Reborn – Super Chef

Because the yard has not been taken care of for a long time, it is full of weeds, full of a kind of ruined atmosphere, but in this pile of weeds, there is a tree about three meters thick with the mouth of a bowl, and the leaves of the leaves Small, this kind of tree is very rare, and most people may not know it at all when they see it. Even Chen Jiao and Chen Tian, ​​after their father passed away, have never known what this tree with much ornamental quality is.

There was even a period of time when Chen Jiao deliberately searched for a lot of information, but he still had no clue.

However, after he brought Ye Chui here today, when Ye Chui saw this tree, he suddenly said in surprise, "Chen Jiao, in your old courtyard...why is there a prickly ash tree?"

"Pepper tree?"

Chen Tian, ​​who was leaning his whole body into the kitchen on the side of the yard, turned his head strangely to look at the little tree that he had always found inexplicable: "Pepper tree? Mr. Ye Chui, you mean...you know this tree?" Plant trees?"

"Of course, this is the pepper tree." Ye Chui walked to the front of the tree and looked at the tree carefully. As the God of Cookery in his last life, he has a deep understanding of various ingredients, and the origin of some seasonings Naturally, he has put in a lot of hard work. This pepper tree was specially researched by Ye Chui. In order to find the best pepper, he even went to some pepper producing areas and searched for it himself.

And looking at the pepper tree in front of him, Ye Chui was even more pleasantly surprised: "This tree is still the very famous Dahongpao pepper!"

Mapo tofu was created by the ancestors of Chen Tian and Chen Jiao. Pepper is an essential seasoning in this dish. Mapo tofu without pepper is full of shortcomings and incomplete. Ye Chui originally I was still wondering if it was because Chen Tian and Chen Jiao’s grandfathers moved to the United States, because there was no pepper, so the mapo tofu lacked the taste of hemp, and it became what it is now, but now he knows, the matter is fundamentally different. That's not the case, at least Chen Jiao and Chen Tian's parents didn't forget the existence of Zanthoxylum bungeanum. They didn't know what method they used to transplant a Zanthoxylum bungeanum tree into the yard.

Ye Chui can be sure that when Chen Tian and Chen Jiao's father made mapo tofu, they must have peppercorns, but in Chen Tian's generation, because he didn't know the secret of this tree, he didn't use peppercorns anymore. product.

But now that Ye Chui followed Chen Jiao to this yard, he happened to see this pepper tree, maybe it was a kind of fate.

"My father transplanted this tree from somewhere. When I was young, my sister and I both thought this tree was ugly, and we didn't know why my father planted this tree... It turned out that it was for peppercorns." Chen Jiao Thinking of something, a look of sudden realization appeared on his face, "My sister and I are actually not good at cooking, have no interest in cooking, and have no intention of inheriting the restaurant. I have never paid attention to the matter of the pepper tree. …After my father passed away, my sister made Chen’s tofu based on the taste of this dish and recalling some of my father’s previous experience, but the matter of the pepper tree was ignored.”

"Your Chen's tofu was originally intended to be filled with pepper trees, but your sister forgot this seasoning." Ye Chui said with a smile from the side, and then he met a look of sadness on his face, "Unfortunately, it's only five now. Although there is this prickly ash tree here, the prickly ash won't mature until August and September, so it won't catch up..."

Hearing what Ye Chui said, Chen Jiao was also a little disappointed, but suddenly he thought of something, his eyes lit up: "You wait for me first."

Saying this, he hurried to a main room on one side, and after a while he came out of the room dragging a dead wood branch, and said at the same time: "There was a strong wind on August 15th last year, I happened to be here for something. I saw a branch was scraped off from the tree, so I threw it into the house. The room was very dry, but the branch just dried up. Look at Mr. Ye Chui, this Are the crimson granules on it the prickly ash you mentioned?"

"let me see!"

Ye Chui hurriedly walked over to look at the branch. The leaves on the branch were already completely dry, but on the top of some branches, you could see a few dried prickly ash fruit grains. Because they were naturally air-dried, the texture remained very good. , Ye Chui took one off, squeezed it, and tasted it in his mouth. Feeling the numbness of satisfaction, he couldn't help but said with satisfaction: "Yes, this is pepper, and the appearance of this pepper is very good. It’s even better than what you can buy in the market!”

