After arriving at the restaurant, Li Yi began to get busy.

Today, hundreds of elderly people will come to participate in the recording, and at least ten tables of banquets will be prepared.

So he had to get a lot of ingredients ready in advance.

Huang Xiaoming and Wu Lei had already washed the bubbling pig's head according to Li Yi's request.

The Ivory Mountain Six have also arrived at the restaurant.

After a night's rest, they regained their spirits, and when they arrived at the restaurant, they all changed into chef's clothes.

They are very satisfied with their own looks, and they are even energetic to do their work.

Once the preparation begins, the live stream will also be launched.

Although it was early in the morning, there were still many viewers who poured into the live broadcast room, and the barrage and gifts flew together.

"It's finally live! Waited for more than an hour! ”

"It's the night shift! Have a meal, watch a live stream, and go to bed. ”

"I didn't feel good when I got up in the morning, so I just watched the live broadcast to refresh myself."

"I found that I was addicted, and now I don't watch "Chinese Restaurant" for a day, I feel uncomfortable!"

"Where am I? Why didn't you see her? ”

"Where did Sister Fairy go?"

The audience was chatting in the live broadcast room, but everyone in front of the camera was busy.

The Ivory Mountain Six captured a lot of the audience's attention.

They were dressed in uniform chef uniforms, and each had a cutting board in front of them with large chunks of pork stacked on it.

Each of them carried a large kitchen knife in his hand, cutting or chopping, and was in full swing.

Their job is mainly to help Li Yi process the ingredients into the way they need to.

For example, cut the lower pork belly into square piers to make Dongpo meat, chop the shaved front leg meat into stuffing, and make lion's head, etc.

Seeing their busy and professional appearance, the audience in the live broadcast room ridiculed.

"Ivory Hill Theme Restaurant is open!"

"Tian Wow, don't be lazy, you have a big head and a thick neck, and you look like a natural partner!"

"Haha! These six are dressed like this, and they are not inconsistent at all. ”

"Brother Yi! I want to complain about Liu Neng! There's hair in the flesh he chopps! ”

Li Yi didn't pay attention to the audience's barrage, he was busy adjusting the soup of [Roasted Whole Pig's Head].

The history of grilled whole pig's head is quite long, and its status is very important.

In ancient times, the pig belonged to one of the three animals, and the pig's head belonged to the head of the six yangs, which has always been used only when worshipping ancestors and worshipping the heavens.

In ancient times, the general time of sacrifice was on the second day of February, that is, the dragon raised its head.

The "dragon" on the dragon's head refers to the Eastern Canglong Seven Nakshatras in the 28 Nakshatras.

At the beginning of the first month of spring, the dragon horn star will rise from the eastern horizon, so it is called the dragon raising its head.

The infestation of the Seven Nights of the Dragon corresponds to the rainfall.

The ancients believed that the dragon was in charge of the rainfall, and the rainfall determined the harvest of farming, and the harvest of farming determined people's living standards.

The dragon's head is raised to indicate that the yang energy is growing, the rain is increasing, and everything is full of life.

Therefore, since ancient times, people have taken the dragon's raising of its head as a good day to pray for good weather and good weather, ward off evil spirits, and auspicious transport.

In ancient times, many areas in the south would perform ritual stove activities on the second day of February.

During the event, sacrifices such as three or five animals are often offered.

Among the sacrifices, the pig's head is the most indispensable one.

The pig's head used as a sacrifice was cooked.

But after the sacrificial activities are over, those pig heads and other sacrifices naturally cannot be thrown away.

Therefore, after the sacrifice, the three animal sacrifices will be recooked and distributed to everyone to eat, as a blessing from the ancestors and heaven.

This is a common phenomenon in ancient times, just like the number one famous dish in Sichuan cuisine [Hui Pot Meat], its origin is to go to the grave, worship ancestors and other activities, the boiled white water meat enshrined in the pot back to fry to eat, so it will be called [Hui Pot Meat].

"Grilled whole pig's head" is a dish that was born under such circumstances.

It is made of a whole pig's head that is bubbling through and grilled again, which is transparent and soft, and melts in the mouth.

The so-called grilled grill is actually braised grilled.

According to legend, during the Warring States period, the braised technique already existed.

