Tiexian heirs in the city

"Master Gu, don't be surprised. In terms of culinary skills, although I don't have the talent of Song Xiu, I dare to bet you that I can rely on you." Song Likun said.

"Tell me how you want to bet."

For gambling, Gu Zheng has always been very interested.

"As the saying goes, one has to specialize in skills. Although my overall cooking skills are not as good as Song Xiu's, I still have a few specialty dishes. I want to bet with Master Gu that I am best at 'sauce orchid sliced ​​pork'. I don't know if Master Gu dares to bet?" Song Likun said.

'Xicailan sliced ​​meat' is not the common braised pork with potherb mustard. The potherb in this dish is a special product in Kunlun Market. As for the pork used, it is still from the 'Xianyun Pig' in Kunlun Market. The orchid slices in the dish also come from the rhizome of an edible orchid in the Kunlun market. Moreover, the dish of 'Snow Vegetable Slices with Braised Pork' is also on the banquet menu provided by Kunlun today.

"You don't want your high-level Kunlun faction to be judges, do you?" Gu Zheng said.

"No, the grudge between Kunlun and Emei has finally been resolved. In this special period when the grudge has just been resolved, I don't want the elders to worry about it! As for the judges, it's up to you to find this person! "Song Likun said indifferently.

"Are you so assured of me? Are you not afraid that I will find someone to cheat?" Gu Zheng asked curiously.

"Anyway, I will definitely taste the dishes you cook. Whether we cheat or not depends on our conscience." Song Likun said.

"Okay, tell me what you want to bet on? A complete set of fairy utensils and kitchen utensils?" Gu Zheng asked.

Song Likun shook his head: "I believe that set of fairy kitchen utensils will be more useful in your hands. I bet you, my bet is these things."

As if he had been prepared for a long time, Song Likun took out a large bag of things.

"This is my treasure for many years!" Song Likun said.

Gu Zheng stared straight at the things Song Likun took out. There were more than forty pieces of these things, including the medium-quality sugar that Song Xiu had used in the food competition, and some other medium-quality ingredients. And ordinary ingredients accounted for less than one-third of the proportion!

Although Song Likun didn't have high-grade ingredients in the things he took out, most of the ingredients have reached the middle grade. Even though Gu Zheng now has the treasure of Kongkongmen, the middle-grade ingredients are not scarce, but the resources are so low. Who would want too much? What's more, it is still a high-end resource!

"you,"

Gu Zheng didn't know what to say, he was obviously different from Song Xiu and Song Bai.

"As the saying goes, a good horse with a good saddle, you can win against Song Xiu. These ingredients are in your hands, I believe they can bloom the taste they should have. And if you want to get them, you can win on my special dish For me, I was convinced to lose, and it also made me feel relieved, relieved that I finally entrusted such good ingredients to someone worthy of entrustment."

Song Likun paused, and then solemnly said: "You must win me, or I will be disappointed!"

"good!"

Gu Zheng nodded his head, showing more respect for Song Likun.

"Although you don't ask for my bet, I still bet on this set of fairy utensils. If I lose, I don't want this set of fairy utensils either." Gu Zheng said.

"No, it's nothing to win or lose once. I don't think there is anyone more suitable for this set of fairy utensils than you. Forget it, I don't want your bet anymore, let's start!" Song Likun's attitude could not be refused.

"Promise, Gu Zheng, you won't take advantage of such an advantage!" Qi Ling said helplessly.

"Qi Ling, he makes me feel weird like this!" Gu Zheng said heartily.

"Why so many psychological burdens? He originally wanted to fulfill you, and you can fulfill him too? Perfection is a virtue! Wait, you will go all out and win him with your real skills without using any magic tricks." , can also be regarded as a manifestation of your strength!"

Gu Zheng frowned slightly. Although there was nothing wrong with Qi Ling's words, it always made him feel unspeakable! This feeling also appeared in the Shushan kitchen. It seems that under some special circumstances, Qi Ling really hoped that he could defeat other chefs without using immortal skills.

