Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards!

Spicy shredded chicken?

Shen Guofu's eyes immediately lit up:

"Hey! This is really an old dish."

Baobao Shen, who was eavesdropping on the side, asked curiously:

"Isn't this a stage name in a sketch? Is it actually a real dish?"

Shen Guofu said with a smile:

"You don't know this, my dear, there was little meat in the past, and many dishes were made with chicken breast, such as stir-fried diced chicken in sauce, cold shredded chicken noodles, cold shredded chicken, spicy shredded chicken..."

He rattled off a bunch of dish names like a treasure trove.

Then he sighed with emotion:

“I haven’t had spicy shredded chicken for almost twenty years, time flies so fast!”

In the past, he had finished setting up a stall. He ordered a spicy shredded chicken at the entrance of the alley, and ordered two bottles of beer. He drank the beer with the crispy and spicy shredded chicken.

Occasionally, I met Tan Yajun and added a plate of peanuts. The two brothers drank and chatted. It felt really comfortable.

So many years have passed by in a blink of an eye.

No longer can you find the pleasant time of sitting on a horse at the entrance of the alley and drinking beer.

Thinking of this, he said to Lin Xu:

"Without further delay, let's make it quickly. Make more. Your mother-in-law will definitely like it too."

"Okay dad, I'll get ready right now."

On the way to the kitchen, seeing Shen Baobao looking like he was doing nothing, Lin Xu suddenly remembered that the video had not been updated for two or three days, so he said to the girl:

"Baby, please take a photo later. I'm going to update the video."

Now if he doesn't post a video for more than two days, he will rush to the topic of Lin Ji Food to post sentences such as "Grandpa, the UP owner you follow forgot to update again", which makes Lin Xu speechless.

He planned to take some time to focus on shooting ten or twenty dishes, and save a batch of manuscripts first.

When Shen Baobao heard that he was going to take a video, he immediately ran to get a tripod fill light and matching action camera.

Hehe, as long as I can help Xu Bao, I will be very happy!

In the kitchen, Aunt Liu is preparing dinner.

Seeing Lin Xu come in, she asked curiously:

"Are you not satisfied with today's reception banquet?"

Lin Xu quickly said:

"No, no, my dad hasn't had spicy shredded chicken for a long time. Let's make some for him to try."

Well, the part about the mother-in-law forcing her to do gymnastics needs to be suppressed. Try not to spread it, otherwise it will affect the image of the father-in-law as a glorious, upright and domineering businessman.

The ingredients required to make spicy shredded chicken are very simple.

The first is a whole piece of chicken breast, followed by the chili shreds cut vertically from dried chili peppers. In addition, onions, ginger, Sichuan peppercorns and thicker chili noodles are also needed.

After placing the ingredients on the table, the filming began.

Lin Xu introduced the ingredients, then held the chili noodles and said:

"If you can tolerate spicy food, you can choose hot pepper king or hot peppers such as bell peppers or bullets. If you can't tolerate spicy food, use northwest line peppers."

After explaining the ingredients, he boiled water in a pot, then put the prepared chicken breast into the pot, then added onion, ginger, pepper and cooking wine, and started cooking.

When making shredded chicken dishes, you need to cook the chicken breast until it is tender.

In this way, the chicken breast can be torn into strips of "chicken shreds."

While the chicken breast was being cooked, Lin Xu took a camera and took some close-ups around the pot, which surprised Shen Baobao.

She has been working hard to learn photography recently, but she is still far from the level of her Xu Bao.

For example, when patting boiled chicken breasts, Shen Baobao thinks that it only takes a few seconds to pat the pot and the meat in the pot.

But Lin Xu first photographed the flames for a few seconds, then moved the camera sideways, imitating the movement of the slide rails to capture the flames burning the bottom of the pot.

Finally, I pointed the camera at the slightly boiling water in the pot and took pictures for a few seconds.

Not only does this look more vivid, but the shot across the slide also gives people the feeling that time is passing.

Not long after, the water in the pot boiled and a lot of white foam appeared.

Use a spoon to carefully skim off the foam and continue cooking for about ten minutes.

