Gourmet: Midnight Vending-Chapter 281 - 272: Dark Street Aesthetics: Scorching Eyes_3

Zhang Zhenhua took a breath, "Is this barbecue really that good? Which style is it? Northeast barbecue? Zibo barbecue? Or..."

Old Hu thought for a moment, "It doesn’t seem to belong to any style. Yesterday, I grabbed a few skewers of meat, how should I put it... the seasoning is milder than Northeast barbecue, the flavor of the ingredients themselves is fresher than southern barbecue, and the texture of the meat is the best I’ve had, in short, it’s particularly delicious!"

Zhang Zhenhua and the other two exchanged glances, with Old Hu’s exaggerated praise, they were indeed starting to feel a little expectant.

On the other side, Chen Mo was indeed feeling a bit strange at the moment.

"When I was a kid watching Journey to the West, I thought the Hundred-Eyed Demon Monarch was the scariest monster. Now looking back, it’s true!"

Chen Mo remembered an episode in Journey to the West where Sun Wukong fought a monster with eyes all over its belly, and as a child, he was so scared he hid in a corner shivering.

And at this moment!

Chen Mo looked at the grill where two hundred eyes were neatly arrayed staring at him, and he felt that same sensation again.

The ingredients had been delivered that afternoon; digging out eyeballs and rinsing them, they charged 3 yuan for a pair of eyes.

Of course, Chen Mo also had to use the cabinet’s cleaning function to clean them again.

The eyeballs, excavated whole, retained the surrounding muscle fibers and subcutaneous fat, with a ring of white stuff behind each eyeball.

Each skewer threaded a pair of eyeballs, and they all had to be skewered on these muscle fibers.

There wasn’t much sensation while threading them one by one, but at this moment, with a hundred skewers of eyeballs arrayed side by side on the grill, it indeed looked quite eerie.

"System, can you please remove Baise from our system map? I absolutely refuse to go there in the future."

[National Territory Cannot Be Violated!!!]

"You..."

Chen Mo actively terminated communication with the system and began seriously grilling the eyeballs.

At the same time, he recalled the barbecue tips analyzed from the entry point.

[Grilling pig eyes, ordinary grilling involves slow cooking over low heat: you need to use low heat to cook the muscle fibers and subcutaneous fat at the back of the eyeball until they’re sixty percent done, then start turning them over.]

[The eyeball region needs to be frequently turned; the time required varies with the heat, and the cook cannot get a specific time, so must always monitor and turn them over based on the change in state of the ingredients, letting them cool, to prevent the eyeballs from exploding during the grilling.]

[Seasonings: cumin, oyster sauce, chili powder.]

These three very simple seasonings, of course, involve marinating beforehand.

The spices used for marinating are relatively simple, including star anise, bay leaves, and licorice.

After all, this type of ingredient is different from others, you can’t let the seasoning penetrate internally while grilling, so you can only marinate in advance to prepare the base flavor for the ingredients.

[The advanced grilling method is to sear over fierce heat: using intense heat to quickly create two extreme temperatures inside and outside the ingredient, then switch to minor heat to roast the back, simultaneously cooling the surface of the eyeball and warming the internal juices. Repeating this can reduce the time by about half compared to the normal grilling method.]

Right now, Chen Mo chose the ordinary grilling method.

Not that he’s afraid of attempting advanced grilling, it’s mainly to avoid wasting ingredients.

Pig eyes, not too expensive to purchase, but damn...

A slaughterhouse, with all its output, only delivers two thousand pairs!

And this is from a large slaughterhouse!

Chen Mo calmed his mind, the "black suit" lowered the temperature by two more degrees, sufficient low temperatures could help maintain absolute calmness.

Meanwhile, his right hand picked up the brush and dipped it in ordinary vegetable oil. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Grilling pig eyes, let’s do this!