"It stands to reason that using immortal techniques to win should be a matter of course in Qi Ling's heart. After all, these are all methods of Lord Tiexian. But in some special occasions, why do I always feel that she is trying to induce me not to use immortal techniques? What? It’s just that what she needs me to show is a kind of self-confidence, an attitude of contempt for my opponent! What’s more, if she is not trying to induce me, she let me win without using fairy art, it should not be said to be a part of my strength This kind of performance should be regarded as my respect for Song Likun!"

Gu Zheng shook his head, and didn't think about it anymore. Anyway, Qi Ling's little head was thinking, sometimes he couldn't figure it out.

"Okay, since that's the case, I'll accept Chef Song's kindness." Gu Zheng said.

"That's right, let's start!" Song Likun smiled.

Pickled cabbage is white, and from the outside, it looks like the first shoots of ferns.

The rhizome of the edible orchid is a corm, which is as big as a sweet potato. Cut it into slices of moderate thickness, and sandwich it in Xianyun pork. While absorbing excess fat, the orchid slices themselves will become fragrant and soft charming.

It is rather troublesome to make the ‘Snow Cabbage Sliced ​​Pork’. The snow cabbage in this dish should be fried first, then add the prepared soup and simmer for a while, and put it aside for later use.

The processing of blue slices is relatively simple. You only need to wash and cut into slices, and put them in the Xianyun pork before it is caged.

As for the Xianyun pork, the pork belly from Xianyun pig was chosen. After the preliminary hair removal and blood stain removal, it was boiled in a pot under cold water for a period of time, and then it was taken out and punctured on the pig skin so that it could be used later. The effect of the pine bark made is better.

On the punctured Xianyun pork, spread the prepared sauce evenly, wait for the sauce to dry, then put it into the oil pan, fry the Xianyun pork until the pig skin changes color, then soak it in cold water, So that the pigskin becomes loose.

Spread the sauce made from fermented bean curd, soy sauce, spices, etc. evenly on the sliced ​​Xianyun pork, add a piece of orchid slices between each piece of Xianyun pork, put it upside down in a bowl, and cover it with A layer of pickled cabbage that has been stir-fried before is steamed in a basket, and put it upside down on the plate when it comes out of the pan. A dish of "spiced cabbage with sliced ​​pork" is considered ready.

Gu Zheng does not use immortal techniques. His advantage lies in the matching of ingredients grades, understanding of ingredients, and being able to feel the trace substances in ingredients that have bad effects.

Xianyun pork is a medium-grade ingredient, and orchid slices and pickled vegetables are also medium-grade ingredients. As for the grades of the auxiliary ingredients, they are all considered low-grade, and there are not many of them that reach the average grade. For these auxiliary materials, unless they are particularly important, otherwise Gu Zheng can not use them.

The pickled cabbage was washed and quickly fried and put aside for later use. The orchid slices were also cut, and the Xianyun pork was almost cooked. Gu Zheng fished it out and put it on top with a thin bamboo stick Dense holes were pierced.

Gu Zheng evenly smeared the prepared sauce on the Xianyun pork. Up to this step, Gu Zheng's method and Song Likun's method began to show obvious differences.

The sauce prepared by Song Likun uses a lot of ingredients, while the sauce prepared by Gu Zheng is just a fusion of rice vinegar and soy sauce.

"Master Gu, why did you only use rice vinegar and soy sauce?" Song Likun asked.

"There are good and bad ingredients. Chef Song must understand this. Some of the seasonings you use are not compatible with Xianyun pork in terms of ingredient level. Using them will also have some good effects, but without them, it will be more delicious. Highlight the taste of the ingredients themselves.”

Hearing what Gu Zheng said, Song Likun frowned thoughtfully.

The sauce on the meat had dried up, and Song Likun had already put the meat into the pot. Because of the small holes pierced in the meat, there was a slight explosion sound from time to time, and the unique aroma of fried meat wafted out.

"Zizi la la!"

On the other hand, in the pot at Gu Zheng's side, what was placed was not Xianyun pork, but some extra fat when Gu Zheng processed the pork belly of Xianyun pork.

To make 'Xicailan sliced ​​meat', there is oil used to fry Xianyun pork on the chopping board. Although the oil used by Guzheng today is not the kind on the chopping board, it is not illegal, after all, it comes from Divide remaining scraps of pork belly.

