Chapter 289

"It's awful!"

"It's like chicken cake dipped in vegetable soup..."

"It's true that the outer layer of lactone tofu is tough enough, but the inside is still very thin, and the Mapo sauce is not tasty."

Liu Pleiades and Liu Pleiades just tasted the finished product, while frowning!

This is their third attempt. The first time they tried it, the frying time was too short, and it was low-temperature frying. When they stir fried it with the ready-made Mapo sauce, although they didn't stir it up under the strong control of Liu Pleiades, the taste was a little bad when they tasted it

At the second try, the frying time was a little long, and the taste was still not good after stir frying.

In this attempt, Liu Pleiades chose high-temperature frying to make the outer skin of "Neizhi tofu" converge rapidly in a short time, while the inner skin is still tender.

However, the taste is still not good, because the convergence of tofu skin, although tenacious enough, not fried rotten, but Mapo sauce can not penetrate into tofu!

Although it's tender inside, it's just like what Liu Pleiades said. It's like chicken cake with vegetable soup!

In fact, if this is not an examination, but a contest entitled "Mapo Tofu", Liu Pleiades is not unable to solve these problems, just change the composition of Mapo sauce

Whether it is changed to "giant panda Mapo Tofu", the sauce that can be poured on the steamed tofu, or the thinner boiled soup, can make up for the deficiency of "lactone tofu".

However, what we are considering now is not how to improve the sauce and make up for the deficiency of lactone tofu, but how to control the heat to make the deficiency of lactone tofu disappear!

This sauce can't move

Liu's pyrotechnics technique, though in the presence of "super touch", has reached its peak.

But the problem is that Liu doesn't know what kind of fire to deal with. He doesn't even have a "goal". Naturally, no matter how high the pyrotechnics are, it's useless!

"But in my opinion, the general direction should be right, only a few key points must be considered First of all, the skin must be tough enough to prevent the taste of the sauce from penetrating; then, the interior of lactone tofu must be fresh and tender, not too "thin", but not as "firewood" as the skin Liu Yuan said on one side.

Indeed, such speculation is more realistic.

After all, just a few experiments, in fact, each time the "advantage" to optimize again, and then combined together, it is also "barely shared"!

However, Liu Pleiades still thinks that it is not what he should pursue to make a "normal Mapo Tofu" Mapo Tofu like this

"Try it first. I think I can think about it again." Liu Pleiades finished and sat on the high stool in front of the cooking table.

This is probably the "occupational disease" of the students in Yuanyue. After all, the students who always think of "completing with the minimum" in each assessment will not stay long in Yuanyue!

And now Liu Pleiades is thinking about how to complete the Mapo Neizhi tofu according to the "highest standard".

In other words, how to make this "Mapo Tofu" have its own taste and even surpass the use of ordinary tofu without changing the sauce ratio and the ingredients of "lactone tofu"!

In the trial and trial of Liu pleian yuan and Zhao brothers, time goes by slowly

In the middle of the journey, Liu Pleiades yuan also reminded Liu Pleiades several times that as a chef, he should also know how to choose. Now it's better not to delay and start to try. It's good. Otherwise, it's very likely that at eight o'clock, he still can't get any decent finished products.

However, Liu's words made Liu no longer persuade him

"Why? Isn't this just a test given to us by Mr. Lou San? The big deal is not to pass? So what? I didn't say anything about gambling... "

It's reasonable. Liu Yueyuan and others have nothing to say about this kind of words!

At six o'clock, dinner arrived on time, just the simplest fried rice with eggs, but It's a super star!

"This is "Fried rice with gold?" Liu Pleiades brightened his eyes.

"Yes, it's one of the two cheapest dishes in Yangquan restaurant, and the other is fried Qingjiang cuisine." Liu Yuan said.

"It seems that Shifu really wants us to dispose of these experimental objects ourselves."

"But since there is gold fried rice, even if there is no other food, I can eat a bucket!"

The Zhao brothers discussed with each other.

Full of confidence in his younger brother Zhao Liang, Zhao Ming couldn't help but say, "I think it's better for you to eat a bucket of Mapo Tofu. Do you know how many failed products we have just produced?"

“……”

"Bad!"

