After handling the tai snapper, the next step was even simpler!
He just needed to wrap all the filling into Spring Roll wrappers, then gently pinch them like a butterfly flapping its wings, and a "Reincarnation Spring Roll" was formed!
In just two or three minutes, twenty Reincarnation Spring Rolls were laid out before Zhang Fan.
The key was that not only was the creation speed fast, but the shape of every Reincarnation Spring Roll was also so beautiful, with no need for any touch-ups.
"Wow!"
"So it's Spring Rolls!"
Seeing the large plate of Reincarnation Spring Rolls before her, Hisako Arato couldn't help but blink, feeling a little surprised.
Skilled in medicinal cuisine, she had researched many ancient medical texts from China, and snacks like Spring Rolls, which existed since the Qin and Han dynasties in China, were something she had also studied.
In her opinion, Spring Roll preparation was relatively simple.
One only needed to chop, mix, and season various ingredients, then wrap them in a wrapper and deep-fry until golden brown.
This method of preparation naturally had the advantages of convenience and speed, which suited the fast-paced life of modern people.
However, deep-fried items like these differed from the philosophy of medicinal cuisine, which advocated health and self-cultivation, so Hisako had never been very interested!
"I have to say, Zhang Fan's repeated performances have indeed astonished me!"
"But if the new dish is a Spring Roll, then the ingredient matching and Spring Roll wrapping methods are the most basic steps!"
"The most important part is when deep-frying the Spring Rolls."
"This is where an excellent chef's control over heat and oil temperature is demonstrated."
Unexpectedly, just as Erina finished speaking, Zhang Fan had already put the prepared Reincarnation Spring Rolls into the oil!
Seeing this, Erina was immediately dumbfounded!
"Huh?"
"The oil temperature isn't even bubbling yet, is it?"
"If you rush to fry the Spring Rolls at this moment, the filling inside will quickly collapse due to the low oil temperature!"
Deep-frying is a very common cooking method.
Compared to steaming or boiling, its temperature is much higher.
But if operated improperly, it can also result in "under-fried" situations! The reason is that when the deep-frying temperature is too high, the heat transfer from the oil to the food far exceeds the speed of heat transfer within the food.
In other words, after a period of deep-frying, the surface of the food may have already reached 150 to 200 degrees Celsius, and further frying would burn it.
However, at this time, the internal temperature of the food might only be 30 to 50 degrees Celsius, still in a semi-raw state! Conversely, if the heating temperature is lower, the internal and external temperatures of the food will be closer, and there won't be a situation where the outside is burnt and the inside is raw.
Therefore, most ingredients are put into the pot for deep-frying when the oil temperature is only six or seven parts hot!
However, for deep-frying Spring Rolls, the oil temperature cannot be too low.
If the oil temperature is too low, the Spring Rolls will absorb too much oil, the skin will not be crispy, the taste will become greasy, and it may even cause them to collapse!
At this moment, ignoring Erina's reaction, Zhang Fan continued to deep-fry the Reincarnation Spring Rolls.
When one side of the Spring Roll wrapper turned golden brown, the entire Izakaya was filled with a rich Spring Roll aroma!
Then, sensing that the time was right, he used a pair of long chopsticks to flip the Spring Rolls over and fry them again.
Soon, all the Spring Rolls were fried!
Next, as a whole plate of golden-yellow Reincarnation Spring Rolls began to be placed in front of Erina, Zhang Fan took a deep breath and smiled, "Alright, this is my new dish, Reincarnation Spring Roll!"
Seeing this, Erina couldn't help but twitch her nose.
She actually smelled a rich aroma wafting from the golden Spring Roll wrappers.
This made Nakiri Erina's eyes light up instantly, and she began to carefully examine the plate of Reincarnation Spring Rolls!
Traditional Spring Roll fillings generally include bean sprouts, vermicelli, pork, and so on.
However, Zhang Fan's Reincarnation Spring Rolls were unique; their filling included shiitake mushrooms, chinese cabbage, carrots, bamboo shoots, green peppers, and tai snapper!
Although these ingredients seemed unrelated, when cleverly combined, they produced astonishing results.
And it was very interesting.
After a period of deep-frying, the surface of the entire plate of Reincarnation Spring Rolls, illuminated by the faint light, sparkled like stars in the sky!
"Wow!"
"It's so shiny, it looks like it's glowing!"
Beside her, Hisako, who had also started examining them, was the first to exclaim in surprise.
And as her words just fell, the entire plate of Reincarnation Spring Rolls really went "whoosh, whoosh, whoosh," erupting with several dazzling rays of light that illuminated the entire Izakaya!
Finally, amidst a chorus of exclamations, Erina and Hisako couldn't help but close their eyes.
Can food glow?
On this very mysterious question, almost no one can give a definitive answer!
But in fact, through some special means, it is still possible to make dishes glow.
Firstly, fluorescent substances can be used; when sauces or ingredients are heated and stirred, these fluorescent substances will glow, making the entire dish appear sparkling.
Then, it can also be achieved through chemical reactions between ingredients!
For example, some restaurants use ingredients containing citric acid and sodium bicarbonate to create glowing dishes.
When these ingredients are heated, citric acid and sodium bicarbonate undergo a chemical reaction and release carbon monoxide gas.
And these gases, when reacting with oxygen in the surrounding environment, emit a blue light.
In short, the reason glowing dishes glow is definitely due to external forces and substances.
However, Zhang Fan's method, where the light directly emanates from within the dish, and the emitted light is even quite dazzling, is truly one of a kind in the entire world!
"What just happened?"
"Why did the Spring Rolls suddenly glow out of nowhere?"
Soon after, the dazzling rays of light quickly dissipated, and the Izakaya returned to its tranquil state!
And this sudden situation naturally caused Hisako, who slowly opened her bright eyes, to have her head buzzing, unable to recover for a long time.
She found it difficult to accept everything that had just happened, always feeling that such glowing food was simply too absurd!
Nakiri Erina's mind was also blank for a moment.
At this time, facing this plate of Reincarnation Spring Rolls, she wished she could take out all the culinary knowledge she had learned in her life and analyze it one by one to understand why the Spring Rolls glowed after being deep-fried.
The result, naturally, was that even if she were to pry open Newton's coffin and make him crawl out again, he would still be unable to explain this magical phenomenon!