Reborn – Super Chef

After the duck is smoked, it must be stewed again. This is one of the characteristics of Wuwei salted duck, that is, smoked first and then marinated.

The ingredients of the stewed duck are also very important, it is a secret recipe handed down, but Ye Chui, relying on his cooking god-level tasting ability, has figured out the ingredients thoroughly. The seasonings used for the stewed duck include star anise, peppercorns , cinnamon, cloves, tsaoko, cumin, anise, scallops, bay leaves, etc.

After these delicious seasonings are boiled, the aromas in the seasonings will blend together and have a chemical reaction with the duck meat, creating the unique strong aroma of Wuwei salted duck.

Ye Chui began to prepare the condiments while the duck was being smoked and roasted. The kitchen was newly renovated and there was no shortage of kitchen utensils, but all kinds of condiments were not available yet. Fortunately, when Dong Qian went to purchase duck meat just now, she also Bought back some useful condiments.

The role of condiments, especially the various spices eaten traditionally in China, plays a very important role in cooking.

A qualified chef should have a complete understanding of all kinds of spices and the effect each spice can play, but it is not easy to do this, after all, in Huaxia Cuisine There are hundreds of kinds of spices in the food, and ordinary chefs, even the most basic spices, such as star anise and peppercorns, cannot fully control the taste, let alone fully understand the various characteristics of these hundreds of spices .

Even Dong Qian doesn't have a thorough understanding of spices. In this smoked duck dish she made, the selection of spices is quite arbitrary, without considering the specific effect of this fragrance at all.

At this moment, Ye Chui found a small cloth bag for braised meat and began to put spices into the bag.

The ratio and composition of this spice is the secret recipe.

The secret recipes that Ye Chui knows can be described in countless words. The ratio of spices required for many delicacies is completely different, but Ye Chui is able to memorize these complicated recipes completely, just like what Ye Chui said back then. There are more than 20 kinds of seasonings for the beef noodles, but Ye Chui can still make the recipe in detail.

Of course, Ye Chui was able to memorize so many secret recipes, but what he actually relied on was not his extraordinary memory, but his memory of flavors and his ultimate understanding of various spices.

He only needs to write down the aroma of the food, and then use the feeling of the aroma to reverse the ratio of spices when cooking!

Just like now.

"Wow, Ye Chui, aren't you, are you so precise in choosing a spice? Is it necessary?" Dong Youyou saw that Ye Chui was carefully and precisely feeding the various spices in a certain ratio. Budai couldn't help but said immediately.

"Of course it is necessary. Although the taste of spices is insignificant in the whole dish, the role played by each of the world is very important. A little more or less may cause a change in the taste." Ye Chui said to Dong Youyou very seriously, and then handed the glass bottle containing peppercorns to Dong Youyou's hand, "Yuyou, help me get out dozens and thirteen peppercorns... No, let's count fourteen, fourteen The grains are more suitable."

Dong Youyou: "..."

Seeing Dong Youyou start counting the peppercorns with a depressed face, Dong Qian stood aside and thought about it. In fact, any good chef has already formed a certain feeling about the choice of spices, and he puts in various spices based on his feeling. Seasoning, but when it comes to understanding spices in detail, she is obviously much worse than Ye Chui. In fact, the way Ye Chui uses spices also comes from feeling, but his feeling is far stronger than Dong Qian.

Dong Qian's use of spices is to find a certain taste, but Ye Chui is to create the taste.

The spices quickly slowed down in the cloth bag, and the leaves were about to be put into the pot, and half of the pot was filled with water. When the water in the pot started to boil, the smoked duck next to it was already cooked and completely smoked. During the process of duck smoking, the whole duck meat is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, with a layer of black on the surface, and Ye Chui gently pats the surface of the duck meat, and the skin of the duck meat gradually falls off, revealing the tender red body inside.

——This is the reason why the leaves are molted after being smoked and roasted, so as to keep the meat fresh and tender.

Duck meat is different from chicken in that it has a larger body. If the duck meat is to be cooked thoroughly, the skin of the duck meat must be burnt black.

Ye Chui carefully picked up the steaming duck meat, put it into the boiling brine, and started to marinate the duck meat.

Brine is a unique cooking method in China. It refers to putting the initially processed food into the marinade and gradually heating it to cook, so that the taste of the marinade can be added to the food.

Inside the pot, the spices prepared by Ye Chui are placed in a cloth bag. After being processed by hot water, the strong fragrance is released, and the water in the pot has completely turned red.

This red color was intentionally made by Ye Chui. He put perilla and other spices into the spices in the cloth bag. The main function of these spices is to color food.

Ordinary Wuwei salted duck is dyed with nitrate, but Ye Chui felt that nitrate is harmful to the human body, so he found another method.