Don't overcook the chicken breast, otherwise it will look bad and rotten, and the taste will be greatly reduced.

Ten minutes later, Lin Xu used chopsticks to poke into the chicken breast. No blood came out, which meant that the meat was cooked through and ready to be taken out of the pot.

He took out the chicken breast with a slotted spoon and put it into the ice water with ice cubes.

"The cooked chicken breast should be cooled quickly so that the meat will be more pliable and taste better. Remember to put some ice cubes if possible, so that the taste will be better."

In the living room, Han Shuzhen hugged Dundun and walked around the house. When she came back, she saw Shen Guofu fidgeting and asked a little strangely:

"I've tried every means to call Xiaoxu over for dinner, but you won't let him cook big fish and meat again, right?"

"Then how dare I? If you ask me to eat chicken breast, then use chicken breast to cook. I don't dare to eat anything else."

Seeing her husband's well-behaved look, Han Shuzhen didn't believe it:

"real?"

"Really, Xiaoxu is cooking for me with chicken breast right now. When it's ready, you can't snatch it from me."

"What's the point of grabbing the chicken breast? I'll give it all to you later. I won't eat a bite."

After saying that, Han Shuzhen carried Dundun to the grand piano placed in the corner of the living room, raised her hand and pressed the keys a few times, and the sweet "Butterfly Lovers" sounded in the living room.

Listening to this voice, Dundun's eyes suddenly widened like bells.

I can't believe this thing actually makes a sound.

It twisted its body and slapped its paws on the keys a few times, and the sweet sound immediately turned into irregular noises.

Shen Guofu reminded:

"This piano is a limited edition of Steinway..."

Before he finished speaking, Han Shuzhen glanced at him sideways:

"What? You can't even touch it twice?"

Shen Guofu: "..."

Usually the nanny wipes it with an ordinary rag and you feel extremely distressed. Now I am kindly reminding you that it is my fault instead?

As a grandmother, she will be infinitely accommodating to her grandchildren.

He smiled sarcastically:

"No, I just feel sorry for Dundun's paws. Don't let the keys hurt you."

in the kitchen.

When the chicken breast was completely cold, Lin Xu took it out of the ice water and began to tear it into strips:

“When tearing, you don’t need to tear it too thin, just a little bit thinner than chopsticks. In this way, after it is sautéed in oil, the shredded chicken will be crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a more layered texture and a more delicious taste.”

Baby Shen next to him thinks this dish is very interesting. When making it, you have to tear it into strips by hand, which seems to be quite relaxing.

After tearing all the chicken shreds, Lin Xu took a piece of clean gauze, wrapped the chicken shreds in it, and squeezed the chicken shreds hard.

"What is this for?"

"Squeeze out the excess water to save frying time."

In fact, there is another way, which is to put the shredded chicken directly into the pan and fry the water out, which is more fuel-efficient, but requires more cooking time.

After squeezing out the water, pour the shredded chicken into a basin and start seasoning.

Two tablespoons of salt, one teaspoon of pepper, one teaspoon of Sichuan peppercorns, stir evenly and then add two handfuls of low-gluten flour.

First, shake the basin a few times to allow the flour to hang evenly on the surface of the chicken shreds. Then separate the chicken shreds that are stuck together and try to make every chicken shred covered with flour.

Then heat the oil in a pan and start oiling the shredded chicken.

The oil temperature in this step can be higher because the chicken shreds are cooked, and the main purpose of oiling is to dry and crisp the surface of the chicken shreds.

When the oil was 60% hot, Lin Xu grabbed the chicken shreds wrapped in flour and put them into the pot.

While going down, he explained the essentials to the camera taken by Shen Baobao:

"Don't move it once you put it in. Fry the chicken shreds first and then flip them. Otherwise, the flour on the surface will easily come off."

After a while, when the shredded chicken is fried until golden in color and hardened, use a spoon and chopsticks to separate the connected pieces, fry for another minute, and remove to control the oil.

When frying the second pot, Lin Xu picked up one and was about to taste it when Shen Baobao next to him came over and took the chicken shreds away.

