Chapter 51: Beginning with the Disciples
Back in the suburbs, the crown prince opened the store, and Li Haifeng got his notice to come to the store.
The two of them cleaned up, and it was almost noon.
"Haifeng, let's eat shredded potatoes at noon today, and I'll teach you how to chop vegetables. The crown prince came out with two potatoes.
"Okay!" Li Haifeng put down the rag that wiped the table, washed his hands, and followed the crown prince into the back kitchen.
In front of the vegetable mound, the crown prince stood still, holding the washed potatoes in his hand and peeling them with a paring knife, then pressing the potatoes with his left hand and slicing them with a knife with his right hand.
"When cutting vegetables, the gesture must be put right, when pressing the vegetables with your left hand, press with your fingertips, put your thumb behind your index finger, and use the joints of your fingers against the knife surface, one is to control the distance of cutting vegetables, and the other is to prevent cutting fingers. ”
While chopping vegetables, the crown prince demonstrated for Li Haifeng: "Look, once, twice, the potato slices I cut out can basically ensure the same thickness and thinness, and at the same time, my fingers are retracted, even if I miss, I won't cut my fingers." ”
"Uh-huh. Li Haifeng wrote it down carefully.
"You have to be patient at the beginning of chopping, knife skills require a lot of practice, and as you master the gestures, practice makes perfect, and then speed up. ”
After a potato is cut, the side of a row of potato slices is neatly stacked, and then the crown prince begins to shred again, the knife is not fast, but it ensures that each knife falls, the width of the potato shreds is about the same, and the thickness of a toothpick.
"Whether it is shredded potatoes or other dishes, the shape is still required when cutting, if it is home-cooked we eat it irregularly, but in the restaurant, the dish is our work and attitude, and at the same time, when a plate of regular shredded potatoes is fried, the heat is the same, and the taste will be very refreshing. ”
Li Haifeng was puzzled: "Didn't you know if you put the heat in the wok?"
The crown prince said with a smile: "The heat is about the fire, in fact, the degree of your stir-frying, if the dishes are irregular, some thick and some thin, then the thin dishes are cooked, and the thick dishes are still raw, what do you say is the taste of stir-frying." ”
Li Haifeng suddenly said: "So that's the case, I understand." ”
The crown prince nodded, and he continued to cut shredded potatoes, but this time his knife fell faster and faster, and almost in the blink of an eye, the knife in his hand even appeared phantom, as if he had several hands chopping vegetables.
Li Haifeng's pupils contracted in surprise, and his eyes widened, as if he had seen a fairy.
How can you chop vegetables so quickly, it turns out that the magic knife skills staged on TV are real......
After cutting a shredded potato, the crown prince found a stainless steel basin, took half a basin of water, put the shredded potatoes into the water, stirred slightly, and the shredded potatoes instantly scattered and bloomed, and each one was as uniform as a toothpick.
"Wow, boss, that's amazing!" Li Haifeng exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, his heart was excited, he glanced at the remaining potatoes, and was eager to try.
Seeing Li Haifeng's excited appearance, the crown prince chuckled and pointed to another potato: "You can cut this." ”
"Uh-huh. Li Haifeng took a deep breath of air, stepped forward and picked up the potato with his left hand and the knife with his right hand.
"There are two ways to hold the knife, the first is to use your index knuckle against the back of the knife, so that you can exert force. The second is to use your thumb on the back of the knife, and you can try to see which one you like to use. The crown prince taught Li Haifeng how to hold a knife, and these skills he learned from the chef in the back kitchen when he opened the shop in his previous life.
Li Haifeng tried the feel, chose the first one, and was instructed by the crown prince, and immediately felt that his grip was a lot more stable, and he was excited at the bottom of his heart, feeling that he had come to the right place, and he could learn practical things on the first day.
The knife was held correctly, and the potatoes were pressed correctly, but Li Haifeng was still unstable when cutting the potatoes, the potatoes were dangling, and the slices he cut out were also of different thicknesses.
"If the potatoes are unstable, you can slice them in advance, flatten the potatoes, and then cut them well, so that they are stable. "The Crown Prince was carefully guided.
"Okay!"
Li Haifeng tried.
Until twelve o'clock at noon, in order to let Li Haifeng find his touch, the crown prince simply moved the potato box over and let him practice.
When Liu Bingran came after class, the crown prince fried three plates of hot and sour shredded potatoes, and made a whole tomato and egg soup.
As soon as the three of them finished eating, Xiao Ling, who was in Helen's suit downstairs, came up, and her eyes lit up as soon as she came up, staring at Crown Prince Jun.
"Boss, our store manager is embarrassed to come up, I'm here to eat for her, are you welcome?"
The crown prince drank the soup and said with a smile: "If there is anything you don't welcome, say what you want to eat, if Cao Min is embarrassed, you can take it down and eat it directly." ”
Xiao Ling stood behind her hands, tilted her head and grinned: "Then let's have a steak, I want to try your steak." ”
"Okay, how familiar is it?"
"How about seven?"
"No problem! You sit and wait for a while. The crown prince stood up with a smile and walked towards the back kitchen, and when he arrived at the door of the back kitchen, he turned around and shouted, "Haifeng, come with me to take a look." ”
"Okay!" Li Haifeng stood up and followed.
When he arrived in the kitchen, the crown prince took two portions of thawed filet mignon, took out the hot oil in a cutting pan, and fried the steak on the gas stove.
"Haifeng, take two iron plates of water and wash them, and put them on the gas stove to heat them. The crown prince confessed while frying the steak.
"Okay!" Li Haifeng went to wash the iron plate.
By the time the crown prince had cooked two steaks, the iron plate had been heated.
"After the iron plate is heated, put it on a wooden tray and pay attention to the hot hands. Squeeze oil on an iron plate, sprinkle shredded onions, then fry the steak on the shredded onion, spread lettuce to decorate, and cut the tomatoes in half to decorate.
"Simple. Li Haifeng smiled, and said in his heart that Western steak was so simple, and he would do it himself in the future.
The crown prince said with an unfathomable smile: "The steps are simple, frying steak is not simple, medium rare, medium rare, medium rare, fully cooked, can you master the heat?"
Li Haifeng was stunned, it was really, how could he tell if he was familiar.
"People in our country rarely eat three points and five points, this will be said later, the most Chinese people eat is medium-rare, the two-minute cooked steak is fried on both sides, and it is good if there is blood oozing out of it, and there are fewer people who are fully cooked, after all, eating fully cooked steak is not as good as eating a fried beef tenderloin. ”
Li Haifeng nodded and wrote down the main points of the medium-rare steak.
After cutting the two steaks, the crown prince put two more tomato and egg soup in two bowls, fried shredded potatoes, and took them out with Li Haifeng.
"Okay! one for yours and one for your store manager Cao. ”
The crown prince smiled at Xiao Ling, put the dinner plate on the table, and said to Li Haifeng: "Haifeng, help your sister Xiao Ling send it down." ”
"Okay!" Li Haifeng responded.
"I'll do it too. Liu Bingran picked up the share in the crown prince's hand.
"I'll come, I'll come, Bingran, you don't have to go down. Xiao Ling happily stepped forward, picked up the plate, and didn't let Liu Bingran take over.
"Okay. Liu Bingran glanced at Crown Prince Jun and took two steps back.