Chapter Seventeen Bullying People
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Roasting five ingredients at the same time is a challenge even for those culinary masters, as it's too difficult to control the fire timing. If one misjudges, all five ingredients will be ruined.
It's not that Chen Da Guan Ren doesn't need to master the fire, but rather these things have a more stringent requirement for fire control. However, Chen Da Guan Ren is cutting corners and didn't even think about following the methods recorded in the culinary book. If he had followed those methods, each dish would be able to target a specific illness, which is what they call "food therapy". But to do that, first of all, Chen Da Guan Ren doesn't have enough medicinal ingredients, and secondly, it requires extremely high control over fire. This guy is a complete lazybones, he just throws everything together without caring about the fire control at all, thinking that he can just rely on his pre-made recipes to crush the fat chef and others quickly and easily. The ancestors' good things are being ruined by this guy, who completely relies on his equipment being powerful to bully people, with zero operational skills or technical content.
Mr. Chen brushed his secret blue oil on the five ingredients and then ignored them, running to one side to light a cigarette and slowly finishing it before running back. He rummaged through his bag and pulled out several cloth bags, opening each one to reveal different colored powders inside. Mr. Chen glanced at the dishes prepared by the other chefs, then sprinkled yellow powder on the chicken, red powder on the chicken feet, orange powder on the fish, and blue powder on the leeks. He brushed the ingredients with blue oil again and stood still once more.
Zhao Zhuangzhuang saw that Chen Zhiyuan had 5 delicious dishes on his barbecue grill, and he thought to himself that after those old men had tasted them, he would go up and grab some. However, he was too lazy to find chopsticks, so he asked: "Do you have chopsticks in your bag?"
Mr. Chen nodded and handed him a pair of chopsticks.
Chen Lili had just eaten and her mouth was full of oil. At this time, she was too lazy to go find a tissue and asked: "Is there any tissue?"
Mr. Chen took it out again and gave it to her.
Old Su had just eaten mutton and got a piece of meat stuck between his teeth, so he asked Su Bingxuan to get a toothpick from Chen Zhiyuan's bag.
Su Da Jie came over with a cold face: "Do you have toothpicks?"
Mr. Chen handed him a toothpick and then said something that made everyone instantly petrified: "Do I look like Doraemon to you?"
Su Da Jie rolled her eyes and said: "I think you look like an idiot!"
Zhao Zhuangzhuang and his wife were laughing so hard they were almost crying, and just about rolled on the ground!
Half an hour's time soon arrived, and Fat Chef presented the dishes he had prepared to Old Man Su and his companions with great respect. Fat Chef placed the fiery red, steaming chicken claws in front of them: "This is Spicy Exploding Phoenix Claws, please sirs, have a taste!"
Several old men divided the chicken paws among themselves, each taking a bite. Su Laozi put down his chopsticks and spat out a small piece of chicken paw from his mouth, then rinsed it with warm salt water and smiled: "Good, not bad! Chicken paws are originally not very meaty things, and if they're roasted for too long, the moisture inside will evaporate completely, making them as dull as gnawing on tree bark. But you've mastered the fire just right, so that the chicken paws are both cooked through and haven't lost too much moisture, making them crunchy and refreshing to bite into. Your pickling seasonings are also very special - the spiciness has penetrated into the chicken paws, but hasn't overwhelmed their original freshness. The two flavors combine to create a savory, spicy, fresh taste that's just right!"
Several old men nodded in unison after Old Su finished speaking, indicating that what Old Su said was good, right and made sense.
Chen Zhiyuan brought over the chicken feet he had made, and several old men tasted them again. This time, they couldn't help but change their expressions. Su Laozhang swallowed what was in his mouth, then grabbed one with poor manners and took a bite. He then smiled wryly and said, "Young man, you shouldn't bully people like this, should you?"
The people around, including Fat Chef and a few others, were all stunned. What does this mean? Is it that this kid's cooking is too delicious or something else?
Old Wang also smiled wryly, looked around at the crowd of people waiting for him to reveal the mystery, cleared his throat and said: "Little Chen, your chicken claws are done in a way that makes me speechless. Your fire timing is fundamentally unmatched by others. These chicken claws are overcooked, and when you bite into them, it's like biting into tree bark. But your seasoning is truly too magical! As for how magical, let everyone taste it and they'll know!"
The fat chef cut a small piece with his own knife and put it in his mouth to taste, first with a heavy expression, then changed to a bitter smile, and said: "I lost!"
The people around also tasted the chicken claws of the two, and they all had a strange expression. Chen Zhiyuan's chicken claws were obviously overcooked, and there was not much meat on them to begin with. With this fire, the moisture inside was completely gone, and the feeling of eating it was similar to gnawing on tree bark. The flavor was similar to that of Fat Chef, but also had a spicy taste. However, his flavor was several levels higher than Fat Chef's, giving people an irresistible urge to eat more, even though the texture was not great.
The small mustache fish is called orange fish, and its taste is also very good. The freshness of the fish is mixed with the fragrance of oranges, and when you eat it, there's a hint of sweetness from the oranges, which is very refreshing. Several old men also gave it high praise.
Chen Da Guan Ren's fish is still as old as it was roasted, with a flavor similar to that of Xiao Hu Zi, only the flavor has thrown out several streets.
The remaining dishes except for the chicken were all like this, the cooking time was grasped so badly that it was unbearable, but the taste really made people unable to say anything bad about it.
The last chicken, several old men took a bite, and their eyebrows all furrowed. It was still the problem of fire temperature. Logically speaking, if the fire temperature is not good enough to make a whole chicken with different flavors in each part, but Chen Da Guan Ren just did it.
"Your roasted chicken is far inferior to your lamb, by all accounts the flavors of each part should be connected, how come when I eat each part, the flavor is still different?"
"Of course, it's not as good as that sheep," said Chen Da Guan Ren with a smirk. "I only have two hands, how can I roast five things at once? I'm not a robot!" He pointed to the several cloth bags and said: "The flavor is actually all thanks to those secret seasonings!"
The old man walked over and took out some powder from each pocket, sniffed it and tasted it, furrowed his brow and said: "How come they all have a medicinal smell? Just like this red one, I can be sure that there is chili inside, but the other ingredients are probably all medicinal materials?"
Chen Zhiyuan nodded and said: "That's right, there are chili peppers here, and all the other ingredients are medicinal materials."
Wang Lao wanted to ask what kind of medicine was inside, but thinking that Chen Zhiyuan would be able to send it to him was strange. However, stealing some and taking them back for testing would reveal the formula.
Several old men all had such thoughts, each pretending to pass by and look at the seasonings, but actually stealing a little bit.
