Author: round head and round belly

Having the base stock is just the first step to make the soup.

Then, Li Yi put all the soaked dried mushrooms into a large soup pot, then poured in purified water, filled it up to the mouth of the pot, and brought it to a boil over high heat.

After the fire started, the rich aroma of the mushrooms began to spread.

Smelling the aroma of mushrooms in the air, everyone present was attracted.

“It smells so good!”

Zhao Jinmai was attracted by the aroma.

She held Liu Yifei's hand and said excitedly: "That time when I ate the beef noodles made by Brother Yi, I smelled the beef broth he used for the first time. This was the feeling."

With that said, she ran to the soup pot, took a deep breath, and then asked: "Brother Yi, is this vegetarian soup?"

"It's still early! This is just the beginning."

As Li Yi spoke, he cut the previously washed chanterelles and green head mushrooms into slices and put them into the soup pot.

These two kinds of mushrooms are two kinds of fresh mushrooms that are more suitable for stewing soup, and both have unique fragrance.

Then, he put a peeled sugar cane inside.

This sugar cane is used to add some natural sweetness to the soup stock.

Then, he brought a soaked lotus leaf over, covered it on the mouth of the soup pot, and tied it tightly with a hemp rope.

He also covered it with a piece of wet cotton cloth and completely sealed the mouth of the pot, sealing it tightly.

Turning the heat to low, he took out his phone, looked at the time, and set an alarm for two hours.

After two hours, the vegetarian soup is finished.

But in order to satisfy Li Yi's demand for making a tofu feast, this vegetarian soup stock is not enough.

Among the dishes of the tofu feast, in addition to vegetarian meats such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian ham, and vegetarian beef, there will also be vegetarian seafood such as vegetarian fish, vegetarian shrimps, and vegetarian sea cucumbers.

This vegetarian broth uses mushrooms as the main ingredient, which is more suitable for making vegetarian meat dishes.

Because the main ingredient of this vegetarian soup is mushrooms from the mountains, it is also called vegetarian soup.

When making vegetarian seafood, you need to use another recipe of vegetarian stock, also called vegetarian seafood soup.

Vegetarian seafood soup is mainly to simulate the taste of seafood, so the main ingredients used are plants from the sea.

Similarly, when choosing sea vegetables, Li Yi also chose dry goods, mainly dried kelp and dried kelp.

In addition to the most common kelp and kelp, Li Yi also prepared Gelidium, known as sea bird's nest, as well as wakame, seaweed and other sea vegetables.

There are also soybean sprouts and white radish, which are also important base ingredients for vegetarian seafood soup.

This soup is not a hassle, just put all the processed ingredients into the pot and simmer together.

But while it was stewing, Li Yi put a piece of tender corn into the pot.

This corn is used to add freshness and sweetness to the soup, and the corn cob can also be used to absorb the excess fishy smell of sea vegetables, killing two birds with one stone.

Following the same method, Li Yi sealed the mouth of the pot with lotus leaves and wet cotton cloth.

By this time, it was already eight o'clock at night.

It has been a full ten hours since the live broadcast at ten o'clock in the morning.

Not only has the audience in the live broadcast room changed a few times, but the camera crew has also changed.

In order to ensure smooth live broadcast throughout the day, the program team specially arranged two groups of people to work in shifts.

But there is no way to rotate the artists in front of the camera.

Wu Lei had been grinding beans for a whole day. Even though he was young and strong and exercised regularly, he was very tired at the end of the day.

Although Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai didn't do much heavy physical work, they were so busy at the end of the day that they didn't even have time to sit down for a while.

Finally, after helping Li Yi pour all the ordered tofu into the mold, they could finally rest for a while.

"Phew! It feels so good to sit down."

Liu Yifei sat down on the chair and sank into it, too lazy to get up again.

Zhao Jinmai didn't even have the strength to speak. He just sat on the chair and muttered: "I'm so tired..."

Although Wu Lei was dragging his feet, he still showed a disapproving look: "It's not bad! It's not as tiring as I thought."

As he said that, he also found a chair and sat down.

But as soon as he sat down, his face looked like he was about to ascend to heaven: "Oh~! So comfortable!"

Huang Xiaoming was still helping Li Yi stack the tofu molds and press the bucket on top.

After pressing the tofu, Li Yi clapped his hands, turned around and looked at the three people who were about to collapse, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work. It's been a tiring day. You go back and rest first!"

"No reply! Definitely not reply!"

Wu Lei put his head on the back of the chair and waved his hands lazily: "I've been tired for a day, and I won't leave without a bowl of steaming soup!"

Li Yi laughed when he heard this and said, "Then you have to wait! This soup stock will take at least an hour to be ready."

"Wait! You have to wait!"

Wu Lei also chuckled and said, "I want to try it to see if this soup stock is as delicious as Maizi said."

Li Yi knew that they wanted to wait for him to go back together, so he didn't say anything more.

He only has one process left, which is to make the prepared tofu and gluten into raw materials for vegetarian meat, vegetarian ham and other imitation meat dishes.

This process is not difficult, but there are still some requirements for techniques to ensure quality.

Therefore, instead of asking Wu Lei and the others to help, he chose to make it himself.

Wu Lei and the others were also happy to have some time to relax, so they took out their mobile phones and responded to the audience's comments.

So, with everyone watching, Li Yi spent an hour and finally made all the vegetarian meat.

Seeing Li Yi making pieces of tofu skin and pieces of gluten into elbows, ribs, and lean meat, Wu Lei sighed: "It's not easy. Eating a few vegetarian dishes is better than making meat dishes directly."

Trouble!"

"Fortunately, it's mainly because I did too much at once."

Li Yi explained while putting all the ingredients into the refrigerator, and then opened the soup pot of vegetarian seafood soup in the expectant eyes of Wu Lei and others.

As he uncovered the layer of lotus leaves that had been cooked a bit dry, a rich and fresh fragrance spread instantly.

"oh!"

Wu Lei suddenly became energetic, jumped up, ran to the soup pot, and asked impatiently: "Is it ready? Can you drink it?"

Seeing that he was anxious, Li Yi took out a small bowl, poured out a small bowl of soup, handed it to him, and warned: "Sip small sips, don't get bored."

"What does it mean to be bored?"

Wu Lei took the soup bowl in confusion, blew on it twice, and then took a small sip.

Next, he realized what it meant to be bored.

He felt as if he had drank the entire ocean in one gulp, as if an undersea forest had grown on his tongue. The ultimate umami taste occupied all his sensory attention, as if he had been hit with a sap.

"call!"

He swallowed the soup in his mouth, then took a breath, and then discovered that even the air exhaled from his nostrils seemed to be carrying the breath of the ocean.

"Oh my god! This soup is amazing!"

He was a little shocked.

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai and others also gathered around, took the soup bowl from Li Yi's mouth, and each took a bite.

"Wow! So fresh!"

Although Zhao Jinmai had tasted the beef broth made by Li Yi, he was still amazed.

This is a completely different taste and experience from beef stock.
Chapter completed!