Love comes after eating halberds

"Before that, you are not allowed to lose!"

"That is for sure."

Hoshino Sora stood up as he spoke, carrying the kitchen utensil box in one hand and walking steadily from the contestant track between the moon and the sky, and came to his cooking table.

"I met Soma-kun again. Judging from your appearance, you didn't sleep last night, right?"

Looking at Yukihira Soma, who had obvious dark circles on his face, Hoshino Sora stepped forward to say hello in a familiar manner.

"I studied new dishes all night, and there are so many "chicken"-themed dishes. It would be difficult for ordinary "chicken" dishes to win.

So, I spent a night researching chicken dishes and finally decided to make "Chicken Risotto". "

“Chicken risotto?”

After hearing Soma Yukihira's words, all the audience members were stunned. The chicken risotto bento sold in a supermarket convenience store naturally came to mind, and they immediately looked disappointed.

"Of course it's not an ordinary "Chicken Risotto", it's "Yukiheiryu's Transformed Chicken Risotto". In short, you'll know it once it's made. "

Seeing Hoshino Sora's somewhat surprised expression, Souma Yukihira smiled and explained.

"Then I have to look forward to it."

Nodding his head, Hoshino Sora said seriously.

"Now that the players are ready.

Then I announce that the first game on the second day of the quarterfinals begins now! "

After a brief exchange, the atmosphere gradually settled. Rei Kawashima, who was standing near the two people, immediately picked up the microphone and spoke.

The commander-in-chief of the academy also stood up the moment Rei Kawashima finished speaking, and said in a strong voice to the audience and the two people in the field: "Let the cooking begin!"

The atmosphere team started beating gongs and drums, and Sora Hoshino returned to the cooking table the moment the gongs sounded, placed the prepared cooking materials on it, let out a long breath, and started cooking.

"This is a duel between transfer students and transfer students. There is only a three-point difference between the two in the qualifying round. It can be seen that this is a close battle!"

Holding a microphone and loudly driving the atmosphere of the scene, Kawashima Rei walked around the scene while giving explanations with a energetic smile on her face, which also made many boys in the audience go crazy.

"Kawashima Rei, Kawashima Rei, the cutest little Rei in the world."

The support cheerleaders immediately took their positions, and the shouts made the girls sitting near them look unhappy.

"Look at how that transfer student handles the chicken."

"Which transfer student? You can tell me by name. The two people present are both transfer students."

"That's it, Hoshino Sora on the right, so gorgeous! He perfectly dismembered a whole chicken in less than 2 minutes! Not a single knife was superfluous!"

"Indeed, this processing technique cannot be practiced without slaughtering a hundred and eighty chickens."

Connoisseurs will know the difference as soon as they make a move. As Hoshino Sora showed off his superb knife skills, the audience burst into applause and admiration. This is also the real highlight of the cooking competition.

The chef's operation, the deliciousness of the food, and the judges' reactions.

"There are so many chili peppers. Is that guy planning to cook Sichuan cuisine? It's a little surprising."

Looking at the chili peppers covering the table, Feng Hyuna, who was sitting in the player lounge, held her chin and whispered, with a little surprise in her eyes.

Sichuan cuisine is something from China. Can Neon people really cook it well?

If you can't cook high-quality Sichuan cuisine just by relying on recipes, then, Hoshino-kun, what kind of dishes are you going to serve in this competition?

The inheritance of cuisine requires the guidance of a master. Relying on recipes is called a wild road in the cooking world. You can make qualified dishes, but you cannot make top-notch delicious dishes.

"Kora-kun, come on!"

Looking at Sora Hoshino who was sweating hard on the field, Alice Nakiri put her hand to her mouth and shouted loudly like a trumpet.

When Shiina Mahiru and Mito Yumei saw this, they immediately raised the flags they made yesterday, and each of them waved it very hard.

Although their faces were hot and their ears were red, they acted firmly and cheered for Hoshino Sora with their actions.

"Hoshino-kun, how far can you go?"

At the entrance of the contestants' entrance, Nakiri Erina looked at Hoshino Sora and murmured to herself that the opponent's strength had exceeded her expectations, especially in the past two months, the dishes presented in the trials shocked her.

Nito Hisako stood beside him, looking at Sora Hoshino who was sweating on the playing field with complicated eyes, and at the same time silently cheered for him in his heart.

"Chicken head, chicken neck, chicken offal, chicken breast, chicken, chicken wings, chicken legs, chicken butt."

Looking at the whole chicken on the iron dinner plate, Hoshino Sora took out the chef's knife from the knife box, and then went into a deeper level of seasoning.

