The story of Shokugeki begins when Alice picks him up and brings him home

On both sides of the cooking table stood Erina Nakiri and Alice Nakiri, ready to go. In the middle sat Shirafuchi with a small table in front of him, acting as the referee between the two.

Although most official competitions require three referees, the two did not invite anyone else because they had enough trust in Bai Yuan.

"Alice, this competition is a battle to avenge my shame! I will do my best to defeat you, so be prepared to lose!"

Wearing a chef's uniform that highlights her figure extremely well, Erina Nakiri looked at Alice Nakiri with her arms crossed over her chest, her eyes burning with a raging fighting spirit.

"Is it a disgrace for you to call me sister? Haha, come on!"

Hearing what Erina Nakiri said, Alice Nakiri couldn't help but feel a little angry, and then she sneered.

She had originally planned to hold back so that Erina Nakiri wouldn't lose so badly in front of everyone, but now it seems that's no longer necessary.

"??"

Looking at the appearance of Alice Nakiri, Erina Nakiri couldn't help but feel a little confused. Did this guy misunderstand something?

The two of them have never shown any deep sisterly love, so why is she angry?

"Humph."

Looking at Erina Nakiri's dazed expression, Alice Nakiri snorted lightly, then turned her face and looked at Bai Yuan.

"Teacher Bai Yuan, the theme is pork. You decide the cooking time and cooking restrictions."

"The theme is pork, the limit is pork belly, the cooking time is two hours, and there are no other restrictions. Let's start the competition."

After hearing what Alice Nakiri said, Bai Yuan nodded, and then stated the restrictions of this assessment.

Since it was just an ordinary competition, he only restricted the types of meat.

"Plum blossom meat? It's a familiar ingredient. In that case, let's make that dish!"

After hearing what Bai Yuan said, Nakiri Alice closed her eyes and thought for a moment. A dish emerged in her mind, a dish that she would never forget once she had eaten it.

Let’s improve it her way today!

Thinking of this, Alice Nakiri took action, trotting to the food areas on both sides and picked out a piece of good quality pork belly.

Erina Nakiri stood beside her and while choosing the pork belly, she also picked two apples, onions and carrots from the side.

"It looks like you're planning on making Western food."

The status of onions and carrots in Western cuisine is similar to that of scallions, ginger and garlic in Chinese cuisine. So when Alice Nakiri saw the ingredients chosen by Erina Nakiri, she immediately guessed what dish she wanted to cook.

This is a very classic Western dish, pork chops stewed with apples.

However, when foreigners cook this dish, they usually use pork tenderloin and back bone. She has never tried using pork belly.

"Make an extra portion for me to try, and I'll make an extra portion for you."

Thinking of this, Alice Nakiri said to Erina Nakiri with a hint of lightness in her voice, obviously not taking her seriously.

"Got it, go make your meal!"

Looking at Alice Nakiri's departing back, Erina Nakiri's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then she quickly took a few ingredients from the food area and hid them at the bottom of the food basket as her trump card.

This time, she will definitely win!

Using traditional pork chops with apple stew to deal with Alice Nakiri? She wasn't that stupid! At the same time, she didn't think this guy would be so easy to deal with.

"Huh huh huh~"

On the other side, Alice Nakiri didn't notice anything unusual about Erina Nakiri. She hummed a little tune and placed the selected ingredients on the cooking table.

At the same time, the sound of wheels grinding on the ground was heard, and Alice Nakiri looked up, and then saw the hotel staff pushing her molecular food processor up on a large cart.

Finally, he stopped next to the cooking table, deftly unloaded the molecular food processor, plugged it in, and left the scene pushing the cart.

“Is it molecular cuisine after all?”

When Erina Nakiri saw the molecular food processor, a look of vigilance appeared on her face.

She lost to molecular cuisine last time, the molecular fish jelly tower, that was a very mysterious taste, it was really hard to imagine that there would be such a taste in reality.

Molecular cuisine should not be underestimated!

"Please give it your all, Erina. After a month of training, my skills have improved by at least 100% compared to when I first fought you."

Her fingers gently touched the molecular cooking machine. Although she had not been exposed to molecular cooking for a while, she could clearly feel that she was making progress.

It's a suspenseful feeling. After further mastering the basics, I can apply them to molecular cuisine to further improve my skills.

If she had just reached the special level before.

Now, she has taken a firm step towards becoming a top-grade one-star chef. She only needs to polish her skills a little more and she can truly join the ranks of top-grade one-star chefs.

