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"Okay, Chef!"

Li Yichen, Wu Xiayong and Peng Cheng obediently each picked up a basin of chicken and walked to the sink. Then they imitated Qian Haoyang's actions and began to process the marinated chicken.

The chicken that had been marinated for two days looked plain and simple on the outside, but when Li Yichen took out a chicken leg, he immediately felt a different texture. The meat was plump, tender and delicate.

After rinsing the chicken with cold water, Li Yichen and the others wiped off the moisture on the surface of the chicken skin, then placed kitchen paper under the chicken and put it in the refrigerator.

"The purpose of this step is to dry the chicken skin slightly. This drying process takes a whole day, so that it can be coated in flour and fried to make crispier chicken skin."

After instructing Li Yichen and the three of them to put the chicken in the refrigerator to rest, Qian Haoyang's assistant took out four plates of chicken that had been resting for a day from another refrigerator.

"The next step is the simplest and most common step for beginners to make, frying."

"Many people think that fried food is greasy... This is actually a deep misunderstanding."

Qian Haoyang did not immediately teach Li Yichen and the three of them how to fry. Instead, he stopped and began to teach the three of them the basic knowledge of frying.

"Making fried food too greasy is a result of a chef's poor cooking skills... As long as we fry it properly, the oil should not seep into the firm chicken when frying, but only Fry the moisture out of the chicken skin to make it golden and crispy.”

“So, what the chef is saying is that when it’s fried, the chicken inside is actually steamed?”

Li Yichen guessed.

"That's right! You're right!"

A smile finally appeared on Qian Haoyang's face again. As soon as he heard this, he knew that Li Yichen was studying seriously, otherwise he would not have asked such a question.

In obvious contrast, Wu Xiayong and Peng Cheng, their eyes looked very empty, and they could only nod mechanically.

Chapter 244 Rosemary Buttermilk Fried Chicken (2)

Qian Haoyang was very happy that Li Yichen could understand what he was talking about, so he was ready to teach Li Yichen some more academic knowledge.

"In the cooking technique of 'frying', there is a very important point of view that when food is fried in a pan, depending on the temperature of the oil, the moisture in the food will be converted into water vapor and evaporate out, which will harm the appetite. The fats and oils that have to penetrate into the food collide with each other, reaching an unstable and delicate balance."

“That’s why well-fried food is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.”

"As Li Yichen said, the outer layer of the food is fried, but the inner layer is actually steamed."

"So, when we fry food, a very important thing must be kept in the kitchen, which is a frying pan thermometer or temperature measuring gun to check the oil temperature at any time."

"One more little question for you, when we fry things, do we use vegetable oil or animal oil?"

Qian Haoyang looked at Li Yichen and the three of them and asked.

"Vegetable oil?"

Wu Xiayong chose one of the two and guessed blindly.

"Should be all right?"

Peng Cheng created a third option.

"Vegetable oil."

Only Li Yichen, who had cooked before, answered in the affirmative.

"Well, the correct answer is vegetable oil, yes..."

Qian Haoyang asked: "Then why vegetable oil?"

Now Wu Xiayong and Peng Cheng couldn't guess, because this question was not a multiple-choice question.

Only Li Yichen said without thinking: "Because if the oil is burned too hot, it will smoke and disintegrate, and the smoke point of vegetable oil is higher than that of animal oil."

"Yes, very good."

Qian Haoyang nodded with satisfaction when he heard Li Yichen's answer.

"I would like to add that among vegetable oils, the best choice for frying oil is peanut oil, because peanut oil has the best flavor, so the oil we use today is peanut oil."

Qian Haoyang opened a bucket of fresh peanut oil on the spot and poured it into the frying pan "tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons, tons" Qian Haoyang opened a barrel of fresh peanut oil on the spot.

"You have to remember that the oil used to fry the meat is easy to spoil, so it can only be used once or twice at most. If you are filming a show, it is best to replace the oil with new oil every day."

"Now let the oil slowly heat up to 180 degrees and let's bread the chicken."

Qian Haoyang took out three large iron plates and placed them in front of him.

"The standard breading process is three steps, flour, egg wash, and bread flour."

“The innovation of Rosemary Buttermilk Fried Chicken is that the egg liquid is replaced with buttermilk.”

“What is buttermilk?”

Li Yichen said doubtfully.

"Buttermilk is the only product isolated when making butter. We can hardly buy authentic buttermilk on the market now, but it doesn't matter. We can make our own fermented buttermilk by adding lactic acid bacteria to milk and waiting for 10 minutes. Substitution.”

Qian Haoyang directly demonstrated on the spot. After waiting for 10 minutes, the milk with lactic acid bacteria added became viscous.

"Fermented buttermilk can be eaten directly. It tastes a bit like yogurt, and the acid in it is the secret to making the meat tender and juicy."

At this point in the fried chicken tutorial, Qian Haoyang finally revealed the core secret of this fried chicken.

