Chapter Seventy-One: The Secret of Marinated Tofu

"Really?"

Wu Lei listened to Zhao Jinmai's narration, and was a little unconvinced: "Eat tasteless with a white mouth, right?" ”

"It's flavorful, and if it's fresh enough, it tastes like a bean."

Zhao Jinmai said, and couldn't help urging Li Yi: "Brother Yi, do it quickly!" I'm getting a little hungry. ”

"Immediately, very quickly."

As he spoke, Li Yi opened the glass bottle of salt and brine, poured out a spoonful from it, put it in a bowl, added warm water and stirred it, stirring it well.

Then, he used the largest soup spoon to scoop the soy milk in the pot into the first large wooden barrel.

After scooping most of the bucket, he stopped, and then put his palm on top of the soy milk.

Wu Lei and the others watched him operate curiously, like students in class.

Seeing him put his palm on top of the soy milk, Wu Lei asked curiously, "Brother Yi, what are you doing here?" ”

"Feel the temperature of it."

Li Yi explained: "In the process of making tofu slurry, the temperature is more important, if the temperature is too high, the texture of the tofu will not be too good, but if the temperature is too low, it will affect the condensation of tofu."

Therefore, the temperature of soy milk is best controlled between 76-82 °C, and the quality of tofu is the best in this temperature range. ”

After speaking, he withdrew his hand and said casually: "78°C, just right." ”

Hearing his words, Wu Lei took the temperature gun from the table next to him and measured it on the soy milk, and the value showed that it was exactly 78 °C.

"Oh!"

Wu Lei exclaimed: "Brother Yi, you are too good!" ”

"I'll see, I'll see."

Zhao Jinmai came over, glanced at the number on the thermometer, looked at Li Yi in disbelief, and asked, "Brother Yi, how did you know that it has 78 °C?" ”

Li Yi disagreed: "Practice makes perfect." ”

"That's amazing!"

Wu Lei put the temperature gun in front of the camera and gave a close-up.

The audience in the live broadcast room was also shocked when they saw this number.

"Really? Is that okay? ”

"I'm not afraid of being hot, I can still understand, I can tell the temperature in one bite, I really haven't seen it."

"It's a human thermometer!"

"What's this? I've been an electrician for 20 years, and I know if there's electricity on the wires as soon as I touch them. ”

In front of the camera, Li Yi has already begun to prepare some tofu.

He came to the barrel with the already stirred salt brine in one hand and a wooden spoon in the other.

"I ordered tofu."

Wu Lei was very curious about the step of ordering tofu, put down the temperature gun and ran over, staring at the wooden barrel curiously.

Seeing that he was curious, Li Yi explained to him: "The principle of making tofu is to add a coagulant to the hot soy milk, so that the soy protein in the soy milk forms a gel, and the water and oil in the soy milk are fully wrapped in it.

The main ingredient of salt brine is magnesium chloride, which is a kind of salt, which has good water solubility and can react with soybean protein quickly, so it should be stirred quickly after being added. ”

As he spoke, he poured the salt brine from the bowl into the barrel little by little, then put the wooden spoon into the barrel and began to stir.

After a dozen stirrings, he stopped, then inserted the wooden spoon into the bottom of the bucket and pressed the handle with his hand.

Wu Lei asked curiously: "What are you doing here?" ”

"This allows the flow of water in the bucket to stop quickly."

Li Yi gestured: "Help me press it." ”

"Oh."

Wu Lei hurriedly reached out and helped him hold down the handle of the spoon.

Li Yi turned around and came to the desk, took the salt brine bottle, poured some more into the bowl, and then added warm water again and stirred well.

Returning to the bucket with the bowl, he glanced at the soy milk that was no longer surging and nodded: "Okay, pick it up." ”

When Wu Lei heard this, he carefully picked up the wooden spoon.

Li Yi poured the salt brine in the bowl into the wooden barrel again.

"How do you add it again?" Wu Lei was puzzled.

Li Yi took the wooden spoon from his hand, gently pushed the surface of the soy milk twice with the back of the spoon, and explained: "The reaction speed of salt and brine is fast, if you add too much at one time, the tofu will become hard, and the taste will be slightly bitter, so score three times and point three times." ”

As he spoke, he looked back at Wu Lei and said with a smile: "This is the secret of brine tofu, knowing this trick, if you travel back to ancient times, you won't starve to death, and you can support yourself by opening a tofu workshop." ”

"Learned."