"Wow, it's crispy and numb, it tastes delicious."

"This is just a semi-finished product. It will taste better if you stir-fry it later."

After all the chicken shreds are fried dry and crispy, pour out the oil in the pot, leaving a little base oil, put the pot back on the stove, and turn on low heat.

Before the oil heats up, add a handful of peppercorns and stir-fry slowly.

When the aroma comes out, add the shredded chili peppers, stir-fry for another minute, and add the fried shredded chicken.

Continue to stir-fry over low heat.

At this time, the spicy smell was wafting out of the pot, and the chili shreds were fried into red oil. Lin Xu grabbed the dried chili noodles and put them in, then added a handful of cooked sesame seeds and two small spoons of sugar.

Continue to stir-fry for another minute, until the chicken shreds are coated with red chili oil, and the dish is ready to be plated.

I used two whole chicken breasts today and actually made a large plate.

The spicy taste made Baobao Shen, who was in charge of filming on the side, completely greedy. He wanted to try it before it was over.

But Lin Xu wasn't done yet.

He said to the camera:

"When dry-stewing, you can add some celery, green bamboo shoots, or even fried shredded potatoes to match it. The color will be better and the taste will be more diverse."

I was in a hurry today, so Lin Xu didn't add these.

And this is not a restaurant, so there is no need to add side dishes to the dish.

After the filming, Lin Xu came to the restaurant with the plate of shredded chicken, and Shen Guofu walked over quickly:

"Well, that's what it smells like!"

Spicy shredded chicken has this spicy and fragrant taste. People who can only drink two taels can start with half a catty, while those who can drink half a catty can start with one catty.

It's a pity that I have to dance tonight and can't drink.

Soon, dinner was served on the table.

Aunt Liu made stir-fried pumpkin, shrimp salad, boiled asparagus, and cold shredded seaweed, paired with barley porridge and multigrain pancakes.

Looking at the dinner on the table, Lin Xu finally understood why his father-in-law had that expression.

These dishes are all great tools for removing fat and fat. Not to mention eating them, just looking at them for a while makes you feel like you have lost half a catty.

"Honey, come and eat!"

For the first time in a week, Shen Guofu was looking forward to dinner so much.

Thinking about it a few days ago, the chicken breast was placed in front of me without even looking at it, but after being processed like this by my son-in-law, it actually became the biggest motivation for eating dinner.

Shen Guofu, Shen Guofu, are you still the famous little prince of gourmet food?

When Lao Tan and the others found out later, where would they put their old face?

"It smells so good..."

Lunch was too late, and Han Shuzhen originally had no plans to have dinner, but her son-in-law was at home, so even if she didn't want to eat, she had to come over and sit down for a while.

When she came to the restaurant, she suddenly smelled a nice spicy smell.

Looking again, there is a reddish dish on the table, and the spicy taste comes from this dish.

This is……

She looked at it carefully and then said in surprise:

"Isn't this spicy shredded chicken? I haven't had this dish in many years."

No wonder Old Shen was so looking forward to it just now.

She lifted up her skirt and sat next to Shen Guofu:

"I remember when we fell in love, the first time we ate out, we ate spicy shredded chicken. At that time, you coaxed me to drink beer, saying that I would not be drunk after drinking beer..."

When Shen Baobao heard this, his eyes immediately exuded a gossipy look.

Wow!

My father actually tried to get my mother drunk secretly. Comrade Shen, you are very impure.

Shen Guofu sighed:

"Who knew you could drink better than me? It was a miscalculation."

Tsk, tsk, tsk, is this really something we, the younger generation, can listen to?

Baby Shen also stopped eating, holding his cheeks with his hands as if listening to a story, which made Shen Guofu and Han Shuzhen realize that it was dinner time.

"Let me try Xiaoxu's craftsmanship."

Shen Guofu took a chopstick of shredded chicken and put it into his mouth. After chewing it, he gave Lin Xu a thumbs up:

"Spicy and crispy, the meat inside is actually a little bit tender. This shredded chicken is really well done. Wife, hurry up and try it. It's much better than the one we ate at in the alley."

