Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 413 Secret Dinner
But even so, Chen Nian could still feel that the relationship between the two was gradually heating up.

But even so, Chen Nian still didn't know what kind of psychology the other party had towards him, after all, he couldn't ask directly about it.

As I said before, this is the first time that Chen Nian has such feelings for a girl. Back then, when he was in junior high school, high school, and even college, many girls pursued Chen Nian because he was handsome and good at studying. .

But at that time, Chen Nian didn't think about it at all, he just wanted to spend his time studying, and secondly, Chen Nian didn't have much feeling for them, even though there were many beautiful girls among them.

But I feel that this kind of thing is not like peeing. Even if you don’t want to squeeze hard, you can squeeze out a few drops. If there is no such thing as emotion, then it is true.

From that time on, he felt that many of his peers in the class, regardless of whether they were boys or girls, were quite naive, especially when they fell in love in high school, and it was pitiful that such things could last until they got married in the future.

He can't control what others think, but at least this kind of thing is meaningless in Chen Nian's mind.

But it wasn't until Chen Nian met An Hongdou that he suddenly realized that before, he didn't think dating was meaningless, nor did he think those girls were naive, but that he didn't meet the right person.

While thinking about these, I steamed the buns, and at the same time started preparing to make small noodles.

An Hongdou ran outside to answer the phone.

It took a long time to answer the phone. After a while, An Hongdou came back after the old age had already started cooking noodles.

"I cook the noodles a little harder...then you can put the chili and peppercorns on your own..."

When Chen Nian saw An Hongdou came back, he said proficiently that he knew that An Hongdou liked to eat a little bit harder when eating noodles, and he also knew that the taste of An Hongdou would sometimes change with his mood.

Sometimes the tolerance to spicy food is stronger, and the spicy food is eaten more, but sometimes it seems that the state is not good, and the slight spicy can make him sweat non-stop.

After pouring the red beans to adjust your own soup base, Chen Nian pours the broth into it. At this time, the noodles are cooked. Chen Nian turns off the fire and puts the noodles in a bowl, puts beef toppings, and sprinkles green onion and coriander. All in one go.

"Okay, here's your beef noodles, and the buns will be ready soon, I'll take them out later."

An Hongdou nodded, and then brought the bowl of noodles to the table outside. Not long after, Chen Nian came out with the same bowl of noodles, along with a drawer of steamed buns and two small plates.

There is vinegar and chili on the table in Honghong Hotel, which needs to be adjusted by yourself.

Having been in Sichuan for a long time, An Hongdou naturally did as the Romans did. First, he poured a little vinegar in a bowl, then picked a large piece of chili and put it in a small dish, stirred it evenly, and a layer of red oil floated on top.

But An Hongdou didn't eat the buns first, but set his sights on the small noodles first.

Although Chen Nian really wanted to put his elbows on the table and put his hands on his chin to watch An Hongdou eat, but it would be too rude to do that, and he would look like a fool.

Now I can only pretend to be very natural and eat noodles.

At the beginning, An Hongdou still ate in small bites. After all, she still wanted to be a lady in front of Chen Nian, so as to leave a good impression on the other party, but she saw that Chen Nian didn't care about her own image, and what she did was really good. good to eat.

She also gradually began to make noises while eating noodles.

"That's right, that's how you want to eat noodles. What kind of taste can you eat when you eat noodles with small bites? If this is Yangchun noodles, it may be a bit stylish to eat small bites, but Chongqing small noodles pay attention to the atmosphere of the world, so naturally A little bolder." Chen Nian expressed his appreciation for An Hongdou's behavior that is so close to the breath of life.

"Of course, although I don't know how to make it, I have eaten Chongqing noodles, and I wrote the song Chongqing noodles before. I also checked a lot of information to write this song. Maybe you don't understand, but I know nothing less than you about the background of this bowl of noodles." An Hongdou said proudly.

"From what you've said, I kind of want to listen to this song again." Chen Nian suddenly put down his chopsticks and was about to get up.

There is a stereo in the store, and Chen Nian will basically turn it off every day after nine o'clock, so as not to disturb the nearby residents.

