As soon as Wang Jialiang and others started taking action, it was equivalent to confirming the division of labor arrangements for the next cooperation group.
Wang Jialiang was responsible for following Fu Yu as a cook, while He Lanqing and Gu Deqi were always ready to follow orders.
Fu Yu gathered all the ingredients he needed at hand, and then started to prepare for cooking.
But before starting to process the ducks, Fu Yu also made a special trip to the commercial stew oven specially prepared for all the players.
He skillfully lit the stew oven and used charcoal fire to cook the furnace to the right temperature.
Fu Yu performed this series of operations neatly and without any nonsense.
Wang Jialiang and three others followed him closely, watching Fu Yu operate the stew oven very professionally.
This scene was very shocking in their eyes.
This is a stew oven!
The stew furnace uses dark fire, which is highly technical. The person in charge of the furnace must control the temperature in the furnace.
Except for restaurants that specialize in barbecue or roast duck, ordinary restaurants rarely have a stew oven area, and Fu Yu is so skillful at making fires that it is simply shocking!
Before coming here, Wang Jialiang also searched for information on the Internet and knew that Qianlima is a restaurant that specializes in seafood dishes.
Is it possible that in addition to seafood, there is also a special stew oven for roast duck?
However, now is not the time to think about this. Fu Yu lit up the stew stove, then turned back to the kitchen counter and started processing the duck.
Probably because of the time limit of the competition, the duck shed its feathers and cleaned its internal organs for preparation.
Fu Yu took the duck and directly started to scald the skin and add sugar color.
Rui Hetai's method of making roast duck is actually very similar to the operation Yao Shi taught him.
It's just that the music restaurant is used to cooking roast duck into golden brown, while Rui Hetai prefers to cook it into maroon red.
The colors are different, and the ratio of sugar to water and the method of mixing are slightly different.
Wang Jialiang stood nearby, watching Fu Yu's operations with all his concentration, ready to give a prompt reminder if something went wrong.
In fact, Wang Jialiang looked quite calm on the face at this time, but he was not so stable in his heart.
He didn't know why Fu Yu prepared to cook roast duck in a braised oven instead of directly cooking roast duck in a hanging oven.
When he introduced Ruihetai's roast duck dishes before, he specifically mentioned that the most popular thing in the store is actually the hanging oven roast duck. On the one hand, the preparation method is simpler and can be used by ordinary chefs in the kitchen. On the other hand, On the other hand, it is more convenient when roasting. After all, there are too many things to pay attention to when roasting duck in a braised oven. In terms of firepower control and timing, it is not like the roasted duck in a hanging oven that has certain rules and techniques.
Dishes like this, which rely entirely on the chef's experience, are actually very difficult to master.
Now is the very crucial finals scene. If Wang Jialiang were a contestant, he would definitely choose the more reliable hanging oven roast duck as the competition dish.
In fact, Wang Jialiang's concerns were beyond Fu Yu's imagination. However, he was bound by a mission and there were not many cooking methods to choose from.
It is necessary to meet the skills of identifying the doneness of meat ingredients, mastering the amount of simmered ingredients, and cooking smoked sauce skills at the same time, and it also needs to correspond to the dishes on the order list.
I really have no choice but to use my brain on roast duck.
The group of them went to the stew area first, and then hurried back to the cooking area.
Because they were too focused on the cooking work, no one noticed that just when Fu Yu lit the stove, the camera was already focused on Fu Yu, showing all their actions on the big screen.
In this final, everyone present was focused on the seeded players.
Especially Fu Yu, who stands out with his dark horse qualifications, has attracted much attention.
The competition officially started, and the cooking scenes of each contestant began to be shown on the big screen as scheduled.
Originally, the planning team planned to randomly play the cooking scenes of the two contestants, and then move the camera to the cooking scene where Fu Yu was.
On the one hand, it can whet the appetite of the judges and the audience, allowing them to pay more attention to the performance of other contestants.
On the other hand, when I just started cooking, it was just about preparing dishes. In fact, there were really no wonderful operations to observe.
When the contestants start to officially cook, the screen will then turn to a few outstanding contestants, so that the hot spots of the competition can be better displayed.
Unexpectedly, they just randomly selected a contestant's cooking scene for display, and before they started changing the camera, they received a reminder from the staff.