Han Shuzhen tasted it, nodded and said:

"It's indeed delicious... You two should hurry up and eat. Are you still waiting to hear the story?"

Lin Xu and Shen Baobao looked at each other and smiled, then started eating with multigrain pancakes in one hand and chopsticks in the other.

The fried shredded chicken tastes really good.

Crispy and fragrant.

Especially paired with the spicy flavor, it will instantly whet your appetite.

"Well, not only is the shredded chicken delicious, but the dried chili peppers are also crispy and chewy."

The family had a great time eating.

Lin Xu tasted Aunt Liu's dishes again. These dishes were all delicious and beautifully presented.

Apart from making it look unappetizing, there's really nothing wrong with it.

Especially the seaweed shreds, which taste sweet and sour, crunchy and tender when chewed, and have a fresh taste that makes people feel like eating the whole nature.

Thinking of it, I still have a perfect cooking learning card that I haven’t used yet.

And Baby Shen has said several times that Aunt Liu is good at making fried noodles.

Lin Xu felt that he had to find an opportunity to learn how to make fried noodles with Aunt Liu in the next two days.

The new store opened, and its main focus is hand-made noodles. It would be unreasonable not to have noodles with fried bean paste. After all, this is Yanjing, where everything is about authenticity. A restaurant that sells hand-made noodles does not have fried noodles with fried bean paste, which is typical and unauthentic.

After meal.

Han Shuzhen carried Dundun to the basement gym to play bouncing ball, which made Lin Xu, who was about to stand up and say goodbye, suddenly speechless.

"Please stay, Xu Bao, and come back tomorrow morning. I can't sleep without you!"

Lin Xu also wanted to sleep with the fragrant and soft baby Shen in his arms, but this was his father-in-law's house after all, so it was too much and unjustifiable.

But now Dundun was hijacked, so he had to go upstairs first, use Shen Baobao's computer to cut the video, and then choose to upload it.

With the increase of fans.

Video review is getting faster and faster.

Not long after it was uploaded, this video titled "Using the kitchen of his father-in-law's house to make a dish that his father-in-law loved to eat when he was young" appeared in his account updates.

"Wow, the UP that Grandpa is following has been updated. I'll burn some paper for him right away!"

"Father-in-law's house? Boss Lin has returned to Beijing?"

"Isn't Boss Lin's father-in-law a big boss? Let me, Boss Kangkang, like to eat whatever snacks he liked to eat when he was young. I will eat it every day from tomorrow on!"

"I'll eat too, and strive to become a big boss in a few years!"

"Add me one!"

"And I!"

Before the video title had finished playing, various bullet screens floated out.

Wait for the video to start.

The barrage was suddenly filled with lemon flavor:

"Let me go, this kitchen is bigger than my living room!"

"Thank you, Boss Lin, for giving me new material for my dreams."

"I originally thought Boss Lin was teaching cooking, but I didn't expect that he was secretly showing off his wealth."

"This kitchen is going to fall into the hands of group renters, and it must not be divided into a dozen single rooms?"

"I forwarded the video to my father-in-law, he looked at it and then forwarded the video to his father-in-law."

"Let me ask, does the boss lady have any sisters? If not, brothers are fine. I can overcome this."

"..."

On the bed, Shen Baobao, who had put on casual shorts, swayed his long white legs and was amused by the barrage of troll netizens.

Lin Xu sat in front of the computer and said:

"Tomorrow night I'll treat Sister Jing and the others to crayfish at home. It's about to open. Let's get to know each other first."

Upon hearing this, Baobao Shen turned over and said immediately:

"Then I'll go too!"

Wouldn't it be appropriate to treat everyone to crayfish instead of beer?

As the hostess, wouldn't it be appropriate for me to disrespect everyone with two glasses of wine?

I can't drive after drinking, and it's not safe to drive for me. So, is it reasonable for me to live in Xubao's house because of my aggrievedness?

Wow, I can sleep with Xu Bao in my arms tomorrow night!

While Lin Xu was sending messages to Dou Wenjing, Zeng Xiaoqi and others on his mobile phone, Shen Guofu was doing warm-up exercises before aerobics in the gym downstairs.

