flstandardbreds Chapter 194: Being a Ruthless Cooking Stake
Chapter 194: Being a Ruthless Cooking Stake
Lv Hongwen listened to the report and transcribed the orders in high spirits. He wrote ten portions of the dishes on separate pieces of paper and wrote the quantity directly after the name of the dish. He then excitedly took the orders to the kitchen.
"Sister Mirror, 3 portions of stir-fried yellow beef, 2 portions of twice-cooked pork, 2 portions of three fresh vegetables, stir-fried pork with peppers, stir-fried yam slices, and 1 portion each of stir-fried pork liver."
"knew!
Let’s stir-fry the twice-cooked pork and yam slices first.” Yun Yongyuan had just finished washing the pot. Zhao Xiaojing was standing nearby. After hearing the menu name, she responded and turned back to tell Yun Yongyuan and continued to watch him cook.
There were not many customers at the moment, and Zhao Xiaojing still had time to give instructions, so Yun Yongyuan volunteered to cook, and Zhao Xiaojing stood by as a supervisor to control the quality of the dishes.
After remaking the fried salmon fritters after ruining them once, Yun Yongyuan became more careful when adding seasonings, adding small amounts and multiple times, weighing the ingredients over and over again, so the overall quality of the dish was acceptable.
While Lu Hongwen was packing up three servings of pork trotter rice, two servings of braised pork ribs, and one serving of braised chicken with mushrooms, during this time, Su Yuchen came in again with an order for dine-in and an order for takeout.
"Mirror, the red order is for take-out, the white order is for dine-in.
Xiao Wenzi, get another serving of beef brisket with potatoes." Su Yuchen gave two instructions and ran out in a hurry. Zhao Xiaojing turned her head and saw that there were ten more meals on the new order.
"Brother Yun, just fry it like this. There are two more portions of twice-cooked pork and two portions of yam. I'll leave it to you."
After Zhao Xiaojing finished speaking, she heated up the oil in a pan and started cooking.
Normally the store doesn’t start getting busy until after six o’clock for dinner, but today there were takeout orders and I could feel the workload increasing before six o’clock.
Yun Yongyuan's twice-cooked pork is cooked and cut in advance, so it can be stir-fried very quickly. The yam slices need to be blanched in water, so one person uses two pots, one for boiling water for blanching and the other for stir-frying.
Twice-cooked pork and stir-fried yam slices were originally Yun Yongyuan's specialties. After Zhao Xiaojing's several corrections on the details, he has been able to perform them stably and is getting more and more adept at them.
Zhao Xiaojing on the side also occupied two pots. In one pot, she was simmering screw peppers, and in the other pot, she was heating up the pot with cold oil to prepare stir-fried beef.
After the oil is hot, Zhao Xiaojing put the chopped ginger, garlic, pickled pepper and chili into the pan to stir-fry until fragrant. Then she put in the chopped raw beef and quickly stir-fried the pan over high heat. After 30 seconds, the beef changed color. Zhao Xiaojing moved the pan out of the flame range and quickly added salt, light soy sauce, oyster sauce, beef bone powder and pepper powder to season. She continued to stir-fry over high heat. After the color changed completely, she scooped half a spoonful of dark soy sauce and poured it along the edge of the pan. After the fragrance was sautéed, she added the coriander stalks and stir-fried evenly with a few large stir-frys before serving.
This stir-fried beef is completely different from the one Zhao Xiaojing made when she first went to Gushanfeng Hotel to try out dishes. That dish was slightly marinated to achieve tenderness, freshness, and crispness. It was made when the cooking skill was not yet fully mastered, so the marinating method was used to make up for the lack of heat, and the success was achieved by seasoning.
This dish is what Zhao Xiaojing came up with after she passed the fire lesson and practiced hard in the virtual space. It is the dry and fragrant dish with beef flavor that Sun Dehai and Gu Shanfeng mentioned.
