The yard is overgrown with weeds because it has not been taken care of for a long time, and it is full of a desolate atmosphere, but in this pile of weeds, there is a tree about three meters thick with a bowl mouth, and the leaves of the leaves are small, this kind of tree is very rare, and ordinary people may not know it at all when they see it, even if it is Chen Jiao and Chen Tian's sister and brother, after their father passed away, they have never known what this tree without much ornamental temperament is.

There was even a time when Chen Jiao deliberately looked for a lot of information, but he still had no clue.

However, after he brought Ye Zhuo here today, after Ye Zhuo saw this tree, he suddenly said with some surprise: "Chen Jiao, in your old courtyard...... How is there a pepper tree? ”

"Pepper tree?"

Chen Tian, who was poking his whole body into the kitchen on the side of the courtyard, turned his head strangely to look at the little tree that he had always felt very inexplicable: "Sichuan pepper tree? Mr. Ye Chui, you mean...... Do you know this kind of tree? ”

"Of course, this is a pepper tree." Ye Chui walked to the front of the tree, carefully looked at the tree, he was the god of food in his last life, he has a deep understanding of various ingredients, and he has naturally worked the origin of some spices, this pepper tree is specially studied by Ye Chui, and even in order to find the best pepper, he also went to some pepper production areas but personally explored and searched.

Looking at the pepper tree in front of him, Ye Chui was even more pleasantly surprised: "This tree is still very famous for the big red robe pepper!" ”

Mapo tofu is a dish created by Chen Tian Chen Jiao's ancestors, Sichuan pepper is an indispensable seasoning in this dish, without Sichuan pepper mapo tofu, it is full of regrets is incomplete, Ye Chui was still thinking about whether it was because Chen Tian Chen Jiao's grandfather moved to the United States. Because there is no Sichuan pepper, mapo tofu lacks the taste of hemp and becomes what it is now, but now he knows that things are not like this at all. At least Chen Jiao Chen Tian's parents have not forgotten the existence of peppercorns, and they don't know what method to use, so they specially transplanted a pepper tree into this yard.

Ye Chui can be sure that when Chen Tian Chen Jiao's father made mapo tofu, he must have had Sichuan pepper, but when it came to Chen Tian's generation. Because I didn't know the secret of this tree, I didn't use peppercorns anymore.

And now Ye Chui followed Chen Jiao to this yard, and he happened to see this pepper tree, which may be a kind of fate.

"My father didn't know where I transplanted this tree, and when I was a child, my sister and I thought it was ugly. I don't know why Dad planted this tree...... It turns out that it's for peppercorns. Chen Jiao thought of something, and showed a sudden realization expression on his face, "My sister and I are actually not good at cooking, we have no interest in cooking at all, and we have no plans to inherit the restaurant, so I haven't paid attention to this pepper tree thing...... Later, my father passed away, and my sister recalled some of the experiences that my father had told me before, based on the taste of the dish she tasted. Chen's tofu was made, but the matter of this pepper tree was ignored. ”

"Your Chen family tofu was originally meant to be put in the pepper tree, but your sister forgot this seasoning." Ye Chui said with a smile on the side. Then he encountered a gloomy look on his face, "It's a pity, it's only May now, although there is this pepper tree here, but the pepper will not mature until the first month, which can't catch up with the ......"

Listen to what Ye Chui said. Chen Jiao's face was also a little disappointed, but suddenly he thought of something. His eyes lit up: "You wait for me first." ”

With that, he hurried to a side hall, and a moment later he dragged a dead branch out of the room. At the same time, he said: "There was a strong wind on August 15 last year, I happened to have something to do here, and I saw a branch blowing down from this tree, so I threw it into the house, the house was very dry, and the branch dried up directly. ”

"Let me see!"

Ye Chui hurriedly walked over to look at the branch, the leaves on the branch had already been completely dry, but at the top of some branches, you can see a few dried pepper fruits, because it is naturally air-dried, the texture is maintained very well, Ye Chui picked a pinch, and sent it to the mouth to taste, felt the satisfaction of the crisp numb, couldn't help but say with satisfaction: "Yes, this is the pepper, and the quality of this pepper is still very good, better than the one bought on the market!" ”

This pepper is a big red robe pepper, the time is really a coincidence, last year when the wind branch was scraped off, just the ripening period of pepper, between the branches of the pepper particles full after drying and dehydration, the fruit split, take a deep breath, as if you can smell the unique aroma of pepper.

