"You help Master Ou win this game, and I help you get your wife back, how about it?"

Liao Jie was stunned for a moment, he remembered that he seemed to have answered this question.

He wanted to refuse, but when the words came to his lips, he couldn't say anything.

It's been five years, he's been running away for five years, is he really going to continue to run away?

Previously, because of the failure of his sense of taste, he still had a reason to deceive himself, but now that his sense of taste has recovered, what reason is there to continue to sink?

What exactly am I resentful?

What exactly do I want?

Liao Jie kept asking himself.

The answer was obvious, and he himself knew it all along.

"I've always regretted ......"

Liao Jie raised his reddened eyes: "I should finish making that soup yellow croaker." ”

Fei Nan understood what he meant, he didn't say that he didn't love his wife, he regretted that he had worked hard for so long, but he retreated at the last moment, not only making his efforts in vain, but also making his wife's previous sacrifice and dedication seem meaningless.

Not only was he sorry for his wife and unborn child, but he was also sorry for himself, he broke his most precious thing with his own hands.

"You still have a chance. ”

Fei Nan patted him on the shoulder, got up and walked to the kitchen, shouting, "Master Liao is going to make yellow croaker in soup!" Master Ou, do you have any fish?"

"Yes!"

Listening to the cries coming from the kitchen, Liao Jie sat at the table, his heart was in turmoil, and his hands trembled slightly.

After a long time, he took a deep breath and clenched his fists tightly.

It's been five years, and it's time to make a break.

He stood up and walked towards the kitchen, his steps steady.

In the kitchen, Fernan stood behind his desk, a brand new chef's uniform and an old wooden box in front of him.

Seeing the wooden box, Liao Jie suddenly couldn't move.

That's his kitchenware.

"Master Liao, today's things are returned to their original owners. Fernan smiled and held out his hand.

Liao Jie stroked the wooden box, raised his head, his lips trembled, but he didn't say anything, just looked at Fei Nan gratefully.

"The big yellow croaker is here!"

Ou Zhaofeng carried a large basin and put it on the table, and a large yellow croaker in the basin swam slowly, spitting bubbles.

"Please!"

O's hand was reached.

Liao Jie picked up the chef's suit, shook it open and put it on, put on the chef's hat again, and carefully stuffed his hair into the chef's hat without leaving a single gap.

Immediately, he lifted the kitchenware box, came to the sink, carefully washed his hands, and took out the kitchenware in the box one by one, cleaned it carefully, and then wiped it dry with a new rag.

As he washed, the kitchenware became smooth and bright again, and his hands became calm little by little, no longer trembling.

Looking at the way he cleaned the kitchenware, Long Kunbao was very emotional.

He's really back.

He cleans the kitchen utensils as he did back then, as seriously and meticulously.

Looking at his steady hands, Long Kunbao was a little excited.

I can finally see his knife skills again, and only with such a steady hand can he carve such a beautiful tofu carving underwater.

After cleaning the kitchenware, Liao Jie returned to the desk, and at this moment he finally had a bit of the style of a famous chef.

The big yellow croaker was swimming in the basin, and Liao Jie shook his hand above it, and it suddenly fluttered with a bang, making the water splash.

Large yellow croaker is one of the four major seafoods, the meat is firm and delicious, can be steamed or boiled, and can also be made into fish and turtles.

With the overfishing of people, its number has become smaller and smaller, and the farmed goods have gradually occupied the market, but the diners who know how to eat still regard the sea catching large yellow croaker as better.

This big yellow croaker was obviously caught from the sea, full of wildness, ready to resist at any time.

Liao Jie knew by eye that this big yellow croaker was at least three catties, which was a rare treasure.

Now is not the flood season of big yellow croaker, it is even more difficult to catch such a big big yellow croaker, if it is broken, it is undoubtedly a violent thing.

Yellow croaker in soup is a famous dish in the Manchu and Han Dynasty banquets, and it is also a kung fu dish, which is a bit similar to the fried stuffed dace in Shunde.

Stuffed dace is to remove the flesh and bones of the fish, then chop it into minced fish, stuff it into the fish, and fry it for consumption.

The soup of yellow croaker is to remove the bones of the whole fish, fry until it is set, then pour into the soup, fry it until it is set, and then thicken and pour the juice to eat.

What both have in common is that they require very delicate knife work, which cannot damage the body of the fish and is very easy to fail.

But the difficulty and value of the latter far outweigh the former.

The big yellow croaker below two catties can't be made into soup yellow croaker, one is too small, it is inconvenient to debon, and the other is not enough soup.

The big yellow croaker with soup must be at least 4 years old and weigh no less than three catties.

Even now, this level of large yellow croaker will not be less than 1,000 yuan a piece.

Liao Jie didn't rush to do it, but said bluntly to Ou Zhaofeng: "I need to borrow water Bazhen to make soup." ”

The difficulty of filling the soup yellow croaker lies in the boiling of the soup, the so-called soup is not to open the mouth of the fish and pour hot soup into it, but to boil the water Bazhen into soup jelly first, and then stuff it into the belly of the yellow croaker, and the boiling of the soup jelly is very labor-intensive.

The so-called water eight treasures are shark fin, abalone, fish lips, sea cucumbers, skirts, dried scallops, toads and pearl soup balls, half of which need to be soaked in advance.

The soup jelly must be stewed for 24 hours before the umami can be brought to the extreme.

But fortunately, Ou Zhaofeng is preparing the Manchu Han banquet, and some of these soaked materials are, and because he is preparing abalone juice and fish maw, Ou Zhaofeng just boiled a pot of abalone juice on the stove, which is useful.

All soups and dishes that focus on umami are inseparable from the shadow of dried abalone and ham, which are the base of umami.

Both of these ingredients require a long simmer to bring out the umami flavor, and they are the key to the time-consuming.

So with ready-made abalone juice, Liao Jie saved a lot of time.

The main ingredients in Ou Zhaofeng's abalone sauce are dried abalone, dried scallops and fish lips, which are the three most time-consuming ingredients, Liao Jie only needs to add the rest of the ingredients, and then use the most time-consuming simmering time of the toad as the benchmark, and then simmer for another hour and a half.

Dealing with the materials, Liao Jie was methodical, his movements were smooth, and he was not in a hurry.

Bringing the soup pot to the stove, he washed his hands again and prepared to catch the fish.

Before processing the ingredients, he poured three glasses of white wine into the basin of the big yellow croaker, and when he came back from the soup pot, the wild big yellow croaker was already dazed and drunk.

Pinching the gills of the big yellow croaker with both hands, Liao Jie lifted the big yellow croaker up with a little force.

The drunken big yellow croaker reacted half a beat slower, and only remembered to resist after leaving the water, but the slapping air was no longer as fierce as before, and the struggle was in vain.

Liao Jie took out a slender knife like a silver needle from the kitchenware box, and stabbed it directly into its brain from the gills of the big yellow croaker, and the big yellow croaker instantly whimpered and stopped moving.

Afterwards, Liao Jie took out a few strange-shaped knives from the box and began to debone the big yellow croaker.