Chinese chef

45 Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup

"Because the host has comprehended the master-level cooking technique by himself, and opened the hidden task mode-comprehension."

Mu Feng listened to the system's explanation in a daze.

"[Comprehension] The task mode has no time requirement. Through its own efforts, the host comprehends a master-level cooking technique, and it will reward another corresponding master-level cooking technique."

"This time the host has comprehended the cooking technique of [Simmering·Master Level], which is to reward [Stewed Vegetables·Master Level] cooking technique."

As soon as the system's notification tone fell, a lot of cooking skills and experience about stews frantically poured into Mu Feng's mind.

Stewed dishes, also known as stewed dishes, refer to ingredients that are stir-fried or blanched, then added with soup and seasonings, and simmered over a slow fire.

The characteristic of the stew is to keep the original flavor of the ingredients, and the meat is rotten and the soup is mellow.

The methods of stewing include ordinary stewing, clear stewing, stewing, and water-repellent stewing.

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After a while, Mu Feng pressed his hands on the chopping board and let out a soft breath.

This stew can be described as a very important culinary technique connecting the past and the future.

Because there is a very important branch technique in the stew is to stew in water.

And the cooking technique of stewing in water can be used to make soup!

Soup making is an extremely important craft in cooking.

In addition to being used to stew various nourishing soups, soup can also be used to make fresh soups.

Fresh soup, also known as clear soup or high soup, is one of the main sources of umami in traditional Chinese dishes.

Generally, for dishes with soup, the soup is taken from fresh soup, such as: boiled vegetables, stewed dishes, vegetables, stewed dishes and casserole dishes, etc.

You can even add soup to stewed vegetables.

It can be said that this soup making method is the most basic cooking method among many cooking techniques.

This foundation is not to say that it is the easiest to learn, on the contrary, making this soup well is not as simple as talking about it.

There are many so-called clear soups on the market that are directly blended with plain water and monosodium glutamate.

In addition to the chef's laziness and cutting corners, the difficulty of making soup is also one of the important reasons.

With this experience of comprehending the [cooking] cooking technique and obtaining this [stewed dish] cooking technique as a basis, Mu Feng has become more and more confident in improving his own cooking skills.

This kind of confidence is not the kind of confidence that only relies on the system to cook, which makes it appear light and light, but the kind of down-to-earth confidence that understands one's own abilities and knows exactly what one should do.

Grandpa Su is still recovering from his injuries, and Mu Feng would cook some nourishing soup every day for Grandpa Su to nourish his body.

Now that he has this master-level cooking technique, he wants to see how the soup stewed with the master-level cooking technique is better than his original soup.

Because Grandpa Su has a slight bone injury, it is most suitable to drink [crucian carp tofu soup].

Mu Feng went to the vegetable market to buy crucian carp and tofu.

He took a knife and began to process the crucian carp. Because the soup is to be stewed, the fish itself is very tender and it is easy to rot during the stewing process, so it is not suitable to process the crucian carp by removing the bones of the whole fish here.

After killing the crucian carp and washing it, Mu Feng cut the tofu into small pieces.

Then, heat the oil in the pan, turn the frying pan so that the sides of the pan are covered with oil, and then evenly sprinkle a layer of salt on it to prevent the crucian carp from sticking to the pan.

Put the fish into the pan to fry. When frying, make sure the edge of the knife is facing down first. After frying for a while, turn it over so that the edge of the knife is facing up. This is mainly to prevent the fish from falling apart.

Fry the fish until both sides are slightly yellow, then Mufeng puts the ginger in, then adds water until the fish is covered, and at the same time adds rice wine to remove the fishy smell, and cooks over high heat for 10 minutes.

After 10 minutes, add tofu, after boiling, turn to low heat and simmer for 10 minutes.

Finally, add a little chicken bouillon and sprinkle with chives and garlic.

At this time, the soup had all turned milky white, Mu Feng took a bowl of fish soup and tasted it.

The fish soup is smooth in the mouth, without any fishy smell, and because of the long stewing time, there is not much rice wine, so even the wine taste is very light, on the contrary, all the umami flavor of the fish is stimulated.

Sure enough, it is indeed a stew made with master-level stewing techniques, and the taste is indeed much better than what he made before.

Mu Feng immediately put [crucian carp and tofu soup] into a thermos pot, and gave it to Grandpa Su to drink.

When I came to Grandpa Su's house, it was Su Yue who came to open the door.

