Chapter 7 Pleasure and Pain Juxtaposed
Gu Zheng prepared three dishes and one soup. According to the original plan, there were four dishes and one soup, but there were not enough ingredients, so he had to give up.
Three dishes and one soup, it’s okay if you eat well, but it’s a bit difficult to eat enough. Fortunately, the test is only to conquer their taste buds, not to fill their stomachs, otherwise they would not be able to eat today.
Take out the sesame oil, put the salt and soy sauce away.
After visiting the market for so long, and evaluating thousands of various ingredients, Gu Zheng has a general understanding of the grade of Tiexian’s ingredients. First of all, the ingredients must be pure and natural. Any additives or chemical ingredients will reduce the grade of ingredients, reaching Less than standard.
With this understanding, Gu Zheng was finally sure about the choice of salt and soy sauce.
Both items are bought from a high-end seasoning store. The salt is imported pure seaweed salt, which is produced in the sea area of Peru. Each grain of salt has been refined and processed through thirteen procedures. Not only does it taste more fresh, but it also contains many Minerals that are beneficial to the human body, the owner of the shop knew Gu Zheng, Gu Zheng wrote a review for him on a good material, and helped him get business, so he gave him an extremely favorable price, one hundred and eighty bags, One hundred grams per bag.
For the soy sauce, I chose the Yupin soy sauce from Fujian. Gu Zheng had never used this soy sauce, but his father had used it before, so he had a certain understanding of this soy sauce.
The raw material of Yupin soy sauce is the best non-GMO soybeans. He and his father went to the place where soybeans were grown when they were young. It is in the mountains. In order to ensure the purity of soybeans, this land is never allowed to have any pollution. , The fertilizer is also pure natural, and the insects are artificially removed, even if the yield is reduced.
In addition to strict raw materials, the utensils for brewing soy sauce are also very particular. They are all soy sauce jars that have been passed down for hundreds of years.
The best raw materials, the best craftsmanship, and the best price. A 125ml bottle of Royal Soy Sauce costs 200 yuan. Gu Zheng bought two bottles, plus sesame oil, and salt cost him more than 1,000 yuan. One yuan, this money is enough for them to go to a big restaurant to have a good meal last time.
After stewing the black chicken soup for a while, Gu Zheng began to prepare the stir-fry.
"Snapped!"
The sesame oil bottle was very ordinary, and it opened with a light pull. When the bottle opened, a tempting fragrance came out, which made Gu Zheng take a deep breath, and closed his eyes unnaturally.
After opening the bottle, the fragrance wafted for three hundred miles, this small ground sesame oil did not waft that far, but the whole room was already filled with this fragrance.
"Gu Zheng, what are you doing, why is it so fragrant?"
"Yeah, is this oil? I've never smelled such a good scent!"
"Gu Zheng, close the kitchen door, we didn't eat at noon because of your big meal, and now smelling the aroma makes me even hungrier!"
The scent of the sesame oil attracted Wang Tao and the others. The three of them stood at the door of the kitchen, looking at Gu Zheng pitifully. Gu Zheng himself was also very surprised by the scent of the sesame oil. He knew that the sesame oil must be better than the one he squeezed. Okay, but I didn't expect it to be so fragrant, even he was shocked.
"Wait outside!"
Gu Zheng stepped forward and closed the sliding door of the kitchen. Fortunately, this is not an open kitchen, otherwise it would be a torture for Wang Tao and the others if they could smell the aroma but not be able to eat it.
The sesame oil is very fragrant, as expected, you get what you pay for, the value of the 50 yuan, Gu Zheng is also lucky to have bought all the sesame oil, and he has to go to the address of the maker of the sesame oil.
Stir-fried vegetables with sesame oil should not be fried for too long, and the pot should not be overheated.
Gu Zheng’s kitchen utensils are premium alloys purchased in France. The non-stick pan does not emit smoke. Gu Zheng poured some sesame oil and quickly passed the cut black chicken pieces. The three of Wang Tao couldn't sit still anymore, they stood up together and kept walking outside the kitchen.
"Gu Zheng said to cook the most delicious food for us, it really is so!"
"Let's not talk about eating, I've never smelled this fragrance before. Is it because Gu Zheng's cooking skills have improved a lot during this period of time, or has it been too long since we've eaten at his place?"
"Don't worry about anything, as long as there is something delicious!"
The three of them kept talking outside, sniffing their noses from time to time, and they were even more looking forward to today's big meal.
The chicken is oiled, and then it starts to simmer in the pot. The chicken with a layer of yellow-brown sesame oil is just right, like a golden light, exuding an attractive fragrance.
Onions, ginger...
Well, not at all. The onion and ginger on the market are all unqualified, and Gu Zheng doesn’t have time to go to the pollution-free base to find these ingredients, so he can only discard them. Fortunately, today’s dishes don’t have much demand for onion and ginger, so they can be used others to make up for.
The chicken was stewed until it was half-cooked. Gu Zheng opened the lid of the pot and poured honey. The sweetness of honey and the mellow aroma of sesame oil instantly combined, rushing out of the pot and pouring into Gu Zheng's nostrils.
The fragrance was so strong that Gu Zheng sniffed his nose unnaturally. He had never smelled this kind of fragrance, even in the dishes made by his father, he had never felt such a comfortable fragrance.
The fragrance is sweet, like walking in the flowers, comfortable and elegant.
"smell good!"
Outside the kitchen, the three of them were stunned for a moment. Gu Zheng had already covered the pot after pouring out the honey, but when he opened it just now, the scent inevitably came out.
"I suggest, we should go outside and wait here, we will die in a hurry!"
Du Yang said something suddenly, now he can't wait to rush to the kitchen to taste it first, to taste what kind of food can have such a fragrance.
"I agree!" Wang Tao immediately supported.
"We have all gone out, how do we know when Gu Zheng will be ready, and how can we eat this delicious meal in the first place?"
Zhao Yongkui said in doubt, the three of them went out so that they would not be able to smell the fragrance here and not be in a hurry, but at the same time they would not know the progress of Gu Zheng's cooking, as long as they smell the fragrance, they would know that something must be delicious, and they would not be able to eat it in time That's a great pity.
"How about we go out and wait separately, and call the people who are ready to wait here immediately?"
Du Yang said something again, the three of them looked at each other and suddenly shook their heads together.
Waiting in turns is a way, but who can guarantee that he will not eat first when the food is served? Gu Zheng told them when they came in that today's dishes pay attention to the taste, and the amount is not too much. Just let everyone eat well. Gu Zheng was vaccinated in advance.
Knowing that the portion is not much, and smelling such a fragrance, they all wanted to eat it first, so that anyone who stayed behind would be worried about the other two, so this proposal was rejected again.
Gu Zheng didn’t know about the disputes outside. When he was cooking honey chicken, he started steaming sorghum rice. The water used for washing and steaming sorghum rice came from iceberg mineral water in the Alps. More expensive than sorghum rice.
The dishes and meals are all prepared in an orderly manner, and a few people outside are still discussing what to do, smelling the aroma and looking forward to the delicious food of Gu Zheng, real joy and pain juxtaposed.