"Little brother, you can think it through." The shopping guide shook his head helplessly, "For this kind of project, you can use cheaper fish, pork, or chicken and duck meat to carry out." ”

"I've figured it out." Qin Lang picked the best one and handed it to the shopping guide, "That's it." ”

"This one has to weigh five or six pounds." The shopping guide took it and weighed it, "Although the price of oxtail is very cheap, the quality of the cow you choose is not low, so the unit price is more than 100 catties." ”

He weighed as he spoke, and quickly quoted the exact price, "812 yuan, what is the upper limit of the price you drawn, little brother?" ”

"The upper limit is a thousand, which is just enough." Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction, "That's it." ”

Shopping guide: "??? ”

This thing is the main ingredient?!

"Wrap it for me." Looking at the skeptical expression of the shopping guide, Qin Lang smiled helplessly.

"Give me your Imperial Kitchen badge, and we'll send it to the guild as soon as possible after registration." The shopping guide didn't say much more, and after taking Qin Lang's badge, he operated, "Okay." ”

Taking the badge, Qin Lang turned around and left, walking towards the next area.

In addition to oxtail, various necessary accessories are also indispensable.

These are relatively cheap, and even if you pick a better quality, it won't cost much.

After some selection, the total value of the ingredients is 888 yuan.

Just looking at this auspicious number, Qin Lang felt that his first food bucket would definitely be able to play steadily.

Walking out of the food market, Du Weiwei happened to come head-on.

"You... Just finished choosing ingredients? Du Weiwei blinked and asked tentatively.

"Yes." Qin Lang nodded, "You go to choose now?" ”

"That's right." Du Weiwei paused, "Today's food fight, I will exert all my strength, so you had better also exert your full strength." ”

"Yes." Qin Lang said with a smile.

The food fight was imminent, and the two did not communicate too much, and soon separated.

When the One Man One Spirit arrived at the Imperial Kitchen Association, there was only half an hour left before the food hopper began.

Unlike the Spirit Battlefield, the Eater's Arena is independent.

In the center are two competitive standard kitchens covering an area of 100 square meters, the exterior wall can be adjusted for transparency to ensure privacy, and the name tags of Qin Lang and Du Weiwei have been hung on the door.

Outside the kitchen, there are judges' seats and auditoriums.

Unlike Lingzhan, where the winner is clear at a glance, the winner of the food fight needs to be voted on by professional judges after tasting the dishes of both sides.

Depending on the size of the hopper, the number and rank of the reviewers will also be different.

Qin Lang and Du Weiwei's food hoppers belong to the primary food hopper, and there will be five junior judges.

At this moment, the judges did not come, but there were already people in the audience.

"Qin Lang! This way! Qi Xiaoyu waved excitedly.

Qin Lang stepped forward.

Qi Xiaoyu came here to watch the battle, he could understand.

But...

Qin Lang glanced at Zhao Chen, who was holding his hands on his chest next to him, "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here to cheer you on." Zhao Chen looked proud, "Before you lose to me, you can't lose to anyone." ”

Well, it's still the familiar taste of middle two.

"Thank you so much."

"Qin Lang, what are the dishes you prepared today?" Qi Xiaoyu leaned closer, "Reveal it?" ”

Qin Lang pondered for two seconds, and spoke calmly under Qi Xiaoyu's increasingly expectant gaze, "Stay tuned." ”

Qi Xiaoyu: "??? ”

You've been muttering for two seconds and it's a CD?

"Tell me, I know the dishes prepared by Vivi!" Qi Xiaoyu grinned, "If you tell me what you prepared, I'll tell you about her..."

Before she could finish speaking, a dangerous voice suddenly came from behind her.

"Qi! Small! Rain! ”

Qi Xiaoyu shuddered, and looked at Du Weiwei, who looked murderous in the back, but still couldn't escape the fate of being pinched soft meat.

Ignoring the fight between the two little girls, and noticing the three men and two women sitting in the judges' seat, Qin Lang quickly got up and walked to the kitchen with the egg baby.

And Du Weiwei also let go of Qi Xiaoyu and stood in front of the kitchen on the other side with her food spirit.

"I'm Zhou Yun, the chief judge of this food fight." The middle-aged man at the head looked at the two of them, "The weight of the main judge and the deputy judge are the same, but the work of the food hopper has been added." ”

"In order to limit the value of ingredients, the total value of ingredients on both sides shall not exceed 1,000 yuan."

"The ingredients of both sides of the food bucket have been delivered to their respective kitchens, and no other ingredients are allowed to be brought into the kitchen, and the total value of the ingredients on both sides is hereby reported."

"Qin Lang, the total value of the ingredients is 888 yuan."

"Du Weiwei, the total value of the ingredients is 945 yuan."

"The ingredients on both sides meet the requirements, and the total cooking time must not exceed two hours according to the regulations of the primary hopper." Zhou Yun said calmly, "The timer begins." ”

The light screen in front of the judges' seat appeared at this moment and began to count down.

Qin Lang and Du Weiwei did not hesitate, turned around and walked into their respective kitchens.

Hopper, go!

…

Qin Lang walked to the desk and began to count the ingredients on the desk.

Ginger, green onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, celery, star anise, bay leaves, green peppercorns, dried chilies, dried hawthorn, various seasonings and, most importantly, oxtail.

It's not bad.

Cooking with these ingredients is a traditional Shaanxi famous dish.

It's called braised oxtail.

"Gollum!"

Even though he had a full meal yesterday afternoon, Danbao's eyes were still full of anticipation at this moment.

It quickly approached Qin Lang's side and began to blow on the ingredients.

Look at my freshness!

Taking advantage of the time when Danbao was trying to help, Qin Lang quickly peeled and cut the oxtail into sections, cleaned it several times, and then soaked it in the water with added liquor.

Oxtail has a strong fishy smell, so you can't be sloppy to remove the fish.

Soaking well to remove blood can effectively remove the fish.

While waiting for the blood to bubble out, Qin Lang quickly sliced the ginger and cut the green onions into a small bowl for later use, and then removed from the pot.

The cooking process of oxtail requires the use of tender sugar, and this is the best time to prepare it.

The tender sugar color is light in color and slightly sweet, which can play a role in coloring and flavoring at the same time.

Add a tablespoon of rock sugar and a small amount of water to the pan and slowly swirl in one direction with a spatula.

"Goo-toot!"

The egg treasure who helped to handle the accessories was curiously approached and looked at it curiously.

It had seen the process yesterday.

But the process of boiling rock sugar to a golden brown and the sweetness gradually disappearing still makes it feel very magical.

As dense bubbles stir up in the pan, the sugar solution begins to turn from thin to viscous, and the water is quickly evaporated, leaving only the sugar solution that grows darker and darker over time.

The special caramel aroma also gushes out of the pot with this process, and the sweet and silky flavor makes the long-awaited egg treasure on the side can't help but sniff.

"If you win this fight, I'll make you a delicious crème brûlée tonight." Looking at the greedy appearance of the egg treasure, Qin Lang smiled and spoke.

Danbao's eyes were brighter, and his eyes were full of anticipation.

Be sure to win!

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【Braised oxtail】