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

Dipping water, also called dipping sauce, is the soul of dipping dishes and can be found all over the country.

For example, the ginger paste dipping sauce for boiled chicken in Cantonese cuisine, the oil dish dipping sauce and dry dish dipping sauce in Sichuan cuisine, the sesame sauce dipping sauce for lamb shabu-shabu in the north, the Shacha sauce dipping sauce that is indispensable for Chaoshan beef hot pot, etc. They are very famous.

But if you want to ask where there is the most dipping, it has to be the Yunnan-Guizhou region.

There are thousands of dips available, and new ones are created every day.

Various sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, numbing and fragrant dips not only increase people's appetite, but also enrich the taste of the dishes.

When exchanging the steam pot chicken recipe, the relevant dipping water is included.

But Lin Xu felt that it was too limited, and the price of Yunnan-style dipping was quite cheap, so he exchanged it for an excellent Yunnan-style dipping collection.

The price of the dipping collection is less than 300,000 points, but it contains thousands of dipping recipes as well as routines and tips for preparing dipping water.

After all, the price of each dipping sauce is only a few dozen points.

It’s more cost-effective than those “all-time low” 0.1% off games on Steam.

Back in the kitchen, Lin Xu prepared the ingredients for dipping.

There are many ways to make Yunnan-style dipping in water, but they all remain the same, and they all have to be delicious.

In order to let northerners adapt to the taste of Yunnan-style dipping water, Lin Xu specially chose a hot and sour flavored dipping water.

The main ingredients of this dip called Nanmi are tomatoes, wood tomatoes, purple eggplant, spicy millet, garlic and other ingredients.

The so-called tree tomato is a plant unique to southern Yunnan. It is also called tree tomato. It is rich in pectin and has a sweet and sour taste. It is the main raw material for making jam.

The reason why wood tomatoes are added to this dip is not only to increase the sourness, but also to thicken it, making the dip taste more attractive.

After the ingredients are prepared, place the wok on the stove and cook over high heat.

After heating, put these ingredients in separately and burn the skin black.

Finally, grab a large handful of dried chili peppers and put them into the pot. Heat them until the skin is slightly black and charred. Then, while they are still hot, put them into a garlic mortar and mash them into pieces. This will become the paste chili peppers that are indispensable in the Southwest.

This kind of chili that has been burnt to black is not eye-catching, but it has a strong fragrance. It is one of the few ingredients that is indispensable for making dipping sauce.

Scrape the paste of chili peppers out of the garlic mortar, then peel off the skin of several blackened main ingredients, put them into the garlic mortar, mash them into a paste with a garlic pestle, and put them into a small basin.

Add chopped coriander and eryngium in turn, then add salt, sugar, MSG, minced garlic and the just-made paste chili.

Stir evenly, and a Nanmi full of Dai flavor is ready.

Lin Xu tasted it. The hot and sour taste was very strong, but it was acceptable.

Originally, there was no sugar in it. He was afraid that everyone would not be able to accept the strong sour and spicy taste. When the time came, a group of people would see Mrs. Huang eating it alone and it would be awkward, so he added some soft white sugar to neutralize the various flavors.

Don't tell me, it feels great.

The spicy, sour and slightly sweet taste gives this dip a different flavor.

Returning to the private room with the dipping water, he took out a stack of small plates from the sideboard and gave everyone a spoonful of the Dai-style dipping water.

"Come and taste it. It's very spicy and sour. Don't eat too much."

This last sentence was said to a greedy girl.

Baby Shen stuck out his tongue.

Xu Bao is so charming, why don’t I, the executive chef of Linji Gourmet, be so shameless?

But after muttering, she immediately took the dipping sauce and placed it in front of her. She drank two bowls of chicken soup in succession. It was time to taste the chicken.

Shen Baobao, who is not worried about appearance, doesn't think drinking too much chicken soup is good. He just wants to eat meat.

She picked up a large piece of chicken leg meat from the steam pot and dipped it in the water, then she couldn't wait to put it in her mouth.

The chicken is a bit hot, but that doesn't matter. What's important is the rich sour and spicy flavor when dipped in water, just like eating a green apple dipped in chili.

It makes people grin sourly, but it also makes them want to cry.

But when I bit into the chicken, the fresh flavor and smooth texture of the meat neutralized the hot and sour taste a lot.

The sour and spicy taste before seems to be less exciting and strong.

On the contrary, it feels appetizing.

