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Chapter 105 Competition Day 1: 3 Jiangnan Dishes

After Li Mingxia walked into the venue, there were people responsible for checking the things that the contestants carried with them. Seeing that Li Mingxia was carrying a box, they knew that he brought his own seasonings and ingredients. This was not new, so they just opened the box and took a quick look. After confirming that there were only seasonings and ingredients and testing them for poison one by one, they let him go.

Originally I thought that would be all, but Li Mingxia didn't expect that after entering the venue, he found that there was an extra check. This time it was only for those who brought in food and seasonings, to check whether the food was normal. In other words, whether there was any poison. This was much more meticulous than the first check. Even a little bit of every vegetable, meat and seasoning was left behind, with the contestant's name on it, indicating which town he represented and who the guarantor was.

Such rigor was a little unexpected for Li Mingxia. He originally thought it was just a moderate competition, but looking at the situation, he was afraid that he was just looking at the world from a narrow perspective.

"Alright, the contestants will draw lots to choose their own kitchens, then enter the venue. After hearing the gong three times, you can start making food. The time limit is two hours."

"The first person to draw lots is Songyang County's No. 1 contestant, Li Jingxi!"

Following the manager's voice, the huge venue fell silent again. Li Mingxia glanced at the audience seats and just as Ru Changan had said, she saw her younger brothers and sisters at a glance.

"The eighteenth drawer, Tianmu Town's No. 2 contestant, Li Mingxia."

Finally hearing his own voice, Li Mingxia took a deep breath, walked forward and drew his own lot from the lot holder, number six.

Li Mingxia liked this number very much. He took his own sign and found stove number six. He placed the brocade box in his hand on the long chopping board for preparing food, and then waited quietly for the time to start.

"Don't be nervous, eat something. Do you think you can fill your stomach just by looking at your eldest sister like this?" Seeing that the three children didn't eat and just looked at Li Mingxia, He Changan thought they were too nervous, so he took some cakes to coax them.

Li Mingqiu took the pastry from He Changan, but his eyes were still on Li Mingxia.

"Sir, we are not nervous. My eldest sister will definitely win, so we are not nervous at all." Li Mingdong also took a fruit. She looked at He Changan and said in a baby voice.

Although her voice was childish, it was firm, and she seemed to have great confidence in her sister.

"We are not hungry. My sister gave us food in the morning. You don't have to worry about taking care of us, sir. I will take good care of my two younger sisters." Li Zhengde said to He Changan seriously.

All three children said this, and it seemed that He Changan became the person who had the least confidence in Li Mingxia.

"Good boy." He Changan touched Li Zhengde's head and said, "You are right, your sister will definitely win."

Li Zhengde tilted his head calmly. He didn't like others touching his head like this. He was already a big boy, and such action was clearly to coax a child. Of course, his eldest sister was an exception.

"All contestants have drawn their lots! Now please get ready!"

Li Mingxia finally waited for this voice and immediately sat up straight in his chair.

After three gongs, "Begin!"

The chefs around immediately started to move, and Li Mingxia also began to wash the vegetables slowly.

Two hours, or four hours, is enough time to prepare a dessert, a main course, and a soup. If the dish is not particularly complicated, one hour is enough.

After washing the vegetables, Li Mingxia told the person in charge of lighting the fire to start heating the pot. This person was arranged by the organizer of the competition, so he could be used with confidence.

Li Mingxia has already decided on the first main dish: fish and meat stew. This is a Jiangnan dish that is not complicated to prepare, but the ingredients used are very particular.

Li Mingxia chose to use sea bass for the fish lion head. After picking out the bones inside the sea bass, Li Mingxia cut the fish meat into small pieces and set aside for later use.

"It's okay. Turn off the fire first and restart it later." Li Mingxia said to the servant who was stoking the fire.

The servant obeyed and stopped immediately.

Li Mingxia cut the green onion and ginger and soaked them in water for later use.

Li Mingxia put the small piece of fish meat and fish head that he had specially reserved into the pot, intending to use them to make soup later.

"Light the fire. This is used to make soup. Just use medium heat. I will adjust the heat to about right for you in a while. Just add more firewood when I tell you to." Li Mingxia added green onion, ginger and white wine to the fish meat and fish head to remove the fishy smell. When it was almost done, he took it out, rinsed it with a little water and put it back into the pot.

The servant watched the fire carefully as Li Mingxia said, and would not move at all unless Li Mingxia told him to add more firewood.

Li Mingxia smiled. It seemed that these servants had all received professional training. But no matter what, as long as the servants were obedient, she would be fine. After watching them for a while, she continued to do her work with peace of mind.

The completely chopped fish meat was placed in a clean large bowl. Li Mingxia added scallion and ginger water, egg white, and the seasoning he prepared to enhance the flavor and began to nibble on it until the sticky fish glue came out of the fish meat and could easily stick together.

The soup over there was still not boiling, so Li Mingxia washed his hands and started preparing dessert.

The dessert prepared by Li Mingxia is also a popular dessert in the Jiangnan area, egg yolk and mung bean thousand-layer cake.

The mung bean soup was prepared last night, otherwise if I had made it today, it would have probably taken an hour just to boil the mung beans until they bloomed.

Put the egg yolks without the egg whites and some crushed white sugar into the mung bean paste, and then start stirring. This process takes about fifteen minutes. There is no electric stirring machine, so Li Mingxia can only do it manually. Fortunately, his physical fitness has increased rapidly in recent days, otherwise his arms would probably be so sore that he couldn't lift them.

After the egg yolk and mung bean paste filling was prepared, Li Mingxia began to make the dough. This step was not difficult. After spreading the dough, Li Mingxia cut a knife at each of the four corners to make a foldable square. Then he evenly spread a thick layer of egg yolk and mung bean paste filling on each layer. After this step was completed, it was time to put it in the pot and start steaming.

Li Mingxia had just put the egg yolk and mung bean thousand-layer cake in the steamer when small bubbles began to appear in the fish soup.

Everything was just right, and Li Mingxia had timed it perfectly.

"Girl, the soup seems to be starting to boil!" the servant reminded Li Mingxia loudly.