Chapter 385: Beef Cutlet with Rich Demi-Glace Sauce

Translated by Zzonkedd

Edited by Gumihou

Where the previous chapter suffered from access of inane dialogues, this one suffered from a serious lack of interactive dialogues. Gumi sort of went crazy and took over

After leaving Lamberts, I immediately headed for the general store and bought up all their bottles. I need them for the Divine Medicine, Hair Power [6] as well as for the shampoos and conditioners.

I ended up with 1,000 bottles. Including the ones at home, surely these would be enough?

Once I got home, I called the commoner families over and told them about our sudden rush order.

[6] so, I need all hands together on the refilling job, and Celia, heres Suis Elixir and the dropper, Ill depend on you to make the Hair Tonic.

[6] Yes, said Celia as she accepted the items.

[8] All other jobs, gardening, cleaning, cooking will be put on hold. Ill be making tonights dinner so, any requests? Since this is overtime, I will be giving everyone a special bonus, so think about what you want, alright?

[8] Oh, but anything would do. Were already living under amazingly good conditions and eat very nice food with plenty of meat already. It would be absurd to insist on more!

Was what everyone told me but I am determined to reward them anyway. After all, I, Mukouda, do not run a Black Company. My employees would have good working conditions, rest days and be rewarded for any kind of overtime job!

Speaking of which, someone call Tabasa and the rest to help too. Many hands make light work, Ill be making dinner so look forward to it everyone! [5] [5]

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As I was making my way to the kitchen, I found my way blocked by three hungry familiars.

Oi, feed us,

Where have you been all day? Im hungry!

Sui is hungry too~~

Ah, well, the errand this morning lasted longer than I thought it would. Here, have these first, I took out most of the rest of the premade food and let my familiars have at them. Ill be making something good tonight, so look forward to it~

Umu, very well.

Uhoh, since you told me to. I shall!

Aruji~ Can Sui help Aruji~~?

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[9] Ahh, Sui-tan, if you want to, sure~~

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Once in the kitchen, I took out a nice thick piece of Higher Species Dungeon Beef and observed it for a moment.

Fumu, when it comes to nice cuts of beef like this, the first thing that comes to mind is steak. Thick steaks.

Ahhh, but isnt steak a bit too boring?

Wait, theres another recipe that would not only showcase the taste of good beef but also enhances its flavour.

[6] I did this before with Chimera meat. On its own, Chimera was already very delicious, but when made into a katsu or breaded deep-fried cutlets, the flavour elevated to something similar to Ground Dragon meat!

Yes, it is decided. Lets make Beef Katsu.

Suddenly, images of thickly sliced Beef Katsu with Demi-Glace sauce, Beef Katsu in a sandwich, Beef Katsu on a bed of warm rice danced through my mind.

Oooh, let us make lots!

The main protein would be the finely marbled Higher Species Dungeon Beef, as for the rest of the ingredients, hmm, I had just received a sack of cabbages and tomatoes from Alban, lets finely slice the raw cabbage leaves as a side and cut the tomatoes into wedges.

Beef Katsu is delicious, but it could get a little greasy so having fresh cabbages and tomatoes on the side makes sense.

For the rest of the ingredients, lets look up [Net Super].

Ill need wheat flour, eggs, bread crumbs, canned Demi-glace sauce, good red wine and b.u.t.ter. [5] [5]

[10] Why the canned Demi-glace sauce, you ask?

[10] Because I cant be bothered to make it from scratch, that would take hours. I plan to use the canned stuff as a base and add value to it for a more luxurious finish. [5] I did the same when I made Chimera Katsu last time.

To make a value-added canned Demi-glace sauce, first, simmer the red wine and let it reduce until about half the liquid is gone. Then, add the canned Demi-glace, Worcesters.h.i.+re sauce, ketchup, b.u.t.ter, sugar etc to adjust the flavour. Simmer until it reduces a little more before turning the fire off.

[10] Theres really no need to use good wine to make Demi-glace sauce since well be boiling the heck out of it, but I bought the fairly good stuff since I could afford it, hehe.

While the wine was simmering on the stove, I started the prep work for the Beef Katsu.

The beef should be cut down to steak size, of course, maybe a little thinner since breadcrumbs brown very quickly. Once I have a nice pile of steaks, I scattered salt and pepper all over them. I checked the reduced wine and added the other ingredients to make the sauce.

[10] Next, I prepared a small tray of flour, a tray of beaten eggs and a deep tray of breadcrumbs. I seasoned all three trays with a little salt and pepper. Its important to season at every step!

[10] After coating the steak with flour, and dusting off the excess, I dredged the meat through the egg wash before placing it onto the tray of breadcrumbs. [9] I had Sui help me with this while I finish the job with my Value Added Demi-glace Sauce.

After the sauce was done, I placed it into [6] our brand new Magical Cooling Device, aka refrigerator, to be cooled.

[9] Master, Sui is done~

[9] Wow, you did a good job, Sui, I said, admiring the neat rows of breadcrumb covered steaks.

[10] Time to deep fry. The first sizzle is always magical~

Aaahhh, this is going to be delicious, I just know it!

I fried the Beef Katsu over high heat. This would achieve a rare steak Beef Katsu, which is the best way to serve this kind of high-quality beef if you ask me. Anyway, it took about a minute for the breadcrumbs to firm up and turn into a nice golden brown in the oil. After which, I took the Beef Katsu out and let it rest on a cooling rack to allow the beef to rest before cutting into it.