Su Liangcheng had already gone back to work because of work.

Li Mianxi and Su Yue stayed here temporarily to take care of Grandpa Su.

"Brother, you are here!" Su Yue said with a smile.

"Mu Feng, you can have breakfast after a while." Li Mianxi said with a smile.

"Okay, thank you." Mu Feng responded with a smile.

After Grandpa Su was discharged from the hospital, Mu Feng would visit Grandpa Su every day, and at the same time bring some nourishing soup for Grandpa Su to drink.

Everyone in the Su family has gotten used to it. At the beginning, Grandma Su and Li Mianxi told Mu Feng not to bother so much, and they could do it by themselves.

However, Mu Feng was still very persistent, so they had no choice but to give up.

However, because she was really sorry, Li Mianxi told Mu Feng to come to Su's house for breakfast every morning.

Moreover, every evening, Li Mianxi and Su Yue would go to Suji to help out after having dinner at home early.

Mu Feng and the Su family get along very well.

"Grandpa, today is crucian carp tofu soup." Mu Feng walked into the bedroom with a thermos, and said to Grandpa Su who was half lying on the bed with a smile.

"Okay, let me try." Grandpa Su smiled. Except that he can't get out of bed and walk around, he is no different from usual in other aspects.

"Brother, here." Su Yue brought a bowl and spoon from the kitchen.

Mu Feng took it with a smile, then opened the thermos and scooped out a bowl of fish soup.

Grandpa Su took the fish soup that Mu Feng handed him, and took a deep breath: "It's very fresh! I'll try it."

Use a spoon to scoop up a spoonful of fish soup, put it near your mouth and blow it cool, and then put it in your mouth.

Ok?

This dashi?

"Mu Feng, did you do this?" Grandpa Su looked at Mu Feng in surprise.

"Of course!" Mu Feng said with a smile.

"Your culinary skills have improved too fast! Let's not talk about the pork blood soup yesterday and the day before yesterday, but the crucian carp tofu soup was the day before yesterday! I remember that the taste was good, but not as good as today. ..." Grandpa Su took another sip, "The taste is very similar, but different. The ingredients should be the same, but this time the soup is thicker and fresher. Is it because of the heat?"

"Yes, the heat is the key." Mu Feng nodded.

Grandpa Su took another spoonful of fish and tofu.

The fish melts in the mouth and tastes extremely fresh. The tofu is smooth and springy. When you bite your teeth lightly, it melts instantly. The little fish soup inside makes the taste buds feel the fragrant taste again.

Soon, Grandpa Su drank up a bowl of fish soup.

"Another bowl?" Mu Feng asked.

"No, I'll drink it later. I just drank a bowl of porridge before you came." Grandpa Su said with a smile and waved his hand.

At this moment, Su Yue was staring straight at the thermos pot containing [crucian carp tofu soup].

"This little greedy cat." Seeing her appearance, Grandpa Su joked with a smile.

"Want to eat?" Mu Feng asked her with a smile.

"I think." Su Yue nodded, and then looked at her grandfather, "However, this is what my brother made for my grandfather. I don't want to eat it, I just give it to my grandfather."

"Eat what you want, grandpa, I can't eat that much anyway." Grandpa Su said with a smile.

"Really?" Su Yue asked.

"Really, but when you go to Su Ji to help at night, you have to be active, and go there as soon as you see that you need help. You can't wait for my brother to call you, and then go to help, you know?" Grandpa Su said.

"I have. I'm very active. If you don't believe me, ask brother." Su Yue said with a straight face.

"Grandpa, don't worry, Su Yue is very diligent." Mu Feng said with a smile.

When Su Yue heard Mu Feng praised her, she immediately nodded repeatedly.

"That's good, hehe." Grandpa Su said with a smile, "Okay, let's eat!"

"Thank you grandpa, thank you brother." Su Yue said cheerfully.

Then, she ran out to get the bowl.

But for a while, Mu Feng heard Li Mianxi's voice in the bedroom.

"That's the soup your brother Mufeng made for your grandfather, just try it! Don't be greedy, and please come out for breakfast, brother Mufeng."

"Okay." Su Yue said as she walked into the bedroom.

"Brother, you can have breakfast." Su Yue said to Mu Feng.

"Okay." Mu Feng said with a smile, "I'll pour it for you!"

"No, no, I'll do it myself. Go and have breakfast!" Su Yue said as she walked to the bedside table and scooped out the fish soup from the thermos.

