Chapter 127 Texas Braised Chicken
*This chapter was already finished when I learned that Texas Braised Chicken is not boneless_(:3J∠)_
Parallel world, parallel world!
Dezhou Braised Chicken is a classic Shandong dish. It was served as a tribute to the emperor and the royal family during the Qing Dynasty. Now it has become famous all over the country and is sold at home and abroad. It is known as "the best chicken in the world". The practice has also expanded into many kinds. During the Republic of China, there were more than a dozen restaurants in Peiping, each with different practices, and it was a spectacle to steal each other's ideas.
Jiang Weiming's recipe is the old recipe of Tai Feng Restaurant. The raw materials include more than 20 Chinese herbal medicines and 17 kinds of seasonings. From coloring to frying, he is very particular about it, not to mention the final step of cooking it in the soup. Jiang Weiguo put it on the stove one day in advance and cooked it slowly. Jiang Feng's seasoning skills and experience are not enough, and it is not yet time to learn how to make various soup stocks.
The only thing Jiang Feng needed to do this afternoon was to remove the bones from the whole chicken. The rest of the time he just had to watch.
When learning to cook, it is very important to be able to read. Like Jiang Weiguo, there are many dishes that he first learned from the back chef of a restaurant. If he knows about 60 to 70% of the dishes, he can go back and think about it by himself. People with good talent can learn almost everything.
Jiang Feng is very good at watching. He is slow to learn how to stir-fry sugar and boil tender juice, but he is very quick to pick up wire drawing. Isn't it because of the game card bug that he watches Jiang Huiqin making wire-drawn yam every day?
After watching it all afternoon, Jiang Feng was very excited.
I can!
"Okay?" Jiang Weiming asked with a smile.
"Yes." Jiang Feng nodded proudly.
"Then Xiaofeng will do it tomorrow and let me see how Xiaofeng learns." Jiang Weiming said.
Jiang Feng: (Д#)
The next day, Jiang Feng was tragically overturned as expected.
The steps to make Texas Braised Chicken are not complicated, but it will test the chef's knife skills and seasoning well. It is best to choose a young rooster of about two pounds or a young hen that has not laid eggs, slaughter and remove the feathers, and remove the bones from the whole chicken. When removing the bones, the bones should not scratch the skin of the chicken, especially the skin on the spine and tail. After extracting all the bones and internal organs of the chicken, turn the chicken skin inward to keep the shape intact.
It is not difficult to debone a whole chicken. Jiang Feng knew how to do it when he was in junior high school. However, he often scratches the inside meat and the outside skin into a mess. Not to mention that the chicken skin must remain intact after the skin is turned inward. After removing the bones, It would be good if the rear chicken does not fall apart.
The fatter the chicken, the harder it is to remove the bones. The chickens Jiang Feng practiced with when he was in junior high school were all old hens raised by Grandma Jiang. One was fatter than the other. Every time the finished product was finished, the old man would scold him bloody. The last ones were The poor chicken cannot be used to make braised chicken and can only be cut into parts for stir-frying.
But today was different. Jiang Feng was very good at deboning the whole chicken. Although the speed was still not fast, the quality was much higher. Unlike before, the chicken almost fell apart after deboning. This time, although he still accidentally scratched the back skin, but overall the boneless chicken this time was done quite well.
Jiang Feng believed that as long as he practiced deboning a whole chicken for a few months, he might not be as fast as the two old men, but the quality would definitely be comparable.
"Yes, Xiaofeng's knife skills have improved. The meat of this chicken leg is relatively thick. When you picked out the joint tendons, you cut the meat inside too hard. The skin on the back is tight. You peeled it too fast, otherwise the skin would not be peeled off. It will break." Jiang Weiming said, looking very satisfied.
"It's not bad, much better than a year ago." Jiang Weiguo was a rare compliment.
Jiang Feng put the boneless chicken into cold water and soaked it in the blood-removing water. While soaking, his hands were not idle, and he stir-fried the chicken until it turned into sugar. Now he is also very good at frying sugar. When he saw that the sugar in the pot was almost brown, he was about to turn off the heat when Jiang Weiguo stopped him.
"The color of the boneless braised chicken can be darker, wait another twenty seconds."
After almost ten seconds, Jiang Feng felt that the color of the sugar in the pot was ready, so he turned off the heat.
This time Jiang Weiguo didn't say anything, but instead smiled. Jiang Weiming turned around and whispered to Jiang Weiguo: "It's okay, Xiaofeng. He has his own ideas and I didn't copy your words."
Jiang Weiguo nodded and stared at the movements of Jiang Feng's hands.
After removing all the blood from the boneless chicken, Jiang Feng followed Jiang Weiming's method yesterday and made the chicken look like a mandarin duck playing in the water. Then he evenly applied sugar color on the chicken body and hung it up to dry. After drying, turn on the heat again, pour in oil and heat it to 70% heat. Put the boneless chicken into the oil pan and fry until golden brown, until the skin is slightly shiny and looks golden, then take it out and drain the oil.
Jiang Feng completed the above steps very well, and the two old men were very satisfied. They were almost done, and the only thing left to win was the final step of cooking. As soon as Jiang Feng floated, he started to overturn everything.
Jiang Fengpiao cannot be entirely blamed. The main reason is that he is not strong enough and the seasoning is not worthy of his knife skills. He has a basic dish that is not upgradeable by the game, and seasoning has always been his shortcoming. Even though Lao Tang Jiang Weiming had already cooked it for him, and he showed him the ingredients and proportions of the spice bag yesterday, and he knew all about how to add various condiments, it still couldn't stop him from overturning.
With Jiang Feng's current level of seasoning, it would be a bit difficult to master the cooking of as many as forty kinds of ingredients at one time. The two old men were also prepared for Jiang Feng to overturn. Jiang Feng knew it, but he just didn't expect it...
Braised chicken that has been simmered for nearly 6 hours is actually so delicious!
After 6 hours, Jiang Feng completely absorbed Jiang Feng's poor ingredient ratio. After taking a bite, Jiang Feng almost doubted his life and even began to think about whether he should give up cooking.
Jiang Weiming took a bite without fear of death, silently put down his chopsticks, and began to reflect: "You really shouldn't pull the seedlings to encourage them to grow. Xiaofeng, your seasoning... you should start with... making soup."
The braised chicken made by Jiang Feng looks quite nice. It looks like a mandarin duck playing in the water. It is golden in color, with red in the yellow, and the skin is reflective. From a distance, it looks a bit like a roast duck. It is very plump and will increase your appetite.
It just tastes like...
It makes people want to talk to the chef about life ideals and some things that are not in line with the core values of socialism.
For example.
Cut him.
Just when Jiang Feng was doubting his life, the staff of the cooking competition called and informed Jiang Feng to participate in the first round of preliminaries at 4pm tomorrow. He only needed to bring his ID card and admission card. The competition format was not mentioned. It was quite good. mystery.
Jiang Feng sent a WeChat message to ask Wu Minqi if she had received a call from the organizer. Wu Minqi responded forty minutes later. She would also participate in the first round of qualifiers at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon, but the venue was different from Jiang Feng's.
Could it be that... the organizers want the 3,000 contestants who passed the audition to compete at the same time?
It's...a little exciting!
*Why am I writing an extra chapter today? Because it’s Valentine’s Day! `
Are you going to write a spin-off about Jiang Feng's Big Flower Demon? You guys are really devils when the big flower's star value is so high. (End of chapter)