Chapter 715 Taishi Snake Soup
The food tasting was scheduled for ten o'clock, but there weren't many people there, and if there were more people, the chef wouldn't be able to stand. Fang Mei came to the lobby. Apart from the two old men in the kitchen, only Jiang Feng, Zhang Guanghang, Wu Minqi and Master Wang came. The others stayed at home to enjoy the rare vacation.
Sun Maocai, Sun Jikai and Qiu Fu are all orthodox Cantonese chefs. Cantonese cuisine has a wide range of ingredients and many varieties. Anyone can fly on the ground and swim in the water. As long as they can be put on the table, they can be on the menu. In order to let Sun Mao's talents be better utilized, the Jiang family specifically contacted the supplier in advance and asked them to deliver the goods this morning. The more varieties, the better.
It is no exaggeration to say that the current back kitchen of Tai Feng Building is a full range of agricultural products and breeding industry exhibitions, and even live snakes are kept in snake cages.
While Jiang Feng was watching from a distance and wondering whether the snake in the cage was venomous, Sun Maocai walked straight to the snake cage. He took away both cages and cut one snake at a time. He raised the knife and dropped it cleanly. I know he is a skilled worker.
Jiang Feng was drooling at the sight.
He had eaten snake meat, but only when he was a child. At that time, the village where the old man lived had a dedicated snake catcher who would catch any kind of snake. Grandma Jiang would occasionally buy one or two non-venomous grass snakes for the old man to make snake soup. Later, the snake catchers gradually disappeared, and Grandma Jiang was too lazy to look for other places to buy snakes. Jiang Feng never ate snake meat again.
There are restaurants selling snake meat dishes here in Beiping, but not many, and almost none of them are good. Babao Zhai sells snake soup, which is expensive and tastes ordinary. It tastes the same as ordinary meat soup, but the price is several times more expensive. You can't taste the deliciousness or even the taste of snake meat. . When the snake soup is served, there are only a few traces of snake meat visible to the naked eye. It is a delicacy that you will definitely not want to eat again after eating it once and paying IQ tax.
"Lao Zhang, can you see what Master Sun wants to do?" Jiang Feng asked.
"Taishi Snake Soup." Zhang Guanghang said.
"I know this dish. Master Sun seems to have won a gold medal at a culinary exchange meeting with this dish a few years ago. I have read relevant reports." Wu Minqi said.
Since it is a dish that has won a gold medal, it naturally has the gold content of a gold medal. Jiang Feng watched from a distance. Sun Maocai's movements were very nimble and fast, and he was not sloppy at all. After killing the snake, he did not process it first, but directly threw it into a pot of boiling water to cook, then removed the bones and shredded the snake meat. Cut into thin strips and serve separately.
While Sun Maocai was doing it, Zhang Guanghang explained to Jiang Feng.
"Although Taishi Snake Soup has won awards, it is rarely made by Master Sun and is not famous because of the cumbersome steps. This dish requires five kinds of snakes, including the golden krait, the bungar snake, the cobra, the water snake and the golden snake. Cobras exercise a lot. , the meat is sweet, firm and resistant to cooking, very suitable for making soup. The meat texture of water snake is similar to that of cobra. However, the umami and sweetness are inferior, and it is more suitable for stewing than boiling soup. I don’t know the specific method of making Taishi Snake Soup. I only know that the snake meat except Shuilu Snake is mixed with stock and other auxiliary ingredients. Boil it, then add shredded water snake silk to thicken it, and sprinkle with chrysanthemum and lemon leaf shreds. ”
Jiang Feng could only sigh in his heart that this was real snake soup, and it was not on the same level as the fake snake soup from Babaozhai that added a few shredded snake meat to the meat soup.
Sun Maocai's method of making snake soup was the same as what Zhang Guanghang said. Jiang Feng couldn't see the detailed steps clearly because he was far away. He could only see that Sun Maocai had been handling various ingredients, such as abalone, turtle belly, fungus, mushrooms, bamboo shoots, etc. There are things like ginger, and each ingredient is processed in a different way. Abalone and shark belly are not even made with the same knife. The stock was ready-made. Jiang Feng saw Sun Maocai constantly putting the ingredients into the pot to stew, then taking them out after a while and stewing again. Even the crispy ones were freshly fried. It can be said to be quite complicated. No wonder Sun Maocai didn't want to Do.
Sun Maocai took nearly five hours to prepare this dish alone.
