Chapter 184 “Grilled Crocodile” (6K)

[Tang Meijun’s notes: The Kaila crocodile is one of the indigenous creatures of the island. Its meat is firm and delicious, with very low fat content and rich in protein and collagen.

The highest quality meat on the giant crocodile is located near the spine, which is the typical ‘tenderloin’. The meat is more tender and tastes similar to the top quality Wagyu beef, but is chewier.

It is worth mentioning that the blood of giant crocodiles is also a good food ingredient. It can be made into a sauce to enhance the flavor and be used to pour over charcoal-grilled or teppanyaki crocodile meat. It is a perfect match.

The bones can also be used to make soup, and long-term consumption can enhance physical strength.

In addition, you can consider adding ‘BB Corn’ (level 35) or ‘Ozone Grass’ (?) to the cooking, which can further stimulate the deep flavor of the giant crocodile meat…]

Xia An closed his notes with an inexplicable expression.

Every time he read the notes of this talented chef, Lin, he was amazed.

The seniors are obviously no longer satisfied with cooking a single ingredient, and their thinking always turns to cooking a variety of high-end ingredients at the same time. Of course, this is also the vision and pattern of Chef Lin.

According to Takeshi Higashino.

The answer recipe for Chef Lin is to cook a variety of high-level ingredients 100% perfectly.

“You have to cook the crocodile meat 100% first before you can pursue higher goals.” Xia An shook his head, not aiming too high, staring at a piece of 500-gram crocodile meat on the plate.

On the digital panel, it was clearly marked that this piece of meat was the tenderloin of the Kaira giant crocodile.

“Saiba Joichiro is quite picky, or is it his adopted son Saiba Chaoyang who slipped in a subtle way to give him some father-son benefits?”

Xia An thought about it, took the piece of meat, and went straight to Claude Wheeler.

This late-night chef nicknamed “Red and Black Executioner” also received his own 500 grams of crocodile meat and was using a unique tool to suck the blood from the crocodile meat.

“Can you help me draw half a bowl of blood?” Xia An explained his purpose.

Claude Weiler, a gloomy man dressed like a mad scientist, was flattered when he heard this:
“Huh?”

“It is my honor to serve you!”

Seeing this gloomy man busy working with a syringe, Xia An secretly sighed that after this man became famous, the whole world was filled with kindness.

There is no doubt that if he had not become famous in Higashino Tsuyoshi’s mansion, he would have found it difficult to take a single step at this late-night chef gathering with his newly promoted special-class status, surrounded by provocations and resentment.

But now, all the late-night cooks, including Caiba Chaoyang, have put away their claws and teeth, and seem to be very easy to talk to and polite.

After a while, Xia An returned with half a bowl of “crocodile blood”.

Saiba Chaoyang and his son Saiba Shiroichiro came closer.

“It seems that Boss Xia has already decided what dishes to cook?” Cai Bo said to Chaoyang.

Xia An nodded: “I’m going to prepare ‘charcoal grilling’.”

Cai Bo Chaoyang was surprised and asked, “Charcoal grilled? Grilled crocodile meat?”

“Excuse me for being blunt, but the crocodile meat in your hand is tenderloin. It was roasted a little too old, so it’s too chewy and tastes terrible.”

Xia An just smiled. This leader of the late-night cooking crowd in Japan was doubting his ability to control the heat.

“But correspondingly, the meat of the Kaila crocodile is delicious and juicy, and charcoal grilling is a very good and appropriate cooking method, which can quickly lock in the meat juice with the help of high temperature.”

Seeing that Xia An didn’t listen to his words, Cai Bo shrugged and looked at Xia An deeply: “I decided that the cooking method is ‘stew’.”

Done.

Cai Bo Chaoyang left Xia An with a rebellious and confident back.

“This rascal.”

Saiba Chengyilang apologized for his adopted son: “Ahem… Boss Xia, young people are like this, they don’t know how high the sky is or how deep the earth is.”

Xia An laughed and said, “Everyone has a time when they were young. After a few beatings, they become obedient.”

It could be heard that Xia An had no intention of holding back and seemed to be going to beat up all the late-night cooks.

Saiba Joichiro’s eyes twitched slightly.

Then I go?
You can beat up the late-night cook, but don’t let an “old man” like me get beaten up as well.

Return to the assembly kitchen.

