Chapter 368 Knife Skills

The basic ingredients of fish-flavored shredded pork are pork, green pepper, carrot, fungus, lettuce, etc., and pickled peppers and dried chili peppers also need to be added.

The soul of this dish is fish-flavored sauce, which usually contains bean paste, soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, cooking wine, etc., and is seasoned with onion juice, ginger juice, and minced garlic.

As for the proportions between the various ingredients, each family has its own secret recipe.

Han Jiang first washed the ingredients and placed them on the table in different categories. Then, with a flash of knife light, the kitchen knife was so fast that only a series of dancing shadows remained, and the ingredients jumped under the tip of the knife and were quickly cut into even thin strips.

The filaments fluttered and danced in the air, like drizzles falling from the sky, sparkling with crystal luster in the sun.

First came the green peppers, followed by carrots, lettuce, pork tenderloin, and so on. The colorful filaments drew a rainbow bridge in the air and landed accurately on the plate, as if bringing the rainbow indoors, dazzling the sight.

The shapes of these cut ingredients are almost exactly the same, no matter the size, thickness, length, they are almost exactly the same, as if they were carved out of the same mold.

This wonderful knife skill made the crowd watching scream with excitement and cheer.

Basic skills like knife skills are something that everyone can do a few times.

However, the difference between good and bad cutting, skilled or not, and whether the cut food is even and beautiful is like a chasm. This makes ordinary people only admire it and yearn for it, but it is extremely difficult to actually do it.

It is precisely because we know how difficult it is to achieve this that there is endless cheering all around.

"As expected of a top chef, your knife skills are amazing!"

"It makes my eyes dazzled. The food is cut so fast and looks like they were carved from the same mold. It's amazing!"

Hearing the discussions of people around her, Ke Ling couldn't help but secretly curl her lips.

I'm really ignorant. Is this knife skill amazing? When Xu Qing first came to Juxialou, his knife skills were much better than this.

If they were to see Xu Qing's knife skills, they would be so surprised that they wouldn't even be able to make a sound.

Although Ke Ling didn't know how good Xu Qing's knife skills were now, she was convinced that Xu Qing's knife skills were absolutely terrifyingly strong.

Hong Xi and Li Shun were a little worried when they saw Han Jiang's knife skills. "This guy is really amazing. His knife skills alone are much better than ours. Although the soul of fish-flavored pork shreds is the fish-flavored sauce, the knife skills also play a huge role. If the cut ingredients are not of the same size, they cannot be overheated evenly, resulting in different tastes and greatly affecting the taste of the dish. And the exquisite knife skills will improve the final taste of the dish."

"It's not easy to practice knife skills. I wonder how Amu is doing?"

As they spoke, they turned their gazes towards Amu.

A'Mao was a little slower than Han Jiang. Han Jiang had already cut the ingredients and started to prepare the fish-flavored sauce, while A'Mao had just washed the vegetables and was preparing to cut them.

Amu stood in front of the chopping board and exhaled slowly.

What came to his mind at this moment was Xu Qing's knife skills, which he had witnessed once before.

The terrifying knife skills, every cut seemed to contain the ultimate truth of the world.

After learning that the theme of the cooking competition was Shredded Pork with Fish Flavor, Amu realized the importance of knife skills to this dish.

Once you have seen Xu Qing's knife skills, it will be deeply engraved in your mind and you will never forget it.

As for Amu, he was consciously learning from Xu Qing, wanting to recreate his knife skills that seemed to contain the ultimate principles of heaven and earth.

But as soon as he tried, Amu immediately realized that he couldn't do it.

He had previously perfectly reproduced Master Abei's signature golden egg fried rice, relying solely on his own impressions and his deep understanding of the taste of the dish. Although A-Mao didn't say it, he was still quite proud of his ability to reproduce it.

As long as he has seen and tasted the food once, he can cook it almost exactly like it.

But when he tried to replicate Xu Qing's knife skills, he failed.

This is not a field that can be reached simply by relying on talent. This is a new path discovered by chefs with top talent at the end of the road.

This is a skill that is beyond Amu's talent, beyond his understanding, and it seems that this skill does not belong to this world.

Skills like this cannot be truly replicated. Even if you spend your entire life pursuing it, you probably won't be able to grasp even a little bit of it.

Xu Qing's unimaginable knife skills opened a brand new door for Amu. The meaning of knife skills was almost instantly overturned and then reshaped into something completely new.

Amu was unable to replicate the knife skills, but he vaguely sensed the concept of knife skills and the truth it conveyed.

Therefore, what he wanted to reproduce was not the knife skills, but the principle.

Amu put the ingredients on the chopping board, then picked up the knife, concentrated his mind, and stared at the ingredients quietly for a long time before slowly cutting the ingredients in half.

Then he stared at the ingredients again, and after a while he slowly began to slice and shred them. He was very careful with each cut, as slow as a snail.

Li Shun said disappointedly: "What is this boy Amu doing? You can't play like this, right? When I was three years old, I could cut vegetables faster than this!"

The crowd of onlookers had the same idea as Li Shun. After seeing Han Jiang's exquisite knife skills, Amu's knife skills, which were as slow as a snail, immediately caused boos.

Amu didn't care at all, and he didn't have the energy to care, because all his attention was focused on the knife in his hand and the food under the knife, and he had no time to think about anything else.

When Xu Qing saw this scene, his pupils shrank and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this boy has such a strong talent.

In the judging panel, facing the obvious contrast in knife skills, Dong Fang said with a proud smile: "Old sir, you see, right? The difference is obvious!"

"...Indeed, the difference is obvious."

The old man sighed softly. He had never expected to see the rudiments of pinnacle knife skills in this child.

Considering the child's age and experience, this is definitely not a knife skill that he could have mastered on his own. It's more like a poor imitation of others.

Then the person he imitates must have superb knife skills.

Who is it?
In fact, there is no need to ask, the old man already has the answer in his heart.

It seems that I made the right decision to come here.

Han Jiang, on the other hand, just glanced at Amu and ignored him, concentrating on his own work.

The guy opposite can't even master basic knife skills, how can he compare with him?

It seems that the boy was just lucky to make golden egg fried rice before, which does not represent his real ability.

This is no wonder. After all, the level of a top chef is not something that can be achieved so easily.

Han Jiang concentrated. Although he was only a senior chef at present, he wanted to prove to everyone that he was definitely a top-class chef, and this dish was a top-class chef's dish.

(End of this chapter)