mijobooks Chapter 9 Mapo Tofu
Chapter 9 Mapo Tofu
Chapter 9 Mapo Tofu
"Chef Tian, I don't know if Xu Yang's dish is passed." Zhang Gao asked from the side.
It is good to have flaws, but I am afraid that there are no flaws at all.
"Zhang Gao, do you think this fish-flavored shredded pork is acceptable?"
No matter what the reason is for asking himself, Zhang Gao still can't answer.
Tian Mingzheng smiled and said: "Today is the apprentices' dish assessment. Taste is the first criterion. Ingredients do not account for much. In reality, it is obvious that you do not need to prepare the ingredients yourself. There will be apprentices who will prepare them in advance. Everyone has no objection to this."
The chefs are okay.
There are apprentices who specialize in preparing ingredients, allowing them more time to cook.
Then he added: "So after discussions between Chef Wu and I, the fish-flavored shredded pork passed the assessment. Congratulations again, Xu Yang."
"Thank you chef."
"Don't thank me, I didn't provide any help in the whole cooking, I just evaluated it more objectively."
After speaking, the two continued to taste the remaining dishes.
Just like the first round, the fish-flavored shredded pork didn't have much impact on them, and they began to discuss dishes that could pass the second round of assessment.
Three minutes later, Tian Mingzheng announced the result.
Four people passed the assessment in the second round, and Zhang Yang was among them.
"Is there any objection to the three eliminated in the second round?"
"No objection." Several people replied in unison.
"If there is no objection, the third round of assessment will start, 10 minutes for preparation and 20 minutes for cooking."
As soon as he finished speaking, the others were ready to go out.
At this time, he continued: "Don't rush out now. Those who stayed after two rounds of assessments have proven that their cooking skills are up to standard. Passing the assessments without any accidents is not a problem. Let's just watch the last round from inside. We can produce a finished product." Taste it on the spot.”
"Chef Tian, will it put any pressure on them?"
"It's okay to be under pressure. When you are actually cooking at the stove, you can't arrange a separate room for each person. At that time, you were familiar with the environment in advance. Some stoves may belong to one of them, and you can see them when you stand inside. The cooking process, by which it is judged."
Xu Yang naturally understood what Tian Mingzheng meant.
It's nothing more than making two dishes in a row that don't match his identity.
Before, I couldn't see what was going on from the outside, so anything could happen. Only when you see it with your own eyes would you not believe there was a problem.
He doesn't care, anyway, it's the system's credit, and no one will know.
Seeing that no one objected anymore, Tian Mingzheng said: "The third round is ready, the countdown is 10 minutes."
At the beginning of the third round, Xu Yang took out his last trump card, four-star mapo tofu.
I signed in this morning and gained 200 experience points. This dish was only 200 experience points away from being promoted to four stars. After using it, it was immediately promoted to four stars.
It is also the reason why twice-cooked pork still stays at two stars.
A total of 1000 experience points are required to upgrade from a three-star to a four-star.
Originally, the assessment started around the 25th. At that time, Xu Yang had 500 experience points in the system, which was just enough to upgrade the twice-cooked pork to three stars.
When I learned that the time was extended to the 28th, I immediately thought of Mapo Tofu, which was already a three-star, and decided to see if it could be upgraded to a four-star.
So it's useless to keep the experience points.
In the past few days, the sign-in has been at home. Fortunately, the system is relatively powerful, and all sign-ins are experience points.
After signing in yesterday, I was still 200 points away, so I was worried that I would not get so much when I signed in today.
Fortunately, I got 200 experience points when I signed in this morning, no more, no less, just enough to upgrade to four stars.
This time I'm afraid there will be a bigger surprise for everyone.
Mapo tofu is also a very classic Sichuan dish.
According to historical records, Mapo Tofu was created in the first year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty, that is, 1862.
Beside the Wanfu Bridge in Chengdu, there is a store formerly known as "Chen Xingsheng Restaurant".
The shop owner died early, so the small restaurant was run by the lady proprietress, who was called "Chen Mapo" with a slightly numb face.
Chen has a unique set of cooking skills for cooking tofu. The tofu cooked is full of color, fragrance, and is loved by people. It has gradually developed into today's Mapo tofu.
Xu Yang prepared a piece of tofu, onion, ginger and garlic, a little beef, pi county bean paste, light soy sauce, pepper powder, cooking oil and starch.
After preparing the ingredients, Xu Yang started the formal cooking.
Start with the tofu and beef.
Wash the tofu and cut it evenly into small pieces. Boil it in water for a while, pick it up and put it in a plate for later use. Cook it again to avoid falling apart when it is fried.
Beef is minced and used as an ingredient.
Then cut the onions, ginger, and garlic in sequence and put them on a plate.
The next step is to heat the oil in a pan, add the chopped ginger and garlic and stir-fry.
When it smells ginger and garlic, add the bean paste prepared in advance and continue to fry.
In Xu Yang's view, there can be no other seasonings, but Pi County Douban is not possible, otherwise the soul of the dish will be lost.
After frying the aroma of the watercress again, add the minced beef and stir fry. At this time, Xu Yang can already smell the strong aroma.
I couldn't help but say: "This is too fragrant."
Xu Yang didn't notice it at the moment, but the few people who were watching also noticed it, because the fragrance is really strong.
The four-star dish is his first cooking.
I didn’t expect that just frying the condiments would have such a strong aroma. I couldn’t imagine what the finished product would taste like. It would definitely surprise everyone.
When the pot turns red, Xu Yang immediately adds water. After boiling, add a little light soy sauce to enhance the flavor and bring the soup to a boil.
When the time is right, put in the tofu prepared in advance and cook for about 2 minutes, add the cornstarch blended juice, and finally sprinkle the green onion and pepper powder evenly on the surface.
A fragrant mapo tofu is ready.
(Due to different cooking methods and tastes, there may be some differences in the preparation of dishes, and the content about cooking in this article can be actually operated.)
When it was out of the pot and put on a plate, Xu Yang couldn't help smelling it.
The world is delicious, I can only think of these four words to describe it, and then serve it to everyone.
Before him, Zhang Yang and another person finished cooking, and only Wang Dongjie was still doing the finishing touches.
Results are not expected to be announced until all cooking is complete.
Several people looked at the mapo tofu on the table and looked at each other in blank dismay.
Everyone saw the whole cooking process, and it was very standard without any mistakes.
Every step looks normal and ordinary, but after half of the cooking, and the dish suddenly becomes different.
It's definitely not possible to change things under the nose.
"Chef Tian, Chef Wu, this is my third round of assessment dish, Mapo Tofu."
"Okay, by the way, Xu Yang, the entire cooking process of Mapo Tofu you just made is very standard. It has similar steps, seasonings and time to mine. Why is there such a big difference in taste?"
Xu Yang really didn't answer this question.
He didn't know how to make a huge change, which can only be attributed to the system.
"Chef Tian, to be honest, I really don't know, I cook according to the learning process."
Tian Mingzheng was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "This may really be a talent, but it's not enough just to look good and smell good, let's have a taste."
(End of this chapter)