Chapter 8: Chef 7

Pickled bean curd is a specialty of Zongzi country. Zongzi Kingdom was a tribal state founded by the Xia and Shang dynasties. He was stunned and tried to restore it, but was later annihilated by the famous Confucius. However, it is still called a Zongzi country, but it is just a county in Dachu.
Lin Dan didn't expect that someone in such a remote place knew about it, and also described in detail the production process of the local specialty, so he couldn't help looking at the handsome man. The man stared at her, and at last he continued to dry food.
The bacon slices in the pot have been covered with a layer of pickled bean dregs. The rich fat constantly emits a crisp sound after boiling, and the rich aroma is volatilized. Lin Dan retracted his gaze and said to the little girl squatting beside him: "It's time to pour water."
The little girl quickly poured the water from the clay pot into the pot. After the water flowed, the dishes that didn't look good became more and more turbid, but the smell of the marinade straight into the nose was much weaker, but the fragrance of the beans And the savory incense of bacon was inspired and had the original flavor.
This change of smell was immediately blown away by the spring breeze and spread everywhere. The three men sitting not far couldn't help but sucked their noses. The original thirsty mouth suddenly secreted a lot of saliva, and they could swallow the hard palate smoothly without drinking water. But now when they look at the hard palate again, they have a feeling that they can't swallow.
Lin Dan didn't care about some people's feelings completely. He seemed to feel that the food in the pot was not delicious enough, so he put in several spices separately and stirred slowly with a spatula. The soup had boiled, and it was bubbling and bubbling, white water was wrapped around the overbearing fragrance, and it attacked everyone's nose and taste buds.
The little girl swallowed saliva and asked, "Master, the soup has been boiling for so long. You put peppercorns in it, wouldn't it be tasty?"
Lin Dan Xu Xu said: "This is rattan pepper, not peppercorn. The pepper is hemp, and the rattan pepper is astringent. Cooking it for too long will make the food bitter, so it will be put later. It's more authentic, without frying with oil, just boiling in boiling water for a quarter of an hour can inspire the crispy spicy flavor. "
The little girl nodded and said she was instructed. Lin Dan put the chopped bamboo shoots in the pot for a short while, and finally rolled the three or five wild onions into rolls, ready to be put into the pot.
The little girl quickly grabbed her sleeve and wondered, "Master, you said that you should avoid turbidity in cooking. Why is your bacon and stewed bacon like this? This dish is very flavorful. You still put this Nose wild onions, don't get the last skewer, you can't eat it! I think it tastes good now, so no additional seasoning is needed. "
Lin Dan smiled at her and explained softly: "Have you remembered the seasoning method I granted you? For heavy dishes, use the flavor enhancement method to highlight the richness of the dishes; for light dishes, use the flavor reduction method to highlight the freshness of the dishes. ; There are other mixing methods, flavor conversion methods, etc. Now I use the flavor enhancement method, adding the sour and spicy pickled bean curd to the smoked salt of bacon. Slightly turbid. At this time, when re-entering wild onion, slightly sweet, slightly astringent and slightly bitter are added, and the strange aroma of wild onion is mixed with the smell of pickled bean dregs, which makes it progressive and flavorful. It has become a good pot of dishes. The so-called avoiding turbidity does not mean that the less the sauce is, the better, but the clearer the taste, the better, the emphasis is on the level, not the quality. And there is a mutual increase and decrease in the taste. The sour taste can reduce the salty taste, and the salty taste can also add sweetness, which is also very wonderful. Therefore, when I cooked this dish, I did not put the bacon in boiling water, because the acidity of the pickled bean dregs would weaken the saltyness of the bacon, and simmer the water. The taste is light, and you should pay attention to it later. "
Lin Dan said, while putting wild onions in the pot and stirring gently, the bean paste soup that was originally pasted into a ball suddenly became white, white, red, and green. The color became very beautiful, and an incredibly thick aroma. It's diffused.
The little girl sighed and sighed, "Master, you are really good! After putting wild mountain onions, the taste of this pot soup is really different! One pot of dishes has changed three flavors. If you do n’t say, I I really can't think of anything else to do. "
Lin Dan chuckled, "Then I will test you, what's the reason for putting bamboo shoots?"
"The bamboo shoots and bacon were cooked together. It tastes better." The little girl has just learned to cook, and she is in the stage of ignorance.
Lin Dan explained patiently: "The pickled bean dregs and bacon are both pickled vegetables. Although the taste is good, there is one of the biggest drawbacks, which is the lack of umami taste. This bamboo shoot section is used to freshen up and can make up for the lack of dishes. You taste Taste, after adding the bamboo shoots, is there a fresh breath on the tip of the tongue? "
Lin Dan sipped some soup with a spoon and handed it to the little girl's mouth.
The little girl took a sip and gave a thumbs-up: "It's so fresh! Master, you made this dish alive!"
