I'm the Culinary God

Apart from needing a ninety-day-old black-brown goose, you also need a professional drying room and oven, and some other ingredients and seasonings, which are quite complicated.

After watching the video, the idea of making it myself was extinguished, but the thought of going to Lin Ji to taste it became more intense and apparent.

With such complicated procedures, the taste of the roasted goose must be extraordinary, right?

At eight o’clock in the evening, when Chen Yuanyuan got off work and was happily tasting roasted goose, Lin Xu brushed all the goose carcasses with crispy skin water and hung them in the drying room.

Only a small fan was turned on inside, just to prevent the goose skin from drying too much.

After explaining the necessary precautions to Wei Qian, Lin Xu bid farewell to everyone, hugged Dundun, and drove home with Shen Jiayue.

As soon as they got home, while Dundun was sharpening its claws on the cat scratcher in the living room, Shen Jiayue said:

"Xu Bao, the peanuts I made with the air fryer don’t taste good. Can you help me make them again?"

Finally, there’s time to ask Xu Bao for advice; I’ll learn carefully so that tomorrow I can make delicious peanuts and impress everyone.

Lin Xu replied:

"It’s simple, if you want to learn, I’ll teach you after I change clothes."

"Okay, okay, thank you Xu Bao, busy at the shop and keeping busy at home too."

"You’re hardworking too, Baobao."

Lin Xu went upstairs to change into pajamas, tossed the dirty clothes into the washing machine, and came downstairs. He carefully washed his hands and entered the kitchen to teach Shen Jiayue how to make peanuts.

The air fryer works by constantly blowing hot air, so to have a good texture, the peanuts need to be soaked first.

Boil some hot water and add salt, star anise, bay leaves, and other spices, then soak the peanuts for twenty minutes until they are slightly swollen.

While soaking, Lin Xu took a small basin, put in a handful of low gluten flour, a handful of corn starch, a small spoon of Five-Spice Powder, and mixed them well.

Once the peanuts are soaked, drain them slightly, add an egg, and mix so that the egg liquid coats each peanut.

Then pour in the mixed flour and stir, letting the flour stick firmly to the peanut surface, wrapping them up.

Open the air fryer, replace it with a mesh baking tray, and pour the peanuts onto it.

Set to 180 degrees for ten minutes.

Shen Jiayue watched in a daze:

"Is it this simple? It seems very easy to do."

"It’s not complicated at all."

After Lin Xu finished speaking, he took another small bowl of peanuts, soaked them with star anise and bay leaves in hot water.

Since he made crispy skin peanuts, he might as well make the red fermented tofu garlic flavor peanuts too, it’s not difficult anyway.

After five minutes in the air fryer, he pulled out the basket, and the peanuts were almost dry. The batter on top became crisp, with a fragrant egg and flour aroma, very tempting.

"Xu Bao’s touch is different indeed; it smells so good."

Shen Jiayue stood aside learning seriously. She thought the air fryer was just for kitchen novices as an emergency, but it turns out it could make crispy skin peanuts that many housewives struggle with.

This dish must be learned, so Han Director can’t say she only fools around with an air fryer without learning anything.

Hmph, the crispy skin peanuts are Han Director’s favorite; she will have to change her tune.

Lin Xu carefully turned the peanuts with chopsticks for more even heating, then put them back into the air fryer to continue frying.

After another five minutes of frying, the peanuts came out, the thin batter outside turned completely golden brown, with more intense egg and flour aromas, mixed with the unique peanut scent.

The moment you smell it, you instinctively want to take out a wine bottle and sip.

Lin Xu held the basket, poured the peanuts onto a plate, and the crispy sound made Shen Jiayue shiver with excitement. Just the sound alone indicated the crispy peanuts were very successful.

"I think the peanuts may not be crispy yet; they need to cool down. Once completely cooled, the peanuts will have the right texture."

"Oh, I know that."

Although she said she knew, a certain glutton quickly grabbed a peanut and popped it into her mouth. The batter outside was very crispy, giving a scented crispy feeling like eating fried snacks.

The peanuts weren’t quite fragrant and crispy yet, but this greatly exceeded Shen Jiayue’s expectations:

"Delicious. Xu Bao, your skill with the air fryer is truly incomparable."

Lin Xu said:

"Cooking varied but always comes down to basics; mastering flavors and heat, making delicious food is easy."

After twenty minutes, the peanuts were soaked, scooped out into a basin, and soaked in some red fermented tofu sauce. This sauce has aroma and salty taste, so no extra seasoning is needed.

Mix the peanuts well, then add two small spoons of garlic powder to the pot.

Garlic powder is a common seasoning; many garlic flavor snacks are achieved by adding garlic powder.

Put in a small spoon of Five-Spice Powder and a spoon of fine sugar, shake the basin to evenly coat the seasoning on the peanut surface, and start frying.

Use the same temperature as before, 180 degrees, for ten minutes.

Soon, the red fermented tofu garlic-flavored peanuts came out, impressing Shen Jiayue utterly.

The excited girl took the packed roasted goose out, intending to have a midnight snack with these two kinds of peanuts.

"Didn’t you just eat dinner recently?"

Lin Xu took a can of beer from the fridge, opened it and sat in the living room, casually choosing an old movie to watch.