"Three Immortals Sauce, it's actually Three Immortals Sauce!"
"I didn't expect that I would be able to see Three Immortals Sauce in my lifetime!"
"I'm so lucky. You guys can only see Three Immortals Sauce, but as one of the judges, I'll be able to taste Three Immortals Sauce!"
"Fellow Daoist Luo Jin, do the elders in your sect know that you're so infuriating? Is this really okay? "
When they found out that Gu Zheng and Song Xiu were going to compete in Three Immortals Sauce, the surrounding crowd was in an uproar.
Three Immortals Sauce was very famous in the cultivation world, but Gu Zheng had never cooked it before. He had once thought of cooking Three Immortals Sauce, but he had never been able to achieve his wish because he did not have the ingredients.
In the secular world, Three Immortals Sauce was a dish of sauced pork, sauced pork knuckles, and sauced pork trotters. However, in the cultivation world, other than its elegant name, the ingredients used were also extremely extraordinary.
The ingredients used by the Three Immortals came from a high-grade spirit beast called the Immortal Cloud Pig. This spirit beast's attack method was to release a kind of smoke that severely obstructed one's vision. It was not an easy task to get rid of it.
Naturally, there was no Immortal Cloud Pig in the real world, but there was one in the Shu Ruins and the Kunlun Ruins. After Gu Zheng entered the Shu Ruins, not only did he fantasize about encountering the Immortal Cloud Pig, but he also asked the long-mouthed dog in the Shu Ruins about its whereabouts, but in the end, he did not encounter it.
'If I had known that he was going to cook Three Immortals Sauce, I would have asked him to add some Immortal Cloud Pig in the bet,' Gu Zheng thought to himself.
"Are you confident?" The Weapon Spirit asked.
"Although I've never cooked Three Immortals Sauce before, I'm Gokusen's successor. With my understanding of ingredients, it won't be a problem to win this dish," Gu Zheng said confidently.
After announcing the dishes for the competition, the people of the Kunlun Sect also began to prepare. It did not take long for the stove and other things to be set up in the open space beside the Dragon Battle Square.
"Sect Master Gu, please check the kitchen utensils and ingredients. If there are no problems, we can begin," Song Xiu said.
"No problem."
There was no need for Song Xiu to say anything, as the Artifact Spirit had already checked Gu Zheng's body, so Gu Zheng's answer was very straightforward.
"Alright, since there's no problem, we can start now. Even though we didn't mention the cooking time beforehand, if one person's dish is too late than the other person's dish, the person who is late will still be judged as the loser! Does Sect Master Gu have anything to say about this? "Song Xiu asked.
"There's nothing to say about that. It's just that if you use the same ingredients to cook the same food, you can only use the ingredients on the chopping board, right?" Gu Zheng asked.
"That's right." Song Xiu nodded.
"I see that there are a lot of auxiliary materials on the chopping board. There are no requirements for the use of these auxiliary materials, right? There are also some differences in the production methods, right? "Gu Zheng asked again.
"Auxiliary materials are meant to be supportive. If you think they're useless, you don't have to use them. As for the preparation method, as long as the ingredients used are the ones on the chopping board and the dishes are made with the same flavor, it's fine, "Song Xiu said impatiently.
"Alright, let's start!"
Gu Zheng smiled and the two of them stood behind a chopping board.
The ingredients used to make the Three Immortals Sauce were the same. They were a few pieces of Xianyun pork with skin, two Xianyun pig knuckles, and four Xianyun pig trotters. As for the auxiliary materials, all kinds of spices were also available.
The Xianyun pork was a mid-grade ingredient, but the grades of the various spices and auxiliary materials were a little uneven. Although there were no toxic or rubbish ingredients, there were still low-grade ingredients. This was the reason why Gu Zheng had asked Song Xiu if there were any requirements for the spices and auxiliary materials. Since Song Xiu said that there were no requirements, Gu Zheng would discard all the ingredients that were below the second-grade and not necessary for the Three Immortals Sauce.
Under normal circumstances, Gu Zheng would ask for the lowest grade of auxiliary materials to be of the ordinary grade when paired with Xianyun pork, which was a rare mid-grade ingredient. However, it was different now. He was competing with others. For example, the essential sweet sauce and rock sugar of the Three Immortals Sauce were only of the second-grade ingredients. Under normal circumstances, Gu Zheng would never allow them to lower the taste of the Xianyun pork. However, today's competition was the Three Immortals Sauce. If the sweet sauce and rock sugar were missing, the dish would not be the Three Immortals Sauce. It would only be a stew.
The traditional way to make the Three Immortals Sauce was to first roast the three main ingredients with skin and soak them in cold water for a period of time. After that, they were blanched. The Xianyun pig trotters were brushed with sauce and then steamed. The Xianyun pig meat was deep-fried, and the Xianyun pig trotters were stewed. When the Xianyun pig trotters were cooked to a suitable temperature, the steamed Xianyun pig trotters and the deep-fried Xianyun pork were stewed together before they were taken out of the wok.