Lin Dan shook his head with a smile, then shouted at the servants who had already drooled and shouted, "Okay, everyone can have dinner."
"It's time to start cooking! Get the tableware!" Everyone who had already been around served up the meal as fast as possible, simmered the food, and drank it. The clanging sound of chopsticks knocking on the dishes, and the grunts of food rolled up and the grunts of swallowing up the tongue, everyone eager to eat and look like hungry for several days.
The little girl ate hot sweats and flushed her cheeks, and could n’t help but sigh,
Master, you have n’t had enough food for a long time. You ’re used to what you ’ve made, and it ’s really unpalatable . "
Lin Dan rubbed her head, her eyes drooped, and she took a few bites and lay down in the car. She wasn't sick. She was smoky just now, and her throat started to ache again.
The two strong men who were not far away couldn't swallow when Lin Dan was cooking, they stretched their necks to look at the cauldron, and even the cold-headed collar looked a bit uncontrollably. , Swallowing crickets is getting slower and slower. When Lin Dan began to talk about the seasoning of this dish, he could not eat it anymore, he just lost his water bag and raised his ears to listen.
Lin Dan's voice is very slow and soft, and the words are very vivid. Even if you can't distinguish the food in the pot, just listen to her narration, and then smell the taste, you can imagine the taste of bacon stewed in this pot wonderful. When the servants began to grab the food, this imagination became a substance, which caused the three to sing, such as a drum, a tongue, and a sense of hunger.
"Mother, I can't take it anymore!" The strong man in Dang Erlang wiped his mouth with his sleeves.
"So a big pot of food, do you say they are finished?" Another strong man asked hopefully.
The handsome man didn't answer, but a pair of phobias stared at the cauldron uncontrollably, his throat twitched slightly, as if swallowing saliva.
The three were silent for a while. Seeing that the people over there were chopping chopsticks one after another, sandwiching bacon with bamboo shoots, and bamboo shoots with wild onions. At the end, even the bean curd soup was scooped out for bibimbap.
"Zhao Lao Liu, go and ask them if they have any extra meals, let's get the money to buy them." The big man in Dang Erlang slaps his companion with his elbow.
Zhao Liu whispered, "Why don't you go?"
"Don't I just scold that little sister-in-law? I'm also a face-saving man!"
"Luo Tietou, don't you want me to face me?" As soon as the words fell, a strong wind blew the rich vegetable aroma. The spicy and sour taste was mixed with bacon and smoked salt, and I had a heartfelt feeling before I ate it. It's simply ecstasy!
"Ma'am, I don't want this skin, I will ask it in the past!" Zhao Liu immediately dropped his face, and ran with two or two dollars in arms.
The little sister-in-law who had been ruthlessly rejected and mocked by the two before took the boss to lift his face from the bowl and rolled his eyes, and said, "Such a meal, six of us can't finish it."
"Are we still able to pay for it?" Zhao Liu took out two or two pieces of silver and smiled very charmingly. The firewood kept burning, and the soup kept boiling, so incredibly fragrant! As soon as he got close to the cauldron, he couldn't walk, and his saliva rushed.
"No." Xiaoyao walked around to the side of the pot, fished a few slices of bacon, fished a few bamboo shoots and wild onions, snorted into his mouth, and didn't have time to talk.
Zhao Liu stared straight at his shiny mouth, his expression pitiful.
Seems to feel a bit embarrassing for his subordinates, the handsome man Shen Shen ordered: "Come back."
Zhao Liu looked at Xiaobi's soup and rice, and looked at the boiling cauldron before returning unwillingly. The three of them aspired to pick up the water sacs to irrigate them together. After sitting for a while, they each drank a bubble of urine, and the water they drank immediately disappeared. The three were hungry and their eyes staring at the cauldron were slightly green.
Xiaoyan was horrified by the eyes of several people, and he couldn't help but chant: Tomorrow will go their separate ways. In the afternoon and evening, there may be places where these three people are used. Just give it a little, so use a spatula to scoop out the remaining one. Fillet of meat and soup in a large bowl and yell, "A little stew left, do you want it?"
"Yes, thank you, my little brother!" Zhao Liu, who was sitting still, ran at the fastest speed, and although the other two tried to cover it up, the throat knot still swayed uncontrollably.
The final soup is the essence. The bacon is already overripe and the bean dregs are half-melted. The appearance is not good, but the taste is excellent. Open the bowl and fill it with water and then bite it. With one sip, the dry texture was immediately replaced by the soft, glutinous sour, spicy and fragrant, which made people want to swallow their tongues.
The three big men squeezed together head to head, each holding a piece of ravioli and dipping the soup, and sandwiching the bacon between the two pieces of ravioli, eating eagerly. At the end of the soup, the handsome man stared at him, and the other two didn't dare to move. He looked at the leader with tears and threw the crumbs into the bowl.
When Zhao Liu returned the bowl, his skin was red. Without him, the bowl was too clean, and it was brighter than the one washed in household water.