In the fourth round of the competition, some changes have taken place.

The time has also been extended from the previous self-selected ingredients to the cooking with specific ingredients.

This year's ingredient is chicken, and all contestants must make a dish based on chicken!

The competition is divided into two games in the morning and two in the afternoon, with 75 people in each game!

Xiaoguo and Nuan'er were in the morning session, and Ming Ze and Li Yi were assigned to the afternoon session.

In order to avoid repetition, the two secretly agreed that one would make sauce and one would make pepper sesame chicken after learning about the proposition!

Xiaoguo chose the ingredients, quickly deboned and cut the chicken thighs, and began to mix the soy sauce, sugar pepper and rice wine into a marinade, and stirred them into the chicken thighs to marinate.

Taking advantage of this emptiness, I cut the green onion into sections, chopped the garlic into foam, and cut the green pepper that I had finally obtained into slices, and slice the onion.

After doing this, the chicken is basically marinated.

Heat the pot, add a spoonful of vegetable oil, stir-fry the green pepper slices, minced garlic and green onions, then add the onion and stir-fry until fragrant, then put the chicken into the pot, add soy sauce, salt powder, sugar, and stir-fry until the meat is cooked.

She finished the dishes on a plate, and it was still early before the end of the competition.

In order to ensure that the best taste is achieved, once a contestant has prepared a dish, it will be immediately divided into small plates by the servant in charge of serving the dishes for the judges and supervisors to taste.

Xiaoguo turned his gaze to Nuan'er, saw that she was doing it in an orderly manner, saw her looking over, grinned at her, gradually put his mind at ease, and waited there quietly, waiting for the final result.

With five judges and supervisors in favor, it can be shortlisted steadily, and Xiaoguo's sauce roast chicken has been supported by more than 30 people, making an exception to be the first to enter the finals!

Chi Xiang called her to him, pointed to the green pepper on the plate, and asked, "Ma Gongzi, can you advise, what is this?" Does the slightly astringent and pungent taste come from it? ”

Since the competition, the three of Xiaoguo have not used chili peppers and green peppers as accessories.

If Ming Ze wants to redress his father's grievances, the most direct way is to add chili peppers to the game, but this is a risky move, and the slightest mistake will backfire and lose the qualification!

Xiaoguo and the apprentices thought twice and decided that this risky move was definitely to be taken, because many dishes with excellent taste are inseparable from the blending of chili peppers, and these dishes are the nirvana when competing!

In the end, they decided that Xiaoguo would bring the slightly slower green pepper into the competition for the first time, and then they would take the opportunity to replace it with chili pepper!

Xiaoguo had already prepared for Chi Heel's question, she smiled slightly, neither humble nor arrogant: "If you go back to the overseer, this thing is called green pepper, which has the effect of dissipating cold in temperature and appetizing and digesting." It is often consumed to relieve and treat cold stagnation abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, chilblains, spleen and stomach deficiency, cold and other diseases. The spicy flavor in the dish really comes from it! ”

Chi Xiang was surprised: "Ao? How many other benefits does this thing have? ”

Xiaoguo nodded and said: "This thing was originally a plant used by the nobles of the Qingyun Kingdom for ornamentation, and even its same lantern fruit, because of its spicy and stimulating taste, it was also framed as a poisonous fruit!" But few people in the world know that this thing is not only non-toxic, but also a good medicine for disinfection and treatment! ”

Xiao Guo saw Chi Chi and heard the word "Lantern Fruit", his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly continued: "I am fortunate to get acquainted with the owner of the Huang Clan's Hanging Medical Pavilion in the Tympanum Country, he once said that proper consumption of Lantern Fruit can kill toxins in the body, and it is beneficial and harmless to people!" It's just that people with stomach problems are not easy to eat more! ”

Xiaoguo secretly said in his heart: "Brother Huang, I'm sorry, I can only pull you to block it!" It's just that what I say is true, and it will definitely not hurt you! ”

Sure enough, when Chi He heard the name of the Huang Hanging Medical Pavilion, his face softened, and he said with a smile: "Young Master Ma, you are really well-informed!" ”

It's just that he put the bamboo chopsticks down, obviously a little jealous, and didn't want to eat more, thinking secretly: If he avoids the dishes made by green peppers and chili peppers in the future, it is not a good omen!

Chi followed the overseer sitting next to him, it was the one surnamed Yao from the beet pie, and the sauce roast chicken in front of him still hadn't moved, and Xiaoguo's eyes rolled and he thought about it.

She smiled apologetically and said, "It's not a secret, I haven't eaten much this morning, and now my chest is already close to my back, can Superintendent Yao give me your this?" ”

Supervisor Yao didn't raise his eyelids, and waved his hand in disgust: "Take it, take it!" ”

Xiaoguo picked up the dishes, said goodbye to Chi He, went to the side to find a stone bench, sat down and chewed.

Chi Xiang saw that she took out the green pepper in it and deliberately picked it out first to eat it, and she already knew her intentions in her heart, which was clearly proving that this thing was not toxic, and she couldn't help laughing.

He picked up the chopsticks again, took a slice of green pepper, put it in his mouth and chewed it carefully, only to feel bitter and sweet, the taste was wonderful, and he couldn't help but put another slice into his mouth, his expression was slightly surprised, and revealed a touch of amazement.