While Zhao Liang was speechless, Liu Eryuan also called out, but then her eyes swept over Liu Erxing"Well, give me the finished product that you can eat If the taste is too strange, you can solve it yourself! " Liu Pleiades shrugged.

"Well? What do you want to do? If you waste food, master will be angry... " Zhao Ming couldn't help asking.

Liu Pleiades smiles confidently: "don't worry, I know what" waste "means, and I know" food ", but I don't even know it together!"

After that, Liu Pleiades proved with practical actions what is "barking dogs don't bite people" (Liu Pleiades:?)!

"Raving" Zhao Liang looks round, but after eating the weight of two or three people, he has already laid on the ground to fight

However, Liu Pleiades swept away the rest. It is estimated that there are at least a dozen people, and four or five bowls of extra rice alone!

"It's a pity that it's not so delicious. It's just a" feast. " Liu Pleiades patted the belly that did not drum up at all to say.

"How do I feel you can eat more? Is it a sequel to the last epiphany? Now you don't even need that thing? " Liu Yuan also said unexpectedly.

If it is detailed, "that what" is obviously related to the "supernatural event" encountered by the central food agency in the old school building!

The elder of the Zhao brothers said, "next time, I'll treat you to delicious food as a thank-you."

"It's nothing. I haven't tried anything. Now I've tasted your experimental products, which can be regarded as more insights. It saves me time to try and think next!" Liu said.

"Well? Is it OK just to eat? Don't take it for granted... " Liu Yuan obviously did not understand the role of "super taste".

"Of course, I also have some ideas Master Lou San only said that you can't use other ingredients, spices or water, but he didn't say that I can't take lactone tofu out, right Liu said.

"Well? What do you want to do? It's almost seven o'clock. Uncle Lou should be back soon, right

"Never mind, then tell him I'll be back before eight!"

Liu said, took a few pieces of "lactone tofu" wrapped in plastic wrap, and left the kitchen

and Liu Maoyuan and Zhao brothers, almost the same as the experiment, basically touched some rules, and began the final adjustment stage.

In theory, after tasting their "maprolactone tofu (semi-finished product)", Liu Pleiades has already equaled their progress. However, Liu Pleiades suddenly came up with another idea, so he went to find "tools" first

Sure enough, by ten past seven, Liu lousan had already come back.

Although eight o'clock is the deadline, if someone finishes it at this time, he can have a taste.

"Well? What about the kid? " Liu lousan doubts.

"Uncle, a Xing said he was looking for some tools I took some bags of lactone tofu with me and said I would come back on time. " Liu Yuan explained.

Liu lousan nodded noncommittally.

After more than half an hour, Liu Eryuan and Zhao brothers also made finished products and presented them to Liu lousan.

This time Liu Yuan absorbed the lesson and decided to put it off until the last "turn in the paper".

The first one presented is Zhao Ming. Ten years ago, when Zhao Ming was only 11 or 12 years old, he had an instinctive fear of fire.

Although it is said that the children of poor families are in charge of the family early, and the two brothers grew up with their mother since childhood, they have never had the memory of their father, so they will cook their own food since childhood But from then on, it was the two brothers who cooperated. The elder brother was responsible for using the knife and the younger brother was responsible for using the fire.

After ten years of correction, although it will not show up now, a little fear in the bottom of my heart can not be changed, so the pyrotechnics is always worse than my younger brother

"Do you think the texture of tofu really matches the sauce? The toughness of the outer layer is moderate, but inside I feel like I'm chewing dried beans. I used fire too long before! Do you understand what I'm going to say? If you want to begin to understand the essence of pyrotechnics, you must use your heart to feel the existence of fire instead of putting your heart in a place far away from where you can't feel fire

"Don't think that you are just estranged from the open fire. You can use the oven and other heating methods to take a shortcut! The easiest way to feel the "spirit of pyrotechnics" is to use open fire. Although other equipment is easy to use, it is very difficult to master it. It can even be said that without the foundation of open fire, it is impossible to master the "spirit of pyrotechnics" purely by other equipment... " Liu Lou asked again and again.

After that, Zhao Liang and Liu Eryuan were forced by Liu lousan.

It can be seen that Liu pleiyuan is better than Zhao Liang in Dao Gong, but lower than Zhao Ming in pyrotechnics

This also made Liu lousan sigh to himself. In fact, the talent of the Zhao brothers is not much worse than that of Liu Aiyuan. It's just that they all have their own defects, so they are not obvious.

