Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 350: I'm usually too restrained

The last two dishes were cooked quickly. After informing Wu Kaile in advance that he would no longer receive guests, Zhao Xiaojing began to prepare lunch for her own family.

Since she decided to replicate the gluten and fried double crisps last night, Zhao Xiaojing has practiced several times in the virtual space. The dry-fried gluten is very simple, and when it is used with fried skewers, it is even better than the one Su Yuchen likes to eat, but the fried double crisps are always a little bit worse.

The store was full of young people. The oldest, Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua, were only in their forties. They could not resist spicy food, so when Zhao Xiaojing bought gluten in the morning, she directly bought three kilograms, which had already been torn by hand by Su Yuchen and Ouyang Yidan, filling half a steel basin.

After the water boiled, Zhao Xiaojing added a spoonful of salt to the pot, blanched the gluten, and then soaked it for a while before wringing it dry.

The dish of dry-fried gluten mainly relies on stir-frying to make it flavorful. Before stir-frying, the gluten can be blanched or fried to make it cooked inside and out.

However, after trying both methods, Zhao Xiaojing felt that blanching was better. After blanching and squeezing dry, the gluten had a slight elasticity and was not too greasy. After frying, the gluten was hard, and the uneven small strips after being torn by hand were prone to being fried at inconsistent temperatures.

Add half a spoonful of oil to the bottom of the pot, stir-fry the peppercorns and cumin seeds, then add garlic, green onions, shredded ginger, dried chili peppers, and half a spoonful of cooking oil, sauté until fragrant, then add gluten.

When the gluten in the pot becomes browned, Zhao Xiaojing directly pours in the fried skewers dipping sauce made from soy products prepared in the kitchen instead of seasoning, adds celery for garnish, sprinkles on a handful of sesame seeds, and then stir-fries the gluten.

Next comes the stir-fried double crisps. Zhao Xiaojing's imitation version of the stir-fried double crisps is more like the usual spicy and sour chicken offal, without the sourness. According to memory, the duck gizzards are cut into chrysanthemum shapes and the duck throat is cut into comb shapes. Then there is a series of marinating, adding small ingredients and stir-frying.

Considering that this was Gu Shanfeng's first time to eat at the restaurant, Zhao Xiaojing specially contributed a duck used for practicing the magic duck to make soup in the morning. In the middle, she also cut a small piece of the ham that Lu Hongwen brought and cooked it and put it in the soup. At this time, when the casserole was opened, a rich aroma came out.

Zhao Xiaojing sniffed and enjoyed the aroma of the duck soup with satisfaction for a moment. Then she added a spoonful of salt, a handful of wolfberries, covered the soup with a lid, stirred it for a while, and turned off the heat.

After finishing one soup and two dishes, Zhao Xiaojing was thinking that she could not just stir-fry the other dishes in a big pot or make them into a dry pot as usual for convenience, when Lu Hongwen came running from the front hall mysteriously, and Geng Mingyan and Hou Guihua followed behind pushing a pile of plates.

"Sister Jingzi, who is that old man? How could he be able to subdue Sister Wan?"

"Oh my god, when I came over just now, I saw Xiao Wan and Xiao Yun keeping their heads down without saying a word. They looked so aggrieved that I wanted to laugh! When has Xiao Wan ever been so quiet?" Hou Guihua shook her head and put the bowl in the sink with a smile. Geng Mingyan beside her had already put on gloves and started washing the bowl.

Zhao Xiaojing smiled and said, "He is their master, his surname is Gu. He opened the restaurant where they learned cooking in Jiangliu District. Did he scold them? Not really."

"Of course not. Their master had a very long face and I didn't dare to get close to him. When I was cleaning the table next to me, Sister Wan secretly winked at me. I guess she wanted me to tell her to leave. How dare I? I just pretended not to see it!"

"Haha, Master Gu is teasing them. He just told me that they did a good job and he was very satisfied." Zhao Xiaojing smiled.

