Chapter 15 [The first fried cabbage in the world]
When Liu Xu said this, there was a smile on her brows and eyes, like a cunning vixen, obviously she didn't mean what she said.
Originally, how could it be possible for the guests to completely let the guests take action, but the host just waits for food and drinks? After all, the relationship between the two is still in the ambiguous stage, and it has not reached the level of blowing out the light and pulling out the wax.
But Zhou Yi nodded very seriously: "Of course I don't need your help, otherwise it will affect my performance as a chef. By the way, do you and Ye Zi have any taboos?"
"Don't eat anything too greasy, Ye. Let's make fish and vegetarian dishes tonight. We still have mushrooms at home..." Liuxu thought for a while.
"Vegetarian...do you have any cabbage at home?"
"Yes, I just bought it yesterday and it's still fresh."
"That's good, let the two beauties try my craft today - stir-fried cabbage!" Zhou Yi smiled, not without a proud look.
Stir-fried cabbage? Catkins and Ye Zi looked at each other and wondered what was so delicious about that kind of thing. We are not rabbits either...
After picking up the cake, the three of them returned to Xiadian Community. Zhou Yi only said that he wanted to get the cooking utensils that were handy and went back to his home first. After closing the door, he quickly called up the system store.
Catkins and Ye Zi will leave Chudu tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and it will take several months before they can come back, so Zhou Yi plans to make this birthday meal and practice meal perfect, so that they can leave unforgettable memories.
The chef's cooking pot, the chef's wok, the frying spoon, the chef's baking board, Zhou Yi purchased four pieces of chef-level white equipment from the system store. The total cost is more than 2,000 system coins, which is more than 20,000 RMB.
"Let's do this for now. When we have money later, we can buy top-notch green equipment so that the catkins and leaves can taste the real top-notch delicacy."
It's not that Zhou Yi is reluctant to spend money, it's just that he spent too much money during the period after graduation. Currently, he only has about 100,000 left in his bank card. Not to mention buying top-level green equipment, even if it is a dark gold God of Cooking level,
It can make him bankrupt in an instant.
If you have no money, how can you talk about a leisurely life? You can't be a person in your twenties and still reach out to your family, right?
A penny really stumped a heroic man. Zhou Yi felt like a poor man for the first time.
Seeing Zhou Yi carrying several items that looked like professional kitchen utensils, Liu Catkin and Ye Zi opened their eyes wide, feeling that they couldn't see through Brother Zhou and Uncle Zhou.
Even Ye Zi, a little kid, knows that it is impossible to be good at everything, just like she memorizes Tang poems one by one, but will immediately get blinded when she encounters numbers.
So what the two beauties were really looking forward to was Zhouyi's stir-fried jelly, and they actually didn't have much expectations for this dinner.
Stir-fried cabbage... can you still get flowers from stir-fried cabbage?
"How about it, are you looking stupid?"
Zhou Yi weighed the 'chef's wok' in his hand and said proudly: "Don't underestimate a foodie, I am very professional."
"Okay, okay, uncle Zhou's cooking must be very delicious, Ye Zi is really looking forward to it..."
Little Ye Zi is just having fun, it seems like a small mouth can bring the dead back to life.
"Brother Zhou, I have prepared all the dishes. Can I help you with the cooking?"
When Liu Xu saw Zhou Yi come in, she ran to the kitchen. Feeling a little embarrassed, she also walked in, rolled up her sleeves and started to wash the vegetables.
"No, I already said that I will do it alone today, you should go watch TV with Ye Zi."
Zhou Yi glanced around and saw only cabbage, grass carp, bamboo shoots and several types of mushrooms, as well as a few home-cooked dishes, potatoes, radishes and the like. Although it was obvious at a glance that these dishes had been treated with hormones, and the fish had also been eaten with avoidance.
~Pregnancy medicine, but it is still fresh enough. You only need to spend some upgrade potential points to purify it, ensuring green health and pure taste.
"You really don't need my help?"
"No, I don't like people watching while I'm cooking."
Zhou Yi smiled and pushed the catkins out of the kitchen. If it was just stir-fried jelly, that kind of simple snack would not show much skill, but when making stir-fried cabbage later, he would have to show his ultimate knife skills and frying skills. Ordinary
After watching it, few people can withstand the strong shock.
Moreover, the stir-fried cabbage he was going to make required top-notch knife skills and carving skills. Even a nine-level Dzogchen God of Cooking could not take it lightly, let alone be disturbed in the slightest during the operation.
"Don't tell me, you really look like a chef..."
Liu Xu gave him a very rare look, and said something that was very inconsistent with her temperament and very inconsistent with her temperament: "I don't want to look at you, you stingy, huh."
If Zhu Xiaohua hears this, he will definitely give a thumbs up immediately, buddy, you can do it, this girl is starting to act like a baby.
Zhou Yi smiled faintly, sent the catkins out of the kitchen, closed the door, and began to work.
The first thing to do is to make soup with several kinds of mushrooms from Liuxu’s house.
A real chef will never use industrial flavoring ingredients such as MSG and chicken essence. If Cao Yidao sees his apprentice using these things, he will give him a big mouth on the spot; the chefs all use broth, with
The cooked hens or good pork bones are stewed slowly and even need to be hung up for a whole night before they can be used.
Just this method of making soup stock by hand has many skills. It is also the special skill of famous chefs and the basis for making good dishes.
