Chapter 307: See Egg Fried Rice Again (Part I)
"I'm announcing the rules now, that both players have to finish the dishes within the allotted time. After the completion of the pen~fun~pavilion www.biquge.info dishes will be tasted by 29 judges before voting. The judges can choose the dishes according to their preferences and do not have to consult with the other judges around them. John held up the microphone and said.
"Now the fight begins!"
"Boss, you haven't thought about what to cook yet, have you?" Wuyan saw that Liu Mang was still hesitating in front of the stove, and asked a little anxiously.
"Don't worry, I've thought about it. Liu Mang smiled slightly: "I have been struggling for the first two days, there are too many dishes that are famous in China, and this competition between Pingchuan and Sichuan is the most critical one after I came to Dongying, what should I do?"
Speaking of this, Liu Mang paused: "Now that I think clearly, the simpler something is, the stronger its vitality will be, and the more it can move people's hearts, so ......"
"So, I decided to stir up a bowl of egg fried rice for the first round. ”
"What?, egg fried rice?" and Jiro Ida exclaimed in surprise, this is too simple, right?
"Oh, boss, you want to make 'grouted egg fried rice', right?" Wuyan was not surprised, he had eaten Liu Mang's egg fried rice, it looked simple, but in fact, the method was super complicated.
To make this fried rice, you first use a syringe to pierce the suspended stock into the rice grains. The degree of complexity can only be imagined by a pervert like Liu Mang.
"No, everything has to be simplified and returned to the basics at a certain point. In fact, cooking is the same, the 'grout egg fried rice' I researched back then was opportunistic in the end, and it didn't capture the essence of Chinese cooking at all. So I wanted to try again today and stir up an even more delicious bowl of egg fried rice. ”
"Boss, support you unconditionally! Even if it's a bowl of egg fried rice, you can beat the devil on the other side!"
"Okay, help me wash the rice and cook the rice. Liu Mang nodded: "Remember, the rice should be made of Thai fragrant rice, you can wash it three times, you don't need to boil it for the time being, I have other things to put in." ”
"Understood!" Five-Eyes replied, and went about his work.
Taking advantage of the gap between the five eyes to wash rice, Liu Mang walked to the area where the ingredients were placed and began to select the ingredients.
This time, Liu Mang's egg fried rice not only wants to win this round of competition, but also wants to surpass himself a year ago, so he is more careful in the selection of ingredients.
The main ingredients of egg fried rice are eggs and rice, and the rice space is not produced, but eggs do.
The eggs were the first few Luhua chickens to put into the space, and Liu Mang had selected them yesterday. Now it's time to move from the space to the basket where the ingredients are placed, while people are not prepared.
In addition to eggs, Liu Mang also selects a live lobster in the aquarium, two palm-sized oysters, and a disc-sized abalone from wild Africa.
After selecting the ingredients, Liu Mang returned to the stove, and the five-eyed Thai fragrant rice was also ready.
"Boss, what should I do now?, have you started boiling water?" asked Five Eyes.
"Don't worry, you help me kill the lobster first, as long as the tail piece of clean meat. I'll handle the abalone and oysters. ”
"Understood. Five-Eyes nodded, carrying the lobster to the water platform.
Liu Mang took out a knife, pried open the shell of the abalone and oysters, took out the meat inside, and cleaned it.
Oysters and abalone are shellfish, and they are often eaten raw because they are not very tasty and do not smell like the sea.
Once the abalone and oysters are processed, Liu Mang slices them and sets them aside for later use.
The five-eyed lobster was also processed, and Liu Mang took the piece of net meat at the tail and cut it into thumb-thick dices.
"Boss, do you still need seafood to make egg fried rice?" Five Eyes was a little strange: "Is it seafood fried rice?"
"Of course not, lobster, abalone, oysters, are all used to cook rice, to add umami to the rice. I'll throw it away later. Liu Mang explained.
"Good boy, this bowl of fried rice is expensive!" Wu Jing stuck out her tongue.
"You don't get tired of eating it, you don't get tired of it! Rice and eggs, even if the chef's skills are excellent, it tastes just like that. ”
Liu Mang took a clay pot and put a layer of washed Thai rice, then a layer of lobster, abalone, and oysters, and then another layer of rice.
"The advantage of this is that the rice grains can absorb the flavor of the seafood evenly. This method is simpler and more natural than using soup to grout the rice grains. ”
After Taimi finished, Liu Mang added mineral water, which did not reach the first joint of his fingers, and then put it on the stove and boiled it.
"Huh, that Pingchuan is also cooking, what does he want to do?" The rice was cooked on the stove, Liu Mang was idle, he glanced at the opposite side, and said.
"Oh, I think I want to make sushi, it seems that he and Liu Mangjun want to go together and use seemingly simple dishes to win. Jiro Ida said.
"No, what Hirakawa is good at is 'soul cuisine', doesn't this kind of cuisine have to add all kinds of strange ingredients?
"Oh my God, I'm not mistaken, isn't that the fruit of the chicken mother's pearl?" Ida Jiro suddenly exclaimed: "This is highly poisonous, does he want to use this for cooking?"
"What is that?" Liu Mang looked across and found that Pingchuan was putting a kind of red, pea-sized seed into a mashing bowl, ready to be crushed into minced pieces.
"Hen beads are also known as beauty beans, acacia beans. Its seeds contain a protein called hen bead toxin, which is so toxic that it can poison and even kill if ingested. Before I learned to cook with my father, I worked at Dongying Customs for a while, and the customs strictly banned this plant from entering the country, so I knew it. Jiro Ida explained.
"Pingchuan Ran, there should be a way to get rid of this toxin, if he eats someone to death, then he will play. Liu Mang's eyes became solemn.
"If you can control the amount of highly toxic plant toxins and use them for your own use, why does this Pingchuan mess have to be a chef and harm others? Wouldn't it be better to be a botanist?" said Five-Eyes resentfully.
"Is there anything special about this plant besides being highly poisonous?" Liu Mang then asked.
"Well, my colleagues and I once seized a person who had brought hen beads into the country. In addition to the beautiful color, the smell is also very good, and it has a feeling of drowsiness. Jiro Ida thought for a moment and replied.
"It seems that he wants to transfer that feeling to the dishes. Liu Mang nodded thoughtfully: "Regardless of him, let's just do our best." This method of Pingchuan Chaos has seriously violated the original meaning of food. ”