It was afternoon time.
"Master, I found the Shaoxing Huadiao wine you asked me to find for you." Tian Xiaodu wiped the sweat from his forehead and returned to Xiaoyu Home Cooking. While talking to Ye Chui, he greeted the two people behind him. The two people were holding a wine jar that was half a person's height and carefully placed it on the floor of the restaurant.
Some diners in the restaurant looked at the wine jar with curiosity.
The wine jar looks like a bull's head, and has a weathered and old texture on the outside, but the seal is very good. There is also a piece of red paper pasted on the wine jar with the words "Shaoxing Huadiao" written on it. The red paper is a bit tattered, which is enough to show that the wine jar has been stored for a long time.
Ye Chui walked out of the kitchen, squatted in front of the wine jar, looked it up and down, and nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad, this is what I want."
"Master, do you want to start selling wine in the restaurant?" Tian Xiaodu asked curiously. He said in amazement, "This jar of wine is at least ten years old. I bought it from a wine merchant for more than ten thousand yuan."
As he spoke, Tian Xiaodu asked the two people who brought the wine to leave.
"Shaoxing Huadiao wine is so expensive." Han Yuyan said as he walked over with a look of surprise.
"This is aged wine, so naturally the price is not ordinary." Tian Xiaodu explained, but his face was full of doubts, looking at Ye Chui, "Master, our restaurant is too small, it is not suitable to sell this kind of wine, I guess we can't sell it at all."
"I don't want to sell wine." Ye Chui shook his head, "I want to use it for cooking."
"Cooking?" Tian Xiaodu, Han Yuyan and some other diners were all puzzled. Ye Chui spent more than 10,000 yuan to buy this jar of aged wine, but it was for cooking
Tian Xiaodu asked impatiently, "Master, even if ordinary dishes need wine, cooking wine is enough. What dish do you want to cook that requires so much wine? There must be at least thirty or forty kilograms of wine in here."
"What I want to use is not the wine in the jar, but the jar itself." Ye Chui patted the jar and said, he was very satisfied with the jar, which was just right for making the super dish he was preparing -
Because the video of the dark banquet was leaked, the old Buddha's originally good impression of Ye Chu dropped to the freezing point. Ming Jing took the opportunity to suggest that the old Buddha take Lin Zhengdao, Wu Haimei and Lin Wei's family to the nearby Zhuangyan Temple to fast and chant Buddha for a month to get rid of their karma.
Zhuangyan Temple can be considered a famous temple in China. Of course, the temples of this era are definitely fundamentally different from the ancient temples in film and television dramas. Many temples have meditation programs for ordinary pilgrims, which allow some tourists who are seeking psychological peace to live in the temple for a short period of time. Now Lin Wei and her family are staying in the temple in this way.
And the old lady is now determined. Lin Zhengdao, Lin Wei and Wu Haimei told her that this was a misunderstanding but she wouldn't listen. The whole family must stay in the temple for a month before they can leave.
The old Buddha also strictly prohibited Lin Wei from contacting Ye Chui...
The matter between Ye Chui and Lin Wei is secondary. The most important problem on Lin Zhengdao's side is more serious. The company is in crisis. If he doesn't take charge of the situation at this time, the company will probably be lost. But the old lady will not listen to these reasons.
However, Ye Cui had already seen that the old lady was not completely ignorant, but she just didn't want her son to be busy for the company. In the past half month, Ye Cui even saw the old lady persuading Lin Zhengdao to sell the company. Anyway, he had earned enough money to spend for the rest of his life, so he didn't need to be busy with work anymore.
In short, Lin Wei and her family are now completely trapped in the Zhuangyan Temple. Ye Chui went to visit them yesterday, but was stopped at the gate of the temple. Ming Jing is a high-ranking monk and has a close relationship with the abbot of the Zhuangyan Temple. Under his instruction, Ye Chui entered the temple with great caution.
This also completely annoyed Ye Chui.
"Since you won't let me in, I will lure all of you out!" Ye Chui was driven out of the temple quite rudely by two monks. The two monks even held sticks in their hands and looked at him coldly, which made Ye Chui extremely angry.
He obviously didn't intend to just say these words.
What happened in the past two days has made him completely angry, making him, the God of Food, angry, so he wants to take revenge on these monks in the God of Food way and solve this matter with the ultimate gourmet food.
