Chapter 21: Golden Dumplings
"Bang, bang!!" the sound of iron rods hitting beef echoed through the hall, like the light hooves of horses falling on the stone pavement, and everyone in the hall was attracted to the young man. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
The speed of Liu Mang's hands is getting faster and faster, and the sound of tapping on the cutting board is getting louder and louder, like DJing in the Di Bar, which makes people feel the urge to sway along with the rhythm.
"Where did this kid come from, and why isn't he in your investigation?" Kim Tae-hyun, who was kneading the dough, snorted and asked the person next to him.
"President, we have collected all the information of all the Chinese cooking masters before we came, but without him, it seems that he has only recently appeared. A man wearing gold-rimmed glasses next to him said.
"It's only recently appeared?Could it be that some of the people who eat and drink are descendants?, but even so, how strong can you be at your age?" Kim Tae-hyun shook his head and sneered, and the dough gradually took shape under his hands, taking on a gold-like color.
"Boy, I will let you see the golden dumplings that were invented after more than two hundred years of research by our ancestors!"
"Boss, do you want to help?" The five-eyed ghost came over, and just now he saw Liu Mang get into Li Ruonan's car, so he followed all the way.
"No, I'm pretty much done. Liu Mang put down the iron rod, reached out and pinched a little beef sauce and rubbed it with his fingertips.
"It's done, the meat is loose and sticky, and it's ready to be filled. Liu Mang nodded, put the meat sauce into a large basin, added diced shrimp, salt, pepper, a small amount of ginger and shallots in turn, and finally sprinkled in a handful of green and yellow minced minced pieces, and stirred together.
"Boss, what is that? Is it sauerkraut?" asked Five-Eyed strangely.
"Of course not, you taste it. Liu Mang handed over the small bowl with the minced powder and said.
Wuyan pinched a little and put it in his mouth, and after tasting it, he asked with a puzzled face, "Is this tea?"
"That's right, it's not only tea, but also a special West Lake Ming Qian treasure, fortunately, the Baidai Group has a lot of money, and you can easily get anything. ”
"Tea can also be used to make dumplings, won't it be bitter?"
"Of course, in ancient times, tea was used to eat, called tea food, and it was not until the Ming Dynasty that it gradually disappeared and was replaced by drinking. I first stir-fried the tea in olive oil and soaked it several times, and it has removed its bitter taste. ”
Liu Mang spoke, but his hands didn't stop, and a pot of meat filling was quickly reconciled.
This time he used tea leaves, which was also a method he had come up with with meditation, with the help of the fragrance of tea leaves to cover up the fishy taste brought by the broth not boiling to the fire.
After the meat filling was done, he began to roll the dough, Liu Mang's method of rolling the dough was different from others, and it was created by him.
When others roll the dough, they divide the dough first, then turn the dough and roll it down with a rolling pin. But Liu Mang divided the dough with his left hand, and turned it quickly with his right hand according to the rolling pin, once the dough was put on, it soon became a dumpling wrapper with uniform size and consistent thickness.
Not only is the action fast, but also good-looking, which is dazzling.
Liu Mang's hand won bursts of applause in the hall, and all kinds of camera heads turned towards him.
"The essence of food is its taste, not acrobatics like a clown!" Seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted by the Chinese kid opposite, Kim Tae-hyun said sourly to the subordinates who helped him make dumplings together.
After the dumpling skin was rolled, Liu Mang began to wrap it, and now his action of making dumplings is more ornamental than the rolling performance just now.
As soon as the dough is placed in the left hand, the chopsticks that pick up the filling in the right hand greet it. With a slight fist of his left hand, a dumpling immediately popped out of his hand and landed on the board, like a butterfly in flight.
"Oh my God, is that handsome Chinese guy a magician? How did he do it? It's so handsome!" a blonde and blue-eyed foreign beauty on the judges' table covered her mouth with an incredible expression.
"Anna, you won't take a fancy to him, will you? I'm a classmate of the general manager of this Chinese restaurant group, and I can help you get his phone number." Another beautiful woman with black hair next to her quipped.
