From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 43: Use boiled soup stock to make steamed bun fillings
  After the factory director left, Lin Jiacheng and Li Huidong returned to the kitchen together.

Lin Jiacheng said seriously: "It seems that the people we received in the factory today are very important."

Li Huidong said: "It doesn't matter whether it's serious or not. Since the factory director came to say hello in person, we must prepare the dishes. After all, it is related to our continued contracting of the canteen in the future."

Lin Jiacheng nodded seriously.

The factory director came over to say hello, obviously attaching great importance to the reception at noon.

As long as there are no problems in the canteen and a few dishes can be cooked well, then with the approval of the factory director, there will definitely be no problems in contracting the canteen.

Even if he offends the deputy director Fang Jian in the future, he should not have to worry with the support of the director.

Thinking of this, Lin Jiacheng looked at Li Huidong and asked: "Huidong, you can show your real skills today and be more serious than when we go to the countryside to make banquets."

Li Huidong said: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, we are never sloppy in cooking. If we are sloppy in cooking and the dishes we cook are below the standard, it will bring discredit on our master's face."

Feng Zhengming heard this and said: "Brother is right. Although we have left Yanxi Tower, we must not bring disgrace on Master's face."

When Lin Jiacheng heard the voice and looked at Feng Zhengming, he suddenly felt reassured.

Thinking of the cooperation between brothers Feng Zhengming and Li Huidong when they went to the countryside to make banquets.

Lin Jiacheng felt that as long as Feng Zhengming helped Li Huidong, no matter what kind of guests he faced or what kind of entertainment he needed to handle, there should be no problem at all.

Li Huidong then said to Feng Zhengming and his two apprentices: "Okay, let's start preparations."

Feng Zhengming, Zhang Lei, and Yang Peng naturally responded immediately and started preparing.

Zhang Lei and Yang Peng were responsible for some rough cutting work, basically chopping some whole chickens and ducks into small pieces.

Feng Zhengming is responsible for some fine cutting, such as cutting out shredded meat and cutting some side dishes into the required shapes and sizes.

Li Huidong is mainly responsible for some dishes that need to be stewed on the stove. He has to watch the fire on the stove and make some adjustments at any time according to the simmering situation in the pot.

In the entire back kitchen of the cafeteria, Feng Zhengming, Li Huidong and his two apprentices were busy.

Lin Jiacheng realized that he couldn't intervene, so he simply came out of the canteen and the kitchen.

When Li Huidong's eldest sister Li Fenzhen saw her husband coming out, she walked up and asked, "How are you doing? Who is here today? I saw that the factory director came in person."

Lin Jiacheng said: "The factory director said that today's reception is more important, so he came here specifically to tell us to be more serious."

Li Fenzhen asked: "How are Dongzi and the others in the kitchen doing?"

Lin Jiacheng said: "We are preparing."

Seeing his wife and Li Huidong's wife Hu Yan was a little worried.

Lin Jiacheng added: "Don't worry, with Zhengming here, there will definitely be no problem if he and Huidong cooperate."

Hu Yan asked: "Brother-in-law, can Zhengming really do it? He is still so young."

Lin Jiacheng said, "It's really possible. Even though Zhengming is young, Zhengming's craftsmanship is really good. Didn't Huidong tell you when he got home? This time we went to the countryside to have a birthday banquet. Several dishes were cooked by Zhengming. Zhengming’s craftsmanship is awesome.”

Hu Yan said: "I did hear Dongzi say that Zhengming's craftsmanship is great."

Lin Jiacheng said confidently: "Don't worry, with Zhengming helping Huidong, there will be no problem."

In the back kitchen of the cafeteria, Feng Zhengming looked at the chicken and meat left over from the morning soup. He thought for a while and said, "Brother, don't waste these leftover soup ingredients. I will use these ingredients to make a soup for everyone at noon." Eat the buns.”

Hearing this, Li Huidong looked at the various ingredients coming out of the basin and asked with some surprise: "Zhengming, do you want to use these ingredients to make steamed buns?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, this whole chicken also has meat on the bones, as well as meat and ham. It is really good for making stuffing of steamed buns. It is more delicious than stir-frying."

Li Huidong thought for a moment and said, "Okay, then hurry up. It's a pity to waste these materials."

Feng Zhengming nodded and started preparations immediately.

He first removed all the meat from the chicken and the big bones. Then separate the whole piece of meat and ham used for making soup and put them aside.

Cut the removed chicken and bone meat into small cubes.

Feng Zhengming found some more bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms, and cut them into small dices respectively.

The meat and ham used for soup were also cut into small cubes.

Then put a pot on a separate stove, heat the pot and moisten it with oil.

Next, put the sweet noodle sauce into the pot first, stir-fry the sweet noodle sauce as much as possible in the pot, and then add the diced chicken and pork into the pot to stir-fry.

After stir-frying, put the diced bamboo shoots, mushrooms, and ham into the pot and stir-fry them together.

Pour the water for soaking the mushrooms into the pot, season it, and cook over high heat.

Cook until the soup thickens, then add the gravy.

At this time, the fragrance almost filled the entire kitchen, and Li Huidong couldn't help but turn his head and glance a few times.

When people in the backyard of the cafeteria smelled the fragrance, they couldn't help but stick their heads in to take a look.

Lin Jiacheng's daughter Lin Xiaona and Li Huidong's son Li Xiaogang ran in curiously.

"Little uncle, what are you doing? It smells so good."

"Uncle, can we eat this?"

Feng Zhengming was making noodles at this time. When he saw the two children staring at the stuffing he had put out, he smiled and said, "That's stuffing for buns. I'll make buns for you at noon, okay?"

The two children immediately clapped their hands and cheered: "Okay, let's eat steamed buns for lunch."

Lin Jiacheng also came over and asked, "Zhengming, what are your bun fillings made of? Is it so fragrant?"

Li Huidong said with a smile: "Zhengming turned waste into treasure. He used the ingredients we used to make soup in the morning and re-fried them to make steamed bun fillings. It has a flavor of sauced pork buns. Let's try it together at noon. Look, if it tastes good, all the ingredients we use to make soup can be used to make buns like this."

Feng Zhengming was very quick and put the meal aside to wash his hair.

Then he continued to work on the lunch dishes with his senior brother.

The children of Li Huidong and Lin Jiacheng stared eagerly at the dumpling fillings in the basin, their little faces full of anticipation.

Because of Feng Zhengming’s pot of bun filling, it seemed that the candy in the hands of the two children had no taste.

While Feng Zhengming and Li Huidong were preparing materials, several leaders of the brewery, led by the factory director, accompanied a group of three or four people into the canteen, talking and laughing.

"Today you must drink two more glasses, try our craft beer, and also try the skills of the chefs in our cafeteria. The chefs in our cafeteria are the masters of Yanxilou, and their skills can be said to be among the best. The entire Quan City is worthy of recognition."

"Oh? The chef in your cafeteria is actually from Yanxi Tower? That's really incredible."

"Hahaha, this is not the collapse of Yanxi Tower. They came to us to contract the canteen. It is a coincidence for us."

"Are they some chefs from Yanxi Tower?"

This time it was Fang Jian who spoke: "Originally there was one, but now there are two. They both learn from Chef Yan."

What Fang Jian said made the few people in the factory receiving today even more excited.

Seeing the expectation on the other party's face, the factory director felt quite proud and shouted to the kitchen back cook: "Huidong, if you are not busy, come out and meet the guests first."

Li Huidong heard the factory director shouting and responded: "Okay, factory director, please wait a moment."

Then Li Huidong tidied up and asked Feng Zhengming to go out with him to meet him.

(End of this chapter)