So he prepared to make an ultimate delicacy to expose the true colors of these hypocritical monks, to wake the old Buddha from his vegetarian and Buddhist meditation, and to resolve this matter once and for all.
Does this sound a little crazy and ridiculous
No, all of these are possible for Ye Chui. He wants to use a delicious dish to turn the entire Zhuangyan Temple upside down!
It just so happens that this dish contains the word "Buddha", which is very consistent with the origin of this dish.
This dish is called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
The aroma of meat spread to the neighbors, and the Buddha heard it and gave up Zen and jumped over the wall to come.
Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, this is a delicacy that would make even Buddha give up his meditation!
Speaking of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, many people are familiar with it. In Ye Chui's previous life, this dish was a state banquet and was sold in some medium and large restaurants. However, the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall made in the restaurants has reduced steps and essence, and the taste is not authentic. At first glance, this dish looks like a hodgepodge, and its origin was accidental and unexpected, but it has been passed down for hundreds of years and become a famous dish. Naturally, there are also some clever aspects in the unexpectedness.
This dish requires eighteen main ingredients and twelve auxiliary ingredients, totaling thirty ingredients. After three hours of simmering, the various ingredients are mutually infused, and the flavors are enriched. The dish tastes soft, tender and smooth, with a rich meaty aroma, but not greasy, making the name of the dish "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" truly worthy of its name.
At the same time, there was no dish called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall in the Manchu-Han Banquet held in the early Qing Dynasty. But it was not because the quality of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was not good enough, but because Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and the Manchu-Han Banquet originated almost at the same time. This dish had not yet become a famous dish at the time of the Manchu-Han Banquet. However, in several Manchu-Han banquets held by the court afterwards, this newly born dish was included and was still listed in the category of [meals].
The four grades of Manchu-Han Banquet: [Ordinary] [Delicacy] [Imperial] [Meal]
[Meal] is the highest level of cuisine. Being ranked at this level at least shows that this dish has reached the highest level of Chinese cuisine.
However, the most authentic Manchu-Han banquet is not so easy to make. At first glance, this dish does not seem to be that difficult, as if it can be made by just putting thirty kinds of ingredients into a clay pot and boiling them for a long time, but in fact it is that easy.
The order and amount of adding each ingredient must be strictly controlled, so that the deliciousness of each ingredient can be kept balanced during the cooking process, and finally blended into a mysterious and ultimate fragrance.
Ye Chui also went through many experiments before he finally found the best mixing solution.
Of course, in addition to this, the steaming time and the control of the heat are also of paramount importance. Even the earthenware jar used for steaming this dish must be carefully selected - Buddha Jumps Over the Wall needs to be seasoned with wine. It cannot be ordinary cooking wine, nor ordinary white wine. It must be good Shaoxing Huadiao wine. If you want the aroma of the wine to completely penetrate the ingredients, it is not enough to just pour Huadiao wine during the steaming process. Therefore, this requires the steaming utensils to use aged Shaoxing wine jars.
Because the wine jar is used to store Shaoxing wine, the wall of the jar naturally carries the aroma of Shaoxing wine, which can best make the wine taste mellow and even in the whole dish.
That's why Ye Chui asked Tian Xiaodu to find this aged Shaoxing Huadiao wine.
What he valued was not the wine inside, but the wine jar outside.
"Master, what dish are you going to cook with this wine jar?" Tian Xiaodu was stunned when he heard Ye Chui's words. In Chinese cuisine, clay pots are also cooking utensils. The most suitable cooking utensil for some stews is a clay pot, but Tian Xiaodu has never heard of a dish that requires such a large wine jar.
Besides, even if such a large wine jar was needed, earthenware jars could be found everywhere in the market. Why would Ye Chui spend more than 10,000 yuan to buy this aged Shaoxing Huadiao wine
Ye Chui was very satisfied with the wine jar. He casually tore off the seal on the jar, and a scent of wine immediately filled the air. Ye Chui took a deep breath intoxicatedly, and then replied: "The dish I want to make is called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall."
"Buddha Jumps Over the Wall? What a strange name." Han Yuyan said in surprise. She looked at Tian Xiaodu and said, "Big Brother, have you heard of this dish?"
