Devil's Chef Rebirth Diary

In the vicinity, there are almost all kinds of low-end gourmet shops.There are rice noodles, rice noodles, spicy soup, as well as set meals, stir-fried dishes, and home-cooked dishes.There are even several hot pot restaurants that Wanli loves most.Although the prices are different, they all have their own target customer groups, and the business is doing well.If Wanli wants to find a place here, he must find a breakthrough that suits him.

"Wanli, who do you want the restaurant's target customers to be?" Jiang Xun still gave priority to Wanli's idea.

When it comes to the life and death of the restaurant, Wan Li is not perfunctory: "I may be greedy. I want all the students to come to eat, and I also hope that the surrounding residents will also come to eat." Because if only students are the customer group, what will happen during the winter and summer vacations? ?

Wan Li also expressed his point of view pertinently. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xun not only did not refute him, but also nodded solemnly, expressing that he could do it.

Jiang Xun: "Then we really need to transform."

According to this routine, home cooking is definitely not enough.Students like affordable and delicious food, and their store itself is a little far away from the school gate. Students are definitely more likely to be attracted by the store at the door when they go out. If you want to attract students' attention to their store, you need outstanding features.

Early in the morning, Jiang Xun followed Wan Li to buy goods.

Wan Li does not give up on hot pot restaurants, but still wants to develop their potential in this area.Jiang Xun followed him, and when purchasing the ingredients needed for the business that day, he also bought the ingredients for the hot pot base along the way.

It’s very simple for Wan Li to think of a hot pot, and it’s not enough to add a pot to cook it, but he doesn’t know that the base material is so complicated, and the spices alone confuse him.

"What is this?" Wan Li pointed to the material Jiang Xun picked out.

Jiang Xun: "Caoguo."

Wan Li: "What about this one?"

Jiang Xun: "Nutmeg."

Wan Li: "I know this, Huajiao."

Jiang Xun glanced at him, and said a few words lightly: "That's Majiao."

The aunt who sells spices has long seen that the two of them are interesting, pointing to the other bag and smiling at Wan Li: "Haha, young man, this is pepper! Don't worry about selling goods, aunt, she will never mix them up."

"Okay, ma'am, then I will come to your house to buy spices from now on." Wan Li is not stupid. When Jiang Xun carefully asked her about the origin and production process of various spices, she was confident in her answers, and she knew that she was an expert.

After picking out all the ingredients, Jiang Xun and Wan Li returned to the store.Wan Li helped Jiang Xun prepare the ingredients needed for the day's business, and Jiang Xun began to make the hot pot base.

First make the stock.Choose fresh beef bones, blanch them in boiling water, pull them out and put them into a clear water pot, add sliced ​​ginger and shallots, bring to a boil over high heat, and simmer over low heat.

During the time of boiling the broth, you can make other preparations.

In order to make the bottom of the pot both spicy and fragrant, Jiang Xun chose three different types of chili, some fresh and some dried, soaked in hot water, then simmered for a while, took it out and smashed it with a machine, and set it aside for later use.

Eight kinds of spices also appeared at this time.Bay leaves, grass fruit, fennel, cinnamon, cumin, tangerine peel, cardamom, star anise, wrapped in gauze cloth, soaked in hot water, smashed and set aside.

When everything is ready, fire the cold pan with cold oil.

Put the butter first.The butter is made by Jiang Xun himself.After getting along for a while, Jiang Xun has already understood Wanli's stinginess. In order to save money, he can buy as little as possible.In terms of food, Jiang Xun will try his best to reduce the cost without affecting the deliciousness of the food.

Besides, Jiang Xun is more willing to do it himself for ingredients like butter that can be made by himself.

When the butter melts and the heat rises, you can add onion, ginger and garlic.These three good partners gave off an alluring aroma in the butter, and even Wan Li, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't help but take a step closer to Jiang Xun.

After sautéing the onion, ginger and garlic until fragrant, take it out and set aside.Put Pixian bean paste in the pot, and then put half of the chopped chili, boil it over low heat, the spicy taste is tangy.Jiang Xun has a strong concept of time, neither the heat nor the state of the pot can escape his control.When the time is almost up, put the other half of the chili peppers, this is to stimulate the different levels of aroma of the chili peppers, and give diners the best spicy experience.Next, add spices, fried onion, ginger and garlic, white wine, after a certain period of time, add fermented soy beans, peppercorns, green peppercorns, fermented glutinous rice, and rock sugar.The ingredients are all ready, so continue to cook, the fragrance of each raw material is stimulated, and finally mixed together, bursting out a rich aroma.

This is the hot pot base material that Wan Li misses so much.

