Shokugeki no Imitation Chef

"Huh? Deji, why did you come back so early?"

"There are a few little chefs who want to challenge me, and Caochang gave Pemba to help me watch...Quickly, let me know the little guys who want to be'Ma Chin' and those who want to watch the excitement. In the afternoon I In the old place, have a'cooking showdown' with them."

After returning to the stockade with Liu Maoxing and others, Deji spoke in Tibetan with several other clansmen who did not go out.

Although Liu Maoxing and the others didn't understand much, but watching the eyes of others looking at him and the others, he could guess a general idea.

"Uncle Deji, when shall we start..."

"Hahaha, don't worry! Looking at you, are you still hungry? Have dinner at my house at noon, and then go to the'cooking duel table' in the stockade in the afternoon." Deji said grandiosely.

The eyes of Erina and the other female horses were full of excitement. Seeing their unreserved look, Liu Subaru couldn't even say a few words of politeness!

"Then thank you Uncle Deji."

"Let's go, my house is in front of you. I can talk to you about the rules while eating!"

Although Deji refused to step back a bit in the rules of "Machin," other than that, he was generous and hospitable.

From the outside, Deji's house is a typical Tibetan bunker, made of stone, which looks like a bunker.

At first glance, the interior layout seems a bit simple, but it also has national characteristics. As soon as Deji entered the house, he first poured a bowl of slightly yellowish "butter tea" for each of them.

Liu Subaru noticed that in the big wooden barrel that Deji took out the butter tea, there was the sound of mechanical operation, and it was a two-part machine. It seemed that this tea barrel, which looked very retro on the outside, was actually mechanically stirred inside!

And after Deji made buttered tea, he added something to it before he brought it over.

"This is our special product, butter tea. It has high calories, it can relieve your hunger, and relieve altitude sickness, so as not to eat meat directly for a while is bad for your stomach, but although I did something to take care of the appetites of your foreigners Improve, but I don’t know if you are used to drinking...

Since you are all cooks, I will not be polite to you. I am the only one in the family. I have to help you make something. If you want to drink, I can pick it up by myself. There is tsampa on the table."Dudge said he went to the kitchen first.

Normally, according to Tibetan etiquette, when guests are invited to drink "butter tea", the guests must drink it while the host keeps adding it, and the guests cannot drink it all in one go to show the host's "atmosphere".

However, Deji has no time to chat with Liu Maoxing and the others, and since he is a "companion", Deji also thinks that the other party can understand. Besides, he is also preparing lunch for Liu Maoxing and others...

"Trouble Uncle Deji!" Liu Maoxing thanked him after taking the butter tea with both hands.

After that, Liu Subaru put a plate of food that looked like "cookies" but had a random shape in the middle of the table...

It's obviously not the first time Liu Subaru has dealt with Tibetans, and he hasn't shown anything yet, but Erina, Scarlett, and Alice looked at the "ghee tea" that looks thick and has a layer of oil on it. , It seems a bit embarrassing.

After Uncle Deji went to the kitchen, Alice immediately said, "This...is it really'tea'? This color...is it milk tea? But why should we add oil to milk tea?"

"Indeed, it smells a bit... weird!"

Liu Maoyuan heard the words and said: "This is the unique Tibetan'ghee tea'.'Ghee' refers to a kind of cream extracted from the milk of cows and sheep. Mixing this kind of ghee with the boiled brick tea. Add a little salt... this slightly yellowish'ghee tea' should be made from milk ghee, and it is almost always yak milk."

Generally, the more ghee and tea are mixed, the higher the production technology of ghee tea... But no matter how full it is, a layer of oil on it is unavoidable!

"Let’s try it! Any food that has been passed down for a long time,

The five picked up the tea bowl together. Erina and Alice just sipped a little bit first, while Feisha took a big bite after learning Liu Maoyuan and Liu Maoxing!

But after all, I was a little uncomfortable with it. After taking a sip, Erina and others frowned slightly... Anyway, Uncle Deji was not here, and everyone did not suppress their expressions.

"The smell is a bit strange... but after a closer look, it is quite fragrant," Liu Subaru said after smacking his lips.

"There seems to be some other flavor...Is there still onions in the'butter tea'?" Erina frowned and asked suspiciously.

"Onion? I haven't heard...Wait, so this'butter tea' is indeed somewhat different from the one I've drunk." Liu Maoyuan took another sip with inquiry.

Onions were introduced to China for more than one hundred years, in the early days of the "Era of World Cuisine Fusion".

Naturally, there will be no onions in the traditional Tibetan food!

However, Liu Maoxing and Erina tasted it, and a little onion juice was added to this "ghee tea"!

It's just that under the rich taste of "ghee tea", most people should not taste it.

Pleiades Liu looked at Erina who once again picked up the tea bowl, and was a little surprised. If it was the previous Erina, he would definitely sneer at some food with peculiar smell!

