Shokugeki: Start with an izakaya, making everyone cry

There are many touching stories in life.

I was even moved by some ordinary ingredients.

And this kind of touching is certainly better than the food variety show that talks about sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, salty, boiling, stewing, stir-frying and frying.

Therefore, this is also the reason why izakayas are so popular.

Maybe people like it here.

What I love is not just the tempting food!

Rather than providing a warm and healing place, the izakaya is more of a story about marginalized people in society who have lost their youth, tenderly mocking themselves, comforting each other, and making do with each other.

……

Zhang Fan rarely cooks French food.

The reason is that the simplicity and low-key style of an izakaya are always incompatible with the romantic and noble French cuisine!

However, this does not mean that Zhang Fan does not know how to cook French food.

Beef brisket stewed with tomatoes.

This is a very classic dish!

Main ingredients:

beef.

tomato.

Ingredients include: onions, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, and pepper.

The main method is to peel the tomatoes and chop them finely.

Then, slowly simmer it into a sauce, and add beef to stew it together, so that the beef can fully absorb the flavor of the tomatoes.

That should be said.

This is a simple dish!

……

At this moment, Dan saw a pot of water sitting on the fire, and Zhang Fan next to him began to prepare ingredients.

Slice the ginger, smash the garlic, cut each of 3 tomatoes into 16 pieces, and cut 1 red onion into strips.

then.

Cut beef brisket into cubes.

Pour boiling water, remove the bleeding water, and then wash it with warm water!

Add oil to the wok, sauté ginger slices, garlic slices, one star anise and one bay leaf until fragrant.

Then add the tomato cubes, stir-fry the onion cubes until soft, add the potatoes, carrots and beef brisket and stir-fry, continue to add light soy sauce, cooking wine, white vinegar, and white sugar.

Stir well and add boiling water. After boiling, turn it into a casserole and let it sit for half an hour. Return it to the wok to collect the juice.

In this way, the tomato stewed beef brisket is ready.

"Ah?"

"Tomato stewed beef brisket, does this cooking process take so fast?"

Looking at the tomato-braised beef brisket placed in front of her, Leonora, the first diner tonight, couldn't help but feel shocked!

After all, in her understanding, the boiling point of water is generally 100c.

Therefore, the water temperature for beef stew is kept at 100c, while the temperature for frying steak is 200c.

That is:

When you fry a steak, it takes just a few minutes to cook.

When stewing beef, it takes more than 2 hours to cook.

Of course, on the other hand, when dealing with beef brisket, the biggest fear is that the meat is not tender enough. Without 2 hours of heat, it is not enough to make the beef brisket have a tender and delicate texture.

It can also be said that sirloin and steak are different parts, and their tenderness is also different, so the handling is naturally very different!

At the same time, beef stew pays more attention to its tenderness and flavor.

but.

Pan-fried beef.

What’s more important is the tenderness and umami taste!

……

all in all.

Due to various factors, if you want to cook the beef brisket thoroughly in such a short period of time, just three words:

impossible!

Finally, in disbelief, Leonora quickly opened the lid of the pot.

But I saw a hazy heat rising into the sky, like a fairyland on earth.

In an instant, the strong fragrance burst out like a bomb, and in just a few seconds, it spread throughout the izakaya with lightning speed.

So much so that Leonora was so shocked that she quickly covered her mouth because of the scene in front of her.

"what?"

"Really...really familiar?"

Finally, Leonora couldn't help but exclaimed.

……

A dish that originally took 2 hours.

I was able to complete it in 40 minutes!

It's definitely one thing to be fast, but what's even more terrifying is that the moment the pot is lifted, the aroma of the French dish of tomato stewed beef brisket can make people intoxicated.

The sweet and sour tomatoes and the tenderness of the beef are combined in the stew, and they can actually absorb the flavors of each other.

and.

A collision of tastes.

The whole dish looks delicious and appetizing.

After swallowing and looking at the pot of tomato stewed beef brisket in front of her, Leonora quickly picked up the spoon and took a small bite.

"It's unbelievable. I didn't expect that the beef brisket could be cooked so soft in such a short period of time."

After feeling the tenderness of the beef brisket.

She took a deep breath again, feeling like she was dreaming, but this dream was so real!

no doubt.

It can shorten the cooking time that takes 2 hours to 80 minutes.

At this moment, Leonor had only two words in her mind:

genius!

……

"how did you do it?"

Then, curious Leonora quickly blinked her eyes, raised her head and asked Zhang Fan.

"black tea."

Zhang Fan could only smile when he heard this.

"Black tea? Is it black tea?"

Listening to these words, Leonora couldn't help being slightly stunned!

Then, he lowered his head and looked at the steaming pot of tomato stewed beef brisket with concentration. Suddenly, she seemed to understand something.

"By the way, I remembered!"

"Black tea can increase the tenderness of beef brisket and shorten the stewing time."

At this moment, Leonora suddenly slapped her head and finally realized: "That's it."

"In addition to increasing the tenderness of the beef brisket, black tea not only has a better color. Black tea also has a special aroma. Adding black tea can also make the stewed beef brisket have a light tea aroma, and even neutralize it. Some greasiness.”

"Actually, just adding black tea is not enough."

At this time, Zhang Fan stood up and continued: "We can also make some changes in the kitchen utensils."

"Kitchenware?"

Leonora raised her eyebrows slightly.

Then she stared closely at the pot of beef brisket stewed with tomatoes. At the end, she finally saw something and couldn't help but be surprised!

"Pot, it's the pot's fault. You used a Chinese casserole."

Suddenly, Leonora Nakiri was shocked and a little...

Speechless!

The cuisine they cook is noble and exquisite French cuisine.

As a result, I used a casserole from China’s kitchenware!

Perhaps this kind of operation would not seem wrong to people such as Kobayashi Ryodan and Nakiri Shinagi who often visit the izakaya.

However, for Leonora, who has lived in the Nordic region all year round, and who doesn't know Zhang Fan very well, this "god"-like operation can indeed shock her to the point of numbness!