Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! Chapter 464 Chen Meijuan: Isn’t it too much to say Versailles in front of your son? Take the whole duck off the bones!
Chapter 464 Chen Meijuan: Isn’t it too much to say Versailles in front of your son? Take the whole duck off the bones!
"Mom, does the meaty flavor in the vermicelli come from the broth?"
Shen Jiayue looked at the prepared ingredients and ingredients. She always felt that the meaty taste of the vermicelli was a bit exaggerated. The broth was used here. If it were broth, wouldn't the aroma be more bland?
Although she is a novice in the kitchen, Shen Jiayue has been with Lin Xu for so long, and she understands some cooking theory knowledge under the influence.
Chen Meijuan smiled and said:
“In the past, when making vermicelli balls at home, it was best to have broth. But we only eat meat three or two times a year, and we don’t have broth every time we eat meat, so most of the time, we don’t even use broth.
.If you can use broth, it’s already a high-end recipe.”
Shen Jiayue was even more surprised. She didn't even use broth to taste meat?
She felt that she was getting in touch with an incredible knowledge, cooking vegetarian and meat dishes. Isn’t this the main dish of Gongdelin?
Chen Meijuan took the star anise powder she ground in the store and said:
"Put in star anise powder. Star anise can give the ingredients a meaty aroma. If you add onion, ginger and five-spice powder, the taste will be even more fragrant."
In fact, five-spice powder contains star anise, but the amount is not outstanding, so you need to add more so that the aroma of the meat can come out and the vermicelli will be completely transformed.
Star anise powder?
It feels so magical.
Chen Meijuan poured the minced ginger chopped by Lin Xu into the vermicelli and couldn't help but praise:
"My son's knife skills are getting better and better."
Lin Xu smiled:
"Yueyue doesn't like ginger, but I have to put ginger in it, so I try to chop it up as much as possible to give the vermicelli a ginger flavor but not the taste of ginger."
When adding onion and ginger to the filling, the ginger can be cut as finely as possible so that the aroma can be released more perfectly.
Of course, you can also use ginger juice, but it is not suitable for this delicacy. It will be easily absorbed by the vermicelli, resulting in uneven ginger flavor, so it is more suitable to use ground ginger.
When preparing the stuffing, ginger can be put in first, but onions cannot be put in. The onions must be left until the end.
Because it is cooked too early, the salt in the stuffing will kill the moisture in the onions, causing the stuffing to be filled with the unique smell of raw onions. If it is stuffed into the meatballs during frying, it will not taste interesting.
Add the minced ginger, then add salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, star anise powder, pepper powder, and five-spice powder. Stir evenly first, then add half a bowl of broth and continue stirring.
The reason why the vermicelli balls served in my hometown in the past were so delicious was because the meat broth was added to the filling.
Now that there is stock in the store, it is natural to add some.
When the broth is first added, the vermicelli filling is a little thin, but as you stir, the broth is absorbed by the vermicelli, and the vermicelli filling becomes thicker and thicker.
This is actually the same as making a lion head to make the meat stuffing gel.
When the consistency is about ready, bring over the soaked sweet potato starch, skim off the water on top of the starch, scoop out the starch settled at the bottom, and add it to the vermicelli filling.
The amount of starch does not need to be too much, half a pot of vermicelli filling and two handfuls of starch are enough.
If there are too many, the fried meatballs will not have that soft and tender feeling.
Although this is a "poor food" in the Central Plains, used by the poor to satisfy their cravings, the method is also very particular. The minimum amount of starch must be used to find the critical point where the vermicelli sticks together without falling apart.
Only in this way will the fried vermicelli balls be more delicious and delicious.
Lin Xu can actually do these steps, and even does them better than Chen Meijuan.
But I don’t know why, when I watch my mother making sweet potato vermicelli, I always feel the same sense of urgency as when I was celebrating the New Year at home, waiting in front of the stove to eat.
No matter whether it's fried meatballs, vermicelli balls, crispy meat, or chicken nuggets and ribs, as soon as it comes out of the pan, you'll grab a piece and stuff it into your mouth.
And what you get is often a slap that is not heavy:
"Are you being asked to live by a starving ghost? You even robbed the Stove Lord of his food. You will be hungry in the future!"
According to the rules in my hometown, when the first pot of fried food is ready, you should not eat it immediately, but pinch a little and stuff it into the stove. This is meant to be eaten by the Stove Lord, so that you will not be hungry in the coming year.
When Lin Xu was a child, he often snatched the Stove Lord's food rations and received many scoldings.
But now, not only is he not hungry, but he has become a chef who "has not gone hungry for three years after a drought".
