I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 847 - 365: Chen Yan: I Never Thought My First All-Nighter Would Be Spent at the Police Station!

Chapter 847: Chapter 365: Chen Yan: I Never Thought My First All-Nighter Would Be Spent at the Police Station!

Lin Xu took out his clothes, then walked out of the room, went downstairs to see what breakfast mom was preparing, while Shen Baobao, who was about to get up, wrapped herself in the quilt, planning to finish eating this melon first.

In the morning, after sending dad and mom to the high-speed train station, Lin Xu and Shen Baobao had just returned to the store when they ran into the tired-looking Chen Yan and Ren Jie, who had just had his arm re-bandaged.

"Finished so quickly?"

Ren Jie shook his head:

"The interrogation will certainly continue, but I’m injured, so I won’t be participating in the upcoming tasks."

"Been busy all night, what do you want to eat? I’ll prepare it for you right away."

Chen Yan was yawning, but her spirit was lifted as soon as she heard about food:

"I want chestnuts, last night in the police station office, seeing the chestnut mud Yueyue posted made my mouth water. How do you eat chestnut mud to make it delicious?"

Lin Xu glanced at the time and said:

"I’ll ask the company to come over and film a video on making chestnut cake. If you’re not tired, you can wait here. If you’re tired, just go home to rest and come back after you’ve slept. It won’t be late to eat then."

Upon hearing about chestnut cake, Chen Yan immediately said she wasn’t tired:

"I slept under Ren Jie’s coat on the office bench until dawn, so I’m not that tired, just uncomfortable. You make it quickly, and we can eat and then go back to sleep."

"Alright, I’ll start preparing now."

While Lin Xu was busy in the small kitchen, Shen Baobao and Shu Yun gathered around Chen Yan and Ren Jie, constantly asking about last night’s arrest operation, finding it so exciting.

What a pity not to have participated.

While Lin Xu was busy in the kitchen, online, the teaser Shen Baobao posted last night had already gone viral.

"Wow, the first episode was just food, and the second one is already this intense?"

"Is this real or staged? Can Dundun really understand ’Moonlight Sonata’?"

"It sure looks like it. Its tail moves with the music."

"I can’t even understand this piece; it seems so complicated. I’ve lived this long and yet a cat has a higher appreciation level than me."

"Why are you all only focused on the music and Dundun? Didn’t you notice that this piano is different from the last time? And the location is different too; this is Lin’s new house, right?"

"Oh, last time he said he just bought a small house to live in."

"This spacious living room is bigger than our entire house. Is this a small house?"

"..."

For a moment, netizens did not know whether to admire the multi-talented boss lady or envy Lin Xu, who was both handsome and a culinary expert, or Dundun, who was remarkably clever.

Regardless, this video provided everyone with new material for their dreams.

Many were discussing in the comments section about how much this house cost, whether the piano was a legendary limited-edition collectible, and where the house was located.

People weren’t particularly concerned about whether Dundun could really understand "Moonlight Sonata."

After all, with such a great living environment, let alone a classic piano piece, even if it were some random catchy song, it would still evoke envy.

Not long after, Dou Wenjing and a few photographers arrived.

Chen Yan and Ren Jie now had another curious listener beside them.

"Tell us more, tell us more, I’m dying to know about the detailed capture process."

Gossiping truly is a part of human nature, especially about things not commonly encountered in real life but frequently seen in movies and TV shows, which arouses everyone’s curiosity.

In the kitchen, after adjusting the camera, Lin Xu laid out all the ingredients needed to make the chestnut cake on the workbench.

Besides the chestnut mud made last night, low gluten flour, lard, sugar, baking powder, cocoa powder, white sesame, and egg white were also needed.

This is a common snack.

The recipe itself isn’t difficult; the challenge is making it look like a chestnut.

Ideally, you’ll want to make them the size of real chestnuts and resemble them so closely that it’s hard to tell the difference, making it more fun to eat.

Lin Xu introduced the ingredients, then poured low gluten flour onto the cleaned workbench, added sugar and baking powder, mixed them well, then added lard, using lard to make the dough.

This snack doesn’t need to become a thousand-layer cake; it’s relatively easy to make by directly mixing the lard into the dough.

When mixing lard into the dough, you should use a scraper.

Hold the scraper in your right hand to scrape the scattered flour onto the lard, and use your left hand to press the flour onto the lard.

By scraping with one hand and pressing with the other, the lard quickly mixes with the flour.

Once the dough is formed, sprinkle cocoa powder on the board and continue kneading it in, turning the originally white dough brown.

The cocoa powder is added last to better control the color.

Once the dough is kneaded and covered with plastic wrap to rest a bit.

In the meantime, Lin Xu brought over the chestnut mud, kneading it by hand into small balls about 10 grams each, then placing them in the fridge to cool for easier wrapping.

Lastly, cook the white sesame in a pot until crispy, then put them in a food bag and crush them with a rolling pin.

The bottom of a raw chestnut has a thin layer of light-colored fuzz; Lin Xu planned to use sesame shredded as a substitute, making the chestnut look more realistic.

Everything ready, it’s time to start wrapping.

Roll the rested dough into a long strip and tear it into 8 grams pieces.

Knead and press them into small round cakes, place a prepared filling in the center, carefully wrap it up, place the seam side down, and then shape it into a chestnut.

A chestnut generally has one flat side and one curved, with a pointed top and a round bottom.

Lin Xu shaped it carefully, even comparing it with a raw chestnut.

Then dipped the chestnut’s bottom in egg white and coated it in the crushed sesame, making a lifelike chestnut.

"Hey! It really looks like one!"

"The boss’s skills are incredible!"

"This is gonna be delicious once it’s baked."

The photographers couldn’t help but gulp at the sight of these knotted chestnuts.

Thinking about eating chestnuts without having to peel them makes one’s mouth water.

Lin Xu placed the completed chestnut cakes on a baking tray lined with baking paper, let them rest a bit more, then into the oven they went.

At the same time, in the leadership office of the Yanjing City Criminal Investigation Team, the team captain looked puzzledly at this morning’s police report and asked: "Ren Jie? Isn’t he the one who failed all three disguise attempts last month?"

The political commissar beside him said:

"Yes, after being eliminated by us, he caught two heinous criminals in a small city on the Southeast Coast, and last night, it seems he and his girlfriend stumbled upon a group of fugitives having a meal after watching a movie and buying stir-fried rice noodles."

The team captain was amused: 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

"Just after we eliminated him, he slapped my face with this! This kid is interesting. Go, get him back into the team."

"He didn’t pass the assessment, bringing him back like this, won’t it cause controversy?"

"The purpose of the assessment isn’t to score high but to catch criminals. Ren Jie has already performed exceptionally well, and even if he can’t enter the special operations team, he can join another action department."

The political commissar said:

"The procedures for this are a bit complicated, and the Haidian brigade might not let him go. Besides, Ren Jie is recovering from an injury now; why not wait until he’s healed to recruit him back?"

The team captain, being impatient, said:

"Can’t such a big team support an injured member? Go, have someone drive to pick him up now. A great guy like him, even delivering documents in the office can boost morale!"

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