Chapter 464 - 171: One-Size-Fits-All Spicy Rabbit Heads

Chapter 464: Chapter 171: One-Size-Fits-All Spicy Rabbit Heads

And it was the kind that was hard to find anywhere else.

Ah Bao took the blanched rabbit heads to wash them clean. "All done!"

Su Chen took over from Ah Bao.

The commercial version of spicy rabbit heads boiled down to two key steps: first Blast, then braise. Su Chen also added a nice touch from the restaurant-quality version: a final sear.

He heated a wok and poured in fresh salad oil, bringing it to about eighty percent of its smoking point. Then, all one hundred rabbit heads went into the pot.

The wok of oil instantly looked like it was about to explode!

A wave of heat billowed up from the roiling oil, but Su Chen wasn’t the least bit intimidated. He calmly continued to add the rabbit heads to the wok.

Ah Bao watched, absolutely dumbfounded.

’Isn’t he afraid of burning his hands?’

"Don’t just stand there. Grab the spices from the competition and make the braising liquid."

Giving that order to someone who had studied Sichuan cuisine saved a lot of trouble. Su Chen didn’t need to explain further; Ah Bao knew exactly what to do and began combining the spices Su Chen had used for the bobo chicken.

He then took the filtered chili oil, added ginger and scallions, and threw it all into a wok to flash-fry until fragrant.

The chili oil was already intensely aromatic, but with the addition of the spices, it released an even more unique and mellow fragrance.

Su Chen took a sniff. The aroma was perfect—exactly the same as the one he’d made in the practice room.

’Ah Bao’s skills have really improved lately... His brain, on the other hand, isn’t the sharpest.’

"Alright. Go get the rabbit heads out of the oil. And make a cut on the back of each one."

After being Blasted in the high-heat oil, the surface of the rabbit heads had turned a slightly charred, golden-brown color. But Ah Bao knew not to be fooled by appearances; inside, the meat was still incredibly tender!

Ah Bao fished all the rabbit heads out and arranged them neatly on a square, stainless steel tray.

Swallowing hard, he used a cleaver to make a small slit at the back of each rabbit’s skull.

Meanwhile, Su Chen poured a large amount of clear stock into the wok with the fragrant chili oil. This was the divine-level stock he had prepared the day before!

He immediately added a generous amount of refined salt, followed by a large handful of rock sugar.

"Done!"

He took all the rabbit heads Ah Bao had prepared and slid them into the large pot. He brought the braising liquid to a rolling boil over high heat, then turned it down to a simmer.

"Alright, you can go back to your other work now."

At this point, they just needed to be braised on low heat for half an hour, then soaked in the liquid for another half an hour.

Timing-wise, they would be ready to eat right at six.

All that was left was for Su Chen to perform the final "sear," a step that had to be done right before serving.

Ah Bao stared at his boss in disbelief.

’He calls me up here, uses me, and then just tells me to leave?’

’He’s not even going to let me have a single rabbit head?’

"I’m not busy today, Boss!" Ah Bao puffed out his chest. "I was worried you wouldn’t be able to handle everything by yourself. Just tell me what else needs to be done!"

Oh?

Su Chen tilted his head to look at Liu Ahbao. ’Someone’s actually asking for more work.’

’Fine by me.’

"Go wash the pig brains. I’ll show you how."

As Zhang Li, He Shuting, and Liu Ahbao watched in stunned silence,

Su Chen pulled a brain from the box, placed it in the palm of his left hand, and held it under the faucet. As the water ran over it, he gently patted it with his right hand.

This loosened the brain’s folds, revealing the layers of membrane within.

He then peeled away all the membranes, placing the cleaned brain into a basin.

"There. One hundred brains. Good luck."

With that, Su Chen went back to heating up a wok, preparing to stir-fry the seasoning for the grilled brains.

Ah Bao might have studied Sichuan cuisine for a few days, but grilled brains weren’t part of the curriculum. This was clearly an exam question that went beyond the syllabus.

Staring at the box filled to the brim with brains, Ah Bao suddenly wished he could take back his earlier words.

Si Tiao Tui, meanwhile, left the kitchen looking both scared and disgusted. It stood by the window, watching Liu Ahbao with a very sympathetic gaze.

Su Chen heated up a wok. This time, he used rapeseed oil.

"Oh, right. For every twenty you wash, you get to eat one."

Ah Bao, who had looked disgusted just a moment ago, had an instant change of expression. "There’s a deal like that?"

PAT! PAT! PAT!

He immediately grabbed a brain, placed it in his left hand, and started patting it just as Su Chen had shown him.

Zhang Li, however, lowered her head and began to quietly calculate something.

’To wash, or not to wash?’