Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Although Carola learned a lot from Brooke, she didn’t know how to make this jambalaya.
Jambalaya was a delicacy made with rice and shrimp and oysters, ham or chicken. It was extremely complicated and difficult to make.
In fact, even if Carola knew how to make jambalaya, she wouldn’t dare to make it.
Because Brooke had specially modified his jambalaya, it had become the signature dish of the restaurant. It was because of this jambalaya that the reputation of the restaurant was well-known.
If Carola braced herself to cook a jambalaya now, it would undoubtedly affect the popularity and reputation of the restaurant. It would cause a huge loss to the restaurant.
But if she did not cook this dish, many customers would also be angry and would leave. Carola was in a dilemma.
“Let me do it,” Jon said at this moment.
“Jon, you know how to cook it?”
Carola’s eyes lit up, as if she suddenly grabbed a life buoy after she had fallen into a river and was about to drown, then.
“My teacher taught me. I should be able to do it.” Jon said modestly.
With the improvement in his culinary skills, cooking was a very easy thing for him.
Even if Jon did not know anything about jambalaya, or even how to cook jambalaya, when Carola said the word, countless recipes appeared in his mind.
Moreover, each method could bring out the flavor of the jambalaya to the extreme.
“Okay, then I’ll leave it to you. I’ll help you.”
Carola knew that she could not make the jambalaya, so she could only pin her hopes on Jon. Because of Jon’s knife skills, Carola knew that Jon’s cooking skills were superb, and he might be able to make this dish.
In fact, Carola did not expect Jon to be able to make the jambalaya as good as Brooke.
She just hoped that Jon’s jambalaya wouldn’t ruin the restaurant’s reputation.
Soon, the two switched roles. Jon was the head chef, and Carola was the helper. They started to act again.
Jon wasn’t in a hurry. First, he asked Carola to pick the ingredients.
Then, he walked toward the seasoning area.
For jambalaya, not only were the ingredients important, but the seasoning sauce also determined the quality of the dish.
It was not an exaggeration to say that a good seasoning sauce was the soul of the jambalaya.
He picked up pepper, lemon, and other things. Not long after, the seasoning sauce was successfully made.
At the same time, Carola brought over all the seasoning of the jambalaya, rice, shrimp, chicken, and so on.
“I chose the freshest ingredients according to your instructions, and the rice was from yesterday.” Carola wiped the sweat on her forehead and said immediately.
She blinked her beautiful eyes and asked curiously, “But, speaking of which, I’m a little curious. You said that you had to choose the freshest ingredients. But I don’t understand why you chose the overnight rice.”
Carola was very curious.
Because for the restaurant would choose the freshest ingredients every day.
As the ingredients left behind from last night, they would be thrown away by the chef because those ingredients no longer had the freshest taste. Moreover, eating them would also be harmful to the body.
Therefore, she could not understand why Jon had asked her to get the rice from last night.
Jon did not have anything to hide and directly said the reason, “Because the freshly cooked rice has too much water. However, the rice from yesterday has lost a lot its water. It has become granular and easy to disperse.”
“When cooking the rice, it can absorb all the flavor of the sauce and bring out the flavor of the dish to the extreme.”
Carola was suddenly enlightened when she heard this explanation. She understood Jon’s painstaking efforts.
He had to be strict with the selection of ingredients in order to make the best food.
At this moment, Jon took a look at the ingredients. Everything was ready. Next was cooking.
He first cracked two eggs and stirred them. He poured it on the overnight rice and then wrapped the egg liquid around the rice.
Next, he burned the oil. After the oil was hot, he poured all the rice into the pot and stir-fried it.
Beside him, Carola’s beautiful eyes kept looking. For a chef, it was not only about choosing ingredients and excellent knife skills.
Most importantly, it was about the precise control during cooking.
For example, the rice needed to be cooked until it was well-done. If it was less well-done, the rice would still be frozen. The rice would be too hard and affect the taste.
If it was overly done, the rice would be too soft and not chewy.
And now, Jon was flipping the fried rice. He had grasped the timing perfectly.
Even the timing of the ingredients being added was extremely good.
Fresh shrimp, chicken, and ham were added into the pot one after another. The fragrance immediately filled the kitchen.
At this moment, Carola’s expression kept changing. Because this kind of fragrance only appeared in Bruce’s jambalaya.
And now, Jon had done it too!
Without waiting for Carola to sigh, Jon added the prepared sauce.
For a moment, the fragrance in the kitchen had risen to a whole new level.
When Carola smelled this fragrance, she felt hungry.
Not only the fragrance, but the appearance and color of the jambalaya were also extremely appetizing!
“Try it.” Jon said with a smile.