"Xiao Er, cut two catties of good beef, and the good wine will come to the altar first! Twenty chickens, peel the shell and serve it!"

What is the best book to read?

Don't say it's "Water Margin", although there are also many descriptions of drinking wine and eating meat in large bowls, but when it comes to the most detailed description of the scenes of these reckless heroes eating Haisai, it is still the first to recommend the review of "Wu Song", with a length of 600,000 words, I am afraid that the scene of Wu Erlang eating will take up 108,000 words, which is simply the first food article in China.

In fact, it is not okay to kill cattle indiscriminately in the Song Dynasty, and the reason why the authors describe it like this is only one reason, braised beef with wine, which is a perfect match in the world, and even peanuts and pig's head meat produced by Zhou Dong are still behind.

Not to mention that pigs are too ruthless now, and the price of meat is so expensive that even the big wine vat with such a price close to the people has had to raise the price of pig's head meat three times, which is close to the price of beef.

And today's easter egg is Zhou Dong's Zhang Fei beef, although a table number only provides half a catty of beef, the big wine vat is still screaming, and some people clapped the big wine vat and shouted: "Cut two catties of beef, you have to cut a thick piece of big knife!"

The person next to him smiled: "How can you sell so many catties of two catties to you, Master Xiao Zhou's craftsmanship, you will be content with half a catty."

And you won't eat it, this meat is cut too thickly, and the taste will inevitably decline, so you still have to have a big piece of thin meat, otherwise it will stuff your teeth!"

"Stuffed teeth?

Hehe, brother, you can say such things, it has exposed the essence of being a mallet.

Don't you think Zhang Fei beef is the kind of ordinary sauce beef made by a half-bottle vinegar chef? To tell you the truth, my brother and I only came back from Sichuan Province last month, and when it comes to this Zhang Fei beef, I have the most right to speak......

"You just blow it, and someone has to believe it!"

The drinkers burst into laughter, this brother is also an old guest who came over earlier, a big idler, since he came to the big wine tank, he has exposed his 'embarrassing blowing' nature, often because of bragging, he is not annoyed, next time he will blow .....

The cow whisperer listened to it a few times, but he didn't laugh with everyone, and nodded slightly: "Its skin is like a ghost, the inside color is like blood, the meat is tender and there is no residue, and it melts in the mouth. ”

"Its skin is like a ghost, and its inner color is like blood?"

Wu Ting Zeqi said: "Isn't it?

I have also been to Langzhong and eaten this so-called Zhang Fei beef, which is more tender and delicious than ordinary braised beef, and has a strange fragrance, but it is not like what you said in the third brother, right?

Could it be that this person and the third brother, you are eating authentic Zhang Fei beef, and I am not eating authentic enough?"

"That's not it...... This guest had obviously been to Langzhong, otherwise he would not have been able to say such a thing. ”

The cow whisperer smiled: "Presumably he heard these statements when he was eating Zhang Fei's beef in Langzhong."

However, according to these standards, it is difficult to find 'authentic' Zhang Fei beef even in Langzhong now, isn't it difficult for Chef Zhou?"

He is a master of braised vegetables, and the best of them is to marinate this Zhang Fei beef, but even if he can't make 'authentic' Zhang Fei beef that meets these standards, what he said just now is to talk about the ancients and scare laymen.

This has little to do with talent and hard work, the key is that although Zhang Fei's beef is known to all the braised vegetable masters, and even has the answer in Du Niang, it is one thing to know it, and it is another thing to make it, it is nothing more than because some of the details of this famous dish are difficult to control, and even the 'beggar who passed on his skills back then' said that he can only work hard to recover to ninety percent.

Wu Rongrong also said before that Zhou Dong went to Langzhong to learn how to make Zhang Fei beef, and it only took a week, and it was probably a genius to make one, he never believed that Zhou Dong could make the most authentic Zhang Fei beef, not to underestimate this young grandmaster.

Yan Xiang said: "Then according to what the third brother said, Zhou Dong's easter eggs today are not colorful?"

Haha, the dignified King of Zhou Mian, Zhou Bacchus, Zhentian Cauldron, and the young master of Huaxia Qinxing, but took out an inauthentic Zhang Fei beef as an easter egg, which is interesting. ”

He had just lost face at Zhou Dong's pet duck, and he was depressed, and now he heard that Zhou Dong couldn't make authentic Zhang Fei beef, so he naturally gloated: "Third brother, are you sure no one can make authentic Zhang Fei beef? Isn't it just a dish of braised beef, is it really so difficult?"

"It's not that it's difficult, it's that it's too cumbersome, and the details are even harder to control!"