After cutting the first Beef Katsu into bite-size pieces, I slathered on a generous amount of Demi-glace sauce and

Oh, wow, this looks really good~

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Sui vibrated beside me, Sui wants a taste too~

Fufufu, Sui can enjoy a special thing called the first tasting, which is something that only cooks get to have.

Really~~

Here, this is Suis and this ones mine,

Yay~~ Nom~~ [5]

I ate two pieces while Sui had the rest.

Uhoh! Wow! Thats amazingly outstanding~!

Yummy~ yummy~

Sui was trembling over her food. Once it was gone, she turned to me and said, Can Sui eat more?

You can have more with everyone later, Im going to fry the rest for dinner now, okay?

[6] Mu, okay

[6] Hey, what did I say about imitating Fer!

[6] not to do it? Is Sui bad?

[6] Ahhh, is that a tear? Thats totally a tear, isnt it? Ahem, Sui should only follow good examples. Saying mu or umu is not good. As long as Sui stops doing it, its fine.

[6] Okay~~ Sui will listen to Aruji~~

[6] Ahh, Sui-tan is now rubbing up against my ankle. How cute is that~

Ahem, anyway, Im going to fry up lots of stuff now, okay? So, go play somewhere else. Well have lots to eat later.

Yay~ Delicious meat~ Lots~~

After waving Sui goodbye, I spent the rest of the afternoon frying and frying.

Whew, I took a break in the middle to slice up cabbages and cut up tomatoes before frying, frying and frying

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At the long dining table, everyone was seated with a plate of Beef Katsu plated with shredded cabbages, tomato wedges and a bowl of Demi-glace sauce on the side. [5]

[6] Naturally, I have already plated everything nicely, only leaving them to pour as much or as little of the Demi-glace sauce as they like.

[8] Fer, Sui and Dora-chans extra-large plates have five pieces of sliced Beef Katsu on a bed of shredded cabbages and tomatoes topped with Demi-glace sauce.

[6] Oi, whats this leaf doing on my plate? grumbled Fer.

[6] Its good for you, and delicious too. If you really dont want it, I wont put any on your seconds.

[6] Gununu, you had better not.

Alright everyone, thank you for your hard work today. Lets eat!

[6] Yup, lets not imitate those stupid company dinners with long speeches and have my workers enjoy their food properly~

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Its delicious! Brother Mukouda, I really like this one!

Ahh, trust sweet Lotte-chan to be the one to start things off

Yum!

Delis.h.!.+

The twins were as eloquent as always.

My, to think we never had such good things until we came here as slaves, wuuu, Teresa was suddenly crying as she chewed her food.

Ah

My dear

Oh no, Alban is crying too. In fact, the rest of the commoner adults were crying.

Wh-what should I do?!

I must say, everything Mukouda-san makes is delicious. However, todays meal is exceptionally wonderful, came Tabasas steady voice.

Peter and Bartel nodded solemnly as they ate at a more regular pace.

Ahh, whats this serious atmosphere? Eat, eat, theres more where that came from!

The twins, who had been licking their plates suddenly paused.

Wait, youre saying-

-we can have seconds?!

Hmm, but youll have to work hard tomorrow

Yes!

Absolutely!

SECONDS!!

Yes, yes, hold on while I fetch more, I reached into my [Item Box] and took out a large plate of uncut Beef Katsu. Its actually meant for my familiars but I guess it works as an extra plate of seconds for the people on this table. Hold on, Ill have to cut them first

No need!

We can just-

Biff! Bam!

Mukouda-san, please allow me to cut and serve the meat, said Tabasa calmly, her fist still smoking.

Ah, yes, go ahead. Heres a knife and a cutting board. Oh, and anyone who wants extra cabbages, tomatoes and sauce I took out the items one by one, placing them on the table when-

Oi! I want my seconds, no leaf!

Me too, I want more sauce!

Sui wants more too~~

Ahem, Tabasa, I trouble you to serve the rest while I feed my familiars

No trouble, Tabasa grinned, the knife glinted in her hand while the twins trembled on the side with their plates in hand. I have everything under control.

Oh, goody.

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[Gumihou: Okay, Note 11 onwards, Gumi just sort of took over]

[1] Structural Change: Combine 2 paragraphs

[2] Structural Change: Combine 3 paragraphs

[3] Structural Change: Combine paragraph & dialogue

[4] Structural Change: Change pa.s.sive sentence to dialogue

[5] Delete Repet.i.tive or Pointless Information there was a scene where Mukouda made his way to the bas.e.m.e.nt where the others were working followed by nothing.

The next paragraph was a cut scene of the dining table. Yeah, since the author could not be bothered to write that scene, Im just going to delete that throwaway line.

In writing, everything that makes it onto the paper (or Word) counts. If there are 5 siblings but the youngest did nothing but appear as a named character twice at the dinner table doing nothing, its better to just work with 4 siblings.

Delete.

[6] Additional Information for Aesthetic Purpose

[7] Add Dialogue Tag

[8] Creative Licence Taken a.s.sist the story with something that makes sense

Like theres no need to ask Tabasa to help, or for you to ask your slaves what reward they would like for their overtime. Theres cultural differences, and then theres being absurdly stupid.

[9] Theres an entire scene where he shared food with Sui, remarking who knows where the other two are, without an explanation in the end as to their location. Pre-empt this by having Sui follow Mukouda to help him to set the Man-&-Slime alone in the kitchen scene.

[10] Cooking details, mostly from Gumi since I have made katsu before. Trust me, its important to season everything!

Actual recipe from an expert

https://cookingwithdog.com/recipe/gyukatsu/

[11] Write a Delicious! Delicious! scene interestingly