Although she is young, she knows how to measure, and she really only poured a little fish soup to try something new.

"Ah... so delicious!" Su Yue said after drinking the fish soup, her face still full of satisfaction.

"Okay, let's go out for breakfast!" Mu Feng said with a smile.

Su Yue nodded, and reluctantly put the lid on the thermos.

When she walked out of the bedroom with Mu Feng, she still looked back at the pot of [crucian carp and tofu soup] step by step.

Obviously, the temptation of this fish soup was too great for her.

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After breakfast at Su's house, Mu Feng went to Zhonghua Building.

In the past few days, when he was making soup for Grandpa Su, he had been thinking about adding a few more nourishing soups to the delivery department.

However, because it is not easy to cook delicious stew, let alone teach the chefs of Zhonghua Building to do it, it is even more necessary to have a very clear understanding of the entire stew process.

He must know all the details of the stew in order to teach others better, so he did not rush to launch the stew.

However, now with master-level stew cooking techniques, his experience suddenly enriched.

After arriving at Zhonghua Building, Mu Feng went straight to the back kitchen.

As soon as he stepped into the back kitchen, he met Jin Mingwu.

"Mu Chu, are you here?" Jin Mingwu greeted Mu Feng.

"Well, tell the big guys, today we all learn how to stew together? The takeaway department and the dine-in department will learn together." Mu Feng said.

"Okay." Jin Mingwu responded, and immediately ran to the site of the delivery department.

In the back kitchen of Zhonghua Building, the delivery department and the dine-in department are not separated. However, because the level of chefs between the two departments is different, and the diners they face are also different, so they did not learn to cook together before.

However, what Mu Feng is going to teach today is stew, and the chefs in both departments need to learn.This stew is not only needed by sick people, but also by healthy people.

Drink plenty of nourishing soup, good for your health.

The chefs in the back kitchen quickly assembled.

"Today we are going to make stewed chicken soup with shiitake mushrooms." Mu Feng said, "First prepare all the ingredients and clean them up."

As soon as Mu Feng finished speaking, the chefs immediately prepared the ingredients.

【Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup】The main ingredients are chicken, mushrooms, sliced ​​ginger, salt and so on.

Because most chefs know how to cook this dish, but their skills vary, so Mu Feng didn't list the ingredients one by one.

Soon, the chefs had all the ingredients ready.

The ingredients that Mu Feng will use are also prepared by the back kitchen staff.

"First, soak the shiitake mushrooms first, and chop the chicken. You should have done these steps before, just do it as before." Mu Feng said.

After speaking, Mu Feng started soaking shiitake mushrooms and chopping chicken by himself.

[Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup] Generally, a whole chicken or half a chicken can be used, but it cannot be less. If it is less than half, the taste will not be strong enough.

The chefs quickly processed the chicken and shiitake mushrooms according to Mu Feng's instructions.

"Next, watch me do it step by step. I will slow down the speed as before." Mu Feng said.

After finishing speaking, Mu Feng blanch the chopped chicken in boiling water, put ginger slices and green onions into the water, after blanching, remove and drain the water.

Immediately afterwards, heat the oil in a pan, put the chicken in the pan and stir-fry for a while until the aroma comes out.

Then, pour the chicken into the casserole, add two slices of ginger, add water, cover the pot, and simmer on high heat.

After boiling, continue to cook on high heat for 10 minutes, then put mushrooms in and simmer, after boiling, turn to medium heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

After the chicken started to stew, Mu Feng began to slowly inspect other chefs' stewed chicken, observing and giving instructions.

Three or ten minutes later, Mu Feng returned to his seat, and added a little sugar to the casserole to enhance the taste, which would make the chicken soup more delicious.

Put a little more salt to taste, add a little cooking wine, and then try the saltiness again.

This step is relatively critical, and many chefs are not very good at this step.

The so-called details determine success or failure, and the skill of seasoning largely determines the final success or failure of a dish.

After adjusting the seasoning, continue to simmer over medium-low heat until the chicken is cooked to a moderate degree.

The degree of cookedness of the chicken here requires a certain understanding of the needs of diners. Some people like a little bit of chewiness, while others like it to melt in the mouth.

However, the length of stewing will also affect the taste, so here we have to go back to the point just now. When seasoning, we must consider the length of the stewing time.

It can be said that every process of stewing soup affects each other, and any link that is not done correctly will affect the final quality of the dish.

