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Gu Bai quickly saw the fine sand and chestnuts that Wang Xiuquan had prepared for him.

Not to mention the fine sand, the preparation is quite good, and the chestnuts are also placed separately according to their size. When frying chestnuts, it is best not to fry large chestnuts and small chestnuts together, otherwise it is easy to cause big ones to be undercooked, or big ones Cooked small burnt situation.

Although Gu Bai's control over the heat, this problem can't trouble him, but it still takes a little more energy, but the things that can be done in advance should be done in advance, after all, every point spent on energy is worth one point. Gu Bai's energy is not too strong.

Gu Bai checked the chestnuts he had prepared, and he was sure that the flesh of the chestnuts was plump and fine, so he asked someone to cut a hole in the chestnut shell for him first, so that it would be easier to eat, otherwise, one or two chestnuts would be fine if he opened them with his hands. , more upset.

As soon as Gu Bai opened his mouth, other people came over to help, since they were all busy in the restaurant anyway.

Gu Bai was a little embarrassed to see so many people coming to help him, Wang Xiuquan directly exposed everyone's thoughts: "Don't be embarrassed, they just want you to make more sugar-fried chestnuts, I guess they are hungry .”

"Okay, then I'll do more." Gu Bai agreed.

Anyway, it's easy to do a little more. If he eats here, even if he eats a lot, he can eat two catties at a time at most, and it won't take much.

Gu Bai told everyone to soak the chestnuts in clear water for a few minutes after cutting the skins, because the chestnuts will be fried in the cooked sand later, and they will be very angry, which will evaporate part of the water inside the chestnuts. The water will make the chestnuts moister, and the water will be dried up during frying, so the water in the chestnuts will be well preserved, and they will not taste too dry and hard.

However, after the soaked chestnuts are taken out, the water on the surface must be wiped dry, otherwise the heat will not be very good after being put into the pot, and it will be more troublesome to stir-fry.

Although the skinning of chestnut shells is almost the same, but Zhang Pingping and others still cut one and showed it to Gu Bai, and then continued to cut it after confirming that it was the case.

Gu Bai started to make the cooked sand. He found a large pot and heated it up first. After the iron pot was heated to a certain level, he threw the fine sand into it. The fine sand continuously raised its temperature during the frying process.

If it was summer, feeling this temperature would make people suffer from heat stroke. Fortunately, this is autumn, it is very cool, but it feels very comfortable when it is warm.

Gu Bai gradually added malt sugar and camellia oil into it while frying. The high-temperature heating and stir-frying made the fine sand collide with each other and wear away, gradually frying into a round shape with a slight stickiness.

Even because of the addition of caramel and tea oil, the cooked sand exudes a sweet fragrance. If you don't know that it is fine sand, you may be greedy.

The fine sand on Gu Bai's side is finished, and the chestnuts on the other side are almost ready. Seeing that Gu Bai's side is ready, Zhang Ping has already brought the chestnuts without Gu Bai saying anything.

Gu Bai restarted the fire, and the cooked sand that had just cooled down heated up again. Gu Bai touched the top of the pot, feeling that the cooked sand below should be a little hot, and signaled Zhang Ping to pour the chestnuts in.

Zhang Ping poured all the chestnuts in carefully, and was about to leave when Gu Bai stopped him.

"Look at me first." Although sugar-fried chestnuts are just a simple snack, but no matter what it is, if you want to make it taste more delicious than ordinary people, you need certain experience and skills.

Gu Bai wanted Zhang Ping to learn it, not to mention anything else, in case the other party met, after he recovered from his illness, he could come and buy it whenever he wanted to eat, and he didn't have to cook it himself.

Although the technique of stir-frying chestnuts is not a serious cooking technique, but when other people heard Gu Bai's words, they all looked at Zhang Ping with a little envy.

After all, Gu Bai being able to say this kind of thing means that he has a good relationship with Zhang Ping, and that he has a good relationship with a chef like Gu Bai, so he can ask the other party for some cooking skills.

Although the meeting of the Chefs Association had only been held for a few hours, the news about Gu Bai had already spread in the circle. The chefs competed for the dim sum he made, and some even ate too much, causing other people to eat too much. can not eat.