At that time, in the people, every festive festival, there would be roast meat at the banquet.

Because of its ruddy and festive color, it is also called happy meat.

The charm of teriyaki lies in the red, and red is also the color that stimulates people's appetite the most.

The most traditional braised pork is toned with soy sauce.

However, in modern times, braised is more often used to tone with sugar color.

The color on the sugar color will be more red and brighter, the color will be more attractive, and the taste will be better.

Therefore, Li Yi's first step in preparing the sauce is to fry the sugar color.

"Xiaolei, go boil some boiling water, and bring some rock candy."

Li Yi arranged for Wu Lei to prepare, and he brushed the pot clean.

"Brother Yi, here."

Wu Lei sent the rock candy over, and when he saw Li Yi cooking the pot, he asked curiously: "Do you want to fry the sugar?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yi took the rock candy and put it in the pot.

Wu Lei swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "When I was a child, I liked to eat braised pork, and my grandmother often made it for me.

But the braised pork on our side of the magic capital is generally not fried with sugar, and rock sugar is directly put into it when stewing. ”

When Li Yi heard this, he paused slightly, and then said: "The braised pork in the Demon Capital has a thick oil red sauce, and it tastes good. ”

"That's right!"

Wu Lei said with a smile: "After I left the magic capital, I have eaten braised pork in many places, and I am still more accustomed to eating braised pork from Wu Xi's side, and I don't like braised pork in other places very much, and I always feel that the taste can't be stewed." ”

"It's burning."

Li Yi still corrected him: "You can't burn in." ”

Wu Lei was stunned when he heard this, and asked suspiciously: "I mean burning?" ”

"You're talking about stew."

Li Yi explained: "Cooking and stewing are two different things. ”

Wu Lei was even more puzzled: "Isn't it all boiled in water?" ”

"It's different."

Li Yi explained: Cooking is more focused on eating the ingredients themselves, while stews are more focused on drinking soup.

At the beginning of the cooking, a lot of seasoning is added to make the flavor of the seasoning slowly penetrate into the ingredients.

The stew adds very little seasoning, even the salt is put last, and the method of simmering over low heat is used to stew the taste of the ingredients and stew them into the soup to make the soup taste fresher. ”

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Wu Lei nodded incomprehensibly: "In other words, cooking is to burn the taste into the meat, and stewing is to stew the taste of the meat." ”

"That's right."

Li Yi smiled: "It sums it up very well. ”

"I see."

Wu Lei scratched his head: "I don't know much about roasting and stewing, I don't even know how to divide it between roasting and stir-frying, it's okay to say it's okay to cook vegetables, and it's okay to say it's okay to stir-fry vegetables." ”

"It's a matter of language habits."

Li Yi said with a smile: "Ordinary people don't pay so much attention to it, but according to professional techniques, cooking and stir-frying are two completely different techniques, which are completely different.

Stir-frying is heated with oil as a medium, whereas cooking is heated with water as a medium.

Oil is used as the medium for stir-frying, and the oil temperature is relatively high, so stir-frying dishes are quickly cooked.

In order to speed up the ripening of the ingredients, the ingredients used in the stir-fry are cut relatively small.

Because of the speed of stir-frying, the texture of stir-fried vegetables is relatively tender or crispy, and the flavor often does not have time to enter the ingredients, and most of them are wrapped on the surface of the dish.

Cooking is done with water, and the heating temperature is relatively low compared to the oil, and the heating time is long, so the ingredients can be cut into larger pieces.

When fired for a long time, the dish will be soft and ripe with some toughness.

The taste of roasted food is not just stuck to the surface of the dish, it can be burned into the dish, so the taste is more thorough. ”

Wu Lei listened and summed up Dafa again: "So stir-frying is to fry in oil, the ingredients are cut into small pieces, and the cooking is to be burned in soup, and the ingredients are relatively large, right?" ”

"Yes and no..."

Li Yi shook his head and did not continue to explain.

Stir-frying may not only use oil, but also stir-fry with water, and burn with oil.

But there is no need to explain too much to Wu Lei, after all, Wu Lei is not ready to be a professional chef.

He only habitually remembered the experience of teaching apprentices in the Imperial Dining Room.

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