Something is wrong with Fu Yu!
Everyone at the judges' table was still commenting on the contestants' preparation of food on the big screen, but suddenly they saw the host's stiff voice asking for a contestant's cooking scene to be displayed.
The incident happened so suddenly that the host didn't even have time to say his words before the big screen changed the scene.
As soon as the picture appeared, it attracted the attention of everyone in the judges' seat and the audience's seat!
The target player is Fu Yu!
Although Fu Yu had already attracted much attention, at this moment, what surprised everyone was that Fu Yu was not cooking in front of the kitchen counter, but was busy lighting the fire in the stew area with the members of the cooperation team.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Fu Yu bending down alone to light the fire while members of the cooperation team stood around!
This, why do we need to use a stew oven?
The cooking utensils at the competition site are very complete. After all, it is a national competition. There is nothing that the contestants cannot think of that cannot be prepared for the competition.
But
There have been so many competitions, but no contestant has ever used a stew oven for cooking.
On the one hand, as long as a stew oven is used, it means that the dish is either barbecue or roast duck, which is very time-consuming and tests the cooking ability of the contestants.
On the other hand, the stew operation is usually done alone, so the contestants must allocate half of their precious cooking time to the stew area.
Today's final is not just about cooking one dish, but a whole menu of dishes that need to be completed within a limited time.
This choice of cooking operation is really not a good one!
Lu Ming turned around and asked, "Did you pay attention to the contents of Rui Hetai's order list before?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Du Yingchun stepped forward and replied: "Look, there is a special dish, the signature roast duck."
Just now, the contents of the dishes each contestant ordered for this game were specially announced on the big screen.
Du Yingchun took a special look at the order sheets drawn by Fu Yu, Liu Yunong and Lu Wen. Although he couldn't remember all the dishes, he still had an impression of the general dishes.
The only dish on Ruihetai's menu that can be cooked in a stew oven is roast duck.
But when it comes to roast duck, Ruihetai’s signature thing should be hanging oven cooking, right?
Lu Ming looked at Fu Yu who was busy lighting the fire on the big screen, and said nothing for a while.
The contrast in this picture was so strong that it immediately aroused discussion among everyone present.
Shen Jintai stared at the screen for a moment, then turned to ask the familiar judges around him: "Um, which hotel is the cooperation team following Fu Yu from?"
The judges who were also paying attention to Fu Yu's operation turned around and said: "Ruihetai! Their chef uniform is this style. The one standing next to him is Chef Wang, Wang Jialiang, the newly promoted chef of their store. I also participated in the annual meeting of the Food Association, and he is a very outstanding person."
Shen Jintai's expression suddenly changed when he heard it was Rui Hetai!
He is familiar with this store and often goes there to eat.
He knew that the specialty roast duck in the store was cooked in a hanging oven and was very authentic, but what Fu Yu wanted to do now was braised roast duck.
In fact, Ruihetai also has the dish of braised roast duck, but I just don’t make it easily. After all, the store’s business is good, and hanging oven cooking is simpler and easier to operate. It can be baked in large batches at once, and customers can just cut and plate it when ordering. .
The master chefs in the kitchen were busy cooking the dishes and had no time to do the baking.
Although the stew-roast duck has a unique taste, the operation method is relatively demanding. Unless the average chef specializes in this, it is impossible for a layman to get started.
And the chef is usually busy cooking, and it is impossible for the store to send someone to do the stew and bake.
This kind of dish is not the store's signature dish, and even the store's chef would not choose it easily. What did Fu Yu plan?
Thinking of this, Shen Jintai couldn't help but turned around and called Du Yingchun across the street: "Chef Du, if I remember correctly, Qianlima seems to be a seafood restaurant, right? It specializes in seafood? Does their restaurant have roast duck?" "
Du Yingchun had never been to Bei'an, and he had only heard of Chollima. He shook his head: "I really don't know much about this, but since Fu Yu chose to do this, he must have an idea."
He sounded calm and calm, but in fact, Du Yingchun didn't know what he was doing.
Although he was not sure what Fu Yu wanted to do, he could not destroy his prestige in front of outsiders.
You must know that these judges here control the scores of the contestants, and whether they can advance in the end depends on them.
