Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! Chapter 312 Wow, isn’t this peppercorn chicken so delicious? Director Shen’s first crew meeting!
Chapter 312 Wow, isn’t this peppercorn chicken so delicious? Director Shen’s first crew meeting!
In the kitchen.
Seeing Lin Xu come in, Zhu Yong asked curiously:
"I think some chefs need to boil the sauce when making peppercorn chicken. Don't you need to boil it now?"
Lin Xu opened the lid of the pot and said with a smile:
"You have to wait until the chicken is cooked, because the sauce needs the original soup... By the way, Zhu Yong, the cold air may come in a few days. Then you can make some lotus root stewed pork ribs and let everyone eat and drink at the same time.
Soup, have a good time."
"Okay, no problem."
For a Hubei native, making stewed pork ribs with lotus root is as easy as drinking cold water.
The chicken in the pot is still cooking over a low fire in Gudu Gudu.
In fact, you can put two flattened yellow gardenias or turmeric powder for good color, but Lin Xu feels that it is not necessary to eat it by yourself, and using yellow gardenias for coloring always makes you feel unconfident about your own ingredients. p>
Good ingredients, no need to add extra ingredients.
After looking at the chicken cooking in the pot, Lin Xu went to the braised food department on the first floor to look at the roasted chicken braised in a sandwich pot over low heat.
The aroma of the marinade has come out, but because this pot is newly braised, the flavor of the marinade is a little bit strong.
When you make the next pot, the taste of the stew will become softer, and the original new stew will become the old stew.
Ten o'clock in the morning.
Lin Xu once again opened the lid of the pot where the old hens were cooking, and a rich aroma wafted out.
After the steam dissipated, he saw a layer of yellow chicken fat floating in the pot.
This is the sign of a boiled old hen. Only old hens will have this kind of yellow grease. He took a tassel and inserted it into the thickest part of the chicken leg.
Make sure there is no blood coming out, which means the chicken has been cooked through.
It’s ready to be cooked.
Carefully take out the chicken with a slotted spoon and put it into cold water with ice cubes without stopping.
The purpose of this is to make the chicken skin taste crisper and the chicken more chewy.
Don't soak in ice water for too long, otherwise the fresh flavor of the chicken will be soaked out. Take a cold bath and take it out. Empty the water in the abdominal cavity and put it on the tray, and then take out one.
After all the chickens are taken out and cooled in cold water, they are taken to the cold storage to cool naturally.
This is how restaurants usually cook shredded chicken. They cook the chicken all at once, put it in the refrigerator, and take it out for processing when customers order it.
Tear the whole chicken into strips, add shredded onions, coriander segments and green onions, pour in the spicy sauce and stir it, and a spicy and refreshing pepper chicken is officially completed.
Now that the chicken is cooked, it's time to make the spicy sauce.
For peppercorn chicken, the sauce is the soul of the dish and the key to turning old hens into treasures.
Since it is the soul, the method will naturally become cumbersome and demanding.
For example, if you need to use three kinds of seasoning oils: chicken oil, cooking oil and Sichuan peppercorn oil, you also need more than two kinds of chili peppers and three kinds of Sichuan peppercorns. In addition, you need to boil and fry the chili peppers.
All in all, this sauce is very satisfying.
Fortunately, Linji Gourmet Kitchen has a complete range of seasoning oils, including three kinds of seasoning oils, otherwise Lin Xu would really have to start by boiling chicken fat.
Bring over the several seasoning oils you need to use, and some rapeseed oil commonly eaten in the northwest.
Then take some dried chili peppers and king chili peppers. The chili peppers are only fragrant but not spicy. In order to make it more delicious, you need to add some king chili peppers to increase the spiciness of the dishes.
As for the three types of peppercorns needed in the sauce, they are red peppercorns, green peppercorns and fresh peppercorns.
The numbing flavor of fresh flowers and pepper is mixed with freshness, which can make the dishes more refreshing.
But if you only add Sichuan peppercorns, the numbing flavor will not be strong enough, so you need to add two kinds of dried Sichuan peppercorns to increase the thickness of the numbing flavor, so that when the chicken is eaten in your mouth, you will feel like your tongue is numb and dancing.
When everything was ready, Lin Xu set up a wok, boiled water in the pot, poured in the dried chili peppers and dried Sichuan peppercorns, and boiled over high heat for five minutes.
After boiling, the flavor in the dried chili peppers and dried Sichuan peppercorns will be boiled out, leaving only the aroma.
And if you cook it like this, it won’t be so easy to boil the sauce later.
Take it out after cooking, drain the water, and then cut the boiled dried chili into sections.
Do not cut the dried chili pepper before cooking, otherwise all the spiciness will be boiled into the water. Cut it again after cooking, so that the spiciness will remain in the pepper.
