The boss cooks, and the bankrupt company opens a state banquet restaurant

Chapter 81 Crab Meal, Lion Head and Vinci Tofu

Add eight ounces of lard into the wok, add the cruciferous vegetables and stir-fry for a while until they turn green, add some shrimp and refined salt, pour the pork soup and bring to a boil, then put the wok aside.

"Huaiyang cuisine is about the original flavor. For a dish like this, the seasoning is enough."

Su Chen took a casserole and put it on the fire, smeared a layer of oil on the bottom of the casserole with pig skin, stir-fried the green cabbage and put it into the casserole.

Liu Shengnan looked at the two big meatballs and the small pot of soup, "This looks bland, can it be delicious?"

Jingzhou people have strong tastes, and their meals are heavy on oil and salt. When I first saw this kind of dish with light soup and light meat, I naturally thought it was not very appetizing.

Su Chen smiled and said, "What a pity. I would have made more meatballs for you to eat."

Liu Shengnan curled his lips, thinking that after cooking so many times, I have never seen you give it to me.

Spread the cabbage into the bottom of the casserole, put the two meatballs embedded with crab roe on top, then pour the boiled pork soup into the casserole, and spread green cabbage leaves on the surface of the soup.

After the broth in the casserole boils again, turn down the heat and keep the soup inside at a slightly boiling state.

"It's done!"

Su Chen clapped his hands and looked at the casserole on the stove with satisfaction, "This thing has to be simmered. There is still a little while before the customer comes. It's almost time."

After all, there are only two meatballs in the pot. If you make more, you will have to simmer them for two hours.

"This thing requires a certain technique." Liu Abao watched Su Chen's entire production process, "It won't work if the lion head comes out and is held too tightly, and it won't work if it falls apart. If it tastes fishy, ​​it will fail completely. It's really not easy to make. "

Holding it tightly means that the energy is strong, and it will taste like a chewy texture.

Let alone falling apart, it would be a complete failure.

Su Chen nodded in agreement, "I don't know who it is, but he even asked for Huaiyang cuisine. This is something that I can't touch without touching it."

When the first course is on fire, the second course has to start.

Su Chen pondered for a moment, "How about you go out first?"

This Wensi tofu is not difficult to make, it depends on the knife skills, but Su Chen's knife skills are too shocking, and he really doesn't want people to see it.

"How can that work!" Liu Abao was the first to disagree, "The making process of Wensi Tofu looks like a top-notch enjoyment. If I don't see it, I won't be able to sleep tonight!"

Liu Shengnan was also quite excited, "Yes, yes, boss, I have never seen you use a knife. I have seen the Wensi Tofu recipe on the Internet. Can you really cut the tofu thinner than a hair?"

"I can't believe it either." Aunt Fang was even more interested.

If I really saw this with my own eyes, I would probably have to practice secretly even if I didn't go back at night.

Seeing that everyone was determined not to leave and had to watch, Su Chen dug his toes on the ground and waved awkwardly, "Everyone, step back."

Liu Abao:? ? ?

You cut vegetables and we have to step back?

Despite their doubts, the three of them took a step back obediently.

"Keep retreating."

Liu Shengnan retreated further and said, "Boss, what are you doing? If you retreat further, you will get out!"

Su Chen sneered, "Don't blame me if you don't retreat now!"
  I chose a thin ceramic knife. If it is a kitchen knife, if the speed is too fast, it will produce a "impact" effect when the back of the knife passes through the tofu. A thin knife is much better.

Liu Abao still stood only two meters away from Su Chen, staring with interest.

Su Chen repaired all four corners of the soft tofu according to the method in the practice room, leaving only a square block with neat corners.

I measured the position in the middle with my eyes. Under the influence of [Precision Strike], that position was firmly remembered in my mind.

This feeling is a bit like the feeling I had when I was playing darts in the big market that day.

Holding the thin knife in his hand, his mind moved.

Su Chen shifted his center of gravity downwards, holding the handle of the knife in his palm, a bit like holding a dagger, and his energy dropped from his Dantian.

"what!"

He shouted loudly and immediately waved his arms.

All this happened in a flash of lightning. When Su Chen stood up again, the three people on the scene were stunned!
  Liu Abao had already subconsciously retreated behind the door.

