Chapter 9: Smoked Meat
Chen Er broke a few fresh twigs from the bayberry tree next to him.
Then he flicked the burning wood.
When the smoke had almost dispersed, he spread the bayberry branches on the three-legged bracket on the fire pit.
As he put a twig, he said, "Today's smoked meat is different from the bacon that everyone usually eats. ”
"Today's fire-smoked meat can also be called barbecue. However, it is a little different from barbecue. ”
"Grilling is when the meat is placed on the grill and is not directly exposed to the flame, but the meat is cooked at a high temperature emitted by the flame."
"The fire smoked meat made by the anchor today is directly using pork to touch the flame."
Chen Er said that he paused here, turned around and picked up a bamboo tube of dew, and poured it into the pot where the plum soup was boiling.
The plum soup has boiled for the second time.
It was steaming, and as soon as Chen Er opened the lid, the steaming heat of sweetness suddenly hit his face.
Chen Er's hand moved quickly, and the clear dew was immediately injected into it.
Extinguished most of the heat.
Chen Er saw the situation in the pot clearly.
The bayberry soup has been completely boiled out.
The plum soup in the pot is a dark red, and there is a hint of heat rising around it.
Just like the dark night in late autumn, red lotuses bloom quietly by the hot spring pool.
There was snow and ice everywhere, but here there was no cold, but smoke.
Exudes a gentle and seductive temperament.
Chen Er put the lid on.
Turn your head and explain to Dou Yitong.
"Pour the dew again in half an hour."
Then he walked to the pit where the firewood was still burning.
Wu Bayi looked idle.
Chen Er took out the spices and chopsticks.
and asked Wu Bayi to take a bowl to scoop well water.
Wu Bayi was anxious to see how Chen Er made the smoked meat, and as soon as his calf was pulled, he hurriedly ran to scoop up the water.
After a while, he ran back with a red face.
Chen Er took out a bowl to hold sesame oil, and took out a clean small brush and condiments such as salt and rattan pepper powder.
Then he took a bowl of water brought by Wu Bayi and opened the mini refrigerator.
There's a drawer-like little compartment inside.
Chen Er poured all the water into it.
Then closed the refrigerator.
"Let's freeze some water, and then use it to ice plum soup."
Wu Bayi came over curiously.
"Your refrigerator is so interesting, I haven't seen it before."
Chen Er said secretly, it's right that I haven't seen it, this is the black technology kitchen supplies provided by the system.
"Where did you get it from?" Wu Bayi blinked.
Chen Er said seriously, "Ancestral." ”
Wu Bayi's eyes widened suddenly.
Chen Er picked up the bowl of bayberry that Wu Bayi had picked.
I picked one and threw it in my mouth.
"The bayberry you picked is quite sweet."
Wu Bayi smiled and said, "Of course!" Eating and cooking have to be the same! ”
Chen Er nodded.
Then he put the bayberry on the big stone behind him and put it with the condiment.
Wu Bayi seemed to suddenly remember something, and was about to ask Chen Er, when he saw Chen Er silently take out a dagger.
Cut up the pork.
He looks very focused.
Wu Bayi moved back and asked Dou Yitong.
"He picked the bayberry himself to make plum soup, so why did he ask me to pick the bayberry?"
Dou Yitong thought about it carefully, and he felt that his master might just want her to look less idle.
But he felt that it was difficult for him to say this, after all, the other party's physical strength was better than his.
So I had to say, "Be a fruit after a meal." ”
Wu Bayi narrowed his eyes, "Is that so?" ”
Dou Yitong worked hard to learn Chen Er's thick-skinned appearance.
"That's right!"
Chen Er cut all the pork he brought with him into slices of meat the size of the palm of his hand, thinner than paper.
The slices of meat are neatly stacked on a plate.
"If you cut the meat thinly, it will cook quickly!"
He gestured to the bayberry branch above the fire pit.
"I also made a honey-fried plum soup today, so I used bayberry branches to block the fireworks. It also adds a little extra flavor to the barbecue. ”
Chen Er picked up a few slender branches on the ground and peeled them off with a dagger.
