Volume 1 What about me crossing you? Chapter 4: Preparing Dinner
"Oh?" Seiichiro squinted his eyes after hearing Gu Bai's words, thinking, and after a few seconds, he opened his eyes and carefully examined the young man in front of him.
I rushed back to Japan from abroad and planned to spend a few more years with Chuangzhen, because Chuangzhen is almost old enough to go to school, and he can't always let this child stay at home, so he has to go out and communicate with his peers more.
I heard the teacher say that something happened at home, so I came to see the teacher non-stop. When Enzuki was a student, the atmosphere around Seiichiro was really depressing, but this teacher really took care of himself as a friend, and he worked in the teacher's shop, and was taught by the teacher, so the teacher's kindness to him was very important.
When Seiichiro came to see the teacher, the old man's old age was no longer as majestic as he was on the podium more than ten years ago. After a brief exchange with the teacher, Seiichiro met this emaciated young man in a coma - Gu Bai.
After listening to the old man's account of the situation, Seiichiro felt a faint pain in his heart. The child looked pale and sickly like the thistle of the past. When he was about to leave, Ji was also seriously ill, but he still left ruthlessly...
Later, I heard that Nagi Jiji went to the United States and left his contact information for Seiichiro, but Seiichiro was under a lot of pressure at the time and hadn't figured out how to face Yuanyue and his former best friends.
Now seeing this child, thistle, I wonder how you are now... Thinking of the junior who always follows his ass and is submissive, but every time he eats a halberd, he is always eager to try, and he has a talent that amazes him, Seiichiro's heart is full of waves.
After that, of course, Seiichiro tried his best to help, and the teacher's medicinal food was as effective as ever.
Seeing Gu Bai sending a request for a halberd to himself, Seiichiro shook his head, this Ji rarely mentioned the halberd to him back then, but every time he ate the halberd, he was extremely serious. Another time, because it was too long, my body collapsed, but every time I was impressed by the cooking of thistle... Chuangzhen, this kid also sticks to himself every day to eat halberds, and eating halberds is the way for students in Yuanyue to communicate deeply into their souls!
But this child is too young, and I heard the teacher say that because the teacher's own body and Gu Bai's body are not very good, he has not taught him cooking skills, so don't hit this child, although I want to bully Chuangzhen... Hahaha.
Thinking of this, Seiichiro laughed, reached out and rubbed Gu Bai's head again, and said in a soft tone, "Well, it's as cute as Chuangzhen, but your current body is not good, even if the halberd can hold on and play normally?" ”
Hearing Seiichiro's answer, it is true that his current body can't play cooking skills at all, let alone eating halberds with Seiichiro, even if he does his best in the original world, I'm afraid that the possibility of victory is not great, damn it! When will his body get better, Gu Bai is even more eager to recover his strength as soon as possible.
"However, today's dinner is going to be handed over to you, if it's delicious, I'll let you taste my food too" Seiichiro saw Gu Bai's lost expression and said comfortingly.
"Ah, okay!" Gu Bai hurriedly cleaned up, walked into the kitchen, and thought of Mr. Seiichiro's cooking, as if he had been stimulated.
"Patronizing and chatting, I didn't expect it to be so late, Gu Bai's skills are okay, and I don't know where I learned it," the old man said with a smile.
"I'm looking forward to your cooking, come on," Seiichiro said to Gu Bai, and then walked into the living room with the old man to continue chatting.
Gu Bai washed his hands, put on his apron, and looked at the ingredients in front of him, after Mr. Seiichiro came to help, the home environment was much better, and there were a lot more ingredients, Mr. Seiichiro still had a life-saving grace for himself, and the first time he cooked for Mr. Seiichiro, he must come up with decent cooking!
What to do, Gu Bai carefully glanced at the ingredients, in the past two days, because the old man and Mr. Seiichiro mainly wanted to replenish his body, most of the ingredients brought were big supplements, chicken, duck and fish meat were prepared a lot, Gu Bai continued to watch, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and there were soft-shelled turtles!
That's right! Since there is soft-shelled turtle, then that dish is very suitable, not only delicate and crispy, fragrant, original, delicious and delicious, but also solid and hearty ingredients for dinner. Then it's up to you!
After thinking about what to do, Gu Bai quickly started to do it, because the time was not early, Mr. Seiichiro and the old man must be hungry, and they had to speed up and ensure the quality of the food at the same time!
Gu Bai took out a kitchen knife and a piece of pork belly, and the knife fell in his hand, feeling the fleshy quality of the pork belly. At first, there was still some rustiness with the knife, but as the knife went down one by one, the original feeling slowly poured out from the bottom of his heart, and the knife became more and more proficient, Gu Bai began to speed up very rhythmically, and the movements in his hands became faster and faster, and soon the pork belly was cut, looking at the uniform thickness of about 1 cm, Gu Bai nodded and was more satisfied this time. Then wash the pork belly in a pot of boiling water.
Next is the ham, cut into square slices with a side length of 3 cm, which is much easier with the feel just now. Then the mushrooms are washed and sliced into slices. Wash the garlic cloves, green onions, and ginger, cut them and put them in a small bowl, add vinegar to make a juice, and then take some of the remaining green onions and ginger and beat them up.
