What Ning Xi taught You Zhenniang to make was a particularly famous dish at the folk wedding banquet in later generations - Huanxi Overlord Face.

The so-called "Huanxi Overlord Face" is actually a whole pig's head, because the pig's head jujube is red and oily, squinting and grinning, it looks like a laughing appearance, hence the name.

Due to the urgency of time, there are no raw materials for Ning Xi to demonstrate to her, so the so-called teaching her to do it is actually just to tell her the specific method, as for whether she can understand it, and what Cheng Dù can she do, it is her own business.

If the pig is full of food and drink all day, leisurely, then its facial skin and muscles will naturally show a joyful demeanor, so that the finished product can have the essence of "joy".

After selecting the pig's head, the pig's head and pig's ears should be scraped clean, and then the knife should be split from the middle of the jaw, but the facial skin should be connected and not cut off. Remove all the skulls, soak the pig's head in clean water to remove the blood and dirt, then put it in a pot of boiling water and boil for a quarter of an hour, take it out and put it in clean water and scrape it again.

At this time, the pig's eyes, ears, cheeks, mouth, tongue, etc. are all cut off, and the remaining pig's head is boiled twice in a pot of boiling water to completely remove the fishy smell.

Finally, the grill, put the pig's head on the bamboo grate, cut off the eyes, ears, tongue, cheeks, etc. are also put into the pot in order, spread ginger slices, green onion knots, add water to submerge the pig's head half a finger high, and then add rock sugar, soy sauce, Shao wine, balsamic vinegar and various spices, boil over high heat, turn to low heat and simmer for more than an hour, until the soup is thick and the meat is rotten.

When starting the pot, put the pig's tongue in a large disc, cover the pig's tongue with the pig's head face up, and then put the cheeks, pig's ears, and eyeballs back according to the original position of the pig's head, form a whole head, and pour the original juice.

Although Ning Xi said it simply, You Zhenniang herself has a certain degree of attainment in cooking, so she can still understand it, and asked Ning Xi a few more questions, and after explaining, the person who came to take them to the kitchen has already come.

The three of them followed the man to a large kitchen.

This kitchen sits in the north and faces south, spacious and bright, cleaned up neatly, not only does not have the smoke of the general kitchen, but everywhere is refreshing and clean, a row of large stoves are opposite each other, a total of eight stoves, the east and west sides are the display and processing of meat ingredients and vegetable ingredients, and the north side facing the door, is a long board for processing pasta.

Ning Xi only took a look, and he could know that the ingredients here were even more complete than the kitchen in Yu Qinglin's mansion last time, on such an island, he could have so many ingredients and seasonings from the north and south, it was conceivable that this island owner was really not a simple person.

There are more than a dozen second-class chefs who came with them to participate in the assessment, and it can be seen that they all attach great importance to this assessment, and they all have a hostile attitude towards the three newcomers, perhaps thinking that they will seize the opportunities that are not many in the first place!

Ning Xi doesn't care so much, her whole mind has been on selecting ingredients, and what she is going to make this time is "three sets of ducks".

"Three sets of ducks" is a traditional dish in Huaiyang, using a pigeon and two ducks with completely different physical properties as raw materials, using a pigeon coat for wild ducks, and then a coat for domestic ducks, three flavors in one, fresh and fragrant overlapping, and endless aftertaste. To make this dish, the most important thing is the craft of removing the bones of the whole bird, it is difficult for ordinary people to take off all the bones of the whole body in the case of basically intact appearance, but for Ning Xi, this is not a difficult task.

She selected three fine wild ducks, domestic ducks and suckling pigeons, respectively shed hair and blood, cleaned up, and then cut a knife about an inch and a half long under the duck neck of the domestic duck, a white and tender little hand reached through the opening, almost no one could see how she moved, and the whole set of duck skeletons had been taken out of the opening, leaving only a white and delicate duck body, which looked unusually soft and trembling.

The remaining wild ducks and pigeons are also concocted in the same way, all of them are processed and put away with the kitchen knife, first fill some mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. into the belly of the duck, and then stuff the wild duck from the knife edge under the neck of the duck, as if conjuring a trick, first the duck legs, then the hips, abdomen, chest, and finally the whole wild duck enters the belly of the domestic duck, leaving only the duck's head and duck neck exposed outside the duck's body, and the knife edge under the duck's neck is still the same size as before, tightly clamping the root of the duck's neck.

The rest of the chefs originally looked at the three of them, in addition to hostility, there was also a little contempt, after all, cooking is a profession that depends on time accumulation, and the three of them are still so young, no matter how good their skills are, there are limits, so they don't take them too seriously.

