Chapter Sixty-Four: The Strange Art of Meat and Suqi
When Fang Yu smiled and nodded in acknowledgement, the audience was in an uproar.
Although Ouyang has said the main material before, most people still don't believe it. After all, this dish is so much like bean curd that it can't be associated with a common ingredient like chicken breast on the surface.
Everyone looked at Fang Yu in the hope that he could explain how ordinary chicken breast turned into such a wonderful food in front of them.
Fang Yu knew what everyone was thinking, but the specific production method involved the secret of Huangmen's "Clear Soup Liver Paste", and he was not good at spreading it around.
Unable to talk directly about the production method, he had to focus on the material.
"You must be curious about why this dish is so tender, but the ingredients are also important.
Everyone knows that chicken is a low-fat, low-calorie meat, and skinless chicken breast is the part of a chicken that has the lowest fat and a fairly high protein content.
The high-protein chicken breast is very tender and delicious if cooked properly, and the black chicken I use today is still from Mount Emei.
The Emei black chicken is a tribute treasure in the previous generation, and it is native to the area in the center of the mountain with an altitude of about 1800m.
There is a high altitude, a cold climate, a vast pasture, the black chicken with corn, sweet potato as the main feed, supplemented by beans, rice, wheat, rape, the growth process is extremely healthy, is worthy of the name of the alpine free-range chicken.
I took the chicken breast of a young hen, removed the skin, fat and tendons, mixed the egg whites with the top consommΓ©, and finally made this soup dish. β
Fang Yu's introduction made everyone listen to it with relish, but they didn't expect to mention it when it came to the last key technique, although they knew that this was also a matter of course, but they were still a little disappointed.
As the editor-in-chief of a food magazine, Ou Yang naturally knows Fang Yu's concerns, he doesn't care about this kind of rule, his job is to popularize the allusions and preparation methods of various delicacies. But since I'm here as a guest, I still have to ask the host first.
"Boss Fang's dish is really good everywhere, and there are so many exquisiteness in one chicken breast, which opened my eyes. If you don't mind, can you let me guess how this dish is made? Ou Yang pretended to test Fang Yu.
Fang Yu doesn't really care about the public recipes, he has always believed that only mutual exchange and learning will promote the progress of cooking, and the skills of the chef itself need to be paid more attention than the recipe chef's own skills.
He glanced at Lin Maozhou and stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Okay, Editor-in-Chief Ou."
Ou Yang actually didn't know the detailed preparation method of this dish, but from the previous conversation between Fang Yu and Lin Maozhou, he guessed that the preparation method of this dish should be based on "clear soup liver paste".
"Boss Fang's soup dish is very interesting, it can be said to be a wonderful chicken breast deformation meter. Just now Boss Fang said that his main ingredients are chicken breast and egg white, which made me think that these two ingredients actually have a lot in common with bean curd. β
Guo Hui interjected: "What do you have in common? β
Ou Yang glanced at Guo Hui with satisfaction, he deserved to be an old brother, this praise was good.
"The biggest common denominator between protein, chicken breast, egg whites and brine bean curd is that they are all high-protein foods."
"So what?" Guo Hui continued to ask.
"This means that if you take these foods into their most basic form, they will look similar. If I'm not mistaken, Boss Fang should have crushed the chicken breast, mixed egg whites to increase the texture and cover the color, and finally set it with boiling water to make this unique flavor of bean curd. β
Fang Yu applauded vigorously and said sincerely: "Editor-in-chief Ou, you are so powerful, you are worthy of being the god of the food industry in our Shudu, you are all right." β
"Senior Brother Fang," Lin Maozhou walked up to Fang Yu and said with a serious expression, "I have a reluctant request." β
"Uh, please." Fang Yu didn't know why Lin Maozhou suddenly spoke so formally.
Lin Maozhou continued: "I would like to ask you to authorize our Sichuan Shu restaurant to make this dish, and I will include it in our premium menu. β
"Authorized?"
Seeing that Fang Yu didn't quite understand, Lin Maozhou explained it to him.
It turns out that due to the strong development of the Culinary Association and the Gourmet Association, the innovation and improvement of dishes are also included in the intellectual property protection. Each new dish or major improvement of a traditional dish has a protection period of about three to five years as long as it is filed with the Culinary Association. During the term of protection, any imitation for commercial purposes is prohibited unless a license is purchased from the creator.
After Fang Yu learned about it, he was overjoyed, inventing new dishes is also a good way to make money. However, he was really embarrassed to accept Lin Maozhou's licensing fee.
"Senior Brother Lin, you are too polite, the appearance of this dish originally had your contribution, you can use it if you want."
Lin Maozhou shook his head: "My 'clear soup liver paste' is just a small repair and change in the craftsmanship passed down by the master, although your dish is made in a similar way, but it is a new idea in terms of creativity."
Our Sichuan and Shu cuisine pays attention to eating 'sweet without sugar, jealousy without sourness', and your dish is 'bean curd without beans, eating chicken without chicken', which can be regarded as the best work of meat and vegetarian.
With such a complete menu of color, fragrance, taste, shape and interest, it will definitely be an instant hit in the capital and make the reputation of Sichuan Shu Hotel great. This authorization fee is paid by me for the Sichuan Shu Hotel, you can't afford not to collect it. When I go back, I will ask Zhao Lei to do the relevant filing, and then bring the authorization text to you to sign. β
Fang Yu still wanted to excuse himself, but Su Shenxiang also came over and said to Fang Yu with a smile: "You, don't excuse yourself." I would also like to purchase the production license for this dish from you on behalf of Deanju. This dish is very good in terms of nutrition, using meat dishes to make a vegetarian dish, low fat, high protein, difficult and so delicious, it is definitely a good product for health and weight loss. β
"Mr. Su is right, this dish is really amazing." Guo Hui glanced at Du Changfeng, and also interjected with a smile: "Someone just said that a dish is like a person, and a talented person like Boss Fang is like this dish, which seems ordinary but is actually extraordinary, and some people are just the opposite." β
Du Changfeng glared at Guo Hui angrily when he heard this, Guo Hui didn't care, Jincheng Group and Shuxianghui have always been opponents, and today he is definitely happy to see Shaodong of Shuxianghui become the laughing stock of Shudu.
After Guo Hui satirized Du Changfeng, he said: "On behalf of Jincheng Group, I also purchased the production authorization of this dish from Boss Fang, and at the same time, I also asked Boss Fang to come to me to drink tea and set up a dragon gate array." I think we may have a lot of opportunities to work together. β
Guo Hui's invitation surprised Fang Yu, but he could see that Guo Hui, Liu Zhenqiang, and Wang Jinrong were all friends, so naturally he couldn't help but give face, so he agreed with a smile.
Fang Yu was still polite, and Ou Yang suddenly remembered something: "Boss Fang, we talked about this dish for a long time, what is its name?" β
Fang Yu thought for a while and said: "It looks like bean curd, and it is made of chicken, and it also uses the technique of 'clear soup liver paste', I think it is called 'clear soup chicken bean curd'." 'Let's go. β
Ou Yang shook his head: "This name is too ordinary, I can see that the clear soup is rippling in the bowl, and the chicken bean flower is blooming like a hibiscus, so it is better to call it 'Bibo Hibiscus Chicken Bean Flower'." β
After listening to it, everyone said yes again and again, and the reporter of the Shudu Evening News also made a limerick poem on the spot to praise this dish:
"With the meat to support the strange art, the taste and color of the beauty are praised, if you want to ask what the fairy product is, Bibo hibiscus chicken bean curd."