Chapter 471: Extra Income
Almost all the ingredients in the two people's bags were included in the list that Zhao Xiaojing bought. They were some common ingredients for making broth, such as chicken, duck, large bones, dried fish, as well as some dried vegetables, glutinous rice and other things that needed to be soaked in advance. The only difference was that the quality of the ingredients they bought was lower than what Zhao Xiaojing brought back, and it took longer.
Zhao Xiaojing withdrew her gaze and was just worrying about whether the efficiency of the two would affect the team's total score, whether she should take the initiative to buy groceries for them tomorrow, and whether the two would be arrogant if she took the initiative to buy groceries for them. Then Gu Yanghui walked over with a smile.
"Deputy Captain, we're all on the same team. You're going to have to make the braising liquid. Could you help us with some of the cold dishes later when we're braising them? There are only two of us here, so making a single braising liquid wouldn't be cost-effective... Or maybe you could lend us the braising liquid and we can make our own."
Oh my god, I just wanted to take advantage of Nian Fusheng and Mo Feixiang’s arrangement for free, and now it’s my turn?
Zhao Xiaojing slowly turned her head and looked at Gu Yanghui carefully from top to bottom.
This face is not only thick-skinned, but also changeable. Look at this polite look, it is completely different from the stubborn look when they were arguing about grouping.
"I can help you. I can braise it for you in one step. Just give me five points." The sugar color in the pot had begun to bubble. Zhao Xiaojing turned around, staring at the state of the sugar color in the pot, and quickly stirred it evenly with a large spoon.
"Deputy Captain, you need to braise your own food too. Just put it in the pot and blanch it. I can do it myself. You just put it in. It's just a piece of cake. It doesn't take much effort... You see, we are all on the same team. If you need anything, just tell me directly. I will definitely help if I can."
"Braising food doesn't take much effort, but there are only eight of us, so we have to do the work of ten. Add in your little help, and I have to do the work of twelve." Zhao Xiaojing's hands kept moving, with a hint of connotation. At the end, it was as if she suddenly remembered, "Oh, Captain Gu, you're welcome. Now you are the captain too, and we are not completely on the same team. After all, I still rely on you to assign tasks. As long as you give me reasonable tasks, you can come to me if you need anything. I will definitely do my best for you."
Gu Yanghui was once again met with disapproval, but he continued to politely smile, "Five points is a bit too much, how about two points?"
"Three points. You prepare the ingredients, and I'll just braise it according to my own standards, that's fine. Of course, if you're not satisfied with the result, you don't have to. I can buy the ingredients for you."
The sugar color had reached the critical value, Zhao Xiaojing quickly turned off the fire and continued to stir with a large spoon.
Gu Yanghui stared at the candy color in Zhao Xiaojing's pot, lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. Finally, he gritted his teeth and nodded.
"By the way, it seems that your efficiency in buying groceries is quite low. If necessary, I can do it for you tomorrow morning. I am quite good at picking vegetables, and it will only cost one cent." Zhao Xiaojing added happily after the braised food business was concluded.
"No need. I'll prepare the braised dishes and give them to you." Gu Yanghui's mouth twitched, as if he was afraid that Zhao Xiaojing would continue to ask for a share. After saying that, he turned around and left.
Zhao Xiaojing looked at Gu Yanghui's back, turned her head and winked at the fat man cunningly.
She and the fat man had originally agreed to share the braised dishes for two points, but she just couldn't stand Gu Yanghui's self-righteous attitude of wanting to get something for free, so she deliberately raised the price to embarrass him for a while. Unexpectedly, he actually agreed.
Although it's only one cent more, it's extra money, so every cent counts. Besides, the fat guy hasn't earned it yet.
As for buying groceries, she can guarantee that every penny you spend is worth it. What she buys is definitely the best in the market. Not asking her to buy them would be the biggest loss.
"You are so cunning!" The fat man said in a low voice while secretly giving a thumbs up.
Zhao Xiaojing smiled, divided the fried sugar-colored water into two bowls, gave one bowl to the fat man, and continued to prepare the red yeast rice water.
The fat man took the syrup and put it aside, put the elbow and big bone into the pressure cooker, took out the pork belly from the bag, washed it, and took out a basin of ice water that had been frozen in advance from the refrigerator and soaked the pork belly in it.
Next came the squab. As soon as the fat man picked up the squab, he couldn't help but turn his head and praise Zhao Xiaojing again.
He only wanted plump, live squabs around 20 days old, or freshly slaughtered. Freshly slaughtered squabs required bleeding from the cervical vertebrae, scalding in water below 80 degrees Celsius, not opening the abdomen, and leaving the head and feet intact. He initially thought finding one would be difficult in this unfamiliar city, where squab wasn't widely eaten, so he held out little hope. He simply asked Zhao Xiaojing to ask around for pigeons. If they said they didn't have any, he'd immediately consider squabs as an alternative and have his teammates prepare their secret stir-fried pigeon recipe.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaojing was quite efficient. Not only did she come back just in time, but when he opened the bag, he saw ten beautiful pigeons that had been slaughtered according to his requirements.
"Sister, this is amazing! You can become a buyer even if you don't work as a chef, and you can even get a high-paying job!"
"I was lucky. I happened to see a place where live poultry were slaughtered while I was wandering around." Zhao Xiaojing smiled and was falsely modest again.
As Zhao Xiaojing finished preparing the red yeast rice water, the fat man carefully cut the pigeon open, removed the lymph nodes, performed a caesarean section, and took out all the internal organs. He then cut off the wing tips and claws, washed the pigeon, drained the water, and began to prepare the marinade.
The fat man wants to make glazed pigeon, a Cantonese dish that is extremely delicious and has a crispy and transparent shell like glaze after being roasted, and juicy inside.
This glazed pigeon takes twelve hours to marinate, three hours to air dry at low temperature, and another twelve hours to air dry again with glass water. After a full twenty-seven hours of brewing, it is finally fried to achieve a crispy skin like glazed pigeon with a juicy taste.
This squab dish was not originally intended to be included in the banquet menu. Firstly, it was difficult to find the raw materials in places where squab was not often eaten. Secondly, it was labor-intensive and time-consuming, and if any step went wrong, it could easily lead to failure.
But there is no seafood on the Hua Hao Yue Yuan table, and the price of Jiangnan Baihua Chicken is not high enough. This glazed pigeon is the most suitable dish, which is worth the price and also covers the cost.
After all, as the saying goes, one pigeon is better than nine chickens, and no feast can be complete without pigeons.
The fat man evenly mixed salt, sugar, thirteen spices, and homemade five-spice powder which was simply a mixture of several powders. After tasting it, he put one of the pigeons into a new basin, held the pigeon with his left hand, pinched a handful of the mixed powder with his right hand, reached into the pigeon's abdominal cavity, and smeared the powder on the inside of the pigeon.
After applying the powder to one pigeon, take out a new one from the basin and continue applying it until the inner walls of all ten pigeons are completely coated. Then slowly sprinkle the remaining powder on the pigeon's skin, rub it carefully, and apply it evenly.
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