The main ingredients that Song Xiu provided were only roughly processed. Therefore, before they were cooked, they still needed to be finely processed.
Song Xiu and Gu Zheng placed the meat on the burning charcoal and began to remove the hairs. For a moment, the sizzling sound of boiling oil could be heard.
After the hairs on the main ingredients were completely burned, Gu Zheng and Song Xiu placed the main ingredients into cold water.
There wasn't much time to soak the main ingredients. After the main ingredients were placed into cold water, the two of them used their own methods. The originally clear cold water in the basin instantly turned blood-red.
After the initial removal of the blood, Gu Zheng and Song Xiu placed the main ingredients into the wok and blanched them to remove the blood stains further. After doing all this, the next thing to do was to process the main ingredients separately.
Song Xiu's method of processing the main ingredients separately seemed very traditional. However, Gu Zheng's method was a little different. He first placed the Xianyun pig trotters into the wok with the seasoning water. Then, he placed the Xianyun pork, which was supposed to be deep-fried, on the fire and roasted it.
The Xianyun pork was streaky pork. Regardless of whether it was the traditional deep-frying method or Gu Zheng's current roasting method, the basic goal was to remove the oil from the Xianyun pork.
However, when Gu Zheng was roasting it, he used the Water Control Technique to condense all the excess oil together. When the time was right, he collected all the dripping Xianyun pork oil into a small bowl.
"It smells so good!"
"As expected of the Xianyun pork. Just a simple roasting can give off such an appetizing aroma. It makes me hungry."
"I'm very curious. What does Sect Leader Gu want to do with the oil?"
In the traditional Three Immortals Sauce, the streaky pork had to be deep-fried. Gu Zheng didn't know whether it was because Song Xiu didn't prepare well in a hurry or for some other reason, but the oil he provided wasn't the high-quality lard of the Xianyun pork. Instead, it was a kind of low-grade rapeseed oil. This was also the reason why Gu Zheng changed from deep-frying to roasting. As for the oil from the Immortal Cloud Pig, Gu Zheng wanted to make the pig trotters of the Three Immortals Sauced Pig Trotters even more layered. He wanted to use the oil to fry the pig trotters before steaming them.
The Xianyun pork was already roasted. Gu Zheng placed some of the lard into the wok. After the lard heated up, he colored the pork trotters and placed them into the wok to fry.
A fragrance wafted out of the wok. Gu Zheng scooped out the pork trotters that had been fried until both sides were golden brown. Then, he brushed a layer of sauce on the pork trotters and steamed them.
Gu Zheng had already processed the three main ingredients separately. He glanced at Song Xiu and saw that Song Xiu had also just finished processing the ingredients separately.
I have to say, he has improved compared to during the Gourmet Competition. Just the speed of processing the ingredients is much faster than that time, Gu Zheng thought.
"However, from these details, I can't see that he has any confidence in winning. After all, he used all the supplementary ingredients that should and shouldn't be used! Just from this point alone, the taste of the Three Immortals Sauce that he made is slightly worse than yours, "the Artifact Spirit said.
"I'm also a little curious. I've chosen two of the three judges. Both of them have also sworn an Oath of the Heart Demon, so there shouldn't be any problems. Then, what is Song Xiu relying on to continue the bet with me?" Gu Zheng muttered to himself.
"Sect Master Gu, don't just look at me. Be careful that the food you make doesn't burn." Song Xiu snorted coldly at Gu Zheng.
"Don't worry, it won't burn."
Gu Zheng smiled and continued to use the Fire Control Art to stimulate the fire. As a result, the fire became even more vigorous.
Song Xiu didn't say anything else. He also used his inner strength to control the fire. On the surface, his fire was even fiercer than Gu Zheng's.
Gu Zheng and Song Xiu weren't ordinary chefs. The time they took to cook a dish was much faster than ordinary people. It didn't take long for the two of them to finish processing the ingredients separately. It was time to put them together to stew.
The most important taste of the Three Immortals Sauce dish was the "sauce". The time it took to make the sauce was when the three ingredients were put together.
Song Xiu and Gu Zheng made the sweet noodle sauce into the oil to make fried sauce very quickly. Then, they poured the sauce into the soup pot where the Xianyun Pork Knuckle was cooked. They put in the other two ingredients and stewed them on low heat.
Gu Zheng hadn't noticed anything unusual about Song Xiu before, so he paid special attention to Song Xiu's actions during the last step of the Three Immortals Sauce dish. He saw that Song Xiu seemed to be carelessly flicking a little bit of black powder into the soup pot.
"It's disgusting!"
The Device Spirit, who had been paying attention to Song Xiu, couldn't help but curse.
"When his brother lost to you, he secretly used flavor-enhancing flowers to make the dish more fresh. Now, his brother said before the game that no supplementary ingredients should be added. Who would have thought that he would use supplementary ingredients again? "the Device Spirit said with contempt.
