The Female Supporting Role Shows Out

Chapter 19

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

As the two princes were already enjoying the golden lionfish together, it was obviously unnecessary to prepare the same dish. Lin Dan ignored the waiter who kept hurrying her and picked up some fresh pig's kidneys before slicing each piece of kidney beautifully in the shape of a wheat flower. She then quickly boiled the kidneys before adding the sesame sauce, peanut sauce, chili oil, vinegar, sugar, and other seasonings to make a thick sesame sauce before pouring it on the kidneys. She slowly explained, "You need to stir hard when making the sauce with water, oil, sesame, and peanut sauce so that the sauce will coat the kidneys well."

She picked up a piece of kidney and motioned everyone to observe carefully. The kidney was coated in a very thick sauce with high viscosity, and the observers could already imagine its deliciousness just by looking at the appearance of the sauce. Although it was a thick sauce, it was able to coat the kidneys well without having a single drop of sauce dripping down, which could greatly retain the taste and texture of the kidneys.

Chef Qiu looked at it carefully and quickly scribbled the technique of making this dish.

"You may serve this now." Lin Dan rinsed the pot and continued to make the next dish. As the two princes were distinguished guests and were already eating, she did not want them to wait for too long before serving the next dish. As such, she had decided to select a few simple and quick dishes to lay the whole dining table with food as soon as possible. In that way, it would look good at the restaurant and guests would also eat with satisfaction.

As many of the dry goods were not ready for use, Lin Dan decided to check the tank and found a few live sea cucumbers and abalone inside. She quickly took them out and cleaned it.

"Next, I'm going to make some sea cucumber salad. Does your restaurant have ice? Please get me some if you do." Lin Dan quickly handled the sea cucumber as she spoke.

"Yes, we do. Zhou Fu, go to the cellar and bring some ice cubes over!" Young Chef Qiu turned around and instructed the kitchen assistant. Since Lin Dan had started soaking black ginseng, these kitchen assistants had stopped working and stared at her eagerly. For them, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn some secrets from the top chef.

Zhou Fu ran to the cellar, fearing that Manager Lin had taught everyone else something while he was away, and he would miss a learning chance.

Lin Dan cut the live sea cucumbers open and removed the internal organs. She then cleaned them up before cutting them into strips and slowly explained, "Handling live sea cucumbers can also be troublesome because it's difficult to control the heat while cooking. The meat texture becomes hard if the sea cucumber and may have a fishy smell if it is undercooked. But I have a trick to this right – test the water temperature with your finger when the water is about to boil. If your finger can only stay in the water for a while, and the skin burns and hurts when you remove the finger from the water, this means that the water is hot enough. The cooked sea cucumber strips will soften when placed in cold water which will affect the taste. At this time, boil the sea cucumber again and pour it into ice water to freeze it. The meat will constrict quickly, forming a unique taste that is soft on the outside and chewy on the inside, which is very suitable for creating a cold dish."

She put the boiled sea cucumbers in ice water for use later and prepared a pot to make the salad sauce. She added finely chopped fresh chili, shallots, garlic, light soy sauce, and vinegar into the sesame oil to make a light brown sauce. The sea cucumber salad was ready once the sauce was drizzled onto the sea cucumber strips.

Chef Qiu quickly picked up the chopsticks and took a bite. Tang Jiu also gave the dish a try under the cold stare of the old manager and his long and narrow eyes suddenly lit up. It was all because he found the taste of the sea cucumber salad to be absolutely perfect. The fishy and astringent taste of the sea cucumber was gone, and the freshness of the sea cucumbers filled his mouth. The sea cucumbers were also crunchy yet soft and chewy at the same time and it had a unique taste when the hot and sour cold sauce was drizzled on it.