“Wow, I didn’t expect that people in southern Yunnan eat hot and sour food as well as people in northwest Yunnan.”

Mrs. Huang did not dip the chicken directly, but first picked some with chopsticks and put it into her mouth. A surprise expression appeared on her face:

"This dipping sauce is really delicious, but compared to chicken, this dipping sauce is more suitable for dipping grilled eggplant, roasted pig skin and cowhide, etc., which will be more delicious."

When eating steam pot chicken, ginger and garlic sauce is usually enough.

However, considering that Brother Lin is not from southern Yunnan, it is very good to be able to make it like this. Moreover, after drinking the delicious chicken soup, it would be more appetizing to eat the meat with some hot and sour sauce.

She was still a little nervous when she came, fearing that the steam pot chicken cooked by Lin Xu, a northerner, would not be authentic, or might have the same fishy smell as her own.

After tasting it, I discovered that the craftsmanship is comparable to the masters of steam pot chicken in southern Yunnan.

Not only does it have no fishy smell, but the ham is used to make the soup extremely delicious. Drinking it warm makes your whole body feel comfortable.

No wonder he became a consultant to Diaoyutai at such a young age.

This craftsmanship is indeed very good.

The men present each drank one bowl of chicken soup and then continued drinking, while the women generally drank more than two bowls of chicken soup, and occasionally tried to chew up the Panax notoginseng and swallow it.

But in the end, I found that my teeth might not be able to match the hardness of Panax notoginseng, so I chose to give up.

Lin Xu sat down, picked up a piece of chicken, dipped it lightly in the water, and then put the meat into his mouth.

The chicken was completely tender and fell off the bones. It tasted fragrant and chewy, and had an extremely oily texture.

When he put it into the pot, he put the yellow fat from the chicken belly into the steam pot, plus the fat from the ham, so that the soup not only did not feel bland, but had a plump taste and rich aroma.

tasty!

Not only is the chicken delicious, the spicy and sour dipping sauce also gives the dish a soul.

Before making this dip, Lin Xu was afraid that the strong sour and spicy flavor would cover up the freshness of the chicken, but when he tasted it, he realized that instead of covering it up, it actually made the chicken more delicious.

What a head-turning dipping sauce!

Zeng Xiaoqi has hosted travel programs in the past two years and has traveled to many places in the country.

Eating this spicy and sour delicious dipping sauce, she asked curiously:

"I remember that Houttuynia cordata was put in the dipping sauce last time in southern Yunnan. Why wasn't it put here?"

Mrs. Huang said with a smile:

"Nanmi doesn't mention Zhe'ergen... We locals don't like the name Houttuynia cordata, because the name reveals a strong dislike. Zhe'ergen is better-sounding, and it's so delicious that you can fold your ears."

Everyone: "!!!!!!"

I learned another way to deal with people from the Southwest.

While eating steam pot chicken, everyone talked about how to make this delicacy.

In fact, aside from the ingredients, making steam pot chicken is really simple.

You don’t even need to wash the chicken. You can just rub the impurities on the chicken skin with salt, then cut it into pieces and put them into the pot. Add the ingredients and ham, put it on the pressure cooker, and wait to eat.

How simple it is.

But one thing is that this dish requires a lot of ingredients.

Forget about ordinary three-yellow chicken and white-feathered chicken, they simply cannot be made using this method.

At the very least, they must be free-range chickens or black-clawed chickens that do not eat feed.

Eating the delicious steam pot chicken, the cooking gene in Mr. Chen’s bones became active again:

"Brother-in-law, what kind of chicken is best for making steam pot chicken? Is this top quality today?"

Lin Xu shook his head:

"Although this chicken is good, it is not top-notch. The top-grade hens should be free-range hens in southern Yunnan. They are castrated before they are ready to lay eggs and allowed to grow for a year, from young hens to old hens. A chicken with a belly full of butter and never laid an egg is the best.”

Think about the nutrition that a hen has accumulated for a year and stew it in a steam pot. The taste is incredible.

Mrs. Huang praised:

"Brother Lin is very knowledgeable about southern Yunnan. Unfortunately, those kind of chickens are hard to come by now. If you are not careful, you will be tricked by others, because many people raise the discarded laying hens for a month or two, fatten them up and sell them. If you are not a knowledgeable person, you will never be able to buy a real capon.”

Xie Baomin, who was drinking with Shen Guofu and Lao Huang, said:

"If you women eat it, it is more suitable to eat black-bone chicken. Using black-bone chicken to make steam pot chicken is better for your health."

