Era: 1979 From mountain man to richest man

Chapter 163 Dry-steamed twice-cooked pork, an eye-opener
Seeing that Song Chaoyang was about to start cooking, the female teachers who were chatting came to the kitchen one by one.

They all wanted to see with their own eyes what the dishes made by Song Chaoyang, a great writer, looked like.

The kitchen here must be big enough. If it were a smaller kitchen, once these people came in, Song Chaoyang would probably have to squat on the stove to cook.

Steamed pork needs to be steamed, while twice-cooked pork needs to be cooked first.

However, after Song Chaoyang seared the pig skin, he began to apply ginger and scallion juice and fermented glutinous rice on it, and then placed it directly in the steamer.

This time everyone looked a little confused.

Twice-cooked pork is also a common Sichuan dish.

During the Chinese New Year, it is used to worship ancestors. Generally, pork is boiled in boiled water and then used directly as tribute.

After the worship is completed, it is used for frying.

This is the origin of the original twice-cooked pork.

After talking, everyone realized that it was them who were so rare.

Look at the red oil wrapped on it, exuding a spicy smell.

Pour the oil into the pot, stir-fry the meat, and add the seasonings. All the movements are done smoothly, and soon the kitchen will be filled with aroma.

Song Chaoyang is obviously different from everyone's impression.

Logically speaking, beef should be very tough.

Put it in your mouth and chew it gently, a spicy and sour taste immediately fills your mouth.

Soon, a plate of fried shredded beef with pickled peppers came out of the pan.

“Later I discovered that it tastes better if I season it with fermented glutinous rice and ginger juice and then steam it together.”

Steamed twice-cooked pork?
I don’t think I’ve heard of it.

Song Chaoyang's cooking was relatively large, and a large plate was filled to the brim, like a small mountain of meat.

Initially, everyone wanted to eat a chopstick to taste it, but after eating a piece, they found that there was something left unsatisfied.

"That's what you think. That's how the earliest origin of dry-steamed twice-cooked pork came about."

Could it be that Song Chaoyang just made it up?

It sounds clear and logical, and it sounds like someone who is very knowledgeable in this field.

One of the teachers couldn't help but ask Song Chaoyang:
"If you use steaming, wouldn't it be too authentic?"

Those who had some doubts about him just now had all their doubts dispelled just by seeing this set of actions.

"I seem to have seen chefs steaming meat in this way when I was a kid, but they didn't say it was dry steaming. They said the quantity was relatively large and one pot couldn't cook that much, so they used steaming."

Seeing Song Chaoyang bringing the plate over, almost everyone couldn't wait to take out their chopsticks.

Song Chaoyang was already preparing to make shredded beef with pickled peppers and shredded fish-flavored pork. After hearing Luo Qian's words, he smiled and said:

But Song Chaoyang didn't know how to handle it, and the beef was extremely tender.

"At least if you boil it, you can boil out the remaining blood and fishy smell in the meat. Can you steam it too?"

"The beef was brought from our home. Let's have a try." Song Chaoyang placed a large plate of shredded beef with pickled peppers in front of the teachers.

Although the principles are similar, it feels like he is being lazy.

Before they could praise him, Song Chaoyang saw him and started cooking.

When they were cooking just now, the increasingly intense aroma became unbearable for these teachers.

Pick up the steaming shredded beef from the plate.

“As long as it’s fresh domestic pork, it won’t have too much flavor.”

So I couldn't help but pick up my chopsticks again.

That speed is much faster than the previous teachers.

A veteran!
There is absolutely no bragging element in it.

After that, he explained:

After Song Chaoyang heard this question, he said to her:
"Of course. This is also an authentic Sichuan banquet recipe, using dry-steamed twice-cooked pork."

This is definitely not a fool's errand.

And judging from his unhurried look, it seems that he has practiced it many times and is not unfamiliar at all. Some small details are even eye-catching.

The spicy and sour taste is particularly appetizing.

Hearing what Song Chaoyang said, everyone else looked at each other.

Then there is the unique aroma of beef, wrapped in sour and spicy taste, which becomes more and more fragrant with every bite.

So the basic process is to boil it in water first, then slice it and fry it.

"And this is fresh meat. It doesn't matter whether it's blanched or not."

Luo Qian thought for a while, seemed to remember something, and then said:

"It doesn't sound like a high-end technique. The temperature of steam is higher than that of boiling water, so it cooks faster."

Then after eating it, I found that my saliva secreted even more fiercely.

