Chapter 231 Yellow Croaker in Soup

It was approaching 7pm.

Before the izakaya opens, everyone is preparing for the preliminary work.

Fei Shasha, who had been staying for two days, was holding a rag and carefully wiping the dining table.

Even though she used to follow Erina, she was also from a noble medicinal family, but she was very efficient at cleaning tables, mopping the floor, washing vegetables and other chores!

And sometimes.

Think about your own efforts.

Being able to share some of Zhang Fan's pressure, she became more energetic.

Such hard work made Zhang Fan finally understand why she became Erina's right-hand man?

…

"Zhang Fan, I'm here again."

At this moment, a beautiful girl with long blond hair pushed open the door and walked in with a smile on her face.

"Um?"

"Erina!"

Zhang Fan immediately raised his head after hearing the familiar voice.

Today, she was wearing only a light pink dress, like the peach blossoms in early spring, exuding a light sweet fragrance.

Whenever she takes light steps, the skirt becomes slightly flowing, like a blooming cloud. Paired with a pair of white leather shoes and short stockings, under the light, the noble temperament is more vividly displayed.

Since the beginning of the autumn selection, she has been busy with various complicated matters.

Therefore, she had not been to the izakaya for more than a month.

But with the end of the autumn selection and the Red Leaf Hunting Conference.

Erina, I can finally relax.

At first, she thought about letting herself rest for two more days, but she couldn't control her restless heart. She could only come to the izakaya in advance, looking forward to tasting Zhang Fan's cooking again!

Of course, there is another reason, and that is:

Nito Hisako!

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"Fei Shasha, you...you are indeed here!"

Unintentionally, looking at the familiar figure wiping the dining table, Erina's figure suddenly froze, her whole figure seemed to be fixed by 502 glue.

However, Fei Shasha was so frightened that she hurriedly hid behind Zhang Fan, seemingly deliberately trying to keep a distance from her, which made her feel a biting chill in her heart.

"Fei Shasha, it's me."

"I'm Erina, don't you recognize me?"

Seeing the cold look on her face, the look in her eyes was like seeing a stranger, and there was even an indescribable feeling of guilt, helplessness, regret, etc.

Erina's heart is really broken!

Why?

Does a defeat in the autumn selection really mean that she should completely break with him?

But I didn't blame her, and I didn't intend to punish her, but why did she suddenly not recognize herself?

Erina couldn't believe that her close friend for many years would one day have such an attitude and treatment.

On the other side, he tilted his head slightly and glanced at Erina not far away with his peripheral vision. Seeing her looking at him with such sad eyes, Fei Shao suddenly felt inexplicably sad.

She really wanted to rush out and get to know her, but...

No way!

I really don’t have the face to face her!

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"伱...are you okay?"

"Without you around these two days, I have no clue about many things."

"Like how to operate the washing machine, which website should I check the comics I want to read, how to tidy up the room, how to arrange the food tasting work properly, etc... I really don't know what to do?"

"Fei Shasha, I really can't do it without you."

"Can you come back to me? Even if it is...as a friend, I beg you!"

Finally, Erina lowered her head and spoke in a tone that was almost pity and pleading.

"Miss, I lost in the autumn selection."

"I also heard that Alice was the defending champion in the end, and the main reason for this unsatisfactory result was my lack of strength."

"In addition, I was so angry that I chose to run away from home without telling you."

"So...I'm really sorry for you."

Fei Shasha mustered up the courage to walk out from behind Zhang Fan, choosing to look at Erina with an apologetic expression.

Her meaning was very clear. She would never return to Totsuki Academy in a short time.

Hear these words.

Erina's pretty face twitched in pain several times.

She must not be able to accept it, let alone understand why Fei Shasha always has to apologize to herself?

…

"Erina, please let her stay at the izakaya for a while."

Zhang Fan stood up and said.

"But……"

Erina's eyes were watery, as if she was about to cry.

"Right now, the field training activities should be coming soon. She is going to work in other places as an intern anyway, so we might as well let her intern here!"

"Once the internship period is over, I will persuade her to go back to Totsuki Academy."

After saying that, he came closer to Erina and whispered softly: "You can also apply for an internship at an izakaya, so that you can live with Hisako, do you understand?"

