I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 859 - 369: Steam the Chicken Thoroughly Before Battering and Frying—Kids at Home Are So Tempted They Cry!

Chapter 859: Chapter 369: Steam the Chicken Thoroughly Before Battering and Frying—Kids at Home Are So Tempted They Cry!

Then use a small sieve to go through it, sieve out the uniformly textured crumbs for the dipping sauce, and pour the remaining Sichuan peppercorn shells into the basin to prepare the marinade for secondary marination.

Wash some small scallions, only the white part is needed, cut into small sections and place in the basin.

Mix evenly with the Sichuan peppercorn shells to form scallion pepper seasoning, which is a condiment used in some old dishes.

Once the scallion pepper seasoning is ready, Xie Baomin grabbed another small basin, and according to a 2:1 ratio, added low gluten flour and potato starch, a small spoonful of salt, cracked in an egg, and drizzled in half a spoonful of cooking oil.

Stir until it reaches a thick consistency.

After finishing all these, the chicken in the pot is about ready.

Steam it a little longer, then take it out from the steaming cabinet.

As soon as the cabinet door is opened, a rich aroma wafted out.

Wei Qian smiled and said:

"If it were me, the crispy chicken would directly turn into hand-pulled chicken."

The fresh aroma is intense, making one want to twist off a chicken leg to taste it.

Xie Baomin laughed and said:

"Frying it later will make it ten times more aromatic than this."

He placed a plate on the workbench, sprinkled with potato starch, then carefully took the chicken out of the steaming tray, placing the chicken skin side down on the plate.

After slightly arranging the shape, he began to remove the bones.

Lin Xu followed suit, having already removed the spine before steaming, now just needing to extract the fine ribs and remove the leg and wing bones.

After all bones are removed, grab a handful of scallion pepper seasoning and sprinkle it evenly over the chicken surface, then apply the prepared full egg batter.

Spread the batter completely over the chicken, then take a larger plate and cover it, flipping it so the chicken skin is on top.

Add the dry starch from the original plate, ensuring the chicken skin is fully coated.

With the oil temperature at six-tenths heat, carefully slide the whole chicken into the pot, and start frying.

At this time, the batter clings to the chicken, any slight movement would separate the batter from the chicken, so it mustn’t be moved, fry until the whole chicken resembles an oily pancake, then carefully flip it.

Flip it to the front, fry for a while longer, approximately when the outer shell is crispy, it can be taken out.

Take the fried chicken out of the pot, place it on the board for cutting cooked food, the aroma directly penetrates the nostrils.

The whole chicken turns into a large golden pancake, Xie Baomin takes a kitchen knife and slices, a "crunch" sound attracts everyone’s attention.

"Just listening to the sound, it must be crispy."

"Yeah, crunchy crispy, gotta try more pieces later."

"Chef Xie, can old chicken be cooked like this?"

Xie Baomin first cuts the whole chicken in half, then into strips, each cut gives a tantalizing sensation, this crunching sound is so alluring.

After cutting, he says while serving:

"Old chicken can work, but it shouldn’t be steamed, instead boiled for an hour, then soaked for two hours to make the chicken tender, eating it would be more delicious this way."

Once arranged on the plate, he didn’t immediately serve, but carved a rose from a tomato to garnish the dish.

Served with a dish of Sichuan peppercorn salt, the dish is thus completed.

"Next one is for you to eat, ha, I need to go establish my fatherly image first."

Xie Baomin hurriedly left the kitchen with the fried chicken, soon after, Xie Yufei and Xie Yuhang’s exclamations sounded outside.

Clearly, this fried chicken was eye-opening for the brothers.

"This tastes way better than KFC’s fried chicken."

"Dad, your skills are amazing!"

Their exclamations were mixed with Geng Lele’s voice calling:

"Come quickly, crunchy crispy, the meat inside is tender and flavorful, it’s the first time I’m eating such delicious fried chicken, I declare, crispy chicken is now my ultimate chicken!"

In the kitchen, Lin Xu listened to the screams outside, smiling as he slid his prepared chicken into the oil pot to start frying.

When Xie Baomin returned with a satisfied look, the fried chicken in the pot was already cooked on one side, and the other side was frying.

"Junior brother learns quite fast, huh."

"Senior brother taught meticulously, I was just copying."

Lin Xu stood by the oil pot, spooning the hot oil onto the chicken, asking:

"Senior brother, besides chicken, can ducks be fried this way as well?"

"Yes, crispy duck is made this way. But it’s best to boil the duck, as duck meat doesn’t steam easily, boiled duck meat is softer and more tender."

Since ducks can be done, Lin Xu plans to try it.

Xie Baomin said:

"Actually, for ducks, it’s better to make Eight Treasure Gourd Duck, debone the duck, stuff Eight Treasure Filling in its cavity, shape it into a gourd form, fry to set shape then steam it, the result is crispy and delicious. Of course, it can be steamed first then fried, that way the outer skin is crispy and the inside is soft and sticky."

Fry then steam, steam then fry, the two methods are opposite in order with completely different textures.

Lin Xu listened and plans to try each method.

The long winter is a good time to prepare labor-intensive dishes to pass the time.

Not long after, the second chicken is done, Lin Xu takes it out from the pot, after removing excess oil, places it on the board, following Xie Baomin’s style, first cutting open the sides, then into strips.

Neatly placed on a plate, using a green radish to casually carve a flower for garnish.

After finishing all these, just as he was about to pinch a piece to taste, the system prompt sounded in his mind:

"Host successfully made a Superior crispy chicken, side quest [Recreate Classic] progress +1, host only needs to complete crispy kelp to finish the task and receive rewards."

Wow, it’s Superior?

Lin Xu was somewhat surprised, using his Eye of Discrimination to look, indeed it was Superior.

Pinching a piece of chicken to his mouth, biting down with a crunch.

The crispy texture is particularly stress-relieving, the chicken has slightly different textures on each side, one side is crispy batter, the other is crunchy skin, while the inside chicken is tender and juicy, flavorful.

The combination of several textures is not only delicious but substantially stress-relieving.

While eating, dipping in the plate of pepper and salt, the numbing aroma and salty freshness of the salt underscore the chicken’s flavor to perfection, making it even more tender.

"Delicious, no wonder Yu Hang and Yu Fei like it, even as an adult I can’t resist, let alone kids."

Lin Xu ate another piece, each bite tasted more delicious.

"Everyone, come and taste, I won’t serve this out, let’s eat ourselves."

Usually the best part of chicken is the legs and wings, but with this dish’s coating of batter and flour, the best tasting part is surprisingly the back of the chicken.

Crispy and crunchy sandwiching a thin layer of meat, it’s incredibly tasty.

"This method is delicious."

"Too crispy, can’t believe it."

"Chef Xie, removing bones is a bit tricky, how’s the taste if not removing them?"

"Still good, I’ll fry two boneless ones for you to try later."

While everyone was eating, Li Qiang finished his early shift today, leaving the barbershop, planning to buy some food and drinks from Lin Ji, and then two hot drinks, taking a taxi to Manager Qi’s house for a computer repair!

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