The story of a cook

Chapter 165 Preparation for Smoked Flavor
The restaurant business has improved.

The boss is staying at home now and does not come to the restaurant. It is estimated that he is thinking about his mistakes behind closed doors at home and making deep introspection.If the boss doesn't come, the lady boss is full of energy and works hard every day.From the expression on the face of the proprietress, it can be seen that she is satisfied now, her man stopped going out to gamble, and she got rid of one of her biggest worries, and the restaurant business has come up, to be honest, no one is happy to see making money, unless it is Have a grudge against money.

Sister Li has been able to feed the meat to a fixed standard, and the mixed vegetables have also been standardized and improved. Sister Zhang's cold noodle soup can also be operated independently, and the production of cold noodles has also reached the required level.Sister Li and Sister Zhang can do their jobs well without worrying, and I began to study how to serve smoked pickles.

I’m the only one who cooks hot dishes. I cook my own garnishes. I have a lot of work in a day. I can’t serve too much smoked pickles.

I have worked in Santaizi before, and I know what people in Santaizi like to eat, so I prepare a few dishes that the common people like to eat. The dishes should not be too many, but should be refined.You don't need too many dishes, and it's useless if you can't cook too many dishes. Even if you cook a dish to perfection, it's still the same for the guests.

Seeing me sitting there reading the recipes and not talking, Sister Li asked me: "Master Tan, I don't see you talking much these two days, what are you thinking?"

I said, "Sister Li, I want to serve some smoked pickles, but I don't know what to serve."

Sister Li said: "Smoked pickles, smoked pickles are good, you can also make smoked pickles."

I said, "I can do it, but I can't do it well."

Sister Li said: "Master Tan is modest, you promise to do well, if you don't do well, you can't go up."

I smiled and said, "Give me some advice, Miss Li."

Sister Li said: "It's definitely okay to order smoked pickles at our house. Everyone in our three tables loves meat."

I said, "Yes, I also know that people in Santaizi love meat, and it would be fine to serve some smoked pickles, but unfortunately I am the only one, and I can't handle too much."

Sister Li asked: "Master Tan, is it troublesome to smoke pickles?"

I said, "It's okay, but there's a lot of hands-on work, and it's all grind."

Sister Li said: "That's okay, you see, Sister Wang and I are also busy, and we will do your homework for you after we finish our work, isn't that all right?"

I said, "You two have a lot of work, it's quite tiring."

At this time, Sister Zhang said: "Why are you tired? It's better to be tired than to be idle. It's better to do a little work." Then she said: "It's okay, Master Tan, you do it, and we will do the work for you."

I looked at the two of them and thought what they said was okay, so I said, "Okay, then I'll fix it."

It can be done with the full support of Sister Li and Sister Wang.

How should I put it, people who worked in the kitchen at that time were more affordable, and you were very enthusiastic about doing something and gave great support.It’s no longer possible. If you want to say what new dishes to order, or what new projects to launch, there are almost no people who support them. They are afraid that they will work too much, and they won’t give you extra money. No one likes to do it.Sometimes there is no one to do the extra money, I'm afraid I'm tired.

The chicken rack is definitely a must. The three dishes are loved by both adults and children. The pig’s trotters must be eaten. This is a popular dish, and everyone loves it.The pig's ears are no longer available, and people in Santaizi don't like to eat them.The rest is chicken products. Chicken products include chicken wings, chicken heads, chicken necks, chicken feet, chicken gizzards, and chicken belly. You can’t use them all. rotten.

After confirming what to serve, I came to the front desk, where the proprietress, Zhang Li, and another waiter were cleaning the table.Now the kitchen staff don't come out to chat, and the front has started to clean up. They all hold a rag in their hand, and wipe it when they see that it's not clean. It's a habit.

Called the proprietress and Zhang Li over, and said to them: "I want to serve some smoked pickles, but I have decided on two different ones, one is pig's trotters, the other is chicken racks, and I want to serve two other chicken products. I don't know what to order. Okay, what do you want to see?"

