

Each kit is numbered on the front.

Corresponds to the number on the quasi-race ticket.

Zhang Xu looked at it, and found that his number was seven, so he walked to the number seven appliance.

The other chefs also walked to their own utensils.

Wan Mingyang spoke, "The first round of the competition begins. If you don't finish within 10 minutes, you will be disqualified."

After hearing Wan Mingyang's words, the chefs began to get busy.

Pick up the potatoes, start peeling and shredding.

Three 10 minutes, really not much.

Peel the potatoes, shred them, and soak them in water for 10 minutes to remove the starch.

I still have to fry it down, and there is really not much time.

Zhang Xu looked at the ingredients in front of him, three potatoes, three green peppers, and one tomato.

Zhang Xu decided to use green peppers as a side dish instead of tomatoes.

Because, Zhang Xu has already seen that these potatoes are relatively starchy potatoes.

Even if soaked for 10 minutes, most of the starch cannot be removed.

If tomatoes are used, they will interact with starch, which will make the taste less crispy.

Zhang Xu picked up the potatoes, soaked them in water, and then began to peel them.

Zhang Xu's hands are like butterflies wearing flowers, their movements are quick and clever.

But after a while, all three potatoes were peeled.

After getting down, Zhang Xu began to shred.

Looking at Zhang Xu's knife skills, Wan Mingyang nodded secretly.

Zhang Xu was recommended by him to participate, so he naturally hoped that Zhang Xu's standard would be higher.

The young man in front of him didn't have too many fancy things, but the way he shredded potatoes seemed to be a veteran of decades of culinary skills.

Soon, the shredded potatoes will be cut.

If someone has carefully looked at Zhang Xu's shredded potatoes, he will definitely be amazed.

Because the shredded potatoes cut out by Zhang Xu looked like they were cut by a machine.

Each potato shred is the same size.

Except the length is different.

Zhang Xu soaked the shredded potatoes in cold water.

I looked at my watch.

At this time, except for Zhang Xu, the other chefs were still shredding potatoes.

The chefs around Zhang Xu were surprised when they saw that Zhang Xu had cut the potato shreds so quickly.

Regardless of the hype process, at least it shows that this young man's knife skills are passable.

10 minutes passed quickly.

Zhang Xu fished the shredded potatoes out of the cold water.

Opened the gas valve, ignited the fire, and began to heat the pan.

When the pot is hot, pour the cooking oil.

When the oil is hot, put the shredded potatoes in it.

Then, stir fry, stir fry almost, pour vinegar, green pepper, salt...

Zhang Xu's movements are like flowing clouds and flowing water, done in one go.

Soon, the shredded potatoes will be out of the pan.

Suddenly, there was a smell of fried potato shreds around.

Sweet in sour, salty in spicy.

The presentation is also very good.The potato shreds look crystal clear, as if they were made of jade, which makes people unable to bear their mouths.

Most cooks, however, only now shred potatoes and prepare to soak them in cold water.

(End of this chapter)