For the largest third-level fish, Li Xiuchang didn't do much innovation. He just divided the fish into several parts and used different methods for each.
He believed that it would be difficult for other opponents to make any innovations in the third-level spiritual food, so there was no need for him to spend time in this area.
Three days is not a short time, but it is not enough to develop new dishes. It is good to be able to develop one.
Therefore, there is no need for Li Xiuchang to go all out. As long as he takes a few shots, he is already at the limit of this segment.
The fish head is directly made into minced pepper fish head, and the other parts are made into salt-baked fish, steamed fish, boiled fish, pickled fish, tomato fish...
Remove the fish bones and make a fried fish bone. Keep the fish maw, fish liver, fish intestines, fish roe and other internal organs for later use.
There is no way, the rules of the competition require that everything should be used to its best advantage and cannot be wasted.
One fish and nine will eat.
Several simple third-level spiritual dishes were cooked easily.
After cooking this largest third-level fish, Li Xiuchang started to handle other fish.
Several medium-sized fish were also made into various delicacies by him, including steamed fish with black bean sauce, squirrel fish, smelly mandarin fish, etc...
Although these are new dishes developed by Li Xiuchang, they have been shared on Preaching Ranking through the identity of "The Longest Man".
So doing it at this time is not considered an innovation.
He still kept the internal organs of several fishes for later use.
But what the audience couldn't understand was that Li Xiuchang chopped off the heads of all the remaining small fish, and then cooked them in one pot, turning them into a pot of braised fish.
What to do with the chopped fish heads?
Throw it away?
Isn't that an obvious deduction of points?
I saw that Li Xiuchang was not in a hurry, and after processing a pile of fish offal, he made a pot of dried fish offal.
This kind of messy stew looks simple, but it is actually very complicated in making spiritual dishes.
If they are mortal ingredients, then of course it doesn't matter. Stewing them in one pot is the easiest.
However, as a spiritual dish, different ingredients have different effects, and cooking them in one pot may have conflicting effects.
Therefore, as Spirit Chef, it is necessary to adjust the effects of different ingredients, not to mention making them complement each other, at least not to cause conflict.
Finally, Li Xiuchang used up all the ingredients except for a dozen small fish heads.
Li Xiuchang took a lot of Lingmai flour, as well as Spirit Potato and other side dishes, intending to give everyone a whole meal and open some meat for the judges.
That's right, what he is going to do is the famous dark dish from his previous life - Gazing at the Stars pie.
Of course, Immortal Shade Realm doesn't have the word "pie", so Li Xiuchang named this dish "Gazing at the Stars".
The orthodox Gazing at the Stars pie should have fish in it, but Li Xiuchang is going to make a simplified and improved version.
Using third-level fish to cook several third-level spiritual dishes proved his strength.
All the edible parts of the ingredients were used, and nothing was wasted, which proved his frugality.
The last one, Gazing at the Stars, Li Xiuchang has to prove their innovation ability.
Don't care if it tastes good or not, don't care if it looks good or not, just say it's innovative!
Li Xiuchang also worked hard on this "Gazing at the Stars", and it was not done perfunctorily.
He made many changes to the side dishes in order to harmonize the different eating effects of different fish heads.
Try to make every fish head have different eating effects.
To this end, he also used different processing methods for these fish heads.
Depending on how the ingredients are processed, there will be a big difference in the final eating effect.
In short, Li Xiuchang put a lot of thought into this dish.
When his song "Gazing at the Stars" came out, the weird shape attracted everyone's attention.
No one even watched the game going on on the next stage.
The dish "Gazing at the Stars" is really eye-catching.
Everyone present has never seen such a fresh and refined dish with such a unique shape and ugly appearance.
On the surface of the yellow puff pastry cake, there are fish heads stuck in it. The heads are pointed straight up, staring at the round dead fish eyes, as if they have something to say.
All of them looked like they were dying.
The audience also exploded in an instant, the audience whispered to each other, and many people could not hold back the smiles on their faces.
"Hahaha, is this also called spiritual food?"
"It's so joyful!"
"I'm curious, what does this dish taste like?"
"I'm more curious about where to start with this dish. Should I eat the fish head on top or the pancake on the bottom?"
"If I eat this dish, I will find it difficult to eat it. Those fish heads seem to be staring at me one by one, but it is very interesting to watch other people eating it."
"Don't worry, the referees and elders will eat it for us later."
At this time, the referees and elders looked at each other with helpless expressions on their faces.
This dish... is hard to comment on.
As judges, they cannot give an evaluation without tasting the dish, but they don't really want to eat it.
After Gazing at the Stars came out of the pot, Li Xiuchang's task had been completed and all the ingredients were successfully cooked into spiritual dishes.
This time he was the first to finish cooking, while the other contestants were still busy.
Li Xiuchang waved his hand, and Mana held a dozen dishes and placed them smoothly in front of the referees and elders.
Next comes the tasting and scoring session by the judges and elders.
