Chapter 611 Chen Yan’s second social death is here! Making high-end gourmet food - bear paw competition! [Please subscribe]
"Is this paste... really delicious?"
Chen Yan looked at Ren Jie holding a bowl and taking big bites. She didn't know for a moment whether he was looking for something to eat for himself or if he really liked eating this dark "sesame paste".
"It's really delicious. There's still some in the pot. You can taste it. I'll wrap up whatever is left... When I got off work, I was thinking about going downstairs to eat fried noodles tonight, but I didn't expect you sesame seeds.
The paste is made to perfection, has enough viscosity, and is super delicious."
Ren Jie's words made Mr. Chen blush.
This is obviously just black sesame glutinous rice balls cooked in a pot. Can it be delicious?
However, she still took the bowl, scooped up a little bit from the pot, tentatively scooped up a small spoonful, and mustered up the courage to put it into her mouth.
As soon as she entered her mouth, she tasted the aroma of black sesame and the unique plumpness of lard. The filling was prepared by Lin Xu and had a rich flavor, especially the lard, which was made from lard marinated in white sugar. It tasted super good.
In addition to the aroma of sesame and the richness of lard, you can also taste the rich silkiness. This silky feeling not only makes the taste better, but also reduces the richness of lard, making these mushy foods.
It tastes more delicious and more comfortable.
But where does this silky texture come from?
Chen Yan looked at the pot and stirred the bowl with a small spoon before she realized what she was doing.
This silky texture should be caused by the glutinous rice flour on the outer skin of the glutinous rice balls being cooked. It is equivalent to using the outer skin of the glutinous rice balls to add a glutinous rice gravy to the black sesame paste.
No wonder it's so silky smooth, it tastes really good.
Fortunately, I used glutinous rice glutinous rice dumplings, and the outer skin was completely melted into the soup after cooking. If I had used rhubarb rice glutinous rice dumplings, the black sesame paste in the pot would have turned into yellow sesame paste.
That kind of color... just thinking about it makes people off-putting.
"Yanyan, I just told my mother that she really likes black sesame paste. When she heard that your cooking was delicious, she wanted to try it... Let's go home and eat it tomorrow, so that my mother can also try it.
Craftsmanship."
Just as he was sighing, Ren Jie's voice sounded from the living room.
Chen Yan: "!!!!!!!!"
You are so quick with your mouth. Are you going to tell your mother-in-law?
What do you want me to do when I go home tomorrow? I can't just take out a box of glutinous rice balls and put them in the pot, right?
Although it tastes pretty good, if word spreads about it, it will definitely make people laugh out loud.
You stinky Renjie, if you keep talking without saying hello, your wife’s face will be completely humiliated!
Chen Yan thought it would be better to tell Ren Jie before things got out of hand, lest this guy spread the word and make everyone aware.
She took a bite of the paste in the bowl and said to Ren Jie:
"Ren Jie, do you know what this is made of?"
However, the answer I heard was:
"Ha! Second aunt wants to eat it too, and she said she has never seen the black sesame paste I eat. Your uncle, Boss Shen, also sent a message asking if the black sesame paste has high calories. He also wants to try it.
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Chen Yan's face was full of surprise.
Let me go, are you promoting it on the space station? How did you make it known to everyone?
She took out her phone and looked at it, and found that when Ren Jie just ate the paste, he didn't forget to post an update on Moments to show off:
"I came home from get off work and was cold and hungry. I didn't expect my wife to cook me heart-warming black sesame paste. It tastes silky and sweet. Don't be too envious..."
This damn stinky guy!
Just eat, why are you posting on WeChat Moments?
At this time, the way of eating Chinese food is not as good as Western food. When eating Western food, both hands are occupied, and you can't play with your phone at all, and you can't show off on Moments.
Alas!
I feel like I’m going to be ridiculed by insiders again.
Chen Yan unhappily finished the black sesame paste in the bowl, came outside, and said quickly before the Trisolarans knew about it:
"Don't brag about my cooking skills. This was originally a glutinous rice dumpling I wanted to cook, but I forgot the time on the phone and it was cooked into a paste... Do you want me to die again if you continue to promote it like this?"
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When you fall in love and meet your parents, you have already died once. This will happen again, it will be the second time.
I haven't experienced the beauty of life yet, but I died twice first. Are you really prepared to let me go and join the Trisolarans?
