Chapter 184 - Tutorial on Buddha Jumps Over The Wall (1/2)

“Sure, I’ll go out and buy it. Wait here.”

After saying that, Shen Hui rushed downstairs. Xu Zhexian’s car was still waiting for her downstairs.

Xu Zhexian said, “How is it?”

Before Shen Hui could speak, Xu Tian screamed, “Dad! Dad! I’m really going to be late! Let’s go!”

The car started. Shen Hui pondered for a moment and said, “I feel that Little Lu is not bad. Previously, I was worried that she would deceive Xu Le, but she is working hard and takes care of Tiantian. Her personality is also good. It’s fine to let them stay together.”

“Yes. When we return to the country, they’ll have someone to take care of them and we can then be at ease.”

Xu Tian listened silently and suddenly said, “Are Mom and Dad leaving again?”

They looked at each other in the rearview mirror, not knowing how to comfort Xu Tian. For a moment, there was silence.

On the other side, Lu Yuxi set up the equipment and silently adjusted the parameters. Xu Le put the ingredients he had bought on the plate and said, “It’s very troublesome to soak these things. It will take a few days to shoot them. It might be hard on you.”

“It’s fine.” After Lu Yuxi was done preparing, she said, “Three, two…”

“Wait.” Xu Le turned the plate of dried sea cucumbers that were originally arranged neatly and said, “She didn’t mean that. Don’t worry too much.”

“Uh-huh?” Lu Yuxi’s eyebrows were raised and lowered at the same time. She frowned slightly and said with a smile, “I know that Auntie Shen means that you and Tiantian are both children and she’s afraid that I’m a fraud or thief. Just explain clearly. I won’t be angry about this.”

The camera focused and Xu Le said, “Hi, everyone, I’m Xu Le. The tutorial I am going through today is ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’. As a traditional Chinese dish, because the raw materials are expensive and the process is complicated, it has become a top famous dish at the state banquet.”

“There’s a saying: The fragrance of meat and water wafted in the surroundings, and the Buddha abandoned Zen and jumped over the wall. It’s said that the Buddha jumps over the wall is made of 18 main ingredients, which correspond to the 18 Arhats.”

Xu Le pointed at the plates on the table and introduced them one by one. “The basic ingredients of the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall are abalone, sea cucumber, fish lips, beef tendon, apricot mushroom, hoof tendon, flower mushroom, cuttlefish, dried scallop, shark fins, quail eggs, goat elbows, chickens, ducks, and so on.”

“The first step is to soak the ingredients. It’s best to choose dry sea cucumbers and abalones. This is so that they will have a soft texture when cooked. They won’t be crispy or bouncy. It’s called ‘Buddha jumps over the wall’ if dry ingredients are used. If the method is slightly different using fresh ingredients, it’s called ‘Roasting Eight Treasures’.”

After Xu Le finished his introductions, he placed the ingredients into a clean bottle without oil or water, sealed it, and placed it in the fridge to refrigerate.

“Don’t choose frozen chicken, duck, or pork trotters. These are all fresh ingredients that were just bought this morning. They’re all chopped into pieces and don’t need to be deboned. Same goes for the chicken claws, pork skin, pork, dragon ribs and small crucian carp. Many of my peers have expressed many opinions on whether to add fish meat, but I personally think that small crucian carp is fresh and delicious. It’s prickly and brittle. If it’s only used at the bottom of the soup, it will raise the taste to a higher level.”

“The farm chicken, pork ribs, duck and pork trotters should be poured into a pot and stir-fried in oil. Then add ginger, shallots, and yellow wine. You don’t have to wait for it to become cooked. You can cook it with water when it’s in the oil and the fragrance is produced.”