The chefs began to stir-fry below, and there was a ding-ding-bang-bang sound, which made the audience below also very excited. Unexpectedly, the stir-fry dishes looked quite interesting.

The cooking of these chefs is indeed more eye-catching. For example, the skill of spooning has appeared in this era.

The judges were all watching at this time, and the chief minister on the side laughed and said: "Mencius said that a gentleman lives far away from the kitchen, but now it seems that it is a little less fun."

Hong Chengchou heard this and replied: "What Mencius said was to advise King Hui of Liang to do less killing and more benevolent government. These are words to encourage good deeds."

The chief envoy said: "Yanyan (Hong Chengchou's name) is indeed knowledgeable."

Hong Chengchou clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency, this is a ridiculous compliment. It's just that the world has many misunderstandings and is unwilling to delve into the art of cooking."

After listening to the words of the two adults, the prefect Zhang Jinru said: "It seems that when we have time in the future, we should also learn from the layman Dongpo and taste the various flavors of the world."

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou glanced at Zhang Jinru and said nothing, but he felt contempt in his heart. Shaanxi was almost out of food, why should he imitate Su Dongbo? He had no ambition.

While thinking about this, Zhang Jinshui looked at Hong Chengchou and said, "Master Hong, we are just thinking about it when we are free. We have something to ask about from the Za family."

Hong Chengchou said: "Father, please tell me."

"The Zajia family was ordered to come to Shaanxi to supervise the grain supply. The summer grain will be delivered in more than a month. Do you think Shaanxi will be able to fulfill His Majesty's decree this year?"

Zhang Jinshui whispered, and the Chief Envoy and Zhang Jinru on the side heard it, but they pretended not to hear it. In the officialdom, it is better to do less than to do more.

Hong Chengchou frowned at this time and said: "Eunuch Zhang, Shaanxi is still experiencing constant disasters this year, but Eunuch Zhang has increased taxes by 60%..."

"Master Hong, the Za family doesn't want to hear these useless words. We just want to ask you if you can fulfill His Majesty's instructions."

Hong Chengchou frowned, glanced at Zhang Jinshui and said, "My father-in-law is so inconsiderate to the people, I'm afraid something will happen."

However, Zhang Jinshui sneered and said: "The Za family doesn't care about such a huge disaster. The Za family only knows that they cannot live up to your majesty's trust. Your majesty can wait for this food and salary to conquer Liaodong."

After hearing this, Hong Chengchou frowned, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he said: "We will discuss this later. Today we are judges, and we mainly focus on tasting the dishes."

Zhang Jinshui glanced at Hong Chengchou, then nodded and said: "Master Hong, you must be aware that you have received the emperor's favor and must not betray His Majesty's trust."

Hong Chengchou pretended not to hear at this time and looked at the playing field intently. Zhang Jinshui's face turned dark at this moment, thinking to himself Hong Chengchou, you must know what is good and what is good, otherwise, haha...

Although Emperor Chongzhen does not believe in eunuchs now, Zhang Jinshui is different. He hangs out with the eunuch Wang Chengen and is considered a direct descendant of Emperor Chongzhen. When he comes to urge food and taxes, it can be seen that the court attaches great importance to food and wages.

At this time, everyone else on the competition field had almost finished their dishes, but Jin Qiaoniang took the mutton out of the marinade, drained the water, and then said to the boy beside her: "It's on fire."

The boy immediately started to light the fire, and it started to burn. Then he poured rapeseed oil into the pot, heated the oil pot, and immediately poured in the mutton and stir-fried for one minute. By this time, the mutton was already eighty-done.

, take it out and set aside, then continue to pour oil into the pot, add onions, ginger and garlic, stir-fry until fragrant, pour in the mutton, and then pour in white vinegar, sesame oil, and sugar.

At this time Jin Qiaoniang said: "Big fire."

When the boy heard this, he pushed the bellows desperately, and the flames suddenly became the largest. At this time, Jin Qiaoniang quickly stir-fried over high heat, followed by adding a little water starch to thicken the soup, and poured it out.