You must know that in the gatherings held by the Chefs Association in the past, there was always only eating less, not more, because there were too many dim sum present, and one could not finish one piece, let alone two dim sum for one dish.

And Gu Bai's performance is enough to prove that the opponent's ability to make dim sum is terrifying.

It’s fine if it’s just snacks, but Gu Bai’s cooking skills are also amazing. Even if the association prepared mutton with white scallions for Gu Bai, it was still not enough to eat, and he won the first place in one fell swoop. .

Although this kind of competition is not formal, but in the chef circle, this competition is actually equivalent to the invisible national famous chef competition, but the competition system is not so sound, and Gu Bai can win the first place without dispute, which is enough to show the strength of the opponent up.

You don't envy such a chef who has a good relationship with others.

Just thinking about it this way, everyone felt that the sweetness of the imagined sugar-fried chestnuts seemed to have a little sour taste.

Zhang Ping hesitated for a moment, didn't say anything to refuse, and stood beside Gu Bai directly.

The shell of raw chestnuts is matte brown, especially after soaking in water, it looks less moist, but under the stir-frying of cooked sand, the water is gradually evaporating, and the chestnuts are slowly expanding. The fine sand that was originally stuck to the chestnut shells also fell off as they were stir-fried.

The unique aroma of chestnuts slowly overflows as they are fried, but this is only the aroma of chestnuts themselves. Gu Bai hasn't added sugar to it yet. When the addition is finished, the aroma that wafts out will be called real chestnuts fried with sugar. .

To make sugar-fried chestnuts well, one is to master the heat so that the chestnuts are evenly cooked, so that the taste of chestnut meat will be much better, and the other is to master the seasoning.

Gu Bai fried chestnuts with one hand, and evenly added sugar into them with the other hand. This step must not only be even, but also slow, so that the sugar will be caramelized.

The burnt aroma of sugar soon wafted in the kitchen, mixed with the fragrance of chestnuts, making people want to eat it.

This is also Gu Bai's idea of ​​smelling sugar-fried chestnuts most of the time. This burnt aroma is so unique that when he smells it, he thinks of the smell of sugar-fried chestnuts, and people tend to be greedy.

Gu Bai kept turning the cooked sand in the frying pan to ensure that every chestnut was evenly heated in the cooked sand. With the frying, the shell of the chestnut also changed from the matte brown at the beginning to a glossy brown, and the opening also cracked. The ones that are opened are bigger, and the golden chestnut meat inside can be seen through the crack.

When the sand grains were no longer sticky, Gu Bai covered the lid and turned off the heat, letting the chestnuts simmer in the hot sand for a while, so that the chestnuts would be completely cooked, and the aroma of caramel would slowly seep into the chestnuts , Chestnut tastes more sweet and delicious.

The fried pot of chestnuts is more than enough for Gu Bai to take home to eat, but Gu Bai didn't move, but called other helpers to come and taste the chestnuts together.

During the frying process, the aroma of chestnuts made everyone greedy for a long time, and when they heard Gu Bai's greeting, they came here excitedly.

"Be careful it's hot!" Gu Bai reminded.

The chestnut has just been fried, and the temperature is quite high, but even if he said so, the others couldn't wait to pick it up, and then turned it back and forth in their hands to cool it down.

A bunch of chestnuts are easy to keep warm when they are piled together, but after they are separated, the cooling speed is much faster.

Gu Bai also picked up a chestnut and blew on it. Before he had to eat it, the sweet fragrance of the chestnut lingered in his nose, very tempting.

Gu Baishun cracked it open, the chestnut shell was fried a bit brittle, and it opened as soon as it was broken, the inner skin had long been separated from the chestnut meat and stuck to the shell.

Gu Bai likes this kind of chestnut. If the inner skin sticks to the chestnut flesh, although it is not impossible to tear it off, it is very painful to tear it off.

It’s okay when it’s hot, but when it’s colder, the skin will cling to the chestnut meat. If it’s not that he just wants to eat the meat and not the skin, Gu Bai would hate to have to tear the skin and swallow it in one gulp.

The golden-yellow chestnut flesh is peeled off, and when you eat it, the outermost circle of chestnut flesh is slightly hard, but this firmness makes the chestnut taste even better.

