Beast Taming: I Can Bestow Entries-Chapter 198: Mouse and Duck Neck

"Ying!"

Tuantuan manipulated the Power of Food Spirit to remove impurities from ingredients like gugu chicken bones and the dumbstruck goose before placing them into the boiling pot, then skillfully added various seasonings to start making soup.

Although this was its first time making this dish, after equipping the "Sichuan Cuisine Spirit Chef" title, it understood every step and detail of making boiled cabbage in water.

When Chen Mo and Tuantuan started cooking, the main camera of the competition once again focused on them.

On the screen, Tuantuan’s black eyes were filled with seriousness and concentration. Since controlling the heat is crucial for simmering soup, Tuantuan needed to remain fully focused, while Chen Mo on the side was glancing around, observing the process of other Spirit Chefs making dishes.

"Is Tuantuan making chicken soup, meow? It’s quite rare for a pastry-type Food Spirit to choose to make chicken soup, meow~"

Neon Cat remarked.

"I guess Tuantuan is making cabbage chicken soup. You know, Chen Mo previously obtained a treasured crystal cabbage!"

The female host speculated.

Seeing the "idle" Chen Mo and the "hardworking" Tuantuan, the audience felt somewhat "righteously indignant."

"Pfft! Does dog Chen Mo not cook at all? How can he let Tuantuan do everything?"

"Laughing to death, other Spirit Chefs have their Food Spirits gathering ingredients and then they cook, with Food Spirits assisting. It’s completely the opposite with Chen Mo. A model of letting Food Spirits cook while I slack off."

"Feel sorry for Tuantuan; seeing how skillful it is at making soup, it must have done a lot at home."

"Thinking about Tuantuan cooking various delicious foods for Chen Dog every day, I’m so envious my back teeth are gritting."

...

minutes later.

While Tuantuan was diligently making clear soup, Chen Mo saw a man in a white chef’s uniform with lush hair who had already completed his dish.

He made a pan-seared pork chop.

The man placed the pan-seared pork chop on a plate and handed it to the staff.

After cutting it into pieces, the staff put it into a silver-gray round machine.

This was the Food Appraisal Device, a Mechanical Spirit Beast, capable of accurately identifying the raw materials, level, and effects of the food.

Soon, the screen of the Food Appraisal Device displayed rows of pale blue text—

[Food Name: Pan-Seared Pork Chop]

[Ingredients: Transcendent Level 2 gurulu pork hind leg meat, lemon juice, ordinary honey]

[Effect: Slightly increases the eater’s strength]

[Level: Rare 6]

[Score: 60]

The preliminary competition’s score is divided into two parts.

One part is the score given by the Food Appraisal Device based on the food’s level.

Foods below Rare level are 0 points, Rare Level 1 is 10 points, Level 2 is 20 points, and so on.

Exquisite Level 1 food is 200 points, and each small level increase in exquisite quality food earns an extra 20 points.

As for Epic level food, it scores 1000 points. If someone makes it, they can advance to the next round without even looking at the judges’ scores.

Seeing this score, the uncle was obviously satisfied.

Then, the other parts of the pan-seared pork chop were cut and plated, and placed in front of each judge.

After tasting, the judges began to score.

"Tao Ming Master gave 6 points."

"President Feng gave 5.5 points."

...

"Master Meng gave 5 points."

"Alright, all of our 10 judges have finished scoring. The total score from the judges is 55.5 points, adding to the earlier 60 points, so Huang Ping’s preliminary competition final score is—115.5 points!"

The female host announced the contestant’s score.

After the total score was revealed, Chen Mo saw this uncle named Huang Ping clenching his fists, still looking somewhat nervous.

This score has a chance to advance to the second round, but the hope is relatively slim and it depends on the performance of other contestants.

"If lucky, the boiled cabbage with water cooked by Tuantuan could reach a treasured quality, and if it triggers the effect of the God of Cooking, it directly becomes an epic culinary creation! Even with bad luck, it could reach around a rare level 9 quality, advancing should still be no problem."

Chen Mo thought silently to himself.

As time passed, several contestants gradually completed their culinary dishes.

"Rare level 1, 10 points, judges’ score 42 points..."

"Common level 9, 0 points, judges’ score 48 points..."

"Common..."

Most of the Spirit Chefs’ finished dishes were at rare level one, rare level two.

It’s difficult to obtain the desired ingredients within less than 4 hours, many ingredients can’t be found, hence alternatives have to be sought or simply omitted, naturally resulting in a significant reduction in the taste of the dishes.

Two hours later, a fresh soup brewed from various rare ingredients was nearly finished cooking.

Following that, Tuantuan skillfully wielded two hoof knives with the Power of Food Spirit, rapidly mincing the gugu chicken breast into minced chicken.

Tap tap tap!

The continuous chopping sounds were crisp and melodious, with a rhythmic sense.

"What skilled knife work! But why does Tuantuan need to mince the chicken breast?"

Seeing this, the female host asked with some confusion.

It seems that minced chicken isn’t needed for chicken and cabbage soup?

In the camera, Tuantuan once again activated the Power of Food Spirit, took a small bowl of chicken soup, then poured the minced chicken into it, mixing it into a slurry.

Seeing this scene, the audience’s interest was also piqued.

What dish is Tuantuan trying to make?

"Ying!"

Tuantuan looked serious and then put the slurry-like minced chicken into the previously boiled thick soup that has been cooked for 2 hours.

As soon as the minced chicken was added, white foam immediately appeared in the pot.

Tuantuan activated the Power of Food Spirit again, separating the white foam from the chicken soup with a "quality separation".

In an instant, the originally somewhat cloudy chicken soup became much clearer.

"This is to remove impurities; the slurry-like minced chicken can absorb all the impurities from the soup, it’s a very traditional method."

Tao Ming, the Island Master of Taoyuan, explained.

"In this way, the chicken soup can maintain a clear water-like appearance, and the taste can be purer. This Food Spirit is impressive!"

After removing the impurities once, Tuantuan again poured the minced chicken into the clear soup, carrying out the second and third impurity removals.

Boiled cabbage with water is a culinary dish that brings both complexity and simplicity to a realm of perfection.

The process is quite complex, but the final presented effect is extremely simple.

After consecutive five times of impurity removal, the thick soup stewed with various ingredients became as clear as water, very transparent.

If not for the rich fragrance it emitted, most people might even mistake it as a cup of ordinary water.

Just when everyone was curious about what Tuantuan would do next, the camera suddenly switched.

At the same time Tuantuan finished preparing the clear soup, another Spirit Chef with black-framed glasses completed his dish.

One could see that in the center of his plate was a duck neck and duck head that seemed ordinary at first glance, but upon closer inspection, one could see two sharp teeth on the duck’s bill and dark fur on the duck’s neck.

The highlight is to preserve the original flavor, accomplishing a feat similar to the Nine-Turned Intestine!

"Hello everyone, this delicacy I made is called Salt and Pepper Mouse Mouse Duck Neck, it’s the original food of my Food Spirit."

Seeing the camera of the magnetic ball monster turn towards him, he smiled and greeted.