Chapter 81 The ranking competition begins
Three days is neither long nor short.
While the four promoted contestants were preparing for retreat, time seemed to pass by in an instant.
But to the countless people who paid attention to the ranking matches, three days seemed to be an extremely long time.
In the past three days, the situation of the four knockout matches has become a topic of discussion for countless people.
However, unlike the turmoil after the scoring competition, the most discussed topic this time was not Lake, the Danju City cooking competition champion, and his creative dish "Shanhe Yuntian", but Qin Lang's Wensi Tofu.
Cutting tofu into thin shreds is something almost no chef has ever thought of doing before.
But when Qin Lang showed such miraculous knife skills in the competition, the other Yuling chefs were so excited that they couldn't help but try it one after another.
Facts have proved that there are still capable people in Dongxia City.
Within two days, several Yuling chefs who were famous for their knife skills appeared one after another and did similar things.
But more often than not, one by one Yu Ling Chef showed off his failed works on social platforms.
And their failure also made more Yuling Chefs start trying.
An inexplicable shredded tofu challenge swept Dongxia City, and even had a tendency to spread to neighboring cities.
Under normal circumstances, municipal cooking competitions do not attract the attention of other cities, because each city has its own municipal cooking competition.
Only a higher-level state-level cooking competition will attract the attention of all cities in the state.
But by taking on the challenge of cutting shredded tofu, Qin Lang even had a tendency to get out of the circle.
Amid the ever-increasing popularity, the third round of the municipal cooking competition officially kicked off.
"ladies and gentlemen!"
In the Dongxia Arena, the host's mood was as high as ever.
“After two rounds of exciting competitions, the rating round and the knockout round, there are only four contestants left in this Dongxia City Cooking Competition!”
"they are!"
"A Lake player from Danju City with the goal of obtaining the second level 2 food recommendation badge!"
"From Dongxia City, the dark horse contestant Qin Lang stands out in this cooking competition!"
"A player from Dongxia City, the Fighting Demon King Tang Xie, who has hundreds of fighting experiences!"
"The new generation contestant Zhu Ming comes from Dongxia City and comes from a family of Yuling chefs!"
"Now, they will compete for the top four rankings for two days!"
"Today, we will witness the birth of the winner's group and the loser's group!"
"The first thing that will happen next is a duel between two players!"
"Their competition event is a fixed portion of ingredients, and the detail is chicken breast."
"Let us give our warmest applause to contestants Qin Lang and Tang Xie, and look forward to their wonderful culinary clash!"
Amid the applause and cheers that echoed throughout the venue, Lei Ke and Zhu Ming temporarily left the field to prepare for the game in the spectator seats. Qin Lang and Tang Xie walked into the two arenas in the center of the venue under the gaze of countless fiery eyes. Standard kitchen.
"Ding--"
As an electric bell rang, the exterior walls of the two competitive standard kitchens turned opaque at the same time.
The first ranking match begins!
After the electric bell, the warm-up performance arranged in advance by the event center followed immediately.
This time, the performance for everyone is Zhang Xiyue, a famous food spirit performer from Tianhua Prefecture specially invited by the event center. She is a spirit chef with three food spirits. The three food spirits can cooperate with each other through combat skills. Brings beautiful special effects display.
When she appeared in the venue as the lift platform rose, she directed the three food spirits to start the wonderful performance they had prepared in the beautiful music. The venue was filled with cheers and applause, and the warm-up effect was unprecedented.
In a competitive standard kitchen that could not be affected by the outside world, Qin Lang and Dan Bao started today's cooking.
After all the preparations were completed, one person and one soul came to the table.
On the cutting board, there was a piece of chicken breast that was larger than ordinary chicken breast and looked very elastic.
Ordinary chicken breasts are only two or three taels, but this piece of chicken breast is five taels.
The portions of the dishes in the cooking competition do not need to be too large. It is more than enough to cook a dish made with just one chicken breast and divide it into twelve portions.
It is taken from the Phoenix Tail King Chicken that Qin Lang and Dan Bao brought back from Wuhe Breeding Base, and it is also the main ingredient today.
After simply removing the fascia on the surface of the chicken breast with a knife, Qin Lang took a deep breath and pulled out a second kitchen knife from the knife holder on the side.
Two identical kitchen knives were held by Qin Lang in his left and right hands, with the blade facing up and the back of the knife facing down, and he began to beat the chicken breast in front of him quickly and continuously.
There are three magical dishes in Sichuan cuisine, which have the reputation of "eating chicken without seeing the chicken".
The three dishes are chicken bean curd, hibiscus chicken slices and snowflake chicken chowder.
What Qin Lang is going to make today is the last dish, the Snowflake Chicken Soufflé, which is known as the "Chicken Soufflé".
Its ingredients are simple, but its preparation is complex.
The most difficult part is to pound the chicken breast into puree.
You must use the back of the knife to "hammer" instead of "chopping" with the blade, because you need to be patient to remove the tendons. Using the blade will cut off the tendons together, making it impossible to separate the two.
Even if two kitchen knives are used, this process still takes more than twenty minutes.
If an ordinary person beats continuously for such a long time, his hands will inevitably be sore. Fortunately, the spiritual power in Yulingchu's star veins has a certain nourishing effect on the body.
This was the key factor that allowed him to stably complete the chicken nao production after two consecutive days of training.
While beating with the back of the knife, use the tip of the knife to remove the tendons from the minced meat.
Twenty minutes later, all that was left on the cutting board was the light pink, fine-textured chicken breast puree.
Transferring the chicken breast puree into a large bowl, Qin Lang walked to the boiler nearby.
In the boiler, the green onions and ginger slices are boiled with water, which has been reduced to normal temperature for such a long time.
Strain off the onion and ginger, leaving only the onion and ginger water. Add a small amount of it to the chicken breast puree and beat vigorously to make the meat puree fully absorb the water.
"Gulu!"
Dan Bao gently pushed the small bowl filled with eggs on the side with his big tail, indicating that it had been processed with fresh eggs.
I, Danbao, am a good helper in the kitchen!
"well-done."
Qin Lang smiled and encouraged, put the beaten chicken breast puree aside, and began to take the egg whites.
Add the egg whites into the bowl, put your hands into the egg whites and squeeze them tightly, disconnect the connected tissues in the egg whites, then add the chicken breast puree and beat again.
After beating evenly again, add the water starch mixed with pea starch and beat for the third time.
With the repeated addition of water, a large amount of water is absorbed into every crevice of the chicken breast puree, and its texture begins to look mushy.
Finally, add a ladle of chicken soup made from other parts of the chicken, add salt and pepper to taste, and stir evenly.
After a long period of time, Qin Lang shook his sore arms and adjusted himself.
"Gudu!"
come on!
Dan Bao nuzzled Qin Lang's cheek, his big tail wagging expectantly.
Just the last step left!
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Contents of the easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:
【Snowflake Chicken Nao】