Food starts with noodles

Chapter 1084 Weird Mission

Main task: daily food competition.

Task details: With the help of Peng Fei, the host is asked to find more than five Japanese food chefs who are biased against Chinese food to compete and win them.

Task rewards and punishments: every time a Japanese food chef is won, the host will get a daily food cooking skill no lower than D level, there is no upper limit; every time a defeat is made, the host will randomly lose a cooking skill.

Task time limit: within five years.

Task reminder: Competing with Japanese food chefs is a shortcut for the host to become famous overseas, please grasp it well.

After reading the mission details, Xu Zhuo felt that this mission was a bit weird.

The main task is actually set so strangely.

What's the situation with such a mindless competition with others?

Just to become famous overseas?

But I don't want to be famous, if I have a choice, I don't even want to open a shop in the capital.

Isn't it good to play games?Why do you have to live so tired?

But Xu Zhuo could only complain a few words, but he had to complete this task, because the punishment of randomly losing cooking skills was really speechless.

Doesn't this force people to work hard?

Xu Zhuo took advantage of going to the bathroom to read the details of this task, and after returning, everyone continued to chat.

From the chat, I learned that Peng Fei and Zhao Guangming have known each other for a long time. Both of them like innovative food, but the opposite is that Peng Fei likes Japanese food, while Zhao Guangming prefers molecular cuisine.

This set the two on different paths.

Peng Fei is a very entrepreneurial person. In addition to opening such a Japanese food store, he is also engaged in the wholesale procurement of high-end Japanese food materials.

This made Xu Zhuo a little surprised, but if he wanted to make Japanese food or buy Japanese food-related ingredients in the future, he could purchase it through Peng Fei.

For example, the wagyu beef and sterile eggs eaten today can be purchased from him.

Because the time limit for the mission was five years, Xu Zhuo was not in a hurry at all, and he didn't even talk about it when chatting.

But after returning home, if you have nothing to do, you can find some simple daily materials to practice. It doesn't have to be a competition, but you can also improve your wife's life.

After three o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Zhuo and Ji Mingyu bid farewell and went back.

After getting in the car, Ji Mingyu asked Xu Zhuo curiously: "Is that Zhao Guangming you two have been chatting with just now your friend? Can you introduce me?"

Xu Zhuo was taken aback by these words, and his voice changed: "You...what do you want?"

Ji Mingyu didn't realize Xu Zhuo's change, he reversed the car and said, "I'm very interested in molecular gastronomy, and if I have a chance, I'd like to learn from him."

Xu Zhuo let out a long breath of relief.

It turned out to be academic molecular cooking, but I thought it was due to other reasons.

Two days later, Xu Zhuo took the high-speed train back.

In the past two days, under Ji Mingyu's leadership, he ate all the interesting delicacies in the capital.

To be honest, the food in the capital is relatively scarce. Apart from the few court snacks, the rest are stewed fried liver and other offal.

In terms of deliciousness, it is really a bit different from southern cuisine.

But it's quite characteristic, and it's good to eat once in a while.

This trip to the capital was rewarding. Not only did He Guoan successfully leave the Ge family, but he also got to know Peng Fei.

Although I don't know what is the use of participating in those daily food competitions, but since it is the main task, it is still very important.

And Peng Fei has the resources of high-end Japanese food ingredients, so he can buy whatever he wants to eat in the future, which is very good.

Xu Zhuo was very interested in all kinds of high-end seafood, aseptic eggs, and all kinds of Japanese soy sauce, so he went back to Peng Fei to buy some, so that he could make some simple Japanese ingredients at home.

Delicious.

As for the Ge family, they probably realized something was wrong by now.

Although the public opinion on the Internet has just fermented, under the leadership of various naval forces, the Ge family will definitely be pushed to the forefront.

In particular, the video of Ge Cunxing making a court appearance with a belt was dug up by countless netizens and flogged his corpse.

"I don't want to say what I did wrong. I kept belittling others and said that I did the most authentic thing. Isn't that a slap in the face?"

"Look at how smooth Boss Xu's movements are, and look at you, the traces of acting are too heavy."

"Not only are the performance traces heavy, but the editing of the video is also very messy. It is suspected that it was not shot in a day."