Shen Jiayue stood aside, listening to Chen Meijuan's story about how Lin Xu was punished for being greedy when he was a child, and said to Lin Xu with a smile:
"Our mother is really good at cooking. If my mother were frying food in the kitchen, I would most likely stay away and not dare to get close, for fear that the oil would burst into my face..."
Gee, in front of my mother-in-law, I really don’t want to save face for my mother.
Fortunately, Han Shuzhen can't come at noon today and can only have dinner with her in-laws in the evening. Otherwise, she will definitely be hurt internally by what this girl said.
Chen Meijuan smiled:
"No one is born with good cooking skills. I still remember when Xiaoxu was four years old, we moved to Yinzhou City. The neighbors were frying food early to prepare New Year's goods. Our company didn't have annual leave, so we couldn't go back to our hometown. Then
Xiaoxu is greedy for their vermicelli balls and is clamoring to eat them."
After mixing the vermicelli evenly, she set it aside to dry, then put the oil pan on the stand and started to heat the oil.
"If the child wants to eat it, it must be cooked. I recalled the ways of my elders and tried to fry a pot of vermicelli balls. I fried Xiaoxu and ate them. When I finished frying, I realized that the inside was not fried at all.
It’s still Starch Lake. Xiaoxu, the stupid kid, didn’t eat it. He kept saying that my fried food was delicious and even went to show off to the neighbor’s kids..."
She took a deep breath and then said:
"From that moment on, I started to learn how to cook seriously. Whatever Xiaoxu wanted to eat, I asked your grandma and grandma to learn it. If they didn't know how, they would just ask the elders in their hometown or the neighbors. If they didn't learn it, they wouldn't give up...
…Then I became the best cook in the family.”
Lin Xuzheng was so moved that he came back to his senses after hearing the last sentence.
Mom, are you in Versailles?
Shen Jiayue quickly flattered her:
"My mom is so awesome. No wonder Xu Bao's cooking skills are so good. It turns out he inherited it from my mom... And it's not my fault that my cooking skills are not good. It's all my mom's problem."
Lin Xu said:
"You are already very good. You have learned how to cook several kinds of delicious food in the air fryer."
"Oh, yes, I use the air fryer very well. I will make delicious food for my mother tonight. You have to help me prepare the ingredients."
Ever since Shen Jiayue learned how to make sugar stir-fry last time, she has become more and more fond of the air fryer.
But the prerequisite for her to use the air fryer is that Lin Xu has to prepare the ingredients, or buy semi-finished marinated chicken wings, chicken fillets, chicken steaks and other snacks.
Well, Baby Shen has mastered the use of the air fryer, but in terms of seasoning, he is still at the level of a kindergarten class.
Soon, the oil temperature rises.
Chen Meijuan poured the chopped green onions into the vermicelli, stirred evenly, then brought a bowl of water and started preparing fried vermicelli balls.
"Mom, what are you doing with the water?"
"It's for dipping your hands. The starch and vermicelli are too sticky and will stick to your hands if you grab them directly, so you need to dip them in water before making them so that the vermicelli can form into a ball."
When the oil was 50% hot, Chen Meijuan dipped her hands in the water and then scooped out a fist-sized ball of vermicelli from the basin.
Gather it quickly with your hands, form into a ball, and then slowly throw it into the pot along the edge of the pot.
She didn't do the next one immediately, but checked and confirmed that the oil temperature was OK, then continued to do it, saying while doing it:
"If the oil temperature is low, it will spread. 50% is basically the minimum. If you want the temperature to be lower, you can only increase the amount of starch, otherwise the vermicelli will be broken in the pot."
In fact, when you cook it now, there will still be two or three vermicelli scattered in the pot.
But this is no longer relevant, it is a normal phenomenon when cooking.
After the vermicelli meatballs are put into the pot, don't worry about it. Continue frying until the surface turns golden brown, then you can gently flip it with a spoon to make the meatballs fry more evenly.
When the surface of the meatballs turns brown, use a slotted spoon to take the meatballs out, bump them over the oil pan a few times, and then put them back into the pan.
"Xubao, what does this mean? Another explosion?"
Shen Jiayue felt that her mother-in-law's method of frying meatballs was a little different.
Lin Xu said:
"There are two reasons for doing this. The first is to feel the weight of the meatballs. If they are light and fluffy, it means they are thoroughly fried. If they are a little bouncy, it means there is raw starch in them... The second is that the balls collide with each other, which will cause the inside to explode.
It becomes looser and more conducive to frying."
