Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 612

The fire is constantly burning, because the wine has ethanol, so the flame is always attached to the surface of the wine in the jar.

The strong aroma of the wine keeps gushing out, which is enough to show that the age of this old wine is definitely enough.

In this way, they waited quietly until the flame in the jar went out naturally.

"This fire must wait until it is extinguished by itself, so as to ensure that all the wine in it is completely burned. After there is no wine, what is left is what we want."

Chen Nian nodded and wrote this down. Although his idea yesterday was overturned, burning the ethanol in the wine and using the remaining liquid is an operation that Chen Nian had never thought of before.

And this is also called fried wine by them.

Mr. Huo asked Chen Nian to help, lifted the jar containing the wine, then tore off the lotus leaf on the earthen jar containing the ingredients, and poured the rice wine into it.

At this time, there is no smell of wine, but a strong smell of grain.

"You must remember to control the wine when making this dish, just like many people do not make wine well when they make wine at home, but instead turn the wine into vinegar, and the same is true for us. If it is not good, the Buddha jumping wall made by pouring this in will be sour.

Do you think sour wine can be delicious? "

Chen Nian thought for a while, then shook his head: "It's not delicious."

"That's right, so you must control the wine when it's boiling, remember all the steps I just took, and you have to keep in mind that the quality of the wine is also related to the year and the finished product. In short, in Buddha Jumping the Wall Every ingredient has its own role.”

Thinking about aging is also the feeling. Every seasoning and every ingredient in this level of dishes has its own purpose. Whether any two ingredients match the taste is very important to it. What kind of effect and what kind of taste is provided are all through continuous experiments.

Otherwise, it is impossible to develop from now to the future, and the practice of Buddha jumping over the wall has not changed much.

The only thing that may change is some kitchen utensils.

After pouring the processed rice wine into the crock, briefly stir it to make it even, then Mr. Huo found another piece of lotus leaf to cover it, and tied a rope around the neck of the crock to avoid air leakage .

A cover was placed on top to press the lotus leaves tightly.

Doing this is boring, boiling or stewing. Since the gas cannot get out, the mist evaporated from the surface will condense into water droplets after reaching the lotus leaves, and drip back into the earthen pot again. This makes the soup more and more mellow and thicker.

In addition, most of the chicken parts put in this time, combined with the grain essence that was poured in later, the more boiled the taste, the thicker it will be.

"Okay, let's go back and rest. I don't have much work today. I'll have to stew this for eight hours later. It's already afternoon when it's done. You'll come back in the afternoon."

Then Mr. Huo said.

Chen Nian nodded: "Master, don't we need someone to watch over here?"

"No need." Mr. Huo is obviously very confident in his Buddha jump over the wall. After all, he does it several times a year on the boat, and he is already familiar with the steps.

"Just keep it simmering slowly."

After hearing that Mr. Huo didn't need anyone to watch over here, Chen Nian tidied up the rest of the kitchen and prepared to go back and take a rest.

Although he didn't do much work in the morning.

But since Master wants to give himself a holiday, Chen Nian also feels that there is no need to be hypocritical, and he can't do anything during this time, even if he wants to practice, it's not too late, let alone just had breakfast in the morning , Chen Nian is not hungry at all now.

Then the two left the kitchen like this.

Mr. Huo still has a lot of daily affairs to deal with, so he won't go back to rest for the time being. Chen Nian is willing to help share some, but considering that most of these are decision-making or financial affairs, it is not suitable for him to participate .

But when the two parted, Chen Nian still said: "Master, if there is anything that needs my help, please let someone call me. I still know a lot."

"Don't worry, you are my apprentice. I don't need you to use anyone. You can go back and rest first. I will call you when I need you to work."

Hearing this, Chen Nian was relieved to go back to rest, but even when he was going back, Chen Nian was a little surprised at the operation of the original soup when he thought about using fire to burn the wine before, and then using the wine soup.

