In the cooking of Cantonese cuisine, sauce and soup are indeed a very important part, and many dishes use sauce and soup.

Especially soups.

A spoonful of good soup is delicious!

This is one of the secrets of Cantonese cooking recognized by Cantonese chefs.

For Cantonese chefs, using soup stock is a must for every chef, because according to many cooking techniques of Cantonese cuisine, using soup stock to add flavor to the ingredients is the most effective way to enhance freshness.

In Cantonese cuisine, there are many kinds of soup ingredients commonly used, in addition to ordinary broth, wing soup, clear soup, milk soup, fish soup, there are also ham soup, lobster soup, etc.

If you just look at the name, there are only a few kinds of soup, but there will be a lot of research on the methods and ingredients used in the soup, and it needs to be boiled according to different ingredients and cooking methods.

What Ivan now needs to think about is how to make a soup that will add color to the abalone.

There is no doubt that in this seasoning soup, the old hen and pork chop stock must be the main flavor, so what to add next?

After thinking about it, Ivan decided to keep it simple and add some minced garlic and green and red peppers.

In seafood barbecue, minced garlic is often used, such as grilled oysters.

As for the slightly sweet and slightly spicy green and red peppers, which are commonly used in Cantonese cooking, Ivan believes that these two are also suitable for the current abalone.

Not only that, the sweet and slightly spicy flavor of green and red peppers is also a good complement to the taste of fresh abalone.

Ivan added a little oil to the pot, added minced garlic and green and red peppers and stir-fried it, then added a certain amount of chicken steak soup, added a little soy sauce and light soy sauce, and began to reduce the juice on a high fire.

This step doesn't take too long.

When the soup was boiled and the abalone was almost steamed, Ivan lifted the lid of the steamer and began to add seasoning sauce to the abalone one by one.

"Eat. ”

Ivan pushed the prepared abalone in front of Dong Xiaowan.

Dong Xiaowan couldn't hold it back for a long time.

For her, the allure of abalone is a bit too high.

In the Ming Dynasty, many aquatic products have begun to be cultivated, but only abalone is not artificially cultivated, the reason is that the abalone breeding is too picky about the conditions, and the Ming Dynasty has not yet explored the abalone breeding technology.

Even in later generations, the artificial cultivation of abalone has only been perfected in recent years.

Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, even if it was dried abalone, only the rich and noble families could taste it occasionally, and even the emperor couldn't eat it every day.

In this day and age, abalone is really comparable to gold.

And now, Ivan actually made more than a dozen fresh abalone at once, how could Dong Xiaowan hold it?

She carefully picked up an abalone, blew on it, put it in her mouth, and chewed it carefully.

"Delicious!"

After swallowing the first abalone, Dong Xiaowan gave the first evaluation.

"Ding", and the system information came again.

"Ding, the host has successfully developed a top-grade third-class delicious steamed and grilled abalone, and the special reward points are 2,000. ”

Ivan immediately frowned.

According to his prediction, if this abalone is made, if the effect is ideal, this should at least be the second class of the top grade, but now......

He was a little dissatisfied.

"Derpy, this abalone is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, very sweet, really delicious, just ......"

"Just what?"

Ivan immediately asked.

This is the reason why he wants to come to the copy to make fresh abalone, Dong Xiaowan's super sense of taste can help him keenly find the shortcomings of deliciousness.

"It's just...... It's just that I feel that the abalone meat inside still has a slight astringency. ”

Dong Xiaowan said the answer.

Ivan frowned.

That's the hard part of the cooking process: removing the astringency.

This is the reason why most people prefer to eat dried abalone rather than fresh abalone.

He immediately picked up an abalone with the same heat as Dong Xiaowan just ate and stuffed it into his mouth, and tasted it carefully.

It is indeed crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

After the fresh abalone is beaten into a flower knife and grilled, the outside part is grilled until browned, and then after being steamed over a fierce fire, the browned part is replenished with moisture, so it is not dry, but a bit similar to the crispy and refreshing tiger skin and phoenix feet, and the taste is great.

The fresh abalone seasoned with broth also tastes good.

The only fly in the ointment is that under careful tasting, Ivan did taste the subtle astringency.

And this private astringency is caused by insufficient pickling and insufficient heat.

So what to do?

For Ivan, who demands perfection in delicious cooking, the presence of such astringency is not allowed.

"Next. ”

He gave Dong Xiaowan the next order.

The next fresh abalone should be roasted for a little longer, and the tender part should be relatively smaller, and the astringency inside should be slowed down.

Dong Xiaowan picked up the next fresh abalone as she said.

This is definitely a beautiful difference for her.

Another fresh abalone went into her mouth.

"This one tastes better than the one just now, and the astringency is not so strong. ”

Dong Xiaowan's evaluation came out again.

"Next. ”

Ivan still has this command.

"Well, this one is better, it's great, but there's still a little bit of astringency. ”

"Next. ”

......

"This texture and taste is the best, I can't taste it anymore. ”

There was another "ding" sound.

"Ding, the host successfully upgraded the steamed and grilled abalone to the top grade second-class delicacy, and the special reward points are 1,000. ”

Ivan was overjoyed.

The second class of the upper grade, this level has basically met his requirements, and also meets the requirements of the competition.

But he gave the next instruction anyway: "Next." ”

Dong Xiaowan hesitated slightly.

Although the abalone was delicious, after eating four in a row, she no longer had a strong desire to continue eating.

But in order to cooperate with Ivan's experiment, she still picked up the next abalone.

"It's okay, but the outer layer seems to be a little overburned, and there is a slight bitterness in the taste. ”

It is worthy of a super taste, and a slight difference was tasted by her again.

Ivan knew it.

With Dong Xiaowan's tasting, he has basically mastered what kind of heat is the most suitable for fresh abalone in the roasting process.

But that's not enough.

In his opinion, abalone, a relatively more expensive and delicious ingredient, should be cooked to be a first-class delicacy to be worthy of its original value.

It should leave room for improvement.

"Come on, let's do the next batch. ”

In Ivan's opinion, since the overall idea is fine, the next thing that needs to be done is to make appropriate adjustments in the details, such as making the flower knife a little smaller, then there will be a better marinating effect, and it will be easier to remove the astringency during the roasting process.

He needs a perfect balance.

After another period of busyness, Dong Xiaowan frowned at another pile of steamed and roasted fresh abalone.

"Derpy, can you stop eating? It's so much that I want to vomit. ”

This is how she really feels.

Although fresh abalone is delicious, if you eat too much at once, you will still get tired of eating.

Dong Xiaowan thought to herself, if she ate too much abalone today, it is estimated that she would not want to touch abalone for a long time.