So a few of them, one chopstick after another, couldn't stop eating.

"Okay, no more!" Luo Qian was the first to react and reminded her colleagues who were having a hard meal.

Only then did others realize that they were a little out of sorts.

One of the teachers also argued:

"I saw you eating it, so I couldn't help but pinch it a few more times..."

But she didn't even believe it herself.

Everyone resisted the urge to continue eating and put away their chopsticks.

Then I discovered that the dish made by Song Chaoyang was indeed delicious.

There is an urge to eat after one chopstick.

It's almost like magic.

This is a dish they cooked by themselves, and it has no effect at all.

But everyone was a little curious. Apparently Song Chaoyang used the same seasonings in his cooking.

How come it tastes so much better than them?
How is this done?
"The shredded beef with pickled peppers is a side dish. It has a strong taste, sour taste and is more appetizing. It's okay to eat more." Song Chaoyang was still making excuses for them with a smile.

After hearing Song Chaoyang's words, everyone said at once:
"What you made is so delicious. If we hadn't seen it with our own eyes, we wouldn't have believed it."

"That's right, I never thought beef could taste this good."

"The quality of this dish is very high! Now I have a completely new understanding of your cooking skills."

"Chaoyang, even if you don't write and become a chef, you can definitely get a top-notch job."

"That's right! Just this one dish can already become a famous dish in a restaurant."

Listening to everyone's praise, Song Chaoyang smiled and said:

"Don't praise me like that. The more you say it, the more outrageous it becomes. As long as everyone likes it."

In the following time, Song Chaoyang cooked all the dishes he wanted to make one after another.

Fish-flavored shredded pork with a little lychee flavor, stir-fried liver and kidneys stir-fried in a steaming heat, cold kidney slices without any fishy smell, twice-cooked pork with a meaty aroma, and steamed pork with soft, glutinous and salty texture.

Each dish was an eye-opener for the teachers.

After tasting it, their eyes widened.

Then they started discussing again, and everyone looked at the dishes in front of them, as if they had opened the door to a new world:
“Each dish has its own specialty.”

"Suddenly I found that the dishes we cooked all seemed to have the same taste."

"Yes, yes, you said that, and I also found that the dishes we made all seemed to have the same taste."

"Every dish in Chaoyang is different and delicious in its own way."

“Today was a real eye-opener for me.”

"I'm sorry, the dishes I cook are so ordinary..." "That's bad, I feel like I've wasted the food. If these dishes are cooked by Chaoyang, wouldn't they be much more delicious than what I cook myself?"

"That's right, I feel the same way now..."

Listening to them all praising me.

Song Chaoyang was no longer self-effacing.

On the contrary, he listened happily.

Just kidding, my cooking skills are those of an authentic state banquet chef. I have summarized and shared them over the past few decades.

In my previous life, I liked eating, so I practiced it over and over again many times.

And now these dishes are basically home-cooked. In fact, he can also make some more difficult dishes that show off his skills.

It's just that those things are not suitable for making at this stage.

After all, some of the ingredients inside are indeed a bit expensive.

But home-cooked food alone can already allow people who have never tried good food in this era to experience the tip of the iceberg of state banquet cooking.

Although they look similar, many details and techniques are added together to make the taste of the dishes exponentially more delicious.

According to Song Chaoyang's understanding, it's not really about how awesome the state banquet techniques are.

The main reason is that the current home cooking methods are really not that particular.

Comparing the two directly widens the gap in taste.

When living standards improve later, everyone will have the energy to work hard on eating.

And there's another reason.

That's because in these days, most people's living standards are relatively poor and they rarely eat meat.

The human body naturally likes things like fats.

After finally eating a meal of meat, the dopamine produced in the body will also make people feel extra happy.

In other words, what Song Chaoyang cooks is indeed delicious, but after everyone eats these things, the brain will secrete some dopamine because of the meat, making the body feel happy.

With this subtle blessing, everyone's evaluation of Song Chaoyang's dishes has been raised a bit higher.

At this moment, Song Chaoyang is about to be crowned the God of Cooking.

The pig is boiled with sticks and small fish for the kitten.

Song Chaoyang went to the yard to wash his face.

Then he returned to the kitchen, took off his apron and threw his sleeves aside, and then greeted everyone:
"Okay, okay, everyone, stop boasting."

"It's all ready to be served."

Hearing Song Chaoyang's greeting, everyone quickly took all the prepared dishes out of the kitchen.

