After Zhao Jinmai added water to two-thirds of the soup bucket, Li Yi put the mutton chops and mutton bones in again, and the soup bucket was already full.

Li Yi turned on the stove, burned it on medium heat, turned around and came to the board, and began to process the sheep's tail oil.

"Brother Yi, it's done."

Liu Yifei washed the iron skewer and sent it to Li Yi.

"Put it here, and you'll be able to wear meat in a moment."

Li Yi said, cutting a whole sheep's tail oil in half from the middle.

"What a big lump of fat!"

Liu Yifei was stunned.

When Li Yi heard this, he said with a smile: "For the locals in the Western Regions, sheep's tail oil is the essence of mutton skewers, and there is no fat in the barbecue, which is equivalent to no soul." ”

"But that's too fat, isn't it? How do you eat it? Wouldn't it be very fat? ”

Liu Yifei looked at the fat and was a little stunned.

"You'll find out when you taste it later."

Li Yi didn't explain, but just ordered: "By the way, when you just took the iron stick, did you see a bundle of red willow branches next to it?" ”

"It's the branches, aren't they?"

Liu Yifei nodded, turned around and brought it to Li Yi.

Li Yi pulled out a red willow branch and gently picked the epidermis with his fingernails.

A piece of the soft skin was cut off by his fingernails, and he nodded in satisfaction when he saw this.

Seeing the branch that Liu Yifei brought over, Zhao Jinmai asked, "Brother Yi, is this the red willow barbecue from the Western Regions?" ”

"Have you eaten?"

Li Yi looked at her with a smile.

"I've eaten it twice, and there is also a Western Regions barbecue in my hometown, which has this kind of red willow barbecue, a skewer of ordinary mutton skewers and three skewers."

Zhao Jinmai hesitated before saying, "But when I ate it, I didn't seem to taste the taste of red willow." ”

Hearing Zhao Jinmai's words, many viewers in the live broadcast room immediately jumped out and complained.

"Really! I have also eaten this kind of red willow skewers, saying that it has the aroma of red willows, but there is no one at all, and it is sold at a dead price! ”

"This is the IQ tax, deceptive, there is this kind of red willow barbecue on the Western Regions barbecue stall in front of my house, and the red willows used are all roasted and black, and they are all old actors."

"If you eat barbecue in the Western Regions, you can eat ordinary barbecue, and not many locals eat red willow barbecue, which is not cost-effective at all."

"Just think about it, the Western Regions are all deserts, how can there be so many red willows?"

Li Yi saw the audience's complaints, and explained with a smile: "In fact, the real red willow does have a special fragrance, but the premise is fresh red willow."

For example, when I was a child, I would break some willow branches, peel off the skin, and make a willow flute to play with.

When the bark of the willow branch is peeled off, there will be a bitter taste on the wood and skin, and if you have played with it, you will definitely know what it tastes like. ”

"I've played."

Liu Yifei smiled: "When I was a child, I would do it myself, but I didn't do it as loudly as others, and I cried angrily." ”

When Wu Lei heard this, he interjected with a smile: "It's a must for me to do this, I'll help you make one when I go back, it's absolutely fun!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly saw the red willow branch in Li Yi's hand, and asked curiously: "Brother Yi, can the skin of this red willow be used as a willow flute?" ”

"Theoretically, you can try."

As Li Yi spoke, he used a knife to cut a circle at the root of the red willow branch in his hand, and then slashed upward.

Then he peeled the skin off the red willow branches.

The red willow branches inside were very fresh, and the tentacles were moist, Li Yi lowered his head and sniffed, then handed it to Zhao Jinmai and signaled: "You smell it, this is the smell of red willow." ”

Zhao Jinmai took the red willow branch, lowered his head and sniffed, a little surprised: "Huh? There really is a fragrance! I can't say it, but it smells good. ”

As she spoke, she sniffed it a few more times before saying, "The red willow skewers I ate don't have this taste." ”

"Of course, it's fresh red willow branches."

Li Yi said with a smile: "When the red willow is fresh, it will also secrete a special fragrance of sap under the bark, but when the sap dries, the fragrance will disappear."

This juice is a good thing, it can relieve fever and rash, dispel wind and dampness, and the local old people will boil water with red willow branches to give measles children to drink, so that the rash can be penetrated.

In the desert, sheep and camels like to eat red willow branches, and in the past, when shepherds went into the desert to herd sheep, they would fold a few red willow branches on the red willows, peel off the skin, and use them as skewers to roast the mutton and eat them.

This is the most traditional barbecue method in the Western Regions, red willow branches with mutton, dipped in salted water to eat, the Western Regions have been eaten like this for thousands of years.

Later, the iron sign was a more modern practice, and there was not so much iron in the Western Regions in the past. ”

"No wonder."

Zhao Jinmai listened to Li Yi's explanation, and then understood: "The red willow skewers I ate are all dry, and they haven't even peeled the skin, of course they have no taste!" ”

When the audience in the live broadcast room heard this, they also suddenly realized.

"No wonder! I said that those red willows were dry, and they couldn't taste for a long time, but they were all dry. ”

"I said! With fresh red willow branches picked from the Western Regions, how many barbecue restaurants can afford it? ”

"It is recommended that the barbecue restaurants in the mainland cancel the red willow skewers! There is no point, barbecue and barbecue, meat is the most important thing, everything else is bells and whistles. ”

Looking at the audience's barrage, Li Yi said with a smile: "You can't say that, after all, not everyone has the opportunity to go to the Western Regions to eat authentic red willow barbecue."

It's also nice to be able to eat a little exotic and a little fresh at your doorstep.

However, if you want to eat this most authentic red willow barbecue, it is best to go to the Western Regions and roast it on the Gobi Desert with fresh red willow branches, which is more authentic. ”

"There's another way."

Wu Lei interjected with a smile: "That's to ask Brother Yi to do it for us!" ”

"You're such a clever little ghost."

Li Yi made a joke, handed over the red willow branches to Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai, and ordered: "You peel out all these red willow branches, and we can barbecue meat." ”

As he spoke, he taught them both how to peel the skin.

Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai learned quickly, and they became proficient after peeling a few sticks.

Seeing this, Li Yi turned around and cut out all the remaining sheep's tail oil.

Half of the sheep's tail oil was cut into dice-sized pieces, and half into mahjong-sized slices.

These sheep's tail oil flakes are used to make liver-in-oil.

The master of the sheep slaughter is obviously more experienced, and when the sheep is frozen, the heart, liver and kidney are all put in the belly of the sheep.

In the process of air transportation, the temperature in the belly of the sheep did not drop below zero, and the heart, liver and kidneys of the sheep did not freeze, and the freshness was maintained well.

However, the fresher the offal, the better the taste, although it is shipped cold and fresh, but after a few hours, the taste will still be a little worse.

Especially the lamb liver, if you leave it for a long time, the fresh sweetness will dissipate a lot, so you must eat it as soon as possible, otherwise it will be wasted.

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