Chapter 359: State Banquet Grade Ingredients

When it comes to cooking, Meng Yulan can only be considered a farm hand. Without any systematic learning and training, she can only be considered to be doing her best when making home-cooked meals.

The real master is Chef Niu, the chef of the second canteen.

If you want to fully develop the potential of this meat, a professional chef will definitely be more helpful.

Thinking of this, Yue Feng stuffed the remaining half of the hindquarters directly into the wicker basket on the back seat of the bicycle, said goodbye, got on the bicycle, left the house, and headed straight for the second canteen.

By the time Yue Feng arrived at the second canteen on his bicycle, it was not yet four o’clock in the afternoon.

It is still early for the leaders’ dinner time in the evening, and Master Niu is currently in the lounge, leisurely drinking tea and reading The Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

“Brother Niu, I’m busy!!” Yue Feng knocked on the door symbolically and poked his head in to say hello.

“Oh, Xiao Yue is here! Come in quickly! Today is not the day to deliver game! Didn’t you say that you would be busy planning the New Year gifts for the forest farm in the next few days?” When Master Niu saw Yue Feng coming, he immediately put down the book and stood up.

“Hey, I have something I want to discuss with you. That’s why I came here. What time do you get off work tonight? Let’s find a quiet place where we can cook. Please help me!”

Yue Feng chuckled and stated the reason for his visit.

Master Niu’s eyes moved slightly, not knowing what Yue Feng was up to, and said, “It’s not busy tonight, just a few tables of ordinary dishes, and we’ll be done by half past six!

What are you doing? It’s a quiet place where you can cook. What’s wrong? Do you want to learn how to cook from me?”

“I’m not learning how to cook. I just made something really cool and I want to share it with you. By the way, please use your professional qualities to help me research it!” Yue Feng said.

“A place that is quiet and where I can cook is naturally my second canteen kitchen! As long as the leaders of the unit are done entertaining, I’ll be fine! I can use all the pots and stoves in the canteen!

What is this really cool thing you’re talking about? Are you planning something new?”

“Almost! Have you ever eaten, heard of, or seen wild boar meat without any earthy smell? You may not believe me, try this!!”

While speaking, Yue Feng took out an aluminum lunch box from his bag.

When I opened the lunch box, there was a fist-sized piece of boiled wild boar meat inside. Even though the bag was placed close to my body, after half an hour of being exposed to the wind and low temperature, the place where the meat skin and juice in the lunch box were stuck had frozen slightly into a translucent jelly state.

“What is this? Wild boar meat?” Master Niu took a look at the pieces of meat in the box and frowned slightly.

As a chef who deals with ingredients all day long, Niu Fusheng has a deep understanding of different types of meat.

Just from the appearance, the first impression of the color and texture of this meat is that it is obviously different from ordinary wild boar meat.

“Yes! I just cooked it at home before I came. I put it in clear water, didn’t blanch it, didn’t add any seasoning, not even salt! Try it!!”

While speaking, Yue Feng bent down, held the leg plug upside down and handed it over.

“Hey! Interesting! Are you testing me? I want to see what you are up to!”

Master Niu saw Yue Feng’s uncharacteristic behavior, so he took the dagger and stabbed it directly into the meat. He looked at it briefly and then took a full bite.

The meat has cooled completely, and the gelatin at the edges has turned into jelly. It feels icy cold in your mouth when you take a bite.

If it is replaced with ordinary boiled wild boar meat, the cooled meat should be hard and have a distinct earthy smell. It can only be considered swallowable, but it is definitely not delicious.

However, when you take a bite of the piece of meat that Yue Feng brought, you will find it very delicate and tender. Even the jelly made from the condensed juice has a unique aroma of oil mixed with the fragrance of plants and trees.

“Hey~~~ What kind of meat is this?? Is it boiled in water? Why is there something added…”

Halfway through his conversation, Master Niu was thinking about what spices to add to the pork sauce to bring out the fresh herbal aroma, but after considering all the spices he could think of, he couldn’t find any that tasted close.

“It has a fresh scent of grass and trees, right? It’s a puppy, it’s put into the pot with plain water, nothing is added! The part you are eating is a piece of meat on the hindquarters!” Yue Feng said.

Master Niu said nothing after listening to this. He changed to the other side and took another bite. He smacked his lips to savor the taste and closed his eyes.

A minute later, Master Niu put down the uneaten meat and said, “Meat cooked in water, even if it’s fat pigs from domestic farms, won’t taste as good as the meat you brought when it’s cold!

I’ve been a chef for decades, and I’ve never heard of this! Where did you get this from? “

“Hehe, it’s a wild boar I caught in the mountains. This is the first time I’ve come across one like this! Tell me if it tastes good or not!

I have a pig leg in the basket on the back of my bicycle! When you get off work tonight, help me figure out how to make it more delicious! “

Hearing this, Master Niu stood up from his seat: “Damn! What are you talking to me about when you have raw meat with you? Go check out the meat first!!”

