Chapter 447 Strength is also your own ability

"Everyone, don't worry." Facing the doubts from the audience, He Xi took the microphone back to himself, still with a kind smile. "This reminder is not only for female chefs. If we encounter a male chef who seems to have a huge difference in physical strength and needs help, we will also give him a chance. Similarly, if a female chef on stage is much stronger than the male chef, we will also pay special attention to the male chef and give him extra reminders."

"Did you hear that? Are you satisfied with what I just said about double standards?"

"Don't worry! I'll let you, the weak ones, have a chance if I see you later!"

“…”

There was another round of ridicule from the audience.

"Okay, I hope everyone can be more patient. The purpose of our blind box competition is not to compete, but to unite everyone, see more possibilities, and encourage everyone to cooperate in more clever ways."

"Now, let's turn our attention back to the competition on stage. Have you two contestants made up your minds?" He Xi handed the microphone between the two again.

"Having strength is a result of your own ability. It's not against the rules to speak based on your ability, right?" the male chef asked arrogantly.

"Thank you, host. I hope the other contestant will remember what I said." Zhao Xiaojing smiled and thanked He Xi.

"Alright, enough rambling. Chefs, please take your baskets and take your seats. I'll count down to three, and the 100-minute countdown will begin on our big screen. At the same time, the competition will officially begin!"

The male chef and Zhao Xiaojing carried vegetable baskets and stood in front of the refrigerator, one on the left and one on the right, as required, each holding a refrigerator door.

"Three, two, one!"

The two of them quickly opened their doors, and Zhao Xiaojing turned on the excellence module at the same time.

However, just as he took a look at the ingredients, the male chef suddenly took a step forward to the right, and his entire body turned sideways to the right! This meant that he was blocking Zhao Xiaojing's way, preventing her from looking at the ingredients and also preventing her from taking any ingredients!

Zhao Xiaojing narrowed her eyes, took a slow lunge, and placed her left foot in front of the male chef. She then turned her toes inward, moved her body forward, shifted her center of gravity to her left leg, then lifted her right knee and spread her palms.

The male chef had just stood firm and was reaching out proudly to take the ingredients. Although he noticed Zhao Xiaojing's actions, he didn't take it seriously because the speed and force were not very intense.

However, just as Zhao Xiaojing stood on one leg with her palms open, the male chef was suddenly bounced away by the flexible force of Zhao Xiaojing's arms, and he was forced to take three steps back!

"Damn it, I really don't want that... huh???!"

"What the hell just happened? Am I blind?"

"Was that man blocking the woman just now?"

"Is this Tai Chi? This posture is exactly the same as when my grandfather practiced Tai Chi!"

"I saw it! Just now, this man blocked this woman's way and was about to eat the food alone, but the woman pushed him away!"

"Good boy, it turns out this woman wasn't just bragging?"

"There's something to see!"

"Sister Mirror is awesome!" The audience was excited. Zhao Xiaojing clearly heard Wen Xinyuan's broken voice, and she almost lost her balance when she slowly put down her right foot.

So ostentatious!

Fortunately, Zhao Xiaojing was facing away from the audience, so she quickly adjusted her mindset to block out the noise and quickly glanced at the ingredients in the refrigerator.

"Fuck!" The male chef who had retreated three steps suddenly reacted, strode forward, and stretched out his hand to push Zhao Xiaojing away.

Zhao Xiaojing felt the palm wind from behind and immediately stepped out with her left leg. At the same time, she stretched out her hands and pulled forward along the palm of the male chef's hand, and then pushed it back.

The male chef took five steps back.

Zhao Xiaojing turned around and continued to examine the ingredients. This time, she spotted the premium ingredients at first glance, but...

Zhao Xiaojing put the special ingredient on the top of the refrigerator, the pig fat from a wild boar with excellent meat, healthy body and even texture, into the basket without saying a word.

High-quality ingredients, two portions of pork belly and one portion of cucumber. Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and accepted one piece of pork belly and one portion of cucumber.

"Teacher He, this is unfair! She took everything by herself, what else can I compete with?" After two unsuccessful attempts, the male chef instantly realized that he could not beat Zhao Xiaojing. Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing had already started to take the ingredients, he hurriedly complained to the host on the side.

"Strength is also your own ability. Speak based on your ability. It's not against the rules." He Xi smiled and retorted the original words of the male chef.

From the audience, the fat man took the lead and there was an immediate burst of warm applause.

"What's more, this female contestant didn't take away all the ingredients. It's still not too late for you to take them now." Seeing the male chef's sinister face, He Xi pointed to the refrigerator very gracefully.

When the male chef turned around, he found that there were still a lot of ingredients left in the refrigerator. It couldn't even be described as leftover. At a glance, he couldn't tell what ingredients were missing. It seemed that chicken, duck, fish and meat were all there.

When I looked again, Zhao Xiaojing had already selected the ingredients, walked to the competition area, and started processing the ingredients.

The male chef hurried back to the refrigerator and started to raid it frantically.

Zhao Xiaojing chose the third table at the back, the third from the left in the second row. After washing all the ingredients, she began preparing the dishes.

Premium lard is very versatile and can be used to make any dish, but the premium ingredient is pork belly, so you must make a pork dish, and it must be presentable.

There happened to be water chestnuts in the refrigerator, so Zhao Xiaojing decided to make lychee meat, which she was already quite skilled at.

As for the other high-end ingredient, cucumber, firstly, I didn’t want to leave it to the creepy guy, and secondly, I had plenty of time anyway, so I could carve a flower into it and arrange it on the plate, which would be the icing on the cake.

Zhao Xiaojing cut off the skin of the pork belly, along with a strip of fat under the skin, controlling the fat-to-lean ratio to 2:8, and then began to slice the pork belly.

When making this lychee meat dish, I first used pork tenderloin when I was learning from the Fujian cuisine chef in Su Yuchen's village. Later, when I got a systematic recipe, I changed to pork belly. Last time when I discussed it with Wen Xinyuan, I found out that he used pork belly.

Zhao Xiaojing tried several kinds of pork belly privately, and finally used the system recipe's two-fat and eight-lean pork belly. This way the meat is more tender and has a smoother taste due to the presence of fat.

Cut the pork belly into slightly thicker slices. Zhao Xiaojing then took out the oil-absorbing paper from under the table, gently pressed each piece of pork belly, cut it into a cross shape, and then cut it into triangular slices.

"Hmph, I'll let you do it, but you can't even grab something. Pork lard? What a petty thing you do." The wretched male chef finally selected the ingredients and deliberately walked around Zhao Xiaojing.

Zhao Xiaojing looked up and saw the wretched male chef holding a basket full of chicken, duck, fish and meat. He had emptied the refrigerator.

"You really love to take advantage. I've left so much for you, yet you're so uncouth as to waste other people's food." Zhao Xiaojing's face turned cold, she put down the kitchen knife and took a step forward.

The wretched male chef immediately retreated in panic.