"No." Tian Xiaodu shook his head, but then he was stunned for a moment, "No, I seem to have seen it in a book... It seems that a group of beggars put some food they begged into a clay pot and steamed it. As a result, the strong fragrance filled the air, and the monks who were doing evening classes in the nearby temple couldn't help but come over to taste it. So the dish that the beggars made was called Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. There was also a poet who wrote a poem about this incident. What was it called..."
"The aroma of meat spreads to all the neighbors, and the Buddha hears about it and jumps over the wall to come." Ye Chui said with a smile.
Although the vegetarian movement has caused countless recipes to be lost, some famous dishes have been passed down in the form of stories because of their extraordinary origins and are full of legends. However, even so, few people take them seriously, such as this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Tian Xiaodu knew this story, but he had never thought of making this dish - steaming several ingredients together looked like an ordinary stew, and there was no need to try it at all.
"That's right, that's it." Tian Xiaodu nodded repeatedly and admired Ye Chu very much. He didn't expect that he could recite these two lines of poetry off the cuff.
Han Yuyan's focus was obviously not on this aspect. She said with surprise, "Master, it turns out that this dish was invented by a beggar?"
Ye Chui couldn't help but turn around and flicked Han Yuyan's forehead: "Don't look down on beggars. The delicacies invented by beggars are sometimes delicious. I once made a beggar's chicken for you, which was a delicacy invented by beggars. Weren't you very happy to eat it at that time?"
Han Yuyan rubbed his forehead, glared at Ye Chui, and then said expectantly: "So this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is also delicious?"
"More than delicious?" Ye Chui said with a sinister smile, "I will make those monks in the Zhuangyan Temple lose the mood to continue chanting!"
Tian Xiaodu: “…”
Han Yuyan: "... Master, you sound like a villain right now."
"… "
Ye Chui rolled his eyes and ignored his female disciple. Instead, he turned around, took a spoon and scooped up a spoonful of wine from the jar. The wine was a light yellow and transparent color, and the aroma was everywhere. Ye Chui took a deep breath with an intoxicated look on his face. He was not a wine lover. In fact, he had never tasted a sip of wine in half a year since he was reborn into this world. But with such delicious wine in front of him, how could Ye Chui resist
The world's brewing technology can be divided into three categories, namely rice wine, beer, and wine. Among them, rice wine originated in China, and among the rice wines, Shaoxing wine is the one that best represents Chinese characteristics.
Sweet and aromatic, fresh and refreshing.
The wine in front of him was sealed for ten years and had a richer taste. Ye Chu couldn't help but drink it in one gulp.
But just as his lips touched the spoon, Han Yuyan next to him snatched the spoon from Ye Chui's hand.
"What are you doing?" Ye Cui looked at his female disciple.
"Master, minors are not allowed to drink alcohol." Han Yuyan said proudly.
Ye Chui: “…”
Han Yuyan chuckled, then poured all the wine in the spoon into her mouth with curiosity. This sister probably knew that the wine was a top-grade delicacy, so she wanted to taste it. However, she obviously forgot that she didn't know how to drink alcohol. This aged wine not only had a strong aroma, but also a high alcohol content. Sister Han coughed miserably and tears came out.
This made Ye Chui laugh in relief, and he continued to pick up the spoon to prepare to taste the wine.
But Tian Xiaodu next to him snatched the spoon away again: "Master, it's really not good for underage drinking."
Ye Chui: “…”
He will be an adult in two months, so what's wrong with drinking some wine
Finally, Ye Chui took a sip of the rice wine, and felt a spicy sensation in his throat, but the taste was indescribably pleasant. Of course, he also knew that he shouldn't drink too much of this wine, and he still had some self-control. He then poured the wine in the large wine jar into a large plastic barrel. This wine was very precious, and it cost nearly several hundred yuan per catty. It would probably not be sold in this small restaurant, and it would probably have to stay in the kitchen for a long time...
As for the empty Shaoxing wine jar, Ye Chui was also very satisfied. Although the wine inside had been poured out, there was still a rich aroma of wine permeating it. This was the perfect utensil for making Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
After preparing the utensils, Ye Chui thought about the ingredients. Many of the ingredients in Buddha Jumps Over the Wall are quite precious, such as shark fins, abalone...
It was unlikely that these could be bought in Xizhou City, but Ye Chui was not worried. He took out his cell phone and called Xing Sen directly. After the call was connected, Ye Chui asked, "Have you found those ingredients?"
When it comes to finding ingredients, there’s no better place to find a food detective! (~^~)