Chapter 162 Stir-fried Cabbage
Although Ding Huan could find the cooking competition hall without anyone's guidance, he still asked a maid before coming outside the hall.

"Sixth brother, just wait for me outside."

Ding Huan gave instructions to Lao Liu and went into the hall.

There were eleven people sitting in the hall. When they saw Ding Huan coming, everyone sitting there looked at him unfriendly.

I heard that the lady only needs one cook, and with every extra person, their opportunities will be divided.

Ding Huan glanced at the people in the hall, and found that most of them had some cultivation skills.

This made Ding Huan doubt that there were few real chefs here. Just like him, he was not a chef either.

Everyone’s purpose is probably similar to his, just to find a place to enter the Taoist world.

Should we go to the kitchen to compete in cooking skills later?
Just when Ding Huan's mind was still searching for the kitchen, a group of people walked in with various ingredients.

There was a long table in the middle of the hall, and all the ingredients were piled on the table.

Then more than a dozen mobile stoves were brought in and placed on both sides of the food table.

An older woman came in with a few maids. She looked at Ding Huan and the other twelve chefs and said:

"Please help yourself to the ingredients here, and then each person will make a dish. When the dishes are finished, the lady will come to taste them personally, so please go ahead."

Several chefs stood up, and Ding Huan followed suit.

There are plenty of ingredients here, and a dozen chefs can't use them all up, so there's no need to fight for them.

Several chefs were stunned when they saw this scene. One of them said anxiously:

"We didn't bring any pots, there's only a stove here, how are we going to cook?"

The woman glanced at the chefs with disdain, and then said coldly:

"As a chef, if you don't even bring a pot, what kind of chef are you? Come on, send all those who don't bring a pot out."

"Ah..." The chefs who didn't bring pots were dumbfounded.

Before, when they came in, they saw several chefs bringing pots, pans, and utensils with them, and they looked down on them.

This is the Jin Mansion.

Do you need to bring your own pot to cook in Jin's house? Isn't this stupid?
Now they understand that there are indeed stupid people, but they are not others, but themselves.

Ding Huan discovered that besides him, there were only six people who brought pots here.

Several people who were kicked out even looked back at Ding Huan because Ding Huan didn't bring a pot either.

But the next moment, Ding Huan's action disappointed them. Ding Huan opened his backpack and actually took out a pot from it.

Even the woman nodded in appreciation of this action.

Only those who have a deep passion for the profession of chef will carry their pots in their backpacks at all times.

Several other chefs have begun to select ingredients. Ding Huan discovered that the meat here is all monster meat, and it is all of relatively high quality.

Ding Huan took a fancy to a piece of Tianxiang rabbit meat. When he was about to take it, a chef who was closer to the Tianxiang rabbit took action in time and took the Tianxiang rabbit meat away.

Ding Huan saw that the chef had already taken a piece of venison and then took the rabbit meat, obviously not wanting Ding Huan to get the rabbit meat.

At this moment, there were only two words in Ding Huan's mind: idiot.

He didn't use his divine sense to scan, but he was sure that the young lady was paying attention to everything here.

If his meals in the future are to be prepared by someone, he will also pay attention to the person who cooks.

Ding Huan was too lazy to grab the piece of Tianxianglou. When he was about to exchange it for a piece of meat, he suddenly saw a vegetable that looked like cabbage.

Ding Huan recognized this dish, it was called Qianjiacai.

Ding Huan ate Qianjia cuisine in Jihe City, and he also bought some and cooked it himself.

This kind of vegetable is very cheap and is the most popular dish among ordinary people, so it is called Qianjiacai, and it can be regarded as cabbage from another world.

Like Chinese cabbage, chia has the advantage of being able to dissolve greasiness and cleanse the stomach and intestines.

Unlike Chinese cabbage, this vegetable has a green root, yellow in the middle, and white on top.

Ding Huan did not hesitate and took the Qianjia vegetable in his hand.

Given the conditions in the Jin mansion, the young lady named Guan Xi must be eating all kinds of monster meat every day.

Eating too much monster meat would be greasy, so it would be better to give her some vegetables to help her get rid of the greasiness.

Among the seven chefs, only Ding Huan chose pure vegetables.

Although other chefs also choose vegetables, they all prepare dishes with meat as the main ingredient and vegetables as the auxiliary ingredients.

Ding Huan's choice of dishes was successful because he attracted almost everyone's attention.

People have been eating and watching monster meat every day, and they are already tired of it.

However, it was Ding Huan who simply chose Qianjia cuisine. Everyone was curious about what tricks Ding Huan could come up with.

Ding Huan placed the pot on the mobile stove, scooped some water from the side and washed the pot three times.

