Chapter 138,
This is also the key to these soup dumplings.
Of course, it might taste better if used to make soup dumplings, but the competition is important now. Su Guoer plans to add the soup dumplings to her signature dishes later, along with the soup dumplings.
In this way, a whole morning passed, and the pig skin jelly that Su Guoer had placed in the cellar was cooled into pieces. Su Guoer cut off a piece, put it in a jar, sealed it, and got up to go to the competition venue.
There are only about sixty people left in this second round of competition.
For some reason, two people were accepted as an exception, so the actual number of people competing was sixty-two. Fifteen of these sixty-two people would be selected to go to the palace to cook a meal for the emperor, and the emperor would judge the final winner of the title of God of Cooking.
The official's wishes are beyond the control of others, so the third round will definitely be fair.
But what Su Guoer is thinking about now is... how to win among these sixty-two people.
Just these soup dumplings?
Wouldn’t it be a bit embarrassing?
But... one dish per person, she has no choice now.
It doesn't matter. You have to have confidence in yourself. When Su Guoer stood in front of the stove, she was not so anxious anymore. She knew that there was no point in being anxious.
It’s better to cook properly.
As usual, after the examiner checked what everyone brought, the competition began. This time the competition lasted for two hours.
This is because some people might want to cook a large dish, such as a more complicated dish like Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. It takes time and energy to make, so the time for this second competition was deliberately extended to give the chefs the most room to perform.
What Su Guoer wants to do is not that complicated.
It is more about the skill of the hands, especially the dumpling skin, which requires some skills to be made chewy and delicious.
She first scooped a spoonful of white flour into the basin, then scooped half a spoonful of corn flour into the basin, and then poured in clean water to knead the flour into dough.
White flour is a refined flour and tastes softer, but corn flour is a whole grain flour, and adding a little bit will make the dumpling skin chewier.
When kneading the dough at the end, Su Guoer also beat half an egg white into it.
Then rub it again and again.
The dough passed through her hands thousands of times like flowers.
Until the dough becomes particularly tough, just like making hand-rolled noodles, the dough must be pressed firmly and elastically, so that the dumpling skin will have a chewy texture and can better wrap the soup inside.
Of course, just kneading the dough took her half an hour.
Next it’s time to prepare the filling.
The filling is simple. Su Guoer didn't look for shark fin, bear paw or other rare ingredients, but chose the most common and down-to-earth ingredients.
There is only minced pork, pork crispy bones, diced lotus root and some black fungus.
The ground pork is chopped into a sticky consistency, while the pork ribs are pricked in water and then chopped into the size of rice grains, so that they will be crispy when eaten.
Add some crispy lotus root cubes and a little bit of black fungus for seasoning, and this simple dumpling filling is ready.
Of course, we can’t forget the most important part of these soup dumplings, which is the pork skin jelly.
Su Guoer cut the pork skin jelly into long strips and placed them in a bowl on the side. She added some salt and pepper to the dumpling filling and started to make the dumplings with bread.
After stretching the dough, pinching it into small balls, and rolling it into round shapes, you can start wrapping them.
First, scoop half a spoonful of dumpling filling into the dumpling skin, then pinch a piece of transparent pork skin jelly and place it horizontally. After pinching it tightly, the small dumpling is done.
There were more judges this time, so Su Guoer made more dumplings, three for each person, and she made more than thirty dumplings before stopping.
Then…………
She rested her arms and looked around.
She is the fastest one in this competition, so there is still a lot of time left.
However, the rules of this competition are that if you can do it quickly, you can hand in your number plate in advance for the judges to appreciate first. The judges and a small number of spectators will score it, and the winner will be determined by the score.
The reason why Su Guoer stopped was because she knew very well that the first bird to stick its head out gets shot.
If she was the first one to cook the dish and let the judges taste it, the judges would not give her a high score because they were still looking forward to the next contestant.
After all, it’s human nature to believe that good things are yet to come.
So she won't be the first to hand in her paper.
Instead, he looked around.
Sixty-two chefs filled the entire open-air martial arts training ground in the theater with smoke and fire. Just by sniffing, you could smell the aroma of various dishes.
The smell makes your stomach growl.
I'm really hungry.
While Su Guoer was looking around, there were also diners on the second floor watching each of them and commenting on them.
"Strange, strange, really strange! When did the number of women in Bianjing increase? There are actually eight people shortlisted this time? I remember there was only one woman last time, right?"
"Really? These young ladies are so impressive nowadays. Each of them can cook as well as a chef in a restaurant. Sigh, the world is about to become a world ruled by women..."
It seemed like he was joking, and of course no one paid any attention to him. Everyone present knew that this could not happen.
"Look at Wang Qiong. In the last competition, he carved a five-clawed golden dragon, and he's carving something again this time? Doesn't he have any new tricks? What's so good about carving a white radish? He was lucky to pass the last competition, and he didn't even try something different this time?"
"But look at it? He carved a phoenix, right?"
People in the stands: "Look! Look! This time he carved a colorful phoenix!"
Everyone looked over and indeed saw Wang Qiong applying something to the carved phoenix. It looked like paint, but it wasn't paint at all. It was a rainbow of colors. The fake phoenix was so lifelike and beautiful!
Look more closely, and you will see that every feather of the phoenix reflects colorful light.
Su Guoer felt that this person could probably advance, even though the radish tasted terrible.
After all... the person who can bring the carving and painting techniques to such a pinnacle is worth keeping. No, this person's craftsmanship is worth bringing to the emperor for his appreciation.
So this person...is probably destined to stay.
Okay, one less spot.
But Su Guoer was so impressed that she had nothing to say. She looked at the other side and saw that the old man took out another unknown object. He was cutting it while crying, which made the judges who were staring at him move a little further away from him.
I couldn't help but ask, "Can this be eaten?"
Then Su Guoer saw the old man break off a piece of the purple-red thing and put it into his mouth, biting it until it was crunchy.
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