"I hope you can help me deal with that woman Zhang Ying." Lin Zhengdao said to Ye Chui seriously.
Ye Chui was stunned for a moment: "Uncle, I am sincere to Weiwei."
"..." Lin Zhengdao rolled his eyes and continued, "Zhang Ying is a health expert my mother met in Yanjing. Ever since my father passed away, my mother has always been interested in health. Because of this, she listens to Zhang Ying very much. This is a good thing, but I think Zhang Ying is a little suspicious. It seems that someone deliberately put her next to my mother."
Ye Chui's expression turned serious: "Business rival?"
"Haha." Lin Zhengdao laughed self-deprecatingly, "Business rivals are easy to deal with, but I'm more worried about the people around me. You know I moved to Xizhou some time ago because of Hai Mei's illness, and I also handed over my business in Yanjing to a trustworthy person. Now Hai Mei has recovered, and Weiwei will go to Yanjing to attend university next year, so I was preparing to take over the company's affairs again during this period, and my mother happened to come to Xizhou at this time."
Ye Chui understood what Lin Zhengdao meant: "You mean that person you originally trusted used the old Buddha's influence on you to make you unable to split up during this period of time, and then he took the opportunity to do something?"
Lin Zhengdao looked at Ye Chui with praise: "You are very smart, it is true. These two months are a very important period. If my mother stays in Xizhou, she will hate to see me busy with work, and she will never let me go to Yanjing to handle the company's affairs. If this goes on, the control of the company may be snatched away by someone else."
The last sentence was a bit joking, but Ye Chui knew that Lin Zhengdao was not joking. He said with some concern: "Then why don't you just tell the old Buddha clearly?"
"My mother won't listen to this excuse. I told you that Zhang Ying had a profound influence on her. Besides, if she knew that Zhang Ying was targeting me, she would definitely blame herself." Lin Zhengdao continued, "So I hope you can deal with Zhang Ying and let my mother leave Xizhou as soon as possible."
Ye Chui shrugged his shoulders: "Then how do you want me to deal with her?"
"Use what you are best at." Lin Zhengdao pointed at Ye Chui, "My mother doesn't know what happened last night. I don't want her to know either. She is old and it's rare for her to trust someone so much. If she knew that Zhang Ying had bad intentions, it would definitely be a big blow to her. She would also blame herself, so I hope you can impress her with delicious food. She cares a lot about food. If you can impress her with delicious food, she will trust you. And you seem to have a good understanding of health preservation. I hope you can gradually replace Zhang Ying's position in my mother's heart..."
After a pause, Lin Zhengdao continued, "If my mother favors you, then even Hai Mei and I won't be able to stop you from having sex with Wei Wei."
Ye Chui: “…”
Is he using his daughter to seduce him
Then Ye Chui felt touched. Lin Zhengdao was a successful man, but it was obvious that family was more important to him. He was willing to move his business in Yanjing to Xizhou for his wife's illness. Now that the control of the company was in jeopardy, he still couldn't bear to let his mother blame herself, and would rather use this gentle way to solve the problem. Such a man touched Ye Chui. Even if it wasn't for Lin Wei, Ye Chui would definitely help him.
So Ye Chui smiled and nodded: "Okay, uncle, I will use delicious food to completely impress Mr. Buddha."
Lin Zhengdao nodded in satisfaction and asked again: "My mother has a special liking for delicious food, but the premise is that it must be vegetarian. I know that you are very talented and amazing in cooking, but do you have a way to always make vegetarian dishes that my mother looks forward to? Just like the boiled cabbage yesterday?"
"Don't worry about that, Lin Bofu. It's no problem." Ye Chui said with a confident smile. "Vegetarian dishes also have their own deliciousness. It's easy for me to impress others with delicious food."
"Good boy, you are so confident." Lin Zhengdao laughed. Then he said with difficulty, "This morning Zhang Ying suggested drinking light porridge and eating pickles. I am still hungry. Why don't you make me something to eat first?"
"Okay." Ye Chui said with a smile, "Vegetarian dishes?"
"No, I basically can't live without meat. Just make me some chicken dishes." Lin Zhengdao said with a smile.
"Okay, wait a moment." Ye Chui said and turned back to the kitchen, but something suddenly occurred to him and a smile appeared on his face.
Tian Xiaodu was cutting meat in the kitchen and heard the noise outside. Seeing Ye Chui coming back to the kitchen, he took the initiative to take out the chicken from the freezer next to him. However, Ye Chui smiled and shook his head at him: "No need for chicken."
"No chicken?" Tian Xiaodu was a little surprised. "Didn't Mr. Lin want to eat chicken dishes?"
"Haha, chicken dishes don't necessarily have to be made with chicken." Ye Chui smiled mysteriously and continued, "Just give me the tofu skins."
"Master, are you going to make vegetarian chicken?" Tian Xiaodu quickly understood.
"That's right."
