"Alright, let's have our third player of the day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info" After Ye Xi walked off the stage, Wei Tao picked up the microphone.

"This contestant is a bit special because he's not a chef, he's a fisherman. ”

"Fisherman, host, he must be very good at cooking?" Dai Jili asked curiously.

"Well, I don't know how he cooks, but there's one ingredient he's sure to be very good at. Wei Tao sold a pass.

"What kind of ingredients?"

Mr. Hou Junli, who is about to take the stage, is a master of crab breeding for many years!"

Hou Junli is a middle-aged man, with a thin body and a tanned face, and at a glance he knows that he is a person who has been working outdoors for many years.

"Hello everyone! I'm Hou Junli, from a fishing village in Jin City. ”

"Mr. Hou Junli, what kind of crab do you raise?" Wang Lanfa asked.

"I raise purple crabs in Tsu City. Hou Junli smiled innocently and replied.

"The purple crab in Jinshi is the crab that was used as a tribute in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and now it can be artificially reproduced?" Dai Jili said in surprise.

"There is no other branch, just one. "Hou Junli is very confident.

"Elder Wang, I've only eaten hairy crabs, butter crabs and all kinds of sea crabs, and this is the first time I've heard of this purple crab. Lin Tong asked curiously.

"Haha, you don't know. Purple crab is a kind of hairy leg river crab produced in the suburbs of Jin City, the big one is like a silver dollar, and the small one is like a copper coin. Every winter, they gather in the mud holes of the river embankment and must break the ice to dig up. Although this thing is small, its crab roe is unusually rich, and through the thin crab cover, it shows a layer of purple, hence the name!" Wang Lan shook his head and explained.

"That's right, because it's scarce and it's hard to keep in captivity, so it's rare for ordinary people to see it. Dai Jili also said.

"Then there is a blessing today. Lin Tong became excited.

Hou Junli took out the bamboo basket he was carrying, and then poured the crabs inside into the wooden basin.

"Wow, it's really purple!" Lin Tong glanced over the stage and exclaimed.

The crabs in the pot are much smaller than ordinary crabs, only the size of a silver dollar, and the whole body is purple, which is very beautiful.

Liu Mang knew about this kind of crab, because in the recipe that Han Shaobai handed him, there was a secret dish made with purple crabs - Seven Star Purple Crab.

The general recipe for this dish is to make purple crab processed and steamed with egg liquid. The finished dish resembles seven stars, the egg custard is white and tender, and the crab meat is fresh and fragrant.

"Today I bring you a 'Huayang Purple Crab', which is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, full of burnt aroma, and is most suitable for wine. Hou Junli said that warm water and high-concentration liquor are generally poured into the basin to choke the purple crab to death. Then remove the lid, umbilicus, cheeks, food bag, legs and claws and other dirt, and clean them.

The cleaned purple crab is stirred evenly with egg white, wet starch, flour, refined salt and other condiments, Hou Junli took a pot, poured a large amount of vegetable oil, and prepared to start frying.

This dish is very simple and can be done by almost every beginner chef, but the difficulty is that the ingredients are difficult to find, and not everyone has the opportunity to make it themselves.

The battered purple crab is fried in a pot, and the oil temperature gradually changes the color of the purple crab, and a hint of gold is smeared on the purple.

After the purple crabs are fried, Hou Junli takes them out to control the oil, leaves the remaining oil in the original pot, tempers it, stir-fries the minced green onion and ginger, cooks the wine, soy sauce and vinegar, adds the meat broth, and adds sugar.

Hou Junli's stir-fry is very simple, and even a little jerky, he can't even stir the pot, he can only stir-fry with a spatula. At first glance, it is a person who has not undergone special training and only cooks regularly at home.

After the soup in the pot boils, thicken it with wet starch, pour in the crab pieces, drizzle with pepper oil, Hou Junli pours the crab into the plate, and the dish is complete.

"Judges, please use it slowly. Hou Junli said a little shyly.

The purple crabs in the large disc formed a small mountain, and the grease on the shells of the purple crabs was shining under the illumination of the lights. After heating, the shell of the purple crab completely turns from purple to bright orange, attracting everyone's attention.

The staff divided the purple crabs into small plates and sent them to the three judges and Liu Mang.

"Looks pretty good. Lin Xiao looked at the picture on the big screen and nodded: "Although this Hou Junli has not undergone special cooking training, this dish is full of heat and looks very good." ”

"I just wonder about one thing, how did he successfully breed purple crabs? You know, the survival rate of purple crabs is very low, and it is almost impossible to raise them in captivity. Li Ruonan was very curious.

"Snakes have snake paths, rats have rat paths. There are countless strange things in this world, and it is not surprising that people can study the breeding method of purple crabs. ”

"Well, the entrance is crispy first, and then fragrant! Even the shell of the purple crab has a taste!" Dai Jili bit a purple crab in his mouth, chewing it 'rattling'.

"The crab roe is sweet and delicious, and when you suck it, it is unusually delicious, it is simply a unique taste in the world!" Wang Lan's eating method is different from Dai Jili's, he directly carefully peeled off the shell of a purple crab with his hands, and then sent it to his mouth like a snail, and sucked it heavily, and praised loudly.

Compared with hairy crabs and meat crabs, purple crabs are smaller, but the crab roe is fuller, and the shell is all over the place. It's just one bite at a time, and people can't stop. Lin Tong couldn't care about the image of a lady at the moment, and sucked the residue of a circle of crab roe from purple crabs on the side of his mouth.

Liu Mang looked at the purple crab on the plate, picked one up, and uncovered the crab cover with his hand, revealing the plump crab paste inside.

The reputation of purple crab is indeed not for nothing, its crab roe and crab paste are abundant, far more than other kinds of crabs, and the body is white and mud-free, without too many impurities.

Use chopsticks to pick up the crab paste and crab roe in the crab lid and put them into his mouth, and when the sweetness dissipates in his throat, Liu Mang nodded lightly.

This dish is better than the ingredients, not the recipe. The purple crab is very fresh, without a little muddy smell, as if it still has the fragrance of aquatic plants, which is mouth-watering.

And Hou Junli's handling of purple crabs is also very good, although it is not as good as some professional chefs, but it has a smell of wind and dust. Under the thick oil red sauce, there is also a different taste.

"Judges, can you score?" Wei Tao asked after the judges had finished eliminating a large pot of purple crabs.

"I give 8 points!"

"I give 8 points too!"

"I'll give 9 points!" Lin Tong, who scored at the end, held up the sign: "I love this dish very much, so I have to give a satisfactory score." ”

"Wow! Two 8 points plus one 9 points, this is the highest score since the show started!" Jiang Wen was a little surprised.

"Then Master Liu Mang, do you want to participate in the scoring?" Wei Tao then asked.

"I'm not involved. Liu Mang shook his head.

"Okay. It seems that our chef has not yet met his favorite dish!"