Chapter 402: The Spirit of the Oil Pan
In the learning module, the instructor poured oil on the duck like a waterfall, spoonful after spoonful. Finally, he put the whole duck into the oil pan and fried it lightly. When the duck was taken out of the pan, it still had its own sugar color and had only turned slightly brown.
With just six spoonfuls of oil, the duck had turned into a deep caramel color and you could even smell its fragrance.
At this point, it's already been overblown.
Over-frying the duck and then steaming it according to the original steps is a waste of ingredients. Not only will the skin be too hard, the meat will also become dry and produce a burnt and bitter taste.
Although it hasn't reached that point yet, based on Zhao Xiaojing's experience of many failures, it is already possible to redo it.
"System, restore the scene step by step to the point where the duck is coated with sugar color and the oil is just poured on it." Zhao Xiaojing put down the spoon and directly activated the step-by-step scene restoration function of the virtual space.
【OK. 】
The moment the system responded, the surrounding scene seemed to rapidly reverse, constantly flashing back and undoing. Except for Zhao Xiaojing who was standing still, everything that Zhao Xiaojing had moved began to move, and all returned to their original positions after a second.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at the pot of oil that had just been poured in and turned on the fire again.
This time, as soon as I felt the heat, I turned down the heat to medium and put the chopsticks into the oil.
A tiny bubble emerged from the chopsticks.
Zhao Xiaojing quickly turned around, forked the duck, and poured oil on it.
One spoonful of oil, and a faint crackling sound, the song of oil and water sang feebly. Two spoonfuls of oil, and the song of oil and water continued to wane, with the sugary color of the duck unchanged. Three spoonfuls of oil, and the duck became loose and flabby, without the sudden tightening that it had experienced when the hot oil was poured on it. Four, five spoonfuls of oil, and the duck became greasy, and the oil-drenched duck looked like a duck soaked in oil. Six, seven, eight, nine spoonfuls...
Zhao Xiaojing sighed as she looked at the duck, whose color was uneven, some parts pale and some parts dull.
While Fairy Duck is difficult to make, the difficulty lies in its complexity and troublesomeness, and it's not a dish that challenges the craftsmanship in every step. However, there are a few details that do challenge the craftsmanship, and the first is the oil drizzling.
Drizzling with oil is precisely the key to making the duck tender and tasty. It is also the key to why Zhao Xiaojing can sometimes grasp the charm and practice it well and improve, but sometimes lose the touch and cannot perform stably.
Zhao Xiaojing looked carefully at the unevenly colored duck. This time it was obviously because the oil temperature was not high enough.
This won't work. If the success or failure of a dish is determined solely by the feeling of the hand, then what good will it do even if the dish is top-notch when the hand feels good? It's just luck, not your own ability.
Zhao Xiaojing made up her mind and carefully put her fingers into the oil.
When I stretched out my hand, I found that the oil was like hot water. It was slightly hot but not painful when I touched it.
"System, restore to the node just restored using step-by-step."
The scene rewinds.
Zhao Xiaojing took a look at the duck that was drenched in oil and put her fingers into the oil again.
"Hiss!" The moment Zhao Xiaojing put her fingers into the oil, she quickly pulled them out of the pot and started shaking them wildly.
It’s so hot! Much hotter than boiling water!
Zhao Xiaojing quickly ran to the sink and turned on the cold water.
The moment the cold water hit the fingers, they seemed to heat up even more intensely. At the same time, the half finger that was inserted into the oil pan turned red. It took a while for the heat to ease slightly.
As soon as Zhao Xiaojing turned off the water, she saw a circle of blisters on her fingers, and the severe pain came again.
"System, exit the virtual space!" Zhao Xiaojing shouted in pain.
The intense burning sensation on my hands disappeared instantly.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at her bedroom, raised her intact left hand and looked at it again and again, and immediately felt relieved.
It is not easy to imitate Shennong and taste hundreds of herbs, and personally feel the effects of too high and too low oil temperatures on the skin!
But think about it, as long as you exit the virtual space, all the feelings will disappear immediately. Apart from a little psychological fear, it seems nothing.
"System, restore the scene step by step to the point where the duck is coated with sugar color and the oil is poured on it." Zhao Xiaojing stared at her fingers that had been burned just now but were intact as soon as she returned to reality. She immediately regrouped, transformed into an invincible cockroach and plunged into the virtual space again.
"hiss!"
"System, restore in steps!"
"Hot, hot, hot!"
"System, restore!"
“Ahhhhhh!”
"System, return!"
…
After a while, the virtual space began to echo with Zhao Xiaojing's painful cries, who was trying to kill herself but could not really die. The system returned to the stage where the oil was not hot again and again. Then Zhao Xiaojing heated the oil again - poured the duck - was not satisfied with the pouring - tested the oil temperature with her finger to feel it; heated the oil - poured the duck - was satisfied with the pouring - tested the oil temperature with her finger to feel it.
Ding~
[Detecting the host's courage to fight, becoming more courageous as the battle progresses, the system has activated a random task.]
[Random Task: Before 4:00 PM, the host uses this method of testing the oil temperature with their hands and masters the skill of the "Drizzle" step to win a mysterious prize.]
【Please select whether to accept】
【whether】
"Yes, yes, yes!" Zhao Xiaojing took a casual look and accepted it perfunctorily.
It didn't matter whether she won the grand prize or not, it didn't matter what method she tried or whether she could put her fingers into the frying pan or not. The key was that she had clearly found the feeling last time, but she couldn't find it this time. No matter how much she practiced for a whole afternoon, the feeling was just not right, and this made Zhao Xiaojing angry.
Zhao Xiaojing went back to the front of the oil pan again, this time turning on the medium-high heat. At the same time, she inserted the chopsticks into the oil pan with her left hand, and immersed the fingers of her right hand in the oil pan every once in a while to feel it. Based on the degree of pain in her fingers, she observed the subtle changes in the chopsticks and recalled the last time she felt so painful and how the duck looked when it dripped out.
"Hiss!" Zhao Xiaojing couldn't tell how many times she had done this, but she had become afraid of putting her hand into the oil pan. However, the duck this time was the closest to the feeling she had found before, so Zhao Xiaojing gritted her teeth and stuck her fingers in to feel it more.
"System! Retreat, retreat, retreat!" Zhao Xiaojing was sweating on her forehead due to the pain, and she shouted while shaking her hands on the spot.
In a second, Zhao Xiaojing said goodbye to the stimulating burning sensation, regained her composure, turned on the medium-high heat again, put in the chopsticks, and turned down the heat as soon as the bubbles started to come out faster.
After that, when the bubbles start to increase but not yet become dense, turn down the heat again and drench the duck with oil repeatedly.
One spoonful, two spoonfuls, three spoonfuls... nine spoonfuls, ten spoonfuls... Zhao Xiaojing stared at the duck intently, as if she had entered another world, forgetting everything around her. The only thing in her eyes was the duck being drenched in oil. She quickly turned the bowl over and poured oil on it spoonful after spoonful like a waterfall.
Here we are. Zhao Xiaojing's pupils shrank, she put down the spoon with her right hand, picked up the hook with her left hand, and dipped the whole duck into the oil.
One second, two seconds, three seconds, lift it up, turn it over.
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