Chapter 177 - Yanyun Flat Food (1/2)

The most exquisite technique, the most perfect cutting skills, and the control of temperature and fire were all the advantages of the Master Chef that was far superior to others.

Chen Yeqi silently wiped his sweat and muttered, “Xu Le’s strength is really not to be underestimated. I know he’s skilful, but I didn’t expect him to be so awesome…”

At this moment, the cooked noodles was placed on the chopping board and caused a layer of flour to rise. The handmade noodles were tough and elastic, so there was no need to season them too much. After the noodles were cooked, they were directly scooped into a bowl and drizzled with a spoonful of shrimp soup. Then, he mixed the shrimp, shrimp roe, and shrimp heads and spread them flat on the pale pink noodles. Finally, the bright red shrimp oil was poured in and sprinkled with a handful of green onions.

The steaming, fragrant six shrimp noodles were ready. It would take at least six or seven hours to prepare the materials and successfully make them. It would be even more troublesome to plate them later. If the meal was served too late, the noodles would easily expand and affect the taste.

Hence, Xu Le planned to cook all the noodles at the same time. Li Qing and Zhang Tong were in charge of plating the noodles and adding toppings such as sprinkling the onions. Then, the dish was served immediately.

On the other hand, Lu Yuxi took out the meat stuffing that had been hammered by hand. She dipped it in a small amount of alkaline water and hammered it, making the meat more sticky. At this time, she could add sweet potato powder and knead it into dough.

In the end, only 32 skins could be made from 500 grams of pure lean meat. Fortunately, they had prepared enough in advance. The two of them had worked out their arms so much and hammered for two to three hours before they could make enough skin for the Yunyan flat food.

When the skin was almost done, Xu Le finally finished making the six prawns noodles. He waved his hand and got someone to push it out. Zhang Tong poured the last spoonful of prawn oil and heaved a deep sigh of relief.

It had to be said that this bowl of noodles was really troublesome to make. If there were not enough ingredients midway, he could not do anything about it. Hence, he had been adding the ingredients while feeling on tenterhooks the entire time.

“It’s just right. Not one bowl more, not one less.”

Li Qing curled his lips. It was obvious that he wanted to taste it. He muttered, “I was almost dazed by the fragrance the entire time. Master Xu, after the competition, you must make it specially for us next time.”

“Yes, sure. Go distribute them first. Be careful not to let it expand and affect its taste.”

“Okay.”

Rows of carts flowed into the audience area and were distributed.

Xu Le rolled up his sleeves and prepared to start mixing the meat filling. After the pure lean meat was placed in the cooker, he added green onion and ginger water to remove the fishy smell. Then, he added salt, chicken essence, soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, thirteen-spice, white sugar, and baking soda.

Then, he directly stirred the meat stuffing and did not forget to add ice instead of water. After it was all done, the cold juice seeped into the meat stuffing, causing it to become chewy.

Xu Le’s flat dish had been improvised from the traditional method of making clear soup. He combined the cooking method of Yanyun flat meal and red oil dumpling. Therefore, after preparing the meat filling, he added an egg into it and continued to stir it evenly. Finally, he sprinkled a handful of green onions and poured hot oil on it. The fragrance was immediately stimulated.

If he wanted to make the crispy and sweet filling of flat food, he had to keep stirring until he felt resistance on the chopsticks. Then, he could start wrapping them.

It was very easy to wrap the flat food. Each would be ready in two or three seconds and could be placed on the chopping board, awaiting to be cooked.

All five of them came up to wrap the skin. Xu Zhexian’s fingers were covered in flour, so he nudged his glasses with his joints and said, “Lele started preparing the dishes for the second round since the first round.”

“Yes, it’s troublesome and time-consuming. Of course I have to plan in advance.”

Li Qing’s smile widened unconsciously. “You came up with this idea because you were afraid of being deceived, right?”

Lu Yuxi was stunned. “What do you mean?”

Zhang Tong placed the flat food on the tray and said, “At that time, Chen Xian specially came to the shop to remind us about this. However, his method wasn’t good. Even if he deliberately gave the wrong name of the dish, there would be cameras following him the entire time. When the time comes, the dishes will definitely be the same again.”

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