Strictly speaking, the [Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup] that Mu Feng made today used the [Ordinary Stew] in the [Stew Vegetables] technique.

There are many classifications of this stew. In addition to [ordinary stew], the common ones are [water stew] and [soup].

This [water stew] and [soup] look the same, but there are still differences when subdivided.

Generally speaking, this [cooking soup] is to put all the ingredients and water into the soup pot and heat it directly. The production method is relatively simple.

And [water-proof stew], you need to scald the ingredients in boiling water to remove the fishy smell, then put them into a porcelain or pottery bowl, add other auxiliary materials, and put them in a water pot for stewing.The corresponding production process is more complicated.

Moreover, generally [soup] uses more ingredients, and the stewed soup is thicker, mainly meat.

However, [Steamed in Water] uses fewer ingredients, and the stewed soup is clear, which is more suitable for soup.

Mu Feng turned on the medium and low heat to let the chicken simmer slowly, and then continued to inspect other chefs' stewed chicken soup.

He inspected and tasted the flavors, and sure enough, the chefs have different skills, so the tastes are also different.

Generally speaking, Gao Kai, Hou Yongjie, and Jin Mingwu, who are relatively good chefs, will learn much faster.

As for the other chefs, although they listened attentively to Mu Feng's explanations, when they actually cook by themselves, they are still not satisfactory.

Mu Feng had no choice but to test the flavors while teaching them how to adjust the seasoning ratio.

After much difficulty, he finally tasted and adjusted all the chef's stews. Mu Feng let out a sigh of relief, feeling a little dizzy and tight in the chest.

It takes more effort to teach others how to cook than to cook by yourself.

Some chefs are talented and easy to teach, and they can understand a little bit, but some chefs are relatively dull, so Mu Feng has to talk about it.

"Okay, everyone, come here, scoop up some soup and chicken, and then taste it to see the difference from the chicken soup you made yourself, and then try to adjust it yourself." Mu Feng turned off his pot [Shiitake Mushroom] Stewed Chicken Soup] said to the chefs.

After hearing this, the chefs stepped forward to scoop up half a bowl of chicken soup and a little bit of chicken.

Although they wanted to scoop up a little more chicken soup or chicken, they had no choice but to give up under the eyes of all the chefs around them.

A group of people gathered around the pot of [Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup], and if anyone scooped up an extra tablespoon, countless hot eyes shot from around in an instant.

Mu Feng's culinary skills are well known, who would let others eat more.

But this is the case. After all, there are too many chefs. At the end of the assignment, those who move slowly can only get shiitake mushrooms.

After the big guys grabbed the chicken soup, they went back to their respective stoves, enjoying the deliciousness in the soup bowl while looking at their own pot of chicken soup.

This pot of [Mushroom Stewed Chicken Soup] made by Mu Feng is very delicious.

The chicken soup tastes very fresh. Take a sip and put it in your mouth. The taste of ginger and onion, cooking wine, and the taste of chicken itself collide with each other and blend with each other, creating a strong aroma in your mouth.

After eating a little bit of chicken, the chicken will melt in your mouth. If you want to try it again, you will find that there is no more chicken in the bowl, so you can only sigh to yourself.

The chef who didn't grab the chicken but only got a little shiitake mushrooms was disappointed at first. However, he was pleasantly surprised when the shiitake mushrooms entered.

The shiitake mushrooms are soft, smooth and tender, and they are full of fragrant chicken soup. Once you bite down, the delicious chicken soup bursts out immediately, blasting a refreshing fragrance in your mouth.

I really can't wait to eat the bowl too!

The chefs were filled with emotion.

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"Okay, let's do this for today! Remember to practice more when you have time, so that you can improve your cooking skills faster." Mu Feng said.

"Yes, Master Mu." The chefs responded in unison.

"Okay, you keep busy, I'll go first." After Mu Feng finished speaking, he nodded to the big guys and walked towards the kitchen door.

As soon as he left the kitchen, he ran into Shi Nancheng head-on.

"Is your soup ready?" Shi Nancheng asked.

"Yes!" Mu Feng nodded.

"Then...have they all been eaten?" Shi Nancheng asked.

"Eat it, there is only one casserole left, why, do you want to eat it?" Mu Feng said with a smile, "Then why didn't you come earlier?"

"Didn't I have something to do just now! These guys don't know how to save some for me. After all, I'm the boss!" Shi Nancheng said bitterly.