In addition to its own sweet aroma, chestnut meat also has a caramel aroma and a hint of burnt sweetness. The surface layer is firm and sweet, but the inside is moist and sweet. From the surface layer to the inside, the moisture gradually Increased, but it does not feel too moist when eating, but a kind of moistness that prevents the moisture in the mouth from being absorbed by the starch in the chestnut after eating.

After eating a chestnut, it is powdery and sweet, and the mouth is full of fragrance. The faint sweetness reverberates in the mouth, which is simple and addictive.

Gu Bai ate several chestnuts in a row before he realized that he had to continue frying.

Gu Bai looked at the chestnuts prepared by the others, and found that there were quite a lot of chestnuts, so he asked everyone to come over and watch him stir-fry chestnuts first, and he would teach it again.

None of the other chefs thought that Gu Bai would teach them, again, although they may not be able to use sugar-fried chestnuts in their work, it is very good for Gu Bai to teach them.

Put the chestnuts in an insulated box first to keep warm, otherwise the chestnuts here will be cold when frying, and it will not be very delicious.

With the previous experience, this time when Gu Bai taught others, what he said was more concise and clear, hitting the nail on the head, almost explaining the main points of making chestnuts.

Originally, Gu Bai wanted them to give it a try, but everyone didn’t dare to say that they wanted to try it again. This pot of Gu Bai was already well-cooked, and if they let it fail, they would all regret it. no.

It's okay for Gu Bai to think about it, anyway, this pot of chestnuts will be cooked in about 10 minutes, so it's not a problem to have another pot.

The second pot of chestnuts was fried very quickly. Everyone ate a few and tasted it, and found that the sweetness of the chestnuts was no different from the previous pot. A pot of chestnuts.

This proves that when the chestnuts are heated, Gu Bai controls the heat exactly the same as the last pot, so it is difficult for them to do it. After all, it has been a long time and it is difficult to master, and there will be more or less differences.

Gu Bai quickly put these chestnuts into the heat preservation box, and took out the previous ones.

When the chestnuts were put in before, the temperature was not at the highest point. Of course, the main reason is that the pot of stir-fried chestnuts with sugar can cook a lot, and Gu Bai can't bring so many back. After all, the taste will not be very good after it is cold.

Although it can be reheated, some of the water in the reheated chestnuts is evaporated, and the taste is not as good as freshly baked.

The third pot of chestnuts was made by the chef of Yuchun Building. Everyone discussed it and asked Zhang Ping to do it. Gu Bai didn't say much throughout the whole process, except when Zhang Ping was in trouble, he only asked to remind him.

Soon, the sugar-fried chestnuts were ready, and everyone tasted it again. Although the chestnuts they ate just now were not too small, they all ate a little and then stopped, and they had to work. The chestnuts just now were all digested.

Zhang Ping smelled the aroma of chestnuts and knew that what he did was not as good as Gu Bai's, but he was not depressed, this was the first time he did it this year, and he was just learning, it's normal if he can't do it well, if he can do it as well as Gu Bai , he was surprised by his ability.

Zhang Ping peeled a chestnut and tasted it, his eyes widened. The taste was indeed not as good as Gu Bai's cooking, there was a gap, but it was much better than the sugar-fried chestnuts he made last year.

Chestnuts are not very sweet, with a touch of sweetness and a burnt aroma, it can be regarded as a very good sugar-fried chestnut.

Others also tasted that the chestnuts were good, and everyone was a little ready to move, wanting to try to make it themselves, what kind of chestnuts would be.

Although Zhang Ping learned it one more time, they listened to it, studied it carefully, and absorbed Zhang Ping's lessons. The fried chestnuts should not be too bad.

Everyone was eager to try it, but they didn't know that someone outside was looking in. They had cooked three pots of fried chestnuts with sugar, and the aroma had already wafted out.

The passers-by who smelled the aroma were all greedy, and they followed the aroma to find it, only to find that it was a restaurant. Although they thought it was unlikely, they still asked the waiter if the store sold chestnuts.

The waiter originally wanted to say that he would not sell chestnuts, but when he thought about the chestnuts being made in the back kitchen, and thinking about the quantity, even if everyone in the restaurant ate chestnuts, they would not be able to eat so many chestnuts.

