17. Dismantle the braised silver carp head
Ning Xi Zhengse said: "Chef Rong, the dish I am going to make today is a secret on the recipe left by the master, in order to prevent someone from stealing the master, I hope that there will be no idle people waiting for the scene when cooking." ”
"Okay, no problem!" Rong Daquan exerted the majesty of the chef, expelled all the people from the kitchen, and then stood aside with a smile and looked at Ning Xi.
"And you!" Ning Xi looked at Rong Daquan dissatisfied.
"I'm going out too?"
"Then naturally, you all gather blessings and haven't paid me yet! I showed you a chef while I was cooking, what else couldn't be done? ”
Rong Daquan thought that she could praise herself for what she said, although she was unwilling, she had to give up the kitchen to Ning Xi step by step.
Ning Xi rolled up his sleeves and began to move.
After a while, a strong fragrance wafted out of the kitchen, which provoked the people waiting outside to stretch their necks and speculate, what kind of dish would the little girl make?
Until Ning Xi inside clapped his palms, cleared his throat and said loudly: "It's okay, come in!" This group of bastards from the kitchen rushed to rush in, but was stopped by Rong Daquan, and bowed down to greet the shopkeeper Shen: "Shopkeeper, please!" ”
Shopkeeper Shen slowly paced in with his head held high, Rong Daquan followed behind him happily, his face was as if Ning Xi was his relative, he knew that Ning Xi would not let him down, just by that fragrance, he knew that this dish was not bad.
In the eyes of everyone, it is a snow-white porcelain bowl, the porcelain bowl is bubbling with bubbles, it is a bowl of milky white thick soup, a huge fish head is split in half, the skin and flesh are connected in the middle, and it lies quietly in the soup.
Shopkeeper Shen's face was solemn, and he carefully scooped a little viscous soup with a porcelain spoon and put it into his mouth, and then his whole body froze.
"Shopkeeper, how does it taste?" Rong Daquan asked excitedly, only to notice the strange appearance of the shopkeeper Shen, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to push him, "Shopkeeper, what's wrong with you?" ”
After a long time, the shopkeeper Shen pursed his lips and ordered: "Send this dish to the prince." ”
Rong Daquan was still waiting to taste it with anticipation, and when he heard what the shopkeeper Shen said, he had no choice but to let the porcelain bowl take away, and suddenly remembered something, and said busily: "Slow!" Then he asked Ning Xi, "Miss Ning, what is the name of your dish?" ”
"Dismantle the braised silver carp head!"
Not long after this dish was delivered, the person who delivered the dish came back to report: "The prince invites the shopkeeper Shen and Miss Ning, who is cooking, to go over together." ”
"Shizi?" Ning Xi's heart sank, could it be that the prince of Qi came to make trouble for himself again, right?
Rong Daquan hurriedly comforted her: "Miss Ning, don't worry, the prince is here to try the dishes today, and with the girl's skills, she will definitely be able to impress the prince." ”
"Okay!" Anyway, with so many people here, can he still eat himself? With his head held high, he followed Shopkeeper Shen in the direction of the private room upstairs.
In the private room, two richly dressed men are each stretching out their chopsticks, firmly holding the last remaining piece of fish in the porcelain bowl and refusing to relax.
"Shao Feng, today is your east, how can there be any reason to grab food from the guests?"
"Fifth brother, you are old, you should be polite to the younger brother."
The two of them refused to give in to each other, and the respective entourages behind the two of them all had distorted faces, smiling until they were internally injured.
At this time, there was a "knock" on the door twice, and the man who was called the elder brother among the two people in the room sighed and said, "That's it, for the sake of your saliva is about to flow out, how about letting you eat?" ”
Jun Shaofeng, the prince of Qi, was overjoyed, and he opened his chopsticks to clip them, but he saw that the other man took advantage of his loose chopsticks to pick up the fish and put it in his mouth with lightning speed, and closed his eyes while chewing to enjoy it, so angry that Jun Shaofeng slapped the chopsticks on the table, and was about to get angry, when the door was pushed open: "Lord Shizi, Shopkeeper Shen and Miss Ning are here." ”
Jun Shaofeng looked Ning Xi up and down a few times, and said in a long tone: "Who is my Dao!" It's you! ”
Ning Xi looked directly at Jun Shaofeng calmly: "I don't know if the prince is satisfied with the little girl's cooking skills?" ”
Jun Shaofeng originally wanted to stab her a few more words, but the dish she made just now was so delicious, the so-called cannibalistic mouth was short, he couldn't say anything ugly for a while, so he had to look at his fifth brother with a blank eye, this person has always been the most black-bellied, and he is picky, and there are really not many things that can satisfy him.
Unexpectedly, his fifth brother actually looked at Ning Xi with interest, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "It turns out that you really know how to make fish!" ”
Ning Xi was taken aback, and then noticed that the man next to him was actually an extremely handsome man who had a two-sided relationship in Qiuluzhuang, and he felt that his identity was definitely not ordinary, but it turned out to be a noble man in the capital.
At the beginning, the two were a little bit of a friendship, and Ning Xi couldn't help but feel a sense of intimacy similar to meeting an old acquaintance in another country, and couldn't help laughing: "Of course it's true, have you tasted the braised silver carp head I made just now?" How does it taste? ”
"Bold!" When Shopkeeper Shen saw Ning Xi talking to the man like this, he was so frightened that he couldn't let go of his hands and feet, and hurriedly scolded her.
