Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 646 Shredded Chicken Cold Noodles

Sure enough, sometimes no one will believe you when you tell the truth.

If you say you are a genius, people will think you are a genius, but if you say you are a genius, people will think you are humorous.

Sure enough, after this incident, none of them talked about it again, and each of them started to write this story for Chen Nianyuan according to the reasons they thought in their minds.

Later, after the other party sent the selected dishes to Chen Nian, he also said that his name was Xue Yan.

Chen Nian doesn't really care about the other person's name, anyway, no matter what the person's name is, he can't call him the full name, no matter what, he has to call him Boss Xue or something like Mr. Xue.

After determining the delicious dishes, Chen Nian calculated the amount of dishes and told the other party that it is best to come with about five people, because that is more suitable for the amount of dishes to try. Of course, if you want to try again at that time It doesn't matter if you try other dishes.

In this way, the aging turned around and sent the required ingredients to the supplier.

The answer given by the other party was that if this is all they need, they have it in stock today, and if they want it now, they can deliver it right away. After three days it was fine.

But at night, when Chen Nian was about to make something new after a long absence, he suddenly saw an old acquaintance outside the door, and the other party was indeed an old acquaintance.

And he was also one of the first few people who came after Chen Nian ran the Honghong Restaurant.

"Mr. Chen, what brought you here today?"

Chen Nian asked with a smile after seeing the person coming.

It was Chen Mingyu who came, and now Chen Nian still remembers the first time he met him, the other party was the investment manager of a cosmetics company, and he said he was a manager, but he was actually a telemarketer.

The monthly salary is extremely unstable, but in addition to living on his own, he has to pay off his debts. After all, he also started a company at the beginning, but was stabbed in the back by his brother. Originally, everyone cooperated to start the company and perform their duties. The brother who managed the money went directly to Macau to gamble and lost tens of millions.

So much so that he had to sell the company to pay back part of the money, but even so, he was still in debt of several million.

The first time they met was when Chen Mingyu was most embarrassed.

It took less than half a month to eat mapo tofu for one yuan and two yuan of rice abruptly.

After a while, Chen Mingyu took over a private job from a friend by virtue of his previous connections and personal abilities, and then slowly began to develop again.

Later, I resigned from the original unit and opened a studio. Now I have recruited some people. Although I can’t get a particularly large job, I can occasionally receive hundreds of thousands of orders, and my quality of life has improved. , The money is also slowly being paid back, and the whole person's spirit looks quite different from before.

But the consequence of this is that Chen Mingyu can't always come here to eat.

"It's not windy. Although I haven't been here for a while, I often ask errands to come to your place to buy food. It's a pity that you don't have takeaway here." Chen Mingyu said with a smile.

"Now the store is busy enough every day. If we open takeaway, we will definitely not be able to do it." Chen Nian said.

"Yes, boss, your craftsmanship is good, and the price is affordable. There is really no need to do takeaway. Although that thing can bring a lot of business, it will actually affect word of mouth. Many restaurants I have eaten are Since it became popular, I have gradually forgotten my original intention. Although I have expanded the scale, as you said, the boss, there must be times when I am too busy.

In the end, more and more branches opened, but the taste became worse and worse, and even started to use pre-made dishes and cooking bags. "

There is no conflict between these two types of aging, because for the development model of some restaurants, this method can only be used. On the one hand, it can reduce costs, and on the other hand, it can also maintain the unity of taste.

But Chen Nian himself would definitely not do this.

"Okay, what do you want to eat today? Anyway, all the dishes here are sold out, and I plan to make something new, but I haven't figured out what to do yet." Chen Nian asked.

Chen Mingyu looked at the menu on the wall: "These dishes are gone... But can I order anything else?"

"Order whatever you want, as long as I have the ingredients here, even if it's not on the menu, I can make it for you." Chen Nian said.

"Then I want to eat... chicken shredded cold noodles. To be honest, I haven't eaten delicious chicken shredded cold noodles for a long time. Although the weather is a bit cold now, I remember when I was in school, I made it in school. The chicken shredded cold noodles are quite delicious, but before graduation, the boss closed the shop and went to open a shop elsewhere.”

