Chapter 18: Convince you right away
The middle-aged man took Chen Er to the living room and waited for Chen Er to write a list of ingredients.
Chen Er wrote an entire page with gusto.
"You have to follow the requirements to find the ingredients."
Chen Er thought about it and added a few more things.
The middle-aged man was stunned and felt a little incredible, "It's okay to use this thing?" ”
"It's all guests."
Chen Er asked rhetorically, "Distinguished guests are also people, why can't they." ”
The middle-aged man had nothing to say, so Chen Er asked him to take him to see a few assistants that Zhao Jiuxiang had prepared for him.
As soon as Chen Er passed, he heard a familiar voice talking about it.
The voice is loud and loud.
And the content of the speech is related to oneself.
"You haven't seen it, Master Chen's knife work, it's just ......"
The speaker scratched his head, as if searching for a suitable adjective.
"It's just ...... Superb! There is no one else I have ever met! ”
Some people disagree with him.
"According to you, he's so powerful, why do you want us people to do it."
Chen Er walked slowly and leisurely from behind.
"You kid blew me into the sky, and when the time comes, will you give me a cushion?"
I saw him turn his face, it was Dou Yitong who I had seen before.
Dou Yitong scratched his head again, and said embarrassedly, "I'm proving it for you......"
Chen Er glanced at the cooks who were standing in a circle opposite them, about a dozen people.
Looking at oneself, there are temptations, doubts and curiosity.
This is a very normal situation.
Chen Er is not well-known in the culinary world, it can be said that he is just a little-known young man.
Zhao Jiuxiang brought him in, and it was probably a sudden decision.
Otherwise, with Zhao Jiuxiang's character of pursuing perfection, it is impossible to find a chef three days before the banquet is about to start.
That's definitely too late.
Something must have happened to the previous chef and he couldn't come. That's why Zhao Jiuxiang found himself.
The person who can make Zhao Jiuxiang find to be the chef of the banquet is naturally a master in the culinary industry.
Now that the big man is gone, but the chef has suddenly replaced himself, these people will definitely question or even disagree.
Chen Er didn't want to approach the banquet by then, but these people couldn't listen to his command.
When the time comes, he messes up the banquet, who will he pay for?
So Chen Er planned to open up directly.
If anyone is not convinced, say it directly.
Chen Er immediately convinced him.
As soon as Chen Er finished speaking, most of the people actually stood up.
Chen Er didn't talk nonsense, he took someone to the kitchen directly, selected a few ingredients at random, and made a home-cooked dish on the spot.
Mapo tofu.
Chen Er usually likes to eat this dish very much, so he makes a lot of it, and he is relatively proficient.
Authentic home-cooked mapo tofu with so many ingredients.
Tender tofu, minced meat, minced ginger, chili, Sichuan pepper, tempeh, bean paste, Sichuan pepper powder, Sichuan pepper water.
Chen Er placed the ingredients on the stove one by one.
Then light a stove, put a boiling pot on it, add two bowls of water, and a handful of peppercorns.
Cover and bring to a boil.
Next, place a palm-sized piece of lean pork on the cutting board.
The kitchen knife in his hand was as fast as a pile driver, rising and falling on the cutting board quickly.
The onlookers could only see a silver afterimage flickering.
In less than a minute, Chen Er withdrew the kitchen knife.
The kitchen knife was still as clean as new, and there was not a single bit of minced meat on it.
And the piece of pork on the cutting board has completely become minced meat.
What's even more amazing is that the piece of pork is still in the shape it was in when Chen Er put it on the cutting board, without the slightest deformation.
The only thing that has changed is that the meat has been chopped up.
At the same time, they also noticed one thing, Chen Er only used one hand in the whole process of cutting meat.
The other hand was well behind his back from beginning to end, and he didn't even move.
Such a good knife work is not to say top-level, but also absolutely first-class, without more than ten years of hard work, it is absolutely impossible to collect.
But Chen Er doesn't look like he can be more than 25 at most, so at what age did he start practicing?
Ten years old?
The few chefs on the lookers didn't dare to speak, at least they really didn't have such knife workers.
But for a good chef, knife skills are not enough.
So for the rest of the time, they would stare intently at Chen'er.
Chen Er put the minced meat into a bowl for later use.
Then take out a few pieces of tender white tofu and come out.
This tofu is extremely tender and is freshly made because it is called water tofu.
All it takes is a touch and it will be broken.
And Chen Er happens to like this tender taste.
He spread a piece of tofu in the palm of his hand, and the knife in his hand slashed a few times.
Because the speed was too fast, the few onlookers didn't have time to see clearly.
Chen Er had already processed a few pieces of tofu.
The peppercorns boiled on the stove exude a faint aroma of hemp.
Chen Er took out the peppercorns, and the pepper water was left for later use.
Remove the pan from which the vegetables are fried, heat and pour in the oil.
Waiting for the light smoke of the oil in the pot, Chen Er grabbed the chili pepper, Sichuan pepper and other ingredients and quickly threw them into the pot, and the shovel quickly stir-fried back and forth twice.
As soon as the red dried chili peppers were turned over in the oil pan, they suddenly became more red and bright, and the oil flashed, and they were as beautiful as freshly picked red peppers.
Then add the minced ginger.
The spicy pepper, the numbness of the pepper, and the aroma of ginger exploded in the oil pan at once.
Pounced hard at the onlookers.
Chen Er then added the bean paste.
The bean paste wrapped in chili peppers and peppercorns kept tumbling under the drive of the shovel, and everyone only felt that at that moment, the hemp fragrance was even more and the oil fragrance was stronger.
Aromas are pouring in from all directions.
Everyone couldn't help but look up into the pot.
Suddenly, Chen Er raised his hand and poured all the bowls of minced pork into the pot.
The strong aroma was suddenly covered.
The spatula stir-fried quickly, watching the red raw pork be stir-fried into white cooked pork, which is then mixed with tempeh, chili, peppercorns and other seasonings.
It immediately turned a sauce red.
And it exudes a rich meaty aroma.
Dou Yitong couldn't help but swallow his saliva in the back.
Chen Er immediately poured the tender tofu into the pot, stir-fried it three times, and then poured in the pepper water.
Smoke immediately rose from the pot, and the pepper water and seasoning were mixed together to give a faint sauce red, surrounding the tender tofu and minced pork.
And boiling blisters bubbled up at the edges, making a "poof" sound.
Chen Er reached out and took out a piece of washed shallots and quickly cut them into chopped green onions.
The tofu in the pot exudes a strong bean aroma and fragrant hemp.
Chen Er picked up the spatula and quickly stir-fried a few times.
Pick up the pot and pour a pot of tofu onto a plate.
Sprinkle with chopped green onions.
Then look at the chef in a circle.
"Taste it."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then quickly took out the chopsticks and spoons that had been prepared, and hurriedly stretched out to the plate of mapo tofu.
It startled Chen Er.
This movement is also a little more neat.