Chapter 689 Someone Licks the Plate
Smashed cucumber~
Cold pig ears
Sesame sauce beans
The first few dishes were appetizers. Although they were all ordinary home-cooked dishes, they tasted better than the meat dishes in restaurants, especially the cold-boiled pig ears with Chen Jun’s secret red oil. Once you take a bite, you can’t stop eating them.
"Sweet and sour spare ribs are here~"
The sweet and sour pork ribs that had just made everyone drool were also served.
This dish is bright in color and has a thick sweet and sour sauce. Each piece of ribs will bring out a lot of soup when picked up.
You can taste a very obvious sweetness the moment you put it in your mouth, followed by a slightly stimulating sour taste. People who like sweets will definitely fall in love with this sweet and sour pork ribs.
“Stir-fried pork with beans is here~~”
Before we finished our sweet and sour spare ribs, a hot dish was served.
The speed of serving the dishes was just right, which made the third uncle Yan Bugui very happy.
If the food is served quickly enough at a banquet, people will eat faster and it will be easy to get full. However, if the food is served slowly, people will not only eat more but will not feel full.
"Hey, how did you research these beans? Why do they taste different from usual? Juice will spray out when you bite them!"
"Don't you even look at who cooked the dish? Stop talking nonsense and eat!"
The stir-fried pork with green beans that was just served was prepared in the same way as the previous one, a combination of stir-frying and slow cooking, a type that everyone had never tasted before.
Chen Jun didn't pay attention to the guests' comments. He was about to start making squirrel mandarin fish.
Sha Zhu had clearly given the gift, but he didn't go to the banquet. He just stood beside Chen Jun and helped him. His attention was always on Chen Jun's hands, hoping to learn more skills.
Especially when making squirrel mandarin fish, Sha Zhu was reluctant to even blink.
He had wanted to learn how to cook this dish a long time ago, but never had the chance. He had seen Master Liang cook it once at Fengdeng Tower, but Sha Zhu felt that it was not particularly authentic, and was not even as good as He Daqing's.
As for Chen Jun’s squirrel mandarin fish, Sha Zhu knew it was something special when he was marinating the fish.
There were so many fish, each with 128 fish pieces, and not a single drop of fish skin was damaged. This level of knife skills is so high that even Master Liang from Fengdenglou can’t catch up with him!
If you want to cook squirrel mandarin fish well, knife skills are the most basic.
Just as he was thinking about it, Chen Jun reached out to the oil pan and found that the oil temperature was about right. He put the marinated fish into the pan to shape it, and soon it took the shape of a squirrel.
The shape is not only similar in appearance, but also in expression. Even the chef Sha Zhu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw the fried fish.
Me? ? ?
This squirrel mandarin fish really looks like a squirrel!
Tsk tsk, your knife skills are not good enough. Even if you fry it well later, you won’t get this kind of effect.
In addition to knife skills, the second most important thing is the control of the heat, otherwise the skin will not be crispy and the inside will be tender and fresh.
One, two, three...
Chen Jun frying the fish was also very fast and he finished frying all the fish in no time.
After doing all this, Chen Jun went to the small stove next to him, heated up the oil in a pan, added sugar, white vinegar and tomato sauce and began to cook the sauce for the squirrel mandarin fish.
The tomato sauce here is made by Chen Jun himself. It tastes better than the ones you buy in later generations, and it is also very delicious when used to cook noodles.
"Wow! What's that smell? Is the chef making sweet and sour pork ribs again?"
"No, no, this tastes a bit like sweet and sour spareribs, but with a bit more tomato flavor."
"Oh, it smells so good. Fortunately I didn't eat breakfast, otherwise I wouldn't be able to eat much at lunch."
Although there were many delicious foods on the table, the sweet and sour smell still made everyone feel itchy.
The spoon kept stirring in the pot, and the sauce gradually became thicker.
"Silly Zhu, put the fish on the plate~"
Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu quickly began to place the fish on the plate, while Chen Jun held the wok in one hand and poured sauce on the fish with the other.
Soul sauce, pour it on~~~
The already vivid little squirrel becomes even more lively and vivid after being poured with sweet and sour sauce.
Just looking at the appearance makes people reluctant to pick up their chopsticks.
It’s so beautiful! The golden little squirrel is covered with a layer of bright clothes, sparkling with attractive light under the sunlight.
Is this a dish?
Sha Zhu looked at the finished squirrel mandarin fish and felt that this was not just a dish, but an art, an art that belonged exclusively to the chef.
"Serve the food~~" Chen Jun saw Sha Zhu was in a daze and couldn't help but urge him.
"Hey, here I come~"
Sha Zhu reacted and shouted, then started asking people to serve the dishes.
When this dish was served on the table, the guests who were eating frantically suddenly stopped.
They looked at the squirrel mandarin fish in front of them and didn't know how to eat it with their chopsticks for a moment.
"It's so beautiful, even more beautiful than the ones fired in Liulichang."
"If this dish is served in a restaurant, wouldn't we be charged five dollars?"
"Five dollars??? For five dollars you can only eat a fish tail...Hey hey hey, Jia Dongxu, what are you doing!"
Just when everyone was seriously appreciating the dish, the damned Jia Dongxu actually stabbed the fish with his chopsticks, and without waiting for everyone to react, he quickly picked up a large piece of fish.
"You idiot, just enjoy the feast, why are you talking so much nonsense!" Jia Dongxu looked at Liu Guangqi with contempt, thinking that this guy was a big fool.
If you don't fight for the seat, what's the point of eating?
After saying that, Jia Dongxu stuffed the fish into his mouth.
oops~~
This dish not only looks beautiful, but also tastes amazing. The sweet and sour taste is matched with the perfect amount of fish meat. One bite makes you feel a little dizzy.
The banquet prepared by the Third Uncle was great, with so many sweet things, and they were all so delicious.
Although Jia Dongxu hated Chen Jun very much, he couldn't find any fault with the dishes.
Seeing Jia Dongxu's lack of martial ethics, the others had no time to appreciate the work of art. They hurriedly picked up their chopsticks and divided the squirrel mandarin fish in no time.
Liu Guangfu was a smart guy. After picking up a piece of fish, he took the empty plate over, covered his piece of fish with the soup, and then slowly tasted it.
Jia Dongxu stared straight at the plate of fish, resisting the urge to grab it and lick it!
The taste is so good that he can eat two steamed buns even if he has to dip it in steamed buns!
As the thought came to his mind, Jia Dongxu saw Liu Guangfu take out a small piece of steamed bun from somewhere, cut it in half, wiped the soup in the plate clean, put it into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and showed a satisfied smile.
Hey!
It’s so delicious!
It tastes even better than the candied haws sold outside!