Chapter 115: Chapter 115: Fierce Fire
Translator: 549690339
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Lei Ke picked up the deboning knife, swiftly severed the large chunk of beef neck meat, and then, following the orientation of the muscle fibers, cut it into strips about a finger’s thickness.
After cutting it, it’s time for marination.
After using the common seasonings provided on the cooking station to make the base marinade, Lei Ke, to everyone’s astonishment, pulled out a bottle of liquor from his bag.
Among the crowd were those who knew a thing or two about alcohol.
The bottle of alcohol in Lei Ke’s hands had an alarmingly high alcohol content of 70%.
Lei Ke, in a very generous fashion, poured the entire bottle of liquor into the marinade.
After a brief period of marination, Lei Ke took out a special wooden skewer from his bag.
“Eeyah!”
One of his Food Spirits let out a soft chant. As Lei Ke held the strips of beef neck meat in one hand and the wooden skewer in the other, a faint light emerged from his body.
The same light appeared at the tip of the skewer.
In the next moment, the collagen-rich beef neck meat was pierced instantaneously by the ordinary skewer, the entire process was as smooth as stabbing into the mud, without the slightest hesitation.
Culinary Skill: Kitchen Utensils Amplification.
During the process of cooking the ingredients, this Culinary Skill can greatly improve the efficiency of the tools in cooking the ingredients.
It can turn a kitchen knife into an iron-cutting blade, capable of slicing through tough bones, or transform a simple wooden skewer into a sharp stick.
Lei Ke’s Food Spirit actually has such a Culinary Skill?
Qin Lang showed a hint of surprise.
Another new Culinary Skill that he encountered for the first time.
Not to mention the cooking skills demonstrated by these Spirit Chefs earlier, just the various Culinary Skills he has seen successively, made him feel that the trip was worthwhile.
After all the beef neck meat strips were skewered, Lei Ke took a deep breath and turned the heat on the grill to the maximum.
The charcoal in the grill, under full combustion, reached a slightly twisted state due to the extremely high temperature.
Faced with all this, Lei Ke remained composed.
When the grill was completely heated, he didn’t hesitate to put the skewered beef on it.
“Boom!”
Accompanied by a low booming sound, a flame of red and blue intertwined rose from the skewer, reaching a meter high in the air.
Accompanied by the explosive aroma of liquor and the strong smell of roasted beef, the rising flame slowly diffused over the entire area!
Exclamations rose from all around the area. Guests near the cooking station, feeling the heat wave surging towards them, quickly retreated a few steps.
Ignoring the surrounding commotion, Lei Ke’s eyes, at some unknown time, were filled with an eerie blue light.
The same light appeared around his other Food Spirit.
Culinary Skill: Ingredient Insight.
This skill could help a Spirit Chef understand the subtle changes in the ingredients during the cooking process, thus better controlling the state of the ingredients.
With the help of the Culinary Skill, Lei Ke ignored the raging flame, disregarded the burning air, and carefully observed the constantly changing state of the roasted beef neck skewer on the grill.
The next moment, he scooped up a handful of white sesame seeds and sprinkled it on the skewer.
The white sesame seeds glided through the billowing flames, emitting its unique fragrance under the heat, before uniformly settling onto the surface of the beef neck meat, which had been seared to release its rich internal fats.
The sizzling cow oil kept the white sesame seeds from slipping off the skewer, further unlocking the rich sesame fragrance and allowing it to seep in between the textures of the meat.
As the alcohol in the beef began to burn and evaporate, the flame seemed to reduce slightly, gradually receding.
Just as everyone let out a sigh of relief, Lei Ke’s mouth turned up into a smile.
He quickly flipped the skewer, and the once-fading flame rose furiously again.
“Boom!”
With another low boom, Lei Ke grabbed another handful of sesame seeds and sprinkled them on.
“Roaring Flame Beef, please taste!”
As he shouted, the fiery skewer of beef was moved away from the grill, and only then did the flame slowly extinguish to reveal the lusciously grilled brown beef, its surface glistening tantalizingly with oil.
From a distance, Fu Hang’s eyes lit up completely at this moment.
Igniting the alcohol within the beef to allow deeper nuanced cooking, finely treating the beef from within, so as to improve the texture disadvantage caused by the rich connective tissues of the neck part?
No, it wasn’t just that.
Alcohol itself can also remove the unpleasant smell from the meat and enhance its flavor. This is like killing two birds with one stone.
He took the Roaring Flame Beef handed to him by his assistant, and his face showed renewed interest after a careful examination.
This skewer is not ordinary!
Upon closer inspection, he discovered that the seemingly ordinary wooden skewer was made from the heartwood of a tree called Yellow Glaze Wood.
After drying and grinding the heartwood of the Yellow Glaze Wood into powder, it becomes a spice. This additional step has added an extra layer of flavor to the neck meat.
He took a big bite.
The fusion of these two elements was surprisingly good.
An expression of admiration appeared on Fu Hang’s face.
Among all the dishes cooked by the guests so far, Lei Ke’s Roaring Flame Beef gave him the greatest surprise.
He couldn’t help but look at the other guests in the venue. From their expressions, Fu Hang could guess that their thoughts were probably similar to his.
Such a talent, Lei Ke.
His strength is indeed extraordinary.
“Qin Lang.”
Lei Ke, who had stepped off the stage, stared straight at Qin Lang and spoke in a voice loud enough for everyone in the venue to hear.
“I would like to see your understanding of cooking beef.”
Upon hearing this, the guests who knew about the recent match between the two people immediately showed interest. Those who were unfamiliar also looked interested after a simple introduction by those around them.
This time, it was clearly Lei Ke who had initiated the challenge.
Would Qin Lang accept it?
The rematch between the two of them would certainly be exciting, wouldn’t it?
“Alright.”
Qin Lang put down the skewer in his hand and weighed a bag he had brought with him.
Then, accompanied by two food spirits, he stepped towards the cooking station.
“If that’s the case…”
“I’ll do my best.”
As Qin Lang stepped onto the cooking stage, all the guests in the open-air venue looked over simultaneously.
Whether it was those who had learned about Qin Lang in the past Dongxia City Cooking Competition, or those who only first heard of this suddenly emerging champion of the recent Dongxia City Cooking Competition today, all wanted to see what dish he would present.
This was especially after Lei Ke, who had previously lost to him, had presented the impressive Roaring Flame Beef.
Many also noticed the bag that Qin Lang was carrying, speculating that it might contain his secret seasonings for cooking beef.
Just like the startling Doubanjiang he used to win the championship.
Facing the numerous gazes on him, Qin Lang took a deep breath and placed the bag he had been carrying on the table.
Next, he took out the object which had been the subject of everyone’s speculation.
Looking at the thing with a tangerine exterior and a white interior, not a few people were stunned.
Is this…
The peel of an orange?
That which Qin Lang had prepared for today’s cooking was actually this?
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[Roaring Flame Beef]
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