"Ah? Can this still happen?"

Upon hearing this, Erina reacted quickly and nodded.

Escape is shameful, but it is useful.

Hisako, who has always regarded serving Erina as his ideal, has never encountered any major setbacks in his life, and the consecutive losses in the autumn selection actually show that:

There are more or less problems with her, but these problems have not been exposed before.

So, as Leonora said.

The person who needs to calm down the most is not anyone but this secretary who abides by his duties.

Of course, the current Hisako doesn't just want to avoid Erina, because she knows that she can't avoid it.

At present, what she wants to do most and what she should do most is to try every means to change herself and make herself stronger.

Only in this way.

She can return to Erina's side in the future.

Only then can I have the ability to protect her and become a qualified secretary!

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"Okay, don't do this either."

"With Fei Shasha here, aren't you living well?"

Seeing that she always looked disappointed, Zhang Fan couldn't help but reach out and pat Xiang's shoulder, comforting and saying: "You haven't been to the izakaya for a long time. Do you want me to cook a brand new dish for you to try?"

"A brand new dish? It's... what kind of dish is it?"

Hearing that Zhang Fan had developed a new dish, Erina's mood improved a little, and then she raised her head and asked expectantly.

"Um!"

"A lost dish!"

Zhang Fan pretended to be mysterious.

"Lost? What do you mean, this dish has appeared in this world before, but for some reasons no one can make it anymore?"

When Erina heard this, she immediately became curious.

"right!"

Zhang Fan nodded.

Then he turned back to the cooking table and got ready to work.

The taste of fish is the taste of hundreds of flavors, and the fish eaten is tasteless of all flavors.

Coincidentally, when our ancestors created Chinese characters, they actually classified the word "fresh" into the fish part instead of the "meat" part.

It can be seen that fish is recognized as the best "fresh" food, so fish has always been a favorite food of people. The dish of yellow croaker in soup is, without exaggeration,:

It should only exist in heaven, and it is rare to repay it in the world.

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Izakaya.

We have always cooked high-quality and inexpensive dishes!

But this does not mean that Zhang Fan has never cooked rare and noble dishes.

In fact, there are not many top-quality ingredients in the world that can leave a deep impression on people, and large yellow croaker can be considered one of them.

In the southeastern coastal areas of China, the fisherman’s favorite phrase is: “Cucumber! Big cucumber! I’m going to make a fortune today!”

The cucumber here is of course not a real cucumber, but an expensive fish with a golden body in the sea:

Big yellow croaker!

How expensive is large yellow croaker?

A 7.1-pound large yellow croaker costs 42,000 RMB.

Its meat is delicious and juicy, tender and refreshing, rich in protein and colloid, and can also be made into special "guayang flounder", "yellow croaker", etc.

The most expensive thing on the body is the swim bladder inside the abdomen, which can be made into isinglass, a relatively rare food and medicinal material.

Isinglass can also be made into "fish maw glue beads". Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it can relieve gastrointestinal diseases, kidney stones, etc. Otoliths can be ground into powder to make "fish brain stone powder", which can alleviate nasopharyngeal diseases.

In addition, wild large yellow croaker is relatively rare, which has also led to its value doubling.

Even if you have money, you may not be able to buy the large yellow croaker that you claim to be a rare commodity.

Look at this level.

The price of the best large yellow croaker.

It can even rival the golden ambergris in the sea.

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This dish is filled with yellow croaker in soup.

The cooking procedures and techniques are simply too complicated.

Even a professional chef would have difficulty making it successfully.

At present, there are two main ways to remove fish bones: raw and cooked, but neither can avoid the fish bones remaining due to negligence.

First, the whole fish must be completely deboned.

The methods of deboning and removing meat from whole fish can be divided into gill removal method, back removal method and whole fish deboning method.

Gill removal, this method of deboning the whole fish, can not only keep the fish body and skin intact, but can also be used to make relatively high-end dishes.

However, this bone removal method is generally suitable for fish of about one pound.

Fish bones that are too large are harder and more difficult to remove.

At this moment, Zhang Fan first removed the scales, gills and fins from the whole fish, then took out the internal organs from the gills, washed and dried them and laid them flat on the chopping board.