"Chicken Shredded Cold Noodles." Chen Nian nodded, "It's not difficult, but the recipes for some Chicken Shredded Cold Noodles are a little different from before."

"The ones I ate at school were made with sesame paste. It is true that now I rarely eat sesame paste in it outside. They are basically sour, sweet and spicy."

"Yes, many young people are used to the taste of cold noodles now. When I was online, I saw many young people say that cold noodles with shredded chicken with sesame sauce are not authentic enough."

During the conversation, the old age is also determined, and tonight I will eat chicken shredded cold noodles.

While talking, Chen Nian had already taken out a piece of chicken breast, which could serve almost three people, but considering that both Chen Mingyu and Chen Nian had a relatively large appetite, and besides, it was not for sale, so it was more A whole bit of meat is fine.

First put the whole piece of chicken breast into the water for blanching, then add some onion, ginger and rice wine to it to remove fishy smell and increase aroma.

While cooking for aging, they began to peel the garlic, and then cut off the buttocks of the garlic and put them in the pounding mortar, and started pounding.

Some dishes that use minced garlic just need to be chopped, but some have to be pounded slowly with a mortar.

In this way, the aroma of garlic will be stronger when it comes, and the minced garlic will be softer, and the spicy taste will not be so heavy.

After it was almost pounded, Chen Nian put some salt in it to enhance the taste, then stirred it evenly and put it into a small bowl.

After processing the garlic, Chen Nian took another piece of peeled fresh ginger and put it into the cooking machine, then added a little less water, and the ginger was completely crushed soon after the electricity was turned on.

Set aside as well.

There are two types of sesame paste in the store now, one is pure sesame paste, the other is Erba sauce, which is a mixture of peanuts and sesame paste, and Erba is the ratio of peanut butter to sesame paste .

This time, pure sesame paste was used for the aging. Although peanut butter would be more fragrant, the aged version was made in the 70s and [-]s. At that time, there were many ways to make sesame paste with homemade sesame oil in Sichuan. It's pure sesame oil and sesame paste.

Although Chen Nian is born in the 90s, when I first learned the craft at Chen Mapo Tofu Shop, it started in the 50s and ended in the 80s.

Therefore, I have an understanding of the customs at that time.

After adding water to remove the sesame paste, stir it into a uniform thick texture, and finally add sesame oil.

Sesame sesame oil and sesame paste, just stir it gently, and the small smell will come out immediately, and the fragrance will fill the room immediately.

After stirring for a while, Chen Nian added two spoonfuls of Weijixian and one spoonful of rice vinegar.

These two things can also enhance the freshness and taste, and after such preparation, a complex taste will be formed, which is also the most commonly used method in Sichuan cuisine seasoning.

Some difficulties lie in the control of flavor type.

According to old age, there are 24 basic types of Sichuan cuisine, such as spicy, fishy, ​​hot and sour, hot and spicy, strange taste, pepper and so on...

And from these flavor types, there are many branches.

The taste type made this time is a bit biased towards strange taste.

After the seasoning, I tasted it and found that it was not too salty and added some very fresh flavors. Even if it is old-fashioned cooking, you have to add various seasonings in small amounts and many times, unless you eat it all day long. The dishes I am cooking have already formed muscle memory, otherwise it would be difficult to adjust the taste to the right place in one go for dishes like chicken shredded cold noodles that have not been cooked for a long time.

After the salty and sour taste is fully released, three spoonfuls of white sugar are added to it after aging. After all, white sugar is an indispensable and important seasoning in Sichuan cuisine.

Basically, most of the Sichuan dishes that Chen Nian is familiar with need to add sugar.

When eating, the taste of white sugar is generally not tasted, but after adding white sugar, it can really improve the freshness of the dish itself.

Finally, put the garlic and ginger that have been pounded in advance just now.

Even if a lot of seasonings were added before, the real taste must be led by garlic.

After stirring evenly, Chen Nian added some pepper oil and pepper noodles as the final supplement.

Since the pure sesame paste is used for aging, the color will be slightly darker after the sauce is adjusted. If the version with peanut butter is used for aging, the color will be slightly lighter.