"This trick is really wonderful." Chen Nian sighed all the way.

After going back, Chen Nian even thought about it carefully. When I go back to study other dishes in the future, I can also use this method.

But how to use it specifically, you have to wait until later and then slowly ponder it.

Since he was put on leave, Chen Nian didn't need to go to the kitchen at noon.

There are three choices for lunch and aging. The first is to go to the upper kitchen to make it yourself, and the second is to go to other kitchens to eat other people's staff meals. You can definitely eat as much as you want because of your own face.

The third is to go to the restaurant to order food.

After much deliberation and aging, I chose the third one, anyway, I am not short of money now.

So Chen Nian came to the restaurant on the first floor at noon and ordered two dishes and a bowl of rice.

As a result, while eating, he suddenly felt a person standing in front of him: "Handsome guy, do you mind if I sit here?"

"Of course I don't mind, this is a public area." Chen Nian shrugged and did not refuse.

At first glance, the other party was a beautiful woman with long blonde hair and big waves.

One thing to say is that it is quite beautiful, Chen Nian couldn't help sighing in his heart.

But after just looking at it, he continued to lower his head and cook.

"Handsome guy, I eat in the restaurant every day, why haven't I seen you before?"

After sitting down, the blond beauty first ordered an appetizer made of fish, a steak, and a dessert. After drinking a cup of coffee, she looked curiously at the table and never looked up after she promised to sit down. asked his old age.

"I seldom come to restaurants to eat." Chen Nian finally replied after swallowing the rice and vegetables in his mouth.

But after finishing speaking, he buried his head and continued to eat.

Chen Nian's eating speed is extremely fast, and this is not on any necessary occasion. His purpose is just to fill his stomach, so he doesn't care about elegance.

And the blond beauty looked at Chen Nian, who was like a wind and cloud, and wanted to speak several times, but finally found that Chen Nian didn't look at her at all, so she never had a chance.

At the same time, she thought to herself that Chen Nian looks very temperamental and handsome. Although he is oriental, he is also very tall.

The dishes ordered are not cheap, so why does it look like someone robbed him?

It feels like a few cents to eat a dish worth tens of dollars.

It's like eating steak without cutting into small pieces, but eating the whole piece with big mouthfuls.

But she is destined not to answer this question if she doesn't ask Chen Nian
So much so that Chen Nian directly called the waiter to pay after eating.

"Master Chen, a total of ninety dollars."

Chen Nian nodded, and then took out a hundred dollars from his pocket: "Thanks for your hard work, please clean up these troubles, and the rest is a tip."

While speaking, he picked up the napkin on the table and wiped his mouth.

"Thank you, Master Chen." The waiter was very happy to receive a tip of ten dollars at once. After all, ten dollars in this period is worth hundreds of dollars in later generations.

The old tip alone was worth nearly two days' salary.

After paying the money, Chen Nian smiled politely at the lady, then turned his head and left.

This move made the blonde beauty a little less confident.

"What did you say his name was?"

"Master Chen?"

The waiter smiled and shook his head after hearing this: "This guest, no, Master Chen is a way of addressing them in China. He is a chef here, and Master is a kind of honorific title, so we generally call him Master Chen." He is Master Chen."

As a result, the blond beauty was surprised when she heard this: "He is the cook on board? Then why didn't he cook at noon, but ran out to eat instead?"

"That's right, ma'am, Master Chen is different from other chefs. He is a student of our ship's chief chef. If it was the last time the ship sailed from Hong Kong to San Francisco, you could still eat his dishes, but now he only gives The head chef helped, and it was really not easy to eat his dishes.

Of course, if you can eat the dishes of our chef Mr. Huo, maybe this master Chen also participated in it. "

The blonde beauty nodded thoughtfully.

But no matter what the blonde beauty thinks, this is destined to be just a small episode for Chen Nian. Although she thinks he is good-looking, it is just an appreciation of beauty. If Chen Nian sees a handsome man, he is also Will have such an idea in mind.