The proprietress asked: "What kind of chicken?"

I said: "Chicken head, chicken feet, chicken neck, chicken wings, chicken gizzards, chicken belly."

Zhang Li immediately said, "Chicken heads! Chicken heads are fine, I love them."

The proprietress said: "Chicken heads are delicious, and I like them too. Chicken wings are also good, and chicken feet are also good."

I said, "Let's just choose two. If there are too many, we won't be able to do it, and it won't work well. It's better not to do it."

Zhang Li said: "Master Tan, just choose two. I think the ones you mentioned just now are fine. How good it is to have them all."

I said, "No, I can't make a difference if I go to too many places. I'm just like other people. I'm not competitive. Besides, I have too many people and I can't handle it. I have to help Sister Li and Sister Zhang to do this."

The proprietress said: "Master Tan is right, too much is not unique, let's make it special."

Zhang Li said: "That's too little, all of them are good, and the guests can love them."

I said: "There is no other way, I have to bear the pain and choose between the two."

The proprietress said: "Master Tan, I think the chicken belly is pretty good, but I have a suggestion, you can see if what I say works."

I said, "Sister-in-law, tell me."

The proprietress said: "Can we not make the chicken tripe with smoked sauce, and make vegetables and chicken tripe, do you think it will work?"

Yes, chicken belly can be delicious when mixed with it. It doesn’t have to be smoked sauce, which I didn’t expect.

I said: "Okay, why not, the chicken belly must be delicious, so that's it, the chicken belly is mixed with vegetables, not smoked sauce."

Zhang Li said: "Chicken tripe must be delicious when mixed. It is best to mix it with miso soup and sauce. It is salty and the taste is guaranteed to be good."

I gave her a thumbs up and said, "Okay, just mix as you said."

Zhang Li smiled embarrassedly. Afterwards, the mixed chicken tripe sold very well, which was related to Zhang Li's emphasis on recommending it to customers, because it was the mixing method she proposed, as if she mixed it herself. Very fulfilling.

In the end, two chicken products were decided, one was chicken head and the other was chicken paw.

After deciding on the types of smoked pickles, I got up early the next day and went northbound to choose raw materials.There is no need to choose pig's trotters, just use cold ones.At that time, there were two types of chicken racks, one was large, more meaty, and more expensive, and the other was small, less meaty, and cheaper.I chose the big one with a lot of meat.There are several brands of chicken heads and chicken feet, but none of them are suitable because they are all a bit small, and I want the bigger ones.The boss who sells chicken products told me that there are also big ones, but he is afraid that I will not want them if they are too big.I said it's okay, as long as it's big.

The boss took out a bag of chicken feet and a bag of chicken heads from the freezer. I saw that they were really big, one was as big as two ordinary ones.

The boss asked, "How is this?"

I looked at the big chicken head and big chicken feet.The chicken feet are okay, very clean, but big.The head of the chicken is also big, but there is a lot of hair on it, but the comb is quite big, which looks strange to people.

I said, "Are you from a breeder farm? No one likes to buy them, and they don't like to cook them. It's a waste of time and effort."

The boss said: "It's from a breeder farm. Don't you want a big one? Isn't it big enough?"

I said, "It needs to be big, but you are not qualified, and no one likes to eat it."

To be honest, I want this, but I can't make it too obvious, or the boss will ask for a lot of money.

The boss said: "How big are the chicken heads and feet, and no one eats them yet? One is worth two, and there is still a lot of meat. If you want to eat, you should eat like this."

I said, "Your chicken head is too messy, it's full of hair. Besides, how do you sell such a big chicken head and chicken feet? No one will buy it if it's expensive, and you'll lose money if you sell it cheap."

Hearing what I said, the boss was a little unhappy, and asked me directly: "Brother, just say whether you want it or not. If you want me to sell you cheaper."

I asked, "How much is it cheaper?"

The boss said: "It's the same price as normal, what do you think?"

I said: "No, I can't sell it after I go back and finish it, and I will lose money."

