Chapter 405: Mapo Tofu
Ye Jinyu began to pick up tofu to show his excellent knife skills.
"At first, it's a little slower, but you have to pay attention to cutting things steadily and ruthlessly, otherwise it won't be good to cut your own hands."
The few little palace maids around looked at Ye Jinyu's sword skills and were all amazed.
"But there is also a saying that if you don't endure hardships and hardships, how can you be a master."
In less than a while, the tofu in his hand had been cut into small squares by Ye Jinyu, and they were the same size.
"So, if you want to learn to cook, you have to be prepared for injury first."
Cheng Yu saw that Ye Jinyu was teaching, and he secretly pursed his lips and laughed on the side.
"So is there anything like giving up now?" Ye Jinyu stopped what he was doing and said to the palace maids beside him.
"Nope!"
Of course, the few palace maids behind him didn't want to give up, and it would definitely not be wrong to learn the craft from Ye Jinyu.
This response was just listened to by Ziruo, who had just entered the imperial dining room.
Ziruo saw that there were so many people around, and thought that something was wrong, so he stepped forward to take a look, knowing that it was Ye Jinyu who was teaching the Xingong girl to learn to cook, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly remembered something.
"Ye Jinyu, you have to pay for the ingredients you teach these palace maids to cook today!"
Dropping this sentence, Ziruo left happily, as if he had finally pulled back a game.
Ye Jinyu ignored Ziruo, of course she knew about it, thinking that when she was learning cooking in school, she didn't know how many pots and pans she had destroyed and how many dark dishes she had cooked. So Ye Jinyu had already prepared to let these palace maids do it only once! If you don't do it satisfactorily, then you have no fate with her Ye Jinyu, so you can give up directly.
Ye Jinyu cut the prepared pieces of meat into foam and prepared them. Pour water into a pot and add a little salt and bring the water to a boil.
"This place to pay attention to, why add a spoonful of salt! It's because it gives tofu a taste. ”
When the water is boiling, put the sliced tofu into the water and scoop it up when the tofu is cooked.
"This is where tofu is difficult to make, pay attention to the heat, the heat is too big and it is easy to cook the tofu, and then it is too small and undercooked, so this place depends on your personal understanding when you make it for a while."
"Oh!"
Cheng Yu also followed a few little palace maids to coax, although Cheng Yu can make the dish of mapo tofu, but Ye Jinyu's small action of adding salt is something she has never seen, not so much coaxing, but Cheng Yu also admires Ye Jinyu from the bottom of her heart.
Next, Ye Jinyu began to prepare to pour oil and fry the meat, although the meat is not as difficult to make as tofu, but the meat should also pay attention to the heat of the stir-fry, and it can be cooked for seven minutes and eight.
Ye Jinyu felt that he still needed to be pointed out here, so he said: "The difficulty of this dish lies in the heat!" Ye Jinyu thought that they should think and think on their own, and they couldn't let Ye Jinyu teach everything in their hands, so I was afraid that they could only follow behind Ye Jinyu in the future.
Several little palace maids had already been impressed by Ye Jinyu's craftsmanship, and they even forgot to respond.
Cheng Yu saw that Ye Jinyu was a little embarrassed, and immediately responded: "Got it, Master."
This sentence made these little palace maids quickly come back to their senses, and they all shouted, "Yes!" Master! ”
Although it is customary to call her aunt in the palace, Cheng Yu's master made Ye Jinyu feel a lot more satisfied, and this is the appearance of respecting the teacher.
Clear the pot, add the oil, add the minced garlic and other ingredients and stir-fry, add the peppercorns and stir-fry.
As soon as the peppercorns were put into the pot, the spicy smell rushed to the face, and the sound of zila and zila attracted a lot of audiences.
Ye Jinyu poured a little water into the pot, added salt and other seasonings to start stir-frying, and added tofu to start cooking after stir-frying evenly.