The vermicelli are held together by starch. Using the method of twisting can create gaps inside, so that the heat can be more easily transferred to the deepest part of the meatballs.
In addition, after being bumped like this, the surface of the meatballs will be more uneven.
After deep-frying, the texture will be crispier and more delicious.
Shen Jiayue didn't expect that frying meatballs would be so knowledgeable. Looking at the meatballs floating in the pot, she, the air fryer fairy, couldn't hold back:
"Can I use an air fryer?"
After saying that, she opened the cabinet and took out her air fryer.
This really stumped Lin Xu. He had never delved into such unorthodox practices, so he washed his hands and said:
"I don't know either, let's try it."
In order to prevent the meatballs from spreading, he specially laid a layer of tin foil in the air fryer, then rolled two meatballs and put them in. After turning on the fire, he began to wait for a long time.
"Eat, you can eat."
Chen Meijuan took out the meatballs from the pot and said to herself:
"Since I don't use the ground pot in my hometown in the countryside, I can't even give the Stove Lord a taste."
She put a few meatballs into a bowl and raised them towards the southeast. This was not superstition, but a wish for a happy life, hoping that the current happy life could be maintained.
When she put the bowl down, Lin Xu put a meatball into a small bowl and handed it to Shen Jiayue:
"Let's try it. If I had to wait until I was a kid, I would have already been slapped."
Shen Jiayue smiled:
"Let you compete with the Stove Lord for food."
The meatballs are large and exude the unique aroma of fried vermicelli. When you use the kuaizi to open them, the aroma of meat comes out from the inside of the meatballs.
The vermicelli inside is crystal clear and has a ruddy color due to the addition of dark soy sauce.
No matter how it looks or tastes, it's like taking out the vermicelli from the pork vermicelli stew to make this delicious dish.
Pick up a piece and put it into your mouth to bite. The fragrant and crispy texture of the meatball skin will make people feel a sense of happiness inexplicably.
Vermicelli is a chewy delicacy. It becomes crispy and crispy after being fried, and it is rich in broth, so it has a very rich flavor.
This kind of aroma is stronger than ordinary fried food and tastes delicious.
The vermicelli inside is fragrant, soft and chewy, with a smooth texture. The aroma of onions and meat are intertwined, and it really feels like eating meatballs.
"It's delicious. Mom's cooking is great!"
If today we were to select the most popular daughter-in-law for her mother-in-law, Shen Jiayue would definitely be selected successfully. Her little mouth is as sweet as honey, and she praises her mother-in-law in different ways.
Chen Meijuan smiled and said:
"The freshly fried ones taste crisper. Let them cool down and steam them to bring out the aroma of the broth, making them more delicious."
"Hmm...can it still be steamed? Let's steam it and eat it this afternoon."
"Okay, my daughter-in-law wants to eat it, so let's steam it."
After the second pot was fried, Chen Meijuan saw that Shen Jiayue liked to eat the crispy skin on the outside of the vermicelli balls, so she randomly grabbed a small ball of vermicelli filling from the basin with her hands, dipped her hands in water, patted it, flattened it and threw it into the pot.<
/p>
This kind of vermicelli cake is thinner, has a larger surface area, and has a crispier texture when fried.
When she put it on the plate, her daughter-in-law immediately had little stars in her eyes:
"Thank you, Mom! No, I have to post it on WeChat to show off, this is crispy and crispy, it tastes absolutely amazing!"
Hum hum, get out of the way, I want to show off my mother-in-law!
There are many people in the circle who don’t have a partner. Although Yan Bao has a partner, Professor Tian’s cooking skills are probably about the same as Yan Bao’s, so my mother-in-law is the ceiling. No one objects to this, right?
After serving, she picked up the vermicelli cake with a kuaizi and tasted it. It was very crispy, like fried short-cut pork.
While eating, Chen Yan's voice sounded outside the kitchen:
"Yueyue, we all know that Aunt Chen is a good cook, but there's no need for you to be a slut, right? Pay attention to your face and absorb your taste."
Chen Yan walked in and greeted Chen Meijuan sweetly:
"Hello Aunt Chen!"
"Hello Xiaoyan, stop standing and eat while it's hot. Xiaoxu and Yueyue have been eating for a long time. The meatballs are soft and the pancakes are crispy. Take whichever you want."
Chen Yan originally wanted to be reserved, but when she saw her cousin's mouth full of oil after eating, and was aroused by the smell of vermicelli balls, she didn't hesitate to pick one up and took a bite:
"Wow, it smells so good. No wonder Yueyue enjoys it so much. Aunt Chen's craftsmanship is really amazing."