And just 15 minutes to eight o'clock, Liu Pleiades came back with a small basin"Well? Have you all finished? Well, just a moment. I'll be ready soon, too! " Liu said.

See Liu Pleiades finish, then the fire, after the ready-made sauce into, but the amount seems to be a little less?

In the prepared "Mapo sauce", there is already meat foam. All ingredients and oils are stir fried in advance to the right degree. When using it, you only need to stir fry the whole sauce again.

Such a simple operation, whether it is "super touch" or "super smell", can make Liu Pleiades easily grasp the situation

Liu Pleiades skillfully used a shovel to poke in the pot for several times, spread the sauce to the most suitable heating area, and soon a fragrance came out from the pot. At this moment, Liu Pleiades closed his eyes, grasped the opportunity by his sense of smell, sprinkled the "small basin" slightly, and poured a little water into it

Wait! There seems to be something wrong

Water?

Liu Eryuan and the Zhao brothers couldn't help but stare. Although the amount is not much, but This is obvious cheating! It's said that it's not allowed to add other ingredients, including "water"!

However, although surprised, out of respect, several people including Liu lousan didn't speak to remind him, just waiting.

When the sauce mixed with water was reheated to the fragrant temperature, Liu Pleiades poured the bean curd in the small pot

Look at his action is quite casual, it seems that these "lactone tofu" have been very strong?

According to the experience of Zhao brothers and Liu Eryuan, in order to ensure the taste, we usually don't fry lactone tofu so "firm". Otherwise, although it's easy and not easy to break, the taste will decline.

After stir frying, Liu Pleiades filled out the "Mapo Tofu", while several other people also paid attention to the things on the plate

"A Xing, don't you forget not to add water?" Liu Yueyuan can't help but whisper to remind one side.

"No, it's not that Mr. Lou San said 'water addition' is not allowed..."

"Ha? How can it be? Didn't master say before that nothing can be added? " Zhao Ming doubts a way.

"That's right. It's not that you are not allowed to add water, but that you are not allowed to add foreign ingredients or spices!" Liu said.

"What's the difference? Master didn't prepare water for us, did he Zhao Ming is still confused.

At this moment, Liu lousan said, "no, a Xing is right. Although I didn't prepare water directly, I The moisture content of tofu is more than 85%, and lactone tofu will be higher! "

The essence of tofu is a kind of colloidal solution formed by water and soya bean. Most of the water and soya bean have no chemical reaction, but are physically combined in the form of colloid.

"The water content of tofu what? Are these the water in tofu? So How did he suck the water out? " Zhao Liang was surprised.

"Don't you understand? Take a closer look at this dish of Mapo Tofu Liu lousan said.

The other three concentrated on the tofu

In fact, at the first glance, they thought this dish of Mapo Tofu was strange.

First of all, "Mapo Tofu" in the "color" should be red and white, dotted with green onion, at most tofu after heating, showing a light yellow 0 color, that should also be red, yellow and green.

But in Liu's dish of Mapo Tofu, the tofu is also red!

Liu Pleiades just poured the tofu into the pot. Although he didn't see it clearly, the color was definitely not so eye-catching

After careful observation, they found that it was not the tofu that turned red, but the honeycomb like cavity structure that covered the tofu. The Mapo sauce mixed with water was fully absorbed in these cavities, so it turned red!

"This is Frozen tofu? " Zhao Ming then understood something: "ah! The water is the water from the thawing of frozen tofu! "

Frozen tofu, a kind of food derived from tofu, is usually put in the refrigerator or freezer In winter, it can also be the result of freezing outside and thawing after it is completely frozen.

The water content of tofu is very high, and when the water is below 4 degrees, it has the characteristics of anti expansion, that is, the lower the temperature, the smaller the density, and when the water becomes ice, the density is smaller than water!

With the decrease of temperature, especially when it becomes ice, the combination form of water and soybean will also change. Part of the water can no longer maintain the state of colloidal solution, separated from soybean quality, forming independent small ice crystals. The tofu with a large part of water removed will no longer be tender and fragile, but has a certain toughness, preferring to dried bean and bean curd The texture of the skin.