The beef fried in this way is chewy and elastic, and the taste depends entirely on the heat. If the heat is high enough, the aroma of meat, chili and coriander will be perfectly blended. If the heat is not high enough, it will be like putting seasonings on the soles of leather shoes and criticizing the guests.
Yun Yongyuan glanced at the beef that Zhao Xiaojing was stir-frying in the wok from time to time, his eyes full of amazement. Three portions of stir-fried beef were cooked in one wok, and the whole process took less than a minute. The mixed aroma of chili and beef after they were out of the wok distracted him from cooking.
"Brother, it's overcooked. Redo it." Zhao Xiaojing took out three servings of stir-fried beef and put them in Lu Hongwen's takeaway box that had already been filled with rice. She was about to wash the pot when her eyes glanced at the stir-fried yam slices in Yun Yongyuan's pot. She noticed that it was overcooked and the color of the yam had changed a little.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Junior sister, I was so focused on watching you cook. I'll do it again right away!" Yun Yongyuan turned around quickly and hurriedly scooped out the yam slices, feeling extremely annoyed.
It's such a joke. I've been in the restaurant for so long, watching the chefs cook every day that I've developed an immunity to it. But when I came here, I subconsciously thought that Zhao Xiaojing was the same as me because she was young and had only been learning cooking for a short time. Then I was always slapped in the face because I was jealous of Zhao Xiaojing's skilled cooking skills.
Yun Yongyuan pursed his lips and began to stare at his pot, trying his best to be a ruthless cooking stake.
Lu Hongwen, who was packing up the rice that had already been cooked for the two people, raised his eyes and laughed out loud when he saw this scene.
Yun Yongyuan was so embarrassed that the tips of his ears turned red.
"Xiao Wenzi, pack three more pork trotter rice and one braised pork ribs. Wait for Jingzi to finish cooking the takeaway dishes and you can go and deliver them first. There are already twenty-six orders, so we can stop for a while now." Su Yuchen shouted while standing at the door of the back kitchen.
"Okay." Lu Hongwen nodded and quickened the pace to serve out the remaining rice and pack it up. After a while, Zhao Xiaojing had finished preparing all the takeout orders and started to fry the dishes for dine-in. Yun Yongyuan's yam was also successfully served out of the pot, so she started to make Kung Pao Chicken.
Lu Hongwen was stunned for a moment, cursed inwardly at the devil's hand speed, then immediately came to his senses and caught up with the progress. After packing, with the help of Ouyang Yidan, he loaded all the food onto the stall cart and rode away.
When I came back after completing a delivery, the entire store hall was already full of customers.
"Hey, Donkey, how about the new dishes?" A regular customer with tinfoil-curled hair looked at the updated menu and portion sizes on the whiteboard, turned around and walked to the side of a familiar person, and lightly kicked the leg of a man in a flowered sweater who was eating.
The man in the flowered sweater was eating enthusiastically when he was kicked unexpectedly. He looked up and glared at someone. After seeing who it was, he rolled his eyes and continued to eat.
"I'm asking you!" Tin Foil Hot became more excited and kicked again before asking.
The man in the flowered sweater took the time to raise his head. He still had a mouthful of rice in his mouth. He chewed quickly while extending a hand and giving a thumbs-up.
Tin Foil Perm glanced at Flowered Sweater and saw that only half of the plate of rice with fried pork and peppers was left. The evenly fat and lean meat slices and the slightly burnt peppers were mixed together and inseparable. Half of the white rice had been soaked by the soup, while the other half was still on the edge of white and brown, refusing to give in. When you get closer, the rich spicy smell hits you in the face, faintly mixed with the aroma of meat.
Xifeitang swallowed his saliva, hesitated for two seconds, and then an idea came to him. "Beauty, give me a large portion of stir-fried beef!"
"Okay, we are currently doing a clean plate campaign. If you finish your meal, we can give you a side dish of braised hot pot. May I ask..."
"Participate! I want kelp!" Before Ouyang Yidan could finish speaking, Xifoiltang interrupted him.