After the knife modification is completed, production begins.
This is also the most critical link in making peppercorn chicken.
Add a tablespoon of chicken oil to the pot, then add half a tablespoon of cooking oil and half a tablespoon of rapeseed oil.
The three oils have both umami and aroma, as well as the aroma of onion, ginger and other ingredients, which can be said to concentrate the aroma.
When the oil is 50% hot, pour in the cooked dried Sichuan peppercorns and simmer over low heat.
Don't rush this step, you must boil out the numbing aroma of the pepper bit by bit and simmer it into the oil, so that the sauce tastes numb but not bitter, and is fresh and delicious.
Just put it in, because the water in the pepper is relatively large, so the oil will boil violently.
After simmering for a while, when the fat in the pot becomes flat, add the prepared fresh peppers to add a fresh flavor to the numbing smell.
When the fresh peppers are cooked until there is not much water left, add the chopped peppers and continue to cook.
Every time you add new seasonings, the ingredients in the pot will boil violently. This boiling can not only better release the aroma of the ingredients, but also allow the pungent smell of pepper and chili to evaporate in advance.
Let the spicy taste soften.
"Holy shit, with this fragrance, even if you mix it with some shredded radish, it would be delicious, right?"
Chicken fat, cooking oil, rapeseed oil, the aroma of three kinds of oils plus three kinds of Sichuan peppercorns and two kinds of chili peppers, boiled together, the fragrance is simply to a new level.
Wei Qian came over to take a look. He was keen on eating pork, and for the first time he was looking forward to chicken.
Even the cooking of seasoning oil is so complicated.
Will the cooked peppercorn chicken taste bad?
When the chili peppers were cooked until they were a little crispy on the surface, Lin Xu used a ladle to scoop out the chicken soup in the pot next to it, and added four spoons of chicken soup with yellow fat into the sauce pot.
When the chicken soup is poured in, the aroma in the pot rises to a new level again.
Bring the sauce to a boil and add a small spoonful of salt to season.
There is already salt in the chicken soup, so you don’t need to add too much salt to the seasoning. Add some salt and some pepper to increase the flavor of the sauce.
In commercial practice, freshness-enhancing condiments such as chicken powder, chicken juice, and MSG are also added in this step.
But today I am eating by myself, so I won’t add these condiments.
Lin Xu sprinkled some sugar for freshness.
Let it simmer for a while, stir the seasonings evenly, and then add a small spoonful of pepper oil to the pot to further increase the numbing flavor and oily texture.
Then, pour the sauce into the basin and start to cool.
As soon as it was poured out, Zhuang Yizhou and the others surrounded him:
"One pot of sauce and half a pot of oil, no wonder the pepper chicken is not cheap."
"This scent is so sultry, I can't help but want to take a sip."
"Boss, I'm going to be a little more finicky about the trouser belt noodles today. Even if there's no chicken, I can eat two big bowls of noodles with just this sauce."
If the sauce is too hot, it will affect the taste of the peppercorn chicken. Lin Xu plans to cool it in a cold storage because the natural cooling of the oil is too slow.
"Becoming an Immortal in One Step"
But the sauce cannot be completely cooled and needs to be warm, otherwise the chicken fat will solidify and taste like a lake.
He picked up the sauce and said:
"The price of the seasoning oil sold outside has little to do with it, right? Master Ma, you know better, how do restaurants usually make peppercorn chicken?"
Ma Zhiqiang, who was preparing food not far away, said:
"Chili pepper essence, pepper essence, chicken flavor additives, flavor enhancers... there are a bunch of them, and it looks like a chemistry experiment."
Lin Xu smiled and said to several senior chefs who had never worked in ordinary restaurants:
"The end of cooking is chemical industry, which is also a means for general restaurants to reduce costs."
After the cooking oil is boiled, Lin Xu prepares the side dishes of peppercorn chicken.
This one is very simple, just onions, scallions and coriander stalks.
Shred the purple onion, cut the green onion into strips, and cut the coriander stems into sections.
When lunch came, Lin Xu took out the chicken that had been dried in the cold storage and began to tear off the strips with his hands.
After cooling, the chicken becomes firm again and the chicken skin is much more elastic. Tear the chicken legs first, then the chicken breasts, tear off all the meat on the chicken, and put the bones and chicken rack aside.
You can add it to the braised soup later to increase the flavor.
Place the shredded chicken in a basin, then add the prepared onions, green onions and coriander stalks.
Pour a spoonful of the fat in the sauce on top, and stir the chicken to coat it with fat, which will make it taste better.
Then use a spoon to scoop out a large spoonful of the sauce and pour it into the basin through the tight drain.
