Lin Xiaozhu picked up the ingredients on the desk and checked them one by one. This is a habit she has developed to observe the ingredients before cooking, so that she can cook according to the characteristics of the ingredients.

The first thing she looked at was the meat, and when she saw it, she smiled bitterly. I don't know if she was unlucky, or if this competition was all about beef from this place, so that the judges could easily judge. The piece of meat she got was the hind leg of the cow, the part of the silver-edged trifurcation. The meat in this place is less fat and is the coarsest part of the beef. It should be eaten slowly marinated or stewed over low heat, and after boiling for a long time, it is then cut into thin slices and eaten, rather than stir-fried. But the time of the game is only one column of incense, in addition to this dish, you have to make another dish of fried shredded potatoes, and it is impossible to simmer slowly.

In this case, it seems that there is no other choice than fried pork slices. But...... Lin Xiaozhu's eyes lit up, and he had an idea. She placed the meat on the cutting board, picked up the knife and cut it. According to the texture of the meat, cut horizontally. Needless to say, her sword skills were already extremely good when she trained in the mountain villa. In addition, her senses are sharper than others, her eyesight is strong, her hand feel is good, and she has practiced martial arts, plus she has not abandoned her cooking skills in recent years, and she will cook by herself when she has time, and this knife skill is many times stronger than when she was in the villa. Therefore, the beef slices cut out under her hand are as thin as cicada wings, and when you hold it in your hand and look at the light, you can even see the scenery on the other side.

Fortunately, although the ingredients given by the competition are only limited to these two, the ingredients are still very complete. Lin Xiaozhu cut the beef into thin slices, put down the knife, took more than ten kinds of spices such as grass, cloves, and grass fruits from the table, put them in the meat slices and mixed well, and then took a piece of paper and spread the meat slices on the paper. I left it alone.

After slicing the beef, Lin Xiaozhu began to peel the potatoes. Potatoes and radishes are the ingredients that chefs come into contact with the most in the first lesson. For this thing, Lin Xiaozhu can cut it very well with his eyes closed. Lin Xiaozhu, a soft and tender ingredient like tofu, can be cut like a hair, and it is really not enough to cut a shredded potato. I saw that the potatoes were only turned in her hand a few times, and the skin was peeled off. Then cut off the pits, then slice them into thin slices, and then cut them into shreds, all in one go. It's just a breath and a breath, and the potatoes become shreds. Put the shredded potatoes in cold water and rinse. Wash off the starch so that the fried shredded potatoes will not be mushy and taste crispy.

Burn the fire, set up the pot, and put in the oil. When the oil is warm, stir-fry the chopped green onion until fragrant, and stir-fry the shredded potatoes. Stir-fry a few times and then add salt to make the shredded potatoes crispier. Turn it over a few more times until the shredded potatoes become transparent, and then serve on the plate.

After making the shredded potatoes, Lin Xiaozhu washed the pot, brushed with a layer of sesame oil after it was boiled, put the beef slices that had just been absorbed by the paper into the pot one by one, covered the lid, and then carefully controlled the fire temperature in the stove. In order to let the beef slowly roast until cooked, when the beef turns brownish, take it out and sprinkle with a little peppercorn, and the dish is ready.

Lookout, you guessed right. This beef dish made by Lin Xiaozhu is the very famous Dengying beef in Sichuan cuisine. The ingredient used in this dish is the leg key meat. The color of the finished dish is red and bright, spicy and dry, the slices are thin and transparent, the taste is fresh and palatable, the aftertaste is sweet, and it is a delicacy with wine. Originally, the tool for baking this dish should be a special oven, but at this time, there is no way but to make it simple. Fortunately, Lin Xiaozhu used to make cakes, and he studied the principle and control of the stove very thoroughly. Therefore, even if you only use an iron pot, you can accurately control the temperature and humidity of the beef, and make the light shadow beef with the effect of an oven.

Although the time was very tight, Lin Xiaozhu was quick with his hands and feet, and the two dishes were made calmly, and the time was just right. Presenting the dish and pressing his number under the dish, Lin Xiaozhu followed the guide to the open space, and waited with the other cooks for the judges to taste and score.

Two hundred and sixty-seven cooks stood in the open space in the dark. Lin Xiaozhu looked around, and most of the middle-aged cooks with fat heads and big ears were there, there were relatively few young ones, and there were not many women. There are almost no little girls like her.

Lin Xiaozhu retracted his gaze and sighed lightly. She originally thought that this competition would have a chance to meet a classmate who was cooking at the villa. After all, she traveled to three countries and tasted a lot of delicious food, and with comparison, she knew that the skills of the three masters in the villa were all top-notch, and the apprentices she taught would naturally not be bad. Now the Xuanyuan Dynasty Cooking Competition, these classmates should come to participate in the competition. But I didn't want to see a familiar face everywhere I looked.

"Girl, which restaurant are you the chef of? How did you come to the competition at such a young age? A chubby cook in his forties next to him stood there waiting bored, and when he saw Lin Xiaozhu such a beautiful little girl standing aside, he whispered a conversation.

"Heh, I'm not a cook in a restaurant. I just learned some crafts and came to see the world. Lin Xiaozhu said with a smile. Seeing this fat cook, she remembered the original Yu Jiaoxi, and felt very kind.

"Just to see the world?" The fat cook's eyes widened in surprise, and then he smiled understandingly, "But it's also true." For a little girl like you, even if she can hold a kitchen knife, she has only practiced cooking for seven or eight years. Seven or eight years of hard work, that is, the level of making home-cooked food. Coming here to compete, it's really a sight to see the world. However, your family is rich, and the registration fee for this competition is one hundred taels of silver. No matter if you get the ranking or not, you will not be refunded. Your family is really willing to let you take so much money to see the world. ”

This is a bit unkind, and it has the meaning of selling the old with the old. Lin Xiaozhu smiled and didn't make a sound. I thought to myself, if the cook in front of me knew that she could train a group of cooks in a month and a half, and that the dishes she cooked would make diners flock to her, I wonder how surprised he would be. However, the chef she trained was a master chef who specialized in six or seven dishes in that month and a half, and he was at the level of a chef for those few dishes, and he would not be able to cook other dishes; And he still doesn't know how to use the knife, even if he can't cook good dishes without the helper of the fire. Compared with these cooks who have been apprentices since childhood and have been working hard for more than ten years, they are naturally incomparable.

"Lin Xiaozhu." A voice suddenly sounded behind them.

Lin Xiaozhu turned his head and opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

I regretted not seeing my classmate just now, but I didn't want to see my classmate now, and this classmate was none other than Wu Pingqiang, her old rival in the villa. (To be continued)