‘No wonder Boss Su asked me to retreat. Isn’t this too scary? ’

‘But it’s just a piece of tofu, why should it be so grand? ’

‘Is it just to show off for the sake of more visual impact? ’

Liu Abao was really puzzled.

Just put the knife against the tofu and slowly cut it in.
  As a senior technician, Liu Abao believed that he could not cut tofu shreds thinner than hair, but generally speaking, it would be no problem, but if he was really asked to cut like this.

The knife may have been cut somewhere!

Liu Shengnan was even more shocked.

The piece of tender tofu on the table still looks like a piece of tender tofu, with no slight change at all.

But Su Chen actually gently divided it into two pieces with his hands. In other words, did the knife just cut it accurately?
  Before anyone could ask more questions, Su Chen squatted on his horse and put his hands behind his back.

Holding the thin knife in his right hand, he took a deep breath.

This is so fucking embarrassing!
  Why is my knife skills different from other people’s?

Bang bang bang bang!
  His hands rose and fell, and with the sound of the knife and cutting board colliding, Su Chen scooped up water with his left hand and poured it on.

Bang bang bang bang!
  Repeat the same method again, using only one hand to chop the soft tofu on the cutting board!
  Liu Shengnan watched in disbelief as the originally smooth and tender tofu gradually turned into a pile of dregs.

Is this the boss’s knife skills?

This looks like a pile of scum!
  If this is Wensi Tofu, then so can I!

Anyway, just hit the tofu with the kitchen knife and bang bang bang!
  But when Su Chen put the pile of tofu residue into the bowl of water.

Liu Shengnan’s expression ranges from (￣_,￣)
  It became w(Д)w
  What the hell!
  It's obviously tofu dregs, why does it turn into something like this when it comes into contact with water?
  The pile of slag is like a blooming flower, with filaments floating in the water. It's so beautiful!

Su Chen didn't waste any time, and immediately chopped up the fungus, green cabbage leaves and carrots with his "embarrassing knife skills". They were also like hair and placed in the fence by Su Chen.

"It's amazing, it's amazing!"

Liu Shengnan: "Can you change your lines?"

Liu Abao clapped his hands, "There are no words in the world to describe this scene. Boss Su's knife skills are absolutely unique in the country!"

Su Chen snorted.

The form of wielding a sword may indeed be unique, but when it comes to sword skills, Su Chen knows that he is still far from it.

Although Wensi Tofu is indeed one of the top dishes in terms of knife skill difficulty, it is only for cutting, and Su Chen's [Precision Strike] fits perfectly with this knife skill.

If it was to do other sword skills that required the use of 'carving', then Su Chen wouldn't be able to do it.

To put it bluntly, it is still a bit tricky. I know how much I weigh.

Blanch the shredded cabbage in the grate and set aside.

Then he mixed a bowl of gravy with cornstarch, "To make this dish thicken, cornstarch is used. This kind of flour is translucent and bright when made."

Return the filtered chicken soup to the pot. After the heat is raised over low heat, keep it from boiling. Pour a quarter of the gravy into the bowl and stir continuously in the pot with a spoon.

"You have to thicken the gravy many times. That's the difficulty of this dish."

Even Su Chen himself did this step carefully.

The thickened soup must achieve one effect: the tofu shreds and vegetable shreds must float in the middle of the soup.

If the hook is too clear, the silk will sink to the bottom. If the hook is too thick, the threads will stick together or be unable to sink when placed on the surface of the soup.

That would be ugly.

After pouring a bowl of gravy twice, the chicken soup in the pot looked unchanged, but Su Chen, who was in charge of the soup, knew that it was in place!

Immediately put the blanched vegetable shreds and the tofu shreds soaked in water into the pot.

During this process, the chicken soup didn’t even boil!
  "Use the bottom of the spoon and swirl it in the pot like this! It has to be at the bottom, otherwise it will get smashed."

The spherical bottom of the spoon is constantly rotating on the surface of the soup, and the soup juice carries the thin threads of the ingredients inside and also rotates. The original lump of threads gradually begins to become organized!
  It began to have circles of lines, white with red, red with black, and green embellishments. It looked so good!
  After the silk inside had completely turned into strands, Su Chen pointed at Liu Shengnan and said, "Bring a transparent glass bowl."