Xia An washed a piece of crocodile meat, placed it on the kitchen counter, and covered the surface with a layer of refrigerator plastic wrap.

This is not so much a process of “awakening the meat” as it is a preparation for beating and destroying the muscle fibers of the meat.

Steaks and pork chops are usually cooked by pounding.

But these days are different.

Cheyenne no longer needs a tool hammer.

fist.

After he spent money to unlock the [Nail Gun Fist], the most convenient kitchen hammer became available.

Instead, he had to carefully control the strength and perform micro-manipulation to allow the food energy accumulated in the body to flow out subtly and slowly.

Instead of being a one-hit-killer like before in order to defeat the enemy.

bang, bang, bang…

With gentle fists, punches fell one after another.

The crocodile meat was no longer a square lump, but was obviously much flatter than before.

“It’s done.”

Xia An tore off the intact plastic wrap and lifted up the piece of meat.

The originally firm piece of meat became soft and droopy, the meat fibers were completely destroyed, and the cross-section was obviously deflated. Therefore, the size and area of ​​the flat piece of meat increased significantly.

Xia An nodded secretly with satisfaction.

Let the meat stretch?

No.

This is just the surface.

The deeper purpose is to allow the meat to adapt well to the temperature and heat during the cooking process, and not to become firm, dry or tough due to shrinkage.

At the same time, beating and crushing like this will destroy the fiber structure, making marinating easier. The seasoning molecules can fully penetrate into the interior of the meat, making the flavor of the barbecue richer and more uniform.

At this moment, after this step of processing was completed, the piece of meat appeared in Xia An’s “Data Eye”, and the interface added a new entry [Nail Gun Fist].

“Then, the next entry is…”

Next comes the area where Xia An is more skilled and familiar.

It’s time for [Soothing Touch] to work!

No special barbecue ingredients were used. Xia An used daily spices such as salt, cumin, pepper, etc. that were available in the kitchen of this late-night cook.

what.

However, when sprinkling salt and kneading it, Xia An seemed to hesitate for a while.

He was wondering whether to use [Ruby Salt].

It is a fantasy seasoning made from the shells of level 46 [Ruby Crab] ground into powder.

During this week, Xia An secretly ground and obtained a bottle.

“never mind.”

Using [Ruby Salt] here is like using a cannon to kill a mosquito.

This new fantasy seasoning should appear in food battles or other important occasions.

It’s just a beating up of a group of late-night cooks, there’s no need to use such a deadly weapon.

After a while.

The chicken is massaged by food technicians.

The unfinished piece of meat presented in the “Data Eye” shows the second [Soothing Touch] entry.

Come down again.

This is the formal cooking stage.

Light a charcoal fire and place the whole piece of meat on the grill.

Everything is going well!

Hiss, hiss, hiss——

Soon, the rich aroma of barbecue exploded in the assembly hall, as if it had some kind of magic, instantly activating the taste buds of every late-night cook present.

“This taste is…”

Caiba Chengyilang suddenly looked up and stared at the kitchen where Xia An was.

“Such a magical taste can only be exuded by cooking fantasy ingredients with extremely high perfection!”

“It’s Boss Xia!”

Cai Bo Chaoyang was throwing all the ingredients into the pot, preparing to stew them, when he smelled the aroma of barbecue. The spoon in his hand fell into the pot with a “clang”, splashing water everywhere, but he was completely unaware of it, with shock and disbelief written all over his face.

shhh-

Late-night cooking leads people to follow the taste and involuntarily take steps towards the source of the taste.

As a result, Xia An’s kitchen became the focus of the gathering and was surrounded.

Those pairs of eyes were filled with piety, as if they were gazing at a miracle.

In an instant, the entire meeting hall fell into silence.

Even Saiba Shiroichiro didn’t plan to work anymore. He stopped cooking and came over to watch with admiring sounds.

Xia An has long been accustomed to cooking in public. You know, the scene at Shenzhou Night Market is even more lively, and he has to face the madness, enthusiasm and screams of diners.

In contrast, this group of late-night cooks were quiet and did not make any noise. They just watched. The atmosphere was so good that Xia An was not affected at all.

A few more minutes passed.

The aroma of barbecue wafting through the noses of many late-night cooks has become even more fragrant and rich.

“Finish.”

The whole piece of roasted crocodile meat was picked up with iron tongs and placed on a clean plate.

