Chapter 22: The Crystal Secret

Bodhi Jade Zhai.

Legend has it that one day, there was a high-ranking official to Nanhua Temple to worship the Buddha, after the ceremony, the monks of Nanhua Temple sent a meal, called Bodhi Yuzhai. The high-ranking officials saw that there was only rice, and although the rice was crystal clear and had a good texture, they still disliked it. Whoever wants to try it, it's very delicious. After returning to Beijing, I never forgot to let the cook at home make it, but unfortunately I have not been able to make the taste of Bodhi Yuzhai. One day, the high-ranking official asked the cook to try, and it happened that the cook happened to be sick, so he asked his disciple to do the work. How did this disciple know how to do Bodhi Yuzhai, and in desperation, he recalled the delicious egg fried rice made by his mother at home, and remembered the unforgettable delicious memory, so he didn't make two ends, made an egg fried rice and gave it to this high-ranking official. When the high-ranking officials tried it, it was the taste of Nanhua Temple's rice. Since then, high-ranking officials and guests must have egg fried rice, called Bodhi Yuzhai, and this dish has been handed down.

However, by the time of Chen Mo, this Bodhi Jade Zhai was almost lost.

In this world now, I'm afraid no one can do it.

However, Chen Mo's own specially named crystal egg fried rice was called Bodhi Jade Zhai by Master Hong, which surprised many people present.

The first to bear the brunt is Brother Long, the Brother Long family has had the ability to have egg fried rice for generations, and the golden egg fried rice is a family secret, which is not easy to show to the outside world, and it can be said to be a skill at the bottom of the box.

I thought that with my own egg fried rice skills, it would be enough to open a store to live, but in fact, it is true, before the opening of the gourmet house, Brother Long's "delicious egg fried rice" has always occupied the first place in the spring breeze, and even after his reputation has become famous, Brother Long no longer needs to cook himself, and his business is still booming.

But when the food house came, Brother Long's business deteriorated, and Brother Long, who noticed that something was wrong, immediately found Chen Mo, planning to defeat the opponent with golden egg fried rice and drive Chen Mo and the food house out of the spring breeze.

Because it is a family of egg fried rice, Brother Long has heard of the egg fried rice of Bodhi Yuzhai, but it only exists in legends, it is said that the chef of Brother Long's grandfather's generation, and some people know the practice of this egg fried rice, but in Brother Long's generation, the recipe of Bodhi Yuzhai has been completely lost.

In Brother Long's heart, the golden egg fried rice at the bottom of the box is already the highest level of egg fried rice, and Bodhi Yuzhai is just a legend, but if, as Master Hong said, the crystal egg fried rice made by Chen Mo happens to be Bodhi Yuzhai, then the legendary egg fried rice will reappear, and he will definitely lose this game.

As for why Ni Meili was surprised, it was because when she was studying at New York University, Ni Meili, who liked to taste food, met a group of talented chef students in New York, and after getting together, Ni Meili also became interested in the cuisine of various countries.

The sentence "The crystal clear white egg fried rice is a white and flawless work of art" made Ni Meili deeply impressed.

What she didn't expect was that this egg fried rice, which was only recorded in a book in the library of New York University, was actually made by a young chef in a fly restaurant.

It's incredible!

......

"Ahem. ”

Master Hong cleared his throat and returned to his seat and sat down.

"Since Chef Hong has tasted both kinds of egg fried rice, let Chef Hong comment on the dishes of the two. Director Zhang presided over and said.

"Then let's start with Brother Long's golden egg fried rice. ”

Master Hong twisted a golden grain of rice with his fingers and showed it to the sun.

Under the sunlight, Master Hong's two fingers seemed to shine with a little golden light.

There was a wave of exclamation in the crowd.

"The golden egg fried rice made by Brother Long has a nickname in the egg fried rice recipe, called gold and silver. Gold is a thin layer of egg skin wrapped around the rice grains that are fried to a golden brown color, and silver is the ripe rice grains that are wrapped in eggs. Eggs wrap rice grains, so they are called gold-clad silver. ”

Master Hong took a sip of tea and continued in a hoarse voice.

"Cool the rice quickly, add vegetable oil and stir, you can make the rice oily, so that it will not stick to the pan in the pot, and the heat will be even, and the respective flavors of the eggs and rice will be fully stimulated, this golden egg fried rice is undoubtedly very successful!"

Seeing that Master Hong had made a very high evaluation of his egg fried rice, Brother Long laughed hehe, and the belief in victory returned.

But tilting his head and looking at Chen Mo, the other party was calm, not impatient, and he couldn't help but worry.

Then, Chef Hong brought out the crystal egg fried rice made by Chen Mo.

White egg fried rice held high in the sun...

"The sunlight penetrates this egg fried rice!" Ni Shuai took a closer look, and the dazzling Yangguan seemed to have penetrated through the white transparent egg fried rice, which was really incredible.

"This egg fried rice... I'd like to ask the chef who made this egg fried rice to tell me how he managed to make it so crystal clear. Master Hong's small eyes looked at Chen Mo and said hoarsely.

Chen Mo did not shirk and accepted it gladly.

"Guys, first of all, I strained the rice through the boiling water. The reason for filtering boiling water is to use the raw materials of the object to expand the body of the rice, and even if the density of the rice becomes smaller if the quality remains the same, the rice grains themselves will be made of cracks. But don't soak it for too long, otherwise the rice grains will soften. ”

"Next, I heat the oil well, leaving only the base oil, because I only need just boiling oil, but not much, so I have to pour out the excess oil. When pouring the rice into the stir-fry, these base oils will ensure that the rice grains do not stick to the bottom of the pot, and can penetrate into the gaps of these rice grains.

"Finally, when the temperature drops, the rice grains shrink, the gaps become smaller, and the density increases, and the egg liquid disappears as if it were completely hidden in the rice grains. ”

Chen Mo's words made everyone present feel like a dream, such a fine production technique, even if they knew how to do it, ordinary people couldn't do it at all.

This requires the chef to grasp the heat and time accurately to the millisecond, and every step must be achieved perfectly, without the slightest mistake, otherwise this crystal egg fried rice will be wasted.

After listening to Chen Mo's speech, Master Hong, who had been listening carefully, raised his head, looked at Chen Mo with sharp eyes, and said: "The most critical part of this dish is actually the step of pouring in the egg wash while stir-frying, all the egg liquid must be fully absorbed by the rice grains before it has time to touch the bottom of the pot, otherwise once it touches the bottom of the pot, it will become a mature egg skin and cannot penetrate into the rice grains." That's the secret of Crystal, am I right?"

"That's right. Chen Mo admired this Master Hong a little, just by listening to the steps of his own production, he could find the most critical part of this egg fried rice.

"Boy, how did you do that?"

Chen Mo stretched out his hands.

There was a burst of exclamations from the scene.