Chapter 118 - Sauce Chicken (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Got it.”

After Xu Le finished his sentence, the atmosphere suddenly became weird. Unfortunately, it had only been two seconds before Lu Yuxi laughed out loud. “Quickly come back and cook! I’ve lost a few kilograms of weight from hunger recently.”

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“How’s Li Qing doing? I’ve taught him all the dishes in the restaurant. He shouldn’t have been complained by the customers, right?”

“He’s alright. Let me tell you, they always thought that you were the one cooking in the kitchen. They pestered me to take a photo with you, but I rejected them.”

Lu Yuxi raised her brows smugly and said, “Let’s add two more dishes when we get back. There will always be people coming over to complain that the dishes aren’t of high class and that we don’t provide takeouts.”

“Sure.”

The next day, Xu Le woke up and stretched in the cool breeze. He rubbed his hair into a messy nest and looked out of the window. The blue sea was sparkling under the sunlight.

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‘The sunrise and dusk here were exceptionally warm, just like the sun that was shyly peeking its head out a moment ago. In the blink of an eye, it had risen into the sky. As the sunlight scattered down, the air was filled with heat and vitality.

The program team came over to distribute the mission card. Xu Le looked at it. It read that someone was going to watch him cook that day.

Anyway, Xu Le was used to being filmed by cameras. He didn’t take it to heart and quickly washed up before entering the kitchen.

‘There were quite a lot of fresh chickens in the fridge. He placed a pot of cold water on the stove and heated it up.

Zhou Huangya was the second person to enter. She smacked her lips and said with a smile, “Yesterday’s stewed lion’s head, I was even dreaming about eating it. It’s too fragrant.”

“Is your throat better?”

“T’ll be fine after taking the medicine.” Zhou Huangya smiled as she placed a dozen pork trotters and bundles of ribs into the stew pot. “Are you going to stew pig trotters?”

“No, it’s sauce chicken. This is the soup.”

‘The procedures of this dish were very complicated. Xu Le had practiced it hundreds of times in the system to ensure that the ingredients were incomparably precise. Hence, he did not plan to cook it like before and let them taste it before mass-producing it.

Instead, he directly put it into the pot to stew.

More than a dozen fresh hens were placed into the warm water. He covered the lid of the stew pot, and the medium fire began.

Xu Le took out the spices that he had prepared beforehand and poured cold water into the pot. After stirring a few times, a worker suddenly whispered, “Please wait a moment. Some reporters want to come in and watch the process. Can Chef Xu explain to them later?”

Xu Le nodded. Zhang Liang walked over while yawning and said, “Why are you cooking the big ingredients?”

“If you don’t cook the big ingredients, it will be dry inside. I’ll need to let it absorb all the moisutre before I can force out the essence of the ingredients when frying later.”

‘As they were talking, a man with curly hair and sunglasses came in with a whistle. He put his hands on his hips and said to Xu Le with a smile, “Did you miss me? Look, I can still make it to interview you.”

Mmm.”

Xu Le had a calm expression as he explained the spices on the table to him and the camera. He said, “Today, I’m preparing to make sauce chicken. On the table, from left to right, are the following: Aniseed, Ginger, Angelican Root, Grass Fruit, Gardenia Fruit, Nutmeg, White Kernel, Fennel, Fish Maw,

Clove, Onion, Ginger, Rare Flour, Rock Sugar, and Salt.”

Alex took off his glasses and widened his eyes. “This is too much trouble.”

Xu Le ignored his complaints and said, “The most important ingredient of the sauce chicken is the aniseed. First, put the ingredients into the pot and cook it. Let the water seep in and it will be more beneficial for the fragrance.”