Food: The super chef just wants to set up a stall leisurely

Chapter 357: The Explosion of Braised Pork Head

The next morning, Zhao Xiaojing bought several lively and plump mandarin fish, as well as an old chicken, an old duck, and some mushrooms from the market.

Coincidentally, several of the side dishes in Song Sao's Fish Soup and the Fairy Duck have the same ingredients, and the most important side ingredient is ham, which Lv Hongwen happened to send.

Ever since Yun Yongyuan exclaimed that Zhao Xiaojing was a genius when she cooked the braised pork elbow last time, Zhao Xiaojing secretly decided to cook a new dish in the restaurant every once in a while when she had to practice it. On the one hand, she could learn with the other two, and on the other hand, it could at least improve everyone's acceptance, so that every time she cooked a new dish, it would not appear out of thin air and surprise people.

Zhao Xiaojing kept a few mandarin fish in a basin and placed it in a place in the restaurant where it would not be in the way. She put the old duck in the refrigerator and the old chicken on Nie Xiuqi's chopping board for him to process.

It was too late to make the divine duck in the morning. What's more, Zhao Xiaojing was still in the exploratory stage. What she could make could only be considered stewed duck at best, which was far from being truly divine. Therefore, she could only wait for the afternoon special training with Wan Yuyueyun and Yongyuan, and practice at the same time.

Just after nine o'clock, people started to arrive in the store. As soon as Nie Xiuqi entered the kitchen, he went to check the fish, and then carefully examined the chicken on the chopping board.

"...Boss, should Song Sao's fish soup be made at noon or in the afternoon?"

Zhao Xiaojing was watching with satisfaction as Geng Mingyan took the lead and arranged the work areas and content of several people clearly, when Nie Xiuqi suddenly appeared behind her.

"How about this afternoon? I want to learn it, too. Of course, if the recipe is private, you can also make it at noon. It would be nice for us to try something new."

"It's not private." Nie Xiuqi stood there and hesitated for a while, "I'm not very good at it yet. Master Cai only taught me twice..."

"Then let's study it together this afternoon. If you buy more fish, you can order more chicken if you need it. I'm also practicing a new dish."

Nie Xiuqi nodded, as if he wanted to turn around and leave, but also seemed to have something to say.

"Sister Mirror! Sister Comb!" Lu Hongwen came from the front hall happily.

Nie Xiuqi ran away.

Zhao Xiaojing responded and glanced at Nie Xiuqi's back in surprise.

Senior Brother Nie seemed to be in a good mood? He actually took the initiative to talk to her, and it seemed like he hadn't finished talking yet?

"I've finished my paper! My advisor said it only needs some minor revisions. I'm almost done for the semester, and I can finally work in the store normally!"

"Did you write the paper yourself?" Su Yuchen walked over to the braising pot.

"Didn't you work normally in the store before?" Zhao Xiaojing raised her eyebrows.

"... Sister Mirror, how did you learn bad things from Sister Comb!" Lu Hongwen said bitterly, "Of course I wrote it myself! In order to work well in the store this semester, I went home for more than ten days and finished the paper that I only wrote one-third of last semester! In more than ten days, I finished two-thirds!"

"You're awesome!" Su Yuchen clapped his hands in support, then immediately turned around and threw himself back into the business of making braised dishes.

"Very good!" Zhao Xiaojing gave a thumbs up and turned to walk towards the chopping board.

"You guys...!" Lu Hongwen was stuck in breath for a long time. He turned around and left the kitchen, changed into work clothes, and started to stew dishes with Su Yuchen.

Su Yuchen took out the soaked pig's feet and various parts of the pig's head, gave the pig's head to Lu Hongwen for careful cutting, put the pig's feet directly in a deep tray, and waited for Wu Kaile to push them to the next room, then turned on the separate stove for the braising pot and started to braise the side dishes.

At the stove, Nie Xiuqi had quickly soaked and cleaned the chicken, then put the whole thing into the soup pot to stew, and then he followed Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue to cut the vegetables.

The two new waiters were following Ouyang Yidan to wash vegetables, two of them were washing the vegetables while one was picking them. Several large vegetable baskets were placed on the polished shelves next to them, and water was slowly seeping into the trays.

Wu Kaile was cleaning four halls by himself.

Geng Mingyan was indeed thoughtful and all the personnel arrangements were very reasonable. Zhao Xiaojing took a look and walked to the small kitchen next door where Hou Guihua and Geng Mingyan were.

This week they were selling old-fashioned fried chicken legs. After a simple cleaning, one of the two sisters cut the chicken legs open while the other used a fork to poke small holes in the leg meat as Zhao Xiaojing requested.

The seasoning has always been left to Zhao Xiaojing. Zhao Xiaojing took the large basin next to her, calculated the amounts and poured various seasoning powders and spices into it. After mixing evenly, she poured in Huadiao wine and water to make the seasoning water. Then she put the chicken legs processed by the two sisters into the basin to marinate, and then began to prepare the powder for coating the chicken.

The old-fashioned fried chicken is different from the fried ones coated with batter. It only needs to be marinated and drained, then coated with a thin layer of flour before being fried in the pan. The two sisters do it with ease.

As for the seasoning, it is actually simple pepper and salt. You can make it once and use it for a long time, and you don’t have to make it every day.

Currently, Zhaoji Rice with Fried Food has become as famous as the rice with Fried Food, and the sales volume has been rising, just as Xiaozhi expected.

Even though Zhao Xiaojing changes her fried food every week and only makes one thing each time, she has already made a thousand servings a day, and they are always sold out early in the evening.

Another item that was not in Xiaozhi's plan but also gradually gained a foothold and was sold out on the first day of its launch, and its sales volume is increasing day by day is the braised pork head.

Unlike the audience for fried food, the braised pork head was snapped up by regular customers of the rice bowl shop on the first day it was launched.

With the success of the braised hotpot side dishes and pork trotter rice, regular customers almost all know that the braised sauce in this rice bowl shop is excellent. The chicken wing tips from the original braised hotpot side dishes are already very popular among middle-aged men, and they always order some of them to go with their wine when they come to eat rice bowls. However, since they don't eat enough of them, they only order a little bit.

Who would have thought that Zhao Xiaojing would launch braised pig's head? Various parts of the pig's head were mixed together, cut into large pieces by kilogram, and then mixed with a special dipping sauce. It was simply irresistible for braised meat lovers.

After having the meal, diners felt that this restaurant has a hidden gem. Not only is the braised pork head here better than those in other braised food shops, but the ingredients are also surprisingly fresh, not frozen at all, and the price is the same as that in other braised food shops.

Although adding brine to braised dishes will greatly mask the taste of the meat itself, there is still a difference in the feeling when you eat it depending on whether it is fresh or not, and whether it has the turbid smell of frozen goods that has been through the refrigerator.

Moreover, unlike the soft and sticky pork trotter rice, the braised pig head meat is chewy and firm. Different parts have different tastes, and the mixture is very rich.

There are almost no disadvantages except that the variety is limited and you can't buy it if you go too late.

So the uncles started to not only bring some with them, but also take it home. Even if they didn't eat the rice with toppings, they would buy a few pounds of pork head, almost treating the rice with toppings restaurant as a braised food restaurant.

Lu Hongwen was very excited about this, and he took a walk several times a day to make the business bigger and stronger. As Zhao Xiaojing's orders increased, the butcher shop owner gave her more miscellaneous things, and almost all the employee meals were gifts.