Vegetarian chicken is a soy product. It is a classic dish that imitates meat with vegetables. It is also the main delicacy in temple dishes. Temple dishes are vegetarian dishes. Monks abstain from meat, but they cannot resist the temptation of delicious food. So they gradually developed the method of using vegetables to imitate meat dishes. This is also the mystery of the food. Although vegetarian chicken is a vegetarian, its taste is very similar to real meat, with unique flavor. The taste is even almost the same as the original flavor, making it impossible for people to tell whether they are eating real chicken or vegetarian chicken - of course, this requires very superb cooking skills.
It is worth mentioning that vegetarian chicken is not uncommon in this world. Moreover, due to the vegetarian movement, the method of imitating meat with vegetarian food was once very popular. People no longer have meat to eat, so they naturally have to think of other ways to replace it. Therefore, Tian Xiaodu is no stranger to vegetarian chicken.
It's a pity that after eighty years of development, the method of imitating meat with vegetarian chicken and vegetarian duck has already changed. Let me ask you, if you can't eat real chicken or duck, how can you know the difference between your own imitation vegetarian chicken and vegetarian duck and the original ones
After his rebirth, Ye Chui had also eaten imitation vegetarian chicken. The taste was good, but it gave people the feeling of a tofu product and had long lost the essence of imitating meat with vegetarian food.
As a delicacy developed by monks, temple dishes do not often appear in the Manchu Han banquet. However, this does not mean that their taste is not outstanding. It is just that there is no vegetarian rule in the Manchu Han banquet, so temple dishes are somewhat inappropriate.
Ye Chui now had a sudden inspiration and planned to make a vegetarian chicken dish to see if Lin Zhengdao could tell the difference.
The main ingredient of vegetarian chicken is tofu skin, and it is not the kind of tofu skin that is fried. The tofu skin is cut into round sticks, tied tightly and cooked. At this time, the tofu skin has become block-shaped with distinct layers, and the taste is close to that of chicken. Of course, the more important thing is yet to come. The round stick-shaped tofu skin is sliced and fried until golden brown. At this point, if you don’t look closely, it’s hard to recognize that it is tofu skin.
Next comes the most important part of vegetarian chicken. You need to cover the tofu skin with seasonings to make it look real. Set up a pot, pour in an appropriate amount of water, add star anise, soy sauce, bay leaves, cinnamon and other seasonings. The aroma of each seasoning is part of the taste, and when combined they can create the unique aroma of chicken.
Wait for the water to boil, put the fried tofu slices into the pot and cook until the soup is almost dry, then take out the tofu.
At this moment, the tofu is 80% similar to chicken in shape and taste. The next step is to use this lifelike chicken to make dishes. Ye Chui still remembers how happy Lin Zhengdao was when he ate spicy chicken for the first time, so he used this vegetarian chicken to make a dish of spicy chicken.
The red pepper and the slightly yellow vegetarian chicken complement each other brilliantly. Tian Xiaodu picked up a piece of vegetarian chicken with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He found it soft yet chewy, delicious and mellow, with the unique fragrance of chicken and the spicy aroma of spicy chicken. It was really wonderful. If he hadn't just witnessed Ye Chui's cooking process, if someone told Tian Xiaodu that this was a completely vegetarian dish, he would definitely not believe it.
"Master, you actually used tofu to make the taste of chicken. I know how to make vegetarian chicken and have even studied it, but I didn't expect it to be so real." Tian Xiaodu said in amazement.
"The key to vegetarian chicken lies in seasoning. If you want to make it taste like chicken, you should at least be very familiar with the taste of chicken. However, meat was poisonous eighty years ago. Although the method of making vegetarian chicken has been passed down, the seasoning method has long lost its charm. It is understandable that the vegetarian chicken is neither good nor bad." Ye Chui explained with a smile.
The spicy chicken was served on a plate along with a bowl of rice and placed in front of Lin Zhengdao.
"Spicy chicken?" Lin Zhengdao laughed when he saw the dish. "I still remember the first time I ate the spicy chicken you made. At that time, you sold the recipe to Wan Lai Fu. Later, for business reasons, I went to Wan Lai Fu a few times, but none of them were as authentic as yours. Haha, today I can savor the taste of this dish."
Having said that, he hurriedly picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. He ate it with a satisfied look on his face and nodded repeatedly: "Yes, that's the taste!"
"You didn't notice any difference in the food?" Ye Chui asked with a smile.
"What's the difference?" Lin Zhengdao was stunned for a moment. "Hmm, the texture of this chicken seems slightly different. It seems to be more chewy. Could it be that it has been specially processed? But it tastes more refreshing and is very good."
"Haha, as long as you like it." Ye Chui said with a smile.
After all, Lin Zhengdao is not a gourmet like Han Lao, so it is normal that he can't taste that this is not chicken. However, Ye Chui is very skeptical. If it were Han Lao, I wonder if he would be able to taste that this is actually vegetarian chicken made of tofu? (~^~)
PS: Vegetarian chicken is actually sold in many places, but the taste is not authentic and you can easily taste the taste of tofu. However, Cannon has seen a TV show where a veteran chef made vegetarian chicken with all vegetarian ingredients, but it was hard to tell the difference between the real and the fake~~~~~It's amazing, so please give me your monthly votes and recommendation tickets~~