Chapter 194: Being a Ruthless Cooking Stake
Lv Hongwen listened to the report and wrote down the orders in high spirits. He wrote ten portions of the dishes on separate sheets of paper, wrote the quantity directly after the name of the dish, and took it to the kitchen excitedly.
"Sister Jingzi, 3 servings of stir-fried yellow beef, 2 servings of twice-cooked pork, 2 servings of three fresh vegetables, 1 serving each of stir-fried pork with chili peppers, stir-fried yam slices, and stir-fried pork liver."
"knew!
Let's stir-fry the twice-cooked pork and yam slices first." Yun Yongyuan had just finished washing the pot. Zhao Xiaojing, standing nearby, responded after hearing the menu name, then turned around to give Yun Yongyuan instructions and continued to watch him cook.
There were not many customers at the moment, and Zhao Xiaojing still had time to give instructions. Yun Yongyuan volunteered to cook, and Zhao Xiaojing stood by as a supervisor to control the quality of the dishes.
After ruining the stir-fry once and having to redo it, Yun Yongyuan became more careful when adding seasonings, adding small amounts multiple times each time and considering the ingredients again and again, so the overall quality of the dish was acceptable.
Lu Hongwen was packing up three servings of pork trotter rice, two servings of braised pork ribs, and one serving of braised chicken with mushrooms. During this time, Su Yuchen ran in again with an order for dine-in and an order for takeout.
"Mirror, the red list is for takeout, and the white list is for dine-in.
"Little Mosquito, get another serving of beef brisket with potatoes." Su Yuchen gave two instructions before rushing out. Zhao Xiaojing glanced sideways and saw that the new order had come in with ten more meals.
"Brother Yun, just stir-fry it like this. I have two servings of twice-cooked pork and two servings of yam. I'll leave it to you."
After Zhao Xiaojing finished speaking, she heated up the oil in a pan and started cooking.
Normally the store doesn’t get busy until after six o’clock for dinner, but today with a takeout order, I could feel the workload skyrocketing before six o’clock.
Yun Yongyuan's twice-cooked pork is cooked and cut in advance, so it can be stir-fried quickly. The yam slices need to be blanched in water, so one person uses two pots, one for boiling water for blanching and the other for stir-frying.
Twice-cooked pork and stir-fried yam slices were originally Yun Yongyuan's specialties. Now, after Zhao Xiaojing's several corrections on the details, he has been able to perform them stably and is becoming more and more proficient in the cooking.
Zhao Xiaojing on the side also occupied two pots. In one pot, she was heating screw peppers, and in the other pot, she was heating up the pot with cold oil to prepare stir-fried beef.
After the oil is hot, Zhao Xiaojing put the chopped ginger, garlic, pickled pepper and chili into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant. Then she put the chopped raw beef directly into the pan and quickly stir-fried it over high heat. After 30 seconds, the beef changed color. Zhao Xiaojing moved the pan out of the flame range and quickly added salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, beef bone powder and pepper to season. She continued to stir-fry over high heat. After it completely changed color, she scooped half a spoonful of dark soy sauce and poured it along the edge of the pan. After sautéing, she added coriander stalks and stir-fried evenly with a few large stir-frys before serving.
This stir-fried yellow beef dish is completely different from the one Zhao Xiaojing prepared when she first tried it at Gushanfeng Hotel. That dish, lightly marinated for tenderness, freshness, and crispness, was a recipe where the skill of controlling the heat wasn't yet fully mastered, so the marinating technique compensated for the lack of heat and relied on seasoning for its success.
This dish was created by Zhao Xiaojing after she passed the fire training course and practiced hard in the virtual space. It is the dry and fragrant dish with beef flavor that Sun Dehai and Gu Shanfeng mentioned.
The beef fried in this way is chewy and elastic, and the taste depends entirely on the heat. If the heat is high enough, the aroma of meat, chili and coriander will be perfectly blended. If the heat is not high enough, it will be like putting seasonings on the soles of leather shoes and criticizing the guests together.
