Gourmet Beast Tamer

"Little brother, you have to think clearly." The shopping guide shook his head helplessly, "You can completely use cheaper fish, pork, or chicken and duck meat for this kind of project."

"I've thought about it clearly." Qin Lang picked the best one and handed it to the shopping guide, "That's it."

"This one must weigh five or six kilograms." The shopping guide took it and weighed it, "Although the price of oxtail is very cheap, the quality of the cow you chose is not low, so the unit price is more than 100 kilograms. "

He weighed it while talking and quickly quoted the exact price, "812 yuan, little brother, what is the upper limit of the price you can draw?"

"The upper limit is one thousand, which is just enough." Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction, "That's it."

Shopping guide: “???”

Is this the main ingredient? !

"Help me pack it." Looking at the shopping guide's suspicious expression, Qin Lang smiled helplessly.

"Give me your Yuling Chef badge. After registration, we will send it to the association as quickly as possible." The shopping guide said no more, took Qin Lang's badge and said, "Okay."

After taking the badge, Qin Lang turned and left, heading towards the next area.

In addition to oxtail, various necessary accessories are naturally indispensable.

These are relatively cheap, even if you choose better quality ones, they won’t cost much.

After some selection, the total value of the ingredients was 888 yuan.

Just looking at this auspicious number, Qin Lang felt that he would be able to perform stably in his first eating battle.

When she walked out of the food market, Du Weiwei walked right in front of her.

"You...just finished selecting the ingredients?" Du Weiwei blinked and asked tentatively.

"Yes." Qin Lang nodded, "Are you going to choose now?"

"That's right." Du Weiwei paused, "Today's food fight, I will use my full strength, so you'd better use your full strength too."

"I will." Qin Lang smiled.

The food fight was about to take place, and the two of them parted quickly without much communication.

When one person and one spirit arrived at the Yuling Chef Association, there was only half an hour left before the start of the food fight.

Unlike the spiritual battlefield, the eating battle venue is independent.

In the center are two competitive standard kitchens covering an area of ​​100 square meters. The transparency of the outer walls can be adjusted to ensure privacy. Qin Lang and Du Weiwei's nameplates have been hung on the doors.

Outside the kitchen are the judging seats and audience seats.

Unlike the spiritual battle, where the outcome is clear at a glance, the outcome of the eating battle needs to be decided by professional judges after tasting the dishes from both sides.

Depending on the size of the hopper, the number and level of reviewers are also different.

Qin Lang and Du Weiwei's hoppers are junior hoppers, and there will be five junior reviewers.

The judges are not here at this moment, but there are already people in the audience.

"Qin Lang! This way!" Qi Xiaoyu waved excitedly.

Qin Lang stepped forward.

He could understand Qi Xiaoyu coming here to watch the game.

but…

Qin Lang glanced at Zhao Chen, who was standing next to him with his arms crossed, "Why are you here?"

"Come to cheer you up." Zhao Chen looked proud, "You can't lose to anyone before you lose to me."

Well, it’s still the familiar chuuni taste.

"Thank you very much."

"Qin Lang, what are the dishes you prepared today?" Qi Xiaoyu came closer, "Can you tell me about it?"

Qin Lang pondered for two seconds, and then said calmly under Qi Xiaoyu's increasingly expectant gaze, "Please stay tuned."

Qi Xiaoyu: "???"

Did you ponder for two seconds that it was a CD?

"Tell me about it, I know the dishes Weiwei prepared!" Qi Xiaoyu chuckled, "If you tell me what you prepared, I will tell you that she..."

Before she could finish speaking, a dangerous voice suddenly came from behind.

"Qi! Xiao! Rain!"

Qi Xiaoyu shuddered and looked at Du Weiwei behind with a murderous look on her face, but she still couldn't escape the fate of being pinched.

Ignoring the fight between the two little girls, Qin Lang quickly stood up and took Dan Bao to the kitchen when he noticed the three men and two women sitting at the judging table.

Du Weiwei also let go of Qi Xiaoyu and stood in front of the kitchen on the other side with her food spirit.

"I am Zhou Yun, the chief judge of this eating competition." The middle-aged man in the lead looked at the two of them. "The weights of the main judge and the deputy judges are the same. They just have the added responsibility of hosting the eating competition."

"This food bucket project limits the value of the ingredients. The total value of the ingredients from both parties must not exceed one thousand yuan."

"The ingredients from both sides of the food bucket have been delivered to their respective kitchens. No other ingredients are allowed to be brought into the kitchen. The total value of the ingredients from both parties is now reported."

"Qin Lang, the total value of the ingredients is 888 yuan."

"Du Weiwei, the total value of the ingredients is 945 yuan."

"The ingredients from both parties meet the requirements. According to the regulations of the primary hopper, the total cooking time shall not exceed two hours." Zhou Yun said calmly, "The timer starts."

At this moment, numbers appeared on the light screen in front of the judging panel and began to count down.

Qin Lang and Du Weiwei turned around and walked into their respective kitchens without hesitation.

Eater, start!

…

Qin Lang walked to the counter and began to count the ingredients on the counter.

Ginger, green onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms, celery, star anise, bay leaves, green peppercorns, dried chilies, dried hawthorn, various seasonings and most importantly, oxtail.

Not bad either.

Cooked with these ingredients, it is a traditional Shaanxi dish.

It's called braised oxtail.

"Gulu!"

Even though he had a delicious meal yesterday afternoon, Dan Bao's eyes were still full of expectation at this moment.

It quickly came to Qin Lang's side and began to blow on the ingredients.

Look at my freshness!

Taking advantage of Dan Bao's efforts to help, Qin Lang quickly peeled the oxtail and cut it into sections, washed it several times and soaked it in water with white wine.

Oxtail has a strong fishy smell, so you must not be careless in removing the fishy smell.

Fully soaking to remove blood and water can effectively remove fishy smell.

While waiting for the blood to soak out, Qin Lang quickly sliced ​​the ginger and scallions into sections and put them in a small bowl for later use, then started the pot.

The cooking process of oxtail requires the use of tender sugar color, and now is the best time to prepare the tender sugar color.

Tender sugar is light in color and slightly sweet, and can be used for coloring and seasoning at the same time.

Add a tablespoon of rock sugar and a small amount of water to the pot, then use a spatula to slowly and continuously swirl in one direction.

"Gudu!"

Dan Bao, who had helped to prepare the ingredients, moved closer to look at it curiously.

It had already witnessed this process yesterday.

But the process of boiling the rock sugar into golden brown and the sweetness gradually disappearing still makes it feel very magical.

As dense small bubbles bubble up in the pot, the sugar liquid begins to turn from thin to viscous, and the water is quickly evaporated, leaving only the sugar liquid that becomes darker in color as time goes by.

The special caramel aroma also emerged from the pot along with this process, and the sweet smell made the long-awaited egg baby on the side couldn't help but sniff it.

"If you win this eating fight, I'll make you a delicious caramel pudding tonight." Looking at Dan Bao's greedy look, Qin Lang said with a smile.

Danbao's eyes brightened even more, full of anticipation.

Must win!

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Contents of the easter egg chapter at the end of this chapter:

【Braised Oxtail】