The referees and elders all extended their chopsticks to the various whole fish feasts on the table, but everyone tacitly avoided the Gazing at the Stars dish.
The elders nodded constantly while tasting, and made a few comments from time to time.
Generally speaking, they are all good reviews. Li Xiuchang and Spirit Chef Arts are indeed top-notch among the contestants.
However, after they finished tasting all the spiritual dishes, the last remaining dish, Gazing at the Stars, remained untouched, which seemed particularly eye-catching.
The eyes of the referees and elders focused on the spiritual dish Gazing at the Stars, and the dozen or so fish heads seemed to be looking at them.
After a long silence, the referee elder Immortal Dust Sect looked at Li Xiuchang and asked, "What is the name of this spiritual dish and what is its effect?"
It's not just putting a bunch of Spiritually Infused Ingredients together on a plate and then cooking it, it's called innovation.
The new Spirit Delicacy Dishes is innovative while also taking into account taste and edible effects.
But whether it is delicious or not is very subjective. Just like Snail Noodles spiritual food, some people like it very much, and some people hate it very much.
But the eating effect of spiritual food is very objective. If it is there, it is there, and if it is good, it is good. There is no room for sophistry.
Therefore, the edible effect is crucial to judge whether "Gazing at the Stars" is an innovative Spirit Delicacy Dishes.
Of course Li Xiuchang also knew this. He bowed slightly before replying calmly, "I named this spiritual dish 'Gazing at the Stars'."
This name is a good one... everyone thought of it in unison.
But when we look at the Gazing at the Stars spiritual dish, the dozen or so upward fish heads and the dull dead fish eyes are just like "Gazing at the Stars".
Thank you for coming up with this name, it's quite appropriate... The referees and elders complained in their hearts.
Li Xiuchang continued to introduce this homemade spiritual dish, "This spiritual dish has various effects. Each fish head on it represents a different eating effect, and the bottom of the fish head is matched with different fillings."
Having said this, Li Xiuchang took a step forward, and the spiritual energy in his hand turned into a knife blade, cutting the entire "Gazing at the Stars" into about ten parts. Each part was topped with a fish head. Under the puff pastry under the fish head, there were indeed different fillings.
"Seniors, please have a taste." Li Xiuchang extended his hand to invite.
Referee elders, look at me, and I look at you. In the end, Elder Wu, who had been rescued by Li Xiuchang, gritted his teeth and took the lead to take a copy of "Gazing at the Stars", but brought it to his mouth. After looking at the fish head, he stopped again and asked:
"Are you going to eat the fish head together?"
Li Xiuchang nodded.
Elder Wu had to swallow one portion of Gazing at the Stars in one bite.
He chewed it twice, tasted it carefully, and said, "It's not unpleasant to eat."
After he swallowed the food, he closed his eyes and felt it for a moment, and then said, "It seems to have the effect of temporarily improving his eyesight. The improvement is quite good, worthy of the second-level spiritual food!"
Others were slightly surprised when they heard this. Although the monk has Divine Sense, which does not rely so much on eyesight, it can still come in handy in some special situations.
And the effect of enhanced vision is indeed relatively rare.
Could it be because of the two dead fish eyes on the fish's head... Based on the principle of eating what you eat, people will naturally think of the two dead fish eyes on the fish's head.
Seeing this, the other referees and elders also began to taste "Gazing at the Stars".
The result is exactly as Li Xiuchang said, each piece of "Gazing at the Stars" has a different effect.
Some can speed up the recovery of mana, some can temporarily provide low-level water escape abilities, and some can temporarily increase the power of water attribute mana...
It's really "a thousand heads and a thousand faces", each fish head has a different effect.
None of the referees and elders could deny that this was a qualified or even excellent second-level spiritual dish. Ordinary second-level spiritual dishes did not have such rich effects.
This spiritual dish is very suitable for serving wine and banquets. Everyone at the table takes what they need and eats the piece of fish head they need most.
"Gazing at the Stars" stands out as an innovation.
Li Xiuchang completed the second round perfectly and fully met the judges' requirements.
Not a single ingredient was wasted, and a whole fish feast was made, which was diverse, novel and delicious.
In terms of innovation, it was even more than accomplished, and the innovation was so innovative that even the referees and elders could not accept it.
However, the referees and elders were still very fair and objective and gave high scores one after another.
Then we just have to wait for others to finish the game to determine the final ranking.
In fact, there is no comparison between other people and Li Xiuchang.
Those second-order Spirit Chef originally thought they could compete with Li Xiuchang through innovation and utilization of ingredients, but they didn't expect Li Xiuchang to achieve the ultimate in both aspects.
Even if the element of innovation is put aside, Li Xiuchang can make multiple third-level spiritual dishes from just one third-level fish. This alone can crush them all.
Again, as long as Li Xiuchang makes a slight move, it is already the limit of this segment.
After the other nine contestants completed the competition one after another and accepted the scores from the referees, Li Xiuchang won the championship with high scores without any surprise!