Thinking of this, Du Yingchun had to brag for Fu Yu: "After all, Fu Yu's cooking skills are really high and he is good at many cooking skills. Moreover, he has always been cautious and careful. Since he would choose to cook braised roast duck I am definitely better at this kind of cooking."
Relative to the facts, it doesn't matter what is true or false.
Fu Yu stood in front of the kitchen counter, took a clean basin, put in caramel and water, and started stirring.
Wang Jialiang looked at Fu Yu, feeling a little unsure.
Do you want to make a sound reminder?
Without making a sound, he just watched Fu Yu lose the game?
words out loud
What if in front of the camera it seems that he is too arbitrary and disrespects the players?
After all, this is a video-recorded finals scene, and their every move is followed by cameras.
He couldn't guarantee that his proposal would be good.
But just watching?
When Fu Yu insisted on having his own way, he ended up not being able to finish cooking the entire table within the designated time, or he messed up the first dish directly.
Then it won’t be a question of whether to get high scores or not.
Thinking of this, Wang Jialiang couldn't help but whispered advice: "Fu Chu, although the braised roast duck is also very good, tastes good and has unique characteristics, it is too difficult to cook, and I'm afraid it's too late in terms of time. !”
Fu Yu was still a little hesitant at first, wanting to rely on his own strength to cope with cooking.
However, in order to ensure that he did not lose the opportunity to complete the task, to successfully assist Liu Yunong in getting the second place, and to make himself proud of his family and Zhao Meng, he did not hesitate any longer and chose to directly obtain Yao Shi's personal advanced level. Skill stew.
Yao Shi's stew skill is his special skill, and it is one of the few full-level skills among several advanced personal skills.
He had already obtained this reward by completing the task, but he had been reluctant to use it.
I originally planned to save it as a last resort and use it for emergencies.
It's not that he doesn't pay attention to today's game, but if he wants to complete the task, he needs to choose Yao Shi's stew skill.
But after the task was completed, one of the rewards he received was the skill of mastering the amount of ingredients for simmering.
This is a wasted opportunity to acquire new skills.
After all, the skill of braising is already advanced, but the skill of mastering the amount of ingredients seems a bit useless.
But, at this moment.
It’s already the finals, and if we lose to this stewed roast duck in the end, it would be too disappointing!
Be willing to give up, be willing to give up, only by giving up can you gain!
Fu Yu comforted himself and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to making roast duck.
After acquiring advanced stew skills, Fu Yu himself did not notice that his entire state had changed significantly.
After the caramel was mixed and the water in the pot was boiling, Fu Yu picked up the duck with his chopsticks and poured the boiling water over the duck skin.
He was very focused and his movements were consistent without any pause.
Wang Jialiang stood aside and watched with admiration.
When he was giving instructions to Fu Yu just now, he specifically mentioned that the duck must be blanched before being candied.
This is a unique skill in their store, which is usually not spread out.
Now I told Fu Yu, hoping that he would perform well. Unexpectedly, Fu Yu not only did what he said, but also handled the details perfectly.
When making hanging oven roast duck in Ruihetai, the skin is specially blanched, which can tighten the pores of the duck skin, solidify the protein in the epidermis, maximize the expansion of subcutaneous gas, and make the skin dense and stretched, shiny and smooth, making it easier to bake. .
Because this step is used when baking in a hanging oven, under normal circumstances, the duck is hung directly on the hook.
You can't hang the duck while roasting it in the stew oven, so Fu Yu actually thought of using chopsticks to pick up the duck and sear it.
I have to say, this guy really has a lot of ideas.
And both finger strength and arm strength are amazing!
Holding the duck neck with chopsticks can ensure that it does not slip or skew, and that it does not fall off whether it is rotated or shaken. This may seem like a simple operation, but it actually contains profound basic cooking skills.
Wang Jialiang was close and looked carefully. He couldn't help but marvel at Fu Yu's superb use of this pair of chopsticks.
He felt that Fu Yu was stronger and better than he thought.
After all, he was able to practice basic skills to such an extent, and his comprehension was amazing, which shows that Fu Yu is really powerful.
After Fu Yu finished blanching the skin, he scalded it with boiling water with sugar, three times from top to bottom, and then poured sugar water over the duck body.
Then, with quick movements, the duck that has been blanched and colored is cooled. (End of chapter)
