MTL - A Mouthful of Sky-high Fried Rice, Lao Tang Apprenticed on the Spot-Chapter 83 Vegetarian Soup

  Chapter 83 Vegetarian broth

   With base vegetable broth, it is only the first step in making soup.

  Afterwards, Li Yi put all the soaked dried mushrooms into a large soup pot, then poured in pure water, filled it up to the mouth of the pot, and brought it to a boil.

  After the fire is turned on, the rich aroma of mushrooms has begun to permeate.

  Smelling the aroma of mushrooms in the air, everyone present was attracted.

   "Smells good!"

  Zhao Jinmai was attracted by the aroma.

  She took Liu Yifei's hand and said excitedly: "I ate the beef noodles made by Brother Yi that time, and it was the first time I smelled the beef broth he used. That's how I felt."

   As she spoke, she ran to the soup pot, took a deep breath, and then asked, "Brother Yi, is this vegetarian broth?"

   "It's still early! This is just the beginning."

   As Li Yi said, he cut the washed chanterelles and blue-headed mushrooms into slices and put them into the soup pot.

   These two kinds of bacteria are more suitable for stewing soup, and they both have a unique fragrance.

  Following that, he put another peeled sugarcane in it.

   This sugar cane is to add some natural sweetness to the stock.

  Afterwards, he took a piece of soaked lotus leaf, covered it over the mouth of the soup pot, and tied it tightly with a hemp rope.

  A piece of wet cotton cloth was covered again, and the mouth of the pot was completely sealed, tightly sealed.

  Turning the heat to low, he took out his phone, checked the time, and set an alarm for two hours.

  Two hours later, the vegetarian broth is considered complete.

   But to meet Li Yi's needs for making tofu feasts, this vegetarian broth is not enough.

  Among the dishes of the tofu banquet, in addition to vegetarian meat such as vegetarian chicken, vegetarian ham, and vegetarian beef, there will also be vegetarian seafood such as vegetarian fish, vegetarian shrimp, and vegetarian sea cucumber.

   This pot of vegetarian broth with mushrooms as the main ingredient is more suitable for making vegetarian meat dishes.

  Because the main ingredient of this vegetarian soup is mushrooms in the mountains, it is also called Sushan Zhentang.

   To make vegetarian seafood, you need to use another recipe of vegetarian broth, also called vegetarian seafood soup.

  Vegetarian seafood soup is mainly to simulate the taste of seafood, so the main ingredients used are all plants from the sea.

  Similarly, when choosing sea vegetables, Li Yi also chose dry goods, mainly dried kelp and dried kelp.

  In addition to the most common kelp and kelp, Li Yi also prepared rock cauliflower, known as the seabed bird's nest, as well as seaweed such as wakame and seaweed.

  In addition, there are soybean sprouts and white radish, which are also important base materials for vegetarian seafood soup.

  This soup is not troublesome, just put all the processed ingredients into the pot and stew together.

   But while it was cooking, Li Yi put a piece of tender corn into the pot.

   This corn is to add a sweetness to the broth, and it can also use the corn cob to absorb the excess fishy smell of the seaweed, killing two birds with one stone.

  Following the same method, Li Yi sealed the mouth of the pot with lotus leaves and wet cotton cloth.

   At this time, it was already eight o'clock at night.

  It has been a full ten hours since the live broadcast at ten o'clock in the morning.

   Not only has the audience in the live broadcast room changed a few times, but even the film crew has changed.

  In order to ensure a smooth live broadcast throughout the day, the program team specially arranged two groups of people to work in shifts.

  But the artists in front of the camera cannot be rotated.

  Wu Lei has been grinding beans for a day. Even though he is young and strong, and he often works out, he is exhausted after this day.

  Although Liu Yifei and Zhao Jinmai didn't do much heavy physical work, they were too busy to sit down for a while at the end of the day.

  Finally, after helping Li Yi pour all the ordered tofu into the mould, they could finally rest for a while.

   "Phew! It feels so good to sit down."

  Liu Yifei sat down on the chair, and the whole person sank into the chair, too lazy to get up again.

  Zhao Jinmai didn't even have the strength to speak, but just nestled on the chair, muttering in his mouth: "I'm so tired..."

  Although Wu Lei’s footsteps were a bit dragged, he still put on a look of disapproval: “It’s okay! I’m not as tired as I imagined.”

   As he spoke, he also found a chair and sat down.

  But as soon as he sat down, his face looked like he was about to ascend to heaven: "Hey~! Comfortable!"

  Huang Xiaoming was still helping Li Yi stack up the tofu molds, pressing the bucket on top.

   After pressing the tofu, Li Yi clapped his hands, turned around and looked at the three people who were about to collapse, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, you have been tired all day, you should go back and rest first!"

   "No reply! Resolutely no reply!"

  Wu Lei put his head on the back of the chair and waved his hands lazily: "I've been tired all day, and I won't leave without a bowl of steaming hot soup!"

  Li Yi laughed and said: "Then you guys have to wait! This soup will take at least an hour to be ready."

   "Wait! Must wait!"

  Wu Lei also laughed and said, "I'd like to try it and see if this broth is as delicious as wheat said."

  Li Yi knew that they were waiting for him to go back together, so he didn't say any more.

  There is only one process left for him, which is to make the prepared tofu and gluten into raw materials for imitation meat dishes such as vegetarian meat and vegetarian ham.

   This process is not difficult, but in order to ensure the quality, the opponent still has some requirements.

  So, instead of asking Wu Lei and the others to help, he chose to make it himself.

  Wu Lei and the others were also happy to relax, so they took out their mobile phones and responded to the audience's barrage.

  So, under the watchful eyes of everyone, Li Yi spent an hour and finally made all the vegetarian meat.

Seeing Li Yi turn sheets of tofu skins and pieces of gluten into elbows, ribs, and lean meat, Wu Lei sighed: "It's really not easy. Eating a few vegetarian dishes is better than making meat dishes directly." Trouble!"

   "Fortunately, the main reason is that I did too much at one time."

  Li Yi explained, while putting all the ingredients into the freezer, and then under the expectant eyes of Wu Lei and the others, he opened the soup pot of vegetarian seafood soup.

  As he uncovered the layer of lotus leaves that had been dried out, a strong fresh fragrance spread instantly.

"oh!"

  Wu Lei regained his energy in an instant, jumped up, ran to the soup pot, and asked impatiently, "Are you ready? Can you drink it?"

  Seeing that he was in a hurry, Li Yi took out a small bowl of soup, filled it with a small bowl of soup, handed it to him, and told him, "Take a small sip, don't get bored."

   "What is boredom?"

  Wu Lei took the soup bowl puzzled, took two breaths, and took a small sip.

  Next, he realized what it means to be bored.

  He felt as if he drank the entire ocean in one gulp, as if a seabed forest grew on his tongue, and the extreme umami taste occupied all his sensory attention, as if he had been hit with a sap.

   "Huh!"

  He swallowed the soup in his mouth, then took a breath, and then found that even the air he exhaled from his nostrils seemed to have the breath of the ocean.

   "Oh my god! This soup is amazing!"

  He was a little shocked.

   Seeing this, Zhao Jinmai and the others also gathered around, took the soup bowl from Li Yi's mouth, and each took a sip.

   "Wow! So fresh!"

  Although Zhao Jinmai drank the beef broth made by Li Yi, he was still amazed.

  This is a completely different taste and experience from beef broth.

  (end of this chapter)