Because the tofu is fragile, Ye Jinyu did not stir-fry in this place, but let the pot boil slowly.
After about three minutes, add a little flour to the pan to thicken, add the prepared minced meat, add seasonings and stir-fry.
When Ye Jinyu poured the mapo tofu into the plate, the little palace maids around him who were already hungry for the fragrance drooled.
Ye Jinyu picked up a pair of chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth.
"Hmm." After Ye Jinyu tasted it, he still made it delicious. After Ye Jinyu was narcissistic in his heart, he ordered a few little palace maids around.
"Now it's your time, but there's one thing to be aware of." Ye Jinyu paced in front of the little palace maid and said, "If you fail the exam today, then you don't have to study with me in the future." ”
Cheng Yu saw that Ye Jinyu, the little master, was doing more and more decently, and he was also overjoyed.
"Huh?!" A few little palace maids around, after hearing Ye Jinyu's strict requirements, felt that they were too fascinated by what they had just watched, and regretted that they didn't take a few more serious looks.
Ye Jinyu didn't care so much, since he had already ordered, Ye Jinyu waved his hand and said, "You guys start."
Several palace maids looked at each other, and there was nothing they could do, so they had to walk to the stove and start preparing their own dishes.
Cheng Yu also walked to the stove on the side and began to study by himself.
After Ye Jinyu turned around, Cheng Yu really didn't lose the person who had been in the imperial dining room, and he could see it at a glance from the knife skills.
However, one of these palace maids also attracted Ye Jinyu's attention, although she was wearing the same palace maid clothes, but the girl's temperament was obviously highlighted, Ye Jinyu didn't notice it before, why did she suddenly feel that this girl was a little similar to herself today.
Several little palace maids' techniques are imitated decently, the key to this dish is that Ye Jinyu has emphasized it many times, and finally the taste of the dish is determined by the control of the heat, if Ye Jinyu demonstrates it once, the palace maid will remember it and be able to master it, then this palace maid is a little talented, so it is suitable to be Ye Jinyu's apprentice.
Ye Jinyu was waiting for a few little palace maids to finish the dishes, and he didn't know who went to inform Ziruo, and Ziruo also returned to the imperial dining room at this time.
"Yo, yes, it's all getting started!"
"That's not it, of course the people I bring can't be like ordinary palace maids!" Ye Jinyu didn't give Ziruo face at all.
Ziruo snorted and stood aside to watch the performance. 516
Ye Jinyu has been paying close attention to one of the palace maids, and Ziruo seems to have paid attention to it.
Although Ye Jinyu has taken them to train them for a few days and has given them new names, the other few newly transferred little girls Ye Jinyu are not very clear, but Ziruo, as the steward of the imperial dining room, she must be clear.
"Chenghua, this girl is good." Ziruo muttered quietly, but it was still heard by Ye Jinyu.
Cheng Hua? Well! You can pay more attention to it. Ye Jinyu turned his attention to look at the girl who was stared at by Ziruo.
Although the technique is not so skillful, but from the perspective of the stability of cutting vegetables, this Chenghua is not simple, but obviously, the four little girls she wants to choose are also okay.
Several palace maids brought Cheng Yu to make mapo tofu, a total of five dishes. In order to ensure that he was fair and just, Ye Jinyu also called a few other palace maids in the imperial dining room.
Azusa served as the steward of the imperial dining room. The first to taste the finished product, of course.
Ziruo also seemed to be more concerned about Cheng Hua, so after tasting the dishes of the first three new palace maids, she deliberately saved Cheng Hua's dishes for the last to taste Cheng Yu.
Ziruo, who had tasted the dishes, pushed back without saying a word, staring at Ye Jinyu's expression tightly, I am afraid that he also wanted to know that Ye Jinyu's ranking was different from his own.
Ye Jinyu always felt that Cheng Yu couldn't be compared with a few palace maids, so the first thing Ye Jinyu tasted was Cheng Yu's dishes.