Wu Lei was full of interest: "Now I'm waiting for the crossing." ”

When the audience in the live broadcast room heard this, they also spoke one after another to join in the fun.

"I can make soap, and I will be given a quota for crossing."

"I am a senior history lover, can make pure salt, can make soap, glass, and can also prepare gunpowder, I sincerely invite 108 brothers to travel back to ancient times to make contributions, and I want to sign up."

"The big guy begs to bring!"

“+1”

“+1”

While laughing, Li Yi had already ordered the second brine, took the lid and covered it on the mouth of the barrel.

Three minutes later, he lifted the lid, and the soy milk in the bucket had begun to separate, and a thin layer of water had precipitated from the surface.

At this time, Li Yi added the salt brine that had been prepared into the bucket for the third time.

Then, he picked up the wooden spoon, inserted it into the surface of the soy milk about half a spoon deep, and stirred it gently.

After about twenty or thirty seconds, the soy milk has already begun to show signs of solidification.

Cover it again, and five minutes later, Li Yi opened the lid again, and the soy milk in the bucket had turned pale yellow, and there was a clump of congealed paste floating in it.

And this is the original form of tofu.

"Bring the mold."

Under Li Yi's instructions, Wu Lei brought a few square molds made of wooden boards.

A layer of fine gauze was placed on the mold, and Li Yi scooped up the half-solidified tofu water with a wooden spoon and poured it into the mold.

The yellowish water was filtered out, and the yellowish paste was left on the gauze.

"Don't waste this water."

Li Yi poured all the filtered water into a large basin: "This water is acidic, and it can be reused to make slurry, and the tofu made is sour tofu." ”

The pearl jade white jade soup made with sour tofu is the most authentic and the most effective.

After covering the gauze and the wooden board lid of the mold, Li Yi asked Wu Lei to carry half a bucket of water over and press it on the mold.

"Brother Yi, how long do you have to wait?"

Wu Lei: They can't wait.

"It's about half an hour to press!"

Li Yi casually explained: "The more you press the tofu, the harder it becomes, and the more you press it, the drier it gets." ”

With that, he took another mold: "Come on! Continue, this grid makes dried tofu. ”

"Oh, here we are."

Wu Lei moved his shoulders and walked over.

"Let's go and rest for a while."

Li Yi raised his hand and pointed down the stool and motioned for him to rest.

Wu Lei was busy all morning, grinding tofu and taking things, which was indeed quite hard.

so that the large animals must also be combined with work and rest.

So, Li Yi greeted Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai: "Two heroines, come on?" ”

Liu Yifei filmed a bunch of martial arts dramas, and took over the conversation casually, hugging her fists: "They are all fellow martial arts practitioners in the rivers and lakes, since Li Shaoxia asks for each other, the two of us sisters should help each other." ”

As she spoke, she squeezed her eyes at Zhao Jinmai: "Senior sister, help." ”

"Uh... Oh. ”

Zhao Jinmai couldn't keep up with her and Li Yi's brain circuits, so she was stunned for a moment before answering and following.

Liu Yifei stepped forward with a smile, helped Li Yi with gauze, and asked with a smile: "I wonder if Li Shaoxia knows a famous dish called the Twenty-Four Bridge Bright Moon Night?" ”

"Oh?"

Li Yi cooperated with her and asked with a smile: "But with the kung fu of the orchid brushing acupoint, the tender tofu is cut into twenty-four small balls and steamed in the ham?" ”

"Li Shaoxia actually knows? Will that be done? ”

"It's not difficult, if Liu Nuxia can find a good Jinhua ham, Ben Shaoxia can give it a try."

"What if there is no Jinhua ham?"

"Then I'll have to settle for the next best thing and try it with the golden gong."

"What golden gong?"

"Golden Gong ham sausage."

"Hahaha!"

Seeing Li Yi and Liu Yifei chatting happily, Wu Lei and Zhao Jinmai glanced at each other and shook their heads helplessly.

I didn't expect them to be able to talk about such a boring topic.

The audience in the live broadcast room also had to vomit after watching the old groove.

"These two are good middle two!"

"Damn! I actually deviated from my fairy sister's painting style! ”

"Actually, I really want to try the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night made of Golden Gong ham sausage, I don't know what it tastes like."

"How do I feel like my wife is going to be in love?"