So a plate of authentic modern mutton stir-fried with green onions comes out of the pot. The color of the mutton is bright red, and the smell of green onions is tangy. The smell of it makes people appetizing. It has an advantage in terms of color, aroma and color, and soy sauce is responsible for this.

At this time, the judges passed around the dishes, and the judges tasted them one by one. These judges were very proud, and they were all the masters who had eaten before. At this time, the mutton entered their mouths, and several people tasted it carefully.

The first few judges were all dissatisfied, so they all took a bite and pushed it aside. Their evaluation was just average, and then they passed it on to the wealthy business judges below, who were responsible for selecting six to ten people.

At this time, the judges ate Chef Songxi Lou Wang’s fried mutton with green onions. The judges commented that the mutton taste was very strong and the bitterness of the salt was also covered up, which was very good.

The judges nodded, followed closely by Zhang Degui from Yellow Crane Tower. As soon as the judges ate, their eyes brightened and they said: "Okay."

This Zhang Degui's fried mutton with green onion is very delicious, even better than Chef Wang from Songxi Tower.

Finally, it was Jin Qiaoniang's turn. Jin Qiaoniang's dish came out the slowest, so she was the last one to be tasted by the judges. In fact, this is a disadvantage. After all, the taste of the previous dish was so good that it would immediately make this dish worthless.

Moreover, after eating these mutton stir-fried with green onions, the judges have instinctively adapted to the taste. If it is not amazing, even if it is delicious, everyone will think it is average.

However, when Jin Qiaoniang's mutton stir-fried with green onions was served, it immediately attracted everyone's attention. The color was much prettier than Zhang Degui's. Several judges followed and each picked up a chopstick and put it in their mouths.

Then the chief envoy said: "Ten."

Zhang Jinru, the prefect of Xi'an, said: "Slippery."

Hong Chengchou nodded and said: "Fresh."

Even Zhang Jinshui raised his orchid finger and said: "Okay."

Tenderness and smoothness are due to the starch, and freshness is due to the MSG. As for Zhang Jinshui's "goodness", it is completely a sentimental word. Good, it is indeed good.

The judges were full of praise. The chief steward of Prince Qin's Palace took a bite and said: "Okay, delicious. This is the most delicious mutton stir-fried with green onion that I have ever eaten in my life. Even the chef of Prince Qin's Palace can't make it."

It tastes like this.”

After hearing this, Zhang Jinshui said: "Don't talk about your Qin Prince's Palace, even in the palace, I have never eaten such delicious mutton."

The two people were talking, while the Chuchun girl on the other side was chewing the mutton and said: "This mutton is so tender, as if the juice inside the mutton has been locked in, it is so delicious."

Miss Dongxue took a bite and said, "Okay."

Miss Dongxue never liked to talk or laugh, so she replied simply. The scores came out soon, and Jin Qiaoniang was directly rated first. At this time, Li Chaosheng distributed the remaining mutton in the pot to the following on small plates.

audience.

After eating this mutton, the audience's eyes all widened. Is this mutton stir-fried with green onions? Why are other mutton stir-fried with green onions so dry, astringent and not flavorful?

Jin Qiao Niang's mutton stir-fried with green onions, you can taste the tenderness of the mutton in one bite, it's indescribably wonderful, delicious, so delicious.

All the audience expressed their highest praise for the mutton stir-fried with green onions. Only a few people with unique tastes thought that the mutton was not as delicious as the stir-fried mutton cooked by Chef Zhang Degui.

This is completely allowed. After all, no matter how good something is, if others don’t like it, it’s still allowed. You can’t deny other people’s love because of you.

A large number of people were eliminated in the first round, and the question in the second stage came again. This time Li Chaosheng came on stage and said: "The God of Cookery Competition is about craftsmanship, and what really shows the craftsmanship is often the simplest ingredients, and today's finals number 1

The second round topic is: "Chinese cabbage and tofu."

