Chapter 281: A Foreigner's Favorite Chinese Dish

The Western-style kitchen is not as clean and tidy as it is on TV.

Western-style dishes are also heavily fried, and there are many ingredients that need to be processed, so they are also full of fireworks.

It's just that most of them are made of stainless steel, and then there are not as many seasonings as in Huaguo, so it will look slightly better.

Shen Huan came to the kitchen, which was still busy, with at least five or six chefs busy making dishes.

The division of labor varies from person to person, with some specializing in frying, some cooking, some baking, and some cold cuts.

On the way in, Shen Huan thought about what to cook.

"Prepare me two pieces of chicken and hun breast, a plate of raw peanuts, a plate of dried red peppers, two green onions, and seasonings. Shen Huan said to the assistant chef who followed him proficiently in English.

Frank Rudy understood as soon as he heard it, "Are you going to be a kung pao chicken?"

"Yes!"

"As it happens, I'm also very good at making this dish. Frank Rudy said, "Why don't we each try it out and see who is more popular?"

"Good!"

Shen Huan's answer was concise and clear.

This softened Frank Rudy's face.

People like such a neat and cheerful person, and if it's procrastinating, it looks a little greasy.

There are these most common ingredients in the kitchen, and Kung Pao Chicken is also available in many Michelin-starred Western restaurants, such as this one.

When it comes to the popularity of Kung Pao Chicken in foreign countries, it is really unimaginable to Chinese people.

It's like the Chinese can't imagine how such a wonderful dish as "looking up at the stars" can become the national dish of the British.

Kung Pao Chicken comes from the sauce fried chicken of Lu cuisine, which was brought from Ludong when Ding Gongbao was transferred from Ludong Governor to Governor of Shuchuan.

However, there is still a big difference between the two.

Ding Gongbao arrived in Shuchuan, and according to the dietary characteristics of Shuchuan, chili peppers were added to increase the fragrance and taste, so it became the well-known Kung Pao chicken.

In fact, today's northern, including the Kung Pao Chicken in the south of the Yangtze River, or the original Lu cuisine's sauce fried chicken, is not the southwest generation, including the kind of Kung Pao Chicken inherited by the two lakes.

In foreign countries, Kung Pao Chicken is no longer a dish, but a cuisine, which is the Chinese version of Kung Pao Chicken, the French version of Kung Pao Chicken, and the British version of Kung Pao Chicken......

Famous dishes such as Cantonese Buddha jumping over the wall, braised sea cucumber with braised vegetables and scallions, etc., are all angry, but they are helpless.

Let's give you a few examples.

A few years ago, the foreign X Pavilion in Huajing jointly held a talent competition, and the envoys and their wives competed in cooking, but everyone only made one dish.

That's Kung Pao Chicken.

Because in their minds, Kung Pao Chicken is the No. 1 dish in China, and it is also the most well-known Chinese dish in their country.

Even more famous is what happened in September of this year in another world, which has not happened in this life.

The one from the Vatican, when he came to visit the United States, named him to eat Chinatown's "Lao Li Ji" Kung Pao Chicken.

Because 20 years ago, when he was still a bishop, when he came to the United States for exchange, he was taken by the Chinese godfather to "Lao Li Ji" to eat a bunch of Chinese dishes, among which he remembered the most impressive was the Kung Pao Chicken, and it was this dish that he never remembered.

Originally, the people of the United States said that they would invite the chef to the white house to cook it, but the one directly said, "Do you want to hang the signboard of 'Lao Li Ji' at the door of your white house?"

There was no choice but to escort him quietly to Chinatown to eat this dish of "Kung Pao Chicken", and the one was very satisfied after eating, and felt that the 20 years of longing were not in vain.

Come back to the present.

Because the ingredients were prepared quickly, Shen Huan and Frank Rudy began their own cooking.

The ways and methods of the two are of course different, but the speed is about the same.

More than ten minutes later, two dishes of Kung Pao chicken, which looked a little different in detail, were placed on the stainless steel board behind the stove.

There are only diced chicken, fried peanuts, chili peppers, and green onions on one plate.

In addition to the above, the other plate also contains chopped green peppers, carrots and cucumbers.

It seems that the first plate is a little more concise, while the second plate is more tantalizing to people's taste buds.

Because of the large portions, Frank Rudy commanded the cooks to divide the two plates of Kung Pao chicken into six small plates each.

And the number six is exactly the number of tables for guests outside.

The cooks quickly brought out the Kung Pao Chicken, which of course counted as a gift from the restaurant.

Soon there was a soft shouting outside, along with a series of "thank yous".

Foreigners may not be accustomed to eating many Chinese dishes, but Kung Pao Chicken must be something that most foreigners can eat and like to eat.

Moreover, this dish is very expensive in the country, more expensive than ordinary Chinese dishes, even if its ingredients are not special, and even chicken is cheaper than in China.

Stupid foreigners don't think there's anything wrong with it, and the best ones are definitely more expensive.

Shen Huan took off his chef's uniform, said thank you to one of the assistant chefs who had just done it, and returned to his table.

Before he sat down, he saw Lei Xiaode and the others as if they had been hungry for three days and three nights, and directly stuffed the kung pao chicken diced with a spoon into his bowl.

It's not that they learned how foreigners divide meals, it's that they are too slow to use chopsticks.

