The back kitchen of the restaurant didn't make lunch, but just a tasting, everyone was already enjoying it.

After noon, the pre-prepared ingredients began to come out of the pot one after another.

As soon as the marinated elbow came out of the pot, everyone tasted two.

The spine of the sauce stew was also half eaten.

After the whole pig's head was cooked, Li Yi shaved the bones out and was also shared by everyone.

After three hours of stewing, the bones of the pig's head have been completely deboned, and they can be pulled out with a light tug.

If you bite with your teeth, you will find that the bones have been stewed and crispy, and you can even bite the bones like you gnaw on sugar cane.

So, like eating sugar cane, everyone chewed all the bones, smacked the bone marrow and juice, and the experience was very wonderful.

However, although the bones taste good, they are not hungry.

After the bones were finished, everyone was even hungrier.

At this moment, a rich aroma accompanied by a burst of moist water vapor diffused.

Everyone's eyes were attracted, but it was Li Yi who opened the steamer.

"Is the lion's head already?"

Wu Lei smelled the smell and ran over.

These lion heads were helped by him and Zhao Jinmai, and they have been steaming in the steamer for two and a half hours.

Li Yi wore heat-insulating gloves and took out a porcelain basin from the steamer.

In the clear soup in the basin floated large meatballs one after the other, each the size of a goose egg.

Looking at the complete lion head in the basin, Wu Lei was surprised: "After steaming for two hours, it didn't disperse?" ”

"What is the lion's head called when it's scattered?"

Li Yi said with a smile: "When I mix, I will add starch to it, just to take advantage of the gelatinization of starch when it is heated, so that it can maintain its shape." ”

"It smells so good!"

Zhao Jinmai approached and sniffed it, only to feel the fresh fragrance.

She turned around and greeted Hu Ling: "Mom, come and see, this is the authentic stewed lion's head made by Brother Yi." ”

Hu Ling also made a lion's head at home, but failed, and dispersed when he got out of the pot.

She stepped forward to look at the complete lion head in the basin and the translucent soup, and couldn't help asking, "Huh?" Li Yi, I also beat the starch when I made it at home, how can it be out of the pot or scattered? ”

"That's because the starch is not beaten enough, the meat filling is not beaten, the pulp is too small, and there is no stickiness."

Li Yi explained, and then suggested: "Next time you do it again, you can adjust a bowl of water starch, rub a layer on the outside when the lion's head is formed, and then put it in a hot pot to cook for a few minutes to set."

When the starch is gelatinized when heated, it sticks when it is in the water, and after a layer of starch skin is breaded, the lion's head is not easy to disperse. ”

"Oh! Can it still be like this? ”

Hu Ling suddenly realized: "I've learned, I'll try it next time." ”

"Brother Yi, can I taste one?"

Wu Lei was already drooling on the side.

"One? This one will be full of food. ”

Li Yi reminded him with a smile: "This big meatball is full in the stomach, can you still eat the tamales in the back?" Do you still want to eat the meat? Do you still want to eat spicy belly? Do you still want to eat the liver and waist stir-fried? ”

"Eat!"

Wu Lei turned his head to look at Huang Xiaoming: "Brother Xiao Ming, let's taste half of it by ourselves, right?" ”

"Okay."

Huang Xiaoming readily agreed.

Seeing this, Wu Lei happily took the small bowl, scooped up a lion's head with a soup spoon, and put it in the bowl.

Using a soup spoon as a knife, he cut the lion's head in half, Wu Lei brought the bowl to Huang Xiaoming and dialed half of it for him.

Then he took the spoon, scooped up the lion's head, and couldn't wait to take a bite.

The temperature of the lion's head that had just come out of the pot was very hot, and as soon as he bit into it, he loosened his mouth like an electric shock.

With a hissing breath, he cut off a piece with a spoon and blew it a few times, and after blowing it cool, he put it into his mouth.

After eating so many dishes of Li Yi, he has mastered a set of his own methods to deeply taste Li Yi's dishes.

The three aspects of color, aroma and flavor of a dish are interdependent.

The perfect way to taste it is with all your senses.

Sight, smell, and taste are all indispensable.

Therefore, when he was blowing cold, he never left the lion's head the whole time, but greedily observed every inch of its "skin", like a pervert.

And when he ate the lion's head in his mouth, he also took a deep breath and let the aroma enter his body along with the meatballs.

It's not his nonsense, and this operation can indeed enhance the taste to the extreme.

Savoring the lion's head at the entrance, Wu Lei couldn't help laughing.

"Why are you happy to eat it again?"

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai joked with a smile.

Wu Lei pointed to the lion's head and smiled at her: "Have you ever watched the food video on the Internet?" One of the most common things that many food bloggers say is melt in your mouth.

But when you taste this lion's head, it really melts in your mouth! Try it if you don't believe it! ”

"Really?"

Zhao Jinmai had already believed his words, but after tasting a bite of the lion's head, his eyes widened in amazement.

"Wow! It really melts in your mouth! ”

The lion's head, which had been stewed for two and a half hours, was already extremely soft.

After entering the mouth, just gently squeezing it with his tongue, a very thick juice gushes out of the lion's head.

But it is not completely melted into gravy, and in the lion's head, there are still small diced meat, and chopped water chestnuts, which still have a certain texture.

It's like eating a brand of fruit-flavored ice cream, and after the ice cream melts, there are still pieces left in your mouth to chew and taste.

"It's delicious!"

Zhao Jinmai enjoyed eating.

"Sister, sister."

Chen Chen was so hungry that he drooled, but he couldn't reach the table, so he could only ask Zhao Jinmai for help.

Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai scooped up a spoonful, blew it cold, and fed it to him.

Swallowing the lion's head in his mouth, Chen Chen didn't chew it, just sipped it as if eating ice cream, and kept squeezing the meat juice dry before chewing the meat and water chestnuts, hehe smiled happily.

"Is it delicious?"

Li Yi asked him with a smile.

"Delicious!"

Chen Chen nodded again and again, jumping excitedly: "This is the best meatball I have ever tasted!" ”

"It's a lion's head."

Zhao Jinmai reminded him with a smile.

"Why the lion's head?"

Chen Chen was puzzled: "It doesn't look like a lion's head?" ”

"Uh..."

Zhao Jinmai was stunned, she really didn't know why this dish was called a lion's head.

Seeing that she couldn't say it, Chen Chen looked at Li Yi.

Seeing this, Li Yi deliberately teased him: "Although it doesn't look like a lion's head, it looks like a lion's brain!" ”

"Huh?"

Chen Chen was stunned.

"Kidding you."

Li Yi explained with a smile: "This dish was originally called sunflower chopped meat in Huaiyang, and of course it doesn't look like a real lion, but it looks more like a fake lion head in a lion dance, so the name spread." ”

"Sunflowers? Is it the meat chopped by the little sunflower's mother? ”

Chen Chen scratched his ears before shaking his head and said, "It's still a lion's head, and the lion is powerful." ”

Everyone was amused by his words, and Wu Lei on the side had already eaten half of the lion's head.

Wang Gang was the last to step forward, and he and Li Yi shared one.

He tasted it carefully, looking first, then smelling, and then spooning.

After tasting it, he nodded silently.

"What's going on? Are you eating? ”

Zhou Yunpeng asked him on the side.

This is on the show, you have to have a camera, Zhou Yunpeng is taking care of him.

Hearing his words, the photographer immediately turned the camera.

Seeing the camera shooting, Wang Gang smiled shyly before explaining: "This dish... It's good, I shouldn't be able to do it. ”

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