Chapter 448: See why you are making lard for no reason!
"Haha." Zhao Xiaojing didn't intend to do anything. Seeing that he was in a panic, she smiled at him and returned to her table.
"Hahahahaha, he's a coward!"
"Hey, why are you scared so quickly? Come on, brother, why are you afraid of her? I can't kill you!"
"Yeah, she has no background or connections, how dare she beat you to death?"
Fatty and Wen Xinyuan watched the entire scene from the audience, each one more arrogant than the other and laughed at them.
The wretched male chef could no longer hold back his pride, so he lowered his head and ran dejectedly to the table in front of Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing glanced and saw two judges drinking tea and looking at her with a smile. Her heart skipped a beat and she quickly lowered her head to continue preparing the food.
It's still awkward to bully someone in front of two big guys.
But as soon as I picked up the knife, these awkward feelings disappeared immediately.
Cut half of the water chestnut into small pieces, just enough to cover the triangular slices of meat. Cut the other half in half and trim them into large oval pieces.
Then cut the scallions and ginger into large pieces, cut the scallions into small sections, cut the garlic into small pieces, and cut the lard into small pieces of the same size.
Then boil a pot of water...
"Please welcome the fourth group of contestants!" Ten minutes passed unknowingly, and Jing Ziheng and the girl came on stage.
"Another rare female chef. Do you two have a good communication strategy?"
After Zhao Xiaojing's round, when He Xi asked again, no one in the audience raised any objections.
"Communication is complete! Chef Jing Ziheng is so handsome, he won't be like the guy just now, we can start now!" The girl was quite unrestrained, but Jing Ziheng lowered his head in embarrassment, causing laughter from the audience.
After opening the refrigerator, Zhao Xiaojing took the time to look up at the quality inspection module and found that the special ingredient this time was a bunch of coriander.
And probably because there was only one handful and it only counted as auxiliary ingredients, the two of them had already split it in half and each got half. I don't know if they recognized it or not.
The performance of these two people was exemplary. After opening the refrigerator, they did not rush to grab the ingredients immediately. Instead, they chatted for a while before starting to take their own things. For example, for things like coriander, which no one person could use up anyway, they each took half. In short, it was quite harmonious.
After learning that the premium ingredient was coriander, Zhao Xiaojing made a bold guess.
But now I have already surpassed him, so there is no need for it for the time being.
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at Guan Yingxia and the other two in the contestant seat, thought that there should still be time, so she lowered her head and began to blanch the pork fat.
Before the water in the pot boiled, Zhao Xiaojing poured in the chopped large pieces of green onion, ginger, peppercorns, and Huadiao wine. After waiting for the water to boil, she cooked it for another three or two minutes. When she thought that the flavor of the ingredients had all entered the water, she used a colander to scoop out all the ingredients.
Then put the cut pork fat into small pieces directly into the pot.
Since you are only making one dish, you don't need too much lard. Zhao Xiaojing adheres to the principle of not wasting anything, so she divides the pork lard into four parts. Therefore, the amount of lard in the pot is only the size of a fist, and water and deodorizing ingredients are also added according to the proportion.
After blanching for about half a minute, Zhao Xiaojing took out all the small pieces of lard and rinsed them in warm water. After rinsing twice, the water became clear. Zhao Xiaojing poured the lard back into the pot, added water and began to boil lard.
"Good job!" The girl in the same group with Jing Ziheng also chose a table at the back of the fourth group. As she walked past Zhao Xiaojing, she praised her in a low voice and gave her a thumbs up.
Zhao Xiaojing looked up and smiled at her.
In a blink of an eye, the pot boiled over high heat. Zhao Xiaojing stirred it slightly to ensure even heating in the pot, then turned the heat to medium and simmered it slowly.
While the soup was cooking, Zhao Xiaojing began to pickle the lychee flesh.
Take out a small bowl for mixing, add red yeast rice, salt, and wine lees, then add triangular slices of meat and large oval pieces of water chestnuts and stir to color them. When the color of the meat slices and lychees turns into a uniform dark red, add starch, a little water, and a little cooking oil, mix well, and set aside.
After marinating the meat slices, the lard liquid in the pot has turned into a clear color. Zhao Xiaojing took off her gloves and stirred the lard again until the lard gradually overflowed. When the oil level was higher than the material level, Zhao Xiaojing added large pieces of green onion, ginger, and half a star anise again.
Then put on gloves again and start wrapping the lychee meat.
Pour out a little cornstarch and place the marinated meat slices and unmarinated small pieces of water chestnuts next to them.
Then dip the small piece of water chestnut in a little cornstarch, put the cut of the triangular meat slice upwards, and then wrap the small piece of water chestnut dipped in cornstarch in it, roll it upside down, and place it on a plate to set after rolling it into the shape of a lychee.
After wrapping all the lychee meat, the lard in the pot has turned into a light golden color, and the green onions and ginger put into the pot have also been coated with a layer of gold by the oil temperature.
Zhao Xiaojing immediately turned off the fire, leaving the residual heat in the oil to continue frying the pork fat, which had shrunk by half. Then she set up another pot, poured in oil, turned on the fire, and prepared to fry the lychee meat.
It would take a while for the oil to heat up. Zhao Xiaojing raised her head and was about to take a break when she saw several strange gazes from all around her being cast at her.
Zhao Xiaojing looked around and confirmed that the contestants in the front row who were cooking and looking back were looking at her. Then she turned her head and looked at the girl in the fourth group in the same row with her in confusion. "What's wrong? What are you all looking at?"
"Look at you, why are you boiling lard for no reason? The lard smells so good!" The girl sniffed and glanced at the pot next to Zhao Xiaojing.
Zhao Xiaojing was stunned and couldn't help but sniff and take a few deep breaths.
Wow, this little smell is really delicious!
I ignored it when I was making it myself just now, but now I realize that the fragrance is so disturbing.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled grimly, looked up at the fume extraction equipment in the studio, and then looked at the audience seats.
There was no reaction from the audience. He Xi, who was a little further away, and the new contestant on the stage did not have any special reaction either. It seemed that Bai Tao's range hood equipment was quite good, and it absorbed the fumes and smells quite cleanly, so the fragrance only spread in this small area of the release area, and only disturbed the contestants in the same competition.
Looking down again, the remaining lard residue in the pot had already turned golden brown.
Zhao Xiaojing hurriedly picked out the green onions, ginger and star anise, scooped up the lard residue, and poured the lard into a small bowl on the side.
At this time, the oil in another pot began to smoke slightly. Zhao Xiaojing stuck her chopsticks in to test it. Seeing dense small bubbles rising rapidly, she turned down the heat and began to put the lychee flesh in one by one.
After all the lychee flesh was put in, more dense small bubbles continued to rise, creating layers of ripples on the entire surface of the oil.
Zhao Xiaojing did not rush to stir it, but stared at the pot intently while shaking it gently.
When the bubbles on the surface of the lychee flesh became larger and the ripples became slightly more violent, Zhao Xiaojing gently pushed with chopsticks, allowing the lychee flesh in the pot to naturally disperse one by one.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