This dish must be served in a transparent bowl, so you can clearly see what's going on inside through a layer of glass. Each filament floats in the soup, separated from the bottom to the surface, without disturbing each other.

Liu Shengnan and Aunt Fang looked at this Wensi Tofu, and their throats trembled unconsciously.

If you take a bite of this, you can even imagine that the hot soup will flow from your mouth through your esophagus and into your stomach, and your whole body will feel warm!
  And those shredded tofu don't need to be chewed at all, just sip lightly and it will melt in your mouth immediately.

As for the few vegetable shreds, they will definitely emit their own unique aroma when chewed.

God!

I really want to eat it! Is there any!
  Liu Shengnan counted on his fingers, "This portion of tender tofu only costs five yuan, but making a soup costs several hundred, tsk!"

Liu Abao smiled, "Don't you see how much effort Boss Su put into making this dish? Is that knife skill something that humans can master? And that pot of chicken soup, it can't be made without an afternoon of cooking." In total, two to three hundred is really not expensive."

What is the most expensive this year?
  Of course labor is the most expensive!
  Moreover, it is a technique that few people can master. No amount of money is too much for this kind of thing. Those who know how to appreciate it will naturally spend the money, and those who don't understand will just feel that it is not worth it.

It can only be said that the customer groups are different.

"I won't eat it anyway," Aunt Fang said against her will, "unless someone treats me."

The four of them were chatting away in the kitchen, waiting for the guests to come for dinner.

On the other side, Zhang Yi finished eating his fried chicken and eggs and left the restaurant with satisfaction.

This is actually quite good. You have already paid your bill before coming here, and you can just leave directly after eating.

When getting off the elevator, he met a couple walking in, and Zhang Yi didn't think much about it.

He just joined the group chat of the food team and was not familiar with the people in the group. Only Zhan Yang was his old classmate.

in the elevator.

"This place? Uh!"

Brother Fang Chang hugged his partner, "Although this place looks ugly, the food is delicious! I brought you here to eat because I believe in the boss's skills!"

The girl elbowed Brother Fang Chang and said, "Pull him down. My family owns a restaurant and I grew up eating Huaiyang cuisine. If you plan to receive my parents here, I think you will be embarrassed!"

Lai Ri Fangchang didn't speak, he just giggled.

He didn't know for sure, he only knew that the boss's fried chicken was delicious, but since he dared to do business under the banner of delicious customization, he must have good skills.

Besides, Brother Fang Chang didn’t have this idea at first. During the live broadcast that day, he saw the masters of the state banquet giving praise to the boss, so he decided to give it a try.

In three days, his prospective mother-in-law and her family will come to Jingzhou to inspect his family situation.

Brother Fang Chang was quite fond of his father-in-law.

"Your father is also strange. I have seen people who are afraid that their daughters will be bullied and wronged. I have never seen people who are afraid that their daughters will not have enough food and drink!"

The girl pinched Brother Fang Chang's waist and turned it [-] degrees, "My dad thinks Jingzhou is a food desert, and I grew up eating food from my own restaurant. Isn't it normal for him to be worried? If you dare to speak ill of my father again, I will be angry!"

Brother Fang Chang endured the pain and smiled, "I won't say it anymore. I also attach great importance to this first official meeting. I've searched all over Jingzhou and still can't find a suitable place to receive your parents. The place, I think this place is good, let’s try it first.”

The girl then let go and said, "Don't be nervous about the meeting. My parents are really nice. But it's about the bride price."

"Don't be stubborn with me. Just agree to how much he wants. I still have some savings, so you can use them first when the time comes."

Brother Fang Chang's nose felt sour, and he hugged his partner tightly, "It's okay, I will agree to whatever your father wants as a bride price. If I can marry you, everything else doesn't matter!"

The elevator became ambiguous for a while.

If I remember correctly, Brother Fang Chang and his partner knew each other when they were in high school.

I met him online.

For countless nights, the two talked to each other through the Internet, and gradually fell in love. Later, after going to college, they began a four-year long-distance relationship.