Wan Li smelled the fragrance, not only did not feel the pungent smell, but it accelerated the digestion of breakfast in his stomach, and he wanted to set the table and start eating immediately.It's not necessarily hungry, but it must be gluttonous.

But Jiang Xun prepared all the base ingredients and broth, so he had no intention of letting Wan Li taste it.Wan Li had no choice but to speak first: "When shall we eat?"

Jiang Xun placed the base material and broth, and cleaned the tools: "Let it stand for a day, and eat it at night."

After hearing this, Wan Li felt that he didn't have to do anything today.

But that's what good food is about.Even if it is another day of dismal business, there are still no customers coming to the door.Because of the delicacy of the back kitchen to support him, Wan Li's day passed quickly and his heart was not so heavy.

Anyway, it was going to be night, so Wan Li simply called Zhou Yuanyuan to join him. That child loves hot pot just like him. If Zhou Yuanyuan knew that he ate hot pot and didn't inform her, he would have to make a fuss.

Zhou Yuanyuan rushed to the store after school, and as soon as she entered the door, she saw the table full of vegetables and meat, and the red soup in the pot began to boil, just like her happy mood at this time.

"Brother Wanli! How do you know that I want to eat hot pot!" Zhou Yuanyuan didn't want her schoolbag when she had something to eat, she threw it aside and ran over.But she not only saw the food, but also Jiang Xun.Although I have known about Jiang Xun's existence for some time, I haven't been able to formally know him.

"Ready to eat. By the way, this is your brother Jiang Xun, who fried the base himself." Wan Li finished the task of introduction, and sat down decisively to eat.

"Brother Jiang Xun, hello, I'm Zhou Yuanyuan, you can call me Yuanyuan." Talking to the handsome guy, Zhou Yuanyuan still couldn't help blushing.Although she was shy, she still extended a hand to Jiang Xun.

Before shaking hands, Jiang Xun unconsciously turned his head to look at Wan Li, Wan Li smiled: "This is my sister, I think she will come here often in the future."

With Wan Li's affirmation, Jiang Xun gently held the little girl's hand, and immediately let go.

Zhou Yuanyuan caught Jiang Xun's subtle movements clearly.The little girl's mind was unconstrained, she didn't say anything, and grinned happily when she found Bao.

"What's the point of standing and giggling? It's just right if you don't want to sit down. Here, buy me two bottles of beer." Wan Li handed Zhou Yuanyuan ten yuan as he said.

Zhou Yuanyuan was used to running errands for Wanli, so she took the money and ran out: "Okay! I'll embezzle the rest of the money!"

Wan Li shook his head with a smile, put the meat into the pot and cooked it, and took a bite.The meat was left over from the business during the day. It was obviously fresh meat, but it was cut into thin slices by Jiang Xun with a knife. It was even more delicious than the frozen beef slices he bought.

"This is too delicious!" Wan Li began to fantasize about the taste of the taste from the moment he smelled the bottom sauce, and sure enough, he conquered him with one bite.

The dipping sauce is also made by Jiang Xun. In order to cater to Wanli, he also made different flavors.

Jiang Xun saw that Wanli ate the spiciest dipping sauce: "Do you like spicy food?"

It seems that the clear soup pot he prepared is no longer needed.

"No, I really like spicy food." Wan Li has a special liking for spicy food. He ate two mouthfuls and couldn't help being interested in Jiang Xun's past: "Who did you learn cooking from? It's amazing."

"My grandmother." Jiang Xun answered honestly.

"It's a family tradition." Jiang Xun didn't doubt it, just because he could cook his favorite food, his love for Jiang Xun in his heart increased to a higher level, Jiang Xun, this kid, is reliable!

In Jiang Xun's sea of ​​consciousness, the system that had been silent for a long time suddenly reminded Jiang Xun.

[Customer service 101: Congratulations to the host!The completion of the task has reached 70%, please continue to work hard! 】

Very subjective!Jiang Xun looked at Wan Li's satisfied expression, as if there was a warm current passing through his chest.He didn't know what it was, but it made him want to smile.

At this time, Zhou Yuanyuan, who bought beer, came back. She opened the door with her elbow, and walked over in a few steps.

"Ah! You eat without waiting for me! Brother Wanli, you are not mean!" Zhou Yuanyuan sat down and quickly put what she wanted into the pot. She was so noisy that she never idled for a moment: "Brother Wanli, Brother Jiang Xun, It’s snowing outside, so it goes well with our hot pot.”

The two of them did not pay attention. After Zhou Yuanyuan finished speaking, they looked out together. Sure enough, there was a little snowflake.

Late autumn in the north is always indistinguishable from early winter. During the day it still rains, but at night it turns into sleet.

It is also because of the cold weather that sitting around a table with good friends or relatives on a snowy night and eating a steaming spicy hot pot is more satisfying.