While baking tofu, Ye Fei started making marinade.
Bittern itself is poisonous. It is the product left over when boiling salt. It is black and bitter. You will die if you drink it.
But there is another kind of stew, which is used to make delicacies, which is made with ingredients such as aniseed and soy sauce.
To make a top-quality marinade, it is a great test of a chef's level. This is why some businesses selling braised vegetables are booming while others have a tepid business. In the final analysis, the aroma or lack of aroma of the marinade is what matters. The essential.
Although Ye Fei said that frying and frying are not required for this delicacy, they will still be used in the process of making the ingredients after the ingredients are finally formed.
The tofu is baking, and Ye Fei starts to adjust the marinade.
First, he divided the various spices on the table into two parts, placed each part in a fine gauze, then wrapped it in a bag with the fine gauze, and tied the fine gauze with a rope to make two packages.
After doing this, start processing other materials.
Green onions are used. This ingredient is spicy in nature, but it can produce an attractive onion aroma during the cooking process.
Wash the two green onions, but Ye Fei does not remove the roots. This is a trick he uses when making marinade.
The presence of green onion roots will not affect the taste of the marinade, but will also make the marinade more delicious.
Wash the onions, cut into several sections, pat into pieces, and put on a plate for later use.
Next, Ye Fei took a crystal bottle. Inside the bottle were more than half a bottle of crystals the size of a fingertip.
Ye Fei poured out a few.
Taotie quickly asked: "Ye Shen, is this... rock candy?"
Ye Fei nodded and said: "It's rock sugar. In the process of brewing the marinade, if you want to make it more perfect, rock sugar is essential. This thing can make the marinade add another serving while maintaining its freshness." Sweet smell."
With that said, Ye Fei put a few rock candies in a small pot, placed it on the stove, and started to grill.
After grilling for a while, place a few pieces of rock sugar on a cutting board and crush them with a back knife.
Place a frying pan on the stove, then add the crushed rock sugar and an appropriate amount of olive oil into the pan, and start to fry slowly over high heat.
Ye Fei pointed to the small flames spitting out from the stove and said: "When boiling the sugar color, you must use a low fire. This can ensure the moderate color of the sugar and the sweetness of the sugar. If the fire is too high, stir-fry the sugar color. If you overdo it, the color of the sugar will become darker or even black. At that time, the sugar juice will not only not be sweet, but will also be bitter."
The time for frying the sugar juice was not very long. When the sugar juice in the pot turned dark red, Ye Fei added an appropriate amount of water to the pot with a spoon and let it cook over high heat while stirring constantly with the vegetable spoon in his hand.
Wait until the color of the sugar juice in the pot turns into a uniform tender reddish brown before stopping.
At this time, the large bone soup cooked in another pot is ready. Ye Fei uses a spoon to scoop out an appropriate amount of large bone soup and adds it to the sugar juice. Add the onion and ginger, then add refined salt and other ingredients, and finally puts the aniseed bag. Go in and start cooking over high heat.
When the sugar juice in the pot boils, Ye Fei turns down the heat and simmers over low heat.
Not long after, the entire bamboo building was filled with an extremely rich aroma.
This kind of aroma is already unbearable to Taotie, Huineng and Brother Baozuan even without using Wanli Piaoxiang skill.
"Isn't it? It smells so good?" Taotie sniffed hard, swallowed hard, and said in disbelief.
Huineng also clasped his hands together, chanted the Buddha's name, and said: "Amitabha, fire the chef in the temple when you get back. The marinade he makes is really inedible. The marinade in Ye Shen's pot is the marinade. Yes, this is the marinade." It’s marinade!”
As a foodie, Brother Baozuan has eaten a lot of braised food, but he can swear that there has never been a braised food as delicious as the one made by Ye Fei. This one is so fragrant, it makes the mouth water. Controlled outflow.
After simmering for a while, a pot of top-quality marinade was completely completed.
Looking at the red marinade with a hint of light brown inside the pot, Ye Fei said: "Brinaze is divided into many types, including red marinade, white marinade, spicy marinade, seafood marinade, etc. Red marinade is the same as white marinade. It is made by adding sugar color on the basis of it, just like the marinade we made. Now that the marinade is ready, our tofu is ready to be baked."
With that said, Ye Fei took out the tofu from the oven.
Looking at the tofu at this time, the outer layer has been baked into a golden color, as if it has been coated with a layer of gold powder. You can even see the luster when you look at it sideways.
"Damn, this tofu is baked to perfection." The great monk Huineng saw the tofu brought out by Ye Fei, and his eyes widened.