Hiss, hiss, hiss.

People’s eyes followed the piece of meat with oil stains on the surface. Everyone swallowed their saliva, and their eyes burst with strong appetite.

“The last step…is to make the sauce.”

Such a large piece of barbecue would be tasteless without sauce.

Moreover, terms such as Inferno, Extreme Fire, Nail Gun Fist, and Soothing Touch have been added to the dishes one after another.

Then [Harmony] cannot be absent either, and preparing the sauce is just the right step to bring this food skill to its perfect use.

Pour the blood into a small pot and boil.

Add soy sauce, oyster sauce, honey, barbecue sauce and other condiments, heat and cook until thick.

Di-

Under the light, the red sauce glitters and is poured over the grilled crocodile meat.

“Boom!”

The smell that exploded in the noses of the late-night cooks suddenly reached a new level.

Xia An nodded with satisfaction and obtained the information panel of the dish.

……

【Dish: Grilled Alligator】

【Overall completion rate 97%】

[Ingredients details: Kaila crocodile meat (97%), Kaila crocodile blood (97%)]

[Entries/Features: Harmony (Great), Soothing Touch (Perfect), Hellfire (Pseudo-Gold), Extreme Fire (Pseudo-Gold), Food Ethics·Market Life (Green)…]

……

At this time, the crowd made way for a passage.

Caiba Chaoyang was pushing a wheelchair, and in the wheelchair sat Tokiyama Heigoro, who had an old face. His eyes, which were originally gray and lifeless, now showed a hint of excitement as he stared at the freshly baked dishes.

“I smell it!” Tokiyama Heigoro said excitedly, “This is the smell of high-end dishes!”

“The rich flavors of fantasy ingredients all come from a substance called gourmet cells!”

“But only the most skilled control and cooking can bring out the flavor of gourmet cells!”

Xia An picked up the plate and placed it on the simple dining board on the wheelchair: “Please enjoy your meal. I’m sorry for the poor hospitality.”

Then he handed over the knife and fork.

“C-can I?”

Tokiyama Heigoro, the late-night cook who had previously been determined to die, is now as nervous as a novice.

Xia An said: “This is my gift to this gathering, you can do whatever you want with it.” Cai Bo looked at him deeply:
“Thank you.”

Then he picked up the knife and fork, cut the grilled meat for Tokiyama Heigoro, picked up a small piece, and put it into the old man’s mouth.

Tokiyama Heigoro’s expression suddenly became interesting.

From extreme restraint to facial expression collapse.

Gradually, there was a look of comfort and lightness on his face.

Tsk.

People were either smacking their lips or whispering about the late-night meal, all of them were envious.

“This is Chef Xia An’s dish. Judging from his cooking skills at Dongye Gang’s mansion, I’m afraid he is close to the level of Pseudo-Lin.”

“By the way, Chef Xia An’s cooking skills are incredible. The control of this grilled crocodile meat, just from the taste, is very, very high!”

“Very, very high? Almost perfect!”

It is appropriate to say that 97% of the ingredients are close to perfection.

Afterwards, many late-night cooks asked Xia An to summarize the difficulties in cooking the meat of the Kaila giant crocodile.

Xia An is not stingy with his experience, or rather, the experience gained from the notes of his predecessors:
“The meat of the Kaila crocodile, even the relatively tender tenderloin, still has muscle fibers that affect the taste and cooking.”

“Therefore, whether it is grilling, teppanyaki or stewing, how to break up these muscle fibers and destroy the structure is a major cooking difficulty.”

Hear the words.

Everyone who cooked late at night suddenly realized something and excitedly returned to their respective kitchens to re-plan the recipes and adjust the processes.

Soon, the 2 hours cooking time was over.

In a wheelchair, Heigoro Tokiyama tasted the dishes prepared by the late-night chefs one by one.

“good.”

“Hey, this one is also fine.”

Tokiyama Heigoro praised the dishes of the father and son duo, Saiba Chaoyang and Saiba Shiroichiro.

“Just good?” Cai Bo Chaoyang sighed.

“About 80% controllability, that’s the evaluation.”

Tokiyama Heigoro said bluntly: “Among the theme dishes of this rally, you deserve to be ranked third.”

third?

Saiba Chaoyang looked at Saiba Jouichiro beside him and became even more unconvinced:

“Why should I be behind this old guy?”