The dining area is arranged in the courtyard.

It's already six o'clock in the afternoon. If you look up in the yard, you can see the clouds dyed red in the sky.

In less than an hour, the sun will set.

Just finished eating.

When all Song Chaoyang's dishes were served, the new dining table he bought for the little girl was so full that there was almost no space to put the rice bowl.

Finally I had to let everyone hold the bowl in their hands.

Fortunately, Song Chaoyang didn't choose a particularly small table, otherwise the table wouldn't be able to accommodate so many dishes today.

Even so, it was quite cramped for everyone to squeeze in front of this table.

The five teachers, plus Song Chaoyang, the little girl, and the eldest sister's family of four, make a total of eleven people.

It's so lively to have this meal tonight.

It seemed quite spacious before, but now that there are 11 people sitting in the small courtyard, it suddenly feels less spacious.

Of course, Xiao Ronger will have a physical examination tomorrow morning, so I only made her a bowl of sugar water.

This dinner is for those who take part.

The female teachers didn't drink either, so Song Chaoyang held a bowl of boiling water and toasted them first, saying that he was glad to meet them and hoped that they would take more care of his little sister Song Yu in school.

Then, amid the enthusiastic responses from the female teachers, Song Chaoyang took care of everyone, even using their chopsticks without being polite.

Everyone, who could no longer restrain themselves, picked up their chopsticks and attacked their favorite dishes.

But it's strange to say that they didn't do much with the dishes they cooked. Instead, they focused on taking care of Song Chaoyang to make them.

Song Chaoyang just smiled and said nothing.

Instead, I ate the dishes cooked by these teachers.

Each teacher watched Song Chaoyang eating his own food. Although he didn't say anything, the expressions on his face were still very happy.

Especially teacher Huang Meiling, while eating the food, she asked Song Chaoyang how to improve the food she cooked so that it could be as delicious as Song Chaoyang.

Song Chaoyang gave her some suggestions and pointed out some things that needed attention.

Teacher Huang Meiling said that when her salary was paid in September, she would treat Song Chaoyang to a meal cooked by her.

As soon as she said this, Song Chaoyang didn't even reply, and the other teachers who were busy with their work immediately turned their attention to her.

Is this intention too obvious?
Teacher Huang Meiling did not look at the others at all, but stared at Song Chaoyang.

She looked forward to getting a positive reply from his mouth.

"We'll see what happens then. I'm not often in the county on weekdays." Song Chaoyang responded with a smile to Huang Meiling.

Huang Meiling didn't show any disappointment when she heard this.

It was already known before that the reason why Song Chaoyang rented a house for his sister here was because he was not in this county very often.

But Song Chaoyang's answer made some people breathe a sigh of relief.

Next, the female teachers began to imitate each other, asking Song Chaoyang, how should the dishes be made more delicious?

Even Luo Qian pointed to her plate of cucumbers and asked Song Chaoyang to comment.

Song Chaoyang was also helpless.

Finally, I decided to give Luo Qian some spicy red oil and compound red soy sauce.

This move actually made Luo Qian smile.

I didn’t refuse at all, mainly because I would bring two cups from the school dormitory later to fill them.

Others also wanted it, but Song Chaoyang didn't say anything, and they were too embarrassed.

After all, they are considered "old friends".

It can only be regarded as their first meeting.

After eating this meal, Song Chaoyang always felt like an undercurrent.

No one finished the food on the table.

To be precise, they didn't finish the food they cooked, and Song Chaoyang's food was all eaten.

By the time they finished eating, everyone patted their bellies with satisfaction.

It was really enjoyable to eat the meals cooked in one day.

Seeing Song Chaoyang and his family starting to clean up the scene, everyone else was busy helping clear the dining table.

The kitchen was immediately occupied by five teachers.

There was no room for the rest of the Song family to take action.

It's not enough to not let them do it. Everyone is scrambling for the first place, for fear of falling behind others. This is the first time that everyone has seen a customer coming to the door, so actively helping to wash and wash the pots.

The eldest sister repeatedly lamented that the quality of this teacher is very high!
Song Chaoyang went to the kitchen, got out the fish and pigs that were fed to the cat, mixed some rice and fed the cat.

After doing all this, the teachers in the kitchen have also finished their work.

Just as Song Chaoyang was sending them off, Luo Qian said that she planned to invite Song Chaoyang's family to watch a movie and let the other teachers go back to school first.

(End of this chapter)