"Don't be surprised, Master Gu. Although I don't have the talent of that boy Song Xiu when it comes to cooking, I dare to bet with you that you will naturally have my support." Song Likun said.
"Tell me how you want to bet."
Gu Zheng has always been very interested in betting.
"As the saying goes, there is a specialization in skills. Although my overall cooking skills are not as good as that of Song Xiu, I still have a few special dishes. I want to bet with Master Gu that my best specialty is 'Spicy Pork with Snow Celery and Lanchi'.
I wonder if the ancient master dares to gamble?" Song Likun said.
'Pork with Pork with Slices and Lanchi' is not an ordinary Pork with Pork with Pork. The pickles in this dish are a specialty of Kunlun Ruins. As for the pork used, it still comes from the 'Xianyun Pig' in Kunlun Ruins. And this
The orchid slices in the dish also come from the rhizome of an edible orchid in the Kunlun Ruins. Moreover, the dish of "Pork with Pork with Slices and Orchid Slices" is also on the banquet menu provided by Kunlun today.
"You don't want the top brass of your Kunlun sect to be the judges, do you?" Gu Zheng said.
"No, the grudge between Kunlun and Emei has finally been resolved. In this special period when the grudge has just been resolved, I don't want the elders to worry about it! As for the judges, you can find this person!
"Song Likun said indifferently.
"You just trust me so much? Aren't you afraid that I'll find someone to cheat?" Gu Zheng asked curiously.
"Anyway, I will definitely try the food you cook. Whether we cheat or not depends on our conscience," Song Likun said.
"Okay, tell me what you want to bet on? A complete set of fairy kitchen utensils?" Gu Zheng asked.
Song Likun shook his head: "I believe that set of fairy kitchen utensils will be more useful in your hands. I bet you that my bet is on these things."
As if he was prepared, Song Likun took out a large bag of things.
"These are my treasures for many years!" Song Likun said.
Gu Zheng's eyes widened when he saw the things Song Likun took out. There were more than forty items in total, including the medium-quality sugar that Song Xiu had used in the food competition, and some other medium-quality ingredients.
Ordinary ingredients account for less than one-third of the food!
Although there were no high-quality ingredients in what Song Likun took out, most of the ingredients were of medium grade. Even though Gu Zheng now had Kongkongmen's treasures, mid-level ingredients were no longer scarce, but resources like this
Who would want to grow too much? What’s more, it’s a high-grade resource!
"you,"
Gu Zheng didn't know what to say. This was a person who was obviously different from Song Xiu and Song Bai.
"As the saying goes, a good horse goes with a good saddle. If you can win against Song Xiu, I believe these ingredients can bring out the flavor they should have in your hands. And if you want to get them, just win on my specialty dishes."
It convinced me that I had lost, and it also made me feel relieved that I had finally entrusted such good ingredients to someone worthy of my trust."
Song Likun's voice paused, and then he said solemnly: "You must beat me, otherwise I will be disappointed!"
"good!"
Gu Zheng nodded solemnly and had more respect for Song Likun.
"Although you don't ask for my bet, I still bet on this set of fairy kitchen utensils. If I lose, I won't want this set of fairy kitchen utensils either," Gu Zheng said.
"No, winning or losing once is nothing. I think there is no one more suitable for this set of fairy kitchen utensils than you. Forget it, I don't want your bet anymore, let's get started!" Song Likun's attitude could not be refused.
"Promise, Gu Zheng, you won't even take advantage of this!" Qi Ling said helplessly.
"Qi Ling, he makes me feel weird like this!" Gu Zheng thought to himself.
"Why so much psychological burden? He originally wanted to fulfill you, so why don't you fulfill him? Fulfillment is a virtue! Later, you can go all out and win him with your true skills without using any magic.
, it can also be regarded as a manifestation of your strength!"
Gu Zheng's brows wrinkled slightly. Although there was nothing wrong with Qi Ling's words, it always made him feel an indescribable feeling! This feeling also appeared in the Shushan kitchen. It seemed that under some special circumstances, Qi Ling
I really hope he can defeat other chefs without using magic.
"It stands to reason that using magic to win should be a matter of course in the heart of Qi Ling. After all, this is Master Tiexian's method. But on some special occasions, why do I always feel that she is inducing me not to use magic?
