After the lottery is arranged in order, there is another round of lottery, this time the lottery is the exam question, each person will draw a dish name, the material is optional, as long as the dish is made in front of the five examiners, and the whole operation process and the taste of the final product are recognized by the five examiners, even if it is a pass for the exam.

Ning Xi drew stir-fried choy sum, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, how can it be so simple? However, after thinking about it, the chef assessment is the most basic level to become a chef, and naturally the test is all basic things, and it is not surprising that the topic of stir-fried cabbage is drawn.

The strange thing is that Feng Zhihai, who went to draw the question before her, looked bitter, so he asked curiously: "What did you draw?" ”

Feng Zhihai unfolded the note in his hand to her: "Fried pork kidney." Ning Xi smiled when he saw it, it seems that the exam questions are all some dishes that are fried quickly, too, there are so many people taking the exam, if it takes an hour or two for all of them, then the examiners don't have to go back to sleep at night.

I just don't understand why he keeps shaking his head and sighing: "What's wrong?" Are there any difficulties? ”

Feng Zhihai said with a bitter face: "The pig kidney, this thing is so fishy, it can't be imported at all, it's over, today's assessment, I am destined to be unable to pass guò." ”

"Haven't you learned how to cook pork loin?"

"No, this thing is not eaten by ordinary people, and I have never seen the master in the restaurant do it, who knew that it would be so unlucky to win this topic."

Ning Xi said: "Don't worry, I'll tell you a way, the pork loin made will definitely not smell fishy." ”

Feng Zhihai became excited: "What kind of method, you say it quickly." ”

The candidates in the order of five people went in turn to take the exam, Ning Xi their number was in the middle, and there were probably two groups of people before it was their turn, Ning Xi quickly told Feng Zhihai: "After you get the pork loin, cut it vertically from the middle, remember, you must not cut it horizontally, you will see a lot of white fascia in the middle, these are the main sources of its fishy smell, it must be completely eliminated with a sharp knife, and even the dark red place next to the white tendons must be removed, this step must not be in a hurry, it must be carefully removed." ”

"Okay, I remember."

"Then cut the flower knife, then cut it into small pieces, rinse it with water until there is no blood flowing out, then add an appropriate amount of white vinegar and starch to the water, soak the pork loin until it is white, and then take it out and rinse it clean, and the last step, mix it with ginger and onion juice, cooking wine, pepper and salt, and marinate it for a while, and then use it to fry to ensure that you will not eat any fishy smell."

"It's best to use sesame oil when stir-frying, the fire should be fierce, the sesame oil will be burst into smoke, the pork loin, stir-fry once or twice, and the ginger shreds, salt and rice wine can be put on the plate, you had better mix the ingredients to be added in advance, so that you will not delay the effort to fry the pork loin, just do as I say, to ensure that you can pass the test."

"Thank you so much, Miss Ning." Feng Zhihai said gratefully, suddenly remembered something, and asked a little embarrassed: "That flower knife, I don't know how to cut it." ”

Ning Xi really wanted to sue him, at your level, it was really not suitable to take the chef test, but seeing his anxious appearance, he couldn't bear it anymore: "Forget it, you come here, I'll tell you." He was about to use his left hand as a pig's loin and his right hand as a kitchen knife, gesturing to him to show him how to cut a flower knife, when he suddenly heard a voice in front of him: "Candidates from 20 to 25, prepare to choose materials!" ”

In a hurry, Ning Xi couldn't elaborate, so he only hurriedly said: "You can cut a few knives horizontally and vertically on the cut surface, don't cut it, and then cut it into small pieces." I don't know if he understood.

When you enter the examination room, you can't take care of others anymore, the five stoves are lined up, the examiner's seat is in front, a step higher, every move of each candidate is under the gaze of the examiner, and it can't be hidden, Ning Xi is used to seeing big scenes, so naturally he won't be nervous, and he took the time to look at Feng Zhihai beside him, and saw that although he was a little nervous, he was still dealing with his pork loin according to what she said, so he returned to the work at hand with confidence.

Choy sum only the most tender young stems and flower parts, wash and set aside. Ningxi also chose a small piece of fatty meat, cut it into thin slices, boiled it into lard residue in the pot first, and used the meat residue to activate the vegetarian cabbage, so that the fried cabbage sum has more aroma than the fried vegetable oil.

When the oil begins to smoke lightly, put a little sugar and salt, and then shake in a few drops of Shaoxing wine, the cabbage sum is quickly stir-fried in the pot, and the dish can be served after a while.

Among the five candidates, Ning Xi's movements are the fastest, the cabbage sum she served is even, verdant and dripping, one bite down, sweet and refreshing, so tender that there is no dregs, the five examiners are full of praise, in the blink of an eye, a plate of cabbage is eaten without a single piece of dregs. After eating, I couldn't help but sigh, I didn't expect that there were such masters who came to take the chef test, compared with the usual apprentices who had just come out of the school, the level was too high.