Cheng Yu's cooking is decent, the heat is just right, the only deficiency is that he put a little less salt in the first time, so the taste of the tofu in the end is not so deep.
After tasting Cheng Yu's dishes, Ye Jinyu also put Chenghua's dishes at the end.
The first one has no taste!
The second one is not cooked.
The third one is average, and it is also very different from Cheng Yu's problem, which may be that he forgot to put salt for the first time.
When it came to Chenghua's dishes, Ye Jinyu paused. After taking a sip of water, I picked up the tofu with chopsticks and saw that the square shape was somewhat similar to hers.
When he put it in his mouth, the spicy taste poured into his stomach along with the fragrance of green onions, Ye Jinyu nodded and retreated.
Ziruo can see from Ye Jinyu's performance that Ye Jinyu is also very important, although Ye Jinyu's performance is not obvious, but the subtleties Ye Jinyu's smile on the corner of his mouth is still seen by Ziruo.
After several palace maids have tasted it, they will start voting.
Cheng Yu did not participate in the voting because she was the palace maid in the imperial dining room, so it is conceivable who the final winner will be.
Ye Jinyu had long known that it must be Chenghua.
"Okay, then she is the one who wins today!" Ye Jinyu deliberately did not introduce the name, but directed everyone's attention to Chenghua.
Cheng Hua looked at the palace maids around him indifferently, and made a soft voice.
"Hello sisters, I'm Chenghua." Although the voice was small, the tone was firm, and the tough aura still made the surrounding palace maids shudder.
"Good! After Chenghua, you will learn from me! "If Ye Jinyu can take Chenghua to his side, it will definitely help in the future.
But what is often played in TV dramas is that the closest person betrays him in the end, and Ye Jinyu can't help but feel nervous.
Sure enough, it's a double-edged sword.
Ye Jinyu said to the other three palace maids again.
"In the future, the three of you will learn from Cheng Yu."
Although they were unwilling, the three palace maids could only obey Ye Jinyu's orders.
"Yes! Aunt Ye. ”
Cheng Yu also looked at Ye Jinyu in surprise, she didn't expect Ye Jinyu to hand over this mess to her, but when Cheng Yu saw Ye Jinyu give her a look, she also decided to accept these three palace maids.
"That's it! Let's disperse. ”
Seeing that the results also came out, Ye Jinyu let the surrounding people disperse, wanting to chat with Cheng Hua alone, but was stopped by Ziruo.
"Chenghua! Here you go. ”
Ziruo knew that Ye Jinyu wanted to win over Chenghua, and she also wanted Chenghua to be the person next to her, and it was just time to prepare lunch, so Ziruo took the opportunity to call Chenghua away.
Ye Jinyu saw Ziruo hand Cheng Hua a menu, and the surrounding palace maids also began to discuss when they saw this scene.
"Cooking when you first started?"
"It seems that Aunt Zi trusts her very much."
These words can reach Ye Jinyu's ears, and naturally they can also reach Chenghua's ears.
This allowed Ziruo to take the lead, I am afraid that Ye Jinyu will have to be more attentive to Chenghua in the future.
Ziruo instructed the other palace maids to start preparing lunch, and when she walked in front of Ye Jinyu, she ostentatiously threw the menu in her hand to Ye Jinyu.
Just let you be arrogant for a few days, and Ye Jinyu galloped by ten thousand grass and mud horses in his heart.
Ye Jinyu glanced at the menu, braised fish, sweet and sour tenderloin.
It's time for Ye Jinyu to earn back face. Ye Jinyu smiled at the corner of his mouth, and walked to the stove to prepare his own dishes.
The main thing about sweet and sour tenderloin is that it is sticky and crispy, and although the ingredients in ancient times were not very sufficient, they can still be replaced with other ingredients.
Ye Jinyu searched for a long time to find out the tenderloin, cut it into strips and put it in a bowl, add a little salt to fully grasp it, and marinate it to taste.