This action made the woman hosting the cooking competition nod her head.

Among those participating in the cooking competition here, Ding Huan was the only one who washed the pot three times.

Others just lightly cleaned the pot with water, and one person even greased the pot without washing it. It was obvious that he was used to surviving in the wild and could not be a chef.

Ding Huan calmly separated the vegetables, cut them into sections, and washed them several times.

Even several maids noticed that Ding Huan was more clean than other chefs.

Among those who cook meat, almost no one washes the meat. They just cut it and start cooking.

In fact, the maids didn't understand, but the woman who hosted the competition did.

If you want to cook the meat of these monsters, the most taboo thing is to wash it with water.

Because once you wash it, your vitality will be lost.

Even though she knew this was the case, the woman hosting the competition still felt somewhat disdainful of the other chefs.

Food is for eating, why do we need to preserve our vitality?
After doing all this, Ding Huan did not start cooking immediately, but waited for the vegetables to drain.

In fact, the real reason is that Ding Huan knows that his dish will be finished in one minute at most. If this kind of vegetable is completely cold, it will become mushy and unpalatable when eaten.

And those chefs who cook meat will definitely not prepare it so quickly, so he has to wait a while.

Feeling that the time was almost up, Ding Huan lit the stove and put the pot on the stove.

After the pan is hot, add some clear oil. After the oil is hot, Ding Huan pours the chopped Qianjiacai into the pan and starts stir-frying.

Now everyone was speechless.

Ding Huan had always been the most eye-catching one before, but what happened in the end?
When the oil is hot, pour the vegetables in and stir-fry?
If this also requires hiring a chef, then it would be too easy for the chef to be hired.

This is not cooking. Anyone with hands can fry it.

In just one minute, everyone stared at Ding Huan in a daze as he started to plate the food.

Is this good?

If we don’t count the time Ding Huan spent waiting, and the time it took to wash the vegetables and the pots, how long did it take to cook this dish?
While everyone was still in a daze, a girl with her face covered by a veil walked in.

"Miss." Seeing the young girl come in, everyone greeted her respectfully.

The one who came in was the young lady of the Jin Mansion, Guan Yu. That is, she needed a chef to cook on the way to the Taoist sect.

The other chefs quickly sped up the cooking.

Although Ding Huan did not use his spiritual sense to scan away, he was very clear that the woman must have been watching from the side.

Seeing that his food was ready, he came in to check on it on time.

Perhaps it was after this woman came in that the other masters sped up.

Soon, seven chefs including Ding Huan had all prepared the dishes.

"Miss, the dishes are ready now. Would you like me to bring them over for you to try?" the middle-aged woman hosting the competition asked quickly.

Guan Xi nodded: "Okay, bring it up."

Seven dishes were placed in front of Guan Xi. Even the others couldn't help but look at Ding Huan's dish of stir-fried vegetables.

Although Ding Huan's cooking is simple and clear, it looks really good. The yellow, green and white seem to be in the right place on this plate.

With some crystal, it gives people a pleasing feeling.

"Okay, go out and wait for notification."

The middle-aged woman said to Ding Huan and others.

All the chefs quickly packed up their things and walked out of the hall. Ding Huan also put the pot into his bag and walked out.

After everyone left, Guan Xi gently lifted her veil, picked up a piece of Qianjia vegetable and put it into her mouth.

Obviously, she had long wanted to come in and try the dish made by Ding Huan.

As for the dishes made by the other chefs, she had long been tired of them, as none of them had any special features.

That manager was too cheap, he actually found a bunch of good-for-nothings like this to apply for the position of chef.

Qianjiacai brings a light fragrance when you take a bite, and a slight crisp feeling comes with a familiar yet unfamiliar taste that completely permeates the taste buds.

Guan Xi was stunned. How could ordinary vegetables be made to taste so delicious?
This person's cooking skills must be superb, back to basics, right?
Then Guan Xi took a few more big bites, and soon more than half of the plate of Qianjia dishes was gone.

"Miss, would you like to try these plates of meat?"

The middle-aged woman saw that the young lady only ate Qianjia dishes and couldn't help but say something.

Guan Yu put down his chopsticks:
"Call in the chef who makes Qianjia dishes, and dismiss the rest."

The middle-aged woman was stunned. It seemed that the young lady had not eaten the rest of the dishes yet. Was it decided?
But she naturally didn't say much, and quickly said:
"Yes."

Ding Huan and the other six chefs were still waiting when someone came out.

Everyone could see clearly that the person who came out was the host of the competition, and everyone looked at her nervously.

The woman pointed at Ding Huan:

"You are hired, follow me in, the rest of you can leave."

Ding Huan breathed a sigh of relief, it finally worked.

(End of this chapter)