Sun Jikai and Qiu Fu's food tasting has ended. Sun Jikai's Wenchang Chicken didn't overturn, but it wasn't that good either. In the past half a year, he encountered many troubles that most people would never encounter in their lifetime. Except for the few months when Sun Guanyun was still alive, Sun Jikai could focus on practicing cooking. During the rest of the time, he rarely even went near the kitchen. It’s pretty good that there’s no regression in art and there’s a small improvement that’s almost negligible.
Qiu Fu's three dishes were unanimously praised by everyone. He is Sun Guanyun's eldest disciple. He is quite talented, honest and hard-working, and his basic skills are quite solid. If he is good at business and is willing to spend more time on socializing and participating in more competitions, maybe now He can already be called a master by others.
Qiu Fu's three dishes were the steamed seabass that Jiang Feng had eaten at Jubaolou before, and the baked lobster and hibiscus shrimp that he had not eaten. The steamed seabass was as delicious and distinctive as ever, and the baked lobster tasted a little weird because the broth from Tai Fung House didn't suit the dish. Qiu Fu said that if this dish needed a recipe, he would take some time every day to make the soup stock, which was what he did when he was at Jubaolou.
Sun Maocai is still making snake soup and has reached the final finishing stage.
The soup in the pot has been simmered for a long time. The shredded snake meat in the pot has merged with the soup stock. The soup has turned orange and looks very appetizing. The other ingredients that have been cut into small pieces have also been stewed and cannot be distinguished. The block is that, and the water-like snake wire that was put in at the end was clearly defined, just like the objects in the painting, which were outlined by the artist with a fine brush.
It's about to be cooked.
Sun Maocai used the remaining clear soup from the previous stew to thicken the gravy of the snake soup, which added a bit of thickness to the snake soup and made it look more like a painting. Put it in a bowl, sprinkle with freshly fried crispy white chrysanthemums, shredded lemon leaves as thin as hair, and Taishi Snake Soup.
This is not a dish, this is a painting. An ink painting with single color and full of artistic conception.
Everyone couldn't help but gathered around.
"Try it while it's hot." Sun Maocai stepped aside.
Each person took a small bowl and a small spoon, and scooped out as much as they wanted. Taishi Snake Soup looks like only soup and shredded snake meat on the surface, and the ingredients are all sunk at the bottom. As long as you want to scoop it up, you can scoop up a full spoonful of the ingredients.
Tangerine peel, bamboo cane, boiled chicken, fungus cut into small pieces, winter mushrooms and winter bamboo shoots, freshly sprinkled bright green shredded lemon leaves, and of course, the most popular thing is shredded snake.
A spoon full of ingredients, with orange sugar still seeping into the ingredients, Jiang Feng took it all in one gulp without hesitation.
fresh!
The deliciousness of snake meat lies in its delicate and tender texture. Even the soup is filled with delicious snake meat, which is even more delicious. Different from the deliciousness brought by the ultimate clear soup of chickpea flowers, most of the freshness of this snake meat comes from the snake itself, and the remaining small part comes from seafood such as abalone. The deliciousness has a hint of the unique sweetness of snake meat, and it tastes faint. There is still a little bit of joy.
It is indeed a gold medal-winning snake meat dish that takes five hours. The taste of this snake soup is worth the time it takes.
"Two days ago, Senior Brother Jiang mentioned to me the midsummer banquet, and I was thinking about which dish to cook instead. Since the banquet already has big dishes like Texas braised chicken and steamed eel, as well as top-notch clear soup dishes like chicken and bean curd, if I try again Make similar dishes The food seems to be tasteless. The banquet dishes are more expensive than the big fish and meat. Since it is a midsummer feast, I think it is best to eat a bowl of snake soup to clear away heat and detoxify." Sun Maocai explained.
Fang Mei kept his words in mind, thought about it, and said: "In that case, the midsummer banquet now has five dishes, plus one staple food, two vegetarian dishes, and two cold dishes, which should be enough."
Jiang Weiming nodded: "It's almost the same. One cold dish is enough, I'll be responsible for it."
"If it's a vegetarian dish, how about making Dinghu Shang vegetarian?" Sun Maocai suggested, "I should be able to take charge of two dishes."
"I can be responsible for another vegetarian dish." Qiu Fu spoke actively, feeling that he should do something.
In a few words, the dishes for the midsummer feast will be decided.
"I'm sorry, can you delay everyone a little longer?" Zhang Guanghang suddenly spoke, his words very polite.
Everyone looked at him.
The light from the kitchen shone on his face, making his nose bridge particularly straight and his facial features more three-dimensional. At first glance, he looked like the leading actor who made a grand appearance at the end.
"I have a new dish, and I would like you to help me taste it."
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