Dare to cook

Chapter 10 Bai Yuanchu and Crab Sauce
After the employees of Renhe Hall had eaten in batches, it was already 02:30 in the afternoon.

The chefs in the back kitchen seized the time to rest.

Because there will be more than an hour, and they will be busy preparing dishes again.

At noon today, most of the ingredients such as river prawns, fresh fish, and bamboo shoots were sold out, and the ribs were even sold out.

And some prepared dishes, such as chicken, beef, tofu, etc., are ordered less.

Yao Yu checked the current preparation situation of the back kitchen, and said to Liu Yiran, the front office manager:
"Manager Liu, the stocks of river shrimp and fish are running low."

"After the guests come tonight, please ask everyone to try their best to recommend dishes such as crabmeat tofu, chicken with cashew nuts, broccoli in sweet sauce, and beef brisket with tomato."

Liu Yiran was wearing a dark blue overalls skirt, which was well-proportioned, capable and elegant.

In terms of appearance, Liu Yiran with an oval face is actually more beautiful than Tang Ying.

But she is different from Tang Ying.

Tang Ying came from a major. When she was in college, she planned to be a catering business in the future.

Liu Yiran is a student of finance and accounting, and she became the front office manager of the Renhe Pavilion only by mistake and being good at communication.

After hearing Yao Yu's words, Liu Yiran smiled slightly, and said:

"Okay, no problem. Is there anything else you want to explain, Master Yao?"

Yao Yu smiled and said:

"I don't dare to confess, it's all for work. Don't call me Master Yao, it sounds old-fashioned."

"Okay, then how about I call you brother Yu like Yang Rui and Chen Li?" Liu Yiran said playfully, her words and deeds were as gentle as the sister next door.

"Okay, I just don't know if it's appropriate or not. Hey, are you before 95 or after 95?"

"What are you doing, you want to know my age." Liu Yiran smiled.

Dashuai Yao didn't panic at all, and pretended to think for two seconds:

"Actually, there is no need to inquire at all. You are born after 00, that's all right."

"That's nonsense. You must have coaxed little girls a lot in the past." Liu Yiran smiled and rolled her eyes at him.

In the distance, Yang Rui was eating melon seeds, watching Yao Yu and Liu Yiran talking and laughing, and said sourly: "Yao Manzi is flirting with girls again, I really want to kick him."

"Go, I support you."

Beside him, Chen Li also had a lemony expression on his face: "You kick him to death, and I'll bury him."

……

Yao Yu didn't know that someone behind him was looking at him very upset.

He is fine now, so he sat and chatted with Liu Yiran for a while.

After a few minutes, the waiter Zhang Xiaohan came over and said, "Master Yao, someone is looking for you."

Zhang Xiaohan was the soft girl who first talked to Yao Yu when he came to apply for the job yesterday.

Is a college student who just graduated last year.

Yao Yu corrected him, "Don't call him Master Yao, call him Yao Yu or Brother Yu."

"Okay, brother Yu." Zhang Xiaohan smiled sweetly as he was kind.

"Who is looking for me, where else?" Yao Yu asked.

Zhang Xiaohan turned around and pointed in the direction of the front desk: "It's over there. They said they came to deliver something to you."

Yao Yu looked at Zhang Xiaohan's pointing,
Just looking at a thin, tall and straight man standing by the cash register holding a small package.

Bai Yuanchu?
Why is this guy looking for me?
Three years ago, Bai Yuanchu ranked No. 70 and No. 13 on the jade food list, and now he is No. [-] on the jade food list.

In three years, this person's ranking on the Jade Food List has soared sixty places, and he is known as one of the fastest-improving chefs of the younger generation.

And this person was also Yao Yu's rival.

Yao Yu and Bai Yuanchu have faced each other eleven times in public, of which they almost lost to him four times.

This guy couldn't just come to me for a PK after hearing that I was coming back.

Yao Yu thought to himself, and greeted him with a bright face: "Xiaobai, long time no see, why do you want me?"

Bai Yuanchu, who was originally with a sharp temperament, froze when he heard this.

He angrily stuffed the package in his hand to Yao Yu:

"This is the dried peach blossom my master gave you, with almonds in it."

"Three almonds, crushed and mixed with two ounces of peach blossoms soaked in warm water and half a catty, and the water can be taken out after cooling, understand?"

After Yao Yu heard this, he realized that Bai Yuanchu had made a special trip to present dried peach blossoms to him on behalf of Liu Zi.

He unexpectedly said:

"You can do it, kid. When did you worship Mr. Liu as your teacher? No wonder your ranking on the Jade Food List has jumped so fast."

Bai Yuanchu looked cold:
"This has nothing to do with you. I heard that you have signed up for the famous contest, so don't be dismissed before entering the finals."

Yao Yu sized up Bai Yuanchu and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, it seems that Mr. Liu's face, if you meet in the game, I won't let you lose too badly."

"Hmph! I'm no longer who I was three years ago!" Bai Yuanchu snorted coldly.

Yao Yufeng smiled lightly:

"So what? Is there a difference between the top [-] and the top [-] on the Jade Food List?"

