Chapter Ninety-Four: Side Dishes

"Brother Junhe, chicken is not cut like this."

Li Yan saw the chicken of different sizes cut by Zheng Junhe, and couldn't help but speak, and then took the kitchen knife in the other party's hand and grabbed the small half of the chicken and demonstrated, "Because of the relationship of time, the chicken should be cut into small pieces as much as possible, so that it is easy to absorb the flavor and cook soft when it is stewed later, and if you cut it like Brother Junhe, it is difficult to ...... the chicken" While speaking, Li Yan held the kitchen knife and skillfully chopped the chicken into pieces of similar size.

Looking at the chicken nuggets that quickly formed under Li Yan's knife, Zheng Hengdun sighed, "Sure enough, I am worthy of being a chef, and the moment I picked up the knife, I felt like I was participating in a cooking show." ”

After demonstrating how to cut the chicken, it's time for the lesson. In order to let Zheng Junhe and Zheng Hengdun understand the cooking method more intuitively, Li Yan first had to demonstrate the steps of the whole dish.

"The chopped chicken pieces should be blanched in hot water first, to remove the blood and fishy smell in the chicken, and also to keep the chicken chew......y when stewing later," Li Yan said to the two of them, pouring the chicken into the hot water and stirring constantly.

"When?" Zheng Hengdun took a note and asked.

"Three to five minutes," Li Yan thought for a while and looked down at the blood foam slowly wafting out of the pot, "If you cook it for too long, the chicken will tend to harden, but it also depends on the condition of the chicken. ”

A few minutes passed quickly, and the chicken pieces that had passed through the water were removed and put aside for later use. Li Yan washed the pot again, "In the kitchen, the kitchenware should be kept hygienic. ”

Saying that, Li Yan heated the cleaned pot, put in a small amount of oil, and after the oil was hot, he poured the chicken pieces on the side and stir-fried, "In order to avoid the chicken in the pot from frying, you should try to stir-fry, and wait until the chicken changes color, and then add green onions, ginger, ingredients, dried red peppers, salt, soy sauce, sugar, and cooking wine to stir-fry the fragrance." ”

While Li Yan said to Zheng Junhe and the others, he quickly poured the ingredients into the pot, and almost in the blink of an eye, the chicken in the pot already looked a little like it.

"I think it's ready to eat." Smelling the fragrance, Zheng Hengdun swallowed his saliva and said.

"Not yet, Brother Hendon, we're only halfway there." Hearing Zheng Hengdun say this, Li Yan immediately retorted, added an appropriate amount of water to the pot and stewed for ten minutes, and took out the mushrooms and tea tree mushrooms soaked in warm water with his free hand and rinsed them, "The next step is the most important step, the mushrooms should be soaked in warm water for thirty minutes in advance, which means that you should soak them first when you start the competition, so that when the chicken is fried, it will be just right to use." ”

While speaking, Li Yan showed off his knife skills again and finished processing the tea tree mushrooms. On the other side, the chicken in the pot had just come for ten minutes, and he opened the lid to pour the washed mushrooms and tea tree mushrooms into it, turning to medium heat and continuing to simmer.

After completing this final process, Li Yan had his hands free, looked at Zheng Junhe and Zheng Hengdun who were standing on the side with a sigh of relief, and said, "Stew for about twenty or thirty minutes, and then Brother Junhe, you can grasp the time, and wait for the final pot to boil and put it on the plate." ”

After Li Yan finished speaking, Zheng Junhe and Zheng Hengdun, who had been standing aside, reacted as if they had just woken up from a dream, and hurriedly clapped their hands and applauded, "Chef Li, it's completely famous!" ”

Li Yan behaved methodically throughout the cooking process, although he did all the complicated cooking steps by himself, but there was no sense of panic in the whole process, and he caught the time just right every time, giving people a feeling that everything was under control.

Although, in fact, Li Yante is also quite nervous.

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The stewing time was longer than expected, and while waiting for the chicken in the pot to simmer softly, Li Yan couldn't help but have a little thought, "Since there is still some time, as long as the chicken stewed mushrooms is a dish, I think it's still too monotonous, or Brother Junhe, Brother Hendon, let's add a few more side dishes to match." ”

Zheng Hengdun originally thought that just a soup of chicken stewed with mushrooms was a bit simple, after all, the favorite pairing of Koreans is still the way to eat the side dishes full of side dishes next to the main dish, and when he heard Li Yan's suggestion, he immediately nodded and said, "Just do what Chef Li says." ”

"But what are you going to do with the side dishes?" Hearing that he was going to make side dishes, Zheng Junhe, who was on the side, asked, "We don't have the ingredients to prepare side dishes." "Because at first, the three of them only thought about making a chicken soup, so they didn't think about preparing the ingredients for the side dishes at all.

"For side dishes, I remember some minced meat and green peppers in the refrigerator in the kitchen and some sweet and sour pickled radish, and it should be fine to make a stuffed green pepper with sweet and sour pickled radish."

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"It's done, chicken stewed with mushrooms and stuffed green peppers and sweet and sour pickled radish."

Thirty minutes later, one main course and two side dishes were successfully completed. Li Yan put the three dishes on the plate, and the cameraman on the side skillfully began to shoot in a circle around the dishes, conveying the deliciousness of the three dishes to the audience through the lens of the camera as much as possible.

"Mo, cameraman, are you filming a food show?" However, looking at the camera's hard shooting, Zheng Hengdun, who was on the side, was a little jealous, "I don't usually see you shoot me so seriously." ”

"Because you're totally unappetizing compared to these dishes." Regarding Zheng Hengdun's complaints, the subtitle group unceremoniously complained when it was broadcast.

"Give it a try, Brother Hendon, Brother Junha." Now that the dish has been completed, it is naturally time to taste it, Li Yan gestured with his hand and said to the two, "After that, you must also make the dish according to this taste." ”

"Hearing what Chef Li said, I suddenly felt nervous again." Covering his heart, Zheng Hengdun looked at the food in front of him with a worried look, and said a little absurdly, "Mo, what kind of situation is this, I will actually feel nervous about eating one day." ”

Even through the lens of the camera, you can clearly see Zheng Hengdun's stiff face.

"I'll try this ...... first"

"Stuffed green peppers." Li Yan reminded on the side.

"Well, I'll try the stuffed green peppers first."

"Then I'll try the sweet and sour pickled radish."

I don't know if it's because of the tension, the two of them tacitly agreed not to choose the chicken stew with mushrooms, which is the most difficult to make, but to taste the two side dishes first.

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