Fortunately, the leaves cannot be eaten greasy, so Zhou Yi does not need to use meat soup. Instead, it can save a lot of time by using mushroom soup. When using mushroom soup, the first thing to pay attention to is not the heat of the soup, but the stir-frying, because the mushrooms are added to the soup.
Before using the soup pot, it must be stir-fried first. The control of the heat and the level of stir-frying will directly affect the taste of the mushroom soup.
In addition, when using different mushrooms, which mushrooms should be cut into large pieces, which mushrooms should be cut into small pieces, and even a flower knife should be used when necessary; how to match the portions of several mushrooms and put them into the pot
How to control the timing... There is knowledge involved in this. These preliminary steps alone are enough for the so-called special three special second-level chefs to ponder. Even Cao Yidao, a great master in the food industry, must
It took ten days and a half of research to find the north.
However, in Zhou Yi's eyes, these were not difficult at all. He quickly cut several kinds of mushrooms, grabbed a few handfuls at random, and found the best ratio. Then he used the chef's wok and frying spoon to stir-fry.
"Ding-ding-dang-dang-dang..."
Waves of cooking sounds with a strong rhythm came from the kitchen, with a bright rhythm, like the most moving music, which immediately attracted the catkins and leaves.
Where is the sound of cooking? It is simply the sound of nature!
What a beautiful song... Liu Xu firmly believes that if he meets a lyricist, he can immediately write the most beautiful and moving lyrics in the world based on Zhou Yi Chaocai's voice. Even a third-rate singer can use this song
Famous overnight!
It doesn't matter that it just sounds good, the sound seems to be able to arouse people's appetite. Even Liuxu, who never eats much, feels hungry when he hears it. He can't wait to rush into the kitchen immediately to see what delicious things Zhou Yi has cooked.
Little Ye Zi kept swallowing and looking at the kitchen door, not even taking a look at her favorite cake.
Because although the sound of cooking stopped at this moment, a strange fragrance came out of the kitchen. Liuxu could swear that she had never smelled such a fragrant smell in her life. It was simply intoxicating.
Not long after, another scent appeared that was completely different from before. This time, it was the scent of fish with a hint of fire. If the previous scent was mellow and intoxicating, this scent is hot and impactful.
Taste buds, even a reserved girl like Liu Xu, couldn't help but swallow a big mouthful of saliva...
But this kind of passion is not over yet, another fragrance comes to the nostrils, it is the smell of bamboo, making the catkins and leaves feel like they are in a bamboo forest and green sea, kissing the breath of nature.
"This smells too good, I can't stand it..."
Liu Xu couldn't sit still any longer, and was about to get up and go to the kitchen to smell it to her heart's content. Suddenly, she saw the kitchen door open, and Zhou Yi came out with a smile and a tray: "Two beauties, are you in a hurry?"
"Wow, Uncle Zhou, the food you made smells so good, I want to eat the leaves!"
Ye Zi stared closely at the four bowls on the tray, his eyes almost turning green.
"Okay, eat it while it's hot. I guarantee you'll want your next meal after this, haha..."
Zhou Yi mysteriously placed the four covered bowls on the dining table and said with a smile: "But my three dishes and one soup should be eaten in order. The first dish is the best stir-fried cabbage in the world!"
"The best stir-fried cabbage in the world? This...isn't this just stir-fried cabbage? And it doesn't even have a green onion leaf, no chili, and no sweet and sour taste?"
As Zhou Yi opened the first covered bowl, Catkins and Ye Zi were dumbfounded. They saw dozens of pieces of cabbage spread out on the white porcelain plate. This knife skill is top-notch, each piece of cabbage is the size of a bamboo leaf.
, it’s like measuring it with a ruler, but there are no common ingredients such as chili peppers and shredded ginger on the plate. There is not even a green onion leaf. Can this be delicious?
"Why, you look down on this plate of fried cabbage?"
Zhou Yi smiled slightly and said, "Have you read The Legend of the Condor Heroes? Hong Qigong, the nine-fingered beggar, once said that a true master of cooking is not about cooking big fish and meat, but about cooking green vegetables and tofu. In fact, he was right.
Another thing is wrong, even green vegetables and tofu have their own special taste, so it is not difficult to make. What is really difficult to make is actually the cabbage!"
"The most difficult thing to cook is cabbage?"
This was the first time LiuXu heard this theory.
"Of course, cabbage, also known as Qiucong in ancient times, has been the main vegetable on people's tables as early as the Han and Tang Dynasties. Although it is very ordinary, it is the king of vegetables..."
Zhou Yi laughed and said: "Cabbage has a sweet and light taste, so it can be cooked with almost all vegetables and meats. When it comes to meat, it tastes like meat, and when paired with fish, it tastes like fish. It is because Mount Tai does not let the soil, and rivers and seas do not choose small streams.
"Tolerance means greatness, so it is the first of a hundred dishes."
"My stir-fried cabbage is all about the heat. I only use salt as a seasoning, but there are also some tricks. You will know after you taste it..." Zhou Yi said very confidently.
"Really?"
Catkin and Ye Zi were aroused by his words and quickly picked up a piece of cabbage and put it into their mouths.
"Ah! This taste is so... so delicious! Is this really just cabbage?"
As soon as they took a bite, the two girls, one big and one small, felt as if they had been struck by lightning, with dull expressions on their faces.
ps: It’s so delicious. Have you eaten it?
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Chapter completed!