"The semi-finals of the Huaxia Chef God Cup, the last round of the competition, start now!

"Liu Mang, do you think Shan Jian can win again?" asked Li Ruonan, who was sitting in the audience with Liu Mang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"I don't know, it's not mediocre players who can enter the semi-finals, the strength accounts for more than half, and the rest depends on luck. Liu Mang looked at Luo Badao on the stage and said.

"Then do you want Shan Jian to win, or Luo Ba to win?"

"This... That's not easy to answer. Liu Mang's expression was a little complicated: "Being able to defeat Luo Badao with my own hands has been my motivation to learn cooking for a long time, but I subconsciously don't like this person, and I don't want him to be good." ”

"Understood. ”

"The topic of today's round is - pork!" the old man announced last time, turning the disc and loudly.

"Pork, the restrictions on this topic are a bit small, and there is not much room for the players to play. Li Ruonan said.

"Not necessarily, if it were me, I'd rather get the option of the ingredients. ”

"Oh? Why?"

"Because of one ingredient, a chef can use a myriad of techniques to prepare it. On the other hand, if you only limit the technique, it will affect your performance. Liu Mang explained.

"Well, that makes sense. Li Ruonan nodded.

"Huh, Shan Jian chooses pork belly, does she want to make meatballs again?" Liu Mang guessed after seeing Shan Jian pick up a piece of pork pork belly and put it in the basket he was carrying.

"It should be, this is her strong point, the 'peeing cow ball' she made last time was good, see how she plays this time. ”

The single selection is pork belly. Luo Badao took these two assistants and brought back a big pork knuckle with a smile.

Liu Mang's guess was right, Shan Jian did make a meatball dish this time - stewed lion's head.

The lion's head dish was first produced in Huaiyang cuisine, and it is said that its "distant ancestor" is the "jumping pill burning" recorded in the "Food Classic" of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, also known as sunflower chopping meat.

According to historical records, when Emperor Yang of Sui took his concubines and concubines to take dragon boats and thousands of boats along the Universiade, he was particularly nostalgic for the four famous scenery of Yangzhou Wansong Mountain, Qiandun, Ivory Forest and Sunflower Gang.

After returning to the palace, he instructed the imperial chef to make four dishes based on the above four scenes.

Under the guidance of Yangzhou's famous chefs, the imperial chefs finally made four dishes: squirrel fish, money shrimp cakes, ivory chicken strips and sunflower chopped pork.

After Yang Guang tasted it, he was very happy, so he gave a banquet to the ministers, and for a time Huaiyang dishes poured into the government and the opposition.

In the Tang Dynasty, with the economic prosperity, the eunuchs and magnates also paid more attention to food.

Once, at the banquet of Xunguo, Wei Juyuan, a famous chef in the house, also made this famous dish in Yangzhou, sunflower chopping meat.

When this dish was served, I saw that the sunflower heart made of huge meat dumplings was exquisite, like a "lion's head".

The guests took the opportunity to persuade the wine and said: "Xun Guogong has been fighting horses for half his life, and his military exploits are brilliant, so he should wear the lion handsome seal." ”

Xun Guogong happily raised his glass and drank it all, saying, "In order to commemorate today's event, "Sunflower Chopping Meat" might as well be renamed "Lion Head".

Since then, Yangzhou has added the famous dish of "lion's head", which is stewed, braised and steamed, and is popular.

Shan Jian uses a knife to cut the pork belly into strips, and then recuts the knife into small pieces the size of pomegranate seeds.

Unlike regular meatballs, the lion's head does not need to be beaten into a meat sauce in order to make the shape of a lion's head.

One of Shan's assistants was in charge of steaming the hairy crabs, while the other began to make the broth with old hens and bone sticks.

Shan Jian's movements were very fast, and Luo Badao's side was also not slow.

He was now holding a spray gun, burning the fine hairs off the pig's knuckle with a flame.

"Is he going to make Dongpo elbow?" Li Ruonan frowned: "The two of them are now making classic dishes, and it is difficult to innovate." ”

"That's right, the reason why classic dishes are classic is because the taste and method have been basically fixed, and the diners eat an authentic one. If you are not careful, it will be self-defeating to make changes to these dishes that have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years. ”

"Isn't that a big deal?"

"Why is there no plus, the taste is not authentic is the best plus. At the end of the competition, innovation is not so important, the most important thing is to study a chef's own skills. is like Liu Rui, a person who plays tricks, and he will definitely not be able to go now. ”

"I've always wondered, is there a difference between Dongpo elbow and Dongpo meat?

"Of course, there is a difference, the main method of Dongpo meat is braised and stewed. The Dongpo elbow needs to be stewed, then put on the steamer, and finally put into the purple sand jar to simmer. After three times of deoiling, this can reach the state of fat but not greasy, poop but not rotten. Liu Mang explained in detail.

At this time, Shan Jian's pork belly filling had been cut, and she took the crab meat selected by the assistant and put it in, adding egg white, green onions, ginger ale, cooking wine, and salt......

"See, the biggest difference between the lion's head and the meatball is that you can't stir it with the filling, you can only grasp and beat it. ”

Liu Mang pointed to the stage and said to Shan Jian, who smashed the filling in the basin with a 'bang'.

"Why is that? I used to do it all with stirring. Li Ruonan was very surprised.

"Then the lion head you made is no longer worthy of its name. The authentic Huaiyang lion head, the shape is like a fist, looks like a sunflower, and it is scattered when it meets chopsticks, and it melts at the entrance. If you stir it by hand, the meat will be too tight, and the taste will obviously be much worse. ”

"No wonder, I just said, I always feel that I don't have as good as those masters. ”

"The biggest difference between Chinese food and Western food is that it pays more attention to details. In a dish, even if the ingredients are cut differently and the way the meat filling is stirred is wrong, the final effect will be completely different. ”

"Hmph, next time I'll make dessert and bread, you'll have nothing to say. Li Ruonan was a little unconvinced.

"I'm sorry, I have a big stack of books on Western cooking at home, but I'm just flipping through them. ”

"Huh, why is that?"

"Because I think it's too simple. ”

"Cut~!"

Luo Badao on the stage scraped and cleaned the pork knuckle, then carefully removed the main bones, and stewed them in the clear soup prepared by the assistant.

He wiped his hands, glanced at the audience, saw Liu Mang sitting at the bottom, and gave him a thumbs up.

"This product is starting to get back in the air. The five eyes that had been glued to Yang Yan's body happened to see it, and he couldn't help but snort.

"The grasshopper after the autumn doesn't grow long! Boss, can that kid win this game? ”

"Don't underestimate Luo Badao, I see that he is very familiar with the way he cooks this dish, he must have practiced countless times, and he has been prepared for a long time. ”

"It's not cheating again, is it?

"No, there are only a few questions on this disc, as long as he prepares a dish for each question, isn't that okay?"

"Oh, it can still be like this. Five Eyes understood.

"It's actually useless, because in the finals, it's up to the players to play, and it's all about their comprehensive ability. Let's just let him jump again. ”

Liu Mang looked at Luo Badao and said lightly.

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