gourmet food

Chapter 454 Braised Bear's Paws
The moment he picked up the knife, Mr. Li's eyes changed instantly. He looked like a frail old man before, but now he immediately became energetic and his eyes were bright.

The essence, energy, and spirit all came to life at this moment, and the whole person was majestic and had an unquestionable demeanor.

This is the aura and aura of the master. Chu Yunfeng found that this time it was the same as what he saw last time at Li's house. As long as he had a knife in his hand, he would have the aura of "Who else would he give me?"

This is completely formed by years of experience, mentality, and self-confidence. Chu Yunfeng asked himself that he was still far from reaching such a state, and he was still far away.

Mr. Li chopped all the native chickens, ducks, and stick bones into pieces, then threw them into a vat, and added onions and ginger to make soup stock.

Then we started processing the bear paws.

First, put boiling water into the bear's paw, then add ginger, green onion, and high-concentration white wine to blanch it. The blood and water in the bear's paw need to be removed first, and the fur on the bear's paw needs to be easily removed.

After blanching, the bear paws were set aside to cool naturally for a while, and then Mr. Li began to plucking the hair.

The hair on the bear's paw is very abundant, and the cortex is also very thick, especially the areas with calluses, which are very closely connected with the tissues inside.

Mr. Li spent a lot of effort to remove one callus, and there were still 6 calluses left, which was enough for Mr. Li to put in a lot of effort.

Upon seeing this, Master Mi wanted to step forward to help, but was stopped by Chu Yunfeng.

Chu Yunfeng is well aware of Mr. Li's temper, so he should never come up to him when he is cooking, let alone help him. That is definitely a taboo of Mr. Li.

If Master Mi reaches out, Mr. Li might get angry and drive him out. This is not a possibility, but a certainty.

When I was at Mr. Li's house for the first time, I saw Mr. Li beating egg whites. I almost stepped forward, but luckily I was stopped by President Hou.

The largest callus in the middle of the bear's paw was the hardest to remove, but Mr. Li had to hold back a lot of strength before he could remove it.

Then he took a breath before continuing to deal with the black hair between his palms.

After all these were dealt with, a bunch of pink bear paws that looked like tendons reappeared in front of them.

Without the sharp nails and black hair, this pink bear paw looks very elastic and very cute.

After the bear paw was taken care of, Mr. Li washed his hands and sat aside to rest. It seemed that he was indeed a little tired just now. He was getting old and it was not enough to refuse to accept old age.

Chu Yunfeng hurriedly moved a stool over to let Mr. Li sit down and rest, while Master Mi brought over the tea and poured it respectfully for Mr. Li.

Mu Qing stood behind Mr. Li and pressed Mr. Li's shoulders.

Mr. Li originally wanted to refuse, but the three people cooperated perfectly, making Mr. Li's words come to his lips, and finally swallowed them back.

Especially the massage given by Mu Qing to the shoulders really made the sore hands much more comfortable. Mr. Li couldn't help but sigh that Chu Yunfeng was so lucky to find a girl as clever as Mu Qing.

"Okay, okay, it's much more comfortable. You don't have to press it anymore. If you press it any longer, my old bones will almost be torn apart. You can go and see it if you want, haha."

Mr. Li said with a smile, picked up the tea cup and started drinking tea, then closed his eyes and began to rest his mind.

Knowing that Chu Yunfeng and the others are interested in the processed bear's paws, let them go. It takes a long time to cook the broth, so you can process the bear's paws slowly.

As soon as they heard this, the three of them immediately rushed to the kitchen counter. Chu Yunfeng and Master Mi were both embarrassed to make a move first.

Only Mu Qing took out a finger and poked it a few times, and found that the bear's paw was almost made of tendons, very elastic, and rebounded very strongly, no wonder it was so powerful.

Chu Yunfeng made a gesture of invitation and asked Master Mi to pick it up and look at it first.

Master Mi nodded, smiled at Chu Yunfeng, and immediately picked it up and observed it carefully, squeezing it here and pressing it there, as if he was playing with a toy.

When it was Chu Yunfeng's turn, he smelled a very fishy smell when he picked it up. This smell was very unique, and he could still remember it fresh after smelling it once.

The feel is no different from Mu Qing's. It is indeed very hard, a bit harder than beef tendon. I don't know how long it will take to process. The taste is also a problem.

After seeing the three people put down the bear paws, Mr. Li stood up and continued to deal with it.

Put the bear's paw into the pot, add water, add a lot of ginger and onion, and then add more than a dozen kinds of spices, such as three Nye, grass fruit, bay leaf, etc., and then drop some high-quality wine into it.

No cooking wine was used in the whole process, but high-strength white wine was used, which has a much better effect of removing the fishy smell.

Chu Yunfeng also observed that there seemed to be rice wine on the table, and he didn't know when he would need it.

A large amount of spices were cooked, and the fragrance of these spices was soon smelled. Although the fragrance was fragrant, the strong fishy smell of bear paws was still indispensable.

Sure enough, there is a long way to go to remove the fishy smell.

Chu Yunfeng wanted to ask how long this step would take, but when he thought of Mr. Li's rules, he stopped talking.

After the entire process is completed, you can start the system's copy function yourself and then study systematically.

About three hours later, Mr. Li took out the bear's paw. Chu Yunfeng took a look at the state of the bear's paw. It seemed that it was still a little hard. He couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, this thing is really difficult to do.

Mr. Li waited for it to cool down a bit before starting to debone it. The deboning technique was very special and could not destroy its entire shape.

Moreover, the incision was made from the back of the bear's paw, and the big bone and phalanx on the palm were all separated.

Chu Yunfeng didn't know the reason for doing this for the time being, but since he wanted to keep his appearance intact, there were only two reasons.

Then serve it whole, or just slice it to look good.

So keep watching.

Mr. Li added some broth to the processed bear paws, then added onions, ginger and some spices, and simmered for an hour.

Then he took it out, poured out all the soup, and repeated the process again.

The stock added this time is thicker and the cooking time will be longer.

At noon, Chu Yunfeng and Master Mi cooked two dishes each. They were both good at cooking, but they didn't put their minds on it. After eating quickly, they continued to observe Mr. Li cooking.

After cooking this time, it was obvious that the bear paw had become softer. Mr. Li cut it into thin slices, put it in a bowl with gauze, put the bear paw slices into the bowl, put it in a pot and started steaming it. .

This steaming lasted nearly two hours. Mr. Li took out these thin slices and put them on the plate again. Between each piece of bear paw, he inserted shiitake mushroom slices and bamboo shoots blanched in broth.

The plate was brought by Mr. Li himself. Looking at the decoration on the plate, it has some characteristics of the palace, very beautiful and grand, but the texture cannot be seen, and I don’t know where it was fired.

Then Mr. Li started to make a thick sauce with the stock and poured it on top, and the braised bear paw dish was completed.

(End of this chapter)