He looked at Han Shuzhen who had put on a sports T-shirt and yoga pants and asked:

"Xiaoxu is staying here tonight, right?"

"Let's live here. I'm worried that Yueyue won't be used to it when the two of them separated just after they got together."

"You're such a liberal mother."

"When you went to my house when you were young, didn't my mother let you stay like this? You even walked into the wrong door and touched my brother's room in the middle of the night..."

"Ahem, don't mention this matter, wife... Let's get started. After the dance, Xiaoxu and I will play two rounds of billiards. Yueyue said that he played often when he was in college and has a solid foundation."

Speaking of playing billiards, Han Shuzhen unconsciously turned her face and looked at the standard snooker table not far away.

At this moment, Dundun was playing happily with a billiard ball.

Do you want to play billiards?

Let’s see if Dundundong agrees or not first!

Room upstairs.

Everyone who was invited to the lobster banquet tomorrow night said that it was no problem and would arrive at Yingchun Street on time before seven o'clock tomorrow afternoon.

Originally I thought there were only a few people, but after careful calculation, Zhuang Yizhou, Zhu Yong, Wei Qian, Qin Wei, Dou Wenjing, Zeng Xiaoqi, Shu Yun, Shen Baobao, aunt... together they already sat at a large table.

Looks like I need to buy more crayfish tomorrow!

After sending the message, he was just about to put down his phone and go to the gym on the first floor to watch his father-in-law dance "Compendium of Materia Medica" when Zeng Xiaoqi suddenly sent another message:

"Boss Lin, I have planned a food column in the past two days and it has been approved by the station. When you are not busy these two days, how about we try to record an episode first?"

Food column?

Lin Xu asked curiously:

"Someone who teaches cooking like in "Everyday Diet"?"

"Yes, it's probably like that, but relatively more professional. After all, your qualifications are there."

I'm just a newbie who has been in the industry for less than two months!

Lin Xu is not very interested in this kind of program.

Not only the ratings are not high, it can also easily cause controversy.

Moreover, the advertisements involved may easily conflict with Lin Kee’s brand.

Just as he was about to refuse, Zeng Xiaoqi sent another message:

"If it can be launched smoothly, I will help you get a week of pre-screening advertising, a special food report, and no less than three news promotions. In addition, your Longqishan Scenic Area will also receive at least a week of recommended scenic spots. …”

Looking at these conditions, Lin Xu suddenly felt that as a caterer, he had the obligation and responsibility to promote the gourmet culture of Chinese cooking.

Well, Chinese food culture has a long history, and it’s time to explain it to the audience.

Thinking of this, he replied in a squeaky voice:

"In order to promote Chinese food culture, I promised you, Sister Xiaoqi, that if the show is successful, I can even help you invite the chief chefs from Diaoyutai to participate in the show."

Senior brother likes to join in the fun, so let him join in when the time comes.

Just give him a chance to challenge other hotels.

As for the other head chefs... let's see how the senior brother's beating goes before we talk about it.

After finishing the chat.

Lin Xu and Shen Baobao went downstairs to the gym to watch aerobics.

Yanjing TV station.

Inside the Travel Channel offices.

Seeing this news from Lin Xu, Zeng Xiaoqi couldn't help but cheered.

Wuhu!

The food column thing is done!

She happily stood up and danced a peacock dance. Fortunately, there was no one in the office at the moment, otherwise this graceful dance would definitely shock the jaws of her colleagues.

After being happy, Zeng Xiaoqi began to figure out the remaining steps.

After getting the most important guests, it’s time to arrange the recording venue.

If everything goes well, the recording can begin the day after tomorrow. Once approved, it will be broadcast on the Travel Channel's prime time slot.

When the time comes, it will definitely amaze everyone!

Thinking of this, she took out a big fat ball from a box and put it in a water glass, then carried it to the water dispenser to get a glass of boiled water.

We’re going to eat crayfish tomorrow night, so it makes sense for me to start drinking Pangdahai today, right?

Humph, I don’t believe I can still have problems with my throat this time!

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