After graduation, the girl could no longer endure the pain of lovesickness, so she left her hometown without hesitation and rushed to Brother Fang Chang's city, which was separated by 29 kilometers. In that era when high-speed rail was not yet developed, green cars required The journey took a full [-] hours!
  [The Day is Long] I remember clearly that when he saw his girlfriend's face red from the cold at the station, his heart was crying at that moment. He endured being moved and secretly swore.

In this life, I will not marry you unless I am, and I will never let you down!
  While talking and laughing, the elevator stopped at the 19th floor.

Jiang Yuan stretched out her head and took a look, "You're not going to the wrong place, are you? This is an office building company?"

Brother Fang Chang laughed, "It's the same reaction as when I first came here. Yes, it's right here. You'll know later."

Walking in with her girlfriend's stride, Jiang Yuan curiously looked left and right along the way, always feeling that she was in the wrong place.

"Sit inside or outside?" Su Chen leaned against the door of the cafeteria and greeted Brother Fang Chang with a smile.

He had the impression that this man was from the same group as the customer who bought buns in the morning.

"Where can I sit outside?" Jiang Yuan pointed to the workstations, very curious.

"Just sit wherever you want." Su Chen spread his hands.

When the rent is paid, I will have to buy some dining tables!
  Brother Fang Chang turned around and said, "Let's go and sit inside. There is a small square table inside."

"Good!"

The two entered the cafeteria. Jiang Yuan keenly observed the various A4 papers posted on the door and said in a low voice, "You are really cheated. Their tea eggs cost 5 yuan each!"

"What?" Brother Fang Chang took a step back, "Boss, do you still have the tea eggs?"

Su Chen was walking to the kitchen, "Yes. I cooked some tonight. Do you want some?"

"Okay, okay, give me two!"

I feel comfortable this time!

Brother Fang Chang laughed secretly in his heart. That bitch Zhan Yang has been showing off those tea eggs in the group all day!
  We also took photos from multiple directions and angles to show them off!

One moment he said the tea was fragrant, the next moment it was sweet and delicious, and then he actually said he was about to take off!
  ‘I have to try it! ’

"You're stupid!" Jiang Yuan was a little dissatisfied.

Brother Fang Chang pulled her to sit down and said, "It's okay. We've already eaten the five hundred yuan meal. Are there still ten yuan left?"

"You are so bloated now!" Jiang Yuan said disdainfully, "Even if your business is good recently, you can't waste it like this, right? We can't finish the five hundred yuan dish."

"It doesn't matter! In the worst case, we can pack it up and take it home to eat."

Brother Fang Chang did not work after graduation and followed his family to engage in breeding. Later, he opened several boutique butcher shops of his own, which can be regarded as self-produced and sold.

Because the quality of the meat is reliable, his business is pretty good and he is quite famous in Jingzhou City. Many people even drive to his store to buy meat rolls when they eat hot pot or something.

The two sat down.

Su Chen returned to the kitchen, where the casserole sitting on the low fire was still steaming.

Open the lid of the casserole and carefully pick out the green cabbage leaves on top.

"Can't you eat the leaves of this vegetable?" Liu Shengnan asked curiously.

"It's edible, but it's used to absorb grease, so it won't be eaten by guests."

Looking again, just as Su Chen said, there is almost no oil splash on the top of the soup in the casserole. It is hard to imagine that this is the soup where the meatballs have been cooked for so long!

Put the lid back on the pot and turn the heat to maximum.

Because it has been simmering for an hour, the meatballs inside are already set, so there is no need to worry about being washed away by the boiling water.

But it only turned on for a moment and then turned off the fire.

"Liu Shengnan, help me get a plate to sit on. Aunt Fang, please bring the food."

"okay!"

Aunt Fang put on insulation gloves and carried the casserole, and Liu Shengnan carried the plate and walked out together.

"I'll do this." Liu Abao took the Wensi tofu and went to serve it.

Unlike the employees at Meililai, Liu Abao is a serious person who has worked in a hotel.

Wensi Tofu was placed on the table, and Abao said professionally: "Your meal has been served. Do you want some rice?"

Jiang Yuan, who was about to lift the lid of the pot, stopped her hand in the air and looked at Liu Abao with a strange look.

As if to say: Are you kidding me?

(End of this chapter)