But when An Hongdou heard that Chen Nian was going to play her own song, she quickly stood up and stopped her: "No!"

"What's the matter?" Chen Nian turned his head in doubt, "It's too shameful, how can anyone play other people's songs in front of others, it's the same as reading your own texts in front of the whole class when you were young Embarrassing."

"Oh, that's it. That's because I didn't think carefully. I'll put it away in the daytime tomorrow." Chen Nian took advantage of the situation and sat back.

He did it on purpose just now, teasing An Hongdou, seeing her embarrassed and shy, Chen Nian was overjoyed.

Today's buns tasted much better than yesterday's, but Chen Nian took a look at the recipe and found that the progress on the recipe was only 97%, which made Chen Nian feel a little strange.

Generally speaking, if all the ingredients are placed correctly, but the proficiency is not enough, it will not be stuck at 97%.

97% means that I have not done enough in at least one small detail. It may be that a certain flavor is not so much related to seasoning, or it is related to the temperature and the duration of steaming the buns.

But it doesn't have that much impact on the taste, but it just doesn't work if you don't do that.

"What's wrong?" An Hongdou couldn't help asking curiously when she saw Chen Nian frowning.

"It's nothing, it's just that this steamed stuffed bun is not very successful yet, I need to improve it, but I can't figure out what is wrong with it." Chen Nian explained.

"Isn't that enough? It's already delicious!" An Hongdou was a little surprised. She didn't expect Chen Nian to have such strict requirements on cooking.
"The buns I ate outside also taste this way, even better than the buns from those small shops outside. The dough is soft and the filling is oily. There is no problem with the bun skin or the stuffing."

An Hongdou was very puzzled by Chen Nian's doubts.

"I feel that it is actually okay, but I feel that there may be some mistakes in any step. In short, there is still room for improvement."

"Then I may not be able to help you with this." An Hongdou showed a look of helplessness, and she really couldn't help Chen Nian with this.

"It's okay, I'll just go back and study it slowly. Is your noodles enough? I'll cook some more." Chen Nian turned the topic back, not wanting these troubles to affect the secret of the two of them today dinner.

"Enough is enough... Don't add any more. After eating these today, I won't be able to go to bed until at least two o'clock at night, and I can't eat this steamed stuffed bun anymore. Can I pack it up and heat it up tomorrow morning?" eat?"

An Hongdou quickly waved her hand to express that she really couldn't eat anymore.

When Chen Nian heard that An Hongdou wanted to take the buns away, he would naturally not refuse: "That's no problem, I'll find you a fast food box."

Chen Nian sucked the last bite of noodles into his mouth, then got up and went to the kitchen to find a fast food box, but when he came out, he had another drawer of buns in his hand.

"There are only three steamed buns left just now, just add another drawer, otherwise three small steamed buns won't be enough for tomorrow morning, I'll finish it before my mouth is full."

While talking, put the Xiaolongbao into the lunch box and close the lid.

"After going back, let it cool down and put it in the refrigerator."

"Okay." An Hongdou nodded.

But after he finished speaking, he looked at the back of Chen Nian who was about to return to the kitchen after picking up the bowl on the table...

"Chen Nian." An Hongdou suddenly called Chen Nian.

"What's wrong?" Chen Nian turned around suspiciously.

An Hongdou looked at Chen Nian and turned around with a smile unconsciously: "It's okay, I just want to tell you that I may go on a business trip tomorrow. There is an official cooperation in Yangzhou, and they just called Me, but after I asked, I can finish work in three to five days."

"Then you have to pay attention to safety. If you have anything, you can call me." After hearing this, Chen Nian showed a gratified smile: "You have received a new job, and you are one step closer to buying a house."

Then Chen Nian cleaned up the kitchen, wiped the tables outside, closed the shop, and prepared to go home.

Walking side by side, An Hongdou was delivered to the gate of the community.

"Then you go back first, you have to catch the plane tomorrow, don't leave your things behind." Chen Nian warned.

An Hongdou nodded after hearing this: "Don't worry, I'm not a child. I thought I was also a person who wandered around the world with a suitcase. How could I not be able to do such a small thing as going out? But I plan to be in After finishing the work at hand, I will visit Teacher Yu again, do you have anything to say to Teacher Yu?"

