When Xu Qinyu and Lianhua finished eating the brown sugar cake, the little girl next to her hadn't finished eating the brown sugar cake.

She ate very slowly, almost sip it in her mouth until she was willing to swallow it. Sometimes a bit of scum fell on her clothes, and she was reluctant to pick it up and put it in her mouth to eat.

In this way, she only ate half of it, and she wanted to save the rest for her brothers and sisters to taste, because this was the most delicious thing the little girl had ever eaten.

A total of twelve rounds of competitions were completed today, and almost ten people passed the test.

The cooking competition here is also simple and rude. Most of the people can be eliminated in the first level, and only about a hundred people can advance.

By the time of the midfield test, 90 people could be eliminated, leaving only the last 10 people.

In the final competition, only one out of ten will win the championship.

Xu Qinyu figured it out, it would be her turn in about two days.

For the next two days, she also ran to watch the game every day without missing a beat, and every day she would bring something different to eat.

On the first day, brought brown sugar hair cake, and on the third day, brought sauced duck, which is also a signature dish of the restaurant. It is troublesome to make. It has to be soaked with twenty or thirty kinds of traditional Chinese medicine and spices, and then air-dried, roasted, etc. It is made through ten processes, and finally it can be done by repeatedly smoking it with straw, but now that it is autumn, the sauce pan duck can be preserved, and the kitchen will make a lot at one time. It tastes spicy, the skin and meat are crispy, and there are Strong sauce flavor.

Fortunately, the four of them can eat spicy flavors, and they also brought some milk steamed buns to accompany them.

In short, after watching the game for the next three days, never starved a few people again.

On the fourth day, it was finally Xu Qinyu's turn to compete, and she won't be able to start the competition until noon today.

In this way, I brought my own milk biscuits over today, and I plan to eat them when I finish the game and continue watching.

Soon it was noon, Lianhua, Yang Zhizhi and Xu Yunlan were all nervous, only Xu Qinyu was like nothing else, not nervous at all, the three of them couldn't help but look at her frequently, a little panic, but dare not do more. What to ask, I am afraid that Xu Qinyu's mentality will be wronged by what they ask.

However, they didn't know that in the world-class cooking competition that Xu Qinyu once participated in, she was calm even in that competition, not to mention the current one, even if it was a culinary competition every ten years.

Soon, it was finally Xu Qinyu's turn to play.

She was still impressed by the 20 judges. She was also the youngest in this cooking competition, just nineteen years old.

When Xu Qinyu went up, some people in the surrounding crowd began to whisper.

"Did you read it right? This little lady is also here to participate in the cooking competition? She looks like she's not even twenty, and it seems that she rarely sees female cooks, only a few in the past few days."

"You're so young, look at those who participated in the cooking competition, almost all of them are in their thirties."

"That's right, this little lady is the descendant of which cook's family, how dare you come here, instead of letting the elders in the family, isn't this a joke?"

"Hey, isn't this the owner of Xu Ji Restaurant? Just outside the city, I have eaten at the Xu Ji Restaurant, and it was really delicious. I saw this little lady Xu once, and she was also busy in the back kitchen. It's like a chef."

"All the food in the restaurant is made by this little cook?"

"It doesn't seem to be. There are other chefs and helpers in the restaurant, but I heard that Xu Ji Restaurant's recipes were all thought up by this little lady."

"It should be the recipe that Mrs. Xu inherited from her master or the elders in the family. I heard that the recipes of the recipes are very fresh and completely different from the recipes in other restaurants. I feel that everyone is going to have a fresh taste. ."

"It's not really, because there are some ordinary dishes in it, and the taste is very good."

"So how is this little lady's cooking skills? Is it not her who is in charge of Xu Ji? Why didn't Xu Ji's other chefs come to participate in this competition? Is it because she is the owner, so Xu Ji is not allowed to do other things? The chef is here? The other cooks are all men, right? Only men can turn the spoon, how strong can a little lady be..."

There was a lot of discussion.

Yang Zhizhi was still a little angry after hearing this, and wanted to refute something, but was stopped by Xu Yunlan.

