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Chapter 358 [Braised Lion Head]

The kitchen in the restaurant did not make lunch, but it was just a test dish, and everyone had already enjoyed it.

After noon, the pre-made ingredients began to come out of the pan one after another.

As soon as the marinated elbow came out of the pot, everyone tasted two of them.

The spine stewed in sauce was half-eaten.

[Grilled Whole Pig's Head] After it was out of the pot, Li Yi shaved off the bones, and everyone sucked them up.

After three hours of stewing, the bones of the pig's head have been completely deboned, and can be pulled out with a light tug.

If you bite with your teeth, you will find that the bones have been stewed crispy, and you can even crush the bones like gnawing sugar cane.

So, like eating sugarcane, everyone chewed all the bones and sucked up the bone marrow and juice. The experience was amazing.

However, although the taste of the bones is good, they are not very hungry.

After sucking the bones, everyone was even hungrier.

At this moment, a strong aroma accompanied by a burst of moist water vapor permeated the air.

Everyone's eyes were drawn to it, but it was Li Yi who opened the steamer.

"Is the lion's head ready?"

Wu Lei ran over when he smelled it.

These lion heads were made by him and Zhao Jinmai, and they have been steamed in the steamer for two and a half hours.

Wearing insulated gloves, Li Yi took out a porcelain basin from the steamer.

Floating in the clear soup in the pot were big meatballs next to each other, each the size of a goose egg.

Looking at the intact lion's head in the basin, Wu Lei was surprised: "After steaming for two hours, it didn't come apart?"

"What's the name of the lion's head if it's scattered?"

Li Yi smiled and said: "When mixing, I beat the starch in, just to make use of the gelatinization of the starch when it is heated, so that it can maintain its shape."

"It smells so good!"

Zhao Jinmai leaned closer and smelled it, only to find it fragrant.

She turned her head and greeted Hu Ling: "Mom, come and see, this is the authentic stewed lion's head made by Brother Yi."

Hu Ling also made lion head at home, but it failed, and it fell apart when it came out of the pot.

She came up to look at the complete lion head and the translucent soup in the pot, and couldn't help but ask, "Eh? Li Yi, I also added starch when I made it at home. Why does it come out of the pot or fall apart?"

"That's because the starch is not beaten enough, and the meat stuffing is not beaten enough, and the pulp is too little and not sticky."

Li Yi explained, and then suggested: "Next time you do it again, you can mix a bowl of water starch, spread a layer on the outside when forming the lion's head, and then put it in a hot water pot to cook for a few minutes to set.

The starch gelatinizes when heated, and becomes sticky when put into the water. After a layer of starch skin is wrapped on the outside, the lion's head will not easily fall apart. "

"Oh! Can you still do this?"

Hu Ling suddenly realized: "I learned it, I will try it next time."

"Brother Yi, can I try one?"

Wu Lei was already drooling from the sidelines.

"One? You'll be full after eating this one."

Li Yi reminded him with a smile: "This big meatball is enough to fill the stomach. Do you want to eat the steamed pork later? Do you want to eat the sweet and sour pork? Do you want to eat the spicy tripe? Liver and waist Do you want to eat it or not?"

"Eat!"

Wu Lei turned to look at Huang Xiaoming: "Brother Xiaoming, let's taste half of it each?"

"it is good."

Huang Xiaoming readily agreed.

Seeing this, Wu Lei happily took the small bowl, scooped up a lion's head with a spoon, and put it into the bowl.

Using a spoon as a knife, he cut the lion's head in half. Wu Lei brought the bowl to Huang Xiaoming and gave him half of it.

Then, he took the spoon, scooped up the lion's head, and couldn't wait to take a bite.

The lion's head just out of the pan was very hot. He just bit it off, and he let go like an electric shock.

Hissing, he took a breath, cut off a piece with a spoon, blew it a few times, and put it into his mouth after blowing it cool.

After eating so many dishes of Li Yi, he has mastered his own method to taste Li Yi's dishes in depth.

The three aspects of color, aroma and flavor of a dish are interdependent.

The best way to taste is to experience it with all the senses.

Sight, smell and taste are indispensable.

Therefore, when he was blowing the cool air, he never took his eyes off the lion's head, but greedily observed every inch of its "skin", like a pervert.

When eating the lion's head, he also took a deep breath, allowing the aroma to enter the body along with the meatball.

This is not his nonsense, this operation can indeed enhance the delicious feeling to the extreme.

Tasting the lion head at the entrance carefully, Wu Lei couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you happy to eat?"

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai laughed and joked.

Wu Lei pointed at the lion's head and smiled at her, "Have you watched the food videos on the Internet? The most common saying of many food bloggers is that it melts in your mouth.

But if you try this lion head, it really melts in your mouth!Do not believe you try! "

"is it?"

Zhao Jinmai already believed his words, but after taking a bite of the lion's head, his eyes widened in amazement.

"Wow! It really melts in your mouth!"

The lion head stewed for two and a half hours is already extremely soft and rotten.

After taking it in, just squeeze it gently with your tongue, and a stream of extremely fresh and thick juice gushes out from the lion's head.

But it is not completely melted into gravy. In the lion's head, there are small diced meat and chopped water chestnuts, which still have a certain taste.

This feeling is like eating a certain brand of fruit-flavored ice cream. After the ice cream melts, there are still fruit pieces left in the mouth, which can be chewed and tasted.

"too delicious!"

Zhao Jinmai enjoyed his meal.

"Sister, sister."

Chenchen was so greedy that he was drooling, but he couldn't reach the table, so he could only ask Zhao Jinmai for help.

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai scooped up a spoonful, blew it cool, and fed it to him.

Swallowing the lion's head into his mouth, Chen Chen didn't chew it, but sipped it like eating ice cream, squeezed the meat juice until he chewed the meat and water chestnuts, laughing happily.

"Is it tasty?"

Li Yi asked him with a smile.

"good to eat!"

Chen Chen nodded repeatedly, jumping up and down excitedly: "This is the best meatball I've ever eaten!"

"It's a lion's head."

Zhao Jinmai reminded him with a smile.

"Why a lion's head?"

Chen Chen was puzzled: "It doesn't look like a lion's head either?"

"Uh…"

Zhao Jinmai was stunned, she really didn't know why this dish was called lion's head.

Seeing that she couldn't speak, Chen Chen looked at Li Yi.

Seeing this, Li Yi deliberately teased him: "Although it doesn't look like a lion's head, it looks like a lion's brain!"

"what?"

Chen Chen was dumbfounded.

"Just kidding."

Li Yi explained with a smile: "This dish was originally called Sunflower Chopped Pork in Huaiyang. Of course it doesn't look like a real lion, but it looks more like a fake lion's head for a lion dance, so the name has spread."

"Sunflower? Is it the meat cut by Little Sunflower's mother?"

Chenchen scratched his ears, then shook his head and said, "The lion's head is still nice, and the lion is powerful."

Everyone was amused by his words, and Wu Lei who was at the side had already eaten half of the lion's head.

Wang Gang was the last one to step forward, and he and Li Yi ate one each.

He tasted very carefully, looking first, then smelling, and then spooning.

After tasting it, he nodded silently.

"How is it? Are you eating?"

Zhou Yunpeng asked him from the side.

This is on a show, there must be a camera, Zhou Yunpeng is taking care of him.

Hearing his words, the cameraman immediately turned the camera around.

Seeing the camera shooting, Wang Gang smiled shyly before explaining: "This dish...is very good, I probably can't make it."

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