Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 860 Sunflower Meat
Chen Nian keeps controlling the heat, adding some firewood and charcoal from time to time to ensure that the fire can always be kept stable.

Seeing that the other dishes were almost ready, Peng Changhai raised his hand: "Chen Nian, it's ok, steaming will take about two quarters of an hour to two quarters and a half, too long is not good. If you keep using high fire for this time, it is enough to steam the meat."

Chen Nian opened the drawer after listening to it, and took out the deep dish inside with a cloth.

"Don't use the onion and ginger on the top, and then put the meat on the plate, but the rest of the soup has to be compared to the pot."

Chen Nian does so.

"Look, the soup inside is just right now. If the soup inside is not enough, you can add some chicken soup and other seasonings to make the taste full."

"Will it taste bad if you do this?"

"That's for sure. Even if you add more seasonings, it's impossible to make it more fragrant than the original one, but isn't there no way to do it? Because you just learned it, I will teach you the remedy. If you still have such problems after cooking, I will beat you with a frying spoon."

"Master, I will definitely not make such a mistake!"

"Well, that's good." Peng Changhai nodded, even though I have treated you well these few times, but if you don't study hard, I won't be polite to you either. "

"Master, if I really make such a mistake, just hit me."

"Good boy, I like your attitude."

After Chen Nian put the soup back into the pot, Peng Changhai came over to taste it.

"Well, this taste is almost the same, you should try it too, remember."

So Chen Nian also tasted it, and the soup was still very delicious. Then, under Peng Changhai's guidance, he added water starch, and used the soup inside to thicken it into a thick soup and pour it on the meat.

The meat is placed on a plate, with mushrooms and carrots, such as sunflowers, the color is obvious and very pleasing to the eye.

And it smells strong too.

After seeing Chengcai, Peng Changhai came over with chopsticks to pick up a piece of meat, blew it briefly and put it in his mouth, and began to chew it.

"Yes, you did a good job. You can do this for the first time. You are indeed my good disciple."

"Master has won the award."

Peng Changhai didn't say anything, he took a new pair of chopsticks and asked Chen Nian to taste them too.

The sunflower meat was first scalded in hot water, and then steamed over high heat for more than half an hour. It was already very soft and rotten at this moment, and under the high temperature, the white meat melted a lot of oil, so it would not feel greasy after eating.

Moreover, the soup is slightly reddish in color and has a rich flavor. The meat itself is tender and palatable, and it tastes delicious when eaten with the soup base.

Chen Nian knows that if we talk about Chinese cooking in detail, there are hundreds of cooking techniques, each of which has many familiar dishes.

But the high-end practice of some high-end ingredients is to combine these different techniques.

But the simple fusion of techniques is only low-invasive, just like in many big restaurants now, chefs are required to cook innovative dishes, and many master chefs don't bother to spend time pondering and researching, just roughly pick out a few kinds of fusion together.

In the end it was a little different.

But such dishes as sunflower meat and scallion-flavored sea cucumber have been researched and tested by the chefs through repeated experiments.

Through the fusion of techniques, the consideration of the plate arrangement and the matching of seasonings, the familiar ingredients can be transformed into a brand new dish.

"This Mr. Tan is really amazing! Mr. Tan is not only a gourmet, he must also have worked hard on the dishes."

Even if the cooks are still these master chefs, it's great to provide ideas.

Just like fighting a war, the general is in charge of commanding, while the soldiers under him are in charge of charging.

After tasting the sunflower meat, Chen Nian took a new pair of chopsticks and re-arranged the plate, filling in the vacancy caused by the two pieces of meat that he and his master tasted.

"Okay, let's go."

Peng Changhai waved his hand.

The servants of the Tan family who had been waiting at the side hurriedly carried the dishes and headed towards the restaurant.

After cooking for the host's family, it's time for them to cook something for themselves.

The way the older generation teach their apprentices is, if the apprentice can do it, let the apprentice do as much as possible.

Whether it's home-cooked dishes or slightly more complicated dishes, it's always right to do more.

