Food starts with noodles

After putting away the plan, Yuan Kang said: "The warm-up is basically done now. If you think there is nothing wrong with this plan, then we will start."

Xu Zhuo nodded: "Okay, let's start."

Chapter 1224 Benefits for employees

When the company just moved out, the people in the restaurant were still a little dissatisfied, because they were too envious of the company's work and rest.

But in the past two days, they have keenly discovered a problem, that is, the overtime hours at the company are getting later and later, even until midnight, and some people say in the group that they are not off work.

This made the people in the restaurant rejoice, but also a little jealous, because their overtime work is not a blessing from 996, they are really paid for overtime work, and it is not low.

The office building where the company is located is not too far from the dormitory where everyone lives. Sometimes when I wake up in the middle of the night and see the lights on at the company through the window, the ambivalence becomes more intense.

On the one hand, there is a stable sleep, on the other hand, generous overtime pay.

No matter who it is, they should have calculated the gains and losses in their hearts.

But the abacus is the calculation, but it can't change anything, because the restaurant has no overtime task, even if you want to work overtime, there is no place to work overtime.

On the other side of the company, although it was already late at night, the lights were still brightly lit.

Everyone is busy with their own tasks, and the dead of night is the time for everyone to discuss food and poisoning, especially on social platforms, where the topics of discussion are what to eat or what is delicious.

Of course, there are also some people who are struggling with whether to continue to persevere or relax tonight, and officially start to be a self-disciplined person tomorrow.

In this case, the company's water army began to exert its strength.

Soon, there were more and more copywritings about Xu Xiaochu's brand, and many people smelled what Xu Zhuo should do, and they all ran to his Weibo to leave messages and inquire.

Naturally, Xu Zhuo wouldn't reply, after all, while the company's people were balding at full speed with dark circles under their eyes, Boss Xu was already sleeping peacefully in bed right now.

But although Xu Zhuo didn't work overtime in the company, the care has been sent.

His so-called caring is that when the restaurant is about to get off work, he packed a lot of dishes such as braised dim sum and delivered them over.

He also told Yuan Kang and Li Hao to have a rich supper at night, if not, they can order a roasted whole lamb directly from Jiang Dabiao, and treat it as a welfare for the employees.

In terms of food, Xu Zhuo never treats his employees badly.

The restaurant is like this, and the company is also like this.

After a few days of preheating, the garlic sauce was officially released, but the video was not uploaded simultaneously, because Xu Zhuo felt that it would be better to brew it again.

After all, there is only one week, and how many skill upgrade rewards you can get depends on this task, so you have to grasp it well.

And after my own fuss and taking advantage of loopholes, the system should not give similar tasks in the future.

There is only one chance to squeeze the wool to the end, so take it well.

After the garlic sauce was launched, thanks to the previous publicity, the sales volume was surprisingly good, and many netizens also developed new ways to eat it.

For example, put the bought vermicelli in a pot and cook it, then put it in cold water, and mix it with garlic sauce, the taste will become much better immediately.

Except for the shortcoming of having a garlic taste in the mouth after eating, there is nothing wrong with the rest.

Of course, this shortcoming is actually not a shortcoming, because the vast majority of people who eat this way are those who are really hungry at night and don't want to order takeaway, so they just make do with it.

During the day, everyone will at least put some vegetables in it.

Even if you don't eat it in the bowl at the end, you will give yourself the illusion that today's meal is healthy.

The sales of garlic sauce are very good, which makes Xu Zhuo very happy.

After so many busy days, it is finally time to harvest.

He smiled and asked those in the company who had been working overtime for several days: "Tell me, what do you want to eat today, I will make it for you in the nearby studio."

The biggest reward for employees is not bonuses, but sincerity.

You treat them with sincerity, and they will feel it.

Of course, bonuses are also one aspect, but it seems that it is not humane enough to win people's hearts by bonuses alone, so some other means have to be used from time to time.

For example, now, Xu Zhuo plans to cook for the company's people by himself, and this is one of the means.

This will not only make the boss appear easy-going, but also mobilize the enthusiasm of the employees.

Everyone in the company was surprised, but a heated discussion immediately began.

There are those who want to eat Dongpo meat, some who want to eat bandit duck, and some who want to eat sweet and sour fish. Since everyone has watched the video of Xu Zhuo cooking, the dishes that are basically suggested are those that Xu Zhuo cooked. .

But almost everyone has eaten these dishes in restaurants, and even if they are made, the taste is not expected.

Then everyone turned their attention to the dishes that Xu Zhuo hadn't cooked.