Then thread the pork slices one by one.
Use a small brush to brush with a layer of sesame oil.
The firewood in the fire pit crackled.
Wu Bayi, who was watching very attentively next to him, was startled.
Chen Er shouted Dou Yitong.
"When the plum soup is ready, take it off the charcoal fire, open the lid after a minute, pour it into a bowl to cool, then take out the ice cubes, break them, and pile them around the plum soup bowl."
Dou Yitong hurriedly did so.
Chen Er stretched out a sliced piece of meat in his hand and threw it directly into the fire.
The hot flames frantically licked the thin slices of meat.
The slices of meat shrank rapidly at a visible rate, turning from pink to white, and then the edges of the slices were slightly curled up to a light golden yellow.
"Zizi"
I saw that the slices of meat fell on the slices of crystalline fat and fell into the flames.
As if inspired, the flames immediately jumped up and down again.
Wrap almost the entire skewer of pork slices.
The spiky flames even touched the bayberry branches at the top.
The smell of burnt bayberry leaves is more than the smell of pork.
Wu Ba on the side hurriedly took a breath.
"It smells so good! It's like the bayberry is not burned! It's amazing! ”
As soon as the words fell, Chen Er quickly withdrew the meat skewers in his hand.
Although Wu Bayi felt as if he had watched it for a long time, this period of time was actually a little more than a minute.
Her gaze fell on Chen'er's hand.
The eyeballs suddenly stopped moving.
His mouth opened slightly, staring at the skewer of meat motionless.
Chen Er turned the pork skewer in his hand.
The slices of pork are already cooked, with a pale golden brown surface and some charcoal black edges, as if they have been burnt.
Sesame oil and lard, which is secreted at high temperatures, cover every piece of meat.
It makes every slice of meat look oily, and a few are even dripping with oil.
The slices of meat are steaming and shining in the sun.
The branches of the skewers were already a little charred, and the exposed parts of the tops were even a little blackened, as if they had been burned by fire.
Chen Er could already smell the strong smell of meat.
"This kind of meat aroma is different from barbecue."
"The smell of this smoked meat is stronger than that of roasted meat, and you can smell the hot fire in your mouth before you eat it."
"Because it is in direct contact with the flame, the reason why the flame is used to smoke the meat, the meat slices even have a faint charcoal aroma, and I can't help but have no strong smoke smell of barbecue food, but full of charcoal fragrance."
Chen Er held the meat skewer in one hand, grabbed the salt and rattan pepper powder next to him in the other, and sprinkled some casually.
The aroma is even more intense.
"The aroma of rattan pepper and sesame oil are the most natural plant aromas, so they are easier to get close to than other ingredients. The effect of fusion is also very good. ”
Chen Er said and handed the meat skewer in his hand to Wu Bayi, "Come and taste it." ”
Because there were no chopsticks on site.
Wu Bayi couldn't care so much, and directly ripped off a piece of pork.
The meat slices are still very hot, and when you hold them in your hands, they are hot and slippery.
Maybe it's because it's secreting more oil.
Wu Bayi blew the hot air a little, and he couldn't wait to stuff the meat slices into his mouth.
Immediately, a fragrant and numb smell burst in her mouth.
It's like being stung on the tip of your tongue by a tiny bee.
It was numb and crispy, and Wu Bayi couldn't help but tremble his tongue.
What follows is the extremely tender texture of the pork.
Wu Bayi swore that she had never eaten such tender pork!
It's more than 10 times more tender than the medium-rare steak she's eaten before!
And in order to ensure the tender taste, the medium-rare steak is often fried casually and fried.
A single cut can still make a river of blood.
But the smoked pork I ate today is completely different.
The meat slices are extremely tender, and there is no blood at all, which shows that this is just Chen Er's excellent grasp of the heat.
It not only makes the meat slices cooked, but also does not let it get old and lose its tender taste.
Wu Bayi chewed contentedly, as if what he was eating at the moment was not meat, but a flower.
You can chew the juice in one bite.
It's a wonderful feeling.