Chen Meijuan smiled and said:
"As long as you like to eat, it's fine. When I came here, I was worried that you wouldn't like to eat... By the way, I'll give Yuanyuan some after eating. This girl knew I was coming, so she sent a message two days ago.
I want to eat big meatballs."
"Okay, I'll turn over to No. 4 Middle School when I go to the company later."
Speaking of the company, Chen Yan talked about business:
"Xiaoqi and the others just did a test. The image transmission signal and camera position are all fine. You can start recording at any time... By the way, Boss Huang asked me to ask you what materials you need. He will send them over later."<
/p>
After learning that Zeng Xiaoqi and the others had resigned, Lao Huang immediately signed an ingredient supply agreement with Chen Yan. He would provide the ingredients for all food programs in the future. When the number of broadcasts increased, he could even pay for it.
You should spend money on advertising.
Lin Xu thought for a while and said:
"Just use a tender duck that has been bled and shed its feathers. Do not disembowel it. This method requires the whole duck to be deboned. If the duck is disemboweled, the bones cannot be removed, and the essence of the gourd duck is lost."
Chen Yan nodded:
"Okay, I'll send him a message later...what else do you want besides ducks?"
"You also need soaked sea cucumbers, scallops, hoof tendons, shrimps, flower stalks, winter bamboo shoots, water chestnuts, ham... This is not fixed, as long as it is eight kinds of more expensive fillings, and glutinous rice needs to be soaked overnight.
I can just take it from the store, it will definitely be too late to prepare it now."
The difficulty in the delicacy of Babao Gourd Duck lies in deboning the whole duck and shaping the duck. As for the filling itself, it is not that particular.
To put it simply, this is a salty rice dumpling with whole duck skin.
The filling is not important, how to wrap it in and achieve the desired effect is the focus of the dish.
Of course, filling the stuffing is also very important. If it is filled too full, the duck skin will burst. If it is underfilled, the gourd shape will not rise. This requires a certain amount of operating experience.
In addition to ingredients, you also need seasonings such as lard, sugar, syrup, and chicken soup. In addition, you also need to prepare two ingredients: carrots and lettuce.
Carrots and lettuce are not used for cooking, but are used to carve into small gourds for decoration.
The combination of green and red small gourds can improve the appearance of the dishes.
Good food must not only be delicious, but also must be "pleasing to the eye". Only in this way can it be considered a dish with good color, flavor and taste.
Chen Yan stuffed the remaining half of the meatball into her mouth, chewed it twice, and muttered with unclear words:
"This time I cook the same dish as the TV station. I don't know if I can surpass the other party."
Shen Jiayue looked at Lin Xu and asked:
"Xubao, we won't lose, right?"
Lin Xu smiled:
"Don't worry, it won't be a big problem unless they invite the master and the retired seniors from Diaoyutai. As for the others, I'm still worthy."
Although he does not have perfect cooking techniques, Lin Xu has the bone-breaking technique and his knife skills are so good, there is absolutely no problem in making the eight-treasure gourd duck.
Several people were eating while talking, and when the meatballs were fried, they were all full.
Chen Meijuan smiled and said:
"Eating around the stove is just like when I was a kid."
Shen Jiayue said with a smile:
"It's different. When I was young, it wasn't so lively without Yan Bao and me."
After eating the meatballs, Lin Xu went to the big kitchen next door to get a few bowls of hot and sour soup to relieve the greasy feeling caused by the vermicelli meatballs.
After eating and drinking, he took the eight-treasure stuffing and the vermicelli balls packed by Chen Meijuan, drove to No. 4 Middle School, delivered the meatballs to Sister Yuanyuan, and then went to the company to prepare the eight-treasure gourd duck.
recording.
When I arrived at the company, Xie Baomin and Qi Zhentao, who participated in the recording, had already arrived.
New platform, new venue, new program, so the lineup must be full.
This time, we directly invited the number one cook in Diaoyutai and the technical chef of Yanjing Hotel. Together with Lin Xu, the founder of Linji Food, it was a complete combination of strength and good looks.
And arranged together like this, it also gives people the impression that Linji Food and Yanjing Hotel Diaoyutai are of the same grade.
This was deliberately arranged by Zeng Xiaoqi.
Lin Xu supports her work so much. As the general manager of the program team, she naturally wants to help Lin Ji with publicity.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, Lao Huang delivered the tender duck to be used, and the recording work officially began!
————————
This chapter has 5,000 words. Please give me a guaranteed monthly pass, brothers! In addition, there are double monthly passes at the end of the month. Those who can keep it until the end of the month can keep it!