Ren Jie put down the bowl and held her in his arms with a smile:
"I know that the glutinous rice balls have melted. On the Lantern Festival, everyone in our team ate two large bowls of this completely cooked glutinous rice balls... But even if the glutinous rice balls have melted, I still want to post it on WeChat Moments, because
My daughter-in-law made this for me personally, and I want to record the happiness of this moment."
Chen Yan frowned and then said:
"Who is your wife? We are just engaged, not married yet. Believe it or not, I kicked you? You still laughed, but if you laugh again, I will get angry... You stinky guy, call me aunt!"
Ren Jie hugged her, then whispered in Chen Yan's ear:
"Auntie~~~my baby!"
Chen Yan trembled, then raised her head, put her arms around Ren Jie's neck, and kissed him...
At nine o'clock in the evening, Lin Xu finally finished polishing the mold.
He used a manual blower named Pihu to blow through every corner of the mold, blowing away all the dust from the polishing process.
Then wipe it again, wiping the sawdust as clean as possible.
You cannot wash it with water at this time, because the mold is made of dry wood. If it is soaked in water, there will not only be a risk of cracking and deformation, but more importantly, if water is allowed to soak in, it may cause the mold to become moldy.
In that case, the efforts of the past few days will be in vain.
The best way is to wipe and clean with grease. Do it over and over again. While wiping the inside and outside of the mold, you can also use grease to form a waterproof oil film on the surface of the mold.
In this way, it can be preserved for a long time, even for more than a hundred years.
Nowadays, some old snack shops, as well as some people in the south, still preserve the snack molds, mooncake molds or rice cake molds passed down from the Republic of China and even the Qing Dynasty, and they use the grease preservation method.
Lin Xu wiped it twice, and after confirming it was clean, hung it up to dry.
He stood up and turned off the camera, stretched, and finally finished carving. It was time to go downstairs to relax. During this time, he should still be able to play games for an hour.
I haven’t played it for a few days, and I don’t know what happened to the characters in the game because of their daughter-in-law.
When he came downstairs, he thought that the Internet-addicted girl was still playing games, but when he opened the study door, he found that there was no one inside and the computer was turned off.
This means I haven’t been here for a long time.
Where have you gone?
Did you go down and watch cartoons with Dundun?
He came to the stairs and as he walked down, he heard the sound of the range hood.
What is going on?
You’re hungry while playing games, are you going to secretly make something to eat while I’m not paying attention?
He walked down the stairs and saw Shen Jiayue standing in front of the stove. There was a small milk pot on the stove, and something was cooking in it. It smelled like black sesame seeds.
"Why are you cooking again all of a sudden?"
Lin Xu's voice startled Shen Jiayue. The girl turned her face and said:
"Yan Bao said that black sesame glutinous rice balls can be used to make black sesame paste with a great taste. My brother-in-law just ate a small pot at home and was not satisfied with it, so he asked Yan Bao to cook some more."
Lin Xu was stunned by these words.
Use glutinous rice balls to make black sesame paste?
How big of a brain does it take to think of something like this?
He looked into the pot and could vaguely see the appearance of glutinous rice balls, but most of them were completely cooked and some white glutinous rice had melted into the soup.
He stirred the pot with a spoon and asked curiously:
"Is this what Sister Yan came up with?"
"Yes, she also announced the recipe in the circle of friends. Now Sister Xiaoqi and Sister Yuanyuan are also trying it at home. They don't have glutinous rice balls at home. Sister Yun happened to get off work and went to find them."
Tsk tsk tsk, there are really people who are willing to give it a try, aren’t they afraid that these handmade glutinous rice balls will be wasted?
With the stirring of the spoon, the glutinous rice balls melt quickly, the soup in the pot becomes rich and viscous, and the aroma of black sesame seeds also wafts out.
It does look tempting.
Shen Jiayue came over to take a look and said curiously:
"This looks dark. Why did my brother-in-law just eat one pot? He usually doesn't have such a big appetite in the store."
Lin Xu said:
"Maybe I'm tired. How long does this thing need to cook?"
"Yan Bao said that if you cook it for a while, you won't see the glutinous rice flour at all. Not only will the paste be more fragrant, but it will also taste more delicious and silky."
Are you leaving it here to make Dove chocolate? It’s still delicious and silky.
