Chapter 155 - Eight Treasures Duck (2/2)

Due to his young age, many viewers who had never heard of Xu Le’s name were shocked. The comments quickly flooded the screen.

“Is this something a child can do? Isn’t it too awesome?”

“Oh my god, my family makes Eight Treasure Duck. Even an old master can’t remove the bones in such a short time.”

“Look, it’s not broken at all. It’s an entire duck skin!”

“I’ll bet 50 cents that no matter how powerful that kid is in the beginning, he will still lose. Don’t get your hopes up.”

“Good lord, I’m going to follow his account!”

The judges on the judging panel were all famous gourmets in the industry, especially a few who had met Xu Le many times in other competitions. However, they all had solemn expressions and did not say anything.

Li Qing also noticed that something was wrong with the competition scene. He muttered softly, “Look, those judges look like they were kidnapped.”

“Hmph, don’t cause trouble.”

Xu Le focused on cooking. For the sake of his dignity, he saw that the Master Chef did not use any assistants, so Li Qing and Shen Hui naturally could not help too early. This way, even if they won, it would seem like an unfair victory.

After the duck was deboned, he rinsed the inside with clear water. He added salt, pepper, pepper, and an appropriate amount of cooking wine. Finally, he added ginger slices and onions. He mixed them evenly with his hand and placed them aside to marinate.

He cut the fresh tenderloin, chicken gizzard, golden ham, winter bamboo shoots, salted egg yolk, dried parsley, green beans and shiitake mushrooms into diced pieces.

When the pot was hot and smoking, Xu Le added ginger and onions first.

Then, he poured in the finely diced eight ingredients. Finally, he added shrimp, lotus seeds, and ginkgo. He stir-fried them until they were ripe, scooped them out, and mixed them with glutinous rice. That was the Eight Treasures stuffing.

This was a traditional method given by the system, and the taste was the most authentic. However, Xu Le hesitated at this moment because the chef on the left had already done these steps.

He turned off the stove.

Because of the different cultures, stuffing and marination methods for the dish vary in many places.

The host noticed Xu Le’s movements and said, “Why did you stop? Little Master Chef, do you need any help?”

“No.”

It was a little rush to prepare the dish. Xu Le closed his eyes and said, “Let the duck marinate for another minute. I can’t really remember how to make it.”

After a casual excuse, he immediately entered the system.

The ingredients needed to make the Eight Treasures Duck were placed on the familiar kitchen counter. Xu Le went forward and quickly followed the process of the competition. After dicing the ingredients, he did not intend to continue cooking according to the traditional method.

This was because the duck had to be fried in the oil pot in the later stages. Based on the amount of time given by the production team, it was impossible to control the oil after it was fried.

There was already the fragrance of oil outside. If it was fried in oil, the finished product would definitely have oil leaking and affect the taste.

Hence, Xu Le added water to the pot. After the fire boiled, he poured the prepared flavoring ingredients into the pot. There was no need for it to be fully cooked. After it was 60 to 70 percent cooked, he immediately fished it out to remove the strange smell on it.

He added glutinous rice, pepper oil, pepper, salt, and a little white sugar. After grabbing and mixing evenly, it can be poured into the marinated duck.

He filled the duck’s mouth and tied it from the bottom to the waist with hemp rope, making it look like a gourd.

After drying the surface and applying a layer of dark soya sauce, he could immediately fry it in oil.

As soon as the duck touched the pot, the skin sizzled and the fragrance almost overflowed.

Just as Xu Le was rejoicing over his improvement, oil splashed out from the pot. He was quick to react and grabbed the lid to cover it.

Obviously, he had made a mistake.

“How could I forget this?” Xu Le immediately realized that there was something wrong. He snapped his fingers and the kitchen counter returned to the time during his previous step.