The cow whisperer smiled: "It's impossible to say clearly in a sentence or two, wait for this flying beef to be served for a while, and I'll tell you the real thing, and you will understand why I said that." ”

Yan Xiang said with a smile: "Nacheng, this time it's up to you, brother, the face of the five brothers of our old Xionggou seems to have to rely on you to get it back." ”

Xiong Buji frowned slightly and said: "Third brother, if according to what you said, even in Langzhong, there is no more 'authentic' Zhang Fei beef, then you can't criticize Chef Zhou."

As long as his Zhang Fei beef can reach the average level of Langzhong, it is authentic,

If you take some legendary 'evaluation standards' and insist that others are not authentic enough, you can't do it yourself, and in the end you will lose our own face. ”

"Don't worry, big brother, I know it in my heart, this is at most what we brothers talk about......

After all, the standards I just mentioned have actually become legends.

The current Langzhong Zhang Fei beef is still a must-have among the braised beef in China, and it is authentic!

If Zhou Dong can achieve the average level of Langzhong, it will already be very remarkable, what qualifications do I have to blame others?"

Xiong Buer nodded: "It's good that you can think so, this time our brothers came to Chudu to fight against Chef Zhou, and it was all because I owed the Fan family a great favor, so I had to do it, in fact, I still affected the brothers......"

When a few people heard this, they hurriedly said: "Big brother, how can you talk like this, our brothers are lifelong friends, where can we talk about it?"

"Well, it's my brother's mistake, but it's also true that my brothers have worked hard for me, so I don't want you brothers to offend a diligent young grandmaster because of me, and I may even become a god chef in the future.

Entrusted by people and loyal to people, since I promised Mr. Fan, I will naturally do my best to deal with Chef Zhou, but this is a fair competition between peers, and it never involves personal grievances, no matter whether you win or lose, you and my brother are only gentlemen, not villains, and I hope everyone can remember!"

The brothers nodded again and again: "Don't worry, big brother, I understand what you mean." You can rest assured, at most, we don't know Chef Zhou, and we will never become enemies. ”

While the five brothers were gossiping, the wine and food had already been served, and the first thing that the five people's ten pairs of eyes stared at was the black flesh that was placed in the center of the table by the ten corners.

This is the famous Zhang Fei beef?

No, you can't say that Zhang Fei in the romance was born black, so you make Zhang Fei's beef look like this, right? What's more, Zhang Fei in history is not a black charcoal head, it is said that he is still a handsome guy who can write well.

This lump of meat is really black, 'Yasai cold ice iron, can be more gray than the bottom of the pot', about half a catty, and it can be faintly seen that there are fine cut marks on it.

It's not uncommon to cut the meat and then stack it back into its original shape, but it's rare to see it so delicate in a place like a large sake vat.

"Big brother, our brothers all listen to you, and we also respect Chef Zhou, a diligent young master in China, but this plate of Zhang Fei beef can't make people complain?

This black one looks like a lump of coal, and it's also for people to eat, and it's still an easter egg that many people are looking forward to?"

Yan Xiang laughed: "Third brother, you are an expert, what do you say?"

The cow whisperer has been silent and has not spoken since this plate of Zhang Fei beef was served, just staring at this plate of beef, with a very strange expression on his face.

Yan Xiangqi said: "Third brother, what's wrong with you, is this beef too poor, I don't know how to criticize it?"

The cow whisperer didn't answer, reached out and pulled the beef in front of him, lifted the chopsticks and gently flicked it.

Xiong Fuji's eyes moved, he sat opposite the cow whisperer, and saw very clearly, the third hand's hand had always been very steady, but today's hand holding the chopsticks was shaking gently.

"Wow!"

As the cow whisperer used chopsticks to push away the beef, it was as if a red sun suddenly jumped out from the depths of the Black Mountain, and what caught everyone's eyes was a dazzling red!

After being cut into slices by fine knife skills, and then re-stacked Zhang Fei's beef was scattered, everyone could see clearly, it turned out that the beef was only black as charcoal on the outside, and the beef cut on the inside was as red as blood, and the color was first-class!

"Its skin is like faint, its color is like blood, this is the real Zhang Fei beef!"

The chopsticks in the hand of the cow whisperer fell off the table unconsciously, and his voice trembled slightly: "Just like the black Zhang Fei in the legend of Romance, although his face is black, he has a heart of red and loyalty!

Speaking of the master, the five brothers of Lao Xionggou are all gloomy, although this master with the position of Huaxia God Chef has a strange temperament, even if he receives their life-saving grace, he only passes on a stunt to them, and then leaves, but it really changes their lives of wandering.