The man waved his hand: "Don't scare the little girl, I heard the names of those dishes you said last time, and I have always wanted to try them, but now I don't know if there is such a mouthful, please Miss Ning make me a table of whole fish feast?" ”
Ning Xi blinked: "Of course you can!" I'm here to make money today! ”
The man laughed: "The price is no problem, you just have to tell the shopkeeper Shen, and I will never treat you badly." ”
Jun Shaofeng's eyes are about to fall, this pleasant-looking man in front of him is really his fifth brother who has eyes above the top and never has a good face for people, especially women?
I saw the man say to the shopkeeper Shen: "Then it's decided, the whole fish banquet in three days will be cooked by this Ning girl." ”
"Wait a minute, I have one condition!" Ning Xi suddenly said crisply, so frightened that Shopkeeper Shen's heart almost didn't jump out of the cavity, this girl, really dare to say.
What was even more surprising was that the man was not angry: "What conditions, you say." ”
"I'm going to open a restaurant in a while, and I hope you'll come and cheer me on, and I'll give me a table of fine food for free." Even the distinguished guests who are held by the prince of Qi, if they can really come to their own restaurant, what a big advertising effect! The little abacus in Ning Xi's heart "snapped".
Jun Shaofeng pointed at Ning Xi in surprise: "You, you, you are really bold enough, do you know who he is?" ”
Ning Xi looked dazed: "Isn't it the prince's honored guest?" ”
Jun Shaofeng almost knelt for her, if she met any of his other cousins, she probably didn't know how she died at this moment, that is, Ning Xi had lived in the original world where everyone was equal for a long time, and with her identity, she had seen a lot of various celebrities and magnates, and she had never been servile, so she still treated people with such an attitude when she came here, and there was no string of respect and inferiority in her mind.
At this time, he was still bold enough to ask: "I don't know what to call your guest?" ”
And he actually replied to her: "My surname is Jun, you can call me Jun Wuye." ”
"Fifth Master!" Ning Xi shouted happily, of course, she didn't know that the current emperor was also surnamed Jun, "You haven't answered yet, is the fish I made just now delicious!" This is the first time Ning Xi has cooked such a complex dish since she came to this world, and she needs feedback from others to assess whether her cooking skills have regressed because she has not used it for a long time.
Jun Wuye nodded: "Rich and fragrant, extremely delicious!" ”
The short eight-word evaluation made Ning Xi's heart bloom: "Don't worry, Ning Xi will definitely give you a bigger surprise at the whole fish banquet!" What do you think of the conditions I just mentioned? ”
"Then it depends on whether you have the ability to do it."
Coming out of the private room with Shopkeeper Shen, Ning Xi was still full of joy, not only was he excited to earn a lot of money immediately, but more importantly, his cooking skills were recognized by others, and it was strange to say, even if he won a prize in the international cooking competition in his previous life, he was not as happy as a word of praise from Jun Wuye today, Ning Xi secretly despised himself, he had been poor for a long time, and even his eyelids had become shallow.
On the way back to the kitchen, Shopkeeper Shen couldn't help but ask Ning Xi: "When I drank that fish soup, I felt very wonderful, the soup was not only extremely fragrant and fresh, but also extremely thick, so that when my lips touched the soup, it was slightly sticky, and when I touched each other, it was almost sticky together, I don't know why?" ”
Ning Xi smiled and said, "This is my exclusive secret, if Shopkeeper Shen doesn't plan to buy this recipe, I have nothing to say!" ”
Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly said: "The recipe is naturally to be bought. ”
"The price?"
"The price is easy to say!" Shopkeeper Shen is a businessman, he naturally knows that this deal is a big deal, and if this dish is made, it will definitely be the biggest signboard of Quanjufu.
In the end, the two discussed, this recipe was sold to Quan Jufu, and the price was still five hundred taels, and three days later, Ning Xi helped the chef to feast on the whole fish, and he had to charge 1,000 taels of silver. Shopkeeper Shen agreed to Ningxi's lion's big mouth, but asked her not to reveal it to the people in his kitchen, otherwise it would be upside down.
Ning Xi will naturally work seriously after receiving the money, and personally demonstrate how to make this dish again, so that Rong Daquan can take a closer look on the side.
There are two secrets to making this dish, one of which is the base soup, which is made of pork stick bones, which is rich in bone marrow, and the soup is very thick, and then added to the fish head stew, a large amount of collagen melts into the soup, so that the soup is so thick, so the soup must be served in a porcelain bowl with good heat retention performance, otherwise the soup will be frozen together if it is slightly cold.
In the restaurant opened by Ning Xi in his last life, this is a famous beauty dish, which is very popular with celebrities and ladies.
The second trick is the deboning of the fish head, although this dish looks like the fish head is complete, but in fact there is no bone inside, the whole fish head is sandwiched up is a ball of clotted fat, sent into the lips and teeth, without chewing, it can be melted immediately, and the rich fragrance immediately spreads in every corner of the mouth.
Ning Xi explained while demonstrating to Rong Daquan: "The head of the silver carp is first scaled and gills, cleaned up, and then split into two pieces with a knife below, put it in the pot, first add water to submerge the fish head, put in the onion knot, ginger slices, Shao wine and other fishy seasonings, boil with a strong fire, continue to simmer on low heat for ten minutes, and then use a colander to scoop it into cold water and soak it for a while, after cooling, hold the fish head with your left hand, the fish face down, and the right hand will remove the fish bones piece by piece under water. ”
I saw Ning Xi's hands deftly dismantling the bones with both hands under the water only by touch, and the order of each bone removal was orderly, without the slightest mistake or omission, and the entire fish head that was finally removed was completely unscratched, and the description was complete.
Even Rong Daquan had to sigh: "Miss Ning is really a good girl, look at your age, this craft, I'm afraid you started to learn it as soon as you were born!" "Even he himself may not be able to do this, this dish, to achieve the level made by Ning Xi, just this fish bone is a hurdle!