"Which boss is as greedy as you?" Mu Feng said with a smile while walking forward.

Suddenly, his mind flickered, his feet softened, and he staggered instantly. Fortunately, his right hand supported the wall, so he didn't fall over.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Shi Nancheng, he hurried up to help him.

"...It's okay, I'm a little dizzy." Mu Feng waved his hand lightly.

"Go to my office and take a rest!" Shi Nancheng said.

"...Okay." Mu Feng nodded feebly.

However, he hadn't taken two steps forward, when his vision suddenly went dark, and he fell to the ground.

Fortunately, Shi Nancheng was watching him all the time, and when he saw him faint, he immediately stepped forward and hugged him.

"Mu Feng, Mu Feng..." Shi Nancheng anxiously called Mu Feng's name.

However, Mu Feng who fainted did not respond.

Shi Nancheng made a decisive decision and immediately rushed to the parking lot with Mu Feng on his back.

On the way, I met Yang Bin.

"Boss Shi, what's the matter? What happened?" Yang Bin asked in surprise.

"Mu Feng fainted, I'll take him to the hospital." Shi Nancheng said without turning his head as he passed Yang Bin with Mu Feng on his back.

"Boss Shi, I'll go with you." Yang Bin quickly followed.

The three of them soon arrived at Fengze First Hospital.

After a doctor's examination, Mu Feng suddenly fainted because of excessive fatigue.Fortunately, Mu Feng is in good health, so he only needs to pay attention to rest and not to overwork, and his body will recover soon.

Mu Feng fainted and slept from morning to evening, sleeping for more than eight hours before waking up.

Shi Nancheng has been accompanying Mu Feng in the hospital.

After Yang Bin sent the two of them to the hospital, he knew that Mu Feng was fine, so he went back to work in Zhonghua Building first.

Until the evening, Shi Nancheng called him suddenly and asked him to come over.

Yang Bin thought something was wrong and rushed to the hospital immediately.

"Boss Shi, what's the matter?" Yang Bin hurried over and asked anxiously after seeing Shi Nancheng.

At the same time, he looked at Mu Feng on the hospital bed, sleeping peacefully, it doesn't look like something happened?

"You stay here with Mu Feng, and I'll go back to Zhonghua Building to cook porridge." Shi Nancheng said.

"Cook porridge? What kind of porridge are you cooking?" Yang Bin blinked his eyes in confusion.

"Mu Feng slept for a whole day. What if he wakes up and is hungry? It's not suitable to eat greasy food. Porridge is the best way to nourish the body." Shi Nancheng said.

"That's easy, just ask the cook to cook it and send it over." Yang Bin said.

"Mu Feng is our Zhonghua Building's consultant, and he fainted because of overwork. Thinking about it, you can see how much effort he has put into our Zhonghua Building. I have to cook the porridge myself to express my gratitude to him. "Shi Nancheng said seriously.

"..." Yang Bin was so surprised that he couldn't speak for a long time.

Mu Feng lived in a single ward, there were only the three of them, he almost thought he was hallucinating.

When did President Shi become so considerate and caring about his subordinates?

I still remember that last time, when he caught a cold, Mr. Shi wished he could be quarantined and asked him to stay at home and not go to work so as not to infect others.

okay!After all, although President Shi's tone is not that good, he is still a good boss after letting him rest at home.

But in the end, when it was almost eleven o'clock that night, the guy actually called him and asked him to help him out to buy supper.

When he learned that he didn't go to work, the guy was very surprised and asked him: "Secretary Yang, how can you be absent from work?"

"...Boss Shi, I have a cold, and you told me not to go to work..."

Yang Bin was speechless and confused at the time.

"...Is that so? Hehe, I'm too busy...forgot..."

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Yang Bin did not expect that Shi Zong would think of cooking porridge for others one day.

He involuntarily stretched his hand to Shi Nancheng's forehead, wanting to see if Shi Nancheng also suffered from overtiredness and fever.

Seeing Yang Bin's hand stretched out, Shi Nancheng's eyebrows twitched: "What are you doing?"

"No, it's all right." Yang Bin woke up with a jolt.

"You remember to stay close! Call the doctor immediately if you need anything! Do you understand?" Shi Nancheng said.

"Don't worry! Mr. Shi, just cook the porridge and leave it to me." Yang Bin said solemnly.

Shi Nancheng nodded, looked at Mu Feng, then left the hospital and went back to Zhonghua Building to cook porridge.