Pickled.

Each part requires a different marinating method, but they must be related to each other, because he is making a homemade dish, a Sichuan-style whole chicken feast.

Use different cooking methods to cook different parts of the chicken, but keep them in a harmonious rhythm in terms of overall taste, increasing the aroma layer by layer.

The difficulty is not to cook each part of the dish separately, but to make all the flavors come together in one plate to form a perfect closed loop of cooking.

After a whole night of practice, Hoshino Sora can clearly feel that his skill in using chili peppers has been significantly improved, and he also has a great understanding of the characteristics of "chicken".

Those veteran chefs with extremely rich experience must have survived night after night like him.

Set up the pot!

Chapter 13 Advance to the semi-finals! Fei Shasha’s request for help

Time passed by minute by minute, and both players were trying their best to cook.

Especially Hoshino Sora. During the two hours of cooking time, he almost never stopped moving. He was very busy coming and going, with the sound of knives and pots turning. On the other hand, Yukihira Soma's movements were orderly and reserved for himself. enough time.

"The person who finished it first is Souma Yukihira!"

Kawashima Rei's voice echoed in the venue. Hoshino Sora raised his head and saw Soma Yukihira pushing the dining cart towards the judges.

Without speaking, Hoshino Sora lowered his head and continued his cooking.

At this time, there is less than 10 minutes left before the end of the game.

"Welcome to try, Xingpingliu·Chicken Risotto!"

After putting the food covered in tin foil on the table, Soma Kohei secretly glanced at Sora Hoshino who was still cooking, and was secretly worried about him. Victory without a fight was not what he wanted to see.

"It looks like a very traditional chicken risotto."

The old man looked at the chicken risotto with his tinfoil peeled off to reveal his true appearance. His hair was gray on both sides and bald in the middle, and he held his chin and commented.

"Indeed, the appearance is very simple, but..."

I shrugged my nose, and a rich aroma lingered on the tip of my nose. This taste was very different from traditional chicken risotto. If the main flavor of traditional chicken risotto is soy sauce.

What you see in front of you is the pure fresh flavor, and the soy sauce only plays a minor supporting role.

Traditional risotto tastes salty, is dark in color, and has a lot of soup. Although it tastes delicious, its appearance affects your appetite and makes it difficult to taste elegant.

This is also the real reason why everyone expressed surprise when they learned that Yukihira Soma was going to make chicken risotto.

However, Yukihira Soma's risotto does not have the above-mentioned problems. The color is elegant and slightly yellow. Although it is risotto, it does not look messy. The various side dishes in the risotto are in order.

Obviously, before serving this dish, Yukihira Soma did a lot of polishing on the details, but these are not the key.

"Is the key point in this rice?"

Scooping up a spoonful of risotto that exuded a rich umami flavor, Nakiri Senzaemon twitched his nose twice. The taste was...chicken soup?

You can’t go wrong, in addition to the taste of chicken soup, it also contains dried beets, diced sea cucumbers, and even the aroma of ham. This recipe is Yangzhou fried rice!

No, it’s different!

Putting the risotto into your mouth, you will see that it is different from the distinct texture of Yangzhou fried rice. The texture of the risotto is slightly sticky and the core is a little hard, but it is undoubtedly cooked.

Tin foil!

The purpose of the tin foil is to spread the heat in the rice pot evenly to the entire rice grains, and to use the residual heat to allow water to easily penetrate into the rice grains, making the rice more flavorful.

This is also the fundamental reason why the rice grains are plump and hydrated. Coupled with a little saltiness, it is very different from the clear grains of Yangzhou fried rice. It is a completely different taste realm!

As he carefully tasted the food in front of him with his eyes closed, the world appeared in Nakiri Senzaemon's mind. There was a strange and bizarre feeling at the junction of the ocean world and the land world.

"This is so delicious!"

"It's completely different from traditional risotto. I was sloppy just now."

"It's such a beautiful dish. I feel like my body is getting warm after eating it. Did I add onions, garlic, and peppercorns to the chicken soup?"

"That's right, considering it's a bit cold in the morning, I added a certain amount of scallions, chopped garlic, and minced ginger to it for seasoning. If possible, please leave some of the rice to eat with the chicken and side dishes next to it."

Looking at the judges who were frantically grilling rice in front of them, Yukihira Souma pointed to the quiet chicken next to him and said, rather than risotto, chicken is the theme of this cooking competition.

"Oops, the risotto is so delicious that I forgot there was chicken on the side, but this chicken looks like it has only been simply teriyaki, and the taste is..."

"this is!"