"What supplementary ingredients did Song Xiu use? It doesn't seem to be flavor-enhancing flowers! "Gu Zheng thought.
"Although he didn't use the Flavor Enhancement Flower, it has a similar effect as the Flavor Enhancement Flower. A very disgusting insect will be born in a jar that is more than a hundred years old. This insect is completely black and is called the Sauce Spirit. Although the sauce spirit looks disgusting, it is formed from the essence of the sauce. After it is dried by special means, it is ground into powder and put into sauce-flavored dishes, which can enhance the flavor of the sauce, "the Device Spirit said with hatred.
"The Xianyun pork itself is very delicious. Even if it is cooked normally, it will leave a lingering fragrance in the mouth!"
"Song Xiu's cooking skills have always been good. For such a dish, for the non-professional judges, my cooking skills are better than Song Xiu's, so I won't have much of an advantage."
"Now, Song Xiu even used something that could enhance the flavor of the sauce. Once the flavor of the sauce is enhanced by something like this, the non-professional judges will probably ignore it even though the taste of the meat is not that different!" Song Xiu exclaimed. After all, the extraordinary flavor of the sauce can almost make the not-so-obvious difference dizzy. "
Gu Zheng calmly analyzed, but still couldn't find a way to break it. Song Xiu, who thought that the overall situation was settled, looked at Gu Zheng calmly and smiled.
"It's okay. You don't have to worry. Everything has its advantages and disadvantages. In the eyes of Lord Gokusen, 'sauce spirit' can be regarded as a despicable method to enhance the flavor of the dish. It is not even as good as flavor-enhancing flowers used to enhance the flavor of the dish! In addition to the disgusting things used to make it, another reason is that it can't stand the test! "
The Artifact Spirit's triumphant voice made Gu Zheng's eyes light up. "So, you have a way to break this situation?"
"Of course there is a way to break this situation. However, since he used a despicable method, this situation can't be easily broken. We have to let him fully enjoy the feeling of falling from a high altitude! After all, you want to beat him with your own ability. I value this point very much. I won't allow him to secretly play tricks when you want to be fair! "the Artifact Spirit said hatefully.
Gu Zheng and Song Xiu's Three Immortals Sauce were out of the pot one after the other. There wasn't much time between them, so there wasn't any problem.
"Sect Master Gu, according to the order in which they were out of the pot, your Three Immortals Sauce is already a little cold. Should we let the judges taste it first?"
Song Xiu's seemingly considerate words made Gu Zheng feel even more disgusted.
First of all, Gu Zheng naturally knew that the weather in Kunlun was very cold. Although the Three Immortals Sauce was out of the pot, he wasn't stupid enough to put it on the chopping board and wait for it to cool down.
Secondly, Gu Zheng's Three Immortals Sauce seemed to be placed in the pot that had already left the fire. However, under the control of his immortal energy, the temperature in the pot was enough to maintain the Three Immortals Sauce at a warm level.
Moreover, tasting delicacies didn't mean that one would have an advantage if they were tasted first. It was easier to forget the taste of the food that was tasted first, especially when there wasn't much difference in taste between the first and the second.
Looking at the frowning Gu Zheng, Song Xiu shrugged and said, "Sect Master Gu, if you feel that you're at a disadvantage with my suggestion, you can also let the judges taste your food and give it a score first."
"What a good plan. In such a gamble, even if they give the score first, it will still have an impact, right? After all, the judges are still thinking about the next dish, so it's inevitable that they will have some reservations in giving the score. After all, everyone is not a professional judge. "Gu Zheng sneered.
"Sect Master Gu, you're really calculative. Why didn't I realize it before?" Song Xiu's voice paused, and he said indifferently, "I was originally thinking for you, but since you don't appreciate it, then I'll go first. Anyway, true gold fears no fire."
"True gold fears no fire. I'd like to see what tricks you can play. I'll go first then!"
Gu Zheng smiled and took out the Three Immortals Sauce, which was still steaming hot in the pot. Suddenly, the sound of saliva being swallowed could be heard. In fact, this kind of sound had almost never stopped during the process of Gu Zheng and Song Xiu's cooking! Don't say that these cultivators were useless. After all, this was a delicacy cooked by an expert with intermediate ingredients. Although it hadn't reached the level of Extreme Fragrance Transformation, its enchanting fragrance still made people unable to help but have a normal reaction.
"Which one of you three will go first?" Gu Zheng looked at the three judges.
"I'll go first!"
The three judges opened their mouths almost at the same time, but among them, the voice of the female cultivator who had contributed her blood was the loudest.
"Okay, you go first!"
Gu Zheng smiled and handed over a pair of chopsticks. The female cultivator couldn't wait to pick up a piece of Xianyun Pig Trotter that had already been cut and put it into her mouth.
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