Chapter 616: Simple and quick Chinese "magic".
"Buy? No, no, no!"
Li Jinglin smiled and shook his head.
What is the essence of Chinese food?
The essence is that as long as there are ingredients and seasonings, it can be made, and the main thing is that it is very flexible.
After all, I am not a professional chef, and the teacher took the lead in making such a famous Italian dish, so there is no need to make a famous dish.
Just make a routine and that's it.
Even worse, there is the unique specialty of all Chinese students studying abroad - fried rice.
Rice fried everything.
Glancing at the dining table.
There are actually quite a few seasonings.
As a foodie who cooks frequently.
There are all kinds of special spices for Western food such as rosemary, thyme, basil leaves, mint, parsley, cumin, vanilla, sage and so on.
And what about seasonings suitable for Chinese food?
Take a closer look.
of course.
He glanced around the kitchen.
Sometimes, simplicity can reveal wonder.
Li Jinglin smiled slightly.
I didn't choose anything else.
These ones
Totally useless.
"that's it?"
There is even soy sauce that is not needed for Western food.
Salt, sugar, white pepper, all of them.
Thanks to internationalization, I can also use soy sauce abroad.
Christopher always feels that if the ingredients and seasonings are not ready, it always seems to be embarrassing.
"Li, do you really not need any other ingredients or seasonings?"
Li Jinglin immediately felt relieved.
"No need really!"
Since this is Milan, oregano, which is often used in pizza and pasta, is naturally abundant.
Li Jinglin picked two potatoes and two eggs.
Christopher still felt something was wrong.
With this thing, I can do anything for you!
"That's enough."
Seeing Christopher's disbelief, Li Jinglin smiled.
“We already have veal Milanese, so I’ll make two vegetarian dishes.”
Immediately, he started working quickly.
Peel potatoes and cut into cubes.
Crack the eggs into a bowl, add a spoonful of salt, stir, then add a large amount of water, stir and sift.
There were two pots on the other side, a steamer boiling water and a non-stick pot empty to preheat.
Steamed dishes are not uncommon in Europe, and steamers are actually often used. Even Yingguo people will use them to steam pudding.
After the water boiled, Li Jinglin sealed the egg liquid with plastic wrap, poked a few holes, put it in a steamer and started steaming it.
On the other side, pour cold oil into the hot pan. Although there is only olive oil, the olive oil is definitely enough.
Then add the potatoes.
In a hot pan with cold oil over medium heat, the potatoes will not stick to the pan, and the outside will not ripen too quickly when fried.
After gently tossing a few times, sprinkle some pepper and pour in a ring of soy sauce.
Then the spooning started.
After gently shaking the spoon a few times, a small spoonful of sugar will appear.
When the whole pot of potatoes turns a nice amber color, add some boiling water, then some salt, cover and simmer.
During the cooking process, I glanced at the progress of the steamer next to me.
I didn't wait too long. After I felt that the potatoes were almost simmered, I used corn starch to prepare a little water starch, turned on high heat to quickly reduce the juice, and poured in the water starch.
While the juice is collecting, turn off the heat of the steamer and take out the steamed chicken cake.
Use a knife to score a few lines on the egg cake and pour a little soy sauce on it.
The cake suddenly turned into a beautiful color.
When the braised potatoes are almost juicy and you can turn the spoon, continue to turn a few times to feel the degree of gravy.
At the appropriate time, turn off the heat, plate, and done. The speed is quite fast.
"Braised potatoes, steamed chicken cake."
Li Jinglin smiled slightly.
“Simple home cooking.”
"!"
Christopher's eyes widened.
The way Li Jinglin cooked today completely subverted some of Christopher's inherent perceptions of Chinese food.
"So simple?!"
"Yes, it's that simple."
Li Jinglin smiled and extended his hand to signal.
"Come and taste it?"
"That must be tasted."
Christopher eagerly took a spoon.
I’m not very good at using chopsticks, but I don’t actually need chopsticks to eat the two dishes in front of me.
First he tasted a bite of potatoes, then cleaned his spoon, and then took a bite of chicken cake.
The old man's expression suddenly became quite wonderful.
"Don't say it, really don't say it"
"hiss!"
The old man frowned slightly and carefully tasted the taste of the dishes.
How delicious it is, but it really doesn’t mean it’s not delicious? There's no way that's not delicious.
This is definitely a home-cooked dish that goes well with meals.
However, for the old man, this very orthodox Chinese home-cooked dish has a special exotic flavor that is quite rare in ordinary times.
This is like Chinese people who are used to eating Chinese food and accidentally go to a Western restaurant to eat some serious Western food.
The different flavors are indeed quite interesting.
If you encounter an ingredient or a unique flavor that you like, it is very common to fall in love with it all at once.
"It's delicious, it's really delicious, and it has a very different feeling."
Christopher looked surprised.
Although the flavor of these two home-cooked dishes made by Li Jinglin is not comparable to those of complex dinner-level delicacies.
However, Christopher could completely see this production process.
Simple, pretty simple.
Fast, quite fast!
It's like a set of five lightning whips!
clap clap!
Pippi click! Kuku chirping!
Swish swish!
Done? !
Being so simple, so fast, and able to achieve such a taste seems to everyone to be a bit of an injection of oriental magic.
"Lee, I'm more curious about Chinese food!"
Christopher's eyes were very shining.
Such a simple home-cooked dish is so delicious, it’s hard to imagine what other special delicacies there are.
"When are we leaving? When will your documentary be filmed? I can't wait!"
Looking at Christopher's appearance, Li Jinglin smiled.
Actually.
Whether it is "foreigners are disdainful of Chinese food" or "Chinese food can completely conquer foreigners", they are all expressions and manifestations of prejudice.
Too much labeling can easily lead to diodes.
Neither people nor food are that simple.
Everything is a complex combination, so how can it be said so absolutely?
After all, we are still human beings. In the final analysis, whether it tastes good or not is still a question of whether we like to eat or not.
Everyone's tastes vary greatly.
Even within the West or within China, there will be huge differences.
Whether Westerners eat orthodox Chinese food or Chinese people eat orthodox Western food, there will always be situations where "I don't like this taste, I'm not used to it", or "Oh my God, this tastes so good, so weird."
You may not be able to eat all of your own cuisine in your lifetime. After a few bites of food from other cuisines, you will be stereotyped and give a very one-sided definition?
That's really not necessary. It doesn't have to be like this.
Whether it is foreigners who eat Chinese food or Chinese people who eat Western food.
Just eat a little bit, eat a part of it, and it will rise to the level of the entire cuisine, whether it is derogatory or praise, it will be a little bit spicy.
(End of this chapter)
