bookbashuk Chapter 121 Teaching Fatty Mahua to Cook
Chapter 121 Teaching Fatty Mahua to Cook
Li Yang followed Deputy Director Li all the way to the canteen kitchen.
Along the way, Deputy Director Li praised Li Yang a little, "Little Li, I didn't expect you to have such a good cooking skill. It's really impressive! I think your unique skill may even catch the attention of the national team!"
Li Yang just smiled and said modestly: "Deputy Director Li, please don't make fun of me. My mediocre skills are nothing compared to those chefs. If I show my weakness today, don't blame me for not warning you in advance."
"Haha, Xiao Li, you are too modest! I think with your cooking skills, you can surely satisfy Deputy Minister Liu and his party!" Deputy Director Li laughed heartily, looking very confident.
The two of them came to the kitchen chatting and laughing. Deputy Director Li first greeted Liu Lan and the others, and then enthusiastically introduced Li Yang.
"This is Comrade Li Yang whom I mentioned to you. He is a new engineer in our factory. Don't underestimate him because he is a great cook. Today's dinner depends entirely on him!"
When Liu Lan and others heard Li Yang's name, they were all stunned. This name has been spread all over the steel rolling mill in the past few days. They didn't expect that he was such a young guy, who looked to be less than 20 years old.
"Hello, Mr. Li! I've heard a lot about you!" Liu Lan quickly and enthusiastically extended her hand and shook hands with Li Yang.
"No, no, Sister Liu, you are too polite."
When Liu Lan and the others heard that Li Yang was going to cook, they were stunned at first, but then they all breathed a sigh of relief. This time, they finally didn't have to take the blame!
Deputy Director Li then introduced several people present to Li Yang.
"Xiao Li, this is Liu Lan, the kitchen manager of our cafeteria. These two are Ma Hua and Fatty. You can just call them Xiao Ma and Xiao Fatty. They have been learning cooking from Sha Zhu for some time. I will let them help you in a while."
"Hello, chefs!" Li Yang nodded to Ma Hua and Fatty, then rolled up his sleeves and walked straight to the stove. "Ma Hua, Fatty, right? Please cut some potato shreds and some vegetables for me. Make sure they are thin and even, okay?"
Ma Hua and the fat man were stunned for a moment, then they agreed and quickly picked up the kitchen knives to start working.
Li Yang turned to look at Liu Lan and asked seriously, "Sister Liu, do we have any braised meat here? How about making some braised pork head to feed the leaders?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Liu Lan slapped his head and quickly fished out a few pieces of fragrant braised pork head from the thermos bucket beside him. "This meat has been braised for a whole day. Are you satisfied with it, Mr. Li?"
Li Yang picked up the piece of meat, looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, then quickly cut it into thin slices, placed it on a plate, poured the spicy sauce he prepared on it, and mixed it well. The whole process was smooth and completed in one go, which made Liu Lan and Deputy Director Li amazed.
"Xiao Li, I didn't expect you to be so skilled with the knife! I'm really impressed!" Deputy Director Li praised repeatedly, and Liu Lan on the side was also full of admiration.
"Hurry, send this plate of braised meat to the leaders first! So they don't have to wait too long!" Li Yang gave an order, and Liu Lan immediately picked up the plate and ran.
At this time, in the kitchen, Li Yang has already started his performance.
I saw him holding a green pepper in one hand and tenderloin in the other. The tip of the knife flew, cutting the green pepper into even strips and the meat into thin slices and neatly stacked them.
Then, heat the oil in the pan and add the green peppers. With a "sizzle" sound, a fresh fragrance immediately spreads.
"This smell Liu Lan and the others couldn't help but brighten their eyes and swallowed unconsciously.
You know, stir-fried pork with green peppers is a common home cooking dish that everyone can make, but most of them taste mediocre. However, Li Yang's dish is fragrant and mouth-watering only halfway through.
"Look, look, Mr. Li's knife skills are comparable to the master's!" Ma Hua's eyes lit up and he whispered, "The master rarely cooks himself, I didn't expect Mr. Li's skills to be so high!"
The fat man also nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, judging from his posture, he might be even more powerful than the master!"
As he was speaking, Li Yang quickly took out of the pot a plate of temptingly colored and fragrant shredded pork with green peppers, freshly baked.
He was just about to call Ma Hua over to serve the food when he suddenly caught a glimpse of the chopping board beside him. He couldn't help but exclaimed, "Huh?" and walked over quickly.
"What's going on?" Li Yang mentioned the potato shreds that Ma Hua and Fatty had just cut, frowning and asking, "They're not cut evenly, are they? Didn't your master teach you this?"
Ma Hua and Fatty looked at each other in bewilderment. Fatty asked in confusion, "Mr. Li, what happened to the potato shreds we cut? Isn't this how we usually cut them?"
Li Yang shook his head and said earnestly: "The quality of cutting vegetables is directly related to the taste and appearance of cooking. If the cutting is uneven, it will be difficult to control the heat and the taste will be greatly reduced. You see, "
As he spoke, he picked up the kitchen knife and cut out several evenly thick potato strips in a few strokes. He placed them aside, forming a sharp contrast with the ones cut by Ma Hua and the others.
"This... this is too different, right?"
Ma Hua and Fatty couldn't believe their eyes. They were stunned for a moment and couldn't speak for a long time.
Li Yang ignored their reactions and swiftly picked up two portions of shredded potatoes, fried them separately in the pan, and soon served them on a plate.
"Come on, both of you try it and see what's the difference." Li Yang pushed two plates of shredded potatoes in front of Ma Hua and the fat man.
The two of them hesitated and picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into their mouths, and their expressions suddenly became subtle.
"Why is the taste so different?" the fat man muttered to himself, looking incredulous.
He stared at the dish of shredded potatoes that Li Yang had cooked, smacking his lips for a long time, his eyes full of surprise. "I've eaten a lot of spicy and sour shredded potatoes, but I've never eaten anything so refreshing and evenly cooked! Mr. Li's cooking skills are really amazing!"
Ma Hua nodded heavily in agreement: "Isn't it? When we fried the potato shreds we cut, the soft and hard ones stuck together, and the texture was like paste. How come Li Gong's frying is so... perfect?"
"Didn't Shazhu teach you these things?" Li Yang asked.
Ma Hua shook his head like a rattle and sighed helplessly: "How can the master have time to teach us? Every time there is a reception task, he chases us out and only lets us help with washing and cutting, and never lets us get close to the stove."
The fat man also nodded and lamented: "That's right! I have been learning from the master for three years, but I still can't even stir-fry shredded potatoes properly. The master has never really taught us anything."
Li Yang was stunned when he heard this, and thought to himself: No wonder the fat man and Ma Hua in the TV series never learned any real skills, it turns out that He Yuzhu deliberately didn't teach them!
There is a chance!
Teach these two people a lesson and let them trip up He Yuzhu.
Thinking of this, he smiled slightly and said in a gentle tone: "Ma Hua, Fatty, since you are willing to learn cooking, why don't you start learning from me now? I will teach you step by step and I guarantee that you will be able to learn it like a pro!"
"Really?" Ma Hua and Fatty instantly became alert, their eyes rolling around.
"That...that's great! Mr. Li, please accept us!" The fat man was so excited that he couldn't speak clearly.
Ma Hua was a little hesitant, "Will this... not be a good idea?"