Her Cultivation Diary
Chapter 868 - 852. Live Cooking (can skip)_3

Chapter 868: 852. Live Cooking (can skip)_3

[The angler comes back with grudges, I refuse to believe all of you buying the bait are actually fishing!]

[Second time’s the charm, streaming live again — and this time it’s Teacher Qiaoqiao!]

[Sigh of relief, if it were a mob boss again, I’d be rushing to call the cops.]

[What is Baobao streaming tonight?]

[The kitchen light is so bright! Wow, it’s haute cuisine! Quick, order takeout!]

[Eating right now! Perfect timing for a meal!]

Qiaoqiao was seriously setting up a steamer on the pot: "Kids, these are sweet potatoes we dug up today, we’re going to steam and eat them soon."

There were quite a few sweet potatoes with their ends cut off, and he picked some well-shaped ones to wash and place in the steamer, then quickly covered the pot with a lid.

"Tomorrow morning, I’ll teach everyone how to roast sweet potatoes in the stove! It’s perfect timing with cooking pig feed in the morning, we can let them stew in the ashes for a long time."

As he spoke, he started another pot to boil water, then turned to rummage through the big freezer in the kitchen and pulled out a basin of chestnuts:

"Tonight, we’re making chestnut braised chicken, and we’ll start by peeling the chestnuts — it’s simple, we just use this nutcracker to crack an opening in the chestnut."

He had strong hands, and was cracking them open one by one using the nutcracker in one hand. When the water boiled, he had already prepared a basin full of chestnuts.

Then the chestnuts went into the pot, boiled for a dozen minutes or so before being scooped out —

"Now we can peel them while they’re hot!"

As the strainer had just lifted the chestnuts into the basin, both Seventh Uncle and Aunt Lianhua simultaneously squeezed Qiaoqiao behind them.

One said: "Chestnut peeling must be done while they’re hot, it won’t work once they cool down, let me do it!"

The other said: "You’re a kid, your hands are delicate, don’t touch these hot ones right out of the pot, Auntie will do it! My hands have callouses, they’re not afraid of the heat."

Qiaoqiao stood there, looking blank and a little aggrieved: "I haven’t even touched them, how do I know if I’m afraid of the heat or not?"

[Hahahaha Teacher Qiaoqiao is getting pampered]

[Our top chef doesn’t seem to be doing too well ah, everyone’s too soft on Teacher Qiaoqiao, how’s he supposed to learn the real skills?]

[It doesn’t matter, now there are peeled ones available at the market, supermarket]

[Ahh it’s the chestnuts for sugared chestnuts! The kind that’s 88 yuan per 500g! Are you using that much for a single chicken dish?]

[Rolling around in jealousy, hating why it’s not me eating them!]

[The regret of my life is only managing to get three pounds of sugared chestnuts]

Qiaoqiao felt wronged, but Seventh Uncle just huffed, "If you’re not doing this, can’t you do something else? Go, deal with the chicken."

Only then did Qiaoqiao snap back to reality, rushing to the chopping board on the other side: "Kids, let’s chop some chicken pieces now — look, the pieces should only be a little bigger than the chestnuts."

He was seen as an obedient and cute little treasure by everyone in the livestream, but now he was chopping the chicken into pieces swiftly, the sound of the heavy chopping board resonating. Soon, he had a basin full of chicken cut up.

He was not done yet.

Qiaoqiao took up the salt container:

"First, add three spoons of salt, then grab a handful of baking soda, and pour cold water over it. Mix these in the water, wash the blood off the chicken pieces, which also makes the meat tender."

[Wow, he actually thinks I’m going to learn]

[Wow, he actually thinks I’m capable of learning — eh, it seems actually not that hard?]

[To the one in front, when Teacher Qiaoqiao teaches cooking, it’s always simple, easy to learn, and practical. Now I’m already cooking meals for myself.]

[Cooking meals for myself +1, the delivery fee for a takeout meal can cover my veggies and meat for a whole day.]

[Pulling up a stool, taking out a notebook.]

[What if you don’t have baking soda? Is it ok not to use it?]

[To the one in front, it’s okay not to use it if you don’t have it, no worries.]

[The deceptive pastoral livestreamer, the true foodie area up.]

[Isn’t it the hypnosis area?]

[Isn’t it the sales promotion broadcaster?]

While the chat was lively, Qiaoqiao had cleaned the chicken pieces again with fresh water, then went on to peel a big handful of plump white garlic cloves.

He blinked and whispered as softly as possible to the livestream:

"Seventh Uncle says to smash the garlic or cut it up, but I really love boiling the garlic cloves until they’re soft and mushy, so delicious!"

[That’s right, that’s right! Garlic cloves boiled in soup are the best.]

[Fellow aficionado, during summer when I eat crawfish, I especially love the soft mushy garlic cloves boiled inside.]

[Won’t eating garlic cloves give you bad breath?]

[It has a strong taste, after eating you need to rinse your mouth, then chew some raw peanuts...]

[Hehehe is it only me who, when there were no snacks at home as a kid, would string garlic cloves on a wire and grill them, then dip them in instant noodle seasoning to eat?]

[Ah, this...]

While talking, Qiaoqiao had already placed the ginger on the chopping board and gave it a firm slap before swiftly cutting it into slices, with skilled movements that belied an experienced chef.

Seventh Uncle’s chestnuts were almost all peeled, and Qiaoqiao thought for a moment before going to the door and shouting:

"Do you want it spicy?"