newbobooks Chapter 340 Prophet!
Chapter 340 Prophet!
A pot of sour soup was quickly cooked. Zhao Xiaojing stopped Wan Yuyue and Yun Yongyuan who were cutting vegetables and asked them to watch while she started to make the egg batter.
"This thick egg batter is the key to making a good pot-roasted pork elbow. The batter of the pork elbow that Comb brought back last time was not fluffy enough and not fragrant enough. Please watch me carefully as I do this."
"You only need to add half a bottle cap of cooking wine. You must brew cooking wine. Brewed cooking wine tastes better and more fragrant. You can't add too much. If you add too much, it will taste bitter and the fried food will be too mushy."
"Not only should you apply oil to the bottom of the pan, but adding two drops of oil to the batter will make it more adherent and smooth. Don't underestimate the effect of just two drops."
"This batter cannot have any bubbles or lumps, otherwise it won't look good when fried. This dish requires it to be pleasing to the eye and neat and tidy."
Zhao Xiaojing was reciting while practicing with her hands. Wan Yuyue, who was standing next to her, had her eyes as big as eggs. She wanted to speak several times but didn't dare to interrupt.
"Brother, turn off the fire. The elbow has been steamed for enough time."
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the clock while beating the egg batter at high speed, and said while looking at the steamer.
"Okay, okay." Yun Yongyuan woke up as if from a dream.
“Just open the lid and don’t simmer. Otherwise, the elbow will be too soft and melt in your mouth and lose its taste.” Zhao Xiaojing added quickly when she saw that Yun Yongyuan only turned off the fire without opening the lid.
"well."
"It's fine to this extent, then we grease the plate with oil and spread the batter on the plate, so that it will be more even and look good."
"Pay attention to the oil temperature, it can't be too high. First, set the shape, then control it, and then half-fry and half-deep-fry."
"Then cut it into slices and add some leaves to decorate it, but don't use the edges or corners."
The pork elbow was out of the pot, and Zhao Xiaojing sliced it delicately and arranged it on a plate. Yun Yongyuan, immersed in shock, subconsciously picked up the cut scraps and tasted a piece.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled and said nothing. Seeing this, Wan Yuyue also picked up a piece.
"Why aren't you talking? I'm still practicing with this pork elbow, and I haven't mastered it very well yet. I also turned up the fire a little too high just now. Did I over-steam it?" Zhao Xiaojing felt a little nervous when she saw that the two of them remained silent after tasting the food.
She had been practicing hard to make this dish since she got the recipe, and it was only recently that she was able to make it somewhat decently, and only then did she dare to teach the two of them.
Is it still too early, and they noticed something was wrong in one bite?
"Not good at mastering it?"
"Oversteamed?"
Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue both looked strange.
"What, what happened?" Zhao Xiaojing was nervous for no reason.
“Junior sister, you started trying to make this dish after Sister Shuzi bought a pot to roast pork pork elbows a few years ago, right?” Yun Yongyuan asked.
"Correct."
"It's less than two months..." Wan Yuyue murmured in a low voice, looking at the finished elbow again and then at Zhao Xiaojing.
"It's been less than two months, and you've come up with a famous dish?!"
"And it's better than the one that Sister Comb bought from the Shandong restaurant?!"
"Uh, this..." Zhao Xiaojing awkwardly tucked her hair behind her ears. It turned out that she was wrong. Was the progress too fast?
"In fact, I met two chefs at Suozi's house, and asked them for advice. We figured it out together, and then I kept practicing on my own. I also made pork elbows quite a lot, so I have some experience..."
“Junior sister, even so, being able to cook a famous dish so well in less than two months is something that ordinary chefs can never do. Not to mention figuring it out with consulting other chefs, even if there is a master teaching you, he can never do it to your level. The style you talked while cooking just now was almost the same as your master’s. You can do it so freely in less than two months...Junior sister, you are definitely not an ordinary person!” Yun Yongyuan said seriously.
Zhao Xiaojing's eyelids jumped. A prophet? Her secret was discovered?
"Yes, you are a genius!" Wan Yuyue said passionately.
"You must be the reincarnation of the God of Cooking!" Yun Yongyuan's blood boiled.
"..." Zhao Xiaojing was speechless for a while, and her heart dropped to the ground. "When did you two become infected with the problem of middle school students? Chat with Xiao Wanzi less recently!"
“No, Junior Sister!” Yun Yongyuan became anxious when he saw Zhao Xiaojing’s reaction. “Junior Sister, we are serious. Let’s not talk about those far away. Take Junior Sister Wan and I for example. We started to learn from you as soon as we came to the store. You never hide anything from us and taught us almost everything by hand.
I have been working in the store for nearly half a year now, but you see, I only cook stir-fried dishes, just those few dishes. I have been practicing every day for the past six months, and only now can my stir-fried beef be served to customers, and I still need to practice how to make the stir-fried pork liver.
Junior Sister Wan is more talented than me, but she has been here for a short time. She can only cook half of the dishes now. She doesn't dare to cook the other half without you by her side. The two of us are already considered to be talented and perseverant in the restaurant."
"Yes! I'll testify!" Wan Yuyue nodded like a rattle.
"But you are different. I heard that you learned cooking even less time than the two of us. Before I met you, the master always used you to spur us on, saying that if we learned to flip the wok in one month, we could become a master in two months. Before I met you, we all privately said that the master must have made up a story to fool us. There can't be such a person in the world. If there really is such a person, then he must not be a normal person. He must have been reincarnated with the memories of his previous life and some kind of system..."
Prophet! Zhao Xiaojing screamed inwardly, the masses really have sharp eyes! Before they even met, 9% of her background had been guessed!
Yun Yongyuan kept talking, "If you had gone to Master Gu's restaurant earlier with your talent, he would have given up his job as a chef and would have tried his best to keep you here. Junior Sister Wan and I are not complimenting you, but you really have the potential, and you have more potential than any other master or apprentice we have ever seen! Junior Sister, you can definitely go further, and don't waste this potential. Keep working hard and move towards a bigger and more distant world of gourmet food."
“Senior Brother, although, you are being immature again…” Wan Yuyue interjected weakly.
Zhao Xiaojing's originally excited feeling was instantly broken, and she held back her laughter for a long time before she became serious.
"Brother Yun, I know what you mean. I won't waste my time, but I've actually put in a lot of effort behind the scenes that no one else can see. It's not all... talent." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head, thinking of the time she had spent in the virtual space that was thousands of times longer than in reality. "Not only me, you will also go on a bigger and farther path. We will make progress together."
"Good!" Wan Yuyue grinned and clapped cooperatively.
The serious atmosphere collapsed again.