Chapter 239: Kitchen God Battle (Part II)
"Grandpai?"
Hearing Tan Dingbang announce the dishes to be made today, the people eating melons below were a little confused. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
There are really not many people who have heard of this Taiye Chicken, but when it comes to its other name, Chaxiang Chicken, everyone will not be unfamiliar, but as a Cantonese cuisine master, of course, he uses the most traditional name, and he also set a small trap for Ye Fei, if Ye Fei has not even heard the name of the dish, it will be a joke.
This dish is because the founder Zhou Guisheng was the magistrate of Xinhui County, Guangdong in the late Qing Dynasty, and lost his official position after the Xinhai Revolution, and sold smoked roast chicken as a business, so Zhou Shengji "Taiye Chicken" got its name.
Ye Fei has done a lot of homework in the past three days, so naturally he will not be unclear, he doesn't talk nonsense, he poked Wuchenzi and said, "Do it!"
Wuchenzi is no stranger to Cantonese cuisine, so he chose a tender chicken to slaughter, simmer the hair, remove the internal organs, wash it, put it in a slightly boiling brine basin, and soak it with a slight fire.
Tan Dingbang on the other side was also methodical, doing the same steps, watching Wuchenzi's smooth movements, he also nodded frequently, he naturally saw that Wuchenzi's cooking skills were not below him.
Zhao Yingyang in the audience looked like he was in the chest, he naturally knew that Wuchenzi was a master of Cantonese cuisine, and he would not be surprised.
Wuchenzi used a clamp to lift the chicken out of the brine basin from time to time, poured out the brine in the chicken cavity to keep the temperature inside and outside the chicken cavity consistent, and after about fifteen minutes of cooking, both sides scooped up the chicken almost at the same time and put it on the plate.
Both sides are masters at the pinnacle of culinary skills, and it is naturally difficult to distinguish between them when it comes to heat control, so it is not unusual for the timing to be consistent.
Wuchenzi turned the fire to a higher level, set up the oil pot, burned for a while, he slightly touched the pot with his fingers to test the oil temperature, and then grabbed a handful of tea leaves to sprinkle into the oil pot.
Ye Fei suddenly stopped him, took out a bag of tea and said, "Use this." ”
It is important to know that each chef has their own secret recipe, so the main ingredients can be the same, but no competition will limit the seasonings and auxiliary ingredients used.
Wuchenzi looks distressed, your sister! This jade-topped marigold tea usually costs half a catty of saliva if you want two pieces, but the good guy now takes out half a catty.
Although he thought, the movement in his hand was not slow, he sprinkled a handful of tea leaves, stir-fried, and stuffed the rest into his arms.
After a while, the fragrance of tea wafted out, but this time even the judges were attracted by this aroma.
"What kind of tea, the fragrance is so unique. ”
"Lao Li, you also smell it, it is even more rare that it is fragrant but not demonic, faint if there is nothing. ”
"This also requires superb cooking skills in order to play the first-class control of the heat, it seems that Lao Tan has met an opponent. ”
Wait until the aroma of the tea is stable, sprinkle brown sugar evenly, and continue to stir-fry the tea leaves while sprinkling.
Wisps of green smoke gradually rose from the pot, and the smoke rising from the jade top marigold tea condensed into a lifelike Han maid above the iron pot.
The audience below was surprised, and several judges, who were also well-informed, couldn't help but stretch their necks and stand up from their seats.
Wuchenzi quickly put a piece of bamboo grate into the pot, and immediately put the chicken on the bamboo grate, covered and smoked.
After a short period of effort, both of them finished smoking, poured the mixed juice over the chicken, and presented it to the judges.
"Okay! This chicken body jujube is red and translucent, smoked but not burnt, the skin is refreshing and the meat is fragrant, fragrant into the bone marrow, and chewing is vibrant, but it turns decay into magic. ”
The first thing to taste was Tan Dingbang's dishes, the judges were full of praise, and Wuchenzi was also nervous when he heard such comments, and the grandmaster was just a thought about the victory or defeat.
The judges changed their chopsticks and tasted Ye Fei's dishes again, and after a while, they put down their chopsticks and smiled at each other.
"Lao He, you can comment!"
Lao He didn't shirk with a smile, straightened up and said: "If you want to say that the two dishes are the pinnacle, the Taiye chicken tea in Tianting Farm is fragrant, and it is slightly better." ”
Xu Qing was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to applaud, but he heard Lao He say again: "It's just that this tea is fragrant, but it overshadows the chicken itself, but it is insufficient, so we all agree that Oriental Magic Manor wins." ”
Zhao Yingyang smiled and nodded at Xu Qing, he knew that the strongest Wuchenzi on Ye Fei's side was Cantonese cuisine, and this victory had already indicated that he was winning.
After listening to the judges' comments, Wuchenzi came to his senses, and Fang Cai felt that something was wrong, he was too much of a pursuit of stimulating the fragrance of tea, but he forgot that the main material of chicken was just an ordinary product, which made the tea dominant.
Of course, he is also secretly unconvinced in his heart, this is actually a decision that the two sides can be tied, but if the two sides are at the same level, out of respect for the royal family, most of the judges will also decide that the royal family wins.
After losing one game first, Xu Qing couldn't sit still, but Ye Fei still looked light.
In the second competition, Zhao Yingyang sent Liu Juan, the master of Sichuan cuisine, who was the only woman among the culinary masters, and she had the pungency of a Jinchuan woman.
Liu Juan said dryly: "Then let's make the simplest mapo tofu today!"
Sichuan cuisine, that is, the cuisine of the Jinchuan region, is one of the four major cuisines in China, and it is also the most distinctive cuisine, the largest folk cuisine, because Sichuan cuisine is mainly home-cooked food, and the common people are also the most familiar, so it is named "people's cuisine".
And this mapo tofu is even more popular, almost every small restaurant will make this dish, but the simpler the dish, the more skillful, so Liu Juan chose this dish because she didn't want to win, but she was also very confident in her cooking skills.
At the beginning of the competition, Liu Juan took out a small stone grinder, but she wanted to make tofu on the spot, which was the most authentic method, using freshly made tofu, which can fully retain the freshness of tofu.
Ye Fei also took a stone mill and grinded it, Liu Juan squinted at him, and secretly sneered, Handan toddler!
After a while, the tofu was ready, and Liu Juan cut the tofu into squares of exactly the same size with a flash of her knife.
She poured the cut tofu into the salt water, but this is to make the tofu tendonous, and the mapo tofu is made of southern tofu, which is easy to break, so this step is extremely crucial.
At the same time, Liu Juan got up from the oil pan and began to fry the sauce, and soon there was a strong and pure spicy umami.
As soon as the pot in her hand shook, the tofu in the water flew out, but it was not stained with any water, it fell into the sauce, and after boiling for a while, she shook the iron pot again, and the tofu flew into the plate like eyes, and became a delicate nine-story pagoda.
Multiply!
Liu Juan poured the sauce on the tower again, and a strong fragrance was suddenly stimulated again.
Brush!
She shook her hand and spilled a green onion with a trick of the goddess, and the green onion root stood upright, like a small flower blooming, which was a unique "shallot flowering" of mapo tofu, and there was a round of applause below.
"Okay! Master Liu really didn't let her shave her eyebrows, I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to watch her cook in my lifetime. ”
The judges couldn't help but be impressed by Liu Juan's stunts, this is a traditional basis, such a tender tofu can actually be posed.
At this time, Ye Fei's mapo tofu was also served, and everyone couldn't help but be stunned, Ye Fei actually forgot to pour the sauce.