Xu Yunlan leaned into her friend's ear and whispered, "Don't argue with them, the taste of Qinyu's cooking will be the most convincing later, arguing with them now will only affect Qinyu, and let her focus on us body."

Yang Zhizhi nodded angrily, "I'm just a little angry, but we've been eating Chaoshi made by Qinyu for four years, and it's not because of the recipe at all. No matter what Qinyu cooks, it's delicious, even if it's something else. The taste of the same dishes in the restaurant is still different. What is Qinyu not letting other chefs from Xu Ji come? They don’t want to come. Everyone knows that as long as Qinyu Now that Yu is here, other people will have no chance, so to say that a woman is not as good as a man is nonsense!"

Xu Yunlan smiled and said: "What are you worried about Zhizhi, you know in your heart that Qinyu, a little lady, will win the championship in the end, let them see that women can win the championship, and see if the world dares to look down on women. "

In the past few decades, no woman has ever won the first prize in a cooking competition.

Even if Xu Qinyu heard these doubts, she didn't care much.

When she participated in the first cooking competition, she was about the same age as she is now, and she was a little nervous at that time. Later, she participated in it several times, and even participated in that world-class cooking competition at the age of twenty-seven or eight. This game was broadcast live, and there were more voices of doubt, saying how dare she come to participate in this level of cooking competition at such a young age.

She didn't care about it either, and then directly won the champion who hadn't been selected for decades, making all doubts disappear, but it's a pity that she had a car accident just after winning the championship...

Xu Qinyu ignored the voices outside the venue, and first turned up the piece of pork belly that was handed out and looked at it. The pork belly weighed about two and a half catties. She turned the pork belly up and smelled it. There is nothing to say about the ingredients, they are very fresh, they should have been slaughtered yesterday, without blanching at all, she rubbed a whole piece of pork belly with green onion, ginger and Huadiao wine to remove the fishy smell.

When deodorizing the pork belly, Xu Qinyu had already boiled a pot of water.

There were quite a few cooks watching the competition outside the arena, some came to participate in the cooking competition, and some came just to watch the competition, and there were no chefs participating in the competition.

Seeing Xu Qinyu boiling water, thought she was going to blanch the pork belly.

But this meat is fresh and basically does not need to be blanched.

Even the 20 selected gentlemen thought she was going to blanch the pork belly, but who would have thought that she would smear the onion, ginger and Huadiao wine on the pork belly and start rubbing it. Steaming rack, put the whole piece of pork belly on a large plate, put it on the steaming rack and cover it to start steaming the meat.

Everyone was a little dumbfounded.

"How do you cook pork belly and steam the meat? Does she know how to cook?"

Even in some ordinary people's homes, the roasted meat at home does not steam the meat first, but cuts it into pieces and then puts it in the oil pan to start frying.

Xu Qinyu ignored the doubts. No matter how fresh the pork belly is, it will still have a fishy smell. Steaming the pork belly with scallions, ginger and Huadiao wine can better remove the fishy smell, and shorten the cooking time. When making braised pork, it can also be shaped better.

While steaming the meat, Xu Qinyu started frying the sugar on the side stove and pot.

Everyone has two stoves and two pots, and there will be more stoves and pots in the later competition.

Even most people only use one stove and pot to cook braised pork.

The color of fried sugar is also very important. The fried sugar color can make the color of braised pork more red and bright, and the taste is more fragrant.

After heating up another iron pan, add rapeseed oil, and then add rock sugar, which is just enough to cook two and a half catties of pork belly. Stir frying sugar color needs to be done on low to medium heat, and you have to control the heat yourself. After turning from big bubbles to small bubbles, add the same proportion of hot water, boil the sugar water until it becomes thick, and set aside.

When everyone saw this, they felt even more strange, even if it was fried sugar color, after the sugar was fried, the pork belly was directly added to start stir-frying. Why did the little cook add water to the fried sugar to turn it into syrup.

"Really, does this little cook know how to cook? How to fry sugar and add water instead of just frying pork belly."

