After the dough woke up for half an hour, Li Yi brought a large basin with a diameter of one meter and two.

This is the largest basin prepared by the program team, but it can only barely hold the dough that has gained a circle after proofing.

followed, Li Yi beckoned Huang Xiaoming, who came to help, brought pure water with him, and poured it into the basin.

After filling the basin, Li Yi sprinkled a handful of salt into it, and then called Liu Yifei, Zhao Jinmai and Wu Lei over: "Come, help me wash my face." ”

"Here we go!"

Wu Lei and the others ran over happily.

"What is this for?"

Liu Yifei looked at a large ball of dough soaked in a basin of water, and was a little curious.

"Wash your face."

Li Yi explained casually.

"Wash your face?"

Liu Yifei was puzzled: "Why do you have to wash your face after making good noodles?" ”

"I want the gluten in it."

Li Yi explained: "The main raw materials of imitation meat dishes are tofu, gluten and various kinds of tofu.

Among them, gluten plays a role in simulating the taste of meat.

Gluten is the vegetable protein left behind after flour is added with water, kneaded into a dough, and washed off the starch by continuous rinsing.

Its main components are gliadin and glutenin, which are more viscous.

Therefore, we have to wash off all the starch in this ball of dough, and the last thing left is gluten. ”

When Liu Yifei heard this, she realized: "Oh, the kind of baked gluten we usually eat, is this how it is made?" ”

Li Yi nodded: "The principle is similar, but the kind of baked gluten on the market is basically made directly from gluten." ”

"Gluten?"

Liu Yifei blinked: "Technology and ruthless work again?" ”

"Not really."

Li Yi said with a smile: "Gluten is actually the flour ground after gluten drying, and the factory just uses large-scale machinery and assembly lines to complete the steps of dough and dough washing, and then dehydrate and dry the gluten washed out, and then grind it into powder, which becomes gluten."

However, the gluten after the steps of drying and then grinding, there is still a certain impact on the gluten inside, and after soaking in water again, there is still a gap between the taste and the first time it was made.

Therefore, in order to achieve a simulated meat quality and a real effect, we have to wash the first gluten with water. ”

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Zhao Jinmai on the side had already washed his hands and began to knead the dough in the water.

"Haha! It's so much fun! ”

Zhao Jinmai giggled and pinched happily: "It's like my little nephew's belly, it's so comfortable to pinch." ”

Hearing her words, everyone else joined in.

"Wow! It feels good to decompress. ”

Wu Lei enjoys it: "It feels like playing with a decompression toy. ”

"This washes pretty quickly, and the water turns white in a while."

While kneading the dough, Huang Xiaoming looked at the water below that had turned into white soup, and asked, "To what extent does this have to be washed to be considered washed?" ”

Li Yi said while washing: "Wash three to five times, wash until the water no longer turns white, that is, after the starch is washed off, it is the gluten I want in the end." ”

"I don't know if this gluten is high in calories, and you will gain weight if you eat it, right?"

Wu Lei muttered while washing his face.

"Not necessarily."

Li Yi said with a smile: "Gluten is a vegetable protein, which is about the same as the calories of eggs, but if it is roasted and eaten, adding all kinds of oil and peppers, seasonings, then the calories are relatively high, and after eating too much, the pressure on the kidneys is also relatively large, so it is better to eat in moderation." ”

They chatted, and the audience in the live broadcast room also chatted enthusiastically.

"My family used to open a cool skin shop, and my favorite thing to play is to wash gluten, the gluten in the cold skin is the best, the gluten has small holes in it, it is full of soup, and the taste is very full."

"Has anyone ever drunk gluten soup? My family is from Suzhou, Hui Province, and I will make gluten soup in summer, that is, wash out the gluten, and then add green leafy vegetables, persimmons, vermicelli, put some vinegar, and drink it sour, fragrant, and thick, especially to relieve the heat! ”

"I've drunk it! I'm from Feng County, Subei, and our gluten soup with silver cabbage is also very delicious! ”

"Who likes to eat oily gluten? My family is Wuxi, every New Year's holiday, this family will make oil gluten stuffed meat, we call meat stuffed oil gluten, delicious! ”

"When I eat hot pot, I also like shabu gluten, which is particularly flavorful, and it is hot and spicy in one bite, and it is enjoyable!"

In front of the camera, several people who were washing their faces also noticed the audience's barrage, joined in, and chatted.

Wu Lei mentioned: "My hometown also eats oil and gluten. ”

"Of course, your hometown is so close to Wuxi."

Zhao Jinmai said with a smile: "My hometown is to eat roasted gluten, as well as fried, and then there is spicy tang, I add it every time I eat it." ”

"We also have fried gluten there, and gluten stuffed meat."

Huang Xiaoming felt amazing: "It seems that there are different ways to eat gluten all over the country!" ”

Liu Yifei looked at Li Yi and asked, "Brother Yi, when did gluten appear?" ”

In everyone's minds, Li Yi has become an encyclopedia of cooking.

"The first written record was in the Song Dynasty."

Li Yi explained: "There was a pharmacologist in the Song Dynasty, named Kou Zongzao, who was very interested in Materia Medica, and wrote a book of "Materia Medica", which Li Shizhen used as a reference when he wrote "Compendium of Materia Medica".

There is a record in this "Materia Medica" that wheat is "chewed raw into tendons, and can be sticky to birds and insects", which is the first written record of gluten.

It is also mentioned in "Dream Creek Writings" that where there is iron and steel, there are gluten in the face. If you have a soft face, you will see gluten. The same is true for steelmaking.

This is a metaphor, but it already speaks of the practice of gluten.

Therefore, gluten also appeared in the Song Dynasty at the latest, but I believe that before the Song Dynasty, there was already gluten, but no one recorded it. ”

When Wu Lei heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It feels amazing, the ancients were really smart, and they could actually think of so many delicious food practices." ”

Zhao Jinmai asked curiously: "Brother Yi, how many kinds of gluten are there?" ”

"According to the type, there is only one, and according to the method, there are three common ones."

Li Yi explained: "After washing, what is cooked with water is water gluten, what is fried in oil is oil gluten, and what is steamed in a steamer, which is called roasted bran in the south." ”

"Huh! Right, right! It's called roasted bran in my house. ”

Wu Lei nodded.

"It's the kind that is put in the cold skin, right?"

Zhao Jinmai said, suddenly thought of something, and asked Li Yi, "Eh?" Brother Yi, can this washed water be used as a cool skin? ”

"That's right!"

Li Yi said with a smile: "The cool skin is made by scalding the starch water washed out of the dough. ”

"Then let's eat cold skin at night, shall we?"

Zhao Jinmai came to the spirit.

"Yes!"

Li Yi said with a smile: "This pot, don't talk about us, the entire program group is enough to eat." ”

"Haha! Eat cold skin! ”

Wu Lei smiled and picked up his wet hand and flicked it at Zhao Jinmai, and immediately flicked Zhao Jinmai's face.

"Oops! Annoying! ”

Zhao Jinmai complained and bounced at him, but he dodged it with a smile.

Zhao Jinmai was not convinced, got up and chased after him.

Watching them fight, Li Yi smiled and didn't say anything.

But suddenly, he felt a chill on his cheeks.

Turning his head to look, it was Liu Yifei who was raising her hand and smiling happily.

Seeing this, Li Yi deliberately picked up a handful of water, pretending to splash her, and Liu Yifei suddenly screamed and threw it away.

Soon, the restaurant was filled with laughter.