Chapter 439: The Simplest and the Least Simple (I)
Rice starts with the selection of rice, selecting the freshest and fullest grains. It is said that at the extreme, someone will specially select the plump and white rice grains one by one, and then use them for cooking.
Fill the water and rice in a special clay pot, the water is too much, add white charcoal to boil the water, remove it after seven or eight minutes, and control the rice. Turn the steaming drawer, put a piece of white charcoal, and steam slowly with fruit charcoal over low heat until ripe and removed.
The infrared rays of the charcoal, as well as the special clay pots, produce infrared rays during the heating process, which can make the rice grains more fragrant. The white charcoal removes the miscellaneous flavor and makes the taste of the rice more pure. I didn't choose an iron pot to heat it, but also to prevent the smell of rust from mixing with it. The rice that comes out of this way is already very simple.
Fragrant, soft and glutinous, fair and pure, this kind of rice is a pleasure to eat, and you can eat a bowl without side dishes.
"It's ...... Cooked rice? "Lejin has been out all the time, although I occasionally go for a sunny breakfast, but the musty smell of the rice is not at all above the level. If this was rice, then what had she eaten before?
"I didn't expect that a bowl of rice could do it to this extent...... The other dishes shouldn't be ordinary......" Cheng Yu was also sighing, she didn't cook here in Sikong Mansion, but she didn't expect the food here to be really not simple.
"This is, Wang Yong's strength......" Jia Xu looked at Wang Yong and his evaluation of him improved slightly.
"But no matter how you look at it, it's just an ordinary celery fungus fried lily, right?" Cao Pi casually picked up a piece of celery and ate it in his mouth.
With a "click", the celery made a crisp sound at the moment the tooth was broken, and then the vegetable juice exploded instantly, filling the mouth, sweet, rich and refreshing......
“………… This ............" Cao Pi was directly stunned, why can celery still be so crisp and puffy? Generally speaking, when stir-fried over high heat, shouldn't it already soften and dry?
“………… Well? A wave of umami swept in as an aftertaste, accompanied by the subsequent rejection, "click" and "click", the sweetness of celery was highlighted, and after careful tasting, the fragrance of fungus and the slight astringency of lily began to be highlighted.
"This fungus is so brittle! By the way, is this thing really cooked? Chen Qun ate a piece of fungus, a crispy fungus, and the moment he bit it, he still felt a little springy. Its characteristic umami and sweetness spread in the mouth, and the flavor of celery and lily can be faintly felt.
"Don't say that kind of faux pas!" Wang Yong retorted directly, "It must be cooked!" Stir-fry quickly after the oil pan is heated, stir-fry quickly with a small upside down, season, and get out of the pan! Just like the cooking of rice, it is the ultimate 'skill'! ”
"Stock, right?" Xun Yu ate the lily, the sweetness of the lily was well highlighted, and the crunchy feeling was also well retained, but the faint astringency was not deliberately removed, but it was the astringency that made the taste of the whole dish well sublimated.
The way of heaven is incomplete, not the pursuit of absolute perfection, but a slight defect is the real perfection. Eighteen palms of the dragon, the ultimate move Kang Long has regrets, not to go all out, but to make eight points of effort, leaving two percent, but the power is far better than going all out.
But there's one more thing that ties all the ingredients together in this dish, and that's dashi and cornstarch!
"Eaten?" Wang Yong said with a smile, "The kitchen has been preparing stock, but for tonight's meal, when I received the order, I started preparing it as soon as possible!" Because the proportion was reduced, I could get up faster, but it also lasted half an hour......"
"Chicken stock...... The concentrated essence of umami, while the corn starch increases the viscosity of the dish, allowing the aftertaste to continue to surround the mouth and not fade away for a long time...... The skill is the extreme, so to speak...... You're qualified! Xun Yu nodded.
"It's not an honor to be a husband!" Wang Yong replied with a smile, it seems that there is no need to kneel on the washboard when I go back tonight.
"It's just, can such a quick stir-fry have such an effect?" Cao Cao also has the qualification of an intermediate chef, and she is not so easy to fool. This kind of freshness and water spirit is definitely not something that can be achieved by stir-frying quickly over a fierce fire.
"So when choosing the ingredients, not to mention the fresh ingredients, put them in water and send them to the freezer to be chilled for a while. After removing, control the water and stir-fry quickly...... The rapid alternation of hot and cold not only heats the vegetables quickly, but at the same time, all the juices are locked in the inside of the ingredients due to shrinkage, while retaining the freshness and tenderness of the ingredients......"
"Generally, you can't do that, can you?" Gu Yong gestured, "In the process of stirring the pot, if part of the ingredients is heated and part is not heated, the juice will still flow out......"
"That's up to you, how quickly you're going to turn the pot!" Wang Yong said with a smile, "If you go to the pot at full speed, and at the same time make sure that every side of the ingredients is overheated in a short period of time......"
"How can that be done?" Gu Yong subconsciously retorted, and then realized something, "So this is the ultimate skill!" ”
"Yes, it is precisely because it can be done that it can be regarded as the ultimate in 'skill'!" Wang Yong nodded and replied.
The disadvantage is that there is not much juice coming out, so the three vegetables in this dish are clearly expressed, but the flavors of the other two ingredients are vaguely mixed. However, everything is cleverly constructed by the chicken soup, and because of the thickening relationship, the aftertaste can be retained for a long time, so that the dish can be fully expressed.
"What about the ducks? There shouldn't be any skills to cut the duck in white, right?! Cao Pi didn't admit defeat and picked up a piece of duck meat, and there was no dipping sauce, so he ate it directly.
“……………… Huh? Cao Pi was stunned, the whole person was in a trance, what he ate was really duck meat? Not to mention the meat Q bomb, the tender feeling is also very prominent, and the key is that there is a faint smell of milk.
"No, it's not!" Cao Pi hurriedly picked up another piece, put it in the dipping sauce and dipped it a little, and then ate it. The hints of vinegar, minced ginger and subtle sauce are not only appetizing, but also bring out the tenderness of the duck.
"What kind of duck is this?" Cao Pi immediately looked at Wang Yong.
"A batch of ducks specially prepared for everyone!" Wang Yong smiled, "Every day, the handymen are specially asked to rush down to the river, swim for half an hour, and eat aquatic grass carp and shrimp, and at the same time feed Du Kang every day, and a batch is fed with milk." Every day, musicians are invited to play soothing music for them, and they can grow up slowly in the most comfortable environment......"
"The days of this duck are more pleasant than ordinary people." Cao Chun smiled when he heard this. Is this raising ducks? It's basically to raise a group of ancestors! Not to mention the delicious food and drink, there is also wine and milk to drink, and there is musicians playing music while sleeping......
"It is precisely because of such extreme breeding that there is such a taste. Ordinary ingredients can produce the ultimate flavor depending on how they are processed...... But it's not uncommon for musicians to complain that they have to play for a flock of ducks or something. When Wang Yong said this, he was a little embarrassed.
"This vinegar ...... It's not easy, right? Cao Cao looked at Wang Yong.
"This vinegar ......," Wang Yong looked at Cao Cao, "It is said to be an old vinegar ...... buried underground for more than ten years."
"Ten years! That's all about vinegar, ten years?! Le Jin looked at Wang Yong in disbelief and exclaimed.