Unexpectedly, Ning Xi revealed this skill of deboning duck as soon as he came up, and shocked everyone fiercely, such a skill, without hundreds or thousands of exercises, how could he be so skillful? But even regardless of age, who can have the economic conditions to let you take so many poultry and repeat the practice again and again?

Everyone present had to be convinced, it would have been impossible for anyone here to do this.

You Zhenniang is also handling the pig's head according to the method Ning Xi said, after all, it is not a habit, she is not very skilled when she peels the skull, and sometimes she accidentally almost breaks the flesh skin, but she stumbles, and she can be regarded as getting it right.

The subordinates were busy, and the corner of her eyes did not forget to look at what Ning Xi was doing from time to time, and then her heart was hit by Yan zhòng again, originally she repeatedly told herself that Ning Xi was just stained with the light of having ancient recipes, if she could also have ancient recipes, then what she could do would definitely not be worse than Ning Xi.

But after seeing Ning Xi's skillful bone removal skills, even if she was unwilling, she had to admit that this girl, who was much younger than herself, was really talented, and she couldn't compare to it even if she worked hard for ten or twenty years.

God is really unfair.

At this time, Ning Xi had already put the pigeon into the belly of the wild duck, and the three birds were covered layer by layer, leaving only the head and neck exposed outside the cavity of the duck, and the three bird heads were arranged neatly from large to small, looking like they were growing on the same body.

After the set of three birds blanched water, add ginger pieces, green onion knots and Shao wine to stew, and finally serve in a fine porcelain large casserole, only to see that the soup in the pot is slightly green, clear and clear, just like a pool of spring water, the three birds lie quietly in the water, the six eyes are closed, the expression is intimate and serene, but it seems to be asleep.

"Three sets of ducks" layer by layer, all kinds of flavors overlap when tasting, domestic duck alone is a taste, wild duck alone is a taste, suckling pigeon alone is a taste, domestic duck two by two blend is a taste, duck pigeon two by two is a taste, wild duck pigeon two by two is a taste, duck wild duck pigeon three are a taste, the drinker is often unfinished, smacking fragrance many times, so it is also called "seven soup".

There is no suspense, Ningxi's "three sets of ducks" were greatly praised by the island owner, and let the waiter pass the word that the island owner personally received Ningxi, as soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar, many people here have been on the island for more than ten years, and they have not had the opportunity to meet the island owner.

However, the people who watched Ningxi cooking just now were envious and jealous, and they had to be convinced, no matter how much they said that they couldn't do it.

But at the same time, You Zhenniang, who was also promoted to become a first-class chef, is unconvinced, it seems that her cooking skills are not very good, but she just has a good recipe, many chefs here believe that if they can have such a recipe, the dishes they make will not be worse than You Zhenniang.

The island selects a first-class chef among the second-class chefs, and there are no rules to follow, it is completely caused by the owner's will, sometimes once a month or two, sometimes not once in half a year or a year, but every time the selection, there are very few people who can pass guò, the last time was half a year ago, and no one has passed guò, for this selection, the vast majority of people have been preparing for more than half a year, but they were given this opportunity by two young women who have just arrived, and the resentment in the hearts of the chefs can be imagined.

Han Xiangfei was clumsy this time, and naturally stayed in the second-class position, he walked up to Ning Xi worriedly, and said in a low voice: "Be careful later, don't talk nonsense." ”

Ning Xi also whispered in his ear: "Brother Han, don't worry, I will be careful, when I get the antidote, let's think of escaping." After speaking, Ning Xi glanced at You Zhenniang, since she wanted to get ahead here and earn a lot of gold and silver treasures, then her escape plan would not be her share.

You Zhenniang was also looking up at them, Ning Xi and Han Xiangfei's intimate attitude made her feel very unhappy, obviously everyone had the same identity, and they also got acquainted together, why should the two of them be so close.

Ning Xi was taken to a room, and two women searched her whole body, even her hair was dismantled and searched, and after confirming that there was no entrainment, they blindfolded her and got into a small sedan chair.

Ning Xi was humiliated in his heart, but now that he was controlled by others, he had to swallow his anger, and swore in his heart that one day he would give this high-ranking island owner a look.

The sedan chair walked around for a long time, Ning Xi was an idiot in the direction, and she was even more dizzy when she was blindfolded in the sedan chair, and she didn't know how long she had been walking, so she finally stopped and asked her to wait in the sedan chair for a while.