After eating, I remembered the rating, and invariably gave Ning Xi the highest score, when Ning Xi went down, I saw Feng Zhihai's fried waist flower brought up, Ning Xi took a look, the waist flower was actually cut well, take a breath, it's very good, there is no fishy smell, the perception is good, Ning Xi secretly gave him a thumbs up in his heart.

After the exam, the results of the written test in the morning also came out, and someone at the exit issued a chef card according to the results of the two exams, and Ning Xi also received a small bronze medal that belonged to her, which was engraved with her name, place of origin, the time when she took the chef card, and a number, her number was 2598, Ning Xi secretly said, it turned out that she was the first person in the world to get the chef license.

Feng Zhihai also got the chef card, and after he came out, he naturally thanked Ning Xi for his kindness, and finally sent him away, and returned to Shuangxi Building, everyone came out to greet her like a hero, Meng Shuangshuang jumped up first and held her arm: "How is it, how is the exam?" ”

Ning Xi pinched her nose: "Don't you still believe me?" ”

An Mingyue said: "I'll just say, Ningxi definitely has no reason not to understand guò, by the way, Ningxi, what kind of dish did you cook in today's exam?" Why don't you make it and give us a review? ”

"Stir-fried choy sum, do you want to eat it?"

An Mingyue said disappointedly: "No, it's that simple?" I also need some meat, but it's okay, with Ningxi's craftsmanship, even if you cook a bowl of white water, it's better than others, let's go, let's go stir-fry cabbage. ”

Seeing that everyone was so interested, Ning Xi simply made a big table of dishes, and the right was to celebrate, but as a result, everyone had a straight stomach after eating, and he collapsed on the chair and didn't want to move.

Ningxi returned, the morale of Shuangxi Building soared, and the business was getting better and better, only Wang Dongping, occasionally looked at Pinxian Ju, who had the door closed opposite, and sighed where Yuan Fugui went, and now I don't know how he is doing.

On this day, the little housekeeper who was in charge of purchasing came back from outside, and he didn't care about drinking saliva, so he hurriedly found Meng Shuangshuang first: "Miss Meng, look at this." As he spoke, he took out a folded piece of yellow paper from his bosom.

Meng Shuangshuang opened it and took a look, it turned out to be the yellow list posted by the Qi Palace, which said that half a month later, on Princess Qi's birthday, the Qi Palace's Mansion will hold a food conference, inviting chefs from all over the world, if anyone can make a dish that makes the princess appetite, a reward of 1,000 taels.

Meng Shuangshuang stared at the words "bounty thousand taels" at the end, and swallowed his saliva "Gu Dong": "This is simply a change of way to send money to our Ningxi!" ”

found Ning Xi in the back kitchen who was trying a new dish with Rong Daquan, and slapped the piece of paper in front of her with a "snap": "Look at Ning Xi, the opportunity to make money is here again!" ”

Ning Xi said with a smile: "Now the money earned by Shuangxi Lou is not enough for you to spend, and you are here to encourage me to make money, okay, you go to the account room and pay a hundred taels of silver to buy clothes on the street." After that, he picked up the piece of paper and read it carefully, "How do you know that I will win this thousand taels of gold, O food conference?" ”

"Of course, if you can't win, where else can you win?" Meng Shuangshuang said unashamedly.

Ning Xi thought for a while and said, "It's strange, this food conference doesn't say what judges are invited, just the condition of making the princess have a big appetite?" Brother Rong, do you know what this means? ”

Rong Daquan said mysteriously: "You can be regarded as asking the right person, ordinary people really don't know why!" ”

Meng Shuangshuang said dissatisfiedly: "Then you hurry up and say, what kind of guanzi is sold." ”

Rong Daquan specially went to the door of the small kitchen to take a look, and then closed the door, and then told them.

This thing has to start from fifteen years ago, ten years ago there was a chaos in the capital, in general, it was a Jianghu organization called the Qinglong Sect to commit a rebellion, making a lot of noise, everyone was in danger, at that time the King of Qi was ordered to quell the chaos, in a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to round up the head of the Qinglong Sect, that a vicious battle, according to the people who later cleaned up the battlefield, after digging up a foot of soil in the Zhuangzi, the bottom was still red, all soaked in blood!

Nowadays, this matter is a big taboo, and it is generally not mentioned casually, and gradually the younger generation does not know that it has happened.

Hearing Ning Xi and Meng Shuangshuang cover their mouths and call it terrible, but later Ning Xi came back to his senses: "Then what does this have to do with the princess?" ”

Rong Daquan said: "It doesn't matter! ”

Meng Shuangshuang: "Cut, then what are you talking about?" ”

Rong Daquan: "After the chaos, suddenly the princess suffered from the disease of not being able to eat, no matter what it was, as long as she swallowed it, she would vomit out immediately, and she could barely drink a little water. Similar to this kind of food conference, in the past fifteen years, the Qi Wangfu has held eight times not ten times, and this bounty has also been increased again and again, from the original one hundred taels of gold to the current one thousand taels, but in fact, no one has ever really been able to get this money. ”

Meng Shuangshuang said curiously: "According to what you say, the princess hasn't eaten anything in the past fifteen years?" So how did she survive? ”