Chen Nian thought for a while: "Then please take me to say hello to Teacher Yu and Teacher He."

"Okay, I'll definitely bring this for you." An Hongdou said and walked towards the gate of the community step by step.

While walking, he turned his head and waved at Chen Nian: "Don't look at me, you go back too!"

And Chen Nian also waved his hand, then turned around and headed towards his home.

It's just that after taking two steps, I can't help but look back...

At this time, An Hongdou also just turned around, and the two looked at each other.

For no reason, they began to laugh at each other, and finally An Hongdou waved to Chen Nian to drive him away, telling Chen Nian to go back quickly.

Then he bounced back to the community.

Before I got home, I received a WeChat message from An Hongdou on my phone.

"I am home."

"Then you rest, I will go back soon."

"Okay, but remember to send me a message when you get home."

"no problem."

But having said that, Chen Nian still chatted and typed with the other party all the way back home.

"I'm home too, let's not talk about it."

"Okay, good night."

"Good night."

……

Chen Nian didn't make much noise after returning home, because now not only his mother is at home, but also his cousin Lu Xiao is temporarily staying at his home.

Fortunately, there are three bedrooms in the house. Feng Honghong lives in the master bedroom, Chen Nian lives in the second bedroom, and the other room is vacant all year round, and occasionally puts some unworn clothes, but it can also be used as a guest room if guests come.

But Lu Xiao didn't plan to live here for a long time. Now that she has decided on the storefront, what she has to do now is to prepare to start the renovation on the one hand, and to find a house nearby on the other.

Lu Xiao handed over the matter of finding a house to the intermediary. Although one month's rent was charged as the intermediary fee, at least it saved him from running away.

Moreover, it is actually not that easy to rent a house now, especially if you find a landlord to rent directly.

Even if there are many advertisements and phone calls posted on the bulletin board of the community, they are often intermediaries.

Anyway, Lu Xiao is not married, and he doesn't need a big room to live alone. One bedroom and one living room are enough.

In the past few days, Lu Xiao was either running outside to see some decoration materials, or on the way to communicate with the designer Han Dongqing, or to see the house.

So he was very tired after a day, and Chen Nian naturally didn't want to disturb the other party's rest.

After washing up, Chen Nian lay back on the bed, turned on his phone, An Hongdou didn't send any new messages, Chen Nian set the alarm clock for the next day, and now his mind is full of 97% of the things .

Which step did I go wrong?
There should be no major problems in making stuffing. Even if there is a problem, it is at most a proportion, but then this kind of problem should not be stuck at 97%.

If it gets stuck to 97%, there must be a condition that will affect the Xiaolongbao itself and it has not been met.

After thinking about it, Chen Nian couldn't figure out what was wrong. Finally, Chen Nian had to start searching the Internet for making steamed buns and the points to pay attention to when making steamed buns and making dumplings.

Although every place has its own customs, these customs have many similarities in some of the most basic factors.

Finally, after reading a lot of articles and related videos, Chen Nian finally found what he wanted in a video about making steamed buns.

The blogger in the video did not add salt when making steamed buns, but added some sugar to them!

Chen Nian finally understood this when he saw this. His teacher mentioned this when he was studying fermentation engineering before. Sugar is an essential nutrient for the growth and reproduction of yeast. Adding sugar to the dough, under the action of various enzymes, can It is decomposed into glucose and supplied to yeast as nutrients to promote yeast growth.

And through this, aging can also know that if there is too much sugar in it, it can inhibit the growth of yeast, because sugar has a certain osmotic pressure, and the influence of sugar osmotic pressure can control the protein content in the dough. Absorb water and adjust the swelling degree of the surface to improve the properties of the dough.

Therefore, when making steamed buns or buns with noodles, you should add sugar to them!
And that is from the nature of experiments and raw materials themselves.

From a culinary point of view, sugar can also play a role in removing fishy and greasy food.

So the key element of jet lag in making Xiaolongbao,
It's sugar!
(End of this chapter)