The boss looked at me and asked, "Are you planning to buy for a long time?"

I said: "Of course I have bought it for a long time. I am a restaurant and not a private house. If it is a private house, I won't talk nonsense with you. I just bought a few and made them at home. What price are you talking about?"

The boss said: "Well, if you use it for a long time, I will give you a cheaper price, two yuan per catty, do you think it will work?"

I did some calculations and thought it should be ok, and said to him: "It's okay, the main thing is, can you supply it for a long time? Don't let me use it for a few days, you are out of stock, and I won't be in vain if I can't supply it by then."

The boss said: "Brother, don't worry about this. Long-term supply is guaranteed. To tell you the truth, otherwise I would not sell the chicken heads and feet of this kind of chicken. My uncle opened two breeder farms and the breed was removed from the shelves." There is no place to sell the chicken, so I asked me to help sell it. As you said, this kind of chicken looks big, but it doesn’t like to be cooked, and it can’t be stewed well. No one likes to buy it. It’s been a long time, if you use it for a long time, it’s absolutely fine, I’m not bragging with you, I’m the only one in the whole business.”

I smiled and said, "That's it, take all of these for me today, and give me your phone number, and I'll call you directly to make an appointment in the future, how about it?"

The boss said straightforwardly: "It's done!"

The boss is also a very affordable person. When I was negotiating the price with him, several restaurants came to him to pick up the goods, and there were many ways.To do business, you have to be honest and honest, so that you can do business.

Bring back the purchased raw materials and start preparing for the production.

Before making it, you have to do some preparatory work, that is, to make the grate and lid of the fumigation pot.This time it was served with smoked pickles, not the pickles served in Yangchun. It was different from that, and there was an extra smoked procedure.

There is a ready-made large iron pot in the kitchen, which can be used as a smoker pot, but there is still a grate and a pot cover.I researched it with Brother Stove, and after measuring the size, Brother Stove made it. He is more professional than me in doing this. After all, he has worked in the factory before, which is a technical type of work.

The chicken frame, chicken feet, and trotters are all easy to handle, but the chicken head is a bit laborious to handle because there are a lot of hairs on it.This can't be scalded with boiling water. Once the chicken skin is scalded, it will get old and will be scalded off, so you have to use a clumsy method to pull it down one by one with your hands.

Soak the plucked chicken head in clean water for an hour, soak the blood in the chicken head, drain the blood, and then add clean water to continue soaking.

It's time to tidy up.To clean the chicken head, the first thing is to pinch the ear of the chicken with your hands, pinch it with your thumb and forefinger, and then squeeze it to the beak of the chicken. At this time, you will find that there is a bloody sticky substance squeezed out. This is a must. Squeeze it out, otherwise it will be unhygienic.Nowadays, the chicken heads in many restaurants do not squeeze out these sticky substances, which can be seen at a glance. The mouths of the chicken heads that have been squeezed out are of normal color, and those that are not squeezed are dark red.After squeezing out the sticky matter, I still use my thumb and forefinger to pinch the chicken's beak, and pull it hard to pull off the hard shell on the chicken's beak.The hard shell on the beak of the chicken is where the chicken comes into contact with dirty things when eating. It must be removed, otherwise it will be unhygienic.All that’s left is to pluck any remaining chicken feathers from the top.

There are more chicken feathers left on the breeder's head, but the chicken feathers are relatively hard, easy to pull out, and it is not too troublesome.

Sister Li and Sister Zhang struggled to pluck the feathers from the chicken's head on the first day. On the second day, each of them brought an eyebrow tweezer at home, and it was much easier to pluck the chicken feathers with tweezers.It seems that many working tips come from the front line of work, and leaving the front line is destined to be out of touch with work.

After removing the booty, beak, and feathers of the chicken head, continue to soak in clean water for two hours. Add pepper, aniseed, Sichuan pepper, and coriander to the water, which can not only taste, but also remove the unique fishy smell inside the chicken head.

(End of this chapter)