Lin Xu muttered in his heart and then said:
"Actually, if you use ground black sesame seeds and mix them with chocolate, you can get a silky texture, which is even better than that of glutinous rice flour."
Shen Jiayue was stunned for a moment, and then recorded it on her mobile phone.
Hum hum, secretly make it tomorrow and let Yan Bao see what a real head chef is.
After simmering for a few more minutes, seeing the paste in the pot getting thicker and thicker, Lin Xu turned off the heat, poured it into two bowls, and brought it to the dining table.
Shen Jiayue took a photo with her mobile phone and sent a message:
"Someone said that the glutinous rice balls are very delicious when cooked. In order to prevent the fake, I specially cooked a small pot and started tasting it immediately. If it tastes bad, I will post the scandalous photo of the rumor maker in the circle of friends to alert the world."
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After saying that, she scooped up a spoonful and put it to her mouth, blew on it, and took a small sip:
"Hey, this tastes really good. Try it, Xubao. It's just a little silky."
Lin Xu tasted it and found that the taste was indeed good, but generally speaking, the black sesame paste had a lot of gravy in it, resulting in a very thick texture.
But overall, it’s not unpalatable.
It's quite comfortable to have such a big bowl when you're hungry.
Shen Jiayue said while eating:
"Yan Bao is really a stupid person with a stupid blessing. The boiled glutinous rice balls turned out to be a delicacy... Let's eat this tomorrow morning? It feels quite delicious."
Lin Xu scooped up a spoonful of black sesame paste and put it into his mouth, nodding:
"Okay, no problem."
Early the next morning, Lin Xu cooked glutinous rice balls and a pot of pot stickers and dumplings.
When Shen Jiayue came downstairs, they started to have breakfast.
Dundun was also squatting at the small dining table nearby, eating steamed chicken breast with egg yolk made by Lin Xu.
After the family of three finished breakfast, Lin Xu tidied up the kitchen, went upstairs to change clothes, and then packed up the two carved bear paw molds and prepared to go to the store.
Shen Jiayue put on a pink sweater and a hooded jacket to dress casually. After changing her shoes, she picked up Dundun and asked Lin Xu:
"Xubao, when are you going to slap the bear's paw today?"
"You have to start preparing when you go. Although it is fake bear paws, it requires a lot of ingredients, and they all have to be prepared in advance, which is quite troublesome."
The actual preparation of bear paws is even more troublesome than real bear paws.
Real bear paws are nothing more than soaking, removing hair, blanching, stewing, collecting juice, and plating. The process is time-consuming, but it is not complicated.
The bear paw competition requires the use of other ingredients to make bear paws that are both physical and spiritual, which is relatively more labor-intensive.
For example, the pig skin used outside cannot just be stewed casually. The skin of the elbow must be used, and the broth needs to be mixed with onions, ginger and other condiments, and steamed in a pot for more than three hours, so that the pig skin can be completely soft.
Rotten and delicious, but still intact.
As for other ingredients, they also have tedious steps and strict requirements.
Lin Xu felt that even if he started cooking in the morning, he would be able to make it in time for dinner.
Good food is never made simply by making it.
When we came to the store, several people were discussing the black sesame paste last night. Obviously, everyone followed suit and tried it. Shu Yun hugged the little guy in his arms when he saw Dundun:
"I want you to wish that my aunt will not break the skin when she cooks the dumplings. How about you just ask your aunt to cook the dumplings and melt them? Is this what is often said in the game?"
Dundun blinked innocently, as if I didn't understand what you were talking about.
What I wish is that the dumplings won’t break the skin, but not that the glutinous rice balls won’t break the skin. Her eating the paste has nothing to do with me, so don’t frame a good cat.
The little guy acted upright and confident in front of Shu Yun.
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But when she saw Chen Yan entering the door, she still felt a little guilty and got into the cat house.
A good cat doesn't suffer immediate losses, so it first avoids the limelight.
However, Chen Yan did not associate the cooking incident with Dundun. She came here early this morning to help Lin Xu record the video.
After all, shooting this kind of video material that spans nearly a day requires storage at the 4K level, which is a test for the camera's storage, battery, etc.
Coming upstairs, Shen Jiayue and Chen Yan were busy setting up cameras and fill lights.
Lin Xu came to the big kitchen and started preparing the ingredients for today.
