Chapter 111 - Sautéed Four Treasures Seafood (2/2)

“When blanching, add salt, sugar, and two drops of peanut oil. This is so that when the vegetables are fried, it will be easier to absorb the smell of onion oil.”

Xu Le placed the squid into the pot and stir-fried it a few times. The squid immediately curled up and formed a circle.

Then, he added some dried scallops and stir-fried them to a brownish color.

Then, he poured the fish fillet and prawns that had been fried in the pot and continued to stir-fry.

Xu Le said, “This dish was originally meant to have celery leaves, but we don’t have it here. I used this instead…”

He grabbed a bunch of bright green leaves and brought it close to his nose. He sniffed it and immediately recognized what it was.

He said, “Basil leaves.”

“Add salt, chicken powder, seafood soup brewed from prawns, huadiao wine, and white pepper. Stir it evenly with chopsticks and directly pour it in.”

“Slowly stir-fry it to enhance the taste… Add raw powder with water to form the gravy. Do this in small amounts but couple of times so that it can seal the taste of the seafood and make it more tender.”

Xu Le demonstrated as he did so. Finally, he just had to sprinkle a handful of dried onions before the it was ready. As he did not have a large enough plate, he simply placed the pot on the table.

Then, he said, “There weren’t enough ingredients, so I improvised a little. Have a taste.”

Zhou Huangya’s saliva was about to fall out of her mouth. Just the smell from the breeze was already extremely fragrant. She immediately picked up a piece of fish fillet with her chopsticks.

The fish meat was exquisite, and after it was sliced into a fillet and coated with the onion oil, it was even more fragrant and tender. It melted in the mouth, and the aftertaste carried a faint pepper fragrance and fresh sweetness.

“Wow! Super tender!”

Zhou Huangya said excitedly, “Everyone, come and have a taste. This is really delicious. I feel like you’ve only been cooking for ten minutes, but the taste is so amazing.”

Xu Le picked up a piece of squid with his chopsticks. The squid was the best way to show the quality of this dish. After it entered his mouth, the fresh squid had the fragrance of the basil leaves. When he chewed on it, it was chewy and filled with the fragrance of onion oil.

“Oh!” Zhang Liang excitedly commented, “That’s awesome. If the fire isn’t strong enough, the squid will be too hard to chew. If it’s overcooked, it will taste really bad, just like eating a piece of paper, and it’s difficult for it to be tasteful. The one you made is tender and chewy. It’s really too awesome!”

It was tender and chewy. The texture was maintained in a delicate balance, stimulating the greatest fragrance.

This kind of delicate balance was definitely not a coincidence. It was after Xu Le mastered the essence of so many dishes and trained hard.

He said, “It’s great so long as it’s delicious.”

Bai Xiaoming exclaimed in admiration, “Do you know that a single dish of yours is enough to cause the entire barbeque table to lose its taste?”

The translator immediately complained to the stall owner. The stall owner rolled up his sleeves and said, “Ah Yi Wa?”

The interpreter laughed and said, “Hahaha, he’s coming to find trouble with you.”

Xu Le walked over to the stall owner and handed him a pair of chopsticks.

The chattering stall owner kept introducing something, When translated, it meant, “He said that his stall is the most popular barbecue stall in Bangkok. The sauce is all made using a secret recipe. You guys are looking down on him. How can stir-fried dish be compared to barbecue?”

The stall owner said a bunch of things that no one could understand. He saw that no one was paying attention to him and they were focused on eating.

Hence, he took a bite skeptically.

The prawn meat was firm, the squid was chewy, the scallop was soft, and the fish fillet was tender and melted in the mouth. Every ingredient was wrapped with the fragrance of the onion oil, but it did not conceal the freshness of the meat..