So Nao Sadazuka, who was good at eating materials and habitually at first, worshipped Erina crazily, but Hishizawa prohibited her from approaching Erina.,

And now she seems to have learned to use "God's tongue" to feel the delicious side of food, instead of simply expanding its shortcomings...

Sure enough, in the end, Erina and Alice did not ask Liu Subaru to play another bowl, but they also drank only a little bit of oil from their bowl. This was also the etiquette Liu Subaru reminded them before.

Liu Subaru has also realized the role of this tea barrel. The lower half of the tea barrel is the "ghee" machinery, which separates the ghee from the yak milk through centrifugal stirring, and the upper half is when it is connected. The ghee below will be extracted and mixed with the salty tea inside...

The traditional method of shortening is definitely hard work. The herders pack milk or goat milk in a special wooden barrel one meter high, and then pound it with a wooden stick hundreds of times. After the milk residue is separated, pour it. Pour in hot water and continue mashing until the granular fat is precipitated. Collect the butter particles and knead them into butter cakes and butter blocks for storage.

The quality of ghee and the amount of oil that can be produced are closely related to the skill and physical strength of the person who beats the ghee.

But now it doesn’t have to be so troublesome. Unless it is a high-end ghee that is advertised as hand-made, ordinary people basically have machinery to do it.

At the same time, Liu Subaru also showed a small "juice extractor" on the side with chopped onion inside.

It seems that for the sake of people who are not used to drinking oily tea, Deji will add a little onion juice to the "ghee tea" in order to achieve the purpose of relieving greasy.

As for the irregular image, the "Zanba" that looks like a biscuit, a few people eat less.

"Huh? It's sweeter than expected, and nuts are added... And is this scent... milk powder?" Liu Zhuoyuan asked in surprise.

Compared with the traditional tsampa that is usually added to butter tea and mixed well, Uncle Deji’s tsampa is closer to a barley noodle cake.

It can be seen that this "Ma Qin" also likes to study the improvement of some traditional foods by himself.

Pleiades Liu and Erina and others discussed the recipe for the day after tomorrow. Later, because Pleiades Liu was also very interested in local cooking methods, after obtaining Deji's consent, he also went into the kitchen and watched.

After touching it for about half an hour, Uncle Deji came out with a bowl of...no, a pot of stewed chicken!

"First please try my craft!"

Regardless of Liu Subaru's appetite, this big pot of stewed chicken is definitely enough for a few people.

Erina and others looked into the pot and found that the stone pot was still divided into two parts, one part was red, the other part was white...

But both parts are stewed chicken, and both have chunks of chicken thighs that look very appetizing.

"Uncle Deji, what is the name of this stewed chicken?" Alice asked.

"Name? This... the white part is a slightly improved'Lulang Stone Pot Stewed Chicken', but the improvement is not large, so let's call it this name! As for the red...I haven't named it yet, nor has it yet. Completed." Deji said.

Hearing Deji said this, the five people all agreed, and they all served a bowl of red stewed chicken. After seeing Deji laughed, he was obviously satisfied that everyone believed in his craftsmanship, and they all chose to taste himself first. Created recipes.

He took another wine pouch, looked at the ages of several people, hesitated and asked, "Do you drink barley juice?"

"Is this a traditional saying in the world...I can drink less!" Liu Subaru said.

Erina and others did not insist, after all, the degree of highland barley wine is usually around 45 degrees, which is not too low.

And when everyone tasted the red stewed chicken drumsticks, feeling the aroma of wine in it, their faces couldn't help but appear intoxicated...

"This is... French wine stew chicken?"

"And you can taste it. The chicken soup here is definitely broth, not something that can be boiled out in less than an hour!"

"That's right! What about the biscuits called'Zanba' just now? This solid red wine soup, paired with chunks of chicken thighs and diced vegetables, is so fragrant that you want to take a big bite of the tsampa!"

"Yes, this should be the result of an improved formula. Otherwise, the real "French red wine stew chicken" does not require other staple foods, "alone" to taste delicious."

"Onion, garlic, bay leaves... The ingredients are indeed very similar to French wine stewed chicken, but there seems to be some other flavors..."

"It's ginseng! Different from the'knife party' we used before, it should be another kind of ginseng! But it is strange that the taste of this ginseng is very similar to the taste of'red wine'. Should it be ginseng soaking wine? But with the degree of red wine, it's hard to be sensible... No! I know, there are two kinds of wine in it, one is a mixture of high-grade wine with ginseng soaked for a long time, and low-grade red wine!" Erina said.

"Huh?" Deji looked at Erina differently.

And Erina didn’t hesitate to pick up Liu Subaru’s glass, and after tasting some highland barley wine, he said, “Yes, it’s this wine! But the brewing process is slightly different. The high wine in stewed chicken is better than this. It’s about two degrees higher, but it’s not a big amount!"

"You actually tasted it in one bite? How did you do it? Or... You two have a good heart?" Deji couldn't help but wonder.

Liu Subaru was also in the kitchen before, so Deji even considered his "heart and soul".

"It's not difficult." Erina said proudly.

