Living in the Hong Kong Film World

Chapter 449 Transformation of the Manchu Banquet

The bones and flesh of the fried stuffed dace are all shaved from the opening of the abdomen, but the yellow croaker in the soup must not spill the soup, so the fish cannot be opened, and the sundries in the abdomen can only be taken out from the mouth.

Liao Jie obviously knew the structure of the yellow croaker's body like the palm of his hand, and he was very confident in his knife. Once he cut down, he directly found the yellow croaker's vent, cut off the fish's intestines, and took out the internal organs.

Afterwards, he used a flat bamboo blade as a knife to penetrate into the fish's mouth, flipped his wrist, and the blade did not touch the fish's lip at all, but only moved in the air. After a short while, he took out the whole yellow croaker's bone from the mouth.

Carrying the yellow croaker, Liao Jie came to the pool and poured clean water from the fish's mouth. The belly of the fish was swollen, but the water did not leak.

Seeing this, everyone couldn't help admiring and applauding.

"Fantastic!"

Long Kunbao applauded and praised.

Although he can do the whole fish without the bones, he definitely can't do it as easily as Liao Jie.

As expected of the knife skill that beat him in the competition back then, five years later, he still hasn't regressed in the slightest, but has improved even more.

After cleaning the yellow croaker, Liao Jie took four or five scallions, rubbed them with salt and killed them, then stuffed them into the fish's mouth to prop up the fish's belly.

Everyone stopped their work and watched him operate curiously.

Jiahui looked at him, couldn't help pulling Zhao Gangsheng down, and muttered in a low voice: "I just found out that I don't like cooking because my dad is too ugly. It turns out that old men can cook very handsomely." Well!"

Just as she was talking, Liao Jie suddenly walked towards her.

"Little girl, do you have a hair dryer?" Liao Jie asked her, "Can I borrow it?"

"okay."

Although Jiahui was puzzled, she went to the bedroom to get a hair dryer and handed it to him: "Here! Here you are."

Liao Jie took it and came to the case, blowing the yellow croaker with a hair dryer at a distance of more than two meters.

The white wine he poured into the water before was swallowed by the yellow croaker. In addition to the effect of drunken fish, it also has the effect of removing fishy smell.

In addition to removing the fishy smell, the green onions stuffed into the belly of the fish also play a role in shaping.

After deboning the yellow croaker, it needs to be marinated for [-] hours to make it taste and shape.But you can speed up the process if you speed up the air flow.

With a distance of more than two meters, the wind from the hair dryer was already very weak, but Liao Jie still thought it was too big, so he took another step back, and he was satisfied only when the distance was three meters.

Yellow croakers need to be marinated for a long time. On the one hand, the water evaporates to drive the salt to penetrate into the fish meat, marinating to taste, and on the other hand, it tightens the skin and fixes the fish body.

The belly of the yellow croaker is stuffed with scallions, and the air cannot circulate. If the distance is too close, the hot air will tighten the skin of the fish too quickly, thereby locking in the water and preventing the water in the belly of the fish from evaporating. As a result, the outer skin has hardened, but the fish meat remains Soft question.

Liao Jie needs to constantly adjust the angle and wind speed of the hair dryer to gradually shape the yellow croaker.

This skill requires experience, he can't rely on human hands, he can only operate it by himself.

This step took a long time, and Ou Zhaofeng and Long Kunbao on the side began to discuss in low voices how to replace rare ingredients with ordinary ingredients, but they didn't have any good methods to simulate the unique smell of rare ingredients, and they were at a loss.

All ingredients have peculiar smell, but peculiar smell does not represent bad smell. On the contrary, the boundary between peculiar smell and fragrance is not so clear.

In fact, many peculiar smells belong to the flavor and have a unique charm.

For example, many people don't like the smell of mutton, but in the mouths of lovers, if there is no smell, it will lose the taste.

There are also umbelliferous plants, such as coriander, celery, carrot, cumin, cumin, etc., all of which have their own unique smell.

Not to mention stinky tofu, stinky tempeh, preserved eggs and other artificially produced foods with unique smells.