What? Just like what she needs me to show is a kind of confidence and an attitude of contempt for the opponent! What's more, if she is not inducing me, she wants me to win without using magic, which should not be said to be a part of my strength.
This kind of performance should be said to be a form of respect for Song Likun!"
Gu Zheng shook his head and stopped thinking about it. Anyway, sometimes he really couldn't figure out what was going on in Qi Ling's little head.
"Okay, in that case, I will accept Chef Song's kindness." Gu Zheng said.
"That's right, let's get started!" Song Likun smiled.
Pickles are white in color and look like the first sprouts of a fern.
The rhizome of the edible orchid is a bulb, which is as big as a sweet potato. Cut it into slices of moderate thickness and sandwich it with Xianyun pork. While excess fat is absorbed, the orchid slices themselves will become fragrant and soft.
charming.
'Pluck Pork with Sliced Pork' is a bit more troublesome to make. The prickly peas in this dish need to be stir-fried first, then add the prepared soup and simmer for a while, then set it aside.
The processing of orchid slices is relatively simple. You only need to wash them and cut them into slices, and then put them in the Xianyun pork before putting it in the cage.
As for Xianyun pork, I chose the pork belly from Xianyun pig. After the initial hair removal and blood stain removal, I put the ingredients in a pot under cold water and boiled it for a while, then took it out and punched holes in the pig skin so that it can be used later.
The effect of the pine bark produced is better.
Spread the prepared sauce evenly on the pierced Xianyun pork. Wait until the sauce dries, then put it into the oil pan. Fry the Xianyun pork until the pig skin changes color, then soak it in cold water.
So that the pig skin becomes loose skin.
Apply the sauce made from tofu, soy sauce, spices, etc. evenly on the sliced Xianyun pork. Add a piece of orchid slices between each piece of Xianyun pork, place it upside down in a bowl, and cover it with
A layer of pickled cabbage that has been fried before is steamed in a basket and placed upside down on a plate when it is taken out of the pan. The dish of 'pickled cabbage with blue slices and pork' is ready.
Gu Zheng does not use magic. His advantage lies in the combination of ingredients levels, his understanding of the ingredients, and his ability to sense the trace substances in the ingredients that have adverse effects.
Xianyun pork is a medium ingredient, and the orchid slices and pickled vegetables are also medium ingredients. As for the auxiliary ingredients, the grades are all too low, and there are only a few that reach the ordinary level. For these auxiliary ingredients, unless they are particularly important, there will be no dispute.
If you can't use it, don't use it.
The pickled vegetables were washed and quickly fried and set aside for later use. The orchid slices were also cut into pieces and the Xianyun pork was almost cooked. Gu Zheng took it out and put it on top with a thin bamboo skewer.
Numerous holes were pierced.
After the prepared sauce, Gu Zheng spread it evenly on the Xianyun pork. Up to this step, Gu Zheng's method and Song Likun's method began to show obvious differences.
Song Likun's sauce used a lot of ingredients, while Gu Zheng's sauce was just a fusion of rice vinegar and soy sauce.
"Master Gu, why did you only use rice vinegar and soy sauce?" Song Likun asked.
"There are good and bad ingredients. Chef Song must also understand this. Some of the seasonings you use are not suitable for Xianyun pork in terms of ingredient levels. Using them will also have some good effects, but without them, it will be more effective.
Highlight the flavor of the ingredients themselves.”
After hearing what Gu Zheng said, Song Likun frowned in thought.
The sauce on the meat has dried up, and Song Likun has already put the meat into the pot. Because there are small holes in the meat, there are slight explosions from time to time, and at the same time, the unique aroma of fried meat wafts out.
“Zizi la la!”
On the other hand, what was placed in the pot over Gu Zheng's side was not Xianyun pork, but some excess fat from when Gu Zheng processed the Xianyun pork pork belly.
When making 'Xue Cai Lan Slices and Braised Pork', the oil used to fry Xianyun pork is placed on the chopping board. Although the oil used in ancient times is not the one placed on the chopping board, it is not illegal. After all, it comes from
Cut the remaining trimmings from the pork belly.
"Master Gu, do you want to use Xianyun lard? The meat of Xianyun pig is delicious, but the oil is a bit greasy!" Song Likun reminded kindly.