So they let Chen Nian cook again.

Chen Nian cooked a total of three dishes for these chefs, one meat, one vegetarian and one cold dish, and the cold dish was also vegetarian.

It's just that the dishes they cook for the host's family are all painstaking, but it's much easier to eat by themselves.

As elsewhere, they cook with whatever is left in the kitchen.

Chen Nian was cooking here, while Song Qingzhou was cooking a pot of porridge.

"I'm used to eating delicacies from mountains and seas, sometimes I still think it's good to drink some porridge. Millet nourishes the stomach."

"Yeah, in fact, I also like to drink rice soup. For a while, I had to drink some every night. If I stopped drinking one day, I would still feel weak."

"You said such things at this age. Could it be too early? At our age, we have eaten everything we should eat before starting to drink rice soup. Shouldn't you eat more things that you haven't eaten before while you are young?"

"It's hard to get rid of a person's habits. Master and I often make some rice soup every three to five nights in the palace."

After Chen Nian finished speaking, he suddenly thought of other aspects: "By the way, Master, does our Tan Mansion also have restaurants in the capital?"

"Yeah, your master didn't tell you?"

"I said it, but I didn't think much about it before, and I just remembered it today, so I'll ask by the way."

"The Tan Manor has two restaurants here, and Master Tan's two children are in charge of them respectively. Most of the apprentices taught by us old fellows are sent to the restaurants.

Sometimes we will go to have a look and check, but don't look at the high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, but sometimes they really can't taste good or bad. "

Peng Changhai said.

"Is this why the earth pigs can't eat the chaff?"

Listening to Chen Nian's description, Peng Changhai laughed loudly: "That's right, that's what it means. The master often says that about them, but we can talk about it at home, and we must never dare to say it when we go out."

"Master, what if someone who knows how to eat goes?"

"Just go, anyway, the taste of our Tan's restaurant is sure to make them unable to find faults. What I'm talking about is almost not just doing it casually to fool the guests. If you fool the guests today, tomorrow their apprentices will be able to fool me, the master.

What I mean is that those who can go to restaurants to eat on weekdays are generally officials, but even if they can eat and know how to eat, they are not the same as the highest requirements after all.

It’s like when you are in the palace, everything must be the best, because the people who eat it are different. Maybe you fried some slices of meat, but when you poured it out, a piece of meat fell on the table.

If it was in the palace, this piece of meat would definitely not be needed, it would either be thrown away, or the cook would eat it himself, but when eating in a restaurant, a piece of meat would accidentally fall out, and just put it back in later. "

Chen Nian understands the meaning, the main reason is that different occasions apply to different people.

It's like cooking in a restaurant by yourself.

As long as the water is boiled, it is fine, but when you go to some rich people’s homes for banquets, they don’t look down on this kind of boiled water at all, so they have to use mineral water flown in from foreign countries.

Some people drink tea at home, using the water from the water pipe to boil.

And some people are a little more particular and will buy bottled purified water outside.

There are also some people who are more particular and must use Kunlun Mountain.

There are also people who pay more attention to the quality of life and also like drinking tea, so they use Evian.

But the richer people are different. Even if they want to make tea, the water they use must be bought from abroad.

One hundred and eighty yuan for a bottle of water is not at all attractive.

If Chen Nian hadn't gotten in touch with their circle through banquets, he would never have known that a bottle of mineral water could sell for tens of thousands of dollars.

Because for many people, 1 yuan is already a year's living expenses.

And many of the relatives living in the village in Chen Nian only sent three to five thousand a year.

I grow food at home, and meat is very cheap to buy in villages and towns. There are many kinds of vegetables grown in the yard of my house. Even if I don’t grow them at home, neighbors and relatives always have them.

At that time, just exchange them or just go and get some.

Except for sometimes going to the city to buy clothes and some rice noodles, there is nothing to spend money on the rest.

It's not clean, it's not sick to eat.

Food dropped on the floor, picked up within three seconds and it was still clean.