Using chopsticks to sandwich diced chicken and fried peanuts one by one is a great test of patience.

Young people happen to lack patience the most.

At the beginning, Lei Xiaode and they used chopsticks, but Xia Jiajun, the animal, directly used a spoon to scoop it, and then ate it a lot, which was so much faster, of course, that the students were not satisfied.

That's why Shen Huan saw this scene.

"Is it delicious?" asked Shen Huan as he sat down.

"Hmm...... Deceived by the ...... And step on the baa, the chicken is filled with the city to cook," Lei Xiaode's mouth was stuffed with dishes, and he said vaguely.

Fortunately, Shen Huan and he are both from Lin'an, so they understood what he said, "It's so delicious, compared with it, all I have eaten these days is pig feed." ”

The rest of the people only had time to nod, and they didn't say anything at all, or they didn't want to talk to Shen Huan at all.

I can't help it.

The table is full of wolf-like enemies, and if one is not careful, he will have to eat one less bite, and one less bite will mean that there will be more empty space in the stomach.

Think about it, it will take four or five days to return to China, and if you eat this meal today, you will have to eat bland rice food tomorrow, so why not eat more?

Forget it, it's a waste of time to talk to this group of people who seem to be hungry for three days and three nights.

Shen Huan picked up the chopsticks, took a bite of the kung pao chicken that he fried himself, and took another bite of the kung pao chicken made by Frank Rudy, and smiled slightly.

As mentioned earlier, there are many versions of Kung Pao Chicken in foreign countries, and it is actually the same in China.

This version of Frank Rudy is actually available in many parts of China.

But the most authentic Shuchuan Kung Pao chicken is that you don't need to add any side dishes, as long as the two main ingredients of diced chicken and fried peanuts are enough.

For example, carrots, cucumbers, green peppers, etc. are added to Kung Pao Chicken, many Shuchuan people have never heard of it, and this noisy crowd makes Kung Pao Chicken complicated, not as pure as before.

Shen Huan felt that his fried kung pao chicken was tender and crispy, the whole taste was salty, fresh and spicy, and the aftertaste had a hint of sweetness, which just neutralized the spicy taste of the chili pepper.

It's really a professional chef produced by a good master, and he is such a cow at the junior.

And Frank Rudy's fried kung pao chicken seems to have a little too mixed taste, because there are a lot of types, and the layers of various ingredients are not clear, so it is naturally a grade lower.

And if Shen Huan wants to say, he doesn't have his own good handling of diced chickens and peanuts, but maybe foreigners like this.

He doesn't even need to ask his classmates which plate is more delicious, Chinese people should be more accustomed to this kind of fried by themselves.

Frank Rudy is different.

He stood in the corner in a good time, waiting for the waiters to deliver the results, and then went to slap the Chinese boy in the face.

Don't think that you can't know a little cooking, in Mr. Rudy's territory, you are nothing at all, even if it is Chinese cuisine, I do better than you!

As a result, a few minutes later, the waitress ran back with a subtle gaze.

"They don't feel good, don't they?

"I didn't ...... No. The waitress replied in a whisper.

"What's the difference with what I'm doing, are these customers clear enough?" asked Frank Rudy again.

"Uh......"

The waitress was heartbroken, and said directly: "That's the case, Mr. Chef, the six tables all agreed that the plate of Kung Pao chicken fried by the Chinese teenager was the best, and when I went over, they had already finished eating." And yours, they're half left!"

"What!?" Frank Rudy's eyes widened like bull's-eyed.

"It's not that you're unpalatable, it's that they're so satisfied with it now that their stomachs can't fit it for the time being, so they'll have to eat it later!" the waitress concluded.

"No way!!!"

Frank Rudy's face was about to burst into flames, he immediately looked back at Shen Huan's table, and immediately rushed to Shen Huan's side.

"You, make another plate!" Frank Rudy, who became irritable, said to Shen Huan commandingly, "I want to see what the difference is!"

"Don't. Shen Huan said without thinking.

"I'll let you do it!!" Frank Rudy put his hand on Shen Huan's shoulders and wanted to drag him to the kitchen.

Shen Huan's hand pulled and pulled a little like lightning, and Frank Rudy covered his hand and screamed in pain.

The people in the restaurant were taken aback, both the customers and the waiters looked at this side, and several people stood up to watch.

The pain was fleeting.

After screaming for more than ten seconds, Frank Rudy suddenly found that his hand didn't hurt anymore.

He raised his hand high, not seeing the slightest scar.

After being slightly stunned, Frank Rudy looked at Shen Huan viciously again: "Why don't you do it?"

"I did it because we wanted to eat, and I'm not an employee here, so why should I do it for you?" Shen Huan looked at him, "Now you get out of the way for me, otherwise I will immediately complain that you affect our meal." ”

"You...... Ahh

The manager on duty who had just arrived, seeing that Frank Rudy wanted to get angry again, immediately motioned for a male waiter to follow him, and directly put his hands on his feet and dragged him back.

"I'm sorry, customer, I've caused you a problem, we'll take care of it right away!" shouted the manager on duty as he walked away.

"Let go of me, let go of my ......"

Frank Rudy struggled and shouted, but was helped by another waiter who dragged him directly into the kitchen.

The whole process was the same as Shen Huan's cooking just now, and Lei Xiaode and the others were all confused.

What's wrong?

Why are there so many strange things going on today?