……

All kinds of questioning voices made Ge Cunxing, who had lost himself in the cries of chef chefs from the sailors a few days ago, a little manic.

The Internet has memories. A few days ago, you yelled at others, and now you are being ridiculed by others.

However, Ge Cunxing's mania turned into mania, but he couldn't do anything.

After all, he provoked others.

To rub off on other people's enthusiasm, one must have the consciousness of being counterattacked.

Xu Zhuo read the relevant information on the high-speed rail. He didn't say anything, but he liked several Weibo posts about Ge Cunxing and boycotting Ge's family.

Sometimes, likes are more influential than tweets.

Back at Sifang Restaurant, Xu Zhuo put down his luggage and went to the back kitchen. He found that Zhao Jinma was also here, and he was arguing with Feng Weiguo in front of the stove, blushing so thickly.

He immediately walked over and asked, "Grandpa Zhao, what's the matter with you two?"

Zhao Jinma said angrily: "Yesterday, I had nothing to do to cook gourd chicken. This old man insisted that my cooking was not delicious. I asked him to do it but he didn't do it. I was really mad at me."

Ok?

Is this worth fighting for?

After seeing Xu Zhuo, Feng Weiguo's expression softened a lot: "It's not that I won't do it, I will do it after Xiao Zhuo comes, so as not to do it now, and Xiao Zhuo will have to do it again when he comes back."

It's okay not to say this, but it made Zhao Jinma even more angry.

I, Zhao Jinma, is also a famous person in the Central Plains. Isn't it worth making gourd chicken one more time for you?

But Zhao Jinma couldn't say this, so he could only sulk.

Xu Zhuo said: "Now that I'm back, Grandpa Feng, you can make it. I also want to taste the taste of the authentic Shaanxi gourd chicken."

Feng Weiguo agreed, and immediately said to start doing it.

But Zhao Jinma sneered at the old man's craftsmanship: "It's no wonder that Shanxi cooks can cook authentic Shaanxi dishes, Xiao Zhuo, after he finishes cooking, you can try my cooking, it's definitely not worse than his cooking."

Feng Weiguo is from Shaanxi, so it is normal to know how to cook Shaanxi dishes.

But Zhao Jinma's words were pure booing.

Waiting for Feng Weiguo to finish it before doing it, this is obviously a symbol of guilty conscience.

If you have the ability to do it together.

There are ready-made chickens in the store, so you can cook them right away, even Xu Zhuo can help with the operation.

After making chicken and duck more times, Xu Zhuo also mastered some related skills.

As a result, Feng Weiguo chose for a long time, and found that the three yellow chickens in the store were useless.

The reason is that these chickens are all cut open from the belly of the chicken, and it is best to open the back of the gourd chicken, so that the belly of the chicken is complete and can be placed in a more convenient shape.

Xu Zhuo didn't eat anything on the high-speed rail, and he was already a little hungry at the moment, but when he thought of the delicious taste of gourd chicken, he became even more greedy, so he volunteered to drive to the market to buy some live chickens without saying a word.

After returning, he put the chicken in front of Feng Weiguo: "Grandpa Feng, let's start!"

Chapter 1085 Shaanxi gourd chicken

Gourd chicken is a famous Shaanxi delicacy, which originated in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that it was created by the chef of Wei Zhi, Minister of Rites during the period of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty.

According to legend, Wei Zhi was a man of rich clothes and fine food, and he was extremely craving for extravagance.

One day, Wei Zhi ordered the chef to cook crispy and tender chicken. The first cook made it by steaming and then deep-frying. The family beat the cook fifty times to death.

The second chef cooks it first by boiling, then steaming and then deep-frying, which meets the requirements of crispness and tenderness, but because the chicken has been tossed through three processes, the flesh and bones have been separated and become pieces.Wei Zhi suspected that the cook was stealing food, so he didn't allow the cook to argue, and ordered his servants to beat the cook to death.

The third home cook took the lessons learned from the last two home cooks and tied the chicken with twine before cooking, then boiled, steamed and then fried.The chicken cooked in this way is not only fragrant and tender, but also has a whole body like a gourd, which makes Wei Zhi satisfied.

Later, people called the chicken cooked in this way "cucurbit chicken", and its production method has been handed down.