The reason why these words have been passed on for so long is because most of them are ordinary people in this world.

"If you want to work in the palace for a long time in the future, you should be able to stay there with your ability, but in case you don't work in the palace one day, you can go to the restaurant of the Tan family or stay in the Tan family when you come back."

"Well, master, I know."

It's just that Chen Nian knew about it, but they didn't know that Chen Nian would not stay here forever, and would return to reality after finishing his studies.

At that time, the aging will have to find another reason.

This reason not only needs to convince one's master, teacher, etc., but also needs to be able to convince the emperor.

"Forget it, why are you thinking about those things now? At worst, I'll just ask Fu Xin for help. This kid seems to know something."

Chen Nian thought so.

Because he never thought that he would return to this world at the beginning, so he disappeared in front of Fu Xin that time.

Although Fu Xin never mentioned it again later, any fool can know that a person will definitely not disappear suddenly.

It's just that looking at Fu Xin's attitude later, he probably didn't regard himself as a ghost.

Thinking about Chen Nian, I feel that I have to talk to Fu Xin, otherwise it will always be a lump in my heart.

Lying on the bed at night, Chen Nian was always thinking about what he should tell Fu Xin tomorrow.

The truth must not be told.

Fu Xin has been nurtured by himself, but he still can't understand if he wants to accept that he has traveled from the world thousands of years later.

"If it's a big deal, tell him that I'm a fairy who came to the world to practice. I don't have mana, but I just disappear every once in a while."

Although this is a lie, there is no way.

Chen Nian woke up early the next day, this time he was going to make a hamburger for Tan Yuanqing.

Anyway, the features are easy to carry.

Moreover, the burger has carbohydrates, vegetables, and meat, and the nutrition is very balanced.

Aging starts with toast, although there is no butter, there is no butter, and there are ways to do it without butter.

Song Qingzhou didn't know what Chen Nian was going to come up with this time, so he curiously helped Chen Nian.

After teaching the master the essentials of baking bread, Chen Nian went to prepare meat again.

Chen Nian had already asked yesterday, Tan Yuanqing prefers to eat chicken and pork, so Chen Nian planned to cook it with chicken this time.

Before going to bed last night, Chen Nian had already prepared a few pieces of chicken thighs. After pricking them with a needle and putting in the marinade, they marinated in the well overnight with the lid on.

Just got it ready to use today.

Coat it with egg whites and batter.

Then take out the bread that was placed a little lower when the bread was baked. At this time, the bread has been baked very dry, and it is old and crushed as bread crumbs and batter.

Then put the marinated chicken thighs in yesterday.

Heat up the oil, and when the oil temperature rises, Chen Nian puts the battered meat into the pan for frying.

Fried chicken cutlet is also a test of fire control skills. If the oil temperature is too low, the batter outside will run around and condense slowly.

But if the oil temperature is too high, the meat inside may not be cooked until the batter on the outside is burnt.

So you have to control the fire temperature just right to ensure that the batter on the outside is just fried to golden and crispy, and the meat inside is just cooked.

Under the precise control of aging, the chicken chops were fried, golden and crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside.

At this time, the bread on Song Qingzhou's side was also baked.

"How to do this?"

Song Qingzhou asked.

"Very simple master." Chen Nian said, "First break the bread in half from the middle, then brush some sauce on it, then put a layer of vegetable leaves, put meat on top of the vegetable leaves, put a little sauce on top of the meat, put two slices of pickled cucumbers on top, add another layer of vegetable leaves, and finally put the slice of bread on top."

Song Qingzhou stared dumbfounded at Chen Nian putting these things together.

"Is that the end?"

"Yes, this is ready, master, would you like to try one?"

Song Qingzhou was a little confused. In his opinion, it would be too simple to do the ingredients.

But he thought about it, Tan Yuanqing, Master Tan would not go out for a while, so it would be no problem for him to eat one now, anyway, the method is simple, just stack these things together.

So he picked up the burger and squeezed it, opened his mouth while it was warm and took a bite.

(End of this chapter)