There is no gender distinction when it comes to beauty.

Not even species.

In the afternoon, Chen Nian read the book for a while in the room and took some notes. He felt that the time was almost up, so he went upstairs to Mr. Huo's kitchen.

Although there is still about an hour before the eight hours of slow simmering that Master said, it is always right to come here early.

Although so far, it is not possible to lift the lid and open the lotus leaf to see, but it is still possible to listen to the sound next to it.

The gurgling sound is very comfortable to listen to, and I feel like I can listen to it all day long sitting next to the earthen jar.

After about four, five, 10 minutes, Mr. Huo also came to the kitchen, saw Chen Nian saying hello, and asked Chen Nian what he had for lunch.

Another few minutes passed.

"Okay, open the lid."

Mr. Huo motioned to that side, Chen Nian immediately put on his gloves to remove the cover, and then opened the lotus leaf again.

Take out the ingredients inside again, and then filter out the soup that has turned light brown.

"You see, although the color is darker now, the soup is also clearer. If you want to make the best Buddha jumping over the wall, you have to freeze it at this point to let the soup solidify. But in the process, you need to put the oil on it. Leave it all out." Mr. Huo said.

Chen Nian nodded. The oil is lighter than water, so it will float to the top of the soup after a while.

Afterwards, Mr. Huo let Chen Nian handle it. After all, it is not difficult to separate the oil from the top of the soup.

These can make the apprentice more hands-on, and it can also deepen the impression.

Chen Nian kept guarding like this, and after skimming off the oil on it, he waited for the soup to solidify.

The state of the soup after solidification is very familiar to Chen Nian. This is a very common phenomenon. Chen Nian remembers that it was like this when his parents made Coca-Cola chicken wings at home when he was a child. The chicken wings would be put in the refrigerator for refrigeration before they were finished. .

But when you take it out, the chicken wings are still the same chicken wings, but the soup inside will turn into a jelly-like state.

However, there was no rush to use it. After the soup was taken out, it was getting late. Although it was not the usual off-duty time for the employees, many customers were already lying in bed and sleeping at this time.

Another night passed like this, and after breakfast the next morning, Chen Nian went to the kitchen and continued to be busy with Mr. Huo.

They put the previously made soup jelly back into the crock.

Burn it on a low fire to melt it, and it becomes a soup again.

"When adjusting the taste, we only need to put fish sauce in it, and then add a little dark soy sauce for coloring. There is no need to add other things."

Chen Nian was watching from the side, and saw that after the master put these two seasonings in, it immediately became a golden soup.

"I can feel it now." The more I look forward to it as it gets older.

"After that, put in the ten ingredients we mentioned before, abalone, Liao ginseng, yuan scallop, mushroom, fish maw, fish lips, pigeon eggs, tendon, conch head, Donggui."

Chen Nian watched Master take out every ingredient, and ingredients like abalone and sea cucumber had already been soaked.

Moreover, Chen Nian saw that the sea cucumber that Mr. Huo took out this time was bigger and better in texture than the sea cucumber he had cooked on the boat.

Not to mention abalone.

Even the fish maw that is taken out is the best.

Ingredients that need to be further processed, such as fish maw, tendons, etc., should be processed smaller.

But then they didn't pour all the ingredients into it, but wrapped every ingredient with bamboo weaving.

Just put it into the soup in the jar to cook.

"Okay, then we just need to wait. The auction was just held yesterday. By tonight, this Buddha jumping over the wall will be ready." Mr. Huo said.

And this is the last step of becoming a Buddha jumping over the wall.

Chen Nian nodded expectantly after hearing this, and then began to stay here all the time.

"Is it finally the last step?"

Chen Nian looked at the re-sealed lotus leaf Buddha Jumping Wall, and began to imagine what it would be like by then.

Although I haven't eaten it in old age, I can be sure that it is definitely more delicious than the soup I drank before.

(End of this chapter)