These peculiar smells are no different from scourges in the eyes of those who don't like them, but in the eyes of those who like them, they are irresistible flavor temptations.

But as long as they are handled properly, these odors will be transformed into unique fragrances, exuding unparalleled charm.

Bear paws have a special smell, which is difficult to get rid of. It must be dried for more than one year before this smell will gradually transform into a special taste.

It is indeed possible to imitate the shape of a bear's paw with cow's paw and camel's hoof, but it is difficult to imitate the special taste.

"Why don't you ask Master Liao?" Long Kunbao suggested.

Ou Zhaofeng nodded immediately, and asked Liao Jie, "Master Liao, do you know of a way to make bear's paws out of ordinary ingredients?"

Liao Jie thought for a while and said: "The amino acid content in bear paws is different from that of ordinary ingredients. It is more fishy, ​​and the scent after treatment is stronger. If you want to imitate it, you have to use the same ingredients with strong fishy smell, but it depends on the taste. what to do."

Long Kunbao murmured: "The method of bear's paw is nothing more than red, white, and yellow roast, but the white roast needs to show its true colors, and it is easy to be seen through."

"Yes."

Ou Zhaofeng nodded and said: "Red braised and yellow braised can be colored, and heavy ingredients can be used to suppress the taste, which is easier to deceive."

Liao Jie suggested: "It may be better to cook with green onions or sauce."

"Braised sauce?"

Ou Zhaofeng fell into deep thought.

"That's right, scallions and soy sauce have a thicker flavor and are harder to detect."

Liao Jie shook his head and said, "However, there will always be subtle differences in eating, and it can't be exactly the same."

"It's fine if you can confuse the real with the fake."

Long Kunbao said with a smile: "We have Anan, who is the best eater in the world, and we will definitely succeed in trying."

Feinan asked with a smile, "Why does it sound like a curse?"

"Ha ha!"

Ou Zhaofeng opened his mind and suggested, ""I think it should be successful to use pig's trotters as the main ingredient, and then use cow's feet and sheep's trotters for the flavor. "

Liao Jie reminded: "Bear paws have a high gelatinous content, so it is best to stew the tendons, fish lips, and fish maw together to increase the gelatinity."

Long Kunbao also echoed and said: "Besides, the meat of pig's trotters is not thick enough. It is best to use cow's paws for the palms, and then use pig's trotters and sheep's trotters as toes, connect them with beef tendons, and press them into shape."

Ou Zhaofeng thought for a while and said: "The structures of these kinds of ingredients are different, and the cooking time is also different. If you want to achieve the same degree of softness as a whole, you have to process them separately, then shape them halfway, and finally bake them together. More complicated than a real bear's paw."

"Complicated things are interesting!"

Long Kunbao said with a smile: "If it is really successful, we will create a dish that is at the level of a full banquet of Manchu and Han people. This is much more interesting than winning a competition!"

"Yes."

Feinan stepped forward with a smile: "In the future, the law will become more and more perfect, and the protection of wild animals will gradually increase. There are too many dishes in the Manchu Banquet that will be lost. If it is true that ordinary ingredients can be used to perfectly imitate rare ingredients Even if there are no rare ingredients available in the future, Man Han Quan Feast will not disappear in front of the public."

Liao Jie agreed: "If it is really possible, then for the culinary art world, it will be a good thing for the present generation and benefit for the future. The contribution cannot be denied!"

"Yes!"

Ou Zhaofeng was excited by what was said, and then clapped his hands together, and said proudly: "That's right! I'm short-sighted! I shouldn't limit my vision to this competition. I want to use this competition to promote Man-Han Quanxi! Transform Man-Han Quanxi ! I want everyone to have the opportunity to taste the real Man-Han banquet!"

"Then I'll be waiting to taste Master Ou's Man Han Banquet!"

Feinan made a joke, and everyone burst into laughter.

Amid the laughter, in Ou Zhaofeng's career column, the special chef has quietly been promoted to a super chef.

(End of this chapter)