Blissful Days After Widowhood Chapter 17: Boiled silver carp head

Ning Xi sternly said: "Chef Rong, the dish I'm going to cook today is an undisclosed secret in the recipe that the master left me. In order to prevent someone from stealing the master, I hope that there will be no idle time when cooking. People are waiting."

"Okay, no problem!" Rong Daquan showed the majesty of the chef, expelled the whole group of people from the kitchen, and then stood aside with a smile and looked at Ning Xi.

"And you!" Ning Xi looked at Rong Daquan dissatisfied.

"Am I going out too?"

"Of course, you Quan Jufu haven't paid me yet! I showed you a chef when I was cooking, what else can't you do?"

Rong Daquan thought, what she said could be regarded as a compliment to herself. Although she was full of unwillingness, she had to turn around and give up the kitchen to Ning Xi step by step.

Ning Xi rolled up his sleeves and started to move his hands.

After a while, a strong aroma wafted from the kitchen, causing the people waiting outside to stretch their necks to guess, what kind of dish would the little girl cook?

Ning Xi, who was inside, clapped his palms, cleared his throat and said loudly, "Okay, come in!" The group of gangsters in the kitchen rushed to get in, but Rong Daquan tried to stop them. Bow down and greet the shopkeeper Shen: "shopkeeper, please!"

Shopkeeper Shen walked in slowly with his head held high, Rong Daquan happily followed behind him, with a smug look as if Ning Xi was his relative, he knew that Ning Xi would not let him down , just based on the fragrance, he knew that this dish was not bad.

What appeared in the eyes of everyone was a snow-white porcelain bowl with bubbles bubbling in the porcelain bowl. It was a bowl of milky white and thick soup, a huge fish head was split in half, and the middle skin was fleshy. Connected, lying quietly in the soup.

Shopkeeper Shen's face was dignified, and he carefully scooped a bit of the viscous soup into his mouth with a porcelain spoon, and then his whole body froze.

"The shopkeeper, how is the taste?" Rong Daquan asked excitedly, only to notice the strangeness of the shopkeeper Shen, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to push him, "The shopkeeper, what's the matter with you?"

For a long time, the shopkeeper Shen frowned and ordered, "Send this dish to Master Shizi."

Rong Daquan was still looking forward to taking a bite. After hearing what the shopkeeper Shen said, he had no choice but to let the porcelain bowl go away. He suddenly remembered something and said hurriedly, "Wait!" Then he asked Ning. Xi, "Miss Ning, what's the name of your dish?"

"Tear off the braised silver carp head!"

Not long after the dish was delivered, the person who delivered the dish just now came back and reported, "The eldest son has asked the shopkeeper Shen to come with Ning, who is cooking."

"Prince?" Ning Xi's heart froze. Could it be that Prince Qi's prince came to trouble him again?

Rong Daquan quickly comforted her: "Miss Ning, don't worry, the prince is here to try the dishes today. With the girl's craftsmanship, he will definitely impress the prince."

"Okay!" Anyway, with so many people around, can he still eat himself? With his head held high, he followed Shopkeeper Shen towards the upstairs private room.

In the private room, two luxuriously dressed men are each holding out their chopsticks, holding down the last piece of fish in the porcelain bowl and refusing to let go.

"Shao Feng, you are the host today, how can there be any reason to grab food from the guests?"

"Fifth brother, you are old, you should be polite to your younger brother."

The two did not give in to each other, and the entourage behind them all had distorted faces, smirking to the point of internal injury.

At this moment, there were two "knocks" on the door, and the man called the elder brother of the two in the room sighed and said, "Forget it, since your saliva is about to flow out, let me give it to you. How about eating?"

Jun Shaofeng, Prince of Qi, had a happy expression on his face. He opened his chopsticks and was about to pinch them, but he saw the other man taking advantage of his loose chopsticks to pick up the fish and put it into his mouth with a speed that was too fast to cover his ears, chewing while closing it. With his eyes closed, he was so angry that Jun Shaofeng slapped his chopsticks on the table, and was about to get angry when the door was pushed open: "Master Shizi, shopkeeper Shen and Miss Ning are here."

Jun Shaofeng looked at Ningxi up and down and said in a long voice: "Who am I! It's you!"

Ningxi looked straight at Jun Shaofeng calmly: "I wonder if the prince is satisfied with the little girl's cooking skills?"

Jun Shaofeng originally wanted to stab her a few more words, but the dish she made just now was really delicious. The so-called cannibalism has a short mouth, and he couldn't say anything bad for a while. Come, I have to look at his fifth brother, this person has always been the most black-bellied and picky, and there are really not many things that can satisfy him.

I didn't expect his fifth brother to look at Ning Xi with great interest, and said with a smile: "So you really know how to make fish!"

Ning Xi was taken aback, only then did he notice that the man beside him was an extremely handsome man who had a relationship in Qiulu Village at the beginning. At first, he thought that his identity must be unusual, but it turned out to be a nobleman in the capital. .

The two had a little friendship at the beginning, and Ning Xi felt a sense of intimacy similar to meeting an old friend in a foreign land, and he couldn't help laughing: "Of course it's true, I just made the chopped and braised silver carp head. Have you tried it? How does it taste?"

"Bold!" Seeing Ning Xi talking to the man like this, Shopkeeper Shen was so frightened that she couldn't let go, so she quickly reprimanded her.

The man waved his hand: "Don't scare the little girl, last time I heard the names of the dishes you mentioned, I always wanted to try it, and now I don't know if there is such a good thing, please make me a whole table. What about the fish feast?"

Ning Xi blinked: "Of course you can! I came to Quanjufu today to make money!"