And because of the "extrusion" of ice crystals, the frozen tofu has a honeycomb like structure, fluffy and elastic after thawing

Therefore, it can absorb a lot of soup, which is popular in soup or hot pot!

"So it is! A Xing, before you went out, did you look for equipment that can be frozen quickly Liu Yuan understood this.After all, there is no quick freezing equipment in this kitchen.

The Zhao brothers seemed to want to say something, but they didn't say it at last

Seeing what the two brothers thought, Liu lousan said, "no, it's not just that lactone tofu is processed into frozen tofu. The water in that small basin should come out of these tofu, right?"

"That's right, so it can be said that all lactone tofu has been added into it. There is neither too much nor too little water, but the form of existence has changed." Liu said.

"If so, that is to say..."

Liu lousan said, as if to verify his conjecture, he picked up a piece of "mapolactone frozen tofu" and put it into his mouth.

When the tofu is sandwiched, we can see that "lactone frozen tofu" is softer than ordinary frozen tofu. The red Mapo sauce is squeezed out under the pressure of chopsticks, which makes people salivate!

When Liu lousan was at the entrance of the bean curd, he could not help his eyes bulging. He only felt that the full soup was splashed in the whole mouth during chewing

Every part of the mouth, are lingering in Mapo sauce, and the most important time, is not just the taste of frozen tofu, in the bite of the outside layer of frozen tofu full of soup, there is a smooth, soft part inside!

It is not completely frozen in the time, was heated to ease the frozen part! It still keeps the soft and tender taste of tofu

Yes, these are not completely frozen tofu. Liu lousan saw this from the amount of water!

Although lactone frozen tofu is softer than ordinary frozen tofu, with the frozen tofu outside, the tofu will not spread. At the same time, unlike fried tofu, the frozen tofu with honeycomb structure outside will not block the sauce outside, but will absorb it!

The diluted Mapo sauce will be surrounded by the "tofu" part in the honeycomb cavity, giving people different taste and delicious taste from ordinary Mapo Tofu!

"It's just It can be called "Ma Po bomb!"

Good! It's an explosion!

This kind of Mapo Tofu with semi-frozen tofu has brought Liu lousan an explosive impact!

It's just a test question for the other party, which brings us a new food experience!

"So it is! It's not just frozen tofu In addition, it keeps the freshness and tenderness of tofu, and because of the temperature rise after low temperature, the taste of tofu is not too thin! " Liu lousan said.

Although there is no specific numerical value to compare the test temperature, it has been explained from Liu lousan's reaction.

For others, even the Mapo Tofu made by Zhao Liang and Liu Eryuan, when he tasted it for Liu lousan, Liu lousan only commented that it was "close to" ordinary Mapo Tofu, but now Liu lousan is frank about the delicious Mapo Tofu made by Liu Erxing, and

"A Xing, when you have time, how about reorganizing the menu of this" Mapo bomb "and hanging it in the menus of" Yangquan restaurant "and" Yangquan Hotel "? At that time, the restaurant will price 288 copies, and the hotel will price 68 copies. For each copy sold, 30% will be given to you. "

"What? Add Yangquan restaurant's menu? This... " The Zhao brothers exclaimed.

For the chefs of Chinese cuisine, this is almost an honor.

Although it's not a signature dish, it's just a menu, but you should know that many three-star wandering chefs of Chinese cuisine are proud to have their own recipes attached to the menu of "Yangquan restaurant"!

Liu is only 16 years old now, the most important thing is The rudiment of this dish only comes from a difficult examination!

"But master Is this pyrotechnics? " Zhao Liang asked somewhat depressed.

Liu Pleiades took the initiative to reply: "of course! The so-called pyrotechnics, not only refers to "fire", but also refers to the control of temperature! Controlling low temperature is also what a chef should master. It's just like cold dishes. Isn't there the best temperature range for cooking? "

Of course, if we want to promote the practice of "semi frozen lactone tofu", Liu Pleiades thinks it should be further improved. He borrowed liquid nitrogen spray bottles before, and then held pieces of lactone tofu in his hands and sprayed them with tofu!

If ordinary people do this, they may be able to amputate directly

Liu Pleiades uses the heating of the skin to control the cooling effect of liquid nitrogen, so that the outer layer can be frozen quickly and the inner layer can not be frozen togethe