In fact, the reason why Xianyun pork fat is greasy is because it is too fragrant, and the fragrance is overdone. Therefore, when cooking Xianyun pork, the chefs do a good job in removing the oil, regardless of the sauce.
"Three Immortals", or the current "Xue Cai Lan Slices and Braised Pork".
"Thank you, Chef Song, for reminding me, but since I did this, I naturally have a reason to do it." Gu Zheng said with a slight smile.
The reason why Xianyun lard is so fragrant is because it contains a kind of "fragrant" trace substance, which is naturally impossible for ordinary people to detect and remove, but for Gu Zheng, this is not a problem!
Gu Zheng also used the same method to remove the fragrance when competing with Song Xiu for the title of "Jiang San Xian". This was why the two judges, Female Xiu and Luo Jin, unanimously recognized Gu Zheng's "Jiang San Xian" meat.
The taste is better for some reason.
Although the oil cooked by Guzheng is not much, it is enough to fry a piece of Xianyun pork.
When the Xianyun pork was put into the pot, there was also a slight explosion sound, but all the chefs in the kitchen slightly raised their noses.
"smell good!"
"The fragrance is fragrant but not greasy, why is it like this?"
"This is obviously Xianyun lard, but why doesn't it have that fragrant and greasy feeling?"
"If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that the ancient master used Xianyun lard, I would have doubted whether it was Xianyun lard!"
"How did Master Gu remove the fragrance from the oil? I saw him scooping out some of the oil before. Is this the secret?"
Everyone was a chef, and soon a chef named Li discovered the problem. Then he came directly to Gu Zheng, squatted down regardless of his identity, and took a deep sniff at the trash can.
"Ah sneeze!"
Chef Li, who smelled the trash can, couldn't help but sneeze loudly, but his expression was very excited: "Yes, yes! This is where the oil scooped out by Master Gu took a deep sniff.
The smell is so fragrant that it’s so fragrant!”
"Master Gu, how did you do it?"
Almost all the chefs spoke at the same time. In their opinion, this was simply impossible.
"Use your heart, understand it with your heart, cook every food with your heart, and you will find things you couldn't find before."
Gu Zheng had an enigmatic expression, and even his eyes became a little floating when he spoke, as if he could see the clouds in the sky through the roof.
"That's it!"
Several chefs said the same words thoughtfully, and looked at the place where Gu Zheng saw it, but they could see nothing except the dark roof.
During the process of frying the pork, Gu Zheng also used a stupid method to remove some of the aromatic substances in the meat, and then quickly put it into cold water. Due to the effect of thermal expansion and contraction, the fried pork skin quickly changed.
, it turned into a pine bark shape with an expanded feeling, which looked very beautiful.
In traditional methods, this process takes a lot of time, but Song Likun and Gu Zheng are not ordinary chefs. They use their internal strength to process Xianyun pork, which greatly saves this time.
While the pork was soaking, Gu Zheng and Song Likun both started making the sauce.
The sauce made by Song Likun only used sugar, salt, aniseed powder, oil, soy sauce, and fermented bean curd. The sauce made by Gu Zheng only used soy sauce, salt, sugar, and fermented bean curd.
After making the selected auxiliary ingredients into a paste, Gu Zheng and Song Likun did not just spread them on the meat slices, but used their internal energy to promote the meat slices to be evenly absorbed. After completing this step, they put the meat slices into bowls
, sandwiched the orchid slices among the meat slices, covered the pickled vegetables on top, placed them on the basket and steamed them.
"Master Gu, in this 'Pork with Snow Cabbage and Lanchi Slices', apart from using a few less ingredients and using Xianyun Pork to fry the pork, the only difference I can see is that you stir-fry the pork with snow cabbage."
The dish has a little more soup, and you poured all the extra soup on the pork belly."
Song Likun paused, then added: "Also, you seem to use more sugar than I do."
"Actually, not only that, the orchids have also been processed." Gu Zheng said with a smile.
"Orchid slices? Lan slices contain a lot of starch. Excessive washing will reduce the starch and make its texture crispy. In this 'Snow Cage and Lan Slices Braised Pork', the orchid slices need to be soft to taste.
ah!"
Song Likun frowned. When Gu Zheng was washing the orchids, he was busy with something and just glanced at them hastily.