She hesitated for a while, expressing that she was still not sure, and she wanted to ask first, please come here and wait for a few people.

"Generally, this kind of shop doesn't sell sugar-fried chestnuts." Among the few girls who came in, a tall girl whispered.

"In case, it's okay to ask, don't you want to eat?" Another girl said.

This question made the other two dumbfounded. If they didn't want to eat, they wouldn't follow in. They only came in if they liked it.

"It shouldn't be too expensive." Another girl said.

"Not at all, the stir-fried chestnuts outside are more than ten yuan a catty, no matter how expensive the ones in this restaurant are, they shouldn't be too expensive." The female voice who spoke just now hesitated.

She didn't dare to say how much the sugar-fried chestnuts here cost. After all, it was her first time to eat in this restaurant. She noticed the menu next to it, and several people went over to look at it.

The price of Yuchunlou's dishes is much more expensive than that of ordinary restaurants, but it is also expensive, but in the eyes of a few girls, they unconsciously substituted the price of sugar-fried chestnuts.

Although I feel that the price is quite expensive, the sweetness of chestnuts is still fresh in my memory. Although there are sugar-fried chestnuts sold near their school, the aroma is much worse than this one. It doesn't have this fragrance, it doesn't have this freshness.

A few people still plan to wait and see until the price comes out. If it is really unacceptable, forget it. If it is acceptable, then buy some and eat.

A few people waited anxiously, and then the kitchen heard the waiter say that someone outside wanted to buy sugar-fried chestnuts, and originally wanted to refuse, after all, they were also trying to do it here, but the people present counted the number of people, and then waited. If you do it, you will probably make how many sugar-fried chestnuts, if you refuse, you will not be able to tell.

A pot of chestnuts weighs at least two to three catties. If one person cooks a pot, the weight of chestnuts will definitely be quite a lot. People in their shop can't eat so much, so it seems to be just right if they sell it.

As soon as everyone discussed it, they simply moved the stove out to make sugar-fried chestnuts, or put it in the kitchen. This is because the person who asked the question had the courage, otherwise ordinary people would not easily come here to ask if they would be tempted by the smell.

As for the price of sugar-fried chestnuts, because the quality of the chestnuts here is particularly good, they are more expensive to buy. In addition to the cost of other materials and labor costs, the price of chestnuts is finally decided to be 30 yuan per catty.

This price is a little bit more expensive than outside, but if you calculate it, in fact, Yuchun Building doesn't make any money, it's just for exercise.

When they heard that the price of sugar-fried chestnuts was 31 catties, the girls were relieved. Although the price was a bit more expensive than outside, it was within their acceptable price. After all, they had discussed it just now, as long as the price is 51 Anything under a catty is acceptable.

30 yuan also makes them feel quite cheap.

Each of them paid ten yuan to stir-fry chestnuts with sugar and left. They packed them in paper bags. As soon as they left the door of Yuchun Building, the three of them couldn't wait to take out a chestnut. It was just fried by Zhang Ping and was hot.

When the chestnut shell is pressed by hand, the chestnut shell is completely cracked, revealing the chestnut meat inside. The sweet and powdery chestnut meat is sweet and delicious, and it also has a burnt aroma. Eating warm chestnuts in the cool autumn wind, everyone is very happy. I couldn't help but squinted my eyes, I was so happy.

"This is delicious."

The three of them ate while walking, peeled a chestnut and put the peeled chestnut shell in a plastic bag, eating and eating, how many chestnuts were there in two or three, and they ate them all, but the three of them all I haven't had enough.

"We don't want to go back and buy some more." One of them said, they didn't walk very far, and if they went back, it wouldn't take long.

Several people looked at each other, and they all saw what the other was thinking, and turned back to buy sugar-fried chestnuts.

This time they went back, they saw a big pot outside the door of Yuchun Building, someone was moving something, it seemed that they were going to fry chestnuts, and the chefs of Yuchun Building surrounded him, and they looked like one of them. It looks familiar.

It wasn't until the other party looked up and looked this way that a few people remembered - Gu Bai.

"Gu Bai, did you make the sugar-fried chestnut just now?" One of the girls couldn't help asking.

