At the beginning, he specifically mentioned Liu Dun and asked him to take him as an apprentice because he saw him showing off in the restaurant with his skills.
He probably figured it out. He didn't teach him anything useful at all and asked him to do odd jobs every day. Everything Liu Dun knew now was what he learned secretly when he was doing odd jobs. Alas.
"Are you telling the truth?"
"Of course."
"How are you going to negotiate this business?" Su Jianye realized that this was an opportunity to save Yunlai Restaurant.
"A recipe costs one hundred taels, how many copies do you want?" Li Xi looked at Su Jianye with a smile.
Although her skills are not very good, she has a good memory. Thanks to the modern information explosion, she has a lot of Chinese delicacies in her mind.
"One hundred taels, this price is a bit too expensive." Su Jianye was embarrassed, but her heart thumped because of Li Xi's words just now. She just asked herself how many copies she wanted and how many recipes she had in her hand.
"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. Of course, you have to taste this dish before you know it. I wonder if I can use the kitchen?" Li Xi knew it.
"Naturally, please."
Coming down from the second floor, Su Jianye called Liu Dun out from the kitchen, and then motioned to Li Xi, "Okay, please."
Gu Jingzhi looked at Li Xi, and she looked at him too.
Gu Jingzhi felt furious, huh? Why does it feel like a danger?
"Gu Yin, come here and help me." Li Xi knew her cooking skills quite well, so she decided to dictate the recipe. Well, she shouldn't be a bad person if she asked Gu Yin to cook it.
Gu Jingzhi thought for a moment but did not refuse, and followed her to the kitchen. Of course, the little tail tiger also followed.
The scale of Yunlai Restaurant is not small, and the kitchen is also quite large. Li Xi looked at the stove and the surroundings. Well, it can be seen that the kitchen is quite clean.
"You're not asking me to help you prepare food and light the fire, are you?" Gu Jingzhi looked at Li Xi suspiciously, but he had already decided in his heart that this was what happened, otherwise what would she do if she asked him to come to the kitchen.
Li Xi shook his head and smiled, "Of course not, you cook."
"Cooking?" Gu Jingzhi suspected that his ears were broken, otherwise how could he hear such outrageous words.
Gu Jingzhi is not a macho person, but his status is there. Let alone cooking, he has never even entered the kitchen before.
Li Xi smiled and nodded, "Yeah, don't worry, this kind of thing becomes familiar again and again. I gave you a chance to master new skills."
Gu Jingzhi: "...No need to."
"Hey, don't be embarrassed." Li Xi pulled him to the stove, "Huzi, light the fire!"
"Yeah." Huzi is an expert at making fire.
Li Xi glanced at the dishes prepared on the stove and had an idea in mind.
"Let's start with something simple, braised pork ribs." He handed the spoon to Gu Jingzhi, "Let's start the pot first, oh, no need to start the pot, just heat the oil."
Gu Jingzhi:......
Looking at Li Xi's serious eyes, Gu Jingzhi finally compromised and took the spoon to scoop out a spoonful of oil.
"Um, yes, put it in the pot."
"Yes, this is lard, you have to wait for it to melt."
"Okay, it's melted. Then, wait, no, you have to blanch the ribs first and wash away the blood foam."
Gu Jingzhi looked at her with a spoon:...
Li Xi felt a little guilty because of his look, but only a little, "It's okay, it's not a big deal, there's a pot next to it, use this pot."
Li Xi took a ladle and poured water into the pot, "Huzi, it's your job now, come on, boil the water."
After the water boiled, Li Xi directed Gu Jingzhi to pour the ribs in and blanch them. After boiling out the blood foam, he asked him to wash them with cold water.
During this process, Gu Jingzhi kept a cold face, but Li Xi pretended not to notice it at all.
"Okay, let's continue the steps we just took. Heat the oil, add rock sugar, and stir-fry until the sugar color comes out. Then add the ribs, stir-fry, and stir-fry again."
In Gu Jingzhi's stir-frying room, the ribs were dyed caramel color.
"Sister, it smells so good." Huzi raised his little head and said.
"Well, I'll let you eat it later.
Okay, the waterproof cover covers the ribs. Okay, you can put seasonings, soy sauce, salt, and some sugar below to make it fresh.
That’s it. Now wait until the water dries up and you can take it out of the pot. "
When Gu Jingzhi heard that she said it was okay, he put down his spoon and breathed a sigh of relief. It was over. He felt that cooking was more tiring than going into battle to kill the enemy.
Just when Gu Jingzhi thought it was over, Li Xi smiled and took over the prepared fish, "Now we can move on to the next dish, squirrel and mandarin fish."
Gu Jingzhi: "...Don't even think about it."
"I don't want to, just do it." This person will leave soon and won't be needed in the future. There will be no need to use it at this time.
Gu Jingzhi was speechless as he looked at Li Xi's arrogant words.
But in the end she still couldn't insist on saying, "Tell me how to do it."
Li Xi smiled, "Here, first hold the body of the fish with a rag and cut off the head. Then hold the body of the fish and use a knife to cut the flesh close to the bones. Be careful not to break the tail.
Then slice another piece of fish from the other side and remove the fish bones.
With the skin facing down, first cut straight on the fish, then diagonally, until the skin forms a diamond-shaped knife pattern.
You are a knife player, this shouldn’t be a problem, just trust yourself! "
Gu Jingzhi glanced at Li Xi, put the fish on the chopping board, and started cutting according to the steps she just told. In fact, what Li Xi said was quite right. Gu Jingzhi's knife was really good, and the fish meat was perfectly cooked according to the steps Li Xi told. .
"Marine the fish head and fish meat with white wine, salt, and ginger for ten minutes." Li Xi took a porcelain basin and handed it to Li Xi.
Gu Jingzhi noticed that Li Xi just said ten minutes, his eyes flashed slightly, "Ten minutes?"
Li Xi realized that he had said the wrong thing, "It's nothing, just marinate it for a while.
While we're at it, let's make the sauce first. "
Gu Jingzhi didn't go into details, and followed her instructions to stir-fry the tomatoes into a paste, add salt, sugar, and vinegar. After boiling, add water starch to thicken the sauce and set aside.
"Okay, you can fry the fish. This fish frying is a bit particular. You have to do this...this way...and this way..."
According to Li Xi's dictation, the fish was squeezed and golden, put on the plate, poured with sauce, and a squirrel mandarin fish dish came out of the pot.
At this time, the braised pork ribs that had been simmering in the pot were ready. This time, Gu Jingzhi took the plate from Li Xi's hand and took out the dishes without Li Xi saying anything.
He had always resisted before, but now looking at the two delicious dishes in front of him, Gu Jingzhi felt a sense of satisfaction in his heart.
Seeing Hu Zi's drooling look, Li Xi smiled, "Here, little greedy cat, let's eat some ribs."
In order to show off his appearance, Li Xi, the squirrel and mandarin fish, did not plan to move now.
"Gu Yin, you often do this too. You did this." Li Xi picked up a piece of ribs with chopsticks and fed it to him.
Gu Jingzhi looked at the chopsticks stretched out to his mouth and was stunned for a moment. At Li Xi's urging, he opened his mouth and ate.
"How does it taste?" Li Xi said and stuffed a piece for himself, "Well, not bad, this is the taste."
Gu Jingzhi noticed that the chopsticks she used were the same ones he had used just now. He was stunned for a moment and opened his mouth to say something, but he held it back and said nothing.