After Xu Zhuo listened to Feng Weiguo's introduction, he didn't feel how novel this dish was, but he was a little speechless about the fact that the chef was beaten to death because he didn't cook it well.

The air is shaking and cold, when will the chef really stand up?Can this world be better? Discrimination against chefs is everywhere...

Depend on!There are many ways to prove extravagance, why do you have to use the chef as the background board?

While speaking, Feng Weiguo had already packed the chicken.

However, he was still a little dissatisfied with the chicken Xu Zhuo bought: "To make gourd chicken, it is best to use the Japanese Japanese chicken produced in the suburbs of Xi'an. This kind of chicken is not big, and it only weighs over two catties a year, and the meat is tender. Tight, it is the best material for making gourd chicken."

After speaking, he carried the pullet that Xu Zhuo had bought, and shook his head in disappointment: "Although this kind of chicken is good, it's too tender, and it's easy to become crumbled after steaming and frying."

Zhao Jinma next to him yelled in dissatisfaction: "It's just a chicken and you beep, if you can't, let me do it. Our fried eight pieces in the Central Plains are not inferior to gourd chicken!"

Fried eight pieces is really good, even Lu Xun wrote an article to praise it.

But compared with the gourd chicken that existed in the Tang Dynasty, it is a bit less interesting in terms of cultural background and celebrity effect.

After all, celebrities and dignitaries who have been to Xi'an have tasted this delicacy. Even during the Xi'an Incident, gourd chicken was still the main dish at the "Peace Banquet" led by Premier Zhou.

Feng Weiguo babbled and showed off the gourd chicken's past, while cleaning the fluff off the chicken.

Then, he picked up a kitchen knife, pierced the back of the chicken, split the backbone of the chicken from the middle, took out the internal organs, chopped off the chicken feet, and soaked it in clean water.

One is to remove the blood, and the other is to relax the skin of the chicken.

In order not to break the chicken skin when it is cooked in the pot later.

Half an hour later, Feng Weiguo slowly rolled up his sleeves and started making.

But his appearance as a master made Zhao Jinma upset again: "Hurry up, what kind of pose are you posing here? Do you think you are Xu Jimin?"

Feng Weiguo took the chicken out of the pot and prepared to cook it.

But before that, the chicken needs to be tied up with twine.

This prevents the chicken from breaking and cracking, and also allows the chicken to form a gourd shape during cooking.

The specific method is to tie the hemp rope from the bottom of the chicken wings to the root of the chicken legs, that is, tie the whole chicken belly with hemp rope in circles.

After tying it up, Feng Weiguo put the chicken into a pot of cold water, added scallion and ginger cooking wine, and started to boil it.

After the water in the pot boiled, he skimmed off the froth with a spoon, then turned off the heat, covered the pot, and continued to simmer for half an hour.

While making it, he explained the precautions to Xu Zhuo. For example, when cooking the chicken, use clear water, and no pepper, aniseed ingredients, or salt, white sugar and other seasonings should be used in it.

Be sure to cook the chicken thoroughly with clean water first, so that the taste and texture of the chicken will be better.

And after it is cooked, it will be steamed with stewed soup. No matter how long the steaming time is, the taste of the stewed soup will not be too heavy, and it will not suppress the freshness of the chicken.

In addition, you can also get the original chicken soup by boiling it in water, and this chicken soup is the original soup that will be used to steam the chicken later.

After listening to Feng Weiguo's explanation, Xu Zhuo had a deeper understanding of the gourd chicken dish.

I used to only know that this dish needs to be boiled first, then steamed, and then fried. I didn’t expect that there are so many tricks in just cooking.

Sure enough, all the delicious dishes were tossed.

After the chicken was cooked, because they had to wait for half an hour, Feng Weiguo and Zhao Jinma wandered around the back kitchen and began to teach the apprentices their cooking skills without doing anything.

From cooking skills, fire control, to the tricks of cutting pier and the mastery of strength, there are various pointers.

Anyway, when I see what everyone is doing, I will give some pointers.

Some of their words are clichés, while others are really the experience they have summed up in their work practice.

After all, after working in the back kitchen all his life, even a person who is not good at observation can figure out many rules.

And Xu Zhuo took advantage of this moment to eat something.