"Except for Lu Chenyu, Wu Zhongliu, Ling Zhaochi and others whom I have never fought against, you scumbags who are on the list, count as one, just let them come."

As soon as these words came out, Liu Yiran, Zhang Xiaohan and other girls who had listened to the gossip opened their mouths in shock.

Wow, Yao Yu is so manly!

He didn't pay attention to the famous chefs on the Jade Food List at all!
Bai Yuanchu's face darkened:
"Do you know how many people will want to hit you if your words are posted online?"

"It doesn't matter, there are too many people who want to beat me. If they are all thrown into the Huangpu River, a pontoon bridge should be built." Yao Yu said seriously.

"Yao Manzi, you... just keep going crazy!"

Bai Yuanchu was so angry that the corners of his mouth twitched. He pointed at Yao Yu, but he was too lazy to talk to this guy, so he turned around and left.

At this time, Yang Rui and Chen Li also came over.

Seeing the figure of Bai Yuanchu leaving, Yang Rui was amazed:

"I said, Bai Yuanchu came here specially to give you vaseline, is it appropriate for you to lose your popularity like this?"

Yao Yu said unhappily:

"If Bai Yuanchu really sent Vaseline, I will slap you in the face!"

……

After Bai Yuanchu left in anger, Yao Yu returned to the back kitchen with the package.

At this time, there was still some time before the dishes were prepared, so Yao Yu planned to deal with the crabs he bought in the morning first.

First, pour two bottles of white wine to make the crab drunk.

When the crab has spit out all the sand and doesn't move much, you can lift the crab cover, then remove the gills and crab navel.

After taking out the crab roe, cut off the claws and pliers of the crab.

These are going to be smashed in a while.

A total of a plate of crab roe was taken out of the eighteen-pound crab.

Yao Yu allocated one-fifth of these crab roe to make crab sauce, and the rest was to be fried with ginger and lard to make crab roe sauce, which is known as bald butter.

"Yang Rui, go find a garlic mortar and smash these crab legs and pliers." Yao Yu took out the crab roe and said.

"Why do I have to do this coolie?"

"Because you're handsome, handsome people are hard work." Yao Yu said without batting an eyelid, "Hurry up and hurry up, I'll use it later."

"Damn it! You are not guilty of saying this."

Yang Rui was very reluctant, but he found a garlic mortar and began to pound the crab legs.

Yang Rui was smashing the crab legs.

Here, Yao Yu has already opened the package sent by Bai Yuanchu, took out some dried peach blossoms and almonds, put them into a stainless steel basin and started soaking them.

After soaking the peach blossoms in water, Yao Yu started to fry the crab roe.

For crab roe, each chef has his own ingredients.

In addition to the necessary ginger, garlic, salt, pepper, and rice wine, Yao Yu's recipe also adds Kajiang powder, meat powder and a small amount of freshly fried lard residue.

This formula was taught to him by Yao Yu's second uncle, Yao Yunjian.

After Yao Yu has made many improvements, the crab roe fried with this recipe is ten times more delicious than the conventional one.

After frying the crab roe, Yao Yu took an empty seasoning jar and packed it.

These crab roe will be an indispensable seasoning for him to make high-end local dishes.

On the other side, Yang Rui also smashed all the crab legs.

At this time, the water soaked in dried peach blossoms can also be used.

Including Yang Rui and Chen Li, it was the first time for everyone in the back kitchen to use peach blossom water to make crab sauce.

Everyone felt very novel, and stretched their necks to watch Yao Yu's operation.

It is also the first time for Yao Yu to use peach blossom and almond water to make sauce.

However, his cooking experience is far richer than others, and he knows how to adapt

Place the mashed crabs in a basin, add a large amount of salt in proportion, pour in peach blossom water, and a small amount of rice wine.

Then keep stirring evenly, then squeeze out the excess water, add one-fifth of the crab roe that was deliberately left just now, and stir evenly.

Finally, stuff the crushed crabs into an airtight container and put them in a cool place for 10-20 days to ferment.

Shanghai is cooler in March.

According to Yao Yu's experience, this large jar of crab sauce needs to be fermented for at least fifteen days before it is ready.

After Yao Yu made the sauce, a little chef asked, "Master Yao, why do you need water to soak peach blossoms and almonds in crab sauce?"

Yao Yu thought for a while and said:
"Crabs are cold in nature and have a strong fishy smell. Adding peach blossom and almond water should have the effect of increasing the sweetness and neutralizing the coldness."

"This method of making crab sauce was told to me by senior Liu Zicheng. It's also the first time I use it, so I don't know if the effect is good or not."

"If you are interested, you can go back and try it yourself."

Liu Zicheng?
Is it the famous seafood chef who created Zijun Building?
A group of cooks' eyes lit up when they heard this.

They had thought that they could learn something by working with Yao Yu, but they never expected that Yao Yu would teach them a secret recipe for making crab sauce on the first day.

This kind of demeanor is not comparable to that domineering, stingy and secretive Lin Shuping.

All of a sudden, the cooks of Renhe Restaurant were more convinced of Yao Yu.

(End of this chapter)