Chapter 65:
After preparing all the ingredients, Tang Yu gave Xiangling a quick explanation of how to use modern gas stoves.
Xiangling's mind worked extremely fast. With just a few pointers, she immediately understood how to use it.
Fire on! Pan on the stove! Oil in!
Xiangling's eyes were incredibly focused.
She silently calculated in her heart the exact duration of the flame and the perfect timing for adding the oil.
Once the oil was hot, she held the spatula in her left hand and, with her right hand, dumped all the chopped green onion, ginger, garlic, and red chili peppers into the pan at once.
Sizzle!
A thick cloud of white smoke instantly rose, but it was quickly sucked away by the range hood.
Up to this point, the viewers couldn't see anything particularly special.
They felt that if it was just this, they could probably do it themselves.
But Lao Hei's pupils suddenly shrank.
As a Chef God, he could naturally see the real skill behind Xiangling's every movement.
Ordinary chefs were usually not very particular about heating the pan or adding ingredients.
They thought as long as the water was controlled, it would be fine.
But in reality, that approach was completely wrong.
Of course, the ingredients would still cook that way.
But they would only be "cooked" and nothing more.
Different ingredients required different preheating times.
If you added them too early or too late, it could ruin the original flavor of the ingredients.
This kind of flavor difference was very subtle — so subtle that most people couldn't even notice it.
But as the saying goes, a tiny error can lead to a huge mistake.
If the timing for heating the pan or adding the ingredients was off, the final taste of the dish would be vastly different.
Lao Hei muttered silently in his heart. He discovered that whether it was preheating the pan or the exact moment Xiangling added the ingredients, she had mastered it perfectly.
Even he himself couldn't achieve such precision.
The appreciation in Lao Hei's eyes grew even stronger.
He never expected that casually watching a live stream would let him encounter a genius chef.
"Next, she should probably remove the stir-fried spices, then clear-braise the abalone, and finally drizzle the spices on top to create an enticing dish," Lao Hei chuckled.
He had already guessed Xiangling's next steps.
However, the very next moment, he was dumbfounded.
In Tang Yu's live room.
After stir-frying the green onion, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, Xiangling directly threw the cleaned abalones into the pan and stir-fried them together with the spices.
{WTF! Can abalone even be cooked like this?} {This is interesting! Stir-fried abalone, hahaha! So fun—I'm drooling, everyone.} {Who isn't drooling? This is Xiangling's abalone! Wait, no—this is Xiangling stir-frying abalone! Wait, why does that sound so wrong?} {You upstairs are disgusting! Xiangling is so cute, yet you're still having lewd thoughts. Unforgivable.} {Bros, I've done so many good deeds in my life—can I please eat Xiangling's abalone?} {.....}
Xiangling's simple and rough cooking method made the viewers explode with excitement.
Their imaginations ran wild.
Everyone wanted to eat Xiangling's abalone.
Tang Yu, who was standing right beside Xiangling, immediately smelled an unbelievably rich aroma.
His mind instantly became crystal clear.
The fragrance was so intense that it even had a refreshing, invigorating effect.
Hu Tao, who was holding the phone, licked her lips and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Little sister Xiangling, is it ready to eat yet?" Hu Tao asked while reaching out her small hand, trying to grab an abalone straight from the wok.
Xiangling was quick. She swiftly slapped Hu Tao's little hand away.
"It's not cooked yet! Wait," Xiangling said in her clear, crisp voice while giving Hu Tao a glare.
"Oh!" Hu Tao pouted and withdrew her hand.
At that moment, a head poked in from outside the kitchen. She sniffed and said excitedly, "It smells this good? This must taste amazing!"
It was Silver Wolf. She had followed the scent over.
In the live room, the viewers heard the conversation between the three and their curiosity skyrocketed.
They couldn't smell anything through the screen.
But now, it felt like they could.
If it wasn't extremely delicious, why would Hu Tao and the others be so greedy?
{OMG! Suddenly my instant noodles don't smell good anymore.} {Where can I find a girlfriend who can cook? I'm willing to pay a million yuan in betrothal gifts! Wuwuwu!} {Stop talking, you're making me laugh. My buddy ate his wife's cooking and he's still lying in the ICU right now!} {Color, aroma, and taste—all perfect! Xiangling is way too good at cooking, right?} {If only she opened a restaurant! I'd definitely go!} {Yeah! Little sister Xiangling, please open a restaurant so we can enjoy your cooking too!} {.....}
The viewers were discussing animatedly. Some even directly suggested that Xiangling should open a restaurant.
This made Tang Yu's eyes light up.
Having Xiangling open a restaurant was exactly one of his plans.
It was also one of the system's tasks.
"Done!"
At that moment, Xiangling gave the wok a skilled toss, flipping the abalones neatly into a bowl.
This move immediately earned her another wave of "WTF!" comments.
Inside the bowl, the abalones were now wrapped beautifully in green onion, ginger, garlic, and red chili peppers, looking incredibly appetizing.
Hu Tao couldn't hold back any longer. She handed the phone to Tang Yu and grabbed a pair of chopsticks.
She stabbed one abalone and brought it straight to her mouth.
The viewers watched with full attention.
They wanted to observe Hu Tao's expression to judge whether the dish tasted good.
"Wah! Holy shit!" Hu Tao chewed a few times, swallowed, and immediately blurted out a national swear word.
Her expression looked exactly like a girl experiencing ultimate satisfaction.
She looked like she was in heaven.
Seeing this, Silver Wolf became very curious. She copied Hu Tao, picked up an abalone with chopsticks, and put it in her mouth.
The next second, her eyes widened.
"Oh! Holy crap! It's so delicious!" A little juice dripped from the corner of her mouth, which she quickly sucked back in.
Her expression was exactly the same as Hu Tao's.
Tang Yu looked at the two girls' reactions and helplessly shook his head.
"Is it really that good?" he asked with some doubt.
Hu Tao's mouth was busy. She picked up one abalone and brought it right to Tang Yu's lips.
Tang Yu opened his mouth, gently bit down, and chewed a few times.
Instantly, an incredibly rich aroma exploded in his mouth.
It was the flavor of green onion, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, combined with the taste of the abalone.
They fused perfectly together and created a chemical reaction.
This kind of fragrance was simply impossible to describe with words.
If he had to describe it, there were only two words:
Holy shit!
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