Dishes that don’t shine are not good dishes

Outside and Inside (Part 2)

At the kitchen counter, Kadozaki Taki frowned again.

If Xie Yunfei’s initial cooking method had something in common with her Spanish seafood risotto balls, then from the second half onwards, the boy in front of him flew towards another direction completely different from his own.

In Western cooking, although there is also a method of using butter or cream to thicken the soup, it is not the same thing as thickening in Chinese food. Taki Kadozaki can be quite sure that even if Xie Yunfei’s cooking has something to learn from seafood risotto, its real core is Chinese cuisine.

At least, Taki Kadozaki would never specially make toppings when making risotto dishes, and the toppings were so thick.

In fact, not only Taki Kadozaki, but also Feifei, Tang Xin, and even the cooking helpers all had similar expressions on their faces at this moment.

Xiaoyun has already gotten used to it, and she muttered softly as she fiddled with the crispy rice balls, “Brother’s cooking is always so unexpected.”

“Is there?” Xie Yunfei raised his head blankly, seeing that Feifei, Tang Xin and even Azusa Chuan Yuenai were nodding their heads after hearing the words, and couldn’t help laughing bitterly, “Forget it, surprises are unexpected.” He said so, Turning his gaze to Feifei who was standing not far away, “Come and help me watch the fire.”

“Eh?!” Feifei hadn’t responded yet, but Xiaoyun on the side jumped up first. With her right hand constantly rotating the steel needle, she raised her left hand, first pointing at Tang Xin who was in the theater watching mode, then pointing her fingertips at herself, and finally pointing at Feifei who was about to run to wash her hands. “Brother, let me tell you, you will be beaten to death sooner or later.”

Xie Yunfei showed a puzzled expression, but to his surprise, Tang Xin, Feifei, and Azusakawa Tsukino agreed with Xiaoyun’s remarks.

“Ha…whatever.” Xie Yunfei sighed, handed over the job of thickening the rice to Feifei, and then ran to Xiaoyun’s side.

At this time, it was just five minutes since Xiaoyun took over the job of baking crispy rice balls.

Originally, the surface was just light yellow crispy balls, but now it has turned into a very attractive golden yellow color as Xie Yunfei and Xiaoyun continued to rotate the steel needles that entered it. In many places, crackling can even be faintly heard. sound.

“In that case, it’s almost done.”

Xie Yunfei took the crispy rice ball from Xiaoyun’s hand, and it was not too hot. He pulled out the three steel needles directly, then covered the left and right sides of the crispy rice ball with both hands, and exerted a little force with both hands.

–Snapped!

The rice cracker ball was split from the middle, exposing the tin ball embedded in it.

Because the [Precise] skill was turned on, Xie Yunfei could clearly feel the weight of the solder ball increase a little when taking out the solder ball. After the holes on the surface flow into the cloth ball layer located on the innermost side of the solder ball, they are adsorbed by the surface of the cloth ball and condense together to form small drops of water.

The hole connecting the tin ball and the cloth ball is in the shape of a hole as a whole, and it is not easy for water droplets to flow back. At least, the inner wall of the crispy rice ball at this time, compared with before, the hardness of the rice has risen several steps, and the surface does not look soft at all, it is exactly the same thing as the outer wall of the rice crust.

After a brief inspection of the internal situation, Xie Yunfei nodded his head in satisfaction, smeared egg white on the edges of the two crispy rice balls, then glued the two together again, followed the holes left on the surface of the crispy rice balls, and threaded them again. Steel pin, place on the grill and heat slightly along the edges of the egg whites to set completely.

So far, the crispy ball part is complete!

Putting the crispy rice balls into the prepared round soup bowl, Xie Yunfei turned his head and looked at Feifei who was standing by the stove.

Feifei understood, scooped out a spoonful of seafood soup topping from the frying pan, poured it into a small bowl, and handed it to Xie Yunfei.

“And then, the last step!”

Xie Yunfei took the small bowl with a hint of excitement in his tone. While speaking, he moved the small bowl to the soup bowl, to be exact, above the rice crust ball, and then slowly tilted it.

In the hall, at this moment, everyone’s eyes were focused on understanding Yunfei. It’s just that Xiaoyun, Feifei and the others are looking forward to it, while Kadozaki Taki and the help cooks are just paying attention.

The slightly thick golden liquid, mixed with all kinds of seafood, was poured on the crispy rice balls, making a “squeaky” sound.

Rice crispy balls are originally spliced ​​by two hemispherical rice crackers. At this time, through the pouring of liquid, the gap at the joint is suddenly enlarged.

Next second!

——Kara!

With a crisp sound, the crispy rice ball split into two. From the crack in the crispy ball rises a dragon made of mist, straight into the sky.

After the white water vapor passed, there was a golden light flowing on the surface of the cooking.

Unlike the risotto balls cooked by Kadozaki Taki, the crispy rice balls made by Xie Yunfei had a slightly dimmed light, but lasted longer than the risotto balls.

The whole process lasted more than 50 seconds from when the light rose to when it dimmed and disappeared. According to the system’s evaluation, the degree of completion was as high as 79, and it was only a little short of being able to advance to luminous cooking.

And this is because Xie Yunfei cooked seafood risotto for the first time, and his basic completion degree was only 64.

“My train of thought is indeed not wrong.”

Pick up a piece with chopsticks and soak itXie Yunfei said vaguely after putting the crispy rice in the soup into his mouth.

From the very beginning, Xie Yunfei never thought about realizing the situation where the crispy balls would split open naturally. That is not realistic. At least, for the current Xie Yunfei, the possibility of success is too low.

Just like Kadozaki Taki said, there may be a difference between the artificially cut rice cracker balls and the cracked rice cracker balls due to the internal steam, but it will definitely not be too big.

After all, according to the explanation in the “Zhonghuayiyi” anime, one of the reasons why the toppings are put in the crispy rice balls is to make the toppings more delicious under higher pressure, and the other is to prevent the toppings from being eaten before eating. chill out.

The first point, with modern science and technology, can be done using a pressure cooker. As for the second point, it is even simpler, just like what Xie Yunfei did just now, just let the crispy rice balls and toppings be made at the same time.

Of course, Xie Yunfei is not sure whether his guess is correct because the dreamy crispy rice dish that can be cracked naturally has been completely lost, but this does not prevent him from trying another imitation—that is, Jia Xiong’s granddaughter peeking at Liu Maoxing The method of pouring the topping directly on the surface of the crispy rice ball came to mind after studying the scene of the kitchen utensils.

Just like the difference between ordinary fried buns and golden smiles, dishes that can bring people surprise and happiness can indeed get more extra completion, but it does not mean that fried buns that are easier to make are the same as those at this time. There is no way to advance to a luminous dish for the seafood risotto and crispy balls in front of everyone.