Since the master did not say goodbye, the five brothers have not been thinking about it for a day, and today they suddenly heard the master's evaluation of Zhang Fei's beef in the past, and they suddenly felt very cordial, and even with a sense of closeness to Zhou Dong, Yan Xiang said in a low voice: "It turns out that this kid is really so powerful......?"

Zhou Dong's Zhang Fei beef is bright in color, and it makes people particularly appetizing when they look at it.

The so-called 'melt in the mouth' is not like a marshmallow that melts instantly, the chewiness and tender tooth impact of beef will not be less at all, but the edge tendons in the meat have long been removed by the skillful hand, and when you bite lightly, the juice will immediately overflow, until it finally melts in the mouth, and there will be no nasty thing like stuffing teeth.

In addition, the aroma of this beef is very unique, and there is no unique 'strong body' of cattle and sheep, the smell has long been turned into a fresh fragrance in the cooking process, faintly has the smell of flowers and herbs, several brothers enjoy the delicious at the same time, they all feel a little trance, always feel that they have become a happy calf, is raising four hooves, running the endless prairie......

What is the same pattern as Wagyu beef, Kobe beef, and marble? The ingredients used by Zhou Dong may not be so noble, but the taste of this flying beef is fascinating, and he relies on superb cooking skills to shorten the distance between the ingredients.

A plate of beef was eaten clean by five people silently, and the five of them didn't speak for a long time, and there were surprises and questions in their hearts: "How did he do it?"

Sighs after sighs sounded one after another in the big wine vat, one after another, but all the diners who ate this flying beef all sighed, why is such a delicious beef just an 'easter egg'? And Master Xiao Zhou may not lay the same 'egg' every time......

"Third child, you should also know how to make this flying beef, right?

Xiong Fuji's calm temperament was also aroused by this flying beef.

The brothers are also people who have been taught by the chef, the third is proficient in braised vegetables, and is known as the 'beef king' in the three northern provinces, he doesn't believe that Zhou Dong just went to Langzhong, and he can make Zhang Fei's beef to this extent after studying for a week, but the third can't do it?

"Chef Zhou went to Langzhong, in addition to tasting Zhang Fei's beef from various families, it should be more a confirmation and confirmation of his genius idea of restoring this ancient dish!"

The cow whisperer sighed: "Zhang Fei's beef method is not a secret, but no chef before Master Xiao Zhou can completely restore this dish......"

As he spoke, he pointed to the empty dish plate and said, "Big brother, brothers, do you know why the skin of Zhang Fei's beef is dark black?"

Because this beef is different from ordinary sauce beef and braised beef, it is not only necessary to use the means of marinated sauce, but also to have the process of marinating and adding external materials.

And the most important ingredient is not a spice, but a 'herb cream'!"

"Herb Frost?"

Wu Tingze frowned and said: "Third brother, although I don't know how to marinate pork, I also know that this herb cream is another name for the ash at the bottom of the pot."

You don't mean that you need to use the bottom ash to make this flying beef, do you?"

"Hehe, the ancients used to burn the pot, so the bottom ash of the pot has the nickname of 'Baicao Frost', of course, Zhang Fei's beef cannot use any pot bottom ash, but the real Baicao Essence Cream. ”

The cow whisperer sighed: "The production process of Zhang Fei's beef is ten times more cumbersome than ordinary braised beef?

First of all, it is necessary to clean the beef with extremely clever vegetable washing techniques, not only to rub it repeatedly, squeeze out the blood stains and water, so that the meat is loose, but also to control the strength, not to damage the meat quality, but also to seal and marinate in the tank, after getting out of the tank, it is necessary to repeatedly wipe the meat surface with herb cream, and after entering the pot, it is necessary to carefully control the firepower and convert the civil and military fire 18 times......

And among these procedures, there is nothing more difficult than making this herb cream.

Herb cream is to take the essence of herbs and burn it with fire, and then the pastrami beef is formed on the surface of the beef, but which herbs should be used? Even if the recipe is given to you, how to match the dosage? When burning, which ones are placed on the surface and which ones are placed on the inside?

A hundred kinds of grass change from each other, how many kinds of changes should there be? And it also needs to be combined with the specific situation of the ingredients.

You must know that cattle are the same as people, whether each cow's temperament, living environment, growth process, and breeding period are as good as they wish, and whether the cattle are happy and happy?

And when making this flying beef, the region is different, the temperature and humidity are different, and the water quality is different, isn't these changes?

Therefore, when it comes to a dish of Zhang Fei beef, we should not only consider the change of the herbs, but also consider the 'guest change' of this species, and therefore often adjust the type and proportion of the herbs...... Is it difficult, you say?"

Wu Tingze shook his head again and again when he heard this: "Third brother, don't say it, why do I sound more difficult than I make wine?"