"I didn't expect it to be so coincidental." Chen Jiao also smiled.

Ye Chui smiled and nodded: "Let's start picking the peppercorns on this branch, it seems that the peppercorns on this branch are enough to cope with cooking in the past few days." ”

In the next time, Ye Chui and Chen Jiao squatted on the ground little by little to pick the peppercorn grains from the top of the pepper branches, and finally collected less than half a bag, Ye Chui was satisfied with the feeling of being very satisfied, Chen Jiao has also found the iron pot used by his father to cook earlier, although a long time has passed, but the iron pot is very complete and tidy, and the two of them happily returned to the Chen Hotel with things.

Han Yuyan and Li Xiuyun were naturally very happy after learning about the pepper tree, and Li Xiuyun, as a reporter, quickly understood what it was: "So the Chen family's tofu practice in Chinatown was originally flawless, and this story about the pepper tree is obviously very valuable. ”

"Anyway, all the ingredients for making mapo tofu have been prepared." Ye Chui nodded, he took the chef's uniform from Han Yuyan's hand and carefully put it on his body.

Han Yuyan hurriedly helped him sort out his collar and buttons, when he was in the Manhan Building, Han Yuyan often did this kind of thing, but at this time, close to Ye Chui's side, she suddenly couldn't help but think of what happened last night, and her eyes made contact with Ye Chui. His face turned red, and he hurriedly shifted his gaze: "Master, it's already dressed." ”

"Hmm......"

Ye Chui nodded, pulled up the sleeves of the chef's uniform, and walked to the kitchen: "Heavy rain, you help me." Let's start preparing. ”

Mapo tofu is an authentic Sichuan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine originated in Sichuan, is one of the most well-known cuisines in China, and also has the reputation of the people's cuisine, its taste is characterized by spicy and fragrant, and mapo tofu is the best in spicy. In the original world of leaf pear, after decades of normal development, the preparation of this dish has reached perfection.

Because of the popularity of this dish, even ordinary people can try to make it, and almost all of the small restaurants will have the name of this dish on the menu - Ye Chui when he opened Xiaoyu's home cooking. Mapo tofu is one of the dishes.

There are actually many ways to make mapo tofu, but Ye Chui has mastered the most perfect one, this dish seems simple, but it is the kind of simple but extremely complex dish, Chen Tian's Chen family tofu in Ye Chui's view in addition to the lack of pepper seasoning, there is also a lack of another important ingredient - beef.

That's right, mapo tofu requires beef.

In another world, the Chen family gradually carried forward the dish after inventing mapo tofu. In the end, the eight-character motto for making mapo tofu was studied, which were: eight characteristics of spicy tang, crispy, tender and fresh, among which the crispy. It is the crispy beef, and the beef filling is used to make mapo tofu, and after special cooking, the beef grains are golden in color, red and crispy, one by one. One grain at a time, the entrance is vegetarian. It melts when it gets wet, which is also a major feature of mapo tofu.

This is something that Chen Tian's Chen family tofu does not have.

Furthermore. There is another flavor of Chenjia tofu that is not in place, that is, the live in these eight characteristics, which can be said to be a great skill of mapo tofu, when the tofu is served on the table, the garlic seedlings that are long in the inch, stand upright in the bowl, green and blue, and the oil is very bright, just like the chopped after just picking from the geography, it is vivid, so it is called "live".

Sandwiched in the mouth, the garlic sprouts have been cooked thoroughly, without the slightest jerky feeling, the garlic sprouts are fried, this is the unique skill of mapo tofu.

It is said that during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, mapo tofu swept the north and south of the country, and the hotel in Jiangsu, Zhejiang Province also hired the master of the Chen family to tell the legend of the garlic seedlings in order to make mapo tofu, and it was cited as a beautiful talk.

However, this world because of the vegetarian movement, many historical events have changed, the Chen family made mapo tofu is still popular all over the country, but the Chen family came to the United States for some reasons, and now the mapo tofu is renamed Chen Jiao tofu, the practice is already very inauthentic, although Ye Chui was late to Chen Tian's mapo tofu, gave this dish a very high evaluation, but in fact, this dish is missing a lot of points, the Chen family's eight-character motto, Chen Tian's Chen family tofu has three points that can not be done at all, and there is still this job.

