delicious master

Chapter 72 Cooking Soup Needs Patience
The problem of chicken soup has troubled Tang Xiaokang for a long time.

Since the last success, Tang Xiaokang has put most of his thoughts on hanging soup.

If a bowl of chicken soup is cooked perfectly, it can contain matsutake and tofu very harmoniously, which is a more particular thing.

When cooking chicken soup, the biggest problem is still the heat.

Different time periods and different fire conditions can stew the chicken just right, and the taste of the chicken soup is delicious enough.

On this point, Tang Xiaokang still thinks he has some experience. Whether it is stewed mutton soup or stewed chicken soup, it is almost the same anyway, they are all stewed soups.

But no matter how Tang Xiaokang changes the heat, the taste of this chicken soup is always a little bit lacking.

As a result, this chrysanthemum tofu soup is not perfect enough.

For this matter, Tang Xiaokang was in a hurry for several days, and his mouth began to blister.

There is only one week left on the schedule before the agreed time. If we can't study the chicken soup issue well, we might really ruin Dongju's brand.

Thinking of such consequences, Tang Xiaokang couldn't help but tremble.

For this reason, Tang Xiaokang thought of calling the old man more than once.

But Tang Xiaokang felt that if the old man knew that he agreed to the request so easily, he might even smash the Dongju's signboard.

The greatest possibility is that the old man came over and broke his two legs first, and then made this bowl of chrysanthemum tofu soup with his own hands.

In the end, Tang Xiaokang's strong desire to survive made him courageous, so he told the old man Tang Youwei about this matter.

In the next few days, Tang Xiaokang kept studying the recipe of chicken soup in the back kitchen as if he had got a demon.

There is absolutely no problem in hanging out the deliciousness of the chicken soup, but it becomes very difficult to harmonize this taste with the other two ingredients.

Even the diners in Dongju can clearly feel that Tang Xiaokang has just come out of his disappearance a few days ago.

But it didn't last long, and he began to disappear again, and it was difficult to see him in the hall on weekdays.

That night, Xiao Yu and Liu Xi also came to Dongju on time, but this time she was holding an oden in her hand, which was filled with various things.

With a faint fragrance, it is the taste of oden seasoning. Although it is not very authentic, this fragrance can be regarded as attractive.

When he came out of the back kitchen with mutton soup and pig's trotters, Tang Xiaokang couldn't help but look at the Kanto cooker twice.

"This is the oden cooked by the old man at the gate of the school. It's delicious. The food he makes is quite clean, much better than other people's."

Seeing Tang Xiaokang's eyes looking at his oden, Xiao Yu and Liu Xi generously took out a bunch of sweet and spicy and handed it to the other party, while also explaining it to Tang Xiaokang.

"You know all this?"

Tang Xiaokang was a little curious about how Xiao Yu and Liu Xi knew about it, and took over the oden without refusing. Generally speaking, those vendors at the school gate...

After thinking about it, Tang Xiaokang couldn't explain it in words.

"Of course I know. I'm not a fool. I can't tell if the food is good or not. Especially the old man's cups are kept in the box without dust, and the soup is changed every day. Wipe it clean, and wash your hands often, things look much cleaner than other people's."

While eating oden and gnawing on pig's trotters, Xiao Yu and Liu Xi spoke very firmly.

I took a bite of the sweet and spicy taste, but the oden soup has completely penetrated into the sweet and spicy. The wonderful fusion of the two flavors has improved its taste.

This feeling shocked Tang Xiaokang. Isn't this standard for the soup to be perfectly integrated into the ingredients, which is what he has always wanted to pursue!
Staring at Xiao Yu and Liu Xi's cup, this oden doesn't look very unusual, it has the same seasoning and ingredients as the public, and there is nothing special about it except that it looks fresher.

"Liu Xi, other than cleanliness, is there anything different about Grandpa's Oden?"

Nothing could be seen from the things, so Tang Xiaokang could only adopt roundabout tactics and prepare to find out the situation from Xiao Yu and Liu Xi's mouth.

Listening to Tang Xiaokang's words, Xiao Yu and Liu Xi thought about it, but he didn't feel anything special. Isn't it the same for oden cooking? Just put things in the stove and cook for a while.

"For example, has he set the time, or is there any special operation when he cooks?"

Seeing Xiao Yu and Liu Xi's appearance of having no memory at all, Tang Xiaokang couldn't help smelling more straightforwardly.

"Does it take longer to cook? Usually when we go out for exercises in the afternoon, I see him start cooking, and cook until we leave school."

Looking at Tang Xiaokang for some reason, Xiao Yu and Liu Xi didn't understand why Tang Xiaokang is such a good cook, why would he ask this question?
That's right, since it's soup, it's fine to cook it slowly. As long as you have enough time, you can definitely stew a bowl of qualified soup!

Suddenly, Tang Xiaokang had a feeling of enlightenment, as if someone gave him a bottle of ketone, which solved the blockage for many years.

That unobstructed, that crisp, almost hairless forever and expression.

Tang Xiaokang is also in a dead end. He has been thinking about how to use heat to improve the texture of soup, but he has not figured out that time is also the most important part of soup.

You can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. In many cases, waiting patiently may bring better results.

"Eat slowly, I still have something to do!"

Tang Xiaokang wanted to understand, and immediately stopped chatting with Xiao Yu and Liu Xi, walked directly into the kitchen, took out the new silky chicken, put it in the iron pot, and started cooking it.

After clearing away the blood foam, start to change the fire to a simmer and continue to simmer the pot of chicken soup.

A timer was set, and every 10 minutes, Tang Xiaokang would get up and start to clear the remaining floating objects and blood foam.

The chicken oil is gradually boiled out. The oil is too thick, so it needs to be cleaned up a little bit, otherwise it will be difficult to bring a better taste to the chicken soup under the heavy oil.

The light taste of the clear soup will also be affected by the thick yellow chicken oil.

The seasoning is not yet available, there is not enough time, and it will take at least three hours to simmer slowly.

By the time the chicken soup was stewed, Tang Xiaokang was ready to close up. It had been simmering for six hours since the chicken was put into the pot.

The chicken in it has basically been integrated into the soup, only some bones and mince are left.

Use a strainer to clean out all the soup residue, and what's left is a pot of rich yet light chicken soup.

Tofu is simmered in chicken stock, followed by matsutake.

Stewed for another half an hour, put in the seasoning, and took out the things. Just from the aroma of the chicken soup, Tang Xiaokang can be sure that he has definitely succeeded this time!
(End of this chapter)