Silky chicken?

Everyone's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, you can’t buy top-quality hens, but you can buy black-bone chickens with higher nutritional value.

In those farms on the outskirts of Beijing, free-range black-bone chickens are still easily available.

After buying it and processing it in the store, it is another meal of black-bone chicken soup for beauty and beauty.

"Old Huang, go back and buy some black-bone chickens and send them over. Please ask Brother Lin to make steam pot chicken again. We have so many good medicinal materials. Send some more."

Giving money directly is too outrageous, and only fools turn this kind of human interaction into business.

Sending some precious medicinal materials accumulated at home will not only make the cooperation closer, but also help get into Lin Xu's network.

This will be of great benefit to future business expansion.

Lao Huang also understands this.

So after hearing my wife’s instructions, I hurriedly agreed:

"Okay, okay, no problem. When I get back, I'll ask which place has the best quality black-bone chicken. If we eat it ourselves, we must eat the best."

While everyone was eating, the service desk on the first floor.

Shu Yun held the bowl and slowly tasted the golden and buttery chicken soup in the bowl with a spoon.

"It's so delicious. No wonder it takes several hours to prepare. It's true that all the dishes that require a lot of work are not simple."

She admired the deliciousness of the chicken soup as she drank it.

Song Tiantian next to him took a bite and then asked:

"Mr. Shu, can this thing really replenish qi and blood?"

"Yes, I put so much panax notoginseng and astragalus. One is to replenish blood and the other is to replenish qi. It is very good for the body. Drink it quickly. You may feel tired after it cools down."

Song Tiantian clenched her fists and bulged her biceps.

The white shirt that was originally a little loose was suddenly stretched out by the muscles:

"I don't think I need to replenish my qi and blood, but Wei Qianlao needs to replenish his energy due to sweating. Why don't we send him upstairs to drink, so as not to catch up with me while riding at night."

Shu Yun:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

You completely regard Wei Gan as your wife, right?

But these huge biceps are really enviable. It would be great if I had such muscles. I would beat up my boss when he didn’t pay his salary... Wait, how could I have the idea of ​​beating up my boss?

This idea is a bit dangerous, but it is not necessary.

She looked at Song Tiantian's size again, and she was very curious. How many kilograms of liquor did Tiantian's former boss drink at that time before he dared to molest this strong woman?

While drinking, Geng Lele came to the store.

Seeing Shu Yun, this girl walked over briskly:

"Sister Yunyun, I have some sad news for you..."

Her tone made Shu Yun stunned:

"What sad news? Were you punished for secretly signing a leave note?"

"No, it's because I can never pretend to be the class teacher and sign, and I'm not qualified to take the college entrance examination... I, I, I... I was forcibly admitted to the smart class."

If you admit, you will be admitted, why force it?

They can't go to the house to catch you.

Shu Yun smiled and said:

"This is a good thing. When we took the college entrance examination, we stayed up all night to study. After the college entrance examination, we were all confused. We were able to go to Tsinghua University without taking the college entrance examination, and it was also a smart class with the same reputation as Yao Class. This is what many people dream of. It’s a great thing.”

"But……"

Geng Lele originally thought it was pretty good.

But in the past few days, whenever she showed any hesitation, whether it was the teachers at school or the relatives and elders at home, it was like the smoke from your ancestral graves sending you good luck when they admitted you.

You are so ungrateful and yet you still put on airs, you are so ignorant!

For the first time, young Geng Lele felt troubled beyond knowledge, so he felt unhappy.

Shu Yun put down the bowl and said with a smile:

"You just say what you say. You just don't listen. Didn't Professor Cui say it last time? He will handle these matters and won't let you get involved in too many things other than studying. I'm afraid you will be affected."

Based on her knowledge of her relatives and elders over the years, some people really care about their descendants, but others are secretly jealous.

If you are mediocre, your children will also be mediocre.

It would be fine if everyone was mediocre, but there happened to be a very outstanding person among the relatives.

In order to find a psychological balance, they deliberately rely on the old to teach them a few lessons, and the more outstanding the young people are, the harsher the lessons will be.

Dealing with this kind of person is actually very simple, just find someone who can control him.

Shu Yun looked at Geng Lele and asked:

"Was your grandfather not there when they said this?"

"Yeah, they always wait for my grandpa to say this when he's not around."

"Next time whoever says that again, just call him grandpa and let the elegant and easy-going Mr. Tateyama thank him for his sincere teachings and earnest wishes."

