God of Cooking, grilling skewers attracted the fairy beasts

The steps to make chocolate are not complicated, and the raw materials are also simple, only cocoa beans from cocoa fruits are needed.

So the first step is to cut the whole cocoa fruit and take out the cocoa beans inside.

"Crack!"

Li Heng picked up a cocoa fruit and broke it into two halves with a little force, revealing the inside of the cocoa fruit, which was wrapped in white flesh and looked a bit like a mangosteen.

He hadn't eaten it for a long time, so he picked up a piece of flesh and tasted it. It tasted a bit like mangosteen, sweet and sour.

"Brother Li Heng, what about ours?"

It is almost impossible for them not to ask for food when eating in front of the two little ones.

"Here! Two little foodies!"

Helplessly, Li Heng grabbed two cocoa fruits, threw them to the two kids, and said that he still had a few hundred stored in his ring, so it wouldn't matter if he gave them a few.

"do not forget..."

"I know, I know! I'll only eat the flesh and leave the seeds for you."

The two kids took the things and interrupted Li Heng directly. They knew what to do without his reminder.

The two of them followed Li Heng's example in breaking the fruit, found a small stool, and sat obediently beside Li Heng, eating while watching him do it.

The first step in making chocolate is usually fermentation.

So why the emphasis on 'usually'?

It is okay not to ferment, but the unfermented cocoa beans are bitter and astringent, and the chocolate made from them does not have that silky and mellow taste.

The purpose of fermentation is to reduce its bitterness and sourness.

The so-called fermentation refers to natural fermentation, which does not require additional preparation of yeast or other things.

The only thing to note is that this process requires the participation of the pulp, so the cocoa beans eaten by him and the two little ones cannot be used for fermentation.

Li Heng took out a clean jar, separated the cocoa beans from the fruit, and put them directly into the jar.

Although the cocoa fruit looks large, the outermost layer of the peel alone takes up a large part of the space.

There are still a lot of gaps inside, and in fact, one cocoa fruit cannot produce many cocoa beans.

He used nearly twenty fruits to fill the jar.

Next, just seal the jar, place it in a warm place, and wait five to ten days to see the results.

Since he had just started fermenting bean paste not long ago, he was already familiar with this process that required temperature-controlled fermentation.

Still in the original room where the bean paste was made, after completing all the preparations, Li Heng closed the door and walked out.

According to the calculation of time, we can carry out the next steps around tomorrow morning.

After finishing all this, it was already halfway through the You hour and it was time to make dinner.

Back in the kitchen, a group of apprentices were already there, waiting for Li Heng to make a decision.

"Uncle, what are we having for dinner?"

When someone saw Li Heng come in, they asked, "When he was not around, everyone took turns to decide on the dishes for the day."

Now that Li Heng is here, they are too lazy to think about it anymore. Sometimes making a choice is a hassle.

"Do you two want to eat anything?"

Li Heng didn't have any ideas for a while, so he had to ask the two kids again.

However, because of the lunch banquet, Li Heng and his apprentices had been busy in the kitchen for a long time, so he planned to keep dinner simple.

"Let us think about it!"

The two little ones closed their eyes, flipped through the menu in their minds, glanced at it quickly, and soon came up with an idea.

"Brother Li Heng, I want to eat noodles."

"Yeah, I want to eat noodles too!"

The two kids looked at each other, and suddenly, for no reason, the same thought popped up in their minds.

"Strange! After hearing what you two said, I feel like eating noodles too."

What's going on? Li Heng felt that this thought of his was very abrupt, and there was not even the slightest sign.

"Is there someone controlling my thoughts in the dark?"

Li Heng touched his chin and muttered.

Ever since he came to the Xuanwu Continent, he has always had a very strange feeling, as if his every move was being watched by many pairs of eyes.

He even began to doubt whether the continent he was in was just like "The Truman Show", just a larger studio.

And his life will be broadcast live every day for people outside the screen to watch.

However, Li Heng couldn't find any strong evidence to prove his guess.

"Forget it! I don't want to think about it anymore, I'll just eat noodles!"

Whatever he wants, he's pretty happy now.

"Okay! Let's eat noodles! Uncle Master, I heard that you specially made a very smelly delicacy in order to enter the Miaoyin Sect. I think it was called snail noodles?"

When Bai Dabao heard the word "eat noodles", he immediately thought of snail noodles.

"Yes, yes! I heard that too. How about we eat snail noodles tonight?"

Zhou Xing, who had also never eaten it before, also became interested in this stinky yet delicious delicacy.

"Well, I still have a lot of rice noodles here, but I don't have sour bamboo shoots anymore, so I can't make that stinky taste."

After flipping through the ingredients in the ring, Li Heng said with some regret that after all, pickling sour bamboo shoots is not a quick task.

If I want to have dinner today, I definitely won’t have enough time.

"How about Hainan noodles?"

Li Heng quickly thought of another way to eat rice noodles. Li Heng had never been to Hainan, but he had eaten the special food there several times.

"it is good."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Just by listening to the name, they knew that this was another delicacy they had never eaten before.

Li Heng walked to the stove and started working.

First cut some shredded carrots, bamboo shoots, and diced fire spirit fruit.

Authentic Hainan noodles usually come with bean sprouts and pickled cabbage, but Li Heng happened to not have either of these.

But as humans, we have to learn to adapt. If we can’t make something authentic, then we can make something less authentic.

Fry the above ingredients until cooked. No other seasoning is needed except a small amount of cooking oil.

Fry some peanuts and white sesame seeds, and cut some coriander for later use.

Next, start making the marinade. This step is crucial because the marinade is the soul of Hainan noodles.

Take a piece of dragon's belly meat and cut it into dices, and then cut some shrimps into dices.

Pour oil into the pan, add minced garlic when the oil is hot, then add diced meat and stir-fry.

Add a little soy sauce for color, and an appropriate amount of pepper and five-spice powder to enhance the flavor.

After frying the diced meat, add the clear soup prepared in the morning, bring the soup to a boil over high heat and then turn off the heat.

Prepare a bowl of starch water and slowly add it to the soup to thicken it. In order to avoid lumps, you need to stir constantly while adding it.

Next, add water to another pot, bring to a boil, then add the fine rice noodles.

After cooking for four to five minutes, take out and rinse with cold water to prevent the flour from sticking together.

The last step was to serve the dish. Li Heng took Xiao Chi’s rice bowl and filled her half with vermicelli.

Pour a spoonful of marinade and various fried side dishes, and sprinkle with a handful of chopped coriander and sesame seeds.

I have found more than a dozen different versions of this recipe, but I still don’t know which one is the authentic one (●'?'●)

Just stir before eating.

After Li Heng gave a demonstration, he didn't have to worry about the rest.