I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 613 - 289: A high-end Sichuan dish with both looks and taste - Snowflake Chicken Nao! [Subscribe please]_2

Chapter 613: Chapter 289: A high-end Sichuan dish with both looks and taste - Snowflake Chicken Nao! [Subscribe please]_2

It’s all Yueyue’s fault for her lack of public decency, spreading poison in the middle of the night, causing me to eat so much last night... I’ll settle the score with her when we meet up later!

She didn’t immediately get out of bed; instead, she reached out and grabbed her mobile phone from the nightstand.

Since she had already woken up late, she might as well play on her phone for a bit before getting up.

After all, Lin Ji’s Food had already finished serving breakfast by this point. Her uncle’s family hadn’t finished making lunch yet. Rather than getting up at an awkward time, it was better to lie in bed a little longer.

She opened WeChat, first looking through various Mid-Autumn Festival greetings and replying to the important ones. Then, she opened Moments to see if there was anything new.

Then she saw Shen Baobao’s selfie.

She actually has the nerve to call herself the executive chef? That’s so shameless! I’m the executive chef of Lin Ji’s Food, okay?

This status update infuriated Chen Yan so much that she couldn’t lie down any longer. She immediately rolled out of bed and found a relatively plain outfit to wear.

Hmm, many relatives would be around today. It wasn’t suitable to wear clothes that were too flashy or distinctive. Otherwise, I’d easily become the center of attention, and a simple family gathering could turn into a matchmaking convention.

Plus, the elders were relatively conservative. In their eyes, crop tops weren’t fashionable but made one look like an Elder of the Beggar Gang.

For these freeloading occasions, it’s best to be as low-key as possible.

A pair of wide-leg jeans, a black T-shirt to prevent soup splashes, and a baseball cap she wore because she was too lazy to do her hair. Wasn’t this the look of a casual-cool girl?

She checked herself in the mirror, confirmed there were no issues, then, forgoing her usual high heels, she slipped into a pair of black Converse sneakers.

After getting dressed, she was just about to leave when Shen Baobao called.

Hmph, just as I expected, you impostor executive chef can’t handle it.

She had just answered when Shen Baobao’s loud voice came through the phone, "Yan Bao, where are you? Hurry over and help me out!"

Chen Yan snickered. She really can’t manage without me, can she? She leisurely asked, "Help with what, exactly?"

"Making steamed orange eggs. Lin Xu just taught me. I’m planning to make one for each relative, but it’s a lot of work, so you need to come over and be my assistant."

What? Steamed orange eggs?

Chen Yan hadn’t expected her cousin to secretly learn a new dish.

The old saying goes, "To learn well, you have to ’sleep’ with your master." It seems to be true. Otherwise, how could her cousin, who’s so much less clever than I am, have learned how to make steamed orange eggs? It must be her brother-in-law who gave her private cooking lessons. Too bad my partner isn’t a chef; otherwise, I’d definitely compete with her to see who the real top cooking beauty at home is!

"Wait for me, I’ll be right there!"

Hmph, once I learn to make steamed orange eggs, I’ll announce who the executive chef of Lin Ji’s Food is. My cousin’s skills are still a bit lacking. Too bad I’m single. If I also had a chef to boost my cooking, I could definitely leave my cousin’s culinary skills two streets behind!

Arriving downstairs, she drove her sports car at breakneck speed towards the West Fourth Ring.

「At this moment, in the Shen Family’s villa kitchen, Shen Baobao was scrubbing the freshly picked oranges, while Lin Xu was seriously pounding Chicken Breast on the cutting board with the back of a knife.」

With an ordinary wooden chopping board, you’d have to place a piece of Pork Skin underneath before pounding. Otherwise, wood splinters might get mixed in. But the chopping block at her father-in-law’s house was made of superior material that didn’t shed splinters, sparing Lin Xu the trouble of using Pork Skin.

Currently, Aunt Liu, along with two maids, was busily assisting as per Lin Xu’s instructions. They soaked what needed soaking, cut ingredients as required, and blanched others—everyone was bustling with activity.

"Xu, I’m done over here. Is there anything else you need me to do?" Aunt Liu had received professional culinary training, and her cooking skills were considerable; otherwise, the Shen Family wouldn’t have hired her as their full-time cook.

Lin Xu said, "Auntie, could you please beat ten egg whites for me until they’re foamy?"

One Chicken Breast was just enough for one serving of Snowflake Chicken Nao, and each serving required five egg whites. There were many people today, and this dish was eaten with a spoon, so one serving wouldn’t be enough. Therefore, Lin Xu decided to prepare two servings.

This dish had two ways to use egg whites. One method was to mix the egg whites directly into the Chicken Meatball without whipping them. This resulted in a dish with a Fish Roe-like appearance, featuring many small, broken granules. However, if the egg whites were whipped first, the dish would resemble clouds, making it visually more appealing.

Upon hearing this, Aunt Liu took a small bowl and went to beat the egg whites.

Lin Xu carefully transferred the pounded Chicken Meatball into a bowl. He then added a small spoonful of salt and a small spoonful of White Pepper powder. After mixing it evenly, he added the stock he had brought from the restaurant. Adding stock enhances the dish’s texture and enriches its aroma. If stock wasn’t available, Scallion and Ginger water could be used as a substitute, though it would be comparatively blander.

He gradually mixed the stock into the Chicken Meatball, working it into a white paste. 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

By the time he was done, Aunt Liu had already whipped the egg whites into a foam using an egg beater.

His master often said, "Never reject the convenience technology offers," a lesson Lin Xu always remembered. While technology couldn’t replace tasks like pounding the Chicken Meatball, beating egg whites was a different story. If Chinese cuisine rigidly adhered only to manual techniques, it would never progress.

He poured some prepared pea starch into the stirred Chicken Meatball, mixing thoroughly until the paste and starch were fully combined. Then, he poured this mixture into the whipped egg whites.

The whipped egg whites were full of fine bubbles, white and delicate, somewhat resembling cream.