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In the clean and bright kitchen, rich aroma lingers in the air, like a pair of invisible hands, constantly touching people's tongue and stomach.

There were several people around the stove not far away. Standing in the middle was a young man about 27 or [-] years old, named Bai Chi, who was the Chinese chef of this three-star hotel. He was wearing a snow-white suit. In a chef's uniform, the jet-black hair tails are attached to a small part of her exposed neck softly, and the white ones are whiter, and the black ones are blacker.

There are a bunch of ingredients on the table next to him, including cleaned and boned dory fish, canned pineapple, tomato sauce, starch, eggs, chopped green onion, and various seasonings necessary for the kitchen, all served in glass bowls It was very clean and tidy.

Bai Chi glanced at the three newly recruited apprentices, and said: "Today's lesson is fish fillet in tomato sauce. I chose dory fish as the ingredients. This kind of fish fillet has no spines, thick meat, delicious and tender, and is very suitable for making fish fillet. This dish is a test of knife skills and heat, although it is simple, it is not easy to do it well, you should learn it carefully."

He chose a small knife in his hand from the knife holder, then put the fish on the cutting board with the skin down, and explained as he moved: "The fish fillet is cut in a continuous way. When cutting, the blade is facing outward, and the left hand slightly Bend it against the face of the knife so as not to cut your hand."

Two knives down, a pair of fish fillets were cut off, Baichi opened it, and the moon-shaped fish fillets instantly became a complete oval, connected by the fish skin in the middle, the pink and white fish meat was as thin as a cicada's wings, beautiful It's frightening.

Bai Chi ignored his apprentice's exclamation, and continued to handle the fish in his hand. His knife skills were proficient, and every knife was clean and neat, without muddy water at all. There were no superfluous tricks, but it gave people a pleasing feeling.

The fish in the bowl within 1 minute was all cut, and what is even more amazing is that none of the fish fillets was damaged, not even the fish skin was broken, and each piece was uniform in thickness, which looked like Ingredients are more like works of art.

"Slice the pineapple in the can for later use, remove the yolk from the egg and leave it clear, add a little salt and stir well, coat the fish fillet with egg white and then coat with a layer of starch, this will make the fish more tender." Bai Chi said while moving, and the oil was already heated up in a blink of an eye , slipped the starchy fish meat into the oil pan, and with a sound of "chi", the fish fillets turned into flowers in the oil, and the fresh fragrance was rushed out along with the burnt aroma, and the three people behind swallowed it all together saliva.

"Fish fillets can be out of the pan when they are fried until golden. Here you need to master the heat. If it is too tender and not crispy enough, it will burn if it is too old. The temperature of the oil should also be controlled and kept at [-]%. The color will look better."

Bai Chi scooped up a plate of fish fillets, bursts of crispy aroma came out, and he couldn't stop it. The younger apprentice couldn't bear it any longer, and looked at Bai Chi helplessly and asked, "Master, can I taste the fish fillets?" Do you want to taste it?"

As soon as the words were finished, the other two apprentices also looked over, their eyes full of longing, Bai Chi was used to this kind of standard foodie eyes, and with a wave of his hand, he generously rewarded half a bowl of fish fillets.

The little apprentice couldn't wait to grab a piece and stuff it into his mouth. The crispy skin shattered with a burst of crispy fragrance, and the inside was wrapped with soft and elastic fish meat. The fresh and sweet taste came out with the heat, instantly It filled the entire mouth, so fresh that people almost swallowed it with their tongues. The two different tastes blend together, which is indescribably wonderful.

"It's delicious, it's so delicious, master, please teach us the next step."

The other two apprentices nodded one after another, and Bai Chi didn't hold back, poured two spoons of white vinegar and two spoons of sugar into the cleaned pot, mixed with tomato sauce and pineapple syrup, stirred in the pot together, and poured water when the juice was slightly reduced Stir the starch, add the fried fish fillets and the previously prepared pineapple slices, stir carefully and quickly to ensure that each piece of fish can be covered with tomato sauce, and finally put it on the fire and sprinkle with chopped green onion.

The sweet and sour taste comes with the hot air. The golden fish fillet is covered with rose red sauce and served with green onion. From the appearance, it makes people move their index fingers. Carefully pick up a piece with chopsticks, thick The sauce draws a few transparent filaments, and when it is put into the mouth, it is crispy and tender, sweet and sour, and it is completely irresistible.

In less than half a minute, there was only sauce left on the plate. Looking at the resentful eyes of the three apprentices staring at the plate, Bai Chi sighed helplessly, and when he was about to clean up the plate, a voice came from the door: "White Chi, Manager Xing has something to ask for you, so let you go to his office."