Geng Lele was stunned for a moment.

Can the problem be solved so easily?

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival made her very distressed by these things.

It was originally difficult to solve, but I didn't expect that it could be solved by just moving out the old man. It's so simple!

"Thank you, Sister Yunyun. By the way, I may have a banquet for college entrance in the next two days, so you should join us."

"Okay, I'll give you a big red envelope then!"

After speaking, Shu Yun pointed upstairs:

"They are all eating steam pot chicken up there. You should go and try it quickly. By the way, tell everyone about being admitted to Tsinghua University. Before eating, Aunt Han was still talking about how I haven't seen you in the past few days."

As soon as he heard that there was something to eat, the little mushroom head student immediately became energetic:

"I'll go right away and invite Uncle Shen and Aunt Han to my college entrance banquet..."

She stumbled upstairs.

Song Tiantian looked at Geng Lele’s back with envy and said:

"I really envy these people for whom getting into college is as easy as drinking cold water. After being admitted to Tsinghua University, Lele's parents must be very happy, right?"

Happy for sure.

But to say that I am very happy... Reminiscing that Geng Lele's parents both work in the research institute and are both highly intelligent people, they should be quite calm about this kind of thing.

Because they should take it for granted.

And in terms of happiness, it should be the second place in Haidian Middle School who has been suppressed by Geng Lele.

Now that I heard that Geng Lele is leaving, I will probably be sincerely happy for this alumnus.

The next morning.

When the kitchen preparations were in full swing, Lin Xu received a call from Geng Lishan.

"Little friend Lin, have you heard about Lele going to Tsinghua University? I'm going to hold a college entrance banquet at your place. There will probably be about eighty or ninety people. Can we seat it there?"

"It's okay. We just built a banquet hall before the Mid-Autumn Festival. It can fully accommodate people."

Geng Lishan felt relieved when he heard that there was a banquet hall.

He was very attentive to his granddaughter's college entrance banquet this time. He not only invited many relatives at home, but also teachers and students leaders from Haidian Middle School, Cui Qingyuan and others.

In addition, members of the TV station's "Eating World" column group also received invitations. After all, they are considered colleagues.

After confirming the date, number of people and dishes, the store began to prepare.

Geng Lishan was deeply impressed by the roasted suckling pig last time, so this time there was one roasted suckling pig for each table, and a whole roasted lamb.

As for other dishes, let Lin Xu take care of it.

His only request is that it should not be too fancy and that the original taste of the dishes should be reflected as much as possible.

As for the college entrance banquet, the guests at the banquet are all your own people, so there is no need to prepare dishes that are too frivolous to satisfy your appetite.

But what Lin Xu heard was:

"Not too fancy? Original flavor? What kind of method can meet this requirement?"

After hanging up the phone, he looked at Wei Qian and asked:

"What kind of dish can be considered as not fancy but still authentic?"

"Stew it, isn't it all the original flavor?"

This is a direction, but they are having a good college entrance banquet, so we can't have a big mess, right? It’s not so neat to go to a farmhouse.

Zhu Yong said:

"The steam pot chicken you made yesterday is original, looks good, and tastes good. It's suitable for Lele's college entrance banquet."

This is a good suggestion. I asked Lao Huang to prepare a few more chickens that day and put a portion of steam pot chicken on the table for everyone to try.

Zhuang Yizhou also gave his own opinion:

"Steam it. It's simple, fresh but not bland. It should meet Mr. Tateyama's original taste requirements."

Everyone started a discussion on this original topic.

While chatting, Qin Wei, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said:

"Salt... salt-baked, this... meets the... requirements."

When he said this, everyone's eyes lit up.

Yes, baked with salt.

When it comes to original taste, there is no dish that meets the requirements better than salt-baked food, right?

I really didn't expect that Mr. Tateyama would actually be a fighter at such an old age. If Qin Wei hadn't guessed this, this college entrance banquet would not have been perfect.

While he was thinking about it, the system prompt sounded in Lin Xu's mind:

"The host searches high and low to trigger the side task [Technique Exploration]: The host is asked to make three salt-baked dishes that are at least excellent level within 4 hours based on his understanding of cooking. After completion, he will obtain an excellent general cooking technique - —Baked with salt."

Four hours, three courses.

And they must all be excellent.

System, you don't need to think so highly of me. Really, I'm just a newbie in the cooking world. It's hard for me to make three dishes here.

Lin Xu sighed and began to think about the salt-baked dishes to be made...

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