It can be said that neither Taotie nor Brother Baozuan can compare to Huineng in eating tofu. Although he is a flower monk, the food in the temple is still mainly vegetarian, and soy products are a very important ingredient. .
He has eaten more tofu than Taotie and Brother Baozuan have ever seen. It can be said that he is an expert on what kind of tofu is delicious and what kind of tofu makes people have endless aftertaste after eating it.
At this time, Huineng immediately lost his composure when he saw the color of the tofu baked by Ye Fei.
He came to the plate of tofu in a few steps, then stretched his neck to smell it, and finally stared at Ye Fei, his lips trembling a little and said: "Golden leaves?"
Ye Fei didn't expect that this guy even knew this kind of tofu, so he nodded with a smile and said: "Yes, this plate of tofu is also called golden leaf, which is related to its color. The color is golden like the yellow leaves in the autumn wind, so It’s called golden leaf, also called golden leaf.”
"Amitabha, my God, this... is this really gold leaf?"
The great monk was so surprised that he started talking nonsense. A Buddhist disciple even mentioned God.
Brother Baozuan also came over. He didn't know anything about gold leaves and silver leaves, so he asked: "Huineng, isn't this a plate of tofu? Why does it become gold leaves?"
Taotie also looked at Huineng with a look on his face that said, "Tell me quickly."
Huineng sighed and said: "You two, let me tell you this, there are many ways to make tofu, and there are many kinds of delicacies, but among all the tofu delicacies, I think the best and the most delicious. The top one is golden leaf, and to make tofu reach the golden leaf level, you not only need to control the heat, but also the texture of the tofu itself is very good."
"This plate of tofu made by Ye Shen himself using a stone mill using the oldest method can be said to be the best among tofus. They are as white as jade but extremely tender. The moisture content in the middle is just right, so when baking It can prevent the tofu from being burnt while ensuring that the tofu is charred on the outside and tender on the inside.”
As he spoke, Huineng pointed to the tofu on the plate and said, "Look, the top layer of the tofu is golden and shiny. What is this? This is golden skin! That's why it's also called golden leaf tofu. Golden skin tofu is really a rare and excellent ingredient."
After listening to Huineng's explanation, not to mention Taotie and Brother Baozuan, even many people in the live broadcast room were dumbfounded.
"Damn it, is there such a thing as tofu?"
"Golden Leaf? I really learned a lot today. I didn't expect Ye Shen to be able to make tofu of this level. It's amazing."
"Although I don't know what the golden leaves are, but the expression on this monk's face doesn't look like he's lying. In that case, this plate of tofu is definitely a rare and top-quality product."
"The color is so golden that I want to take a bite when I look at it."
"No, this is definitely not the delicacy that Ye Shen will eventually make, because there is still no use for the marinade."
"Marinated sauce? Tofu? Ye Shen wants to make braised tofu?"
"Braised tofu is stupid, Ye Shen clearly wants to make braised tofu! Oh my God, I finally know what Ye Shen's delicacy is, it is to make braised tofu."
"Uh~ braised dried beans? What's so delicious about that stuff?"
"You know what Maomaoqiu is, where is the most famous braised dried tofu in Hunan cuisine? Gangwu! Gangwu braised dried tofu is not just a delicacy, it is a geographical indication product. Let's talk about braised dried tofu. That refers to Gangwu. According to legend, Gangwu braised dried beans have a history of more than 2,000 years. The Qing Dynasty was even listed as a royal tribute. It was for tribute! My God, Ye Shen actually named Gangwu The food is ready."
"I also like to eat this kind of braised dried beans, but the ones I eat can't compare with the ones made by Ye Shen. Although there are many high-quality products, there is a huge difference between high-quality products and the best ones!"
"Damn, no, no, no, it's just a piece of tofu, and I'm drooling again."
"Taotie and the great monk are so lucky. I didn't expect that a vegetarian dish could taste so delicious."
Among the audience were Shonan Okatake's, which is their famous food, but now these Okatake people were speechless when they looked at Ye Fei's tofu. It turns out that tofu can be baked to such a high level!
Just when everyone was praising it, Ye Fei took a slender kitchen knife from the tool rack and cut the baked tofu into pieces of the same size.
Then he took a thin silver needle, poked the tofu block a few times, and put it directly into the brine.
After all the tofu was poured in, Ye Fei put the lid on the pot and started to cook it over high heat.
After about ten minutes, Ye Fei turned off the fire and said with a smile: "Friends, the last delicacy is ready. Yes, it is braised dried beans. This is a very special delicacy. It can be used as a dish or as a snack. So now let’s see how good this treat is.”
Saying that, Ye Fei reached out and opened the lid of the pot...
(End of chapter)