Even after leaving the dungeon, Ivan was still amazed by Chef Zheng's secret recipe for squirrel fish.

He really didn't expect that Chef Zheng would have such a wonderful idea in the production of squirrel fish.

A whimsy that transforms decay into magic!

It is indeed a miracle that turns decay into magic.

He finally knew why Chef Zheng didn't fry the freshly killed fish directly, but salted it.

Chef Zheng's sauce is actually not magical, that is, it is composed of salt, tea seed oil, sugar, pepper, cooking wine, white vinegar, ancient soy sauce, water, etc.

It's really ordinary, but it fits the idea of marinating fresh fish.

In these ingredients, each part plays its due role.

Salt can inhibit the activity of enzymes and fungi, so that the fish can maintain its fresh flavor in a short time, and also have a good effect on the texture of the fish.

Tea seed oil locks in water to reduce the loss of water and nutrients from the fish during the salting process.

Cooking wine and white vinegar can remove the fish.

White sugar is used to keep the fish more tender and tasty.

Soy sauce can enhance freshness.

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When these ingredients are mixed together, if the proportions are right, it can indeed give the fish a better taste and texture, and of course, some of the original flavor of the fish will still be lost.

To be honest, if you only talk about marinating sauces, Chef Zheng's marinade recipe is actually not perfect.

The imperfections are that, firstly, the proportion of ingredients is not completely appropriate, and secondly, there are still certain problems with the quality of the ingredients themselves, such as the quality of salt, cooking wine, and ancient soy sauce are far inferior to those of later generations.

This is evidenced by the fact that the system only gives a rating of the quality of the marinade.

But Chef Zheng made up for this very well in the subsequent production process.

In the follow-up production, Chef Zheng made a very creative two-step process.

In the first step, he added part of the marinade to the sauce he used to boil.

In this way, the umami that is lost to the marinade during the marinating process of the fish is partially returned to the fish after the fish is fried, so that the umami lost in the process of marinating and frying is partially replaced.

This step is similar to Ivan's use of shrimp head juice to mix the shrimp slippery filling.

In the second step, Chef Cheng's marinade sauce is reused.

After some of the marinade was added to the sauce that day, Chef Zheng did not throw them out, but continued to leave them there, and when the fish was done, he would strain the marinade and then boil it for storage.

The next day, he added water and other ingredients to the stored marinade to make a new marinade.

This reminded Ivan of the process of making fish sauce.

The so-called fish sauce, also known as fish soy sauce, is a common condiment in Guangdong and Fujian and other places, in Fujian cuisine, Chaozhou cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, it is often used to replace light soy sauce as a condiment for aquatic products, the taste is extremely fresh, and the body and taste effect is obviously better than that of high-grade light soy sauce.

The production of fish sauce is a kind of juice and liquid with an amber color and extremely delicious taste obtained by pickling, fermenting, and refining small fish and shrimp as raw materials.

Chef Zheng's marinade, on the other hand, is similar to fish sauce, except that the juice and liquid lost to the marinade from the fresher cinnamon fish meat are used instead of small fish and shrimp.

It's a fantastic idea that can turn decay into magic.

This whimsy, coupled with Chef Zheng's own excellent control of the squirrel fish cooking process, has caused the squirrel fish he made to become a first-class delicacy and a must-have in Jinling.

Now that Ivan has mastered it, he wants to refine it again.

Ivan couldn't help but sigh that the 10,000 points were really worth it.

It's not just the secret recipe for making squirrel fish, it's the top-notch way to prepare an ingredient.

Ivan felt that methods and ideas were more valuable than the secret recipe itself.

In many cases, there is only a thin line between delicious and ordinary flavors, and the difference is a little bit of processing skills.

This kind of technique is so important to Ivan that if it weren't for the copy that had just been released, he would have wanted to go back and try to make a squirrel fish method himself, and try to improve and perfect it.

Trial production, naturally, is to ensure that the practice is effective, so that he can exchange the secret recipe for silver with Wu's mother.

Improvement and refinement, naturally, is to make a more delicious squirrel fish.

After making the delicious shrimp dumplings, the top-grade third-class delicacy can no longer satisfy Ivan's appetite, and at least he has to get a top-grade second-class to be willing.

It's just that now, he can only hold back this thought for the time being.

Next, he still has a lot of homework to make up.

As he prepared to leave Qin Tower, it seemed that the trajectory of his quest was about to change.

At this point, he had already sensed from the appearance of Fang Yizhi and the other four princes, and in order to cope with the new situation, he had to make up for some relevant knowledge, such as medieval Europe.

He doesn't yet know how the mission will change in the future.

In addition, there is another thing that also worries him a little, that is, after leaving the Qin Tower, what will happen to the proficiency of Shuitai Kung Fu and knife work?

He didn't worry much about the problem of knife work, as long as there was Tie Niu to guide him, he could continue to practice anywhere.

And he also found that since mastering the know-how, the improvement of knife proficiency is quite fast, and it can increase by three or four points a day, and now it has reached the primary level of 41 points, and there is no problem at all before the mission deadline arrives.

The improvement of the proficiency of the water platform is a bit of a small trouble.

Although it is said that since Lao Jiang personally demonstrated and instructed him to kill fish, his proficiency in the water platform has improved a little faster, and he can increase by five or six points a day, but this is based on killing a large number of fish and handling shrimp every day.

After leaving Qin Tower, there were not so many fish to kill him.

We have to find a way to solve this problem.

There is still a lot to consider.

For example, if the secret recipe of the squirrel fish can be exchanged for silver, will it be to leave the Qin Mansion immediately, or will it stay in the Qin Mansion for a few more days to earn more silver?

Also, after leaving Qinlou, how to operate the new restaurant?

Just selling steamed buns and dumplings?

Do you want to sell something else?

Without the noble platform of Qin Lou, how to make a name for himself and open up sales?

Although Ivan has an idea, he does not have a full-fledged plan yet.

Although he had an idea, he had no experience in running a restaurant before, so he was actually quite apprehensive in his heart.

Perhaps, Fang Yizhi and these scholars can help themselves and Dong Xiaowan!

Ivan realized this right away.

The reason why Dong Xiaowan was able to become famous in Qinhuai quickly had a lot to do with these merry scholars.

Moreover, a well-traveled scholar like Fang Yizhi often interacts with people with a higher level and consumption potential, which is just in line with the high-quality and expensive positioning of Xiaowan bun series.

Although Fang Yizhi is a trouble, he can make good use of it!

Ivan was immediately motivated and began to look up information about medieval Europe on the Internet.