"Someone ordered the dish of Chen's tofu, boss, what should I do?" Not long after Ye Chui entered the kitchen, he was cooking the ingredients, and a waiter hurriedly ran over and said to Chen Jiao.

The hotel provides food, but the meals are brought from the Chen family restaurant opposite, and now Chen Tian has banned Chen Jiao, and no longer provides food to Chen Jiao, but many of the guests who come to stay in his hotel are still coming to the Chen family tofu, where you can not only rest, but also taste the famous Chen family tofu, why not?

Chen Jiao looked at Ye Chui: "Master Ye Chui, please make a dish of your mapo tofu, I don't know how the taste is better than my sister's, and whether it can satisfy the guests here." ”

Now Chen Jiao has felt that Ye Chui is extraordinary, he doesn't know what is going on between Chen's tofu and mapo tofu, but he now believes that this young man, who is known as the first chef in China, may be able to make tofu that can really be comparable to her Chen family tofu who has devoted his whole life to her.

Ye Chui nodded: "Wait a minute." ”

This time, Ye Chui came to Chinatown to challenge the top ten famous dishes in Chinatown, but he didn't expect that the first one to challenge after arriving here encountered obstacles: people didn't seem to take him seriously at all...... But fortunately, now Ye Chui can continue this competition in this way, and the judges of the competition are those diners who once admired Chen's tofu.

He's going to get these diners to adapt the taste and know what the most authentic taste of the dish looks like!

At this moment, it is more than ten o'clock in the morning, and a fat Chinese man in his forties is sitting at a dining table looking at a newspaper, but his eyes are swept over the newspaper, and then he can't wait to look at the street - why hasn't his Chen family tofu been delivered yet?

This fat man is the owner of a company, he is quite valuable, there are a few shops here in Chinatown, every once in a while he will come here to find a hotel to stay for a few days, with his value, he naturally does not have to live in a small hotel like the Chen Family Hotel, but once when he came, the other hotels on the street were already full, he had no choice but to live here, originally thought that he would live very uncomfortable, but it turned out to make him have an unexpected surprise......

The owner of this hotel is opposite the younger brother of the proprietress of the Chen Family Hotel, so you can eat authentic Chen family tofu here, and because of Chen Jiao, you can directly order the Chen family tofu made by the proprietress here, and the proprietress in order to take care of her brother's business, the Chen family tofu in this hotel is almost all prioritized, and found this benefit, this Chinese fat man will live in the Chen family hotel almost every time, and enjoy the wonderful taste of Chen family tofu here.

He is already a regular resident of this hotel, and today he has something to leave Chinatown to deal with a few dishes, and he wants to continue to taste this Chen family tofu before leaving.

"Boss Zhang, your dish is here." Mapo tofu is served by Chen Jiao himself, and there is a bowl of rice served together, bibimbap is the most wonderful, and Chen Jiao serves mapo tofu with bright red, white tofu, red soup, green garlic sprouts, corresponding fun, steaming, giving people a great sense of enjoyment.

However, the Chinese fat man was a little surprised: "Xiao Chen, this dish seems to be a little different from the Chen family tofu I ate before, and why did you bring this dish from the back, didn't it all come from the restaurant opposite before?" I ordered Chen's tofu made by your sister herself. ”

Chen Jiao's face changed slightly, and then he said with a smile: "It's a coincidence today, my sister is here, and she personally helped you make this dish, and it is her improved method, the taste is even better than before, Boss Zhang, you can give it a try, and please give my sister some advice." ”

For the time being, this dish was said to be made by his sister, Chen Jiao put the dish and rice in front of this Boss Zhang expectantly, and smiled and made a tidy up for you to taste.

The Chinese fat man looked at this dish and felt that his appetite was great, so he couldn't help but take the chopsticks, picked up a piece of tofu, and slowly put it in his mouth...... (To be continued)

ps:Speechless.,This chapter was supposed to be uploaded last night.,As a result, because the prohibited words have been reviewed.,After the ban was lifted in the morning, the cannon died and modified the chapter testimonials.,And then it was banned again and there is no way to unblock it this time.,So I can only be busy until now.,Upload it again...... This is the first watch of the day, the second shift and the third watch are at 5 pm and 6 pm, and the fourth watch is at 9 pm~~~