Although Gu Bai hasn't answered yet, she feels that it must be, otherwise how could the aroma tempt them to enter the store, making them unable to eat enough? If the taste of this sugar-fried chestnut is just mediocre, how could they return to buy it? .

Thinking about it this way, I felt that my luck was really so good that it exploded. They all knew how difficult it is to buy the delicacies made by Gu Bai himself, but they bought them as soon as they bought them. It was really lucky.

Gu Bai looked at the surprised expression on the other party's face, and didn't want to break her joy, but Zhang Ping couldn't let others misunderstand, he was very self-aware, what he did was good, but it still couldn't compare with Gu Bai's.

"I made what you bought." Zhang Ping said.

The girl froze for a moment, then looked at Zhang Ping: "You, did you do it?"

Zhang Ping nodded.

Although what Zhang Ping made was delicious, and they even went back to buy it for it, but once they knew it wasn't made by Gu Bai, and Gu Bai was here, it seemed that they should have done it, it was very disappointing.

The disappointment on the girl's face was obvious, Gu Bai said, "I'll make as much as you want."

Gu Bai didn't talk about money, this meeting is considered fate, he just planned to take a look here, and he will go back immediately, if these girls don't come back, if they want to see him cooking sugar-fried chestnuts, they probably just You can see it in the tutorial video.

It is estimated that no one knows that he has made sugar-fried chestnuts in Yuchunlou.

"Will it be too much trouble for you?" Hearing Gu Bai's words, the girls were very pleasantly surprised, but they were still a little apprehensive.

"It's okay." Gu Bai shook his head, and saw a few girls nodding happily, but they were still tangled up in how much to cook and didn't say anything. Gu Bai could tell that they wanted to eat more, but he was too embarrassed to say so, so he just gave it to them. Make a decision, "One catty per person, just make one pot."

"But don't eat it all in one sitting. Chestnuts are high in starch, so it's not good to eat too much. If you let it cool and heat it up in the microwave, it won't taste too bad."

Gu Bai took over the cauldron, and spent more than 20 minutes frying a pot of fragrant chestnuts. When the pot was brought out, the aroma on the road became more obvious. People passing by were attracted by the cauldron, and some even came over I asked if it was selling chestnuts, but I gave up knowing that I would have to wait for more than ten, twenty, ten minutes, it would be too long.

After dividing the chestnuts among the three, Gu Bai sat in the car and waited for him to leave.

The girls didn't realize that they hadn't paid the money until Gu Bai left, and wanted to give the money to Zhang Ping, but the other party refused, saying that the chestnut was given to them by Gu Bai, and the girls wanted to give the money away, but There were only three of them, so they couldn't help the chef of Yuchun Building.

In the end, the girl gave up and was about to leave when someone hurried over again. It was a passerby who found out that she had to wait for a long time after asking the price.

The other party learned that the sugar-fried chestnuts were all sold out, and then saw the chestnuts in the hands of several people, and couldn't help asking them if they sold them.

After he left just now, he kept thinking about it on the way, and he was so entangled that he couldn't do it, so he turned around and bought it in the end.

The three shook their heads in unison: "Not for sale."

This was made by Gu Bai himself, how could he sell it.

The passers-by had no choice but to continue to wait here, just smelling the aroma of fried chestnuts, and they felt something was wrong when they smelled it. Why is the aroma of this fried chestnuts different from before? It's not enough to run back hungry.

Taking a closer look, it seems that the master who fried the chestnuts is not the same person just now.

"Where is the master who fried chestnuts just now?" The passer-by asked strangely.

"Master Gu just left." The chestnut chef replied.

"Then when will he come back and continue frying?" If you haven't smelled the aroma before, this chestnut fragrance is barely enough, but if you smell more fragrant, the chestnut in front of you will not be so satisfying.

"He's not coming back to do it."

Hearing this answer, passers-by were dumbfounded, regretting that they didn't want to wait to leave just now.

"Don't be disappointed. Even if you wait here, you won't be able to buy it. The chef just made a pot of three catties. He made an agreement before serving it to anyone." The chef comforted him.

The corner of the passerby's mouth twitched, you might as well not talk about your consolation, it was a pity before, but now it is completely hopeless.