When Bai Chi was young, he didn't like being called by his first and last name, it sounded like "idiot", but after so many years, he got used to it, he didn't even frown, and some people suggested that he should change his name, But he rejected it. Bai Chi was an orphan, picked up by the dean's mother at the pond near the orphanage, and he didn't have anything on him to prove his identity, so the dean's mother asked him to follow her surname and name him " White Pool'.

Such a simple, rude and meaningful name, Wade White can't think of a reason to change it.

Manager Xing's office is on the east side of the first floor of the hotel, occupying a separate room. When Bai Chi entered, he was sitting behind his desk and reading documents. When he saw Bai Chi, he warmly greeted him and asked him to sit down. Showing a embarrassed expression, he pondered for a moment and said, "Xiaochi, the feedback from the customers on the new dishes you recently launched is very satisfactory. I am very satisfied with you. Last time you proposed to raise your salary, I have already told the above, but You also know that the hotel has been in difficulty recently and the economic situation is not good, so there is nothing we can do about it, so the salary issue..."

Speaking of which, Bai Chi already understood, and the disappointment on his face flashed. Although his current salary is not low, it is not high. He has to spend more than half of the money every month to subsidize the orphanage, excluding housing and living expenses. , and there is very little left.

The small orphanage that took in Baichi closed down when the dean’s mother passed away. The orphanage that is now funded is not far from the house that Baichi rents. They are both orphans. Baichi always has a feeling of sympathy, so he would rather eat it If it is a little bit harder, a large sum of money must be saved and donated to the orphanage. I always feel that the children there will suffer less, unlike when he was a child, the cotton-padded clothes for the New Year were worn by several children.

Now that prices are soaring, his salary is still at the level of three years ago, so he asked Manager Xing for a salary increase a week ago, but the result was still unsuccessful.

Bai Chi didn't know what kind of mood he had when he left the office, and he didn't know how to persevere through the day's work. There must be some disappointment, and more of it was tiredness.

When I returned to the community at night, the aunt next door was walking her dog. When she saw him, she trotted over and said, "Xiaochi, the spicy chicken you made last time was so delicious, my little grandson couldn't stop eating it." , clamoring and wanting to eat again, but you know I can't make your taste like that with my clumsy hands, when will you have time to make it for me again?"

Now Bai Chi is embarrassing, others are good, but they are not good enough to cook for free. The first time I did it for the neighbor's sake, but I asked him to do it again and again. Really When he is easy to bully?

"Aunt Xu, I've been very busy recently, why don't I write down the cooking steps and you can do it yourself?"

The aunt immediately pulled her face down when she heard it: "It's fine if you don't want to. Did you give me a recipe to laugh at my illiteracy?"

Bai Chi really didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he walked away immediately after saying a few polite words, and the aunt's mocking voice came from behind: "It looks pretty good, the waist is waist and legs are legs, but in the end he is a poor cook, really Be who you are."

Wade has been tired of hearing these words for a long time, some people are a pity, some people are just sarcasm, but Wake doesn't care, 360 lines are the best, he does what he likes, he doesn't think being a cook is inferior to others.

As soon as I got home and turned on the light, I saw a small black cat squatting on the table. Its black fur shone like silk and satin, and it shone brightly under the light. On the round face, two triangular ears moved flexibly, and a long tail was dragging behind it, so cute.

As soon as the kitten saw him, he jumped over and jumped to the shoe rack next to him to reach for the bag he was carrying. It smelled the fragrance, and it was worth waiting for so long.

Bai Chi laughed, grabbed it with one hand and hugged it in his arms, and walked towards the kitchen with the bag in the other: "Don't worry, Bai Tang, I'll make something delicious for you right away, just wait a bit."

Baitang is the name of the kitten, which was given to him by Bai Chi, and when connected together it happens to be a 'pond', which also fulfills the meaning of his name. This kitten is not his, but a stray cat nearby. It's just that I come to his house on time to grab a meal. After getting along for a long time, the relationship between one person and one cat emerges, and they all regard each other as family members.

The lunch box brought by Bai Chi contained the samples brought back from the hotel. These could not be sold to customers, so they were divided by the staff in the hotel. One was charcoal-grilled lamb chops, and the other was stir-fried vegetables. , the amount is not large, but enough for him to eat.

The bottom of the lunch box is covered with ice cubes, and two layers of prawns are placed neatly on the top. The taste of this kind of shrimp is not as crisp and sweet as the base shrimp, but it is better in meat quality and cheaper.

This kind of seafood is eaten with the word 'fresh', and the shrimp left overnight will lose its taste, so the hotel will sell the ingredients that cannot be used that day to the internal staff at the processing price, Bai Chi remembered that today is a kitten When I was eating, I bought some to take home.

"Bai Tang, I'll make fried prawns for you tonight. You can play for a while, and I'll call you when dinner is served."

"Meow~" Bai Tang yelled sweetly, and then squeezed into the narrow kitchen with Bai Chi.