This Zanthoxylum bungeanum is Dahongpao Zanthoxylum bungeanum, and the timing is really a coincidence. Last year, when the branches were blown off by the wind, it happened to be the mature period of Zanthoxylum bungeanum. In the breath, it seems that you can smell the unique aroma of pepper.

"I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence." Chen Jiao also smiled.

Ye Chui nodded with a smile: "Let's start picking the peppercorns on this branch. It seems that the peppercorns on this branch are enough for cooking these days."

In the following time, Ye Chui and Chen Jiao squatted on the ground and picked the peppercorns from the pepper branches bit by bit, and finally collected at least half of the bag. Ye Chui picked it up with satisfaction, and Chen Jiao I have also found the iron pot that my father used to cook earlier. Although it has been a long time, the iron pot has been preserved very intact and tidy. The two happily returned to the Chen's Inn with their things.

Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun were naturally very happy after learning about the prickly ash tree, and Li Xiuyun, as a reporter, quickly understood what it was: "So the Chen's tofu recipe in Chinatown was originally flawless. , this story about the pepper tree is obviously very valuable, and after the trip to Chinatown is completed, I must write a special feature about the pepper tree.”

"Anyway, all the materials for making Mapo Tofu are ready." Ye Chui nodded, and he took the chef's uniform from Han Yuyan's hand, and put it on himself carefully.

Han Yuyan hurriedly helped him tidy up the collar and buttons. When he was in Manhanlou, Han Yuyan often did this kind of thing, but now she was close to Ye Chui, and she suddenly couldn't help but think of what happened last night. Things, eyes contacted Ye Chui, blushed, and hurriedly averted his eyes: "Master, it's already dressed."

"Well……"

Ye Chui nodded, rolled up the sleeves of the chef's uniform, and walked to the kitchen: "Dayu, help me, let's start making preparations."

Mapo tofu is an authentic Sichuan cuisine. Sichuan cuisine originated in Sichuan. It is one of the most well-known cuisines among the many cuisines in China. Fragrant is the characteristic, and the dish of Mapo Tofu is the best among spicy dishes. In Ye Chui's original world, after decades of normal development, the cooking technique of this dish has reached perfection.

Because of the popularity of this dish, even ordinary people can try to make it, and the name of this dish is almost always on the menu of any small restaurant——When Ye Chui was serving Xiaoyu's home cooking, Ma Po tofu is one of the dishes.

There are actually many ways to make mapo tofu, but Ye Chui mastered the most perfect one. This dish seems simple, but it is the kind of simple but extraordinarily complicated dish. Chen Tian's Chen family From Ye Chui's point of view, in addition to the seasoning of pepper, the tofu also lacks another important ingredient-beef.

That's right, beef is needed in mapo tofu.

In another world, after the Chen family invented Mapo Tofu, they gradually developed this dish, and finally developed the eight-character mantra for making Mapo Tofu, which are: hemp, spicy, hot, fragrant, crisp, tender, and fresh. , live eight characteristics, the crisp is beef crisp, beef filling is used to make mapo tofu, after special cooking, the beef grains are golden in color, and the red crisps are not hard, one by one, one by one, the entrance It is vegetarian, and it melts when you touch your teeth. This is also a major feature of Mapo Tofu.

This is something that Chen Tian's Chenjia Tofu doesn't have.

In addition, there is another flavor of Chenjia tofu that is not in place, which is the work of these eight characteristics. This can be said to be a great skill of Mapo tofu. When the tofu is served on the table, the garlic sprouts that are inch long The roots in the bowl are upright, emerald green and blue, and the oil is very bright, just like the ones that have just been picked from the geography and chopped up, they are vivid, so they are called "live".

Stir-fried garlic sprouts are a unique skill of Mapo Tofu.

It is said that during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Mapo Tofu was popular all over the country. In order to make Mapo Tofu, restaurants in Zhejiang and Jiangsu paid a lot of money to hire the head master of the Chen family to spread the legend about the unique skill of stir-frying garlic sprouts, which was cited as a good story.

