As more and more ingredients were brought to the table, the two master chefs looked at each other and their eyes lit up.
"My friend, do you think this dish should be made of eggplant (pronounced: xiang)?"
Hearing the questions from the two cooking masters, Li Erdan chuckled and admired secretly in his heart. These two old men were worthy of being called masters. Before they started cooking, they already knew the ingredients.
What is the dish?
"What the two brothers said is right, what I want to make next is the eggplant (pronounced: xiang) dish." Li Erdan nodded and said.
Eggplant (pronounced: xiang) is known as one of the most complicated dishes in the history of cooking. "
My friend, although it is a bit complicated to cook this dish, according to my cooking skills, I believe that you can cook it. But this time to cook for 1,000 people, I feel it is best to choose stew. This eggplant
Xiang (pronounced: xiang) is not that easy to cook. I see that my friend has four large pots. Even if he cooks one dish in one pot, it will take more than two hours to cook these four dishes. Would you consider changing it?
For a moment?" Lu cuisine master Liu Yun advised.
At this moment, the two cooking masters no longer doubted Li Erdan's skills. The reason why they warned him was for Li Erdan's good. "
Haha! You two brothers don’t have to worry about it now, and the reason why I got four pots at once is to prepare four pots for cooking at the same time. In this way, I can definitely save a quarter of the time and only need half.
It will be completed in about an hour." Li Erdan chuckled nonchalantly.
"What? Four pots to cook together." The two master chefs immediately exclaimed.
"My friend, please don't be joking. The eggplant in this dish needs to be fried in chicken oil. It cannot be fried in such a big pot. How do you stir the pot? If you cook it one pot at a time, it will still be OK.
Use a large shovel to roll. If four pots are cooked at the same time, let alone the little friend, even if we two old men help together, we can only cook three pots of food." Cantonese cuisine master Kang Qingyun said.
Looking at the two old men in front of him, who looked absolutely impossible, Li Erdan suddenly rolled his eyes.
I just heard from the audience that these two old men are very famous in the Chinese culinary industry.
Seeing Li Erdan's eyes rolling around and his treacherous face showing a hint of evil smile from time to time, the two cooking masters suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and a very uncomfortable feeling came over them. "
"Two brothers, you two said that I have no ability to cook this dish in four large pots. Do you two brothers dare to make a bet with me?" Li Erdan said with a smirk on his face. "
A bet? What bet?" The two cooking masters immediately looked at Li Erdan with wary expressions.
"Hehe! Two brothers, the bet is actually very simple. The two brothers don't believe me that I can cook with four pots at the same time. Then I will give it a try. If I succeed, I can use these four pots to cook.
I have finished this dish before Kou Guo. My requirements are not high. I only need two seniors who can help us train at Yanbin House for a month and help us train a group of chefs." Li Erdan said with a smile on his face. "
What? You kid, you are trying to trick us two old men." There was a hint of anger on the faces of the two master chefs."
Two brothers, please don't be angry. If I lose, I will give you the recipes for more than 300 dishes for the Manchu-Hanban Banquet. Do you dare to take a gamble with me?" Li Erdan.
Said with a playful smile again. "
What did you say? Your kid said you have a complete recipe for a Manchu-Han banquet." Whether it was Liu Yun, a master of Shandong cuisine, or Kang Qingyun, a master of Cantonese cuisine, both old men were trembling with excitement. Hua
The last dynasty of Xia feudal society was oppressed by foreign powers. At that time, the country was poor and weak, and was bullied by others. Many things in all walks of life were lost, and the chef industry was not immune. Many dishes in the Manchu and Han banquets can only be found in books today.
We know the names of the dishes, but many of the actual cooking methods have been lost. For example
With masters like Liu Yun and Kang Qingyun, some dishes can only be copied through historical documents, but they are still far from the real Manchu and Han banquets.
The two master chefs have devoted their lives to climbing to the top of their cooking skills. When they heard that Li Erdan had the lost recipe for the Manchu-Han banquet, they suddenly seemed very excited."
Little brother, you are serious about what you said. If you really bet on the recipe for the Manchu-Han Banquet, we two old men will bet on you." Liu Yun, the master of Shandong cuisine, said firmly, and Kang, the master of Cantonese cuisine, was beside him.
Qingyun also nodded in agreement. "
Okay, then it's settled." Li Erdan was overjoyed when he saw that the two old men had been fooled. Taiwan
The audience below was also in a state of excitement at this moment. Three cooking masters were betting against each other. This was a rare event that happened once in a century. I was lucky enough to witness it with my own eyes. When I went out to brag with others, I also had some bragging rights.
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Bai Yuxuan backstage was so excited that she almost jumped up.
Two cooking masters will train hotel chefs for a month. As long as they do a little publicity, the business of all their hotels will definitely be booming in the future. What advertisement can be compared to two cooking masters sitting in front of them. At this moment, Bai Yuxuan has already
I started to think about how to do the next publicity work.
As for whether Li Erdan would lose, Bai Yuxuan had absolute confidence in Li Erdan, knowing that Li Erdan never fought a battle that he was not sure about.
When I looked again, Li Erdan in the stands had already started to take action.
The dish of eggplant (pronounced: xiang) is extremely famous in China. The cooking of this dish is recorded in great detail in the four famous Chinese classics Dream of the Red Chamber.
Peel off the skin of the freshly harvested eggplant, clean the flesh, cut it into small pieces, fry it with chicken, then add the chicken breast meat with mushrooms, new bamboo shoots, mushrooms, spiced dried bean curd, and various dried fruits, all cut into pieces.
Cut into cubes, simmer with chicken soup, collect the sesame oil, and mix with the lees oil.
Because this was prepared for a thousand viewers, including peeling and dicing the eggplant, and other side dishes, Bai Yuxuan sent people to prepare them in advance. What Li Erdan has to do now is to cook them directly.
There were four large pots with a diameter of one meter, and there were gas stoves sitting at the bottom. Li Erdan first lit the four large pots at the same time.
After the fire was lit, four buckets were prepared in advance, and the calculated chicken fat was poured into the four large pots by Li Erdan. Eyes
Seeing the chicken fat rolling in the four pots, Li Erdan, who was standing in the stands, poured the large buckets of diced eggplants into the rolling oil pots. Look.
At this point, Liu Yun, the master of Shandong cuisine, and Kang Qingyun, the master of Cantonese cuisine, standing aside, looked at each other with knowing smiles.
"Old Liu, it seems that we are sure to win. This kid is too big. He cooks four large pots at the same time. There are so many diced tomatoes that cannot be stir-fried evenly even with a spatula. The chicken oil cannot be fully cooked.
Evenly frying the diced eggplants, even if this dish is a cooking failure, we can easily get the recipe for the Manchu-Han Banquet." Kang Qingyun said with a chuckle.
Liu Yun, the Shandong cuisine master on the other side, suddenly frowned.
"Lao Kang, have you noticed that this little friend seems to be unprepared at all for digging up the eggplant with a big shovel?"