Deji seemed to think of something, and after a frown, he muttered: "Wait, I really want to see you somewhere... by the way!"

Deji took out his mobile phone as he said, and began to search with "level taste" as a keyword. Almost every article of this kind would mention Erina's name...

Although they had told Deji's name before, to be on the safe side, Deji still searched for the picture of "Nagiri Erina".

Looking at the golden girl on the webpage, Deji couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh! So you are the master of taste who claims to break through the limits of mankind!"

And Erina said: "Actually, you also feel that this'French red wine stew chicken' is an improved dish with alcohol, red wine, highland barley wine, ginseng...the ratio of these aspects is difficult to reconcile to the best. Right?"

"Yes, if the proportion of highland barley wine is increased, the alcohol will be too strong, and if the red wine is reduced, the flavor will be insufficient. If the status quo is maintained... the unique flavor of ginseng is somewhat insufficient. Adding ginseng to the chicken soup will also The integrity is destroyed!

The current ratio is the result of my consideration for a long time, but I am still not very satisfied."Deji nodded.

"Why not try grape juice?" Erina chuckled lightly.

Every time Erina looked like a queen of taste, there was a confident look on her face, but Deji was not dissatisfied at all. Instead, she thought carefully about her opinion.

"Grape juice? But that and red wine..." Deji wondered.

"Of course not directly adding grape juice! In the highland barley wine soaked with ginseng, add grape juice at a ratio of one to eight. After 8o hours of cooking, you should be able to achieve the best taste and taste! Of course, after adding grape juice The shelf life of the highland barley red wine will be greatly shortened, and it is not as long as possible, so it must be highland barley wine that has been soaked in ginseng." Erina reminded again.

"Using highland barley wine to ferment the grape juice for three and a half days? It sounds...thank you! I will try... Uh, wait! There will be a'cooking showdown' in a while." Deji said helplessly. .

Liu Maoxing couldn't help but said: "It's okay, otherwise you..."

"No, no, the rules can't be broken! By the way, I haven't talked about the rules yet, right?" Deji is very stubborn in this regard.

On the one hand, I am very grateful for Erina's suggestion, but on the other hand, he must implement the "rules".

And everyone can feel that Deji's "war spirit" is more abundant than before!

Before, it was more like "playing" with Liu Subaru, but after seeing Erina's strength and knowing their identities, he looked squarely...

Although it is not Erina who is going to fight him, but in his opinion, "the world-class palate master chef" (Liu Subaru:?), even if he looks young, he should have some strength?

And Deji also talked with Liu Subaru at this time about the rules of the cooking showdown!

Normally and in full compliance with the rules, if Liu Subaru wants to take away any food, he must use the food as a topic and have a cooking showdown with Deji.

But considering that Liu Maoxing and the others are still in a hurry, Deji also appropriately relaxed the rules and only used the most important "yak" as the topic. As long as Liu Maoxing wins, he can pick one yak, Tibetan chicken, and Tibetan pig with one head. go.

In the "cooking showdown" for a while, the elders in the village will be the arbitration. The two will use a whole yak as the main ingredient to cook any number of dishes. Four hours later, three arbitrators will taste...

The order of tasting is not "first come, first taste", but after the time is up, the arbitrator decides which side to taste.

As for the auxiliary materials... Normally, both parties should prepare them by themselves, but Uncle Deji specially said that the ingredients in his own home, what Liu Subaru needs to use, can be brought directly.

There are no restrictions on cuisine, dishes, and the utilization rate of yak...

You can roast whole beef, whole beef feast, or just make a piece of steamed beef tongue!

The arbitration will prepare all the dishes for both parties and consider the overall situation. If the cooking skills are really high enough, it is not impossible for a beef tongue to press a whole beef!

"Oh! By the way, the most important thing to note is that there is really only one table on the duel table, such as pots and grills. I can prepare them for you, but pressure cookers and ovens are used. Nothing, let alone other equipment, you can only use primitive campfires, charcoal fires, and stove fires as heat sources!" Deji said.

Liu Subaru was a little surprised when he heard this, because Deji’s kitchen had a lot of modern cooking equipment. Unexpectedly, when the competition was tested, he could only use "fire" to cook...

"How? Are you okay?" Deji asked.

After all, many young cooks, especially academic cooks, are accustomed to heating sources such as constant temperature stoves and ovens, as well as various auxiliary equipment. It should be very unfavorable for them to directly "fire" to cook.

"I'm from authentic Chinese cuisine, and Chinese cuisine is also a'fire' cuisine. No matter how you look at it, this rule is good for me?" Liu Subaru said confidently.

Not to mention that it also provides bonfires and charcoal fires. Even if no heat source is provided, Liu Subaru can demonstrate what it means: a real chef can use himself as a heat source...

"Oh? In front of me as Tibetan Machin, dare to say that I am proficient in fire cooking? Is it a big deal? I will see you on the stage for a while! Let's eat the food while it is hot..." (To be continued.)