However, due to the vegetarian movement in this world, many historical events have changed. The Mapo Tofu made by the Chen family is still popular all over the country. However, the Chen family came to the United States for some reason. Now Mapo Tofu is renamed Chen Jiao tofu, the recipe is already very unauthentic. Although Ye Chui gave this dish a very high evaluation when he was late for Chen Tian's mapo tofu, but in fact this dish lacks many points. The Chen family's eight-character motto There are three things that Chen Tian's Chenjia tofu can't do at all, hemp, crisp, and this job.

"Someone ordered Chen's tofu, boss, what should I do?" Not long after Ye Chui entered the kitchen, he was preparing the ingredients when a waiter hurried over and asked Chen Jiao.

The hotel provides food, but the food is brought from the Chen family restaurant on the opposite side. Now Chen Tianxia has banned Chen Jiao and no longer provides food to Chen Jiao, but many of the guests who come to stay in his hotel still I came here for the Chenjia tofu. You can rest here and taste the famous Chenjia tofu. Why not do it?

Chen Jiao looked at Ye Chui: "Master Ye Chui, please make your mapo tofu, I don't know if the taste is better than sister's, and whether it will satisfy the guests here."

Now Chen Jiao has already felt that Ye Chui is extraordinary. He doesn't know what is going on with Chenjia Tofu and Mapo Tofu, but he now believes that this young man who is known as the number one chef in China may make tofu. It is really comparable to her Chen family tofu who has given her whole life to her.

Ye Chui nodded: "Wait a minute."

This time I came to Chinatown Ye Chui to challenge Chinatown's top ten famous dishes, but I didn't expect that the first one to challenge encountered obstacles after arriving here: people didn't seem to take him seriously at all... But fortunately It is now that Ye Chui can continue this competition in this way, and the judges of the competition are those diners who once admired Chen's tofu.

He wants these diners to adapt the taste and know what the most authentic taste of this dish looks like!

There are several dining tables in the vacant lobby on the first floor of the Chen's Hotel. Guests staying in the hotel can use them to eat here. It is more than ten o'clock in the morning, and a Chinese fat man in his forties is sitting on a dining table. He looked at a newspaper, but his eyes glanced at the newspaper twice, and then he looked across the street impatiently—why hasn't his Chen's tofu been delivered yet?

This fat man is the owner of a company with a high net worth. There are several shops here in Chinatown. Every once in a while he will come here to find a hotel to stay for a few days. Naturally, with his net worth, he doesn’t need to stay in the Chen’s Hotel. In a small hotel, but when the other hotels on the street were already full, he had no choice but to stay here. He thought it would be uncomfortable, but it turned out to be an unexpected surprise for him... …

The owner of this hotel is the younger brother of the proprietress of the Chenjia restaurant opposite, so you can eat authentic Chenjia tofu here, and because of Chen Jiao, you can directly order the Chenjia tofu made by the proprietress herself, and the proprietress wants to take care of her younger brother. For business, the Chen's tofu in this hotel is almost always given priority. After discovering this benefit, this fat Chinese man will stay in the Chen's hotel almost every time, and enjoy the wonderful taste of Chen's tofu here.

He is already an old resident of this hotel. Today he has something to leave Chinatown to deal with some business. Before leaving, he wants to continue tasting the Chen family tofu.

"Boss Zhang, your food is here." Chen Jiao personally brought the mapo tofu, along with a bowl of rice, bibimbap is the most delicious, and the mapo tofu brought by Chen Jiao is bright red , the white of the tofu, the red of the soup, and the green of the garlic seedlings are correspondingly interesting and steaming, giving people a great sense of enjoyment.

However, the fat man of Chinese origin showed a bit of surprise: "Xiao Chen, this dish seems to be a bit different from the Chen's tofu I ate before, and why is your dish served from the back? Didn't it all come from the restaurant opposite before?" Did you come here? I ordered the Chenjia tofu made by your sister herself."

Chen Jiao's face changed slightly, and then he said with a smile: "It's a coincidence today, my sister is here, and she personally made this dish for you, and it's her improved method, the taste is even better than before, Zhang Boss, you can give it a try, and please give my sister your opinion."

Temporarily saying that this dish was made by his sister, Chen Jiao put the dish and rice in front of Boss Zhang with anticipation, and made a treat for tasting with a smile.

The Chinese fat man looked at this dish and felt a great appetite. He couldn't help but took the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu, and slowly put it into his mouth... (~^~)