First, the menu
1. Mapo tofu
Ingredients: Tofu, minced lean meat, bean paste, onion, ginger, garlic, pepper, salt, chicken essence, cooking wine and water starch.
Exercise:
1) Dice tofu and blanch it with boiling water.
2) Put oil in the pot, add onion, ginger, garlic and pepper and stir fry.
3) Add minced lean meat and fry until cooked.
4) Add bean paste and stir fry.
5) Add tofu and stir well.
6) Add appropriate amount of water, add salt, chicken essence and cooking wine to taste.
7) Add starch thickening after boiling.
2. Braised pork
Ingredients: pork belly, onion, ginger, garlic, cooking wine, soy sauce, rock sugar, star anise, cinnamon, pepper and salt.
Exercise:
1) Pork belly cut into pieces and blanched to remove blood.
2) Put oil in the pot, add onion, ginger, garlic, star anise, cinnamon and pepper and stir fry.
3) Add pork belly and stir-fry until the surface changes color.
4) Add cooking wine, soy sauce and rock sugar and stir well.
5) Add appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil, and simmer for 1-2 hours.
6) Season with salt.
Second, skills.
1. Cutting skills
Cutting vegetables is a very important step in cooking, and the quality of cutting directly affects the taste and beauty of dishes. Here are some common cutting techniques:
1) crosscutting: cut the ingredients into thin slices or blocks horizontally, suitable for vegetables, meat, etc.
2) Longitudinal cutting: cut the ingredients into thin slices or blocks longitudinally, which is suitable for vegetables, meat and so on.
3) Shredding: Cut the ingredients into filaments, suitable for vegetables, meat and so on.
4) Slicing: Slice the ingredients into thin slices, suitable for meat, fish, etc.
2. Cooking skills
Besides knife work, cooking is also very important. Here are some common cooking techniques:
1) frying: put the ingredients in a pot and fry them on medium and small fire until both sides are golden.
2) Stir-fry: put the ingredients into the pot and stir-fry quickly over high fire.
3) Boiling: Put the ingredients into the pot, add a proper amount of water and cook with high fire until cooked.
4) Steaming: put the ingredients in a steamer and steam them over medium heat until cooked.
Third, tips
1. How to remove fishy smell
Some ingredients will smell like fish, such as fish and shrimp. Here are some tips to remove the fishy smell:
1) vinegar: add a proper amount of vinegar to the ingredients in salt water, marinate for a while and cook.
2) Use ginger: cut the ginger into pieces, put it in a pot and cook it with the ingredients to remove the fishy smell.
3) Cooking wine: pour the cooking wine into the pot and cook it with the ingredients to remove the fishy smell.
2. How to make dishes more fragrant
In addition to seasoning, here are some tips to make dishes more fragrant:
1) Use onion, ginger and garlic: Cut onion, ginger and garlic into powder and put them in a pot to cook with ingredients, which can increase the flavor of dishes.
2) Use spices, such as star anise, cinnamon and pepper. Put it in a pot and cook it with ingredients to add flavor to the dishes.
3) Use chicken essence: Adding proper amount of chicken essence during seasoning can increase the umami and fragrance of dishes.
Ending:
The above is the whole content of this article, hoping to help you master cooking skills better and make more delicious dishes. Cooking encyclopedias, recipes, tips and tricks are available. I hope everyone will try more and make more delicious dishes.