Chapter 374: Surprising Guest(2/2)
If he remembered correctly, Gan Yu only ate vegetarian dishes every day, and there happened to be vegetarian dishes at the Changqing Banquet. If the other party didn't mind, he might as well give it a try and treat it as a practice in advance.
"Um, Sister Gan Yu, the old man is preparing for the Evergreen Banquet recently, and there is really no way to open a shop. If you don't mind, I can also cook temporarily."
"Really? That's great!"
Hearing that his lunch might be settled, Gan Yu subconsciously raised his voice, but then realized that it was too rude to do so, and quickly lowered his head and murmured in a low voice.
"Then it's up to you."
Hearing this, Bai Qiyun dropped the fox in his hand and walked up the stairs.
Xiaobai felt like he was being pardoned and hurriedly slipped from the front desk to the warehouse and disappeared.
Just now, it was almost taken to the bathroom by Bai Qiyun. That guy actually became interested in bathing pets. It was really scary.
Looking at Xiaobai's leaving figure, Gan Yu seemed to notice something.
"Maybe it's...an illusion."
She shook her head and when she came to her senses, Mona had walked out of the guest room.
"plz follow me."
Since it is decided that the medicine is already a customer, the etiquette should be based on the normal hospitality and cannot be lacking due to temporary opening. Mona knows this very well.
Stepping on the kitchen floor, Bai Qiyun immediately entered the state of a chef.
It’s time to try those recipes that I read in books before.
The vegetarian version of the Evergreen Banquet is actually not vegetarian fried vegetables in the traditional sense, but vegetarian food instead of meat.
Using vegetarian dishes to reflect the taste of meat is the reason why these dishes can be selected as part of the Evergreen Banquet.
"Mushrooms, winter melon, potatoes..."
Bai Qiyun counted the raw materials still in the kitchen. Fortunately, he had the most needed ones here.
Bai Qiyun roughly understood Gan Yu's taboos, let alone minced meat, not even a little bit of meat oil was allowed.
Therefore, the eggs and duck eggs required for the original dish were simply passed on.
Originally, he wanted to try making a crab race, but he had to use eggs, so there was no other way.
Since he only needed to make lunch for Gan Yu alone, Bai Qiyun didn't care too much about the cumbersome procedures.
For the first dish, he decided to make ‘vegetarian fried mutton skewers’.
The first choice of raw material must be mushrooms, and they are specially selected Hericium erinaceus.
After processing, this kind of mushroom will have a texture that is very close to real meat. Coupled with the fiber of the plant itself, it will emit a strange aroma when chewed in the mouth.
But mushrooms are mushrooms after all. Compared with real meat, they will lack the aroma of oil, and there are subtle differences in moisture and taste.
And this is the key that really determines whether vegetarian dishes can be made like meat.
In order to make up for these shortcomings, vegetarian fried mutton skewers will be fried in batter to increase the flavor and make it closer to the meat flavor.
In addition, frying itself will drain out the moisture of the ingredients, further restoring the taste of the meat.
Finally, it is seasoned with chili pepper and cumin to suppress the flavor of the mushroom itself.
"Work together."
Taking a bunch of fried mutton skewers out of the pot, Bai Qiyun bit off one piece regardless of how hot it was.
"Click~"
The lips and teeth made a slight collision sound with the thin outer layer of fried batter.
In the mouth, your mouth is filled with the aroma of fried and dry meat, and the aroma of chili and cumin rushes into your nose.
Such a miraculous feeling made Bai Qiyun put all the remaining food into his mouth, regardless of the scalding temperature, and kept chewing.
Of course, this dish is not perfect. When you taste it, you can still feel a little bit different from real meat.
But for Gan Yu, who had never eaten meat, it was not easy to fool her.
After finishing the first dish, Bai Qiyun turned his attention to the carrots and potatoes beside him.
These two things will be the main raw materials for the next dish.
Although he couldn't make crab because he couldn't use eggs, he could use these two things to make a vegetarian fried crab noodle dish.
The key to this dish is to make it tender and fluffy, so unlike the previous fried lamb kebabs, this dish needs to add moisture to the fine powder chopped from carrots and potatoes, so as to achieve a tender texture.
And if you want to do this kind of thing, you will definitely not be able to replicate it perfectly using just cooking skills.
Bai Qiyun turned his attention to Yandola floating aside.
"Why are you looking at me?"
Yandora couldn't help but shudder as she was a little frightened by the young man's gaze.
Chapter completed!