"This method is really strange. Will the pork belly be edible after I make it later? I think she gave a lot of sugar. With the fatty pork belly, will it be boring?"

The pork belly has not been steamed for too long. After steaming in hot water for a quarter of an hour, take out the pork belly from the steamer, and then use a small toothpick to pierce small holes in the skin of the pork belly, and then cut it into evenly sized pieces. Xu Qinyu cut it That's about the size of a mahjong block.

Today, only have more than half an hour to cook the braised pork. There is not enough time. Otherwise, it can be cut into pieces the size of half a fist. It just takes too long to cook, and the time is not enough. The pieces she cuts are only the size of mahjong pieces. .

The cut pork belly is dried out, and she has put oil in another pot to heat it to 70%. Pour the dried pork belly into the oil pan and fry until the color is golden, so that most of the fat in the pork belly can be fried, and stewed The braised pork that comes out can be fat but not greasy.

"Why are you still frying the meat? Wouldn't it be more greasy after frying like this for a while?" Everyone questioned.

While frying the pork belly, Xu Qinyu selected about ten kinds of spices and other seasonings from the side, wrapped them in gauze, and needed them when stewing the meat later, so that the stewed braised pork would have a better color and stronger aroma .

Almost everyone's eyes fell on Xu Qinyu, because every step she took was different from other cooks.

The remaining nine cooks have already started stewing meat, and they can't help but turn their attention to Xu Qinyu to see her bizarre practice.

In fact, there are many ways of braised pork, some can be steamed and then fried, some can be fried and then steamed, or the pork skin is fried to be crispy, and then cut into pieces and fired. There are various methods and ingredients, depending on what you want. Do.

Her movements are quick and easy, even with two pots for steaming and frying, she is not in a hurry. Outside the venue, some people questioned her voice, but they were still watching the excitement, wanting to know the braised pork that came out like this. What does the meat taste like.

Put the fried pork belly pieces on the side for later use, boil the bottom oil in the pot, sauté the onion and ginger until fragrant, then pour in the water, then add the salt, soy sauce, and ingredients package to boil, then pour in the fried pork belly, and syrup, then simmer slowly over low heat.

The braised pork must be simmered slowly over low heat. The taste suppressed by the pressure cooker is completely different. Only the pork belly simmered over low heat can melt in your mouth. Even the lean meat is tender and not woody at all.

In fact, it is better to simmer for an hour, but it is not enough time, and the pieces she cut are only the size of mahjong blocks, and simmering for forty minutes is almost the same.

During the simmering process, the unique aroma of braised pork spreads. This meat aroma is too strong, and many people in the outer circle can smell it, and even spread to the prefect's mansion.

In the prefect's mansion, the prefect and Mrs Zhu knew that Xu Qinyu was going to participate in this year's cooking competition, but the prefect was busy with official business and had little time to see it.

In the prefect's mansion, Mrs. Zhu was talking to her daughters-in-law. The rich aroma of meat spread to the prefect, and several daughters-in-law couldn't help but inhaled their noses and said, "It's so fragrant, is there a cooking competition outside with braised pork? It's been a few days since I smelled it, and I've never smelled such an aroma before, it's really fragrant, and it has a slightly sweet smell."

Zhu Shi also smelled it, and it was indeed very fragrant. Even though he had already smelled enough meat a few days ago, he couldn't help swallowing the smell and wanted to eat it.

Another daughter-in-law said: "It should be Mrs. Xu. Two years ago, Mrs. Xu didn't come to the house to cook for her grandmother. We also tasted it. It was really delicious. Grandmother even sent it to Yuanbao. The town recuperates, and the body and bones are better at that time, and the fragrance from the outside must be the cooking skills of Miss Xu."

"Little lady Xu should be able to win the top spot in this cooking competition."

"It goes without saying that it must be Mrs. Xu."

"If it's really Miss Xu, she's the first woman in the past few decades to win the leader. It's really amazing."

When Zhu Shi heard the words, she couldn't help raising the corner of her lower lip, she also thought that Yu Niang would win the championship.

And the people outside couldn't help but talk about it.

"Okay, it smells so good."