Soon, the two of them went out to the backyard where Yue Feng had parked his bicycle. Master Niu was not polite at all and directly took out the half of the raw pork hind leg that Yue Feng had brought.

After looking at it from top to bottom, it is indeed the structure of a pig leg. The texture of the raw meat does not seem to be abnormal. It seems to be slightly lighter in color than ordinary meat. The pig’s trotter has not been removed yet. It is definitely the hind leg meat of a wild boar.

“Brother, you are not idle and want to have fun with your buddies, right? The meat in the aluminum box is the meat you brought?”

“Yeah! You know my personality. It’s so cold, why would I tease you?

I just want to know, if you are willing to put in the effort and money to make this thing, how delicious a dish can it be made into!”

“Let’s give it a try! Come on, follow me to the kitchen!” Master Niu exerted a little force with his arms, directly lifted out most of the wild boar leg, and ran straight to the kitchen.

“Don’t the leaders have a reception plan? Is it appropriate for us to go directly to the kitchen to do this research?” Yue Feng was a little nervous.

“It’s still early. If you want to know how to make this thing delicious, just try all the common methods and you’ll know! The texture of the frozen hard meat is good. I want to see how delicious this thing would be if it was freshly cooked!”

Yue Feng has his own strengths, and similarly, Master Niu has his own pride.

As the inheritor of authentic Northeastern cuisine, Master Niu was competing with Yue Feng over the wild boar leg he brought over.

Following Chef Niu into the kitchen, he casually handed a white chef’s hat to Yue Feng: “Put on the hat and watch from behind. Don’t move! I’ll take care of this wild boar leg first!”

While he was talking, Master Niu picked up a sharp boning knife and started working.

The knives used by this chef are very sharp. He puts the pork leg on the chopping board and with a few slashes, the meat is separated. The leg bones, tendons, pig’s trotters, and clean meat are all neatly placed on the chopping board.

“The ratio of lean meat to fat in the hindquarters is just right, and there are many dishes that can be made from it! Let’s start with something simple! This piece of chopped pork, boil it in water as you said! Cut this piece into small pieces and stew it, and this piece…”

When it came to professional skills, Master Niu explained it very clearly. As he spoke, he cut the meat in front of him more delicately and even told Yue Feng his planned approach.

The pots and stoves in the canteen are ready-made, and their firepower is much stronger than that of household kitchen utensils.

The meat that needed to be cooked was quickly washed and put into the pot. If it needed to be cooked in other ways, the dishes were also prepared in advance according to the plan.

“It takes a while to cook the meat, and we’re not in a hurry, so we don’t need a pressure cooker! Let’s make a few dishes that are quick to serve first!!”

While he was talking, Master Niu went to the stove and started busying himself according to his plan.

The chopped pork was put into the pot, and a strange aroma soon wafted through the kitchen.

Master Niu sniffed the smell of the pork after it was put into the pot, his face solemn, and then he skillfully fried the dish according to the original plan.

A plate of stir-fried pork with green onions was served steaming hot from the pot.

When the dish came out of the pot, Chef Niu seemed not to be afraid of the heat. He picked up a piece of meat from the few pieces of meat left in the pot, blew on it twice, and put it into his mouth.

Chewing, tasting, with a solemn expression.

“How is it? Is it delicious?” Yue Feng asked curiously as he watched the chef cooking.

“It’s delicious, you’re not kidding me, the meat is indeed different, but you can’t cook it this way! The onion aroma covers up the meat aroma, what a failure!!”

When Yue Feng heard Master Niu’s evaluation of him, he curiously picked up a pair of chopsticks and picked up a piece of meat to taste it.

The meat is neither too soft nor too hard, cooked neither undercooked nor overcooked, the texture is tender, and the mouth is filled with the aroma of a mixture of green onions and oil.

To a country like Yuefeng, this dish of stir-fried pork with green onions is absolutely impeccable.

“Isn’t this enough? I think it tastes quite good!” Yue Feng scratched his head.

“I have an idea! Don’t worry about it! I’ll try something else!” Master Niu muttered, turned around and went back to work.

He reprocessed the two portions of meat that had been cut into slices and small pieces before. After putting them together, he used a large kitchen knife in both hands to chop the meat.

After a lot of chopping, the meat was chopped into meat paste, and then a little seasoning was added. After it was quickly put together, it was put into a plate and placed in the steamer.

After eating the stir-fried pork with green onions, all the dishes I had originally planned were abandoned, and only two dishes were left on the stove.

One was boiled meat in water, and the other was steamed meat pie. Both were relatively time-consuming, so after Master Niu finished, he temporarily returned to Yue Feng’s side.

“Can we get more of this thing? Was it discovered by accident, or can it be obtained repeatedly?”

“There are still a few stocks left. If we are lucky, we can produce dozens of pigs every year! Unless we invest at all costs, the output will be limited to this!”

“This pork is a good thing! In my professional opinion, it’s enough for you to eat it yourself or serve to your boss in the canteen, even for a state banquet!”

(End of this chapter)