Chapter 153 - 121: Becoming the Superstar of Food Livestreaming, Surpassing All Others

Chapter 153: Chapter 121: Becoming the Superstar of Food Livestreaming, Surpassing All Others

"I’ve already processed and cleaned these ahead of time. You can see they’ve deflated quite a bit. For those of you who can’t stand the fishy taste, you can also marinate them with scallions, ginger, garlic, and cooking wine to get rid of the smell."

A pot of water on the smart stove came to a boil.

Shu Yao put the fish maws into the pot, boiling them until they changed color and shrank before quickly scooping them out with a slotted spoon. The whole process only took about ten seconds.

"This also helps get rid of the fishy smell. After boiling, soak them in cold water. When you cook them later, the fish maws won’t be too tough. Instead, they’ll have a springy yet tender and crisp texture."

After the fish maws had soaked long enough, she took them out, drained the water, and set them aside to dry.

Shu Yao prepared a wok and added oil. Once the oil was hot, she threw in the prepared Sichuan peppercorns, minced garlic, ginger slices, and scallion sections, stir-frying them until fragrant. Then, she added the drained fish maws to the wok and continued to stir-fry.

The taste-sharing system had been on for a while.

The fans smelled the aroma, and their mouths began to water uncontrollably.

After adding a suitable amount of salt, Shu Yao added two small spoonfuls of ground pepper and a pinch of white sugar to enhance the flavor, then added two spoonfuls of soy sauce for color.

"That smells incredible!"

"Folks, I can’t take this temptation anymore! I’m going to Luoxing Port to hunt for some deals too!"

Shu Yao opened a can of beer, poured about two tablespoons into the wok, and chugged the rest. GULP GULP.

With a light squeeze, the empty can instantly crumpled in her hand. She then casually tossed it into the trash can.

"FUCK! I wish I were that can so Mrs. Bao could crush me!"

"Mrs. Bao, crush me please!"

"I’ve always thought Mrs. Bao’s hands are gorgeous, haven’t you?!"

"Me too, me too! I used to think it was a beauty filter! Then I asked in the group chat, and Assistant Dan told me Mrs. Bao hasn’t even figured out the stream’s beauty filter function yet, hahaha—"

"Once she figures it out, maybe Mrs. Bao will do a face-reveal stream!"

"What’s the person above me trying to say? Are you dissing our Mrs. Bao, saying she’s ugly?!"

A fan who was curious about Mrs. Bao’s appearance asked, "If she’s not ugly, why doesn’t she show her face on stream?"

"But Assistant Dan said Mrs. Bao is a stunning beauty! She chooses not to show her face because her family’s identities are sensitive! Especially after she got famous, she wants to avoid causing trouble for her family even more!"

"Where’d you get all this info?"

"Hehe, I can tell you’re not in the inner circle of Bao-fans. Everyone in our fan group knows this stuff!"

"I GOTTA JOIN THE GROUP! I GOTTA JOIN THE GROUP! I GOTTA JOIN THE GROUP!"

Seeing how lively the stream chat was, Ke Dancheng felt extremely gratified.

Meanwhile, Shu Yao was already making the final preparations before taking the fish maws out of the wok.

She added some chopped red chili peppers to the wok, stir-frying them to release their spiciness, then sprinkled in the green parts of the scallions.

"It’s ready to come out of the wok. I suggest not stir-frying it too dry. Leaving a bit of the sauce is delicious mixed with rice."

As she spoke, she gave a shout-out to [Bai Meng] in the stream chat.

"Meng Meng, I know you’re watching. When you’re making your hand-drawn recipes, you can add a little tip. I personally recommend blanching the fish maws before stir-frying them. Otherwise, if you put them straight into the hot oil, they’ll release a bunch of fishy water, and it will look more like you’re boiling them, so you won’t get that high-heat stir-fried effect like I did. Also, fish maws cook very quickly, about two minutes from the time they go in the wok to when they come out."

In the stream chat, [Bai Meng] quickly took notes.

After the Spicy Stir-fried Fish Maw was plated, the fans thought it was time to eat. But instead, they could only watch as Mrs. Bao placed the large plate of fish maws into a warming cabinet.

Shu Yao cleaned up the stovetop again and returned to the camera. "Next, we’ll start on the second dish. The ingredients for this one are also very inexpensive, but I don’t recommend you all try to imitate this."

With that, she took out a sea clam larger than her palm.

A fan in the stream chat immediately recognized it. "A Star Scale Clam! You can cook with that thing? No way! Its shell is incredibly hard!"

"That’s right," another fan explained. "Star Scale Clam shells are extremely tough and require special methods to break. They’re often used in military applications. Some Mecha hulls even contain components from Star Scale Clam shells."

"Shows what you know! The meat of the Star Scale Clam is also a very delicious ingredient. I’ve had the honor of eating it once. It’s so slippery it feels like it just slides right down into your stomach! It’s very savory, just a little bit fishy."

"To eat the clam meat, you have to pry the shell open first! Can anyone tell me how you’re supposed to pry this thing open?"

"Mrs. Bao must have a way!"

Shu Yao took out a dagger with cloth strips wrapped around its hilt. She aimed the dagger’s sharp edge at the seam of the clam’s shell.

"No way! Is Mrs. Bao going to use that thing to open the clam shell?"