There are thousands of types of Chinese food, and there are too many that Xu Zhuo has never cooked, so everyone started a discussion about which dish Xu Zhuo should cook. Some wanted hard dishes, some wanted snacks, and some wanted desserts of.

There were so many things everyone wanted to eat. In desperation, after discussion, several department managers prepared to list some common dishes for everyone to vote for.

After all, it was working hours, and the boss came here to connect with everyone, not to let everyone put down the work at hand and concentrate on thinking about the dishes.

And control it a little bit, lest someone shout "Buddha jumps over the wall", when the time comes, do you think Xu Zhuo will do it or not?

It takes more than a week to make this dish, even if it is a simplified version, it takes two or three days to prepare, how can Xu Zhuo have this time.

And even if he had time, he couldn't make it, because he didn't have the skills for this dish.

The employees also knew this, so everyone made a fuss, but they didn't ask for dishes that were too demanding.

In the end, under the leadership of several department managers and veteran employees, everyone chose a dessert dish in the Jiangnan area - sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root.

In the office, Xu Zhuo grinned when he saw the dish selected from the company group.

Sure enough, it is right that I have been holding back and not making this dish for the past few days. If I had made it before, everyone would definitely choose other dishes.

That being the case, let's try it out, and just take this opportunity to introduce this dish.

The weather is still very hot recently, it's time to serve a dessert dish that can cool off the heat for customers to try.

Xu Zhuo gestured OK in the group, and then drove back to the restaurant to prepare the ingredients for this dish.

Osmanthus glutinous rice lotus is also called honey glutinous rice lotus root. It is a very famous snack in the Jiangnan area. It has become a national delicacy until now. It can be seen in both the northeast and the southwest.

The method of this dish is not difficult. It mainly uses two ingredients: lotus root and glutinous rice, while other seasonings include sweet-scented osmanthus, honey, brown sugar, rock sugar, etc.

There are all these ingredients in the store, but the lotus root in the store is the kind of slender lotus root used for cold dishes. This kind of lotus root is not suitable for making glutinous rice root, so Xu Zhuo went to the market to buy some thicker and shorter lotus roots lotus root.

After everything was ready, Xu Zhuo began to make it.

Chapter 1225 Show a wave of knife skills

Osmanthus glutinous rice lotus root is the most important way to cook this dish. The lotus root must be boiled until it is soft and glutinous.

So in order to be able to cook the lotus root deliciously, Xu Zhuo specially brought a casserole over.

Of course, whether a dish is good or not, casserole alone is not enough, and we have to pay attention to it from the beginning. Only in this way, the finished product will become delicious when it comes out of the pot.

For example, now, Xu Zhuo took a kitchen knife and carefully peeled the short and thick lotus root.

To make this dish, you need to use older lotus root, which is the kind that grows thicker. Because of the long growth cycle, this kind of lotus root has a higher starch content and a softer taste.

As for the lotus root that is used as a cold dish, if it is made of glutinous rice, the taste will be almost interesting, because it is too tender and the starch content is low, so it does not have the taste of this kind of old lotus root.

However, the old lotus root mentioned here is the kind of lotus root that has grown for a long time, not the old lotus root that has been sold for a long time at the vegetable stand and its surface color has turned black.

To make glutinous rice root, you need to peel the skin, but before peeling, you must first wash the lotus root thoroughly. In addition, you should also check whether the lotus root has broken skin.

If there is, then it cannot be used, because the sludge will often be poured into the lotus root along this kind of place. If this kind of lotus root is used to make glutinous rice root, not only the taste is unpalatable, but also there will be a very thick kind The fishy smell of mud.

With Xu Zhuo's current knife skills, peeling is not difficult at all, and he can even peel flowers.

For example, now, when he cooks, several photographers come to take pictures. After all, this is also an internal company activity, and video data must be left.

In case of promoting corporate culture in the future, these materials are the most powerful evidence.

Now, in front of several photographers, Xu Zhuo was playing tricks. He held the lotus root in one hand and a thin slicer knife in the other, and began to peel one end of the lotus root.

He didn't peel the lotus root in a straight line, but in a circular motion along one end, from one end to the other, without breaking the lotus root skin at all.

This method is the same as peeling an apple without breaking it, except that lotus root is obviously more difficult than apple.

Not only because the lotus root is too long, but also because the lotus root has a high starch content, and the skin is not crisp. When peeling, it takes a lot of effort to peel it off.

This hand surprised several cameramen, they never expected Xu Zhuo's knife skills to reach this level.