The first judge who tasted the chicken part suddenly opened his eyes wide. The chicken that originally seemed to him to be simply stewed and then teriyaki revealed his original appearance in his mouth.

The skin of the chicken legs is browned, and then put into the miso soup made from chicken bones and beef bones. In order to make the taste of the chicken bones more prominent, the ratio of chicken bones to beef bones is strictly controlled. There is also the taste of white miso.

The result of this is that the stewed chicken legs are too delicious, so delicious that you can't stop eating them. With the rice soaked in chicken soup, the taste and flavor are further improved.

"If you can, please uncover the bowl next to it now and pour the egg yolk inside into the rice."

When he saw that there was only about a bowl of rice left on the judges' plates, Yukihira Soma suddenly spoke.

"You mean egg yolk?"

After opening the lid, the crystal clear egg yolk appeared in front of the judges. While the rice was still warm, they immediately poured it down and stirred it. The thick golden rice looked particularly attractive.

"The thick texture has raised the overall taste to a new level. I can't stop eating it. The mixed flavors are like treasure chests one after another. It's so satisfying!"

Considering that when mixing rice, the rice does not have enough calories to stimulate the aroma of the egg yolk, do you heat the egg yolk in water in advance?Not a bad idea!

“It’s really delicious!”

As the food was cleared, Nakiri Senzaemon's clothes exploded, revealing large swaths of muscles. Seeing this, people in the audience immediately started talking.

"The commander-in-chief has burst out of his clothes again. How many times has it happened? It turns out that bursting out of his clothes is so common. I thought it was a rare thing."

A first-year student in the audience spoke very puzzledly. Before he came, he had heard that it was very difficult to make the commander-in-chief explode, but now after watching a few games, it seemed that anyone could make him explode.

"You know what the heck! In previous autumn selections, the number of times the commander-in-chief broke out was rare. I don't know what happened this year, but there were so many geniuses gathered!"

The second grader next to him heard his words and immediately scolded him with a cold face. At this time, his face was full of shock. What kind of monsters are these in this class?I feel like the weakest ones were all in the top five of their class.

"Is that so? Wouldn't it be very bad for me to be in the same class as these monsters!?"

"What are you thinking about? You are not even qualified to compete with them. Guys with ordinary qualifications like us can work hard and survive until graduation. It will be great."

Seeing the horrified expressions on the faces of the first-year students next to them, the second-year students snorted disdainfully. They were born in the same era as these monsters. Come on, work hard until graduation!

"There are still 60 seconds left, but Hoshino Sora seems to have not prepared the dishes yet. According to the rules, if the dishes are not completed within the specified time, it will be deemed as a voluntary forfeit."

"What are you doing?! Hoshino, hurry up and finish the cooking and serve it!"

Seeing Hoshino Sora's movements without any anxiety, Mito Yumei shouted loudly in the stands. Now she just felt that she had difficulty breathing, and she looked even more nervous than Hoshino Sora on the stage.

"Shh, he knows what's going on."

Nakiri Alice was unexpectedly calm, stretched out her hand to make a shushing gesture, and then looked at Hoshino Sora, who was obsessed with plate arrangement.

Finally, when the ten-second countdown came, Hoshino Sora finished cooking and pushed him to the judges' seat with a cart. He didn't let out a long sigh of relief until he put the food down.

"We are really pressed for time. Let's see what kind of dishes require two hours of non-stop preparation until the last minute."

Looking at Hoshino Sora who breathed a sigh of relief, the judges on the stage couldn't help but said teasingly, and then Nu Nut's eyes focused on the covered dinner plate in front of him, and he swallowed.

Inside, there was a restless hot smell.

"It's not easy. I was really scared to death just now. I thought you were going to be disqualified from the competition because of this."

Yukihira Souma sighed beside him that he didn't like to win without a fight, as such a victory would have no value at all.

"Don't worry, everything is under control."

Hoshino Sora smiled and made an OK gesture, then took the initiative to open the lid for the judges. The rich spicy fragrance hit his face the moment he opened the lid.

Hidden behind the spicy aroma is a whole chicken feast that uses several cooking methods to form one plate, using all the contents of a chicken.

"You really...literally used a whole chicken!

However, with such a random dish, do you want to serve it as one dish, or as several dishes?Are our evaluation criteria based on one dish or by counting dishes? ! "

Looking at the food on the plate, one of the judges couldn't help but ask, although it is impressive to cook so much food in 2 hours, how should such food be evaluated?

"Since they are put together into one plate, they are naturally served as one dish, and they are indeed one dish. You will naturally know this after tasting it."