"Cook Song, although Master Gu spent a lot of time washing the orchid slices, what's very strange is that the water he used to wash the orchid slices didn't turn white at all. Originally, I thought this was because Master Gu
The orchid slices used happen to have less starch content, but after sniffing the trash can, I feel that the ancient master seems to have carefully processed the orchid slices." When Chef Li spoke, his expression was solemn and solemn.
"It seems there are a lot of differences, which makes me look forward to Master Gu's 'pork with pickled vegetables and orchid slices'." Song Likun said with a smile.
During the steaming process, Gu Zheng chatted with Song Likun and the others for a while, and soon it was time for the 'Spicy Pork with Snow Vegetables and Lanchi Slices' to be taken out of the pot.
"Master Gu, the food is about to be cooked. It's time for you to choose a judge." Song Likun reminded.
"Just you!"
Gu Zheng smiled at Chef Li who had smelled the trash can.
"ah?"
Chef Li was obviously surprised to be selected as a judge by Gu Zheng, but his surprise lasted only for a moment.
"Okay, okay, I've been craving for it for a long time after smelling the 'Braised pork with snow cabbage and blue slices' made by Master Gu and Chef Song! Don't worry, Master Gu and Chef Song, I am a judge and my words will definitely be worthy of my own.
Conscience." Chef Li said solemnly.
"let's start!"
Song Likun and Gu Zheng nodded and said the same thing.
Two steaming plates of 'Braised Pork with Slices of Snow Cabbage and Lanchi' were placed on the table. Chef Li took a quick look at it and said, "'Boiled Pork with Slices of Snow Cabbage and Lantern' needs to be round as a whole. The orchid slices and the meat slices are integrated. The bottom is
The pickled vegetables do not leak out, and the juice does not overflow on the plate. In terms of color, the 'pickled pork with orchid slices and braised pork' made by Master Gu and Chef Song are equally good."
"In terms of aroma, Master Gu's 'Braised Pork with Snow Cabbage and Orchid Slices' is even better. As for the difference, once Chef Song smells it himself, he will understand. It's really hard to describe."
After talking about the color and aroma, Chef Li couldn't wait to pick up a piece of meat and put it into his mouth.
Usually when other people eat the food cooked by Gu Zheng, their first reaction is to open their eyes wide, but this chef Li is different. He closes his eyes for the first time, and then chews it intoxicatedly.
After finishing a mouthful of meat, Chef Li swallowed again. The second time he moved his chopsticks, he added slices of orchid.
Still with his eyes closed, he was still very intoxicated by the meal. After eating the orchid slices, Chef Li still didn't rush to speak. He took another chopstick of pickled vegetables under the plate and put it into his mouth with his eyes closed.
But this time, with his eyes closed, Chef Li's expression was no longer intoxicated, but his brows were furrowed tightly, and his chewing speed had slowed down a lot, as if he was savoring it carefully.
Finally, Chef Li swallowed the pickled vegetables in his mouth. While he extended his thumb to Guzheng, he said four words with emotion: "It's so delicious!"
"Cook Song, the 'Spicy Braised Pork with Snow Cabbage and Orchid Slices' you made is a common finale dish at our Kunlun Party banquets. I have not tasted this dish fifty times, but I have tasted it at least thirty times.
Alright?"
Faced with Chef Li's inquiry, Song Likun nodded.
“Chef Song’s ‘Braised Pork with Snow Cabbage and Orchid Slices’ can be used as the finale dish at our Kunlun Party banquet, and everyone is unanimously positive about its taste!”
Chef Li's voice paused, and a hint of apology appeared on his face: "However, if there is no major breakthrough in the 'Spicy Pork with Snow Cabbage and Orchid Slices' that Chef Song made today, you will be the loser."
After Chef Li finished speaking, he picked up his chopsticks and began to taste Song Likun's 'Spicy Pork with Snow Vegetables and Lanchi Slices'.
Although Chef Li still tasted with his eyes closed, the intoxication on his face was no longer there. Especially when he ate the pickled vegetables, he even felt a little regretful.
"Chef Song, you lose."
Chef Li shook his head at Song Likun.
"good!"
Not only was Song Likun not disappointed, he was actually applauded.
"It's good to lose. Losing will prove that Master Gu did not disappoint me!"
Song Likun laughed, picked up his chopsticks and began to taste the 'Spicy Pork with Snow Vegetables and Lanchi Slices' made by Gu Zheng.
