Food Familiar

Chapter 16 Braised Oxtail
"Little brother, you can think clearly." The shopping guide shook his head helplessly, "You can use cheaper fish, pork, or chicken and duck meat for this kind of project."

"I've already thought it through." Qin Lang picked out the best one and handed it to the shopping guide, "That's it."

"This one has to weigh five or six catties." The shopping guide took it and weighed it. "Although the price of oxtail is very cheap, the quality of the cow you chose is not low, so the unit price is more than 100 catties."

He weighed it while talking, and quickly quoted the exact price, "812 yuan, what is the upper limit of the price you can draw?"

"The upper limit is one thousand, just enough." Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction, "That's all."

Shopping guide: "???"

Co-authoring this thing is the main ingredient? !
"Wrap it up for me." Seeing the doubtful expression of the shopping guide, Qin Lang smiled helplessly.

"Give me your imperial chef's badge, and we will send it to the association as quickly as possible after registration." The shopping guide didn't say any more, and after taking Qin Lang's badge, he said, "Okay."

After receiving the badge, Qin Lang turned and left, walking towards the next area.

In addition to oxtail, all kinds of necessary accessories are naturally indispensable.

These are relatively cheap, even if you choose better quality ones, it will not cost much.

After some selection, the total value of the ingredients is 888 yuan.

Just looking at this auspicious number, Qin Lang felt that his first Shidou would be able to perform stably.

Walking out of the ingredients market, Du Weiwei happened to be walking towards him.

"You... Just finished choosing the ingredients?" Du Weiwei blinked and asked tentatively.

"Yes." Qin Lang nodded, "Are you going to choose now?"

"That's right." Du Weiwei paused, "Today's Shidou, I will show my full strength, so you'd better show your full strength too."

"Yes." Qin Lang smiled.

The food fight was imminent, the two did not communicate much, and they parted soon.

When one person and one spirit arrived at the Imperial Spirit Chef Association, there was only half an hour left before the start of the food bucket.

Different from the battlefield of the spirit, the venue of the food fight is independent.

In the center are two competitive standard kitchens covering an area of ​​[-] square meters. The transparency of the outer walls can be adjusted to ensure privacy. The nameplates of Qin Lang and Du Weiwei have been hung on the doors.

Outside the kitchen, there are judging seats and audience seats.

Different from the obvious winner of the spiritual battle, the winner of the food fight needs to be voted on by professional judges after tasting the dishes of both sides.

According to the size of the food bucket, the number and level of reviewers are also different.

The food buckets of Qin Lang and Du Weiwei are junior food buckets, and there will be five junior judges.

At this moment, the judges didn't come, but there were already people in the auditorium.

"Qin Lang! This way!" Qi Xiaoyu waved excitedly.

Qin Lang stepped forward.

He can understand that Qi Xiaoyu came here to watch the battle.

嗏

Qin Lang glanced at Zhao Chen who was beside him with his arms folded, "Why are you here?"

"Come cheer for you." Zhao Chen looked proud, "Before you lose to me, you can't lose to anyone."

Well, it's still the familiar taste of the second class.

"Thank you so much."

"Qin Lang, what are the dishes you prepared today?" Qi Xiaoyu approached, "Shall I reveal it?"

Qin Lang pondered for two seconds, and under Qi Xiaoyu's increasingly expectant gaze, he calmly said, "Stay tuned."

Qi Xiaoyu: "???"

You ponder for two seconds is the CD?
"Tell me, I know what Weiwei prepared!" Qi Xiaoyu giggled, "If you tell me what you prepared, I'll tell you about her..."

Before she could finish speaking, a dangerous voice suddenly came from behind.

"Qi! Little! Rain!"

Qi Xiaoyu shuddered, and looked at Du Weiwei who had a murderous look behind him, but she still couldn't escape the end of being pinched softly.

Ignoring the fight between the two little girls, and noticing the three men and two women sitting in the jury, Qin Lang quickly got up and walked to the kitchen with Danbao.

And Du Weiwei let go of Qi Xiaoyu and stood in front of the kitchen on the other side with her food spirit.

"I am Zhou Yun, the chief judge of Shidou this time." The leading middle-aged man looked at the two of them, "The weight of the chief judge and deputy judge is the same, but the presiding work of Shidou has been added."

"This food bucket project is to limit the value of ingredients, and the total value of ingredients from both parties shall not exceed 1000 yuan."

"The ingredients from both sides of the food bucket have been sent to their respective kitchens, and no other ingredients are allowed to be brought into the kitchen. The total value of the ingredients from both parties is hereby notified."

"Qin Lang, the total value of the ingredients is 888 yuan."

"Du Weiwei, the total value of the ingredients is 945 yuan."

"The ingredients of both parties meet the requirements. According to the regulations of the primary food bucket, the total cooking time should not exceed two hours." Zhou Yun said calmly, "The timer starts."

At this moment, numbers appeared on the light screen in front of the jury, and the countdown began.

Without hesitation, Qin Lang and Du Weiwei turned and walked into their respective kitchens.

Food bucket, start!
...

Qin Lang walked to the counter and began to count the ingredients on the counter.

Ginger, green onions, carrots, mushrooms, celery, star anise, bay leaves, green peppercorns, dried chilies, dried hawthorn, various seasonings and most importantly, oxtail.

The same is not bad.

It is a famous traditional dish in Shaanxi that is cooked with these ingredients.

It's called braised oxtail.

"Gollum!"

Even though she had had a good meal yesterday afternoon, Danbao's eyes were still full of anticipation at this moment.

It quickly moved to Qin Lang's side and began blowing on the ingredients.

Look at my freshness!
Taking advantage of Danbao's efforts to help, Qin Lang quickly peeled the oxtail and cut it into sections, washed it several times and then soaked it in water with white wine.

Oxtail has a strong fishy smell, so it is not sloppy to remove the fishy smell.

Fully soak to remove the blood and water, which can effectively remove the fishy smell.

While waiting for the blood to bubble out, Qin Lang quickly put sliced ​​ginger and green onions into a small bowl for later use, and then started the pot.

The cooking process of oxtail requires tender sugar color, and now is the best time to prepare tender sugar color.

Tender sugar is light in color and has a slightly sweet taste, which can play the role of coloring and seasoning at the same time.

Add a large spoonful of rock sugar and a small amount of water into the pot, and then use the spatula to slowly rotate in one direction.

"Gudu!"

Helping to process the accessories, the egg treasure looked up curiously.

It has seen this process yesterday.

But the rock sugar is boiled into golden brown, and the sweetness gradually disappears, which still makes it feel very magical.

With dense small bubbles churning in the pot, the sugar liquid also began to change from thin to viscous, and the water in it was evaporated quickly, and finally only the sugar liquid that became darker in color over time remained.

The special caramel aroma also gushes out from the pot along with this process, and the sweet taste makes the long-awaited egg treasure beside me unable to resist sniffing.

"If you win this food fight, I'll make you a delicious creme brulee tonight." Seeing Danbao's gluttonous appearance, Qin Lang said with a smile.

Dan Bao's eyes became brighter, full of anticipation.

Must win! ——
Contents of Easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:

【Braised Oxtail】

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