Chapter 151: “Stuffed Yellow Croaker”
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Just as he thought this, he saw Xiaoxiao nimbly pick a big yellow croaker from the ice bucket and start to scale it. He curled his lips in disdain, certain that this girl did not dare to kill live fish, so she specially chose a dead one. How naive. Fish would smell if they were not cooked well. Even live fish were like this, let alone frozen fish.
After removing the fish scales, Xiaoxiao glanced at the chef who was staring at her. After taking a closer look at his expression, she smiled and moved her position, making him unable to see anything.
Shopkeeper Xu also quickly reacted and began to clear the area. The chef and the other helpers were reluctantly chased out. They did not think that the girl inside could do anything.
In the kitchen, Xiaoxiao inserted two chopsticks into the fish’s mouth and rotated them. She stirred its internal organs and slowly dragged them out. Then, she used a sharp knife to push them deep into the fish’s mouth and along the sides of the fish’s spine, separating the fish bones and fish meat. She had to be very careful in this step. She could not pierce through the fish skin.
Next, she would cut off the fish skull and break the fish tail. Then, she could take out the entire fish bone.
After washing the fish’s stomach with clear water and confirming that the fish body was intact and not leaking, she marinated it with onions, ginger, and a little white wine to remove the fishy smell. Then, he could carry out the key step—pour in the soup.
The “soup” mentioned here was not ordinary soup, but the “Buddha Jumps Over The Wall” soup that Xiaoxiao had treated. The “crystal powder” that she used to make crystal jelly was actually fish gelatin powder. In modern baking, there was a scientific name, “gelatine powder”. The effect could be referenced to mousse and jelly.
The Shen Family was rich and imposing, so there were endless ice cubes in the kitchen. Xiaoxiao added the “Buddha Jumps Over The Wall” with pumpkin mash and fish gelatin powder into the ice cubes to accelerate the condensation into thick soup jelly. Then, she poured the soup jelly into the fish’s stomach and fried it with mushrooms before steaming it.
The steamed fish was covered with shredded ginger, onion, and starch sauce. The yellow fish could be served after being filled with soup.
Next, she picked vegetables, chicken, pork, and live fish, as well as a piece of tender tofu.
Ning Dalang and Ning Erlang took on the responsibility of helping their sister. Xiaoxiao handed the processed chicken, pork, and fresh fish to them and they beat and sifted them into delicate meat paste. She mixed these three types of meat paste evenly with the same sifted southern tofu, added three egg whites and a suitable amount of seasoning powder, and placed them in the steamer.
While waiting, she seasoned and mixed the broth prepared in the kitchen again. After the tofu was formed, she cut it into small pieces and spread the vegetables and mushrooms that had been simmered in the broth. Then, she drizzled it with thick golden soup. Another new dish that Great Xia had never heard of—braised tofu—was also prepared.
She kept three portions of each dish and put the third portion into her space while her brothers tasted it.
Her brothers’ surprised and amazed reaction made Xiaoxiao unable to help but show a smug expression, while the space’s reaction surprised her.
[Ding! First premium dish “Stuffed Yellow Croaker” recorded. Reward: 500 points!]
[Ding! First premium dish “Braised Tofu” recorded. Reward: 300 points!]
[Total points: 7,000! Master, Master! We have 7,000 points!]
Was it so valuable? If she made a few more, it wouldn’t be a dream to upgrade the space.
An excited electronic voice sounded in the space: [Master, Master, high-grade ingredient matsutake mushroom, high-grade ingredient shark fin, high-grade ingredient bear paw…]
Xiaoxiao, who had only planned to show off a little, licked her lips and squeezed her hands. She sharpened her knife and looked at the other side dishes in the kitchen.
Big Brother and Second Brother had seen the Ruyi buns and prawn dumplings being made so many times that they were already familiar with them. There was no need for her to spend too much effort. Xiaoxiao squatted in front of the pile of ingredients and kept laughing.
The conventional record of these two things was 100 points each. The total score was already 7,200 points. Hehehehe…
Putting aside the harm done to Shen Tianci, wouldn’t He Ruhuan be her lucky star?
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