"Yes, Jones, I haven't dated a handsome Chinese guy yet. The blonde woman clapped her hands and laughed, and she mingled with the brunette beauty.
"This alone is more powerful than the Koreans, and although the food ultimately depends on the taste, sometimes speed is also important. Lao Wang, you see, Koreans are a team, and this young man has been a person from beginning to end, but he has not fallen behind at all. I want to try his food now. The head of a well-known domestic enterprise said to another business giant.
"Well, it makes sense, I'll just say it, those sticks still dare to run to our Lang China to pretend to be, this is not an old birthday star eating arsenic - it's a long life!"
"Haha。。。。。 ”
In the blink of an eye, the dumplings were all wrapped, and the water in the pot was boiling at this time. After Liu Mang cooked the dumplings, he gently shook the water and put them into a small cup with bone broth.
The color is pale green, like dumplings carved from the finest jadeite soaked in snow-white bone broth, verdant and pleasing to the eye.
"Okay! The Chinese contestants took the lead in completing the work!" The host saw Liu Mang finishing, and hurriedly picked up the microphone and announced.
"Oh, the Korean contestants have also finished! So let's ask the judges to taste the food made by the Chinese contestants. ”
"Wait! I protest, why do you want to taste him first?" Kim Tae-hyun suddenly raised his hand.
"Because it was the work that the Chinese contestants completed first!" The host was very surprised, not understanding how these Koreans could make such a request.
"That's not true! His soup base is boiled in advance! And our soup base is improvized, do you think that's fair?"
Why don't you say you're a bunch of people, and we're the only one with this young man?
The host secretly scolded these Koreans for being too shameless, but he didn't express it on his face, and looked at Liu Mang with some embarrassment.
"It's okay, you can let their dumplings taste first, I can wait a while. Liu Mang shrugged indifferently and said.
As soon as these words came out, half of the judges felt that Liu Mang was very generous, but the other half thought that he was a little stupid.
Because everyone knows that once a dumpling is soaked in the soup for a long time, it will affect its taste, and in this kind of competition, these subtle differences may be the difference between victory and defeat.
Kim Tae-hyun glanced at Liu Mang proudly and beckoned his subordinates to deliver the dumplings in the soup bowl to the judges.
"Acrobatic boy! Come, let you taste our Korean dumplings, let you know what real cuisine is!" Kim Taehyun brought a bowl of dumplings to Liu Mang, and said with some smugness.
Liu Mang didn't bother to refute him, picked up the soup bowl, and prepared to taste it.
Korean dumplings are different from Chinese dumplings in that they are wrapped together from both ends, and they are swollen and a bit like ingots. The soup base is also different from the common big bone white soup in China, it is light yellow and very clear, and it should be simmered over low heat throughout the whole process.
Liu Mang scooped up a dumpling with a soup spoon, the color of the dumpling was very beautiful, golden yellow, yellow and clear was very dazzling, and I didn't know what was added to the dough.
Liu Mang put it in his mouth, chewed it carefully, swallowed it, and was taken aback!
Although the behavior of these Koreans is annoying, it is undeniable that there is still some real kung fu under their hands.
This dumpling has a thin skin, but it is very firm in the mouth, and even a little springy. The soup is a clear chicken broth, and the cooking time is just right, forcing out the umami inside the chicken while removing the oiliness.
But the most brilliant thing is its filling, which is made of fine minced pork mixed with a small amount of bean sprouts and shiitake mushrooms, and after a few chews, there is a faint cooling sensation that fills the whole mouth, which is very comfortable.
Liu Mang closed his eyes and thought about it carefully, and immediately understood-it turned out to be ginseng!
The dough, soup base, and filling of this dumpling are all made with the finest ginseng.
No wonder there is such a color and such a strange taste! This time it is really a bit hanging, because the taste of this dumpling is not comparable to the jade dumplings made by myself, and it seems that I can only pin my hope on the judges' own taste.
"What's the matter, Chinese boy! You're shocked! You just admit defeat obediently!" Seeing Liu Mang stunned there, Kim Tae-hyun laughed.