"Master Gu, do you want to use Xianyun lard? The meat of Xianyun pig is delicious, but the oil is a bit too greasy!" Song Likun kindly reminded.

In fact, Xianyun lard is greasy because it is too fragrant, and it feels too fragrant. Therefore, when cooking Xianyun pork, the chefs do a good job of removing oil, regardless of the sauce. Three Immortals', or the current 'Snow Vegetable Slices with Pork'.

"Thank you, Chef Song, for reminding me, but since I did this, there is a reason for it." Gu Zheng smiled slightly.

The reason why Xianyun lard smells too greasy is because it contains a kind of 'fragrant' trace substance. This kind of trace substance is naturally impossible for ordinary people to find and remove, but for Gu Zheng, this is not a problem! Gu Zheng also used the same method to remove the fragrance when he was compared to Song Xiu as the "Three Immortals in Sauce". Taste, better for a little reason.

Although Gu Zheng did not cook much oil, it was enough to fry a piece of Xianyun pork.

When the Xianyun pork was put into the pot, there was also a slight explosion sound, but all the chefs in the kitchen raised their noses slightly.

"smell good!"

"A fragrant but not greasy fragrance, why is it like this?"

"This is obviously Xianyun lard, but why doesn't it smell so fragrant and greasy?"

"If I hadn't seen with my own eyes that Sect Master Gu used Xianyun lard, I would have wondered if it was Xianyun lard!"

"How did Master Gu manage to remove the fragrance from the oil? I saw him scoop out some of the oil before. Is this the secret?"

Everyone is a cook, and soon a chef surnamed Li discovered the problem, and then he went straight to Gu Zheng, squatted down regardless of his identity, and took a deep sniff at the trash can.

"Ah Choo!"

Chef Li, who smelled the trash can, couldn't help but sneezed loudly, but his expression was very excited: "Yes, yes! It's here, the oil scooped out by Sect Master Gu, after a deep sniff The smell is actually choking!"

"Master Gu, how did you do it?"

Almost all the chefs spoke at the same time. In their view, this was simply impossible.

"Use your heart, understand it with your heart, cook every kind of food with your heart, and you will discover things that you couldn't find before."

Gu Zheng had an unfathomable expression, and even his eyes became a little floating when he spoke, as if he could see the clouds in the sky through the roof.

"That's it!"

Several chefs said the same thing thoughtfully, and turned their eyes to the place Gu Zheng saw, but they couldn't see anything except the dark roof.

During the frying process of the pork, Gu Zheng also used a stupid method to remove some aroma substances in the meat, and then quickly put it in cold water. Due to the thermal expansion and contraction, the fried pigskin changes rapidly and turns into a loose skin with a sense of expansion, which looks very beautiful.

In the traditional way, this process takes a lot of time, but Song Likun and Gu Zheng are not ordinary chefs, they use internal strength to process Xianyun pork, which greatly saves this time.

While soaking the pork, Gu Zheng and Song Likun both started to make the sauce.

The sauce made by Song Likun uses sugar, salt, aniseed powder, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and fermented bean curd. The sauce made by Gu Zheng only uses soy sauce, salt, sugar and fermented bean curd.

Making the selected ingredients into a paste, Gu Zheng and Song Likun didn't just smear them on the meat slices, but used internal strength to promote the even absorption of the meat slices. After finishing this step, the two put the sliced ​​meat into a bowl, sandwiched the orchid slices between the slices of meat, covered the top with pickled cabbage, and steamed it on the cage.

"Master Gu, apart from using less ingredients and using Xianyun pork to deep-fry pork, the only thing I can tell the difference about this 'Snow Cabbage Sliced ​​Pork' is that you stir-fry the pork. The dish has a little more soup, and you poured all the extra soup on the meat."

Song Likun paused, and then added: "Also, you seem to use more sugar than I do."

"Actually, it's not just that, the orchids have also been processed." Gu Zheng smiled.

"Lan slices? Lan slices contain a lot of starch. Excessive washing will reduce the starch and make its taste brittle. In this 'Xicai Lan slices with meat', the taste of the blue slices is only delicious if it is soft. ah!"

