“Dry fried beef noodles?”
After seeing the test questions sent to him, Ye Chui was stunned at first. If he remembered correctly, dry fried beef noodles was a dish that only appeared in Guangzhou in the 1940s in his previous life. It is said that the origin of this dish is related to a traitor... But in this world, the 1940s was experiencing a vegetarian movement, so there should be no reason for this dish to appear.
But then Ye Chui smiled and shook his head. This world was similar to his previous life, so some slight differences were inevitable. Maybe it appeared a dozen years earlier for some reason.
Dry-fried beef noodles is a Guangzhou dish that is simple to prepare but extremely challenging for the chef. In some areas, in order to find out whether a restaurant's dishes are delicious, one must first ask their chef to make a plate of dry-fried beef noodles for tasting. In this world, due to the vegetarian movement and the fact that meat was considered poisonous, there is a lack of recipes, and the food culture of the north and the south have converged, and the distinctions between cuisines have gradually blurred. Today, dry-fried beef noodles has become one of the dishes that tests the skills of chefs in the entire Chinese region, and it is also one of the most difficult test questions.
"Dry fried beef noodles?" At this time, Sun Yi's exclamation suddenly rang in Ye Chui's ears, "Brother, you are so unlucky. I heard that no one who got this test question could pass it. This is one of the most difficult questions."
Ye Chui was quite speechless about this chatterbox, and said casually: "Yes."
"Hey, guess what test paper I got?" Sun Yi asked with a smile, and before Ye Chui could say anything, he continued to talk to himself, "It's sweet and sour lettuce. This dish is the simplest and I can finish it in no time!"
"haha, really?"
There was a hint of smile in Ye Chui's eyes, the method of making sweet and sour lettuce was indeed not too difficult, but this was an examination room, and the ordinary homely method of making sweet and sour lettuce would definitely not work. The most authentic way to cook this dish was to show one's knife skills, and there were tricks to it.
He didn't say anything more to Sun Yi and started preparing for his exam.
To make dry fried beef rice noodles, the word "he" refers to rice noodles, and the word "niu" refers to beef. Both are indispensable. Although the vegetarian movement at that time caused the lack of meat in the diet, only a large part of it was missing. Some recipes have been passed down, and some dishes have been changed in their methods to be passed down to today. This dry fried beef rice noodles is one of them: since beef could not be used, people used other things instead. The most typical way now is to use spiced dried tofu instead of beef.
The most important part of dry fried beef rice noodles is the rice noodles, so using tofu instead of beef makes the taste slightly different, but it is still a delicious dish.
As for the name of dry fried beef noodles, there is also a new interpretation - it is said that there is a place called Niuhe Village in GD, where the rice noodles made are very delicious. The dish of dry fried beef noodles appeared because of this village...
Of course, these were just rumors, and Ye Chui didn’t know much about them at the moment. After getting the test questions, he pondered for a moment and began to prepare to select ingredients.
There is no written test for this chef exam. The hands-on test is extremely strict. The choice of ingredients is naturally of utmost importance. Ye Chui does not know the method of making dry fried beef noodles after it has evolved in this world, but he knows in his heart how to make this dish most delicious, so naturally he has to make it according to the most authentic method he knows.
This exam does not mind candidates making some small changes to the dishes, as long as the dishes can taste better and convince the examiners. Every famous chef has his or her own unique style of cooking. In fact, if you cook according to the original recipe, the examiner will only give you a maximum of 8 points. Only by adding your own expression can you get the highest score of 10.
The main ingredients of dry fried beef noodles are rice noodles and beef. In addition, chives are also indispensable, as well as shallots, garlic, ginger, and scallions. The most particular one is beef, and you should choose beef rump, which is the most suitable part for its crispness and tenderness. All the ingredients are available in this examination room, and there is no shortage of beef.
After selecting all the ingredients, the first thing Ye Chui has to do is soak the rice noodles. There are some tricks to this. Use cold water to soften the rice noodles. If hot water is used, the texture of the rice noodles may become too soft and easy to fry. The next step is to cut the beef. The beef should be cut in the reverse direction, that is, cut along the grain of the beef. This is where the knife skills will be demonstrated. The best way is to make the beef shreds uniform in size and length.
