Six o'clock in the morning.

Lin Xu opened his eyes from his sleep and found that Baobao Shen was clinging to him like an octopus.

Carefully taking away the girl's arms around her body, and moving away the long white legs that were straddling her waist, she finally felt a little relaxed.

"No wonder I feel like ghosts are pressing on the bed when I sleep..."

In order to prevent Baby Shen from catching a cold due to the air conditioner, Lin Xu deliberately covered her perfect body with a blanket, then secretly kissed her and got out of bed.

Today is the day of trial opening, so I can’t sleep in, I have to go to the store to have a look.

After all, it is the first day of business, and many problems may be exposed. We must solve them as much as possible to avoid hidden dangers after the official opening.

Leave the bedroom.

Lin Xu first shoveled the cat litter, then washed his face and brushed his teeth, put on the new clothes bought by his mother-in-law, locked the door, and went to the store with Dundun in his arms.

Well, let Baby Shen sleep a little longer, and then come over and ask her to have breakfast at seven o'clock.

When I arrived at the store, the person in charge of purchasing and the morning shift chef had already arrived.

After everyone greeted each other, Lin Xu asked:

"What to eat this morning?"

The chef in charge of the class said:

"Pumpkin millet porridge, scallion pancakes, sauced pork buns, and our own homemade sweet and sour diced radish and cold pork rinds. Does the boss need to open a small stove?"

To open a small stove is to cook something alone.

Everyone knows that the landlady lives with the boss now, so they tactfully reminded Lin Xu if he wanted to make something else for the landlady.

Lin Xu said:

"No need to turn on the small stove, we'll eat whatever you make... By the way, let's peel off the chicken legs and steam them. Dundun hasn't had breakfast yet."

Today is the time for children to show off their power again.

So we have to let the little one have a good meal in advance, so as not to harm our family’s magic weapon.

"Okay boss, I'll get ready right now."

Lin Xu checked the preparations upstairs, took out the two boxes of chilled pork knuckles and one box of pork rinds that the truck had brought in, put them into the pot in batches and cooked them for a few minutes.

After cooking, place the elbow and pork skin on the workbench and start searing the skin with a spray gun.

The method of this step is the same as rock sugar elbow. The pig skin is first tightened with hot water to make the stubble protrude, and then the pig skin is burned with a spray gun.

Use the high-temperature flame of the spray gun to burn away the sweat glands, pores, hair follicles, etc. on the surface of the pigskin.

Making crystal elbow requires that the ingredients must be clean, so this step must be done more thoroughly. The blacker the skin of the elbow is burned, the cleaner it will be when washed out, and the better the appearance of the dishes will be.

While it was burning, the car boy who was busy signing the purchase orders came over:

"Let me do it boss, I'm good at doing this."

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"I'll do it. You can boil some hot water and soak the elbows and pig skin for me. Soak them for a while and then wash them. This will make them cleaner."

"Good boss."

Chezi started boiling water on the stove nearby.

After it was cooked, he didn't sit idle. He ran to the vegetable washing area and soaked all the tomatoes, eggplants and green vegetables used for making braised vegetables.

This will make it easier to clean later.

When he returned to the stove again, Lin Xu had already burned all the elbows and pig skins.

"Che boy, how many pig heads did you get in today?"

"Eight."

"After breakfast, remember to give four to Master Xu downstairs and ask him to clean them up and soak them. After I finish my work, I will go to braise them and continue to press the pig heads today."

When making it yesterday, Lin Xu was worried that there would be too many pig heads to finish.

But after tasting the finished product, he felt less prepared.

The tempting taste and outstanding presentation will definitely be snapped up by customers immediately. Moreover, the two pig heads seem to have a lot of meat, but after being pressed, the meat will shrink a lot, and you can't cut it for many plates.

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So today I will sell four more pig heads to see how the sales go. If it is not enough, then continue to increase the amount.

After the water is hot, soak the blackened elbows in it.

Don't rush to wash it first, but soak it in hot water and then wash it after it is soaked. The elbow can be washed cleaner.