If this is posted on the Internet, it will definitely receive countless likes.

After Xu Zhuo peeled all the lotus roots, he washed the lotus roots again, and brought over the glutinous rice brought from the store.

For the dish of sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root, it is best to use round glutinous rice, so that it can be easily inserted into the eyes of the lotus root. If it is long glutinous rice, it is easy to get stuck.

And before filling, you have to soak the glutinous rice for three hours. The glutinous rice produced in this way is delicious and will not be caught raw due to lack of water.

The glutinous rice that Xu Zhuo uses is soaked in the dessert department of the restaurant, so it can be used at any time, and there is no need to soak it at all.

However, after he poured the glutinous rice into the basin, he still poured some water into the glutinous rice, not much water, about a bowl or so.

The purpose of pouring water is to make the soaked glutinous rice more slippery, so that it will be better to put it in the lotus root eye, and will not stick to the wall of the lotus root eye.

After pouring the water, Xu Zhuo stretched out his hand and stirred the basin a few times to mix the water and glutinous rice evenly.

Next, he brought over the washed lotus roots, ready to fill them with glutinous rice.

To put glutinous rice in lotus root, you need to cut the lotus root first.

However, the choice of incision is also particular. After all, after the lotus root is cut open and filled with glutinous rice, it must be reassembled. If the incision is in the wrong place, it will be difficult to reassemble it.

For example, if you cut it from the middle, it will be more embarrassing and wasteful of ingredients.

But too close to the head will not work, too close to the head, the eye of the lotus root is relatively small, it is difficult to put the glutinous rice in, even if it can be put in, it is easy to get blocked inside.

Therefore, the most suitable position for cutting should be about three or four centimeters away from the end of the lotus root.

This is the part where the eyes of the lotus root become thicker and larger. It is easier to put glutinous rice inside. After filling the glutinous rice, it is easier to fix the cut off lotus root head to its original position.

Xu Zhuo used a kitchen knife to cut off the head of the lotus root three or four centimeters behind.

After cutting it off, he didn't rush to put glutinous rice inside, but first turned the lotus root upside down and knocked it lightly a few times, and at the same time smelled the smell of the incision.

The reason for doing this is to prevent the mud in the eyes of the lotus root, so knock it twice first to see if the mud can be knocked out, and then smell the smell to see if there is any fishy smell of mud.

After confirming that the eyes of the lotus root were clean, Xu Zhuo began to put the soaked glutinous rice in it.

He placed the lotus root vertically in a basin filled with glutinous rice, then grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and stuffed it into the eye of the lotus root, and gently knocked the lotus root while stuffing it, so that the glutinous rice would fall to the innermost part faster.

When the lotus root couldn't fit in the eyes, Xu Zhuo took chopsticks and stuck it in each lotus root to see if it was really stuffed firmly or if it was stuck in the middle.

After making sure that the glutinous rice in the eyes of all the lotus roots was stuffed firmly, Xu Zhuo took the lotus root head that he had just cut off, and brought a box of toothpicks, and began to fix the lotus root head.

The cut off lotus root head must be put back and fixed, otherwise when the lotus root is boiled, the glutinous rice inside will come out and the eyes of the lotus root will be hollow.

Then this dish is worthless.

Fixing the lotus root head also requires skill. You have to insert the toothpick obliquely along the lotus root head, so that the lotus root head and the lotus root can be firmly combined.

If it is not fixed and firm, the lotus root will become soft and waxy after a long time of cooking, and the originally fixed part may fall off.

And the glutinous rice in the eyes of the lotus root will also swell due to ripening, which will open the head of the lotus root.

Xu Zhuo inserted a circle of toothpicks on the head of the lotus root at an angle, and after making sure that it would not crack, he soaked the lotus root in clean water again.

This step is also to let the water fill the pores in the eyes of the lotus root, so that the glutinous rice will not be cooked due to insufficient water.

After filling all the lotus roots with glutinous rice, Xu Zhuo cleaned the casserole and put it on the stove, ready to cook it.

Put the lotus root into the pot one by one, and then put cold water in the pot.

Because it takes a long time to cook, the amount of water added should be sufficient, so as not to cause uneven raw and cooked lotus roots due to the lack of water in the middle.

After adding cold water, start seasoning.

Xu Zhuo put a whole bag of brown sugar in, and then put in a bowl of rock sugar.

Because there is a lot of water, the amount of sugar should be more. Only in this way can the sweetness be fully integrated into the lotus root.

In addition, adding more sugar can also make the lotus root softer and taste better.