"It's really fragrant. It's totally different from the pork belly cooked by the cooks before. It makes me greedy when I smell it. Is it the smell of the braised pork made by that little cook?"

"Shouldn't it be? She's doing it so strangely..."

"But other people's practices are similar. It's no different from what they did a few days ago. They don't have this fragrance."

Even the twenty judges couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

Twenty people have been smelling the aroma of braised pork for the past few days, and after eating the braised pork for five days, they are a little tired and uncomfortable.

But braised pork is a dish that tests people. It has to be fragrant and not greasy to prove cooking skills, so I chose this one. In the next two days, even if I tasted these braised pork, I would just take a bite. I just tasted the taste in my mouth, and I didn't want to touch the second bite at all.

But today the fragrance made them feel a little greedy.

Others guessed randomly, but they almost knew in their hearts that it should be the aroma of the braised pork cooked by the little lady.

But the smell is the smell, and you have to taste it to know.

Soon, the time came, and everyone brought the pot to the side and began to load the plate.

The judges all tasted the taste one by one. When the judges started to taste the taste of the braised pork made by the first contestant, the second contestant was just loading the plate, and Xu Qinyu was the ninth from the bottom, so her braised pork was still there. Simmer with the last remaining temperature in the pot, otherwise it will be a little cold when it is served now, which will affect the taste.

After the first eight contestants had tasted the braised pork, the judges basically only took a small bite. After tasting the taste, they started to score, and only one of them scored more than 60 points.

When it was Xu Qinyu's turn, she put a piece of each plate and poured the sauce on it. She filled a total of 30 small plates, of which 20 were for the judges to taste, and the remaining 10 were for the scene. Ten people were selected, and the people at the scene tasted and scored, but their scores were not counted.

The helpers brought twenty dishes of braised pork prepared by Xu Qinyu to the selection and invited them to taste.

The first is to look at the color. The braised pork made by Xu Qinyu has a bright red color and is drizzled with a little thick sauce. Even after it was brought up and put down, the braised pork in the small plate was trembling and puckering. Not simmered, still whole.

The second is to smell the fragrance, without fanning the wind with the palm of your hand, the rich aroma has already hit the nostrils, it is the meat fragrance they have just smelled.

The third is of course tasting. All the selections pick up this trembling piece of braised pork. First, like other times, they only take a small bite to taste the taste. The braised pork that can be eaten is soft and glutinous. Greasy, it melts in your mouth, you can't taste the taste of fat at all. I have eaten braised pork for a few days, and I don't feel that the braised pork I tasted at this moment is greasy.

When they came back to their senses, the 20 judges had already put the whole piece of braised pork in their mouths to chew. Even with such a large piece of meat, the fat part would still not be greasy, it melted in the mouth, and the lean part was not too hot. The mouth is also the same as the entrance.

Fragrant and delicious. After eating this whole piece of roasted pork, they also looked at the plate consciously, wanting to eat the second piece. The plate was empty, only a little thick sauce was left. This sauce is bibimbap. , it must be delicious.

The 20 judges were a little shocked. How did this happen? It's really delicious.

I thought that this little lady was too arrogant, but now I know that she is not arrogant at all, or that she has this ability, a little lady who is not yet twenty years old.

Having tasted this kind of braised pork, they all felt that the high score of more than 90 points was high. Compared with the braised pork made by other people, those more than 90 points are worth 90 points at most. It's just that the points given can't be changed, and everyone agrees that Xu Qinyu's braised pork is worthy of full marks.

In fact, using a casserole, and then simmering for more than an hour, the taste will be more perfect, but the time is not enough, and there is only an iron pot, no casserole.

Xu Qinyu still felt that it was not perfect.

"Wow, gentlemen have eaten this whole piece of braised pork."

"So the braised pork made by this little lady is delicious. I saw that the gentlemen just took a small bite and tasted the taste. The braised pork made by the little lady, the gentlemen ate it all in one bite, how do you feel that the gentlemen still It's a little bit unsettling."

"It's said that the food made by Mrs. Xu Ji is delicious. You refuted it before, but now you know it."