Song Likun frowned. When Gu Zheng washed the orchid pieces, he was busy with something, so he just glanced at them hastily.

"Song Chef, although Master Gu has been washing orchid slices for a long time, it is very strange that the water he washes orchid slices almost does not turn white. At first, I thought it was because of Mr. Gu. The orchid slices used happen to have less starch content, but after smelling the trash can, I feel that Master Gu seems to have dealt with the orchid slices with care." When Li Chu spoke, his expression was solemn and solemn.

"It seems that there are quite a few differences, which makes me look forward to Master Gu's 'Sauce orchid Sliced ​​Pork'." Song Likun laughed.

During the steaming process, Gu Zheng chatted with Song Likun and the others for a while, and soon it was time for the 'Sauce orchid Sliced ​​Pork' to come out of the pot.

"Master Gu, the dishes are about to come out, it's time for you to choose a judge." Song Likun reminded.

"Just you!"

Gu Zheng smiled at Chef Li who had smelled the trash can.

"ah?"

Chef Li was obviously surprised to be selected by Gu Zheng as a judge, but his surprise was only for a moment.

"Okay, okay, smelling the 'sauce orchid sliced ​​meat' made by Master Gu and Chef Song, I've already been greedy! Master Gu and Chef Song don't worry, I'm a judge, and I'm definitely worthy of my words conscience." Li Che said solemnly.

"let's start!"

Song Likun and Gu Zheng nodded and said the same thing.

Two steaming plates of 'sauce orchid slices with meat' were placed on the table. Chef Li glanced at them and said, "'Snow cabbage slices with pork" requires roundness as a whole. The pickled cabbage does not leak out, and the juice does not overflow on the plate. In terms of color, there is no difference between Guzhangmen and Chef Song's 'Spiced Pickled Pork with Slices of Pickled Cabbage'."

"From the point of view of fragrance, the 'Xicai Lan Sliced ​​Braised Pork' made by Master Gu is even better. As for the difference, Chef Song will understand it after he smells it himself. It's really hard to describe."

After talking about the color and aroma, Chef Li couldn't wait to grab a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.

Usually when people eat the food made by Gu Zheng, their first reaction is to open their eyes wide, but this Chef Li is different, he closes his eyes at the first time, and then chews very intoxicated.

After eating a bite of meat, Chef Li swallowed his saliva again, and the second time he moved his chopsticks, the total amount was blue slices.

The eyes were still closed, and he was still very intoxicated by eating. After eating the orchid slices, Chef Li was still not in a hurry to open his mouth. He took another pickled cabbage from the chopsticks plate, and put it into his mouth with his eyes closed.

But this time, with his eyes closed, Chef Li's expression was no longer intoxicated, but his brows were tightly frowned, and his chewing speed slowed down a lot, as if he was savoring carefully.

Finally, Chef Li swallowed the pickled cabbage in his mouth, and at the same time he stretched out his thumb, he said four words with great emotion—it was so delicious!

"Chef Song, the 'sauce orchid slices with braised pork' you made is considered to be a common finale dish at our Kunlun School banquets. I haven't tried this dish fifty times, but I have tried it at least thirty times. right?"

Facing Chef Li's question, Song Likun nodded.

"Chef Song's 'Sauce orchid Sliced ​​Braised Pork' can be used as the finale dish at our Kunlun School banquet, and everyone agrees on its taste!"

Chef Li's voice paused, and a hint of apology appeared on his face: "However, if there is no major breakthrough in the 'Sauceran Sliced ​​Braised Pork' that Chef Song made today, you will be the one who loses."

After Chef Li finished speaking, he picked up his chopsticks and began to taste the "sauce orchid sliced ​​meat" made by Song Likun.

Although Chef Li still tasted it with his eyes closed, the intoxication on his face was gone, especially when he ate the pickled vegetables, he even felt a little regretful.

"Chef Song, you lost."

Li Chu shook his head at Song Likun.

"good!"

Not only was Song Likun not disappointed, but he applauded.

"It's good to lose, and it's only when you lose that it means that Sect Master Gu didn't let me down!"

Song Likun laughed, picked up his chopsticks and began to taste Gu Zheng's "sauce orchid sliced ​​meat".