After preparing the shredded beef and cutting the leeks, shallots and other ingredients, Ye Chui looked at the hardness of the rice noodles and decided to wait a little longer for the best texture. At this time, he had some free time and turned to look at Sun Yi next to him. When he saw what Sun Yi was going to do, Ye Chui couldn't help but laugh - this kid talks about how great he is, but his skills are really not up to par. He smiled and reminded, "The lettuce in sweet and sour lettuce is not cut like that."
"Isn't it cut like this?" Sun Yi had just chopped a head of lettuce into thin strips. He looked at Ye Chui in surprise, "How else can it be cut if not like this?"
"You need to use a rolling knife to cut the lettuce." Ye Chui explained in a low voice.
Sun Yi was confused: "Rolling knife block? What is a rolling knife block?"
Ye Chui: “…”
Rolling a knife is a basic knife technique, but this kid doesn't even know what a rolling knife is! Ye Chui thought of what Sun Yi said about being self-taught in a restaurant. It seems that he didn't learn these basic knowledge systematically. With Ye Chui's temperament, he didn't want to get involved in this matter. But thinking of Sun Yi's smug look before, he wanted to demonstrate something to impress the kid - maybe it was the youth hormones flowing in his body that were causing trouble
“The purpose of cutting with a rolling knife is to roll the ingredients up and cut them with a knife while continuously rolling the ingredients…” As he said this, Ye Chui quickly took a piece of lettuce that Sun Yi had reserved and cut it into rolling pieces, then placed it on a plate. Each piece was of the same size, and most importantly, the cut was smooth with a perfect arc. This was definitely the pinnacle of knife skills.
Sun Yi's face was already stunned. Thinking of how he had treated Ye Chui as his younger brother before, he immediately felt flushed and ashamed. He looked at Ye Chui with indescribable awe. Then he reacted and hurriedly got another lettuce. After cleaning it, he imitated Ye Chui and cut it into dice. But how could one learn this cutting method in a short time
Sun Yi no longer had the pride he had before, and sweat was pouring down his forehead. As a result, the more anxious he was, the harder it was to do well. At this moment, he suddenly saw the lettuce that Ye Chu had just cut. The lettuce was placed next to Ye Chui's stove, on a plate. The two of them were sitting close to each other, and the teacher who was supervising the exam was not around. Sun Yi hesitated for a moment, then quickly took the rolling knife.
Ye Chui was preheating the pot at this time, with a focused expression, and did not notice Sun Yi's little action.
However, in the corridor outside the examination room, Zhao Hongyu was looking through the window into the examination room. His main focus was on Ye Chui, and he happened to see Sun Yi stealing the plate of fresh bamboo shoots...
Ye Chui has already started cooking.
The cooking time is very important when making this dry-fried beef noodles. Too much oil will make it too greasy, and too little oil will make it black. In addition, the color of each rice noodle must be even. Too much soy sauce will make the taste strong, and too little will make the taste light. First, fry the beef in boiling oil until it is 60% done so that the flavor will remain in the meat. Then put it back into the pan and stir-fry until it is 20% done. It will be fragrant, smooth, tender, and not greasy. When the beef noodles are served on a plate, use chopsticks to pick it up. There should be no excess soy sauce or oil on the plate. This is called "dry" and it does not taste greasy, which is the highest level of dry-fried beef noodles.
Wow!
The stove was swirling with flames. Ye Chui held the wok in one hand and the spatula in the other. As the wok and the stove rubbed against each other, the rice noodles in the wok began to flip over and over, giving people a sense of superb skills. This scene attracted the other candidates to turn their heads and look around. The three grading teachers who were already seated could not help but pay attention to him...
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Regarding the method of stir-fried beef noodles, Cannon has looked up a lot of information and watched a lot of videos. The above section about the method of stir-fried beef noodles was extracted from the movie "Man Han Feast". It is Luo Jiaying's line. Those who are interested can find the movie and watch it~~ In addition, I would like to ask for recommendation votes. We are ranked 15th again. I checked and tomorrow should be the last day of the new book period, so let's seize the opportunity and strive to be on the front page at the last minute~~~Add more~~~
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