Gu Bai wiped the sweat left on his forehead, this is just the beginning, his body has begun to be a little tired, he has been working in a noodle restaurant for a few days, his physical fitness has improved a lot, it may be that the fatigue of a day's work will be manifested here, but the meaning of this dish is unusual, you must be very focused!
Gu Bai gritted his teeth, and the next thing was the most important part of the whole dish, dealing with the soft-shelled turtle. Gu Bai concentrated on slaughtering and washing the soft-shelled turtle, scalding it in a pot of boiling water and taking it out, rubbing off the film, and removing the film of the soft-shelled turtle here is a technical job. I can't help but laugh when I think of the first time I didn't know what to do when I handled the soft-shelled turtle in the world. This time, Gu Bai removed the membrane very lightly, then cut open the abdomen to remove the internal organs, and then removed the bones and disposed of the torso such as the tips of the claws. Cut the soft-shelled turtle meat into pieces with a side length of 4 cm, put it in a bowl, add cooking wine and fine salt, and then wait until 15 minutes later, take it out and squeeze out the water.
To prepare the casserole, Gu Bai put a bamboo operator, that is, a bamboo mat, into the casserole to prevent fish skin or meat from sticking to the bottom of the pot. Then prepare all kinds of ingredients before putting it in, then add cooking wine, pepper, refined salt and water, cover it with a plate, and bring it to a boil over a hot fire.
Casserole cooking is a test of the grasp of the heat, too long will damage the meat quality of the soft-shelled turtle, too short can not boil out the umami of the soft-shelled turtle.
Gu Bai quietly felt the temperature of the casserole, stirring the soup from time to time to judge the meat quality of the soft-shelled turtle. When it was almost over, Gu Bai stopped the high heat, skimmed the surface of the soup in the casserole to remove the foam to make the soup look more thorough, and then moved the casserole to a low heat to simmer. About 30 minutes later, when he got here, Gu Bai took a breath, and the meat quality of the soft-shelled turtle had reached his expectations.
Take out the ingredients in the casserole and flip them in a deep dish, and remove the green onion and ginger in the soup, simply put the original soup of the simmered soft-shelled turtle on the fire and boil, adjust the soup flavor again, Gu Bai tasted it and added some monosodium glutamate, pepper and green onion to thicken the soup, and finally poured the thick juice on the soft-shelled turtle, and finally prepared 2 small dishes of ginger vinegar.
The work is done!
Gu Bai arranged the ingredients slightly, which made the visual effect better, making the whole dish look more like a whole. Looking at the time, it has been more than an hour and a half, and it is really late today, but I hope to satisfy the two of you.
Gu Bai was just about to serve out the dishes, when he suddenly heard applause.
"Very good, the whole dish is very smooth in terms of technique and details, I am very surprised" It turned out that Mr. Seiichiro had been watching Gu Bai at the door of the kitchen at some point, but he did not enter the kitchen to disturb Gu Bai.
"Ah, yes, when did you come over" Gu Bai scratched his head.
"From the moment you took out the casserole to boil, the delicious aroma of soft-shelled turtle has spread from the kitchen to the living room, which makes me a little impatient" Seiichiro and Gu Bai walked to the dining table together.
The old man also nodded, "Boy, you're doing well." "I look very satisfied.
"Then let's taste it!" Gu Bai was also excited to put the food away.
Seiichiro was not polite, and picked up chopsticks with the old man and sandwiched a piece of soft-shelled turtle meat. Then he showed an intoxicated look, the meat quality of the soft-shelled turtle was just right, the taste was just right, and the final thick juice treatment highlighted this umami, as if the fish meat had come to life, and before I knew it, a whole piece of meat had been completely swallowed.
Very good! If it was only the fragrance and Gu Bai's composure that impressed Seiichiro before, now after tasting it, the hunger completely fills Seiichiro's mind, "The grasp of the heat, the amount of ingredients, and the knife work of each piece of meat all have good craftsmanship, what is the name of this dish?" ”
"Wuling soft-shelled turtle, thank you for the compliment!" The corners of Gu Bai's mouth raised slightly, Wuling soft-shelled turtle is one of the eight major cuisines in China, and one of the Hunan cuisines can be said to be a famous dish, because it is usually named after the soft-shelled turtle in the area of Wuling Town, although many materials are not as fatty as the place of origin, but in terms of the current performance of the two, the completion is still very good.
"The soft-shelled turtle is fishy, and it is handled very well during cooking, and the boiling of the casserole twice, combined with ginger juice, cleverly solves the difficulty of processing this ingredient," the old man also commented.
"Very well behaved!" Seiichiro was talking to the old man and enjoying the food. When I was in school, I still remember the first time I tasted thistle's cooking, and I was just as shocked, but the taste of this dish is even higher, even if I have traveled to many places in the world, Seiichiro is also comfortable from the heart, this should be oriental cuisine, listen to the name, how did this child know?
Seiichiro thought about this child, it really looked like a thistle, a piece of jade. Back then, the talent of the thistle made him have some pressure, but it was a pity that he had to leave, but everyone has their own experience, and then the thistle became the son-in-law of the Nagi family, the child is a girl, and then he should also go to see it, the daughter of the thistle heard that there is a talent for the tongue of God, and he should contact the thistle when he goes back.