Then, no one could see clearly the yellow croaker on the chopping board.

Zhang Fan quickly swung his knife down again. This situation finally caught Erina's attention.

"What exactly is going on?"

"With his knife skills, can it be said that he needs to take out the entire fish bones from the entire yellow croaker with one knife?"

Looking at it, Erina was obviously frightened in her heart!

…

After that, Zhang Fan's eyes were like sharp swords.

He quickly lifted up the gill cover of the yellow croaker and cut off the connection between the fish head and the spine. His knife skills were always very fast.

However, the force was just right, and it was also very precise. After cutting it, I looked closely and saw that the place where the fish meat and fish skin were connected was not cut off.

This level of knife skills immediately aroused everyone's exclamation.

"Oh my God!"

"You can cut and debone fish so well?"

On the side, Fei Shasha exclaimed.

Stretch into the body of the yellow croaker from the gills, then stick to the fish bones and slowly push toward the tail to separate the fish bones from the fish meat.

The order is not chaotic.

The abdomen is treated first, then the back.

Finally, quickly turn the yellow croaker over and use the same method again to separate the fish bones and fish meat on the other side.

Knocking the tailbone from the tail of the fish, the whole process did not break the skin at all, that is to say:

With just one knife, Zhang Fan was able to make the fish tail still connected to the fish meat through the fish skin.

Such a phenomenon cannot but be lamented.

This Zhang Fan.

It's really too evil.

I don't know how he honed his skills to have such superb knife skills.

Then, Zhang Fan began to gently remove the fish bones from the gills.

In this way, the gill removal method was used to remove the fish bones of the yellow croaker while still retaining the integrity of the entire yellow croaker. This step can be said to be very successful.

"This...capable of removing the bones but retaining the integrity of the whole fish."

"There is only one way, and that is gill removal."

Erina was stunned and said in surprise.

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Due to overfishing, large yellow croaker is “hard to find”.

Therefore, China began artificial breeding and breeding of large yellow croaker more than 20 years ago.

With the development of science and technology, the technology of breeding large yellow croaker has gradually matured, and the population of large yellow croaker has begun to rebound in the past decade.

But even if the large yellow croaker is not extinct at present, in the natural environment, if you want to grow to more than 2 pounds, at least...

Two to three years.

It will take at least more than ten years to grow to 5 to 6 pounds.

"impossible!"

"How could there be in this world..."

After regaining consciousness for a moment, Erina stood up excitedly and lost her voice.

Time flies, and soon Zhang Fan's soup-stuffed yellow croaker finally entered the final stage!

At this time, he took out a bottle of rice wine with an excellent aroma and poured it into the belly of the fish from a small mouth to remove the fishy smell and increase the aroma of the fish.

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Next, comes the part of making the soup.

Season the marinated shark fin, fish lips, snow clam oil, pearl soup balls and ham with thick chicken stock and simmer for half an hour.

This process allows various ingredients to fully absorb the essence of the chicken soup, making the taste more mellow.

After cooking, take out these ingredients and cut them into sections.

Then stuff it into the belly of the yellow croaker, and finally tie the small opening of the fish belly tightly with a rope to ensure that the soup will not leak out.

At this time, the oil temperature in the pot has reached 80°C. Gently put the yellow croaker into the pot and fry. As the oil temperature rises, the yellow croaker gradually becomes golden and crispy, exuding a unique and attractive aroma.

When the fish is fried until golden brown, take it out.

Finally, cut the big kale into thin discs, thicken it with thick chicken soup, and lightly fry it on the yellow croaker.

"It smells so good!"

Erina couldn't help but move the tip of her nose.

Feeling the fragrance of the entire air atmosphere, there has been a significant change, and I can't help but sigh deeply.

The entire process of making soup-filled yellow croaker not only demonstrates Zhang Fan's superb cooking skills, but also reflects his respect for ingredients and love for food.

right!

As far as she's concerned.

Zhang Fan's soup-filled yellow croaker is by no means as simple as a dish.

"Okay, Erina, you want the yellow croaker in soup!"

After doing all this, Zhang Fan couldn't help but take a deep breath and let himself relax.

Finally, he placed the fragrant yellow croaker in soup in front of Erina.