"The store where I worked used to have crystal elbows, but they were never treated like this. They were soaked in formalin and bleaching powder, and gelatin was added when making them."

Although Che Zai has not been in the industry for a long time, he has been exposed to many "secrets" in the kitchen because he has been working as a cook.

Of course, other chefs have also been exposed to it, but these people are all veterans, so they generally don't mention the "hidden rules" in these industries.

Only a passionate young man like Che Zai, who has just turned eighteen, would pay attention to this.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"If you use this method to trick customers, they will eventually trick themselves."

If we treat customers sincerely, maybe the hotel will not be on the verge of bankruptcy, unlike now, where it is said that even wages cannot be paid.

As soon as I heard that Lin Kee was recruiting people, even the chef who was cooking came over for an interview.

In order to stay, some people even approached Che Zai to intercede with Xu Xinhua, which made Che Zai realize at a young age the meaning of "the world is not about fighting and killing, but about human relationships."

Ten minutes later, Lin Xu took out the pigskin soaked in hot water and started scrubbing it with a new brush, trying to clean the black spots burned by the spray gun as much as possible.

So as not to affect the final quality of the dishes.

After washing the pig skin, take out the soaked elbow, scrub it clean with steel wool, and wash it twice with clean water.

After all the work was done, I started to modify the elbow.

When making crystal elbows, the meat must not be overcooked, otherwise it will lose its chewiness. In order to prevent the elbows from being unevenly cooked and causing a loss of taste, you need to cut the elbows open and pick out the bones when making them.

In this way, the meat can be cooked quickly, and the bones can be placed at the bottom of the pot, making the cooked meat more fragrant.

Seeing Lin Xu pick up the kitchen knife, Che Zi also walked over with his own kitchen knife.

"Boss, do you need to pick out the bones?"

"Yes, take it out and put it on the bottom of the pot later. The cooked meat will taste more delicious."

Seeing that the car boy's method of picking bones was rather clumsy, Lin Xu said:

"Use the knife at the thinnest part of the elbow meat, cut in with the blade close to the bone, and then cut off the fascia along the bone, thus removing the bone."

This scene made several of the cooks working the morning shift nearby look envious.

He is truly the number one employee of Lin Kee. The boss actually taught him how to debone himself. As long as this guy doesn’t change jobs, becoming the head chef is a sure thing.

Alas!

I’m so envious.

After picking out all the bones from the elbow, put them into the soup bucket together with the pig skin, then add half a pot of water, add some cooking wine, and start blanching.

To make crystal elbows, this step is indispensable.

Only by boiling out all the blood in the meat can the cooked elbow be clean in color and taste cool and chewy.

When the temperature in the pot comes up, there will be foam floating on the water.

Lin Xu stood in front of the stove with a spoon, slowly stirring up the foam, and waited until the water in the pot was completely boiled before the foam gradually reduced.

After ten minutes, take out the cooked pork skin from the pot and wash it.

As for the elbow, it needs to be cooked for a while, and it can only be removed from the pot after it is thoroughly blanched.

Clean the pig skin and scrape the back side with a knife to remove as much grease as possible. Otherwise, it will affect the appearance of the dish. In serious cases, the broth may not solidify.

After cleaning all the meat skin, cut it into thin strips with a kitchen knife.

After cutting, set aside for later use.

At this time, the elbow in the pot is almost cooked. If no blood comes out when you prick it with a tassel, use a slotted spoon to take out all the elbow and meat.

After taking it out, boil the broth in the pot again, pour the shredded pork skin into the water and blanch it for a second time.

In this way, the pigskin is cleaner and the crystal elbows made are more beautiful.

After blanch again, take out the pig skin, rinse it and set it aside for later use.

Next, Lin Xu washed the bones and elbows again with warm water.

After rinsing the elbow, both the skin and the meat inside have turned a lot whiter.

The originally red lean meat even turned into light pink.

This is the sign of boiled blood foam.
To be continued...