Chapter 492 Who is this girl?
Five minutes are about to arrive, and all the groups are ready. They all look determined to get the ingredients they want.
The staff walked to the front and said, "Everyone get ready and start getting the ingredients!"
With the order, all the contestants rushed to the cabinet to choose the dishes. At this moment, the competition officially began!
Tong Xiayue looked at the two men who were as fast as arrows. Since they were going to make roast duck, this duck was too important!
Zhang Long is indeed a young man!
He rushed to the first one and got the duck easily!
After getting the duck, he also took some other dishes with ease!
Ren You was not to be outdone. He got a series of necessary dishes such as flour, green onions, cucumbers, etc.
Seeing the two people returning with a full load, Tong Xiayue couldn't help but want to give them a thumbs up!
After the two put the ingredients on the table, they quickly began to process the ingredients!
Tong Xiayue looked up and saw that most of the other groups should have chosen the ingredients they wanted, but there were also two groups that should not have gotten what they wanted. The bitter and resentful expressions on their faces made people feel sorry.
The duck has been cleaned, and Ren You prepared to start making it after cleaning up some of the scattered hair on it.
Tong Xiayue has her own way of making roast duck in her mind, but she also wants to see if this man who has the same idea as her will have any different methods.
Will the chef she is looking for...
Thinking of this, Tong Xiayue didn't say much, but just prepared other side dishes on the side.
Ren You looked at Tong Xiayue and said calmly: "You are also going to make roast duck. Do you blow air first or pour water first?"
Tong Xiayue was stunned when she heard his words!
These two methods were what she had in mind. How did this man know?
Seeing the surprise in her eyes, the man frowned and said, "Choose a method to do it together?"
Tong Xiayue sorted out her mood and said, "Pour water! This will be faster."
After that, she found an empty glass bottle under the table and stuffed it into the duck's stomach. The duck stood on the table like this.
Zhang Long couldn't help laughing when he saw what the two men were doing: "What are you doing? Why did
you let the duck stand up?" Tong Xiayue smiled and said: "Don't worry about us, just make your dishes well. We already have roast duck here, just make some refreshing dishes!"
Zhang Long nodded after hearing what Tong Xiayue said: "Okay! Leave it to me!"
Just when the two men went to grab the food, Tong Xiayue had already started to boil water, and now a pot of hot water has boiled.
Tong Xiayue put the duck in the basin to stand, then scooped out hot water and slowly poured it on the duck. Soon the duck skin shrank and pores appeared!
Ren You was shocked when he saw Tong Xiayue's operation. This technique is definitely not something a young girl can have. This method is very experienced!
Zhang Long couldn't help his curiosity and exclaimed in amazement when he saw their operations: "Boss Tong, this way of making roast duck is the first time I've seen it!"
At this time, the judges sitting in the front row couldn't help but be curious, and walked to the fourth group in twos and threes.
An older judge who was in the lead asked in confusion when he saw what Tong Xiayue was doing: "Boss Tong, what are you doing? Why do you have to pour boiling water on the duck?"
Tong Xiayue continued to pour the hot water slowly while explaining: "This is to prevent a lot of oil from being released when it is air-dried later."
The judges were puzzled and asked: "Do you still need to air-dry? It's only three hours, is it enough?"
Tong Xiayue was also unsure, she looked around, saw an electric fan not far away, and smiled: "Then I would like to ask everyone to help and lend us an electric fan."
The judges looked at each other . They knew Tong Xiayue’s cooking skills, and when they saw her making roast duck this time, they definitely wanted to try her dish, but they were also worried that other groups would find it unfair…
After the foreign judge learned what happened, he smiled and said, “I’m looking forward to the dish this girl cooks, and I’m sure the other groups won’t have any objections, right?”
He deliberately spoke in a loud voice, and the other groups nodded after hearing it, “It’s okay, Boss Tong, you can use it, we’ll judge by the taste!”
The players who can enter the second round are all capable, and there is no need to fuss over such a small matter!
After Tong Xiayue got the answer she wanted, she nodded to the foreign judges and said, "Thank you!"
Such an ordinary sentence in English surprised everyone present...
Zhang Long looked at Tong Xiayue with wide eyes: "Boss Tong, you also know foreign languages?!"
Ren You seemed to have never thought that there were still people in Beijing who knew English in this era...
Even if ordinary people knew English, they would not speak it so naturally.
Who is this girl?
Tong Xiayue did not care about the expressions of the people around her. While talking, she continued to work on her work.
After the judges left their group, they continued to go to other groups.
After Tong Xiayue had finished watering the duck, Ren You evenly spread the sauce he had just prepared on the duck. After letting it sit for a while, he took honey and diluted it with water, and evenly spread it on the duck.
This step is to make the skin of the roast duck crispy when it is made!
Just repeat this several times!
Then he moved the electric fan directly to the side of the table and blew it towards the duck.
If you want to make the roast duck delicious, air drying is very important!
The air drying step that originally took five or six hours, with the help of the fan, one hour is enough!
During this hour, Tong Xiayue also prepared the pancake skin for rolling the roast duck, as well as some shredded green onions and cucumbers.
Ren You also prepared sweet noodle sauce!
This is another key to making roast duck delicious!
The kitchen of National Tsing Hua University is very large and there is also an oven inside, otherwise Tong Xiayue would not dare to make roast duck...
After everything was prepared, the duck was almost dried, Ren You tested the temperature of the oven, and then put the duck in the oven to bake.
After the two of them finished all these, there was only an hour and a half left. They turned around and looked at Zhang Long. The young man's cooking skills were still good. He quickly prepared two stir-fried dishes.
One was stir-fried chicken with mushrooms, and the other was stir-fried yam with black fungus.
After the three of them finished their work, they waited for the duck to come out of the oven. There was nothing to do at the moment...
The three of them just stood aside, watching the other groups busying themselves...
It was rare to see a team that cooperated so well as they did. After they finished the work at hand, they heard the shouting and cursing coming from all around...
"What are you doing?! Can you do this?"
"Hurry up! Pour me some water!"
"Can you cook? Why am I so unlucky to be assigned to the same group with you guys?!"
"Hey hey! How could you put soy sauce in there! It's ruined! The dish is ruined!"
"With your cooking skills, how can you make it to the semi-finals? If you can't cook, just stand aside and don't get in the way here!"
"Why can't I cook? You've only been cooking for a few years! Don't blame others if you can't cook well!"
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