Erina Nakiri took one last look and lowered her head. A sense of momentum emanated from her whole body, and she concentrated all her mental energy on the food in front of her.

Pick up the kitchen knife on the side and slice the pork belly into large slices, then add onions, carrots, brandy and black pepper to marinate.

After completing this step, Erina Nakiri began to process the apples, as well as the ingredients that she secretly took when Alice Nakiri wasn't paying attention...

Chapter 122: The Second Battle of the Nakiri Sisters

"Onions, shallots, garlic, ginger slices, green onions, cooking wine, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, scallion knots and coriander are mixed together to make a bowl of sauce..."

Alice Nakiri prepared the sauce while muttering to herself, stirred it evenly with chopsticks and set it aside, then cut the pork belly horizontally.

After cutting, use a knife to cut off all the fascia of the pork, and at the same time use the back of the knife to break up the pork to get the thickness you want.

After processing, you can put the pork belly into the bowl and let the prepared sauce have an intimate contact with it.

This is a method she researched herself. The cooking methods of barbecued pork vary from region to region.

Hong Kong-style barbecued pork needs to be marinated for a day and a night, and Cantonese-style barbecued pork also takes a lot of time to process, but this competition only gives two hours.

So, she combined several cooking methods of barbecued pork and finally created Alice's version of barbecued pork.

There is no fixed rule for eating, as long as it tastes good.

This is what Bai Yuan has always taught her.

After marinating the pork belly, the remaining and most important thing is the barbecue sauce!

Smelling the rich aroma in the air, Alice Nakiri put the sauce and pork belly into a bag, vacuumed it, and then threw it into the low-temperature slow cooker.

This is the signature skill of molecular cuisine, and it has also become popular in Western cooking in recent years. Its biggest advantage is its stability and precision.

Slow cook at low temperature for one hour and twenty minutes to allow the flavor of the sauce to perfectly penetrate the pork belly and mature it at the same time, which can save a lot of marinating time.

The next step was to make the molecular barbecued pork sauce, but since it was her first attempt, Alice Nakiri was a little unsure.

"call..."

Looking up at Bai Yuan who was sitting in the referee's seat waiting, Alice Nakiri let out a long breath and her eyes became determined.

Even if there is a risk of failure, she will still try, just to make Bai Yuan smile with satisfaction when he tastes her cooking!

Opening the barbecued pork sauce prepared in advance, Alice Nakiri scooped a spoonful and tasted it. The complex aroma spread on the tip of her tongue, and then turned into images one after another that flooded into her mind.

White sugar, brewed soy sauce, water, and table salt are the basis of all flavors.

Salted garlic, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, red yeast rice, oyster sauce, honey and seafood sauce...this is an advanced complex aroma.

Various flavors spread across her tongue, presenting images in Nakiri Alice's mind. Although she did not have the tongue of God, her sense of taste was still very sensitive due to Bai Yuan's training.

Sensitive to...

You can tell what the other person had for lunch just by kissing. Teacher Bai Yuan can testify to this and it works personally.

"I see. If that's the case..."

Opening her eyes, a gleam of sharpness flashed in them, and Alice Nakiri worked quickly to mix soy sauce, dark soy sauce, honey, and cooking wine together, stirring evenly and setting it aside as a basic sauce.

Add a small amount of oil to the pan, stir-fry fresh garlic cloves, ginger, and chopped shallots until golden and fragrant, then add five-spice powder, star anise powder, white pepper powder, and cinnamon powder and continue to stir-fry to fully release the aroma of the ingredients and spices.

After frying, mix the seasoning with dried orange peel, cooked sesame seeds and other ingredients with unique flavors, using the residual heat to stimulate the aroma of these ingredients. When you are done, add them all to the basic sauce and stir evenly.

After doing this, Alice Nakiri added agar and gluconic acid to the sauce.

Agar can be used as a stabilizer to make the barbecue sauce thicker, while gluconic acid can adjust the pH value of the barbecue sauce and improve its taste.

At this step, Alice Nakiri adds the sauce to an emulsifier for emulsification, which can maximize the taste of the barbecued pork sauce.

Then, it’s time to wait.

“Smells so good!”

Brandy was poured into the pot, and raging flames burst out, at the same time stimulating the aroma of pork and garlic, which suddenly exploded in the air.

This also made the students watching the cooking around look very happy. They couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, while at the same time they stared at Erina Nakiri's movements in order to learn her cooking techniques.

