It can be said that this word has never appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Just the name of this dish is enough to arouse everyone's curiosity. As for how to make it, Wu Xiaoliu and the others have no idea.
However, before Li Qi stewed the tofu, he first made a seasoning oil, which was pork net oil.
Pork fat is actually the fat accumulated in the mesentery and omentum of pigs.
In the early morning, five or six people were standing in the kitchen of Zuixianju. Even Mrs. Qin came to watch how Li Qi stewed tofu.
"Dazhu, are you ready for the stew pot I asked you to prepare last night?" Li Qi asked Chen Dazhu.
"Already prepared."
After a while, Chen Dazhu brought out a large cup from the back of the kitchen, about one foot in diameter and one and a half feet high.
When Chen Anan saw it, he was surprised and said: "Wow! Brother Li, how much tofu do you plan to stew?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "A piece of tofu."
"ah?"
Wu Xiaoliu asked in shock: "A piece of tofu?"
Li Qi ignored him and said to Xiaozhu: "Xiaozhu, are you ready for the lotus leaves and bamboo slices I asked you to prepare?"
Chen Xiaozhu was slightly startled, nodded quickly and said: "Ready."
Then, he took out a basket from under the table, which contained lotus leaves and bamboo pieces that had been woven into a net.
"Liu Zi, where is your fish?" Li Qi asked Wu Xiaoliu again.
"Here it is."
Wu Xiaoliu took out a small wooden basin from under the table, patted it and said with a smile.
Li Qi nodded and said to Chen Anan: "Have the soybeans been soaked?"
Chen Anan nodded, and then pulled out a bucket from the stove. He saw that it was half filled with clean water, and there were a large number of soybeans floating on the water. He said, "These soybeans have been soaked for almost two hours."
Since there were no pressure cookers these days, the soaking time of soybeans was much longer than in later generations.
"Okay, let's get started."
After speaking, Li Qi began to make his stewed tofu. He first took out the freshly ground tofu he bought from Zhang Sanshu's mill this morning. Then he spread a thin layer of pork net oil on all sides of the tofu.
"Li Qi, why do you use such a big pot to stew such a small piece of tofu?"
Mrs. Qin looked at the fifteen centimeter square piece of tofu and then at the big stew pot, feeling very curious.
Li Qi smiled slightly and said, "Because of them." As he spoke, he pointed towards the soybeans in the bucket.
Mrs. Qin asked in surprise: "Do you have to stew so many soybeans at one time?"
Li Qi hummed and said: "This may not be enough, but it is still in the experimental stage, let's try it first."
Isn't this enough?
Mrs. Qin raised her brows. Her eyes were full of confusion. Are you using so many soybeans to stew a piece of tofu? Are you stewing tofu or soybeans?
Not to mention Mrs. Qin, everyone else was also stunned by Li Qi.
Li Qi glanced at them, smiled without saying a word, and said to Chen Anan: "Anan, wine."
Upon hearing this, Chen Anan hurriedly handed over the condiment wine he and Li Qi made together last night.
Li Qi took the wine and poured it on top of the tofu.
Then he brought two stools side by side, put two small iron rods on them, and carefully placed the tofu on the iron rods so that the top and bottom could be touched.
When everyone saw it, their eyes were full of surprise. This was the first time they had seen this cooking method.
After Li Qi put the tofu firmly, he pulled out a crackling firewood from the stove that was burning at one end.
"Brother Li, what do you want to do?" Wu Xiaoliu asked curiously.
"Burned tofu."
"Burned tofu?"
Wu Xiaoliu asked in confusion: "Didn't you say stewed tofu? Why did it turn into roasted tofu again?"
Li Qi rolled his eyes at him, shook his head, and said, "Can't we stew it after it's burned?" After saying that, he ignored him. He picked up the burning firewood, squatted next to the stool, and burned the piece of quilt like a barbecue.
Tofu wrapped in pork net oil.
Once the wine is burned, bursts of aroma immediately emerge.
He waited until the layer of pork net oil on the outside of the tofu was browned. He removed the fire, then carefully put the tofu back on the table, and wrapped the tofu completely with lotus leaves, layer after layer, without leaving any gaps.
.Tie it tightly with bamboo pieces.
Then, Li Qi asked Wu Xiaoliu to take out two fresh fish and simmer them for a while, then put them into the stew pot together with the soaked soybeans to make soybean fish soup. After a while, he put the tofu in.
First simmer over high heat, wait for a while, then turn to warm heat.
After waiting for about an hour, Li Qi took the large stew pot off the stove, opened the lid, and a smell of bean aroma suddenly swept through the entire kitchen.