Saiba Joichiro smiled and patted his adopted son’s shoulder:

“As for your father, I have about 90% control over it.”

The veins on Caibo Chaoyang’s forehead were throbbing:

“Old Deng, this is definitely not the first time you’ve cooked the meat of the Kaila crocodile.”

“It’s not the first time, but it’s only been two or three times.” Saiba Chengyilang shrugged, “After confirming that the meat of the Kaila crocodile is not suitable for me, and the gourmet cell sequence contained in it is not what I want, I didn’t continue to study it in depth.”

This scene is one of a loving father and a filial son.

The Xia’an melons are all full.

We had a few arguments.

Cai Bo Chaoyang suddenly looked at Xia An:

“How did Boss Xia achieve near-perfect driving skills?”

“Have you cooked the meat of the Kaila crocodile many times before?”

Xia An said: “This is really my first time doing this.”

Both father and son lost their voices at the same time.

Not long after, Saiba Chaoyang and Tokiyama Heigoro jointly announced the first place in the theme of this rally. Xia An took away the honorary small prize with a nearly perfect dish that stunned the whole audience.

……

Late at night, on the return trip.

Xia An fiddled with the “little golden man” in his hand and looked at the words “best of the XX times rally” carved on it and found it quite interesting.

“Is this a title and an honor?”

Saiba Shiroichiro smiled and said, “If you have won the best of assemblies many times, we can add it to your rank after certification by IGO.”

Xia An shook his head. Never mind. No matter how blank his honorary title column was, there was no need to fill it with water.

“Is this really the first time you cook the meat of the giant Kaira crocodile?” After a moment’s silence, Caiha Cheng Ichiro couldn’t help but ask.

“What do you say?”

Xia An was speechless: “I’m the first time to cook a level 46 ruby ​​crab, so what’s the meat of the leader of the level 10 sub-gold Kaila crocodile?”

Caiba Chengichiro thought it made sense, so he stopped worrying about it.

Xia An smiled in his heart.

Ever since he understood the principle of stacking entries, even the level 46 Ruby Crab can’t stand it.

What’s more, it’s level 10 ingredients.

“It’s a pity that neither the Crispy Ruby Crab Legs nor the Grilled Alligator Meat I made tonight have the word ‘glowing’ added to them.”

“Otherwise, the degree of completion and control can be improved!”

The power of stacking entries was demonstrated when he cooked the meat of the giant Kayla crocodile for the first time in his life, with 97% control over it.

In other words, if combined with the research and understanding of ingredients in the notes of senior Tang Meijun.

Xia An can cook gold, platinum, emerald and even diamond grade ingredients to a completion rate of over 80%.

As for whether it is possible to surpass the upper limit of level 46 ruby ​​crab.

Xia An wants to try it.

But unfortunately, he didn’t have any higher-grade ingredients. You know, the level 46 ruby ​​crab was provided by Dongye Gang. Even if there was a habitat for ruby ​​crabs on the isolated island, Xia An himself was not a sequencer or gourmet hunter who raised gourmet demons, so it was impossible for him to hunt ingredients of this level.

“Next, I will look for the gourmet cells that suit me, and after cooking 100% perfectly, I will become a sequencer.” Xia An said secretly.

then.

Xia An opened the God of Cooking panel and clicked to receive the side quest triggered at the late-night cooking gathering.

[Goal completed, get ‘Food Skill’ reward (choose one from the list)]

“①Blood Cuisine (Claude Weiler)
②Circus cuisine (Markanta)

③Coordinated shaking (Dunkama)
……”

When Xia An saw the “Crossing Blades (Cai Bo Chaoyang)” along the way, his gaze paused slightly.

He patiently read the last item, and his frown suddenly relaxed:

“this one!”

[‘Delicious Pioneer’ (Saihajo Ichiro) has been selected]

Xia An opened his personal panel.

When I saw the skill column, I saw a new purple entry called [Delicious Pioneer] and I couldn’t help but click on it out of curiosity.

“【Delicious Pioneer】: Saibajo Ichiro is good at using nearly impossible methods to cook unprecedented delicacies. This is his personal signature food skill/characteristic forged from years of exploring unknown areas as a ‘Shura’.”

Xia An suddenly realized.

No wonder, Caihajiro Ichiro is obviously also stacking entries. After cooking the meat of the Kaira crocodile two or three times, he can have about 90% control. It seems that this is the reason.

