‘Take a tribute to the court’, a famous dish among Kongfu dishes, is absolutely first-class for flattery.

It is said that it was the 60th birthday of Empress Dowager Cixi, and Yan Shenggong took his wife and children to court to congratulate him. This was the saint family who gave the court face. Empress Dowager Cixi was so happy that she gave her three longevity characters to her on the spot. After Yan Shenggong returned home, he created this dish to commemorate it.

This dish is made with pork belly, lotus seeds, and rock sugar. It also has the difference between high-end and low-end versions.

The low-end version is simple. Cover the lotus seeds with rock sugar flavored on the bottom of the plate. The whole piece of pork belly with twelve centimeter square is sugar-colored, and the sauce is added. After cooking, it is directly covered on the lotus seeds. Because the pork belly is cooked so hard, it will gradually press the lotus seeds, which is somewhat meaningful.

However, this low-end version is basically used by some small restaurants to deceive customers in order to save time. The techniques are simple and tangible. So some people laugh at it. This is at most "took a walk to the small palace" and I guess eunuchs will be disgusted with it.

Even if Shen Gongdao takes Xiong Xin and Leopard's courage, he would not dare to use such a low-end version to fool the judges. He prepared a high-end version - "Take a walk to the palace to the court"!

The cold hands purified the face, sucked the Chinese, and Shen Gongdao cheered up his spirits.

This high-end version is much more troublesome. First of all, you have to put lotus seeds in sugar and taste, put them in a cage and steam them, and at the same time, you have to cut the pork belly into small squares that can be placed into whole pieces afterwards.

When hanging sugar in pork belly, it is important to have sugar and honey. The color should be tender and red. When the meat is half cooked, then use extremely fine techniques to embed lotus seeds in the middle of the small pieces of pork belly.

The difficulty of this step is that ordinary chefs will wait until the meat temperature drops before adding lotus seeds, which is more convenient to operate; but Shen Gongdao has to open the meat holes in a high-temperature environment and put lotus seeds in the pot. At this time, the pork belly and lotus seeds in the pot are close to Baidu!

Have you ever seen a hot pancake sticker in a high-temperature stove? This is called the "fire-traveling" technique, which means that you can quickly move it on the fire with your hands. Not only do you have to make things, but you will not hurt the chef's hand!

And inserting lotus seeds on pork belly is more difficult than putting sesame cakes in the stove?

After all, they are the chefs of Shandong cuisine and the special second-level chefs. They all have unique skills!

Zhou Dong was dazzling and sighed secretly, and at the same time, he silently recorded Shen Gongdao's operation techniques, steps, mastery of the heat, and the method of opening the naked eye and entering lotus seeds.

Although he didn't have the opportunity to taste it, he could still record every step and take it to the Cailuo Kitchen for countless drills in the future. This is not a recipe given by the system. Every exercise in the Cailuo Kitchen can also benefit from reality!

A layer of fine sweat slowly leaching from Shen Gongdao's forehead, and it took him half an hour to complete this step.

It’s not easy to flatter. While you have to risk your hands being burned at any time, you also have to remember the time and observe the heat!

Seeing that the heat was up, use chopsticks to pick up pieces of lotus seed meat onto a plate and steam it in a cage.

He didn't hide it from Zhou Dong. After drinking the chef who was helping the kitchen, he took out a few green bamboo leaves from his arms and threw them into the water of the steamer. After the fire started to ignite, the steam in the pot actually had the fragrance of bamboo leaves.

"Xiao Zhou, you will have to put on the stove sooner or later. My "belt" is different than ordinary dishes. I will teach you today.

There are three wonderful things about this dish!

First, it is a real belt to go to the Great Palace, and dare not reduce manpower.

2. I used the "fire-passing" technique in this dish. Only in this way can the taste of pork belly and lotus seeds be perfectly integrated.

Third, these bamboo leaves of mine are the best, as the saying goes, "No meat makes people thin, and no bamboo makes people vulgar."

Steam the fragrance of bamboo leaves into the meat, which will reduce greasiness and enhance the taste!

Why do I choose bamboo leaves? Because lotus is a dirty gentleman, bamboo is a clean gentleman, and one clean and one dirty blends together, which is in line with the way of heaven! Naturally, it is also in line with the esophagus!

Some people say that this dish is a 'straight dish', not a gentleman's job; but no one in the world knows that every clean and dirty dish is a complementary force. As long as you are willing to work hard, the 'straight dish' can also become a gentleman in the dish!"

"Teacher Shen, this is your specialty. I'm afraid it's not good to teach me like this, right?"

When Shen Gongdao just turned the kitchen worker away, Zhou Dong wanted to leave, but he stopped him with his eyes. Unexpectedly, he was really impressed by his heart and was a little moved.

"You also called me Teacher Shen, why can't you pass on it?

Actually, I am not without selfishness. It can be seen that Zhou Dong, you are a genius in cooking, and your future is limitless. "Teacher Shen" I am not worthy of being your real teacher at all...

I just hope that you can care about today's friendship and help Lu Chu in the future.

You have seen what Shen Cheng looks like. Will he let him take charge of Lu Chu after I retire and seal the knife?"

Shen Gongdao put the dishes on the plate and put them on the edges: "Let's go, you can't let those old men wait anxiously; what I said just now is not to force Zhou Dong to make a promise with favors, don't you misunderstand?"

Zhou Dong and he walked towards Lu Chu's "Food Hall" and said, "Don't worry, Teacher Shen, since I have this fate with Lu Chu, I will not stand by if there is any dilemma in Lu Chu in the future." As for taking over Lu Chu, Zhou Dong did not have this plan. I guess Shen Gongdao would just be polite.

"Haha! I feel relieved with your words. Even if I can't pass the review smoothly today, I have nothing to regret."

Shen Gongdao smiled and gently pushed open the door of the "Shi Jing Room".

The five judges of the old youth, plus Lin Qing, the media reporter who was following up, all focused their attention on Zhou Dong's moment of opening the door.

"He is indeed here, and this may be my only chance to turn defeat into victory."

Huai Liangren was secretly happy. He had been in contact with Zhou Dong these days and even became friends. He knew very well what Zhou Dong's temper and personality were. He couldn't take good care of this opportunity. He didn't know when he would wait next time.

And this time Lin Qing happened to be by his side.

Sister Qing’s food poems are so well written. If I pick out Zhou Dong’s fault this time and convince him, I should have become the ‘protagonist’ written by Sister Qing, right?

Huai Liangren secretly made up his mind that he must win this time whether for the sake of face or for the girl!

"Dear judges, Jiuzhou Dingshi Lu Chushen Shen Dao, National Special Second-level Chef, submit it to the review rules!"

Shen Gongdao, who was nervous before, was trembling, but now he straightened his back, neither humble nor arrogant.

It made several old men look at him with praise.

Lu Zhiwei is an expert in Lu cuisine, so of course he asked first: "Xiaoshen, what kind of dish is this?"

Shen Gongdao brought the dish to the mahogany table in front of the judges, gently lifted the plate and said, "Old Lu, it's a 'belt to the palace'. The ancient practice is not a little bit less labor!"
Chapter completed!