After hearing this, everyone nodded secretly.
Especially Wu Xiaoliu, whose eyes were shining and he sucked hard, showing his true nature as a foodie.
A group of people gathered around and stuck their heads out to take a look into the stew pot. They saw that the soup inside was milky yellow, which made everyone feel tempting.
Li Qi first served each of them a bowl of soup and said with a smile, "Let's have a taste."
Wu Xiaoliu drank it as soon as he picked it up, but was burned to the point of crying, "Ahem, cough, cough --- it's burning me to death, it's burning me to death."
Li Qi glared at him angrily and said: "Liu Zi, you have been with me for so long, why are you still so virtuous? Do you want to prove that I am an incompetent master?"
Wu Xiaoliu stuck out his tongue, lowered his head, and kept blowing the bowl of soup in his hand, his eyes still full of longing.
This man is really hopeless.
Li Qi turned over the silver, but having said that, if Wu Xiaoliu wasn't so delicious, then he wouldn't have been able to progress so fast. Tasty food is actually a kind of talent, and of course, it's also a double-edged sword.
Mrs. Qin's self-cultivation was naturally not comparable to that of Wu Xiaoliu. She picked up the spoon, scooped out a small spoonful, blew it gently, then took another small sip and returned the soup to her mouth. Her eyes lit up and she praised it.
Said: "What a strong bean aroma!"
Nonsense, there are so many soybeans, and if the bean flavor is not strong, then my money will be wasted.
Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "If Madam likes to drink it, then drink more. This bean soup is very good for the body." His dish is purely nutritious.
Mrs. Qin smiled and nodded.
Wu Furong took a sip and said: "I didn't expect that this fish can be cooked with soybeans, and it tastes so good. Mr. Li, I am really impressed by you."
As a foodie, Wu Xiaoliu was of course not satisfied with just one bowl of soup. He drank up the bowl of soup in a few moments, and then asked: "Brother Li, this dish is not meant to be eaten with this soup, right? That tofu-"
--look."
Li Qi smiled, picked up a long spoon and took out the piece of tofu from the cup, untied the bamboo slices and lotus leaves, and then said to everyone: "Try it and see how it tastes."
Several people gathered around, and each person scraped some off and put it in his own bowl. When Wu Furong stretched out his chopsticks, Li Qi suddenly stopped him and said: "Uncle Wu, this pig fat is not suitable for you to eat. Just eat the part inside."
That’s it.”
Wu Furong didn't know the reason, but he knew that Li Qi would definitely not harm him, so he nodded and said: "Hey, hey, I understand."
"Well ---, Brother Li, this tofu is really delicious, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and it also has that bamboo and lotus fragrance, and the fragrance of the tofu itself is much stronger than ordinary tofu." Wu Xiaoliu
While talking, he put half of the tofu into the bowl. For a foodie like him, being with Li Qi was really the greatest gift from God.
After tasting it, Mrs. Qin nodded and said: "Li Qi, I think you can use this dish to attend the crab roe banquet." This sentence is much more useful than the nonsense Wu Xiaoliu just said.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Actually, this is just a semi-finished product, and the taste is far worse."
"What?"
Wu Furong was shocked and almost dropped the bowl in his hand. The taste was still much worse. How delicious would it be if it were the finished product?
When Wu Xiaoliu heard this, he felt extremely depressed and said, "Brother Li, why didn't you make a finished product just now?"
Li Qi smiled and said: "It's still in the experimental stage now, so we have to do it step by step."
"What about the finished product?" Chen Dazhu asked.
Li Qi gave him a slightly disappointed look and said, "Haven't you noticed that this tofu stew is missing a very important ingredient?"
"It's crab roe." Mrs. Qin was the first to react.
"Madam is worthy of being a talented woman, and she is indeed very clever."
Li Qi chuckled. It had become his habit to flatter Mrs. Qin, and continued: "Yes, what is missing is crab roe. In fact, for this dish, I plan to completely integrate the flavor of crab roe into the tofu, but the tofu
The taste is relatively bland and may be masked by the crab roe flavor, so I used a large amount of soybean paste to bring out the original flavor of the tofu, hoping that it would blend perfectly with the crab roe flavor."
When everyone heard this, they were even more looking forward to the stewed tofu.
Wu Xiaoliu asked curiously: "Then do you plan to stew the crab roe in the soup?"
Li Qi smiled slightly and just opened his mouth when he suddenly saw Xiao Tao walking in and said to Mrs. Qin: "Madam, the master and Mr. Bai Xiang are here. They are in the backyard. They asked you to come over."
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