Chapter 172: Karaage

"Well, it would be hard to believe right? But skin care does matter, if you want to maintain a youthful face."

Korosensei asked how Ye Han maintain his good condition to which made Ye Han blurt out things from his previous life which he used such as natural ways to lighten the skin tone, such as drinking lemon water, eating fish, putting fresh slice of cucumber on top of your skin and etc. This methods are the most reliable one as Ye Han experimented with skin care like a girl in his past life. Korosensei wrote down his statements in a small notepad as he would forever regard this as a holy statement in regards of skin care.

Tadao reprimand them for stopping, soon they continued their knife exercise for another 10 minutes , Karma who was supposed to go toward them, retreated as he felt that he should come back tomorrow since his detention was over. Ye Han stop spouting out his experience with skin hygiene as he said while looking at the students who were dead tired from exercising such military moves.

"Looks like your students are already hungry."

"Well its nearly 12 pm, and that would be their 3rd subject of the day which is economics class. Which reminds me, Mr Chef can you show my students how to cook a delicious simple meal."

"Ah! I never thought Mr. Teacher is a scheming type, you just want free food from me isn't it.."

"Hehe, well Mr. Chef is my favorite chef in the whole world. It would be unwise of me to teach cooking when there is a master chef beside me."

"Your choice do intrigues my curiosity just like your costume which seems so realistic, it isn't so bad to teach and leave a bit of knowledge to this future generation and maybe they overtake me. But it is your responsibility for the ingredients and I will not take a "No!" for an answer. Are we clear?!"

Korosensei gulp as he felt intimidated of this older man who looks younger than him. Korosensei grins and said

"I will do my best to get all the best ingredients in the whole world, but what food are you gonna teach to the students.."

"Hmmn, since it is a simple meal then lets cook Karaage."

"Karaage?!"

Korosensei started to imagine how tasty his favorite chef's karaage, he drooled which made Ye Han move a bit back as the drool was starting to make a puddle. Tadao took this time to slice Korosensei with his knife, but still failed as he only hit his afterimage when he appeared behind him. Korosensei immediately ask Tadao to guide and introduce Ye Han inside the school, he complied as he thought why hasn't he heard of this genius old man. Tadao calmly acted as a guide and told him all the wonders of the old school building which Korosensei had cleaned, Ye Han nodded like a parrot while he became serious when he was inside the economics room.

His pride as a chef wouldn't allow to use rusty utensil or else the people who would eat their food would get food poisoning, he sighed in relief while Tadao tilted his head in confusion as to why he was acting that way. Tadao was a trained elite soldier who was damn good at his job, though he knows how to cook. He doesn't appreciate cooking like how chefs would. So he was clueless and thought "Maybe someone coated the utensil with poison?" so Tadao help check Ye Han in looking at the utensils of the kitchens one by one.

The students arrived the scene wearing their aprons and hairnet, they went to their position while Ye Han went to the teacher's location, he spoke in a slow and gentle manner which would let the student understand each step without a worry to question.

"I am your subtitute teacher today in cooking as your teacher behind you wanted me to show you what a delicious food taste like."

Ye Han pointed at Korosensei who was at the end of the classroom, he was wearing a pink apron which had a heart shape in the middle, his left tentacle had a notepad while his right tentacle readying itself to hold the ingredients. He took Ye Han's word seriously that he went all around the world to find the best ingredient to cook a karaage. Ye Han started to introduce that they could use chicken thigh if you want the meat to be juicier while chicken breast is healthier but not juicy than a chicken thigh.

Ye Han began to cook the rice first, he took rice cooker and put 3 cups of rice, he then washed and rinse the rice a few times before adding up the water which was still clear after the rinse. He used the ancient secret technique called the fingertip measure to measure the water and the rice, some people says its bogus. But Ye Han would show them that it is the perfect way to cook a perfect rice. Korosensei who tried measuring with his tentacle felt down as he doesn't have a human hand.

He then turned on the rice cooker and began to prepare the karaage as the rice cooks. Ye Han cuts the chicken breast into bite size, the students had a amaze expression that this teacher showed them the ways slowly and not fast like a professional chef. Ye Han smiled as he could see some following while some recorded his cooking, he then place a bowl beside the chicken breast and added mash ginger and garlic in the bowl. He then added sake, soy sauce and salt, sake can be replace with any type of wine as it is only for the enhancing sweet taste and tenderizing the meat. He then stirred the mixture a little bit,

20 second is enough for the stirring and then Ye Han added the chicken and mix the sauce with the bite size chicken breast, Nagisa, Tomohito who were close to the teacher's kitchen began to take gulps of saliva as the smell of the mixture spread around the room. This is the power of max level cooking, Ye Han then left the chicken breast mixed with its sauce for 15 minutes as 30 minutes the students would probably be too hungry to eat. They followed Ye Han's steps as he began roaming around the room guiding each one of their weakness.

Ye Han reprimand Korosensei when he rushed his mixture, korosensei felt gloomey that he went and sat in a corner with a gloomey aura in his back, the students laughs as they thought a teacher getting reprimand was funny. Ye Han's nose twitch as he smell blood in the air, he saw Ryoma cut his finger which made him come close to him and took a bandage in his pocket. Ye Han reprimand him by saying

"Aya, you gotten yourself cut. You don't need to be fast in cutting, just take your time. The ingredients aren't running away from you."

Ryoma blush from embarrassment and began continue in cutting the chicken breast with Ye Han beside him guiding him. Once 15 minutes was up, Ye Han place a plate with a equal mix of all purpose flour, cornstarch, one table spoon of salt and black pepper for the seasoning. He then mixed it till you don't see the black pepper, once the mixture was ready. Ye Han then turned on the frying oil and placed a wooden chopstick inside, he waited till the wooden chopstick inside it started to form foam or bubbles before taking out the wooden chopstick.

(author: don't put wooden stick in the frying oil, you can like use the edge of a wooden utensil and see if the edge started to produce bubble when it touches the oil.)

He then started to take the chicken mixed with sauce to the batter to cover it and have a crispy in the outside while juicy in the inside, he then put it in the frying oil and waited till it was golden brown. The students who was waiting for their chicken in the mixture smelled the Karaage that Ye Han made. They drooled as the smell was too addicting, Tadao who was outside watching him cook even had his eyebrow twitch as he smelled good food. Ye Han then took the golden brown karaage from the oil and place it in a plate to which he added a bowl of rice beside it. He said

"Bon Apetit~"

Ye Han gave Tadao and Korosensei a proportion as he cooked for 3 people. Korosensei excitedly took the bowl with the karaage and went into a corner, he didn't want to show Ye Han that he was a monster and not a guy in a costume. Ye Han was laughing in the inside as he saw Korosensei cautiously eating while staring at him with wariness.