Yun Yongyuan glanced at the beef Zhao Xiaojing was stir-frying in the wok from time to time, his eyes full of amazement. Three portions of stir-fried yellow beef were fried in one wok, and the whole process took less than a minute. The mixed aroma of chili and beef after they were out of the wok distracted him from cooking.
"Brother, it's overcooked. Let's redo it." Zhao Xiaojing took out three servings of stir-fried beef and put them in the takeaway box that Lu Hongwen had already filled with rice. As she was about to wash the pot, she glanced at the stir-fried yam slices in Yun Yongyuan's pot and noticed that it was overcooked and the color of the yam had changed a little.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Junior sister, I was just watching you cooking. Make it again right away!" Yun Yongyuan turned around quickly and hurriedly scooped out the yam slices, feeling extremely annoyed.
It's such a joke. I've been in the restaurant for so long, watching the chefs cook every day and have developed an immunity to it. But when I come here, I always subconsciously think that Zhao Xiaojing is the same as me because she is young and has only been learning cooking for a short time. Then I always get slapped in the face because I'm jealous of Zhao Xiaojing's skilled cooking skills.
Yun Yongyuan pursed his lips and began to stare at his pot, trying his best to be a ruthless cooking stake.
Lu Hongwen, who was packing up the rice that had already been cooked for the two people, raised his eyes and laughed out loud when he saw this scene.
Yun Yongyuan was so embarrassed that the tips of his ears turned red.
"Xiao Wenzi, pack three more pork trotter rice and one braised pork ribs. Wait for Jingzi to finish cooking the takeaway dishes and you can go and deliver them first. There are already twenty-six orders, and we'll be quiet for a while now." Su Yuchen shouted at the door of the back kitchen.
"Okay." Lu Hongwen nodded and quickened his pace to serve out the remaining rice and pack it up. After a while, Zhao Xiaojing had finished preparing all the takeout orders and started to fry the dishes for dine-in. Yun Yongyuan's yam was also successfully cooked, and he started to make Kung Pao Chicken.
Lu Hongwen was stunned for a moment, cursed the devil's hand speed, then immediately came to his senses and caught up with the progress. After packing, with the help of Ouyang Yidan, he loaded all the food onto the stall cart and rode away.
When I came back after completing a delivery, the entire store hall was already full of customers.
"Hey, Donkey, how about the new dishes?" A regular customer with a tinfoil-curled hairstyle looked at the updated menu and portion sizes on the whiteboard, turned around and walked to the side of someone he knew, and lightly kicked the leg of the man in a flowered sweater who was eating.
The man in the flowered sweater was eating happily when he was suddenly kicked. He looked up and glared at the person. After seeing who it was, he rolled his eyes and continued to eat.
"I'm asking you!" Tin Foil Hot got excited and asked after kicking again.
The man in the flowered sweater took the time to raise his head, with a mouthful of rice still in his mouth. He chewed quickly while extending a hand and giving a thumbs-up.
Tin Foil Perm glanced at the half-full plate of rice with stir-fried pork and peppers left on the flowered sweater. The evenly fat and lean slices of meat in a sauce-colored sauce and the slightly burnt peppers from the stove were mixed together, inseparable. Half of the white rice had been soaked in the soup, while the other half was still on the edge of white and brown, refusing to give in. When he got closer, the rich spicy smell hit him in the face, faintly mixed with the aroma of meat.
Xifeitang swallowed his saliva, hesitated for two seconds, and then an idea came to him. "Beautiful lady, give me a large portion of stir-fried beef!"
"Okay, we're currently doing a Clean Plate campaign. If you finish your meal, we can give you a free side dish. May I ask..."
"Participate! I want kelp!" Before Ouyang Yidan could finish speaking, Xifeidan interrupted him.
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