Gourmet Style Beast Taming

Chapter 358: Loach

The final competition results were as Qin Lang had expected.

Although his score surpassed Ren Feng’s, it appeared quite ordinary in comparison to the other contestants.

In the end, he received a commemorative medal and a basket full of high-quality freshwater fish ingredients.

It is worth mentioning that the winner of this fishing competition was an elderly man named Ren Changhe, who happened to be Ren Feng’s grandfather.

Accompanying Ren Changhe on stage to receive his award, Ren Feng was completely dazed. Seeing his grandfather’s confident demeanor as the self-proclaimed “King of Fishing,” he had an unreal feeling of, “1 thought you were boasting, but everything you said was actually true.”

It was a pity that Qin Lang did not witness this amusing incident. After receiving his reward, he returned to the hotel immediately, ready to process these fresh fish and share some delicious dishes with his friends.

“Wow! You caught this many fish?”

Zhou Tianhao, who was preparing in the kitchen for the next Food Fight, came out upon hearing Qin Lang’s movements. His face instantly revealed a surprised look, “Did you win the fishing competition?”

“The one who won the championship caught twice as many fish as I did,” Qin Lang shook his head, “1 was more interested in the participation.”

He simply explained his experience in the Fishing Competition to Zhou Tianhao, “I feel that the fish in Falling Cloud Lake are easier to catch than regular fish.”

“That’s not impossible. After all, it’s a man-made lake and most of the fish have been artificially stocked. They are less cautious compared to wild fish,” agreed Zhou Tianhao.

Immediately after, his tone changed, “Regardless, we are in for a treat!”

Zhou Tianhao happily grabbed a carp and checked it, “Such a fresh carp, it’s so lively, it must be delicious.”

“Let’s see what other fish you caught…” Zhou Tianhao casually flipped through the basket and suddenly his expression froze, “Eh? You also caught this?” “Huh?” Qin Lang looked in the direction of Zhou Tianhao’s gaze, then suddenly realized, “You mean the loach? 1 accidentally cast the line near the lake shore once and happened to catch it.”

“The loaches from Falling Cloud Lake are quite fat, so I deliberately caught a few more, probably about three kilograms.” Qin Lang looked regretful, “It’s a pity that loach wasn’t on the scoring list, so it wasn’t included in the score.”

“What a coincidence.” Zhou Tianhao chuckled, “My Food Fight challenge with Zhang Zihao, the chef of Chuiyun Tower, is based on the theme of loach.” “Huh?” Qin Lang looked at Zhou Tianhao, his expression becoming strange.

He hadn’t noticed it before, but after Zhou Tianhao mentioned it, he quickly spotted some discarded loach entrails in the kitchen trash can and a bucket nearby filled with loach.Food FightHowever, the quality of these was far inferior to what Qin Lang himself had caught.

“Honestly, although I’ve tasted dishes made with loach a couple of times, I’ve never tried cooking it myself.” Zhou Tianhao sighed, “I even spent a long time figuring out how to handle the loach.”

“No problem, I’m good at this.” Qin Lang immediately responded, “Later, I will cook a loach dish, guaranteed to make you fall in love with it at the first bite.”

“Great!” Zhou Tianhao laughed heartily and suddenly felt much more confident about the upcoming Food Fight.

“Brother Zhou, should we wait for Shen Qian to come back and eat together?”

“Sure.” Zhou Tianhao nodded in agreement, “I’m not very hungry at the moment. I’ve tasted quite a few failed dishes earlier, they didn’t taste good, but they filled my stomach.”

“Then I’ll start preparing now.” Qin Lang glanced at the time, sent Shen Qian a message telling her that a feast was prepared for her, and then started to get busy.

“I’ll help you!”

Zhou Tianhao voluntarily offered, and with the help of the six Food Spirits, they quickly assigned tasks and began the process of preparing the ingredients orderly.

Considering they couldn’t finish all the fish in one meal, Qin Lang planned to make some of them into pickled fish and dried fish. This would not only make preservation easier, but also create dishes with different flavors of fish. It’s killing two birds with one stone.

As for tonight’s dishes…

Steamed Bass, Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Crucian Carp Tofu Soup…

One by one, delicious dishes were quickly prepared under Qin Lang’s efficient movements. The enticing aroma of various fish dishes intertwined in the kitchen, causing Zhou Tianhao, who was helping out, and the six Food Spirits, each feisty with their techniques, to swallow their saliva in unison.

“Only the last dish is left.” Qin Lang took out a large bowl with water, in which more than a dozen plump loaches were wriggling, “Loach Egg Dish!”

It’s here!

Zhou Tianhao’s eyes lit up instantly.

Finally, it was the dish he wanted to learn!

He believed in his understanding. As long as he watched Qin Lang handle and cook the loach, he would be more familiar with this ingredient. Afterwards, he would explore on his own and surely be able to prepare a suitable dish in a Food Fight.

Similarly, Dan Bao’s eyes lit up on the side.

Upon hearing the three words “fried egg”, its DNA reacted!

“Gulu!”

1 want to eat! I want to eat!

“Hold on a moment, you’ll be able to eat soon.” Qin Lang smiled, lifted the big bowl to drain the water, and then added a few large spoons of salt to the bowl, mixing it so the salt evenly coated the loach.

Under the stimulation of high salt concentration, the struggle of the loaches intensified. However, in front of Qin Lang, the unfeeling chef, any struggle was futile.

“This is…” Seeing what Qin Lang was doing, Zhou Tianhao’s face showed a thoughtful look.

Before he could figure it out, Dan Bao on the side had already volunteered an answer.

“Gulu gudoo gugo!”

1 know, this is to remove the fishy smell!

Instantly, Dan Bao remembered what Qin Lang had told it when he first cooked Steamed Bass a long time ago. Rubbing salt all over the surface of seafood ingredients to remove the slimy mucus could help eliminate the fishy smell.

“So it’s to remove the fishy smell!” Zhou Tianhao also revealed a knowing look.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Qin Lang had done a similar thing before cooking the Steamed Bass earlier, but he hadn’t paid attention to it.

Using salt to rub and wash off the fishiness, huh…

This mere handling technique alone made Zhou Tianhao feel that he had gained a lot.

And this was just the beginning.

After the rubbing and washing, Qin Lang, knife in hand, picked up the listless loaches one by one to quickly remove the innards.

Removing the innards was also important for the loach. If not removed, the smell of the innards would slowly seep into the flesh of the loach during cooking, greatly reducing the taste of the final product.

After putting the loaches with innards removed in water to soak for a while and leach out any blood, Qin Lang turned around to start the next step.

Seeing Qin Lang take out a bag of chicken eggs, Dan Bao got excited instantly.

From the name of the dish, it could guess that this dish had something to do with the fried egg.

In the past, it had eaten a tomato beef brisket noodle once. At that time, Qin Lang had added a fried egg to the noodles. The fried egg had soaked up the soup, and the taste had become extraordinarily wonderful.

This time, would it be a similar method?

Chapter end bonus content:

[Loach Egg Dish]