The other judges supervised that they only picked the chicken inside to eat, and the green pepper did not move at all, and the late supervisor was addicted to eating, and ate the thing called green pepper on the plate in one go, and because of curiosity, they also tried to eat it.

Nine out of ten people liked the taste, and the onlookers were eager to taste it themselves.

Xiaoguo unintentionally recommended green peppers to the world stage, so that since then, green peppers have been favored by the food industry, and their value has risen sharply, becoming an indispensable vegetable in the kitchens of every household, and the planting area has gradually increased.

Meals were served one after another, some people were directly promoted such as the Xiaoguo class, some were directly eliminated, and more were pending players.

It took nearly half an hour for Nuan Er to marinate the chicken, and it was not until the end of the game that he pinched the time to do it.

The salt-baked chicken has a rich flavor, crispy skin and tender meat, and the bone and meat are fragrant.

In the afternoon competition, Ming Ze's roast chicken was also widely praised, and Li Yi's salty signature dish - inextricably linked, after layers of review, finally got the chance to enter the finals!

That night, the four of them found a restaurant and celebrated their victory.

The time of the finals, set in the imperial capital of Zhu Dan half a month later-Yan Wu, from the town where they are located, it takes seven or eight days on the road, enter Yan Wu City, rent an inn to sign in at the registration office, and it takes three or two days, so that the time goes in most of the time.

To prevent any more accidents on the way, the four of them decided to get up and hurry the next day.

Back at the inn, the four of them settled the room fee with the shopkeeper, and early the next morning, they drove the carriage out of the city.

Li Wei had already wrapped the plate almost with flowers, and was worried about the cost of the journey, when he learned that Xiaoguo and they had their own carriage, so he hitchhiked with them.

Although Xiaoguo and they didn't feel anything wrong, Li Wei still felt that he had taken advantage of them, and said bluntly all the way that when the game was over, he would work in Yan Wu Xun's restaurant and earn his first salary, all of which would be used to feast the three of them!

In addition to the stormy weather, the two delays were delayed, and the rest of the time was non-stop, and the group finally arrived at Yanwu on the tenth day.

Yan Wu is the paradise of swallows, where thousands of swallows inhabit here, everywhere is full of swallows' gentle murmuring, swallows' nests are built in front of the eaves of every house, in the evening, they fly in groups of three or five, very harmonious and warm.

At the same time, there were too many people rushing to compete or watch, and Yan Wu's inn was almost full.

The four of them spent a whole day looking for a place to rest, and finally, in a place far away from the city, they finally found two vacant rooms that had just been vacated.

Xiaoguo and Nuan'er were in one room, and Ming Ze and Li Yi were crammed into one room, and they barely stayed.

The next day, the four of them inquired about the place where the report was reported, went to show their faces, and went to the final venue by the way, stepped on the point, and studied the most time-saving route.

The rest of the time, the four of them are preparing secret recipes and condiments, and recuperating!

On the day of the competition, everyone got up early in the morning, Xiaoguo saw that everyone looked frightened, even Nuan'er rarely closed her mouth, and her big black and bright eyes flashed with uneasiness, so she changed her breakfast from soy milk to millet porridge.

People are in extreme mental tension, the function of the body system will be fragile, at this time drinking soy milk, it is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort, in order to avoid emergencies during the game, it is better to choose food that is easy to digest!

The other three have long since eaten it and don't know what it tastes, so it's up to her to decide!

The four of them rushed to the competition venue, and the sky was still dark, but they found that there was already a crowd of people!

Take a look at the venue, it is different from the time of the initial competition, not only set up two large and small stoves, but also next to each stove, there is one more small guy to help light the fire!

There were 9,600 people in the finals, and there were three squares that accommodated 100 stoves, and 100 people in each arena competed at the same time, and there were 10 games a day, and so on, and the first round would still last for 10 days.

Compared with the initial round, the finals are much more cruel, adopting a system of ten into two, that is, after this round of competition, more than 7,000 people will be eliminated!

Xiaoguo was drawn to the third day of the competition, Nuan'er on the fifth day, Mingze on the sixth day, and Li Wei on the eighth day!

Every day of the competition, there will be an examiner to set up a new proposition, and on the day of the Xiaoguo competition, white rice is required to be used as the main material to make a delicacy!

Xiaoguo squeezed into the second round of the final with a dish of rice with lotus leaf ribs.

On the day of Nuan'er, it was designated to use the discarded livestock parts to make an edible dish, and Nuan'er made a braised phoenix claw, which amazed the audience!

Ming Ze has to use meat to make a new color, and his improved version of the braised lion's head has received rave reviews!

Li was asked to change it to a signature dish of his family, and he had a unique insight into the taste, coupled with his usual understanding and innovative spirit, but he was like a fish in water and successfully passed the test.

In the second round of the competition, the number of participants was less than 2,000, and it lasted for five days to complete, and the rule of ten into two was still adopted.

The proposition of the competition is to use flour as the main ingredient to make a delicious food that can fill the stomach.

On the first day of Li Ying's draw, he was not very good at cooking pasta, and he was caught off guard and was selected in the first game, so he finally regretted leaving.

His face was full of lightness, and he said to Xiaoguo and the others: "You don't have to comfort me. I have a few pounds and a few taels, and I know it myself! It was a great surprise to be able to come here, and I am fortunate to meet a few of you to persevere! ”

Xiaoguo saw that he really didn't have the slightest melancholy, so he also put his mind at ease and prepared for the game with peace of mind.