"We season the flour, 12 cups all-purpose flour, 12 tablespoons freshly ground black pepper, 8 tablespoons paprika, 8 tablespoons fine sea salt, 8 tablespoons baking powder, 8 teaspoons cayenne pepper."

"If you can't eat spicy food, cayenne pepper can be replaced with other chili powders. You can distinguish between non-spicy, mildly spicy, medium spicy and heavy spicy fried chicken here."

"After the chicken is dipped in a large amount of bread flour, press it tightly with your hands, and then let it sit for 15 minutes to absorb moisture and prevent the flour from falling off."

After Qian Haoyang coated the chicken in flour, the oil temperature also climbed to 180 degrees Celsius.

"Li Yichen, you do the final frying step."

"Me? Oh, okay."

Li Yichen picked up the chicken and put it into the oil pan.

The chicken sizzles instantly when it is put into the pot.

The aroma of fried protein rushed into Li Yichen's nose, causing his saliva to secrete rapidly.

The chicken was fried in the pan for twelve minutes, and the skin became golden and brilliant.

"Okay." Qian Haoyang reminded.

"Oh."

Hearing this, Li Yichen took out the fried chicken and placed it on the oil-absorbing paper.

"Don't eat the chicken immediately after it's fried. You have to let it sit for 5 minutes, otherwise the juice inside will burn you."

Qian Haoyang explained very experiencedly.

The tempting fried chicken was right in front of them, but everyone could only look at it but not eat it. It was simply a torment.

But here, Qian Haoyang's words were like an edict, and everyone had to listen. So after 5 minutes of hard work, everyone couldn't wait to grab the fried chicken.

Li Yichen couldn't help it either. He grabbed a chicken leg and took a bite. A stream of hot juice spurted out from under the crispy skin. His sleeping taste buds were instantly lit up, and the tender chicken seemed to melt in his mouth. .

He couldn't even use any words to more accurately express what he was feeling at this moment.

The spicy puff pastry, the lightly salty, slightly sour chicken with rosemary aroma, are like a layered melody, jumping on the tip of the tongue, but in the end they are skillfully blended together to become the ultimate delicacy, like a heavenly taste , makes people want to chew off the bones together.

“It’s really delicious and not greasy at all.”

No one at the scene responded to Li Yichen's sigh, only the sounds of biting crispy skin and sucking juice.

After finishing a piece of fried chicken, everyone seemed to wake up from a dream and exclaimed.

"This chicken feels like it has been filled with water. How can it be so tender?"

"Every time I take a bite, it feels a little more incredible. It's so delicious!"

"This is so delicious that I doubt my life. I feel like I've eaten too much."

Everyone exclaimed that this was the most tender fried chicken they had ever tasted.

"Wow... I really can't believe that I made this fried chicken."

Li Yichen sighed while sucking the fried chicken pieces on his fingers.

This taste is outrageous, ridiculously delicious!

In a daze, Li Yichen even felt that he had the strength to win seven Michelin stars.

Yes, Li Yichen accidentally swelled.

He felt that he was the God of Cooking at this moment.

Qian Haoyang has eaten rosemary buttermilk fried chicken countless times, so he no longer has the feeling of surprise, he just thinks it is delicious.

He folded his arms and looked at the shocked expressions on everyone's faces with a smile, feeling relieved in his heart.

This kind of reaction from customers is the chef’s greatest sense of accomplishment.

After a while, when Li Yichen and the three of them calmed down, Qian Haoyang taught them another trick on how to preserve fried chicken.

Turn on the hot air circulation in the oven, heat it to 120 degrees Celsius, and put the fried chicken in. This will keep the flavor for several hours.

After learning this little trick, Li Yichen and the others can prepare fried chicken in advance and serve it quickly.

After this set of meticulous teaching, not only Li Yichen became inflated, but also Wu Xiayong and Peng Cheng became extremely inflated.

They are no longer satisfied with selling fried chicken, but also want to learn more dishes.

Chapter 245

Qian Haoyang couldn't help laughing when he heard Li Yichen, Wu Xiayong and Peng Cheng confidently expressed that they had learned how to fry chicken and wanted to learn more dishes.

"It's nice to be young..."

He couldn't help but sigh, only ignorance leads to fearlessness.

"Since you know how to do it, let me teach you a little more. There is still time today."

Qian Haoyang has already heard Qian Haokuang talk about Li Yichen's endorsement, and Li Yichen really studied very seriously today. It's not the kind of fake appearance that he puts on in front of the camera, just posing, but the real thing in his eyes. He has a thirst for knowledge and thinking, so Qian Haoyang is also happy to teach students like Li Yichen.

"Then let me teach you three methods of making fried chicken dipping sauce, three methods of combining fried chicken set meals, and a method of cooking a pre-meal soup..."

"After teaching these, I will finally teach you three ways to arrange the dishes...how about it? Is that enough?"

Qian Haoyang smiled and said, "If that's not enough, Haokuang can also teach you how to make three kinds of desserts."