The flames gradually subsided, revealing its true appearance.

Erina Nakiri gently put down the brandy in her hand, took out the meat and put it on a plate for later use, while the garlic had completed its mission and was thrown aside.

Because the pot has produced the Maillard reaction, there is no need to wash it. Just add olive oil and halved round onions and stir-fry until fragrant.

At the end of this step, add the chopped apples and her winning magic weapon, 'brown sugar', to increase the color and flavor of the dish.

A large spoonful of cinnamon powder, prepared Western-style stew sauce, stir-fry until fragrant, then add brandy, and also add a small amount of rice wine to enhance the flavor.

Cut a small plate of pears and oranges and set aside. Add them when the sauce is boiling, then add the pork chops and simmer over low heat for ten minutes.

Erina Nakiri stood in front of the cooking table, poking the pork chop with a spoon from time to time to judge its doneness.

“In fact, the addition of so many onions, shallots, apples, pears and oranges to this dish itself achieves the effect of seasoning, while also adding plant-based ingredients.

The taste of these ingredients goes well with pork chops, and Erina uses the braising method to blend the flavors of the ingredients well. This combination method is very common in Western cuisine.”

Watching Erina Nakiri's cooking reaching the last step, Bai Yuan, who was sitting in the referee's seat, suddenly began to explain, and his voice was clearly heard by everyone present.

This is also another form of teaching.

Ending the basic exercises and moving on to the stage of fighting each other, while letting them watch each other, has this meaning in itself.

By watching each other's cooking, you can learn from each other's strengths and improve your own cooking.

This is the fundamental purpose of Bai Yuan asking them to watch the battle!

Although most of the people here are going to be expelled from school, dropping out does not mean death, they can still continue to work if they want.

In the distant future, those who were expelled may be able to surpass those students who eventually stayed and reach levels that they could not reach!

College is just a place.

It can make a person grow quickly, but it does not mean that without it, the person will stagnate or even give up becoming a chef.

“Perhaps we can develop some other dishes by combining plant-based ingredients with meat ingredients? It’s essentially a change in marinade.”

Below the stage, upon hearing Bai Yuan's words, the students fell into deep thought.

As they thought about it, they couldn't help but start discussing it. Their voices became louder and louder, and for a moment the scene was filled with a lively atmosphere.

Bai Yuan did not stop it when he saw it, but just closed his eyes and rested, while nodding with satisfaction in his heart.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and chopped parsley was sprinkled on the food before it was served. The aroma in the air reached its peak, but Erina Nakiri did not notice it and was half a minute late in turning off the fire, which was undoubtedly a sign of inexperience.

Bai Yuan understood what was going on, but didn't say anything to remind her. He just watched her put the pork chop on the clean chopping board and cut it into long strips of equal size.

The vegetable base for stewing pork chops in the pot is piled on the heated iron plate, making a sizzling sound. Then the cut pork chops are picked up and placed on it, and the sauce soon covers the hands.

However, Erina Nakiri didn't care. Instead, she slightly opened her red lips, put her fingers into her mouth, closed her eyes and savored the rich taste of the sauce.

The base of the sauce is made from a combination of onions, shallots, apples, pears and oranges.

The rich onion aroma and slightly spicy taste of onions and shallots, the sweetness of apples and pears, the sourness and rich fruity aroma of oranges, these flavors are combined and blended together to perfectly highlight the flavor of the pork chop.

"Teacher Bai Yuan, please taste the triple-fruit stewed pork chop."

After simply washing her hands, Erina Nakiri brought the food to Bai Yuan with an expression of desire for praise on her face.

"It looks pretty good. I think brown sugar is added to it. It looks very appetizing."

Looking at the food in front of him, Bai Yuan couldn't help but nod and praise. If nothing else, the color of the food was enough to show that Erina Nakiri put a lot of effort into it.

As the saying goes, color, aroma and taste are all important. If the food looks disgusting, it will be difficult for the public to accept it even if it tastes delicious.

The best examples are slightly bizarre delicacies such as roasted locusts and roasted hairy eggs. Although they are loved by many people for their unique taste, more people feel nauseous when they see their appearance and find it difficult to taste their deliciousness.

The dish cooked by Erina Nakiri makes good use of the word "dish".

After taking it out of the pot, add water to the remaining sauce in the pot to thicken it, and pour it on the dish to make the flavors of the two blend more thoroughly!