Chapter 493 A good opportunity to steal the master's skills
This is one dollar. Although it doesn't sound like much, you can easily buy a piece of meat home.
What's more, this money was picked up for free!
Sha Zhu was very sad about this and felt that he had missed a good opportunity to make money.
Chen Jun smiled and shook his head.
Nan Yi!
Fortunately, he happened to be from the Northern Second Steel Plant. No wonder he looked familiar to me.
If I remember correctly, this guy's cooking skills are also extraordinary, and he is also a mainstay in the steel plant canteen.
In terms of finding a partner, there is some overlap between him and Sha Zhu who is nearby. He also found a woman with children.
The loud speaker at the leadership seat had been adjusted, and the leader on the stage began a long speech. Sha Zhu kept his head down and muttered "one dollar", and occasionally greeted the leader.
The speech went pretty much as Chen Jun predicted, barely finishing after more than forty minutes.
Chen Jun felt that these speeches were too boring, so he just listened to some of the game rules and ignored the rest.
Because it is a preliminary round, the process and rules are relatively simple. You can take any ingredients on the food rack and the total time is sixty minutes.
However, there was one thing in this preliminary round that surprised all the participants, that is, there was also a reward for the first place in the preliminary round.
The bonus item is a wok and a set of spatulas.
According to the description, the price is not cheap, the market price is about 40 or 50 yuan.
This is forty or fifty yuan. One-third of the chefs here have a monthly salary of less than fifty yuan.
So this set of preliminary round rewards is pretty good.
"Now I declare that the competition begins."
As a gong sounded, the participating chefs moved almost at the same time.
Upon hearing this, Chen Jun stood up from the stool slowly, but Sha Zhu beside him had already run several meters away and headed straight for the food shelf.
In contrast, everyone else was almost the same as Sha Zhu, rushing towards the food shelf in a hurry.
There is nothing wrong with doing this. Although the types of ingredients on the food shelf are quite complete, no one can guarantee that the ingredients they need will not conflict with others.
Especially for those rare items, the organizers didn’t prepare much, and they were gone after three or four people picked them up.
Chen Jun was not in a hurry because the dish he chose to make in the preliminary round was the more common shredded pork with fish flavor.
The ingredients of fish-flavored shredded pork are very common, such as pork tenderloin, carrots, green peppers and black fungus.
The organizers have prepared sufficient amounts of these things.
Originally, Chen Jun wanted to make the authentic fish-flavored shredded pork from the Bashu region, which requires winter bamboo shoots. But after listening to what Director Yang said about the judges, he changed his idea to fish-flavored shredded pork that is more suitable for northern tastes.
Sha Zhu ran very fast and came back with the ingredients without any effort.
Chen Jun simply cleaned the tenderloin, then cut it into thin strips of appropriate thickness along the grain, and then soaked it in cold water.
Then boil water in a pot, heat the water to about 60 to 70 degrees, and throw the black fungus in.
After doing all this, Chen Jun stopped, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and started eating them slowly.
Shazhu was stunned when he saw this scene.
No, the game has already started!!
Why are you eating melon seeds again???
"Why did you stop? Why don't you hurry up and cook?" Sha Zhu glanced at the stoves around him and became even more anxious.
While others were busy, afraid of being outdone by others, Chen Jun was leisurely eating melon seeds.
What’s going on? Does Chen Jun not want to get a good ranking and is just here for the sake of formality?
Chen Jun glanced at Sha Zhu calmly and said slowly, "Why are you in such a hurry? How did He Daqing teach you how to cook? Didn't he tell you that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry?"
"You know how to make fish-flavored shredded pork, but what's the most important thing?"
Hearing this, Sha Zhu scratched his chin and thought for several seconds before tentatively asking, "How hot?"
Chen Jun: “…”
He Daqing is indeed an unreliable father. He even taught Sha Zhu how to cook so crudely.
"The most important thing about fish-flavored pork shreds is the preparation of the fish flavor and the processing of the ingredients. You've seen me entertain guests many times, so how come you can't remember it?"
Allowing Sha Zhu to learn by the side while serving as a host is actually also meant to cultivate Sha Zhu.
But Shazhu, relying on his little talent, can never concentrate and does things in a clumsy way.
The Shazhu in the original drama was not like this.
However, when he thought of Sha Zhu's current age, Chen Jun sighed helplessly again.
Well, this guy is just at the age where he does things in a clumsy way. Just because he looks mature, it doesn’t mean he is mature mentally as well.
"Uh, I didn't remember it." After being scolded, Sha Zhu couldn't help but shrink his neck.
When the two of them entered Fengdeng Tower together before, Sha Zhu didn't take Chen Jun seriously, but now Chen Jun's words can make him feel oppressive.
This feeling was similar to the oppressive feeling He Daqing gave him when he was just learning to cook.
"You have to calm down and learn. I bring you to the cooking competition not only for you to gain experience, but also for a good learning opportunity." Chen Jun said.
"Learning opportunity?" Sha Zhu was stunned. Before he came here, he was thinking about seeing the female workers in the textile factory, not learning.
"Look at these colleagues. They definitely participate in the competition to get a good ranking. They must have used all their best skills." After a pause, Chen Jun lowered his voice and said, "This is a good opportunity for you to learn from them. Watch how they handle the ingredients, how they season and control the heat."
When these words were spoken, Sha Zhu must have suddenly realized something.
Yes!
The chefs present here have really brought out their best skills, otherwise it would be so embarrassing to be eliminated in the preliminary round.
Then Sha Zhu stopped talking and looked at the surrounding stoves with a sly look.
Chen Jun had just observed the situation at the surrounding stoves. There were no very powerful players, but those who were there were much stronger than Sha Zhu. It was absolutely appropriate to let Sha Zhu learn from them.
After all, the master is so powerful that even if Sha Zhu sees him, he won’t be able to learn from him.
After about ten minutes, Chen Jun took the pork tenderloin out of the cold water, simply sucked it with water, and then put it in a clean small basin.
Take out appropriate amounts of salt, oil, cooking wine, etc. to marinate the shredded meat.
There is no plastic wrap here, so we can only increase the marinating time appropriately to ensure that the shredded meat can absorb the flavor.
Twenty minutes later, some contestants had completed their entries. Chen Jun then carefully put on his apron and started to heat the oil in a pan.
When the oil temperature rises and half of the oil is poured out, cooking can begin.
This time, there was no need for Chen Jun to remind him, as Sha Zhu standing next to him had already started to study and observe seriously.
You know what, this time the fish-flavored shredded pork was indeed a little different from the usual treats, which opened Sha Zhu's eyes a little.
In just a few minutes, Chen Jun's shredded pork with fish flavor was ready.
When it came out of the pot, the aroma was so fragrant that it attracted the attention of many contestants.