But even after aging like this, I feel that the color is still not deep enough, so I added some dark soy sauce to add some color. At that time, the sauce should be mixed with the noodles, even if the taste is a little strong, but mixed with the noodles Together it becomes very appropriate.

Add pepper oil and pepper noodles at the end, and then the taste of this bowl of sauce is completely released. At this time, I tasted it again.

"It's right this time." Looking at the old bowl of sauce, I feel that even if it is not used for noodles, it is extremely enjoyable to eat with steamed buns.

When I first went to school in the north, I went to eat hot pot with my roommates. It was the first time that Chen Nian knew that northerners eat hot pot with sesame sauce. He was not used to it at first, but later he prepared it according to his own style and taste. After your own exclusive secret recipe.

When eating hot pot, most of the aged sesame sauce will go down after the seasoning is prepared.

There is nothing to dip in, just pick a little with chopsticks and put it in your mouth, and it feels delicious to pick a little more and put it in your mouth.

As a condiment, you need to add chili peppers to Sichuan-style cold noodles, but this stuff is always available in old-fashioned restaurants, so there is no need to add extra.

The sauce is ready, but the noodles are not yet.

Chen Nian plans to make some more noodles. Since there are only two servings, there is no need to make too many noodles, but after putting the noodles and water into the basin, Chen Nian sees that the chicken breast over there is almost cooked , so I took it out and set it aside to dry.

Wait until the noodles are reconciled and put there to wake up before tearing the cooked chicken breast apart with your hands.

Just like shredded cabbage, this thing has to be torn into irregular shapes by hand, and it is neatly cut with a knife, which doesn't feel like that.

After the noodles were almost awake, Chen Nian started making noodles again.

"I'll cook the noodles a little bit later, the chewiness will be much worse after it's fully cooked, but if you like soft ones, I'll cook them a little longer." Chen Nian poked his head out and asked.

Chen Mingyu was already very hungry at the moment, and he was waiting for this meal in the evening: "It's okay, just follow your method, I also like to eat chewy ones."

"Dele!"

Chen Nian nodded, and after reconciling the noodles, sprinkled a layer of flour mixed with cornmeal on top, so that the noodles would not stick together easily.

After the noodles were put into the pot, a layer of white foam appeared on the surface of the water. Don't worry about aging, just watch it on the sidelines.

Chen Mingyu looked at his phone from time to time, and looked anxiously at the kitchen from time to time. At this time, the kitchen was full of steam, and even the glass was covered with white gauze.

It was at this time that Chen Mingyu felt a little hot, so he took off his coat.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" In the end, he couldn't sit still anymore and stood up and asked.

"There's nothing to help. If you have to help, just wait and help with a fan."

"fan?"

"Yes." Chen Nian said as he picked up a piece of noodles in the pot, looked at it and felt that it was almost cooked, so he took it out with a big strainer and put it in another new basin.

Sprinkled some sesame oil on top.

"Come on, the essence of eating cold noodles is that it's best not to soak them in cold water, and don't put them in the refrigerator. If you want noodles to taste delicious, you have to use a fan. In fact, if it's not so laborious, you can use an electric fan. But my side is air-conditioned, so let's use a fan instead."

As he spoke, he found two fans from the counter and fanned them with Chen Mingyu. Chen Nian was fanning with a fan in one hand and stirring with chopsticks in the other.

After fanning for seven or eight minutes, no heat came out of the noodles.

"Is it ready? I feel that this side is already cold." Chen Mingyu couldn't help swallowing.

"It's almost done. I'll pour the soul sauce on it later and it's ready to eat."

Talking about Chen Nian, he went back to the kitchen, chopped some cucumbers, carrots, and took some bean sprouts.

Take out the prepared sesame paste and oil chili, first scoop two spoonfuls of oil chili into the sesame paste, sprinkle a handful of sesame seeds, and finally stir it up.

Addicted to the moment, swallowing wildly.

Now he doesn't know why he still feels a little nervous.

Stir the spicy oil and sesame paste evenly as it ages, then serve it up and pour it all over the noodles.

Chen Mingyu couldn't bear it anymore.

(End of this chapter)