At this moment, after the duck meat was put into the pot, Ye Chuibian pressed the duck meat with a bamboo sieve, let the duck meat be completely immersed in the brine, covered the pot, and stewed it slowly over low heat. After ten minutes, Ye Chuibian lifted Open the lid, and the rich duck fragrance spreads everywhere.

When Ye Chui smoked roasted duck over charcoal fire before, the taste was very attractive, but that kind of temptation was not different from the smoked duck that Dong Qian made before, but at this time, after Ye Chui prepared it, it tasted very attractive. After stewing in brine for ten minutes, the flavor of the spices reacts with the duck meat, but the aroma stimulated is indescribably attractive and delicious.

Dong Youyou immediately exclaimed: "No way, it's just been boiled in the pot for ten minutes, why did the taste change so much?"

"Is this the reason for the various spices?" Dong Qian seemed to understand something and said, "Just now, Ye Chui carefully selected each flavor, which made the taste of duck meat so much changed. All spices are essential to the taste."

"The pepper is accurate to the grain, isn't it so amazing?" Dong Youyou said in amazement.

Dong Qian's expression moved slightly, and she looked at Ye Chui, what level of understanding of spices must be achieved so that he can use peppercorns accurately to the grain...

At this moment, Dong Qian's admiration for Ye Chui has turned into some kind of awe. Is this young man a god?

In fact, the reason why Ye Chui was able to get the title of God of Cookery in his last life is because he is so proficient in all aspects of cooking that people feel speechless God's ability...

After the brine was simmering for ten minutes on a low fire, the fire was reduced to a smaller one and continued to simmer for about half an hour.

Up to now, the duck meat is ready to be cooked, carefully put the cooked duck meat on the chopping board, just look at the duck meat covered with soy sauce, the whole body is full of oil, and the aroma is overflowing, which makes people appetite, Ye Chui Na Pass a plate, cut the whole duck with a knife, cut it into strips and place it on the plate.

This is the end of the Wuwei salted duck.

Dong Youyou couldn't wait to pick up a piece with chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and tasted it carefully, the expression on her face then changed: "It's really delicious..."

After saying this, she hurriedly shut up again, and looked at Dong Qian with some embarrassment. What she said was too delicious, and she was obviously comparing it with Dong Qian's smoked duck, so she couldn't help but say that.

Dong Qian smiled, didn't take it seriously, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite into her mouth to taste, then nodded and said: "This dish is similar to the one I developed, but it tastes better than my smoked duck A lot... This dish was meant to be done this way."

"That's right, you have seen the steps just now, you can follow these steps in the future." Ye Chui said with a smile.

Dong Qian was stunned: "This is already your recipe, I can't continue to cook this dish."

"Hehe, anyway, this dish is sold together with sugarcane crispy duck, so let's consider it a collaboration between the two of us." Ye Chui said with a smile, this dish is used to sell money, and it is very beneficial to Ye Chui , of course he will not deliberately refuse such a good thing.

"Oh well……"

Dong Qian nodded, feeling very glad that she chose to join Ye Chui's restaurant. Money is not important to her, but she cares most about the ultimate pursuit of cooking skills. With Ye Chui, her cooking skills will definitely be able to Advance by leaps and bounds!

"It's getting dark, you two came to the restaurant just after getting off the plane, you must have not eaten yet?" Ye Chui smiled and picked up the plate of Wuwei salted duck, "This dish is just right for dinner, let's go , out of the kitchen."

Dong Qian and Dong Youyou then followed Ye Chui to the outside hall.

The smoked duck that Dong Qian made before was given to Pan Qingguo and other waiters to eat. Several waiters had a delicious dinner with rice, but just after dinner, Ye Chui came out with Wuwei salted duck , The eyes of several people were immediately attracted.

Although Ye Chui's Wuwei Salted Duck is very similar to Dong Qian's smoked duck, but its attractiveness seems to be stronger than Dong Qian's...

Working in a restaurant, one is naturally used to seeing all kinds of food, and should have a certain resistance to food, but Pan Qingguo and others found that after Ye Chui came to the restaurant, their appetites were still being whetted again and again. ...

At the dining table, Ye Chui and Dong Youyou and Dong Qian were about to have dinner when Han Yuyan's voice suddenly came into the restaurant.

During this period of time, Han Yuyan has been with Mr. Han, but she will come to the restaurant to look at it almost every day. Most of the time is to see how the decoration of the restaurant is going, and sometimes it is to bring Mr. Han back. Some delicacies made by Ye Chui.

But today she came to see Ye Chui for something important——

"Master, Master! I brought a good thing, Grandpa told me to give it to you personally..." (~^~)