Chapter 350: Braised Elbow
Feeling the internal force up to his throat, he approached the pot and spit out a blue breath from his mouth. In less than five minutes, the water in the pot was boiled until it boiled. Then Liu Zhen opened the lid of the pot, took out the pig's elbow, gently placed it in the plate, and waited to drain.
It was time to prepare the seasonings. Liu Zhen smiled slightly and prepared the ingredients such as onions, dried red peppers, star anise, grass fruits, ginger, etc. Each one was carefully selected and made by himself. It can be said to be top-notch in terms of appearance and taste.
Suddenly, a thunder sounded outside the window. Liu Zhen looked out the window and it started to rain.
However, he didn't care about the rain, so he put the pot back on the pot, heat the oil pan, quickly put rock sugar in it, and then started stir-frying.
The fragrance was immediately stir-fried out. It turned out that the fragrance of this food smelled so delicious. People outside could feel it from afar, and saliva couldn't help but flow out.
Seeing that the sugar had melted, Liu Zhen raised his hand and put elbows into the pot to stir-fry the sugar color. Seeing that the color was already what he liked, Liu Zhen hummed a small song and was in a great mood.
The next step is to add ingredients and light soy sauce.
Afterwards, Liu Zhen looked at the elbows in the pot, reached out and added half a scoop of boiling water to the pot with a scoop of water, covered it, and simmered on low heat.
"I'm almost ready."
Liu Zhen shouted to the outside, and then he lifted the lid of the pot and the fragrance suddenly floated out, and the whole room was filled with an indescribable fragrance!
Take out the elbows from the opened pot, prepare a few dried red dates, peel the garlic, find a casserole, and then spread the dried red dates and garlic that you just prepared on the bottom of the casserole.
Put the elbows in the casserole. Liu Zhenzai looked carefully and found that it was indeed a semi-finished product. He poured in the juice of the elbows, added an appropriate amount of salt, then covered the pot and simmered it on low heat.
It was supposed to be stewed for two hours, but Liu Zhen couldn't wait for so long, so he stretched out his right hand and placed it on the casserole. An internal force was injected, and the color of the casserole turned into fiery red!
Liu Zhen gently counted sixty numbers, then lifted the lid of the pot, and took out the elbow. Liu Zhen put it on the plate and sprinkled a layer of white sesame seeds.
When Liu Zhen brought the braised elbow he made to Jin Mengyao's room, he found that everyone had prepared the food and brought it up.
Jin Mengyao smiled, "You are the slowest!"
"Why are you all so fast?" Liu Zhen touched the back of his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's okay, let's start. These are judges. I asked them to come here just now and didn't tell him who made which dish we were, so it would be fair to choose the winners like this."
Liu Zhen and Yu Yue looked over and saw that almost all the people nearby were invited by them, and there were about dozens of them.
Yu Yue smiled at them, "Are you ready? Our dishes are already ready. If possible, you can try them."
"Okay, then we're welcome."
A woman with a round face smiled and said, and then she picked a dish. The dish looked very beautiful. Liu Zhen stared at it and smiled. This turned out to be the "Tianshan Snow Lotus"!
A dish made with good lotus seeds and lily petals looks pure and beautiful.
“…”
The woman with round face tasted it, and her mouth was filled with a very fresh and sweet smell. It seemed that a white lotus slowly bloomed in the wind and snow.
She opened her eyes unconsciously, and suddenly, with a "slap", everyone looked over, and a big drop of tears fell on the table!
"It's really delicious..." The woman was a little embarrassed, but she didn't know why she had such a behavior.
Everyone sighed, it seems that this dish is really delicious.
Several people picked up chopsticks and ate them, their expressions were exactly the same as those of the woman with round faces just now.
Yu Yue secretly blinked at Liu Zhen, and then he realized that this dish was made by her. It seems that her cooking skills have really increased a lot recently.
"I want to eat too..." Jin Mengyao stared at the judges, and her saliva flowed down three thousand feet.
Yu Yue smiled, "We can all eat some..."
"Okay, it won't affect the final vote anyway." The old monster in Tianshan said, and there was a pair of chopsticks in his hand. In a blink of an eye, the last bit of white lotus petals left entered his mouth.
Jin Mengyao was stunned, "..."
"Okay, let's start to taste the second dish." Yu Yue said quickly.
Liu Zhen looked over and found it was a Cantonese dish with white cut chicken.
I saw that the chicken looked very tender on the outside, and I don’t know what it tasted.
At this moment, a middle-aged man among the judges picked up a piece of chicken and put it in his bowl, and gently bit a piece.
The chicken passed by the teeth, leaving a fragrance. Then, the taste buds seemed to have taken drugs and jumped. He felt that he wanted to swallow this piece of chicken quickly, as if only in this way could he be satisfied.
But I can't bear to let it go, after all, such a delicious taste is pleasing to the mouth, and I don't want it to leave at all...
Jin Mengyao saw the judges start eating one by one, and her eyes glowed, and Liu Zhen knew that she made the white-cut chicken.
He secretly poked Jin Mengyao, "What seasoning is added to the chicken? Why does it smell so strange?"
"Of course it's my secret seasoning, I can't tell you!" Jin Mengyao whispered, and then laughed alone.
Liu Zhen was just curious and didn't really want to know her secret seasoning. He picked up the chopsticks and tasted a piece of chicken, closed his eyes, and felt the stimulation of his taste buds.
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, "I get it!"
Jin Mengyao glared at him, "...I don't have to say anything if I know! Why did I forget that you can't taste other people's dishes at all, you can come up with a recipe in your mouth!"
"Sorry..." Liu Zhen touched his nose, still a little proud.
Next was Liu Zhen’s own braised elbow. Several judges picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks. Suddenly, the delicious and juicy smell fluttered. At this time, the people present took a deep breath.
"It smells so good? What does it smell?" Jin Mengyao frowned, "Why does it smell so familiar?"
She thought for a while, "Can it be..."
Yu Yue didn't understand, "Is it something? How did he make it? The smell smelled a little special, it seemed to be a dish from ethnic minorities..." She said to herself, noticing Liu Zhen's smile, "Liu Zhen? What did you put on?"
Jin Mengyao sighed, "I am really convinced of you. Did Bona give you the recipe?"
Chapter completed!