"It's a lot like the skin of meat."

Faced with Danbao's curious inquiry, Qin Lang slowly announced the answer.

"This dish is called vegetarian braised pork, and as the name suggests, it uses vegetarian ingredients to make a vegetarian dish that looks like braised pork."

"Winter melon like flesh is just the beginning."

Braised pork with vegetarian ingredients?!

Danbao's eyes widened again.

Although this winter melon slice does look like the skin of meat, what about the meat?

Its eyes couldn't help but look at the winter melon slices and tofu slices that had been prepared on the side.

It can't be these, right?

"Goo?"

"You guessed it." Qin Lang smiled and spoke, and then stacked the tofu slices and winter melon slices on top of each other to form a boxy shape, covering the freshly fried winter melon slices as the meat skin.

Trim the edges and tie the ingredients with string along the cross knife you laid earlier.

A piece of fat and thin "pork belly" is made in this way.

After making sixteen pieces of these fake pork belly, Qin Lang put them aside, let the egg treasure curiously come up to observe, and started the follow-up steps in his hand.

Thin the oil over low heat, add the sugar and stir-fry until it melts.

Vegetarian dishes naturally don't smell like meat, so if you want them to have a meat-like taste, you need to cook them in the same way as meat dishes.

Braised is a cooking method that is highly adaptable to the ingredients and can be used on a variety of ingredients.

Even if there are no meat ingredients, the dishes made in this way can still have a salty and fresh taste, which is very similar to meat dishes, which is called meat.

On this basis, it is possible to create a texture similar to that of pork belly by using ingredients that are relatively light in taste and easily covered by the teriyaki sauce, and can be used to create a real braised pork.

When the sugar in the pot is completely dissolved, and the fine bubbles emerge and gradually turn into a dark reddish-brown old sugar color, quickly pour in a small bowl of hot water to stop the sugar from continuing to caramelize, stir well and put it out for later use.

Pour in the oil again, after the oil is hot, add green onion ginger, star anise, cinnamon and other spices, stir-fry until fragrant, pour the sugar back into the pan, add light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce and salt.

Put the fake pork belly in a pot, add water to cover the ingredients, cover with a lid, and simmer over low heat.

All the steps are the same as braised pork.

Forty minutes later, one man and one spirit returned to the stove.

"Are you ready to witness the pork belly made with vegetarian ingredients?"

Hearing Qin Lang's inquiry, Danbao hurriedly moved his head.

"Goo-toot!"

I want to see it, I want to see it!

"Dangdangdang~"

Qin Lang opened the lid of the pot, and with a wave of hot steam, everything in the pot gradually became clear.

The fake pork belly, which had completely turned into brown, appeared in front of the eyes of one person and one spirit.

The tofu is lighter in color, showing a light brown color that is almost exactly the same as the fatty part of the braised pork.

The melon is darker in color, and the dark brown hue can also be mistaken for the lean part of the braised pork.

With the string fixed, even after such a long stew, the fake pork belly does not fall apart, but retains its regular shape.

Paired with the "meat skin" that has been fried in advance, it is like tempting pork belly fluttering slightly in the pan.

"Goo~"

Danbao swallowed a deep mouthful of saliva, smelling the rich fragrance escaping from the air, and was already a little impatient.

"Don't worry, wait for me to collect some juice." Qin Lang appeased, and then turned up the fire.

The water in the pot evaporates rapidly, but the flavor of the soup becomes more and more intense.

It wasn't until the soup was thick that Qin Lang skillfully plated it.

Place the fake pork belly on a plate, cut off the strings and drizzle with a thick broth to add a layer of luster to its surface.

A dish of vegetarian braised pork is thus completed.

"Come and have a taste?"

Qin Lang smiled and picked up a piece and put it into the mouth of the egg treasure who was already eager to try, and then picked up another piece and sent it into his mouth.

After a little chewing, he nodded slightly.

Compared with real braised pork, the meat taste of vegetarian braised pork is still lighter, but the seasoning is almost the same, so the difference between the two is not obvious.

Whether it is tofu or winter melon, it is full of soup at the moment, after a long time of stewing, the soft and glutinous taste can bring the experience that is not inferior to the braised pork, and the fried "meat skin" is glutinous with crispy, and the taste is even more wonderful.

After the initial flavor of the braised sauce gradually fades, you can feel the faint aroma of tofu and winter melon in the aftertaste.

"Gollum!"

Egg Bao, who tasted a piece of vegetarian braised pork, had a suspicious expression on his face.

You can't eat the taste of vegetarian food at all!

If it hadn't watched Qin Lang do it with his own eyes, it would have thought it was meat.

No, I'm going to eat another 100 million yuan to verify it!

Looking at Meimei's egg treasure enjoying vegetarian braised pork, Qin Lang smiled.

There is still one day, and he can adjust and optimize this dish again.

For example, to make the texture of the pork belly more realistic, for example, to make the meat flavor of the vegetarian braised pork stronger.

He was curious about what kind of evaluation the thirty judges would give to this dish in the rating competition the day after tomorrow.

…

On this night, it was not only Qin Lang who was preparing for the municipal cooking competition the day after tomorrow, but also the twenty-five contestants who were also on the list.

In his own practice kitchen, Tang Xie's eyes were bright, and the darkness of the night could not hide half a minute.

He has already lost to Qin Lang twice, and there will be no third time!

As for the rest of the contestants...

Tang Xie's eyebrows raised slightly, with a little pride.

Except for one out-of-town Imperial Spirit Chef who doesn't know the details, the other Imperial Spirit Chefs are all defeated by his subordinates!

Keep up the good work!

Tang Xie cheered himself up in his heart, and then together with the two food spirits flying beside him, he once again devoted himself to the adjustment and preparation of the dishes.

Beside him, the scraps of ingredients had been piled up into a small mountain.

And the foreign imperial spirit chef who Tang Xie didn't know the details was busy in the back kitchen of a restaurant in Dongxia City at the moment.

"Tuk-tuk."

The owner of the restaurant walked to the door of the back kitchen and knocked on the door.

"Lake, it's closed."

Hearing the sound, Ryker in the kitchen looked up, revealing his bright brown eyes.

He glanced at the restaurant owner and said calmly, "According to the previous agreement, I only need to make ten temporary dishes for the day, and this kitchen can be used by me." ”

"That's true, but do you want to continue?" The restaurateur couldn't help but speak, "You've been in the kitchen all night, haven't you?" ”

"Not enough." Lake shook his head, as if there was a war intent burning in his eyes.

He's the champion of the Danju City Cooking Competition, and the purpose of coming here is not to have fun, but to get the champion's second-level food promoter badge.

How can you just qualify for the top eight in the rating competition?

He's going to win the first place in the rating competition!

He wants to win the second-level food recommender badge with no suspense!

"Okay." Seeing Lake like this, the restaurant owner shook his head helplessly, "The key is left for you, don't forget to close the door when you leave." ”

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