Elbow skin, pig's trotters, beef, beef tendons, abalone, ginseng, scallops, shark's fin, shrimp, mushrooms, ham, rapeseed, stock, abalone juice...
There are ten or twenty kinds of various food and auxiliary ingredients.
Taken together, these ingredients are even slightly higher than the price of real bear paws.
Take these ingredients to the small kitchen. Although Lin Xu's videos have always pursued a complete presentation of the dish recipes, these ingredients basically need to be prepared in advance.
For example, sea cucumbers, shark's fins, abalone, and beef tendons all need to be fully cooked with stock or clear soup in advance, otherwise they will not be cooked.
In addition, beef tendons need to be whole and intact, not cheap minced tendons.
Only with intact tendon can you enjoy the chewy and chewy texture of bear paw tendon.
Put all the ingredients to be used on the workbench of the small kitchen. First, take a bird's-eye view of the ingredients. Then Lin Xu changed into chef clothes and stood in front of the workbench.
He did not introduce the ingredients directly, but took out the bear paw mold that was just completed last night:
"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Xu. In the last video, I told you to make bear paws for everyone. To make bear paws, you need a mold, so I used my spare time in the past two days to carve a pair of bear paw molds. This is the left palm.
This is the right palm..."
The mold itself has natural patterns, and after being wiped with grease, the patterns are more obvious and look like works of art.
Chen Yan, who was in charge of shooting, looked surprised.
She didn't notice it just now, thinking it was an ornament brought over, but she didn't expect it to be a bear paw mold.
As expected, my brother-in-law is a man with no shortcomings. He can even carve. Netizens call him the King of Crossovers every day. Now, he is really a crossover.
Lin Xu showed the mold and then said:
"Now that the mold is ready, and everyone is very curious about the bear paw dish, I will make it today. This is a simulation method of using high-end ingredients to restore it, and strive to make the bear paws pass through other ingredients, leaving them as they are.
Restore it."
He introduced the ingredients and started making them.
Remove the excess fat from the pig skin, blanch it in a pot, then put it into a small basin, pour the stock into it, put two slices of ginger, and then put the small basin into the boiling steamer.
Use low heat and slow steaming to steam the aroma of the stock into the pig skin, softening the pig skin and making it soft and waxy.
This process is very long, firstly because the steaming fire should not be too fast, otherwise the pig skin will be too soft and rotten, which will affect the final presentation.
In addition, steamed pork skin needs to be cooled before use.
When heated again in this way, the fresh aroma absorbed in the pig skin will be released, making the aroma stronger and more attractive.
Put the pig skin into the steamer, Lin Xu added another layer of grates, and then put the four kinds of abalone, sea cucumber, shark fin, and scallops in the same stock, and put them into the steamer for steaming.
However, the steaming time for these items is relatively short, just two hours.
After steaming, just like the pig skin, it is allowed to cool before use, so that the ingredients can absorb the fresh aroma of the broth as much as possible.
After doing this, this stage of shooting comes to an end.
At the beginning, these ingredients are initially heated and cooked.
At the end, the knives are changed and put together, and steamed in the pot again to fully release the taste and aroma. The bear paws that come out are full of color and fragrance. No matter the appearance or taste, it is very unforgettable.
Lin Xu took away the relatively fresh ingredients such as beef and rapeseed used in the opening of the film. These could not be used until after lunch or even in the middle of the afternoon, and they would easily go bad if left in the small kitchen.
Shen Jiayue asked:
“If it’s all cooked, can it still taste like bear’s paw?”
Lin Xu shook the beef:
"The other ingredients are all cooked, but the beef filling needs to be raw, so it tastes good when mixed together and steamed."
"Well, that's it...then what are these shrimps used for?"
"When mixing the stuffing, beat it into a puree and use it as a binder for the stuffing."
Chen Yan looked at it and asked a question:
"If there is no beef, can other meat be substituted?"
"You can use venison. This dish needs to be made with meat with relatively thick fiber, so as to imitate the texture of bear meat. But if you make it at home, you don't need to go to so much trouble. You can just find a piece of winter melon."
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Shen Jiayue and Chen Yan looked at each other in disbelief:
"Winter melon is okay too? Isn't this a joke?"
Lin Xu said:
"I'm not kidding. If you don't believe it, I can make it right now..."
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