When scooping up the sauce, you need to put the spoon at the bottom of the basin to scoop out the soup. If you scoop it directly from the top, it will be full of fat and will taste greasy.
Mix the chicken and side dishes evenly, and add a few dried chili peppers in the sauce on top to enhance the presentation. This Chili Chicken dish is ready.
"Let's eat!"
Following Lin Xu's order, the chefs in the back kitchen, who had been tantalized by the aroma for a long time, all showed excited expressions on their faces.
In front of the service desk on the first floor, Shu Yun took a look at Zeng Xiaoqi and Geng Lele, who had just joined the group:
"Lunch is about to start. You two, come quickly. The boss is making peppercorn chicken today. If you come late, you won't be able to eat it."
Zeng Xiaoqi, who was still lying in bed playing with her mobile phone and didn't want to get up, suddenly sat up:
"Why are you having lunch at this hour? It's only around ten o'clock!"
Shu Yun replied helplessly:
"This is basically the case when it comes to catering. Three meals are very irregular."
"I'll go right away, you have to leave some for me!"
Geng Lele came quickly. She was queuing up nearby to buy pan-fried buns. After seeing the message posted in the group, she stopped buying pan-fried buns. She scanned a shared bicycle and came to the door of the store.
My love for food is almost catching up with my thirst for knowledge.
After Shu Yun sent the message, the waiter upstairs brought today's lunch.
A pot of peppercorn chicken, a pot of belt noodles mixed with peppercorn chicken soup, and two side dishes to go with it.
"If you don't have enough noodles, there are still more. There are plenty in the kitchen. If you don't have enough, ask for more."
The waiters gathered around and started eating.
Take a clean bowl, put half of the bowl of noodles in it, and put some chicken on top.
Put a piece of Kuaizi chicken into your mouth. The spicy and spicy taste and strong texture make people have an appetite instantly. The smooth and chewy noodles are coated in the pepper chicken soup, and the taste also jumps up a notch.
Stairs.
Even if there is no chicken, this noodle is still very enjoyable.
“So delicious!”
"The boss's craftsmanship is great, but it's a pity that it's getting colder and colder in the future. I guess there won't be any new ones this year."
"Then just wait until next year. Anyway, there will be plenty of delicious food."
"Yes, I just heard that the boss asked Master Zhu to make stewed pork ribs with lotus root in two days. As a Hubei native, I am really looking forward to eating the delicacies of my hometown in the store."
"Me too, me too, eating ribs and drinking soup at the same time, my God, it feels so good."
"..."
Listening to the chatter of the waiters, Shu Yun filled a bowl of noodles, scooped some peppercorn chicken and spread it on top. While eating, she went upstairs to confirm the shooting time with the landlady.
If it's only for a day or two, then you can bring Dundun along to play with you, but it won't work if it lasts for a long time. As the general manager of a store, you have to do your job properly.
When she got upstairs, she saw Director Shen grabbing chicken with guest screenwriter Geng Lele.
"I don't. Chewing on chicken feet wastes time. By the time I finish chewing, you will have eaten all the meat."
After staying with Geng Lele for a long time, everyone has more or less adapted to this girl's little tricks. For example, you can't eat the snacks she brought before the dinner, and you can't drink the drinks she bought.
In addition, when eating, you should also promptly refuse her loving behaviors such as picking up food.
Because if you are not careful, you will eat parts that are difficult to chew, such as chicken feet, and watch this girl put all the delicious food into her stomach.
Shu Yun sat in the corner of the booth holding a bowl:
"Boss Boss, how long will it take for us to shoot?"
Director Shen swallowed the chicken and then said:
"I don't know either. Our crew is busy right now. How about this? After dinner, our crew will have a meeting to discuss the content of the shooting and... Yeah, the meat on the chicken legs is still delicious.
”
As she was talking, her mind went to the chicken in the basin.
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Shu Yun thought the boss lady had already conceived the content and ideas for the shoot.
In the end, there was nothing, I just wanted to shoot a video related to Dundun...
No wonder those film and television practitioners complain that the director is the most useless person on the set. Today we finally saw it.
Next to him, Baby Shen was still sighing at the deliciousness of peppercorn chicken.
Fragrant, fresh, numb and spicy, this chicken is really delicious. It must be eaten with green onions. This kind of pepper and sesame chicken is even more delicious.
There is a spicy sauce, but the spiciness of green onions and onions is not obvious. Instead, it tastes like a dull sweetness, which makes the chicken very delicious.
This combination is truly unique.
"Onions are called Piyazi in the northwest, and they are an indispensable ingredient in life. Whether you make a large plate of chicken, pepper and sesame chicken, or grilled whole lamb and naan, etc., you can't do without Piyazi."
Geng Lele shared science with everyone while eating.