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Cabbage stewed with tofu is the most skillful dish. It doesn't matter if you cook lobster and abalone well, because this thing is delicious just steamed.

But if you make cabbage and tofu delicious, it will definitely be a reflection of your cooking skills, and the real skill is in the basic dishes.

As soon as this topic came up, everyone was stunned. They didn't expect it to be such a simple dish.

This time the ingredients are simpler, a piece of Chinese cabbage and a piece of marinated tofu.

This dish is so ordinary. Both Zhang Degui and Chef Wang frowned. How can such a dish win or lose? After all, this dish is very simple, with almost no changes. Just a handful of salt to make cabbage and tofu.

What's the technical content?

But since they are competing, they also have to do some fun.

In fact, Li Chaosheng chose this dish because vegetables can bring out the most cheating seasonings such as MSG and oil-consuming ingredients. If you compare it to a lobster, Li Chaosheng and the others have no advantage, because steamed lobsters are delicious.

The fuel consumption and MSG are just superfluous.

To make cabbage tofu, start by cutting the tofu into mahjong-sized pieces, mince the green onions and ginger, first put the tofu in a pot and cook the tofu.

Then wash the Chinese cabbage, slice it, add the tofu and cook it for a long time, otherwise the Chinese cabbage will have a special smell.

Immediately pour it out and set aside, heat the pot, add meat oil, then cut a small piece of pork belly slices, put it into the pot and stir-fry, stir-fry out the excess fat, add onion, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant, then add the tofu

Pour the cabbage into the pot, add water, and add a handful of salt.

This is the correct way to do it, and all three of them did it. However, during the process of adding salt, Jin Qiaoniang secretly added some MSG and a little chicken essence, two fresh seasonings. After adding them, the taste

Directly double the improvement, Jin Qiaoniang has tried it, it is a kind of deliciousness that cabbage and tofu should not have.

Before it was served, Jin Qiaoniang secretly sprinkled some pepper to make the taste richer.

The three of us almost cooked it at the same time, after all, adding some seasoning would not delay the cooking time.

After the operation, three dishes of cabbage and tofu were brought to the judges' table.

Many judges tried Songxilou's Chef Wang's cabbage and tofu, and they all passed the mark.

Next came Zhang Degui’s cabbage tofu. At this time, the judges’ eyes lit up. The cabbage tofu tasted delicious without any bitterness.

It turns out that the salt used in this era was all coarse salt. Even the so-called fine salt was ground coarse salt and still had the expected bitterness.

When Zhang Degui made cabbage and tofu, he added a little bit of sugar. This was called icing sugar to combine the flavors.

At this time, Zhang Degui explained his operation with a smile, feeling proud. After all, this simple dish is all about the details. Whoever handles more details will win the competition.

Thinking of Zhang Degui glanced at Jin Qiaoniang, this is the gap that you and I cannot bridge, experience.

Little girl, if you want to win against me, you should practice for a few more years.

Zhang Degui was thinking, but at this moment Jin Qiaoniang looked at the judges with a smile and served her own cabbage and tofu. After the judges finished eating, they all looked at each other, then looked at Jin Qiaoniang and said: "You are cabbage and tofu."

?”

Jin Qiaoniang said: "That's right."

“Why is it so delicious?”

Jin Qiaoniang smiled and said, "I used a little exclusive seasoning."

Many judges stopped asking questions and finally made their choice together. Jin Qiao Niang, who won with cabbage and tofu, was the winner without any doubt.

After hearing the result, Zhang Degui was full of disbelief: "How is that possible!"

On the side, Chef Wang from Songxi Tower also stared and said: "This is wrong, a little girl like her has such skills?"

The two of them looked in disbelief, then Li Chaosheng came over with a smile and said: "If you don't believe it, you can try it yourself."

Li Chaosheng motioned to the two of them to try Jin Qiaoniang's cabbage and tofu. The two went over to take a bite, and then they both shouted: "She cheated!"

Li Chaosheng laughed after hearing this: "She didn't."
To be continued...