“I remember that besides ‘Delicious Pioneer’, Yao Di also has titles like ‘Revolutionary’ and ‘Pioneer’?”

“Could this be the foundation of this legendary graduate?”

Moreover, the [Delicious Pioneer] he obtained was only purple, with a faint “+” symbol displayed behind it.

Xia An tried to click on it with his mind.

Who knows the panel pop-up prompt:
[Insufficient promotion information]

Shit, he can really advance to the next level. So, the food skill or talent that Saibashiro Ichiro possesses is golden?

“Why are you looking like that?”

Saibajo Ichiro, who was crossing his legs and humming Lao Deng’s nostalgic songs, looked up at Xia An in confusion.

“It’s nothing. I just suddenly feel that you legendary old men are still quite good.”

Saibajo Ichiro: “?”

He looked at Xia An carefully for a few seconds to make sure that the young man was not trying to seduce him.

“Tsk, you have a lot of stuff. I feel like I’ve added all the culinary skills I’ve gained from traveling around the world to this dog.”

Saiba Joichiro said self-deprecatingly.

Obviously, in the theme dish of tonight’s rally, Yao Di once again lost to Xia An. He was dumbfounded but gradually convinced.

Xia An smiled. He felt satisfied to make money from these legendary old men.

However, after carefully studying the information about [Delicious Pioneer], Xia An discovered that this new food skill, or more like a talent trait, can only be added when one first comes into contact with fantasy ingredients and cooks new fantasy dishes for the first time.

“There are limitations, but they are not a big problem.”

“Among the other late night cooking skills, the most valuable one is Zaibo Chaoyang’s ‘Interlaced Blades’.”

But Yaodie is Yaodie, the father of the dignified Medicine King, and the entries he reveals will not be bad.

Xia An took another look at the new recipe he created at the gathering, the new dish “Grilled Crocodile Meat”, and the sudden increase in his cooking experience points. Without thinking, he put all of his experience points into the new recipe “Grilled Crocodile Meat”.

……

[Recipe: “Grilled Alligator”]

[Grade: Blue]

[Completion/Fusion: Kaira Crocodile Flesh (97%), Kaira Crocodile Blood (97%)]

[Proficiency: Beginner → Perfect]

……

Increase the proficiency to [Perfect] in one go.

No more waiting!
Let’s work hard tonight and achieve 100% perfect control!

Half an hour later, we took a car back to the Nakiri residence.

It was almost midnight.

After locking the door to prevent the Nakiri sisters from launching a night attack, Xia An directly opened the door to the world and came to the Volcano Island in the food world.

It’s sunny here, and the sun is hanging high in the sky above our heads.

Cheyenne found Silverback, sat on its shoulders, headed straight to the swamp area, quickly hunted down an ordinary adult Kaila alligator, and had Silverback drag it back to the beach area.

These days, Xia An has not been idle. He has chosen a good location surrounded by mountains on three sides and has gradually built the prototype of the camp.

The solidified sunshade and rain shelter has multiple stainless steel kitchen counters and stainless steel storage cabinets inside.

Pots, pans, basic condiments and all kinds of kitchen supplies are available.

As for high-fire stoves and fuel.

These items were purchased at the request of Tsuyoshi Higashino and transported to the dock warehouse for storage.

Then Xia An quietly found time and carried the things over one by one like an ant moving house.

Put away the body of the giant crocodile Kaila.

Bloodletting, taking blood.

Cut the meat again.

The charcoal was ignited, and pieces of crocodile meat were quickly roasted on the iron grid of the open-air grill.

The fragrance spread across the beach.

The silverback couldn’t take his eyes away, so he scratched his ears and cheeks and danced happily near the oven, making some chirping sounds.

Especially when the first piece of grilled crocodile meat was cooked to perfection and drizzled with blood sauce, Silverback’s saliva fell onto the sand.

After another successful cooking, Xia An felt that his attainments in cooking “Grilled Crocodile” continued to improve, and he was in a very good mood.

“Give–“

Glancing at the silver back of the starving ghost, Xia An laughed, grabbed the whole piece of meat with the iron clamp in his hand, and threw it out.

Ouch! !
The silverback was not afraid of the heat at all. It grabbed the meat in its mouth and ate it in big bites, chewing it only a few times before swallowing it.

(End of this chapter)