The male man laughed: "There is no problem with the price, just tell the shopkeeper Shen, and I will never treat you badly."

Jun Shaofeng's eyeballs are about to fall out. This kind-hearted man in front of him is really his fifth brother who has eyes above the top and never looks good on people, especially women?

I saw the man said to the shopkeeper Shen: "Then it's settled, the whole fish feast in three days will be the chef of Miss Ning."

"Wait a minute, I have a condition!" Ning Xi said suddenly, so frightened that Mr. Shen's heart almost jumped out of his chest. This girl, she really dared to say it.

What's even more surprising is that the man was not angry: "What conditions, you say."

"I will open a restaurant in a while. I hope you can come and cheer me on. At that time, I will give you a table of exquisite delicacies for free." Even the prince of Qi will hold the honored guests, if you can really come to your own Restaurant, what an advertising effect that is! The small abacus in Ning Xi's heart was beating loudly.

Jun Shaofeng pointed at Ning Xi in surprise: "You, you, you are so bold, do you know who he is?"

Ning Xi looked dazed: "Isn't that the honored guest of Shi Ziye?"

Jun Shaofeng was about to kneel on her knees. If she met any of his other cousins, she probably wouldn't know how she died at this moment. That is, Ning Xi had lived for a long time in the original world where everyone was equal. Also, in her capacity, she has seen a lot of celebrities and dignitaries, and she has never been a slave, so she still treats people with such an attitude when she arrives here, and there is no such thing as honor and inferiority in her mind.

At this time, I even dared to ask: "I don't know what the distinguished guest is called?"

And he actually answered her: "My surname is Jun, you can just call me Jun Wu Ye."

"Jun Wu Ye!" Ning Xi shouted cheerfully, of course she didn't know that the current emperor is also surnamed Jun, "You haven't answered yet, is the fish I made just now delicious!" This is Ning This is the first time Xi has cooked such a complex dish since she came to this world. She needs feedback from others to assess whether her cooking skills have deteriorated due to long-term non-use.

Jun Wu Ye nodded: "Fragrant and delicious!"

The short eight-word evaluation made Ning Xi elated: "Don't worry, fifth master, Ning Xi will definitely give you a bigger surprise at the whole fish feast! What do you think of the conditions I just mentioned?"

"Then it depends on whether you have this ability."

Out of the private room with Shopkeeper Shen, Ning Xi was still full of joy. Not only was he excited to make a lot of money right away, but more importantly, his cooking skills were recognized by others. In the past life, he won an award in an international cooking competition, and he was not as happy as he received a compliment from Fifth Master Jun today. Ning Xi secretly despised herself, it was really a long time in poverty, and even her eyelids became shallow.

On the way back to the kitchen, Shopkeeper Shen couldn't help but ask Ningxi: "When I drank the fish soup, I felt very strange, the soup was not only very fragrant and fresh, but also so thick that my lips touched the soup. It was slightly sticky when they touched each other, and they were almost sticking together when they touched each other, I don't know why?"

Ning Xi smiled and said, "This is my exclusive secret. If Shopkeeper Shen doesn't plan to buy this recipe, I have no comment!"

Shopkeeper Shen hurriedly said, "Of course the recipe is to be bought."

"That price?"

"The price is easy to talk about!" Shopkeeper Shen is a businessman, so he naturally knows that this deal is a great deal. If this dish is made, it will definitely be the biggest sign of Quan Jufu.

In the end, the two negotiated and decided that this recipe was sold to Quan Jufu for 500 taels, and three days later, Ning Xi would charge the chef Quan Yu Banquet for 1,000 taels of silver. Shopkeeper Shen agreed to Ning Xi's lion's big talk, but asked her not to disclose it to anyone in his kitchen, otherwise it would be a mess.

Ning Xi will naturally act seriously after receiving the money. He personally demonstrated to make this dish again, and let Rong Daquan take a closer look.

There are two secrets to making this dish, one of which is the base soup, which is made from pork stick bones. The stick bones are rich in bone marrow, and the soup is very thick. Add fish head to stew, a lot of collagen is melted into the soup, which makes the soup so thick, so this soup must be served in a porcelain bowl with good thermal insulation performance, otherwise the soup will freeze together if it is a little cold. .

In the restaurant that Ningxi opened in her previous life, this was a famous beauty dish, very popular with celebrities and ladies.

The second trick is to remove the bones of the fish head. Although this dish looks like the fish head is complete, there is actually not a single bone in it. Into the lips and teeth, without chewing, it can be melted immediately, and the rich fragrance immediately spreads to every corner of the mouth.

Ning Xi explained while demonstrating to Rong Daquan: "The head of the silver carp is first descaled and gills removed. After cleaning, use a knife to cut it into two pieces at the bottom, put it in a pot, and first add water to submerge the fish. Head, add onion knots, **** slices, Shaoxing wine and other deodorizing seasonings, bring to a boil over high heat, continue to simmer on low heat for ten minutes, then use a slotted spoon to dip into cold water for a while, and hold the fish head with your left hand after cooling. With the fish face down, the right hand removes the fish bones piece by piece underwater.”

I saw Ningxi's hands dexterously dismantling bones underwater only by touch. The sequence of dismantling each bone was well-ordered without the slightest mistake. The fish head was finally removed without a single scratch at all. whole.

Lian Rong Daquan had to sigh: "Miss Ning is really good at developing a pair of skillful hands. You are not very old. I am afraid that you have started to learn this craft from birth!" Even he himself did not necessarily realize it. To be able to do this, for this dish to achieve the level of Ningxi's cooking, it is a hurdle just to remove the fish bones!