Lin Xu asked curiously:
"You are not majoring in agriculture, so you still study this in class?"
"I didn't learn it from school. There is a Northwest native in our class who always brags to me about how delicious the food in the Northwest is and despises the capital as a food desert. It makes my ears tingle."
Baby Shen became interested as soon as he heard this:
"Why didn't you let him come to our store to try it?"
"He thinks it's expensive..."
Then there is no solution.
Lin Xu took a mouthful of chicken and put it into his mouth, chewing while calculating the marinating time of the roasted chicken downstairs.
When you're ready to finish eating, go down and take a look. When it's almost done, turn off the heat and soak it until the afternoon before taking it out. This way, the roasted chicken can be thoroughly flavored, and even the chicken breasts will be delicious.
While everyone was eating, Zeng Xiaoqi came.
She was wearing a baseball cap, big sunglasses on her nose, and a silk scarf around her neck. Those who didn't know it thought a big star was here.
Shu Yun asked curiously:
"Why are you dressed like this? Are you being chased to confess your love?"
Geng Lele said with a smile:
"This look shows that my hair has not been washed. The last time I slept with my hair curled up, I wore a baseball cap for a whole day. I know this very well."
Zeng Xiaoqi didn't care. She picked up a pair of clean tachyons and put a piece of tachyon chicken into her mouth, with a look of joy in her eyes:
"Fortunately, I didn't wash and dry my hair before coming back. If I had done that, I would have definitely missed such a delicious meal."
The chicken is chewy, spicy and fragrant.
Compared with delicious food, what's the point of washing your hair a day later?
In life, you have to make choices.
After eating a few bites of chicken, she took out her mobile phone and kept urging Dou Wenjing to come quickly in the group:
"This peppercorn chicken is super delicious, better than first love, you must try it!"
Before Dou Wenjing responded, Chen Yan sent a message to the group:
"You just eat what you want, why do you have to post it in the group? I'm so greedy that I just paid a high price for the camp chef to make me a portion of peppercorn chicken, and I'm waiting to eat it now."
Tsk tsk tsk, I didn’t expect that there are still people in the group who can’t eat it.
Seeing Chen Yan's speech, others quickly posted the photos and videos of the peppercorn chicken to the group, and after posting, they did not forget to talk about the taste of the peppercorn chicken.
On the Hulun Grassland, Chen Yan, who had just put on her Mongolian robe and waited for the pepper chicken, pursed her lips:
"I'm so stupid, really. I knew they were shameless, but I didn't expect them to be so shameless..."
But when he thought of eating roasted whole lamb around a campfire at night, Mr. Chen became energetic again:
"Hmph, look how I will seduce you tonight. The roasted whole lamb made by Uncle Gao himself will definitely make you all cry!"
When Dou Wenjing came to the store, Lin Xu had already finished eating the peppercorn chicken and started working in the kitchen.
"Wow, our crew is finally here for the first time. I decided to hold a meeting after dinner to discuss how to make Dundun both smart and cute."
Director Shen's words made everyone become serious.
Dou Wenjing asked:
"Where is it open? Is it here? I see many out-of-town customers rushing this way. Maybe it will be full of customers soon."
In this case, the meeting cannot be held in the store.
Firstly, it affects business, and secondly, this is the first meeting of the crew after all, so we need to be as serious as possible. After all, we are a regular crew, and we will do big things together.
"Then go to the company. The company has a conference room where everyone can speak freely. In addition, Dundun must be brought there. After all, he is the leading actor and he must also participate."
After everyone discussed it, they went to the Brilliant Building under the leadership of Dou Wenjing.
The company is on vacation and empty.
Arriving at the conference room, the beauties sat at one end of the long conference table and began to discuss how to shoot this program. In order to appear formal, Zeng Xiaoqi even set up a camera in a corner of the conference room.
The company's shooting equipment is complete and you can use it immediately.
After setting up the equipment and turning on the recording mode, several cobblers got together and started discussing how to show Dundun's cleverness, cuteness and naughtyness.
While they were discussing, a certain cute little Fatty jumped in front of the camera where the shooting equipment was set up. He first raised his furry paw and waved towards the camera, then straightened up and walked slowly on his two hind legs, as if
Imitating human walking.
Dundun had a great time playing in front of the camera.
However, several members of the crew did not see it and were still sighing and worrying:
"Blue cats give people a naive feeling. How to show that Dundun is not like this? It's so difficult to shoot a video..."
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When I was about to finish writing, I was so noisy that I almost lost my temper. I have to work hard to earn money and change to a quiet house! This chapter has 5230 words. Please give me monthly tickets, brothers! By the way, double monthly tickets at the end of the month. Save as much as you can.
By the end of the month, those who can’t save can invest.