"It seems so, is it really delicious? I hope that I can be selected when I taste the taste for the people around me."

"Me too, I want to try it too..."

Soon, the judges randomly selected ten people from the crowd to taste the braised pork made by Xu Qinyu, and just selected the young woman and the old lady with the grandson two days ago.

Both of them were a little happy. The young woman didn't expect that she could really taste the braised pork made by the little lady.

She couldn't tell the color of the braised pork brought over, she just found it very tempting and wanted to eat it with a bowl of rice. It must be very fragrant, and it smelled even more fragrant. , the entrance is almost delicious and crying, making the woman think, is there really such a delicious food in the world?

The young woman resisted the desire to eat the whole piece of braised pork in one bite, swallowed hard, and brought the remaining half to her little girl, "Niuniu also try the sister who gave you the brown sugar cake two days ago. braised pork."

The little girl swallowed her saliva and took a small bite. She didn't even have time to say a word, but her cheeks were stirring. The delicious food made her squint her eyes. Eat it, but she is too young to resist this temptation, and she couldn't help eating the last sip.

"Mother, it's delicious. The braised pork made by my sister is so delicious. I didn't leave the last bite to my mother."

The little girl bowed her head in remorse. She couldn't help but look at the sauce on the plate, wanting to eat the sauce too.

The woman smiled and said, "It's alright, Niuniu is fine, the braised pork made by my sister is so delicious, in fact, even my mother almost couldn't hold it back."

How can a child survive this deliciousness.

Several other people who tasted Xu Qinyu's braised pork also made various exclamations.

"Why is it so delicious."

"Oh my God, this is too fragrant and delicious. It's only a small piece, and I still want to eat it."

"This is the best food I've ever eaten in my life, and I won't be able to eat it in the future." Xu Ji Restaurant is expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it.

"Me too, no wonder the rich old ladies in the city all go to Xuji Restaurant to eat, such delicious food, if I want to be rich, I will eat it every day..."

"I heard that there are braised fish, fish head stewed tofu and fish balls for sale every evening at the entrance of the restaurant, and they are very cheap. You can go out of the city to buy these to eat in the future. I heard that Xu Xiaoniang also opened it in Yuanbao Town. Xu Kee Restaurant also sells cheap fish and meat during the evening meal every day. It is very delicious. I didn’t believe it before, but now I believe it a little bit. I will go to the city tomorrow to buy some at a price that we can all afford. "

This tradition, even though Xu Qinyu opened a restaurant, did not change. Every day, he would make three kinds of fish and sell them at the entrance of the restaurant, and the price was the same as before.

But the people who go to the restaurant to eat are not short of money, and they don’t know how to order these, so the villagers in the nearby villages know that the fish and meat are delicious and cheap, and they come to buy them almost every day, but the population of the nearby villages is not large. , so there are not many fish made every evening meal, and sometimes some leftovers are still eaten by the employees.

"It's really delicious. I came from a nearby village. The fish balls cost ten cents a pound. I bought half a catty and simmered them with the domestic sauerkraut and radish. It's fragrant. There is also the braised fish, which is a small five cents. The previous one, the big one is only eight cents a piece, and everyone can afford it. The stewed tofu with fish head is also delicious. I can buy it and stew it with the vegetables I grow at home. I always buy some when my family treats guests. Not tasty."

Now the people in the city heard that there are cheap and delicious fish to buy in the restaurant, and they plan to go out of the city to buy some to eat later. If it is really delicious, it is affordable to buy it every day.

Needless to say, all the people who tried Xu Qinyu's braised pork gave full marks.

Only the old lady from the past opened her eyes when she tasted it. She couldn't wait to put the rest of the mouth into her mouth, but her little grandson was quick-witted and grabbed the braised pork from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth. The little grandson ate the braised pork in one bite, his eyes widened, "Milk, it's delicious."

The old lady couldn't say anything about her grandson, but she was angry, thinking that this little lady didn't want to sell her brown sugar cake for five cents two days ago, she said, "What's delicious, such an unpalatable braised pork, give me ten points. It's too much!"