"Satisfied?! Is this how you express satisfaction?" Lu Hongwen opened his mouth wide.

"Why is their master here? Is he going to take them back?" Hou Guihua turned her head and asked as she rinsed the dishes washed by Geng Mingyan and put them into the sterilizer.

"No, I asked him to find another master, and he came to visit his brothers and sisters."

"That's fine. Xiao Wan is lively and Xiao Yun is down-to-earth. They are both such good kids. It's a pity that they are gone!"

"Sister Hou, then which one wouldn't be a pity if it left?" Lu Hongwen managed to close his mouth with great difficulty. When he heard what Hou Guihua said, he immediately set a trap with a sly smile on his face.

"Xiao Su." Geng Mingyan, who was standing at the side, finished washing the dishes and cleaned the pots used by Wan Yuyue and Yun Yongyuan, and began to clean the workbench. "It's a pity that Xiao Su stayed in the store. She can sing and play the guitar, and she sings so well. She is good enough to be a star."

"That's true." Lu Hongwen, who had not been cheated, tilted his head and nodded in agreement, while his hands kept rinsing the last vegetable basket in front of him and putting it back in its place.

After Zhao Xiaojing finished cooking three hot pot dishes, the three of them cleaned up the kitchen. Lv Hongwen took the rice and the special bowls and chopsticks for the store staff to the front hall, and Wan Yuyue ran back and stood in front of Zhao Xiaojing with her hands on her hips.

"Junior sister, you are not kind!"

"When Master Gu seriously asks you to do something, do you dare to say no?" Zhao Xiaojing curled her lips.

"I definitely wouldn't dare!"

"I wouldn't dare!" Zhao Xiaojing looked innocent.

"You, you, you!" Wan Yuyue jumped up and down, "Then you could at least pretend to obey me! At least give me a hint!"

"Okay, serve the dishes. Those two dishes must be cold. Remember to heat them up in the microwave. I'm telling you now. If you stay out for another two minutes, Master Gu will definitely guess that you are looking for an excuse to come in and avoid him."

Wan Yuyue was startled and didn't even bother to glare at Zhao Xiaojing. She hurriedly took the dishes and ran out.

K! O!

Su Yuchen, who came in together to serve the meal and witnessed the whole process, gave Zhao Xiaojing a thumbs up in admiration.

In one minute, all the employees were mobilized to serve the rice, heat the dishes in the microwave, put the table together, pull out the stools, serve the dishes, and set the tableware, and ten people were seated.

"Wow, such a sumptuous feast today!" Ouyang Yidan, who had been cleaning the hall, expressed everyone's thoughts when she saw the PLUS plate of five dishes and one soup.

"Master, please try it. Today's whole table was prepared by our junior sister. If you find anything wrong with the food, you must scold her! Just like you scolded us just now!" Wan Yuyue was sitting next to Gu Shanfeng and immediately turned into a lackey, picking up every dish for Gu Shanfeng.

"If you can be like your junior sister, why would I scold you? Tell me yourself, how long have you been frying the shredded potatoes? How could the heat be so bad that it turned out like that? What I taught you has been thrown away. If I don't scold you, who else should I scold?"

"Hey, Master! Why are you scolding me alone? My skills have all been taught by my junior sister these days. Can you at least implicate me or find the source?"

"Looking for the source? Are you blaming me for not teaching you well?!" After Gu Shanfeng finished scolding, he just picked up the chopsticks to eat the food, but was so angry by Wan Yuyue's words that he put them down again.

On the other side of the ancient mountain, Yun Yongyuan sighed deeply and covered his forehead.

"It seems that Sister Yue is usually too restrained in the store." Su Yuchen looked at Wan Yuyue with admiration, who was causing trouble.

"I really have to thank her for not making me angry like this normally." Zhao Xiaojing pulled the corners of her stiff mouth.