Chapter 457: A plate of shredded potatoes
"Okay, ladies and gentlemen, now the beef slices have been counted, Yang Yidao, Chef Yang has cut a total of 159 slices, Song Zihang, Chef Song has cut a total of 170 slices, so this game is in accordance with the rules, Song Zihang, Chef Song wins, and gets 20 points first!"
Seeing that the game was over, the host directly announced the results of the game, and not surprisingly, Song Zihang won the victory with a lead of eleven slices of beef, and won 20 points first.
After this game was over, the host said in a different voice: "Okay, the first game has been completed, so let's compete in the next game, everyone knows the chef's basic skills knife work, spoon reversal, and cutting board, now the knife work has been compared, and the next game is compared to the spoon, that is, the heat!" ”
As soon as the host finished speaking, the chef in the audience couldn't help nodding, heat is the most important basic skill of a chef, if you don't master the heat well, then this chef is a third-rate product, and even work in a food stall, people dislike it.
The host said this, and said after a little pause: "The following competition is the mastery of the heat of the two chefs, the test questions of this competition are made by Vice President Zheng Zhenguo, and Vice President Zheng Zhenguo is invited to announce the progress of the competition!" ”
The host said, at this time, Vice President Zheng Zhenguo stood up and said: "Hello two chefs, hello audience friends, I am the deputy judge of this competition, my name is Zheng Zhenguo, this time I will give the two chefs a question, the topic is very simple, it is fried shredded potatoes!" ”
As soon as Zheng Zhenguo finished saying this, everyone was stunned, fried shredded potatoes, do you want such a simple competition topic, who can't fry shredded potatoes?
But before everyone could express their opinions, Zheng Zhenguo clapped his hands, and the next moment two waiters were holding two trays, and there was a red cloth on the tray.
The waiter walked into the ring, and the host lifted the red cloth on the tray, revealing two fist-sized potatoes the next moment, but this potato was a little peculiar, and the skin was not the muddy yellow of common potatoes, but a white yellow, which looked very peculiar.
At this time, Zheng Zhenguo spoke: "The potato you see now is called yellow and white potato, it is a newly bred hybrid potato, and this potato has a characteristic, that is, it is crisp and refreshing, and it is extremely sweet. ”
"However, although this potato is so good, there is also a disadvantage, that is, the requirements for heat are extremely strict, if the heat is not mastered properly, then this potato is finished."
"So this plate of fried shredded potatoes is not so easy to make, if the fire is light, it will be hard and astringent, and it will taste bitter."
"If the fire is heavy, the potatoes will be soft and weak, and they will taste tasteless and unpalatable."
"Only when the heat is moderate, then this potato will be fried with a sweetness, and it is crisp and refreshing, extremely delicious, and it will make people have an endless aftertaste after eating a bite, and I want to eat the next bite, so this time the topic is to fry the potatoes, fry its sweetness, and fry its refreshingness."
Zheng Zhenguo looked up at the two of them at this time and smiled slightly, the corners of his mouth showed a playful smile, this time this topic is not simple, you must know that this potato is newly cultivated, and it has not been sold on the market, so no one knows what the specific heat of this potato is.
The two people in front of them definitely don't know what kind of heat this potato needs to release its sweetness, so this fried shredded potato is not only a comparison of technology, but also a comparison of eyesight and tongue.
It is worth mentioning here that since this potato is newly produced, during the frying process, the chef is allowed to taste it to determine how well it is heated.
After the rules of the game were announced, everyone in the field was stunned at the next moment, it sounded like this task was very difficult, everyone thought, and then saw the host distribute the potatoes to Song Zihang and Yang Yidao and said: "Next, I announce that the second round of the competition will begin, and the competition topic will be fried potatoes!" ”
An order was given, followed by Song Zihang and Yang Yidao both picked up the potatoes, at this time Yang Yidao directly took out a potato knife and began to scrape the potatoes, but Song Zihang was very arrogant and turned the potatoes around on the cutting board, followed by the knife along the potato skin, the next moment the potato skin was peeled off, this hand suddenly shocked everyone present, a group of people looked at Song Zihang stupidly, this method of scraping the potato skin, it was a handsome mess.
Song Zihang didn't care about these at all, cut the potato skin, then washed it with water a little, and the next moment picked up the kitchen knife and cut the potatoes directly, cutting them very finely, each shredded potato was about the same thickness as a matchstick, and each one was the same thickness, without the slightest difference.
On the other hand, Yang Yidao also began to cut potatoes, Yang Yidao's knife work is still very good, although it will not be Song Zihang's handsome method of peeling potatoes, but each shredded potato is still the thickness of a matchstick.
The two of them cut the potatoes, followed by the start of the hot pot, poured oil to preheat, the oil was hot, and then it was time to move seriously, only to see Song Zihang and Yang Yidao pour the potatoes into the pot almost at the same time.
At this time, Yang Yidao's expression became serious, ordinary shredded potatoes can be fried in three and a half minutes, but how many minutes does it take him to fry this newly cultivated potato? Yang Yidao had no bottom in his heart, so he could only frown and carefully observe the shredded potatoes in the pot.
Song Zihang is much easier than Yang Yidao, or more victorious, although Song Zihang doesn't know the geometry of the newly cultivated potatoes, but you can't stand Song Zihang opened the Yuan Shen hanging, Song Zihang Yuan Shen scanned the potatoes in the pot a little, and instantly grasped the potatoes in the pot clearly.
A few minutes is the best heat, Song Zihang almost instantly got the most accurate time point, that is, three minutes and twenty-one seconds, at this time the potatoes will be all ripe, and part of the starch will be decomposed into sugar, which is why Zheng Zhenguo said that the potatoes will be sweet, three minutes and twenty-one seconds, Song Zihang remembered it in his heart, and easily stir-fried it in his hands, as long as the time was turned off.
But Yang Yidao was not, at this time he kept stir-frying shredded potatoes, but he had no bottom in his heart, so in two minutes, he picked up a shredded potato and ate it, which was astringent, bitter, and raw.
I tasted it again at half a minute, it was astringent, the bitterness weakened, and I tasted it again in three minutes, and it was sweet, and it was almost time!
Thinking of this, Yang Yidao turned the wok again, and unconsciously it was three minutes and ten seconds, at this time the sweetness was already very strong, Yang Yidao tasted it, and thought to himself, Is it only so sweet? It should be about the same, but, again, wait another five seconds.
Yang Yidao thought of this, waited for another five seconds, and then tasted it again, the sweetness was already very strong, and at this time Yang Yidao didn't dare to continue gambling, so he turned off the fire!