Vegetarianism has become increasingly popular over the years!
However, many people still love the taste and flavor of meat, but at the same time, they hope to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Therefore, to cater to this new trend in dietary thinking, many chefs use scientific food processing techniques to make vegetarian ingredients taste and feel like meat!
Take mock chicken as an example; don't mistake this for a 'Kunkun' dish that requires over two and a half years of internship.
Its essence is to adjust the processing method of Tofu and add seasonings to make it similar to chicken in texture, color, and taste!
Erina, on the other hand, had never heard of using toast to achieve a beef effect in her life.
But after a brief analysis, she felt that this wild idea was theoretically achievable!
"Oh?"
"I guessed half right!"
He did indeed improve the hamburger, but the method he used was so unconventional, actually using toast to make a beef patty!"
At the same time, Rindo's eyes darted around, as if she understood something.
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Add lard.
Then add wheat flour and stir thoroughly to give the bread more of a beef texture!
Next, add diced onions, eggs, and nutmeg, mix, and then press until it forms a 'beef patty'.
Place the beef patty back on the frying pan to fry. Accompanied by sizzling sounds, a rich beef aroma quickly filled the entire Izakaya.
As is well known, when beef is cooked at high temperatures, the proteins and sugars in the muscle tissue undergo the Maillard reaction.
This reaction releases many different compounds, including some aromatic substances!
And now, the beef patty made from toast, after a short frying, can also emit this aroma!
"Oh my God!"
"This smell is the unique aroma of beef!"
Hisako Arato, who had been acting as an extra, quickly covered her mouth in surprise as she smelled the beef aroma in the air.
Apparently, successfully making a beef patty effect from toast was quite shocking to her!
"I see."
"This method indeed has some tricks to it."
Erina fell into deep thought and finally sighed.
With her current strength, of course, she can make vegetarian ingredients have the taste and texture of high-grade meat. It's just that for something like toast to achieve a beef effect, she would find it very challenging!
It was only then that she finally began to see clearly.
This Shopkeeper named Sosuke in front of her was not an empty name.
Perhaps in his hands, a simple home-cooked meal could truly surpass those high-end dishes that ordinary people could hardly even dream of!
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Vegetable juice.
Oyster sauce.
Mustard.
Clear broth.
And most importantly, teriyaki sauce, a specialty from Japan.
Throw all the above into a pot and simmer for 5 minutes to create a special sauce!
Then, pour this sauce over the beef patty. Following the hamburger method, take two burger buns, tomato, lettuce, and the beef patty, and stack them in order.
Thus, a hamburger without beef but with the taste of beef is complete!
Upon closer inspection, the appearance of this 'fake' beef hamburger is instantly recognizable.
The bread has a golden appearance, slightly puffed up, like a small mountain peak!
Next is the beef patty, located in the middle of the hamburger, which takes on a dark red appearance under the influence of the special sauce!
And besides the bread and beef patty, there are also tomatoes and lettuce. The colors of these two vegetables are distinct, adding a vibrant touch to the hamburger!
"Wow!"
"It's truly amazing."
"After all sorts of bizarre methods,"
the fake hamburger made can actually be identical to the beef hamburgers sold on the market!"
At this point, Hisako, standing nearby, felt deeply shocked!
Such culinary techniques truly broadened her horizons and even overturned her previous understanding of hamburger cuisine!
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Next, prepare the tofu dregs.
To the tofu dregs, add low-gluten flour, sugar, and water in sequence, then stir and knead until it reaches the softness of an earlobe.
Yes!
An earlobe!
Once it becomes a Tofu dough, cut it into French fry shapes with a small knife, and then deep-fry them.
French fries made from tofu dregs have no flavor.
So, to enhance the taste experience, Sosuke specially prepared anchovy meat. After finely chopping it, he mixed it into unsalted butter to create a thick buttered anchovy sauce!
Finally, add the buttered anchovy to the French fries.
And thus, the special French fries with anchovy flavor were completed!
"Huh?"
"These French fries!"
"They're not made from potatoes, but... tofu dregs?"
After watching the entire production process, Erina truly almost went crazy.
She just realized that the hamburger, French fries, and the chocolate brownie to be made next were not genuine items.
"My Lady!"
"He's really amazing!"
"He can even make French fries from tofu dregs!"
And he... he even meticulously made a sauce from anchovies, allowing the tasteless French fries to have a unique anchovy flavor!"
Unlike the frantic Erina, Hisako's eyes were sparkling, her bright eyes filled with deep admiration!
At this moment, even though she had so much to say, all her words could only be condensed into one sentence:
Shopkeeper Sosuke!
You are my god!
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Afterward, ignoring Hisako's continuous exclamations, Sosuke began making the last dish:
Chocolate Brownie!
He first took out an ingredient that no one present had anticipated: rice bran!
Yes.
It was the rice bran that people usually discard when refining rice.
Add coffee and plum jam to the rice bran, then add rum, butter, nuts, etc., and then bake it in the oven. The set time and temperature are 35 minutes at 180 degrees on the middle rack!
Finally, with a 'ding' sound, the oven finished its work, and the chocolate brownie made from rice bran finally appeared before everyone's eyes!
"toast.
Made into a beef patty, then made into a hamburger!
tofu dregs.
Were made into French fries!
But these French fries would be tasteless, so anchovies were used to enhance their flavor.
Finally, it's... he... how could he possibly think of using such a coarse and decaying thing as rice bran to make the noble chocolate brownie!"
Three Western fast-food items.
Not a single one completely followed traditional methods!
How could such culinary techniques not surprise and shock Erina?