Author: round head and round belly

Half an hour after the dough woke up, Li Yi brought a large basin with a diameter of one meter and two meters.

This is the largest pot prepared by the program crew, but it can barely hold the dough that has gained a lot of weight after proofing.

Then, Li Yi called Huang Xiaoming who came over to help, and together they brought pure water and poured it into the basin.

After filling the basin, Li Yi sprinkled a handful of salt into it, and then called Liu Yifei, Zhao Jinmai and Wu Lei over: "Come, help me wash my face."

"Coming!"

Wu Lei and the others ran over happily.

"What is this for?"

Liu Yifei looked at a large ball of dough soaked in a basin of water with some curiosity.

"Wash your face."

Li Yi explained casually.

"Wash your face?"

Liu Yifei was puzzled: "Why do you have to wash your face again after making peace?"

"I want the gluten in it."

Li Yi explained: “The main raw materials of imitation meat dishes are tofu, gluten and various mushrooms.

The role of gluten is to simulate the taste of meat.

Gluten is the plant-based protein left behind after adding water to flour and kneading it into a dough, and then washing away the starch through constant rinsing.

Its main components are gliadin and glutenin, which are relatively sticky.

Therefore, we have to wash out all the starch in this dough, and the last thing left is gluten."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei seemed to have some enlightenment: "Oh, is that how the roasted gluten we usually eat is made this way?"

Li Yi nodded: "The principles are similar, but the roasted gluten on the market is basically made directly from gluten flour."

"Gluten powder?"

Liu Yifei blinked: "Technology and hard work again?"

"That's not true."

Li Yi said with a smile: "Gluten gluten is actually ground into powder after drying gluten. The factory just uses large-scale machinery and assembly lines to complete the steps of kneading and washing the noodles, and then dehydrates the washed gluten and bakes it.

Dried and then ground into powder, it becomes gluten powder.

However, the steps of drying and grinding gluten powder still have a certain impact on the gluten in it. After soaking in water again, the taste is still different from the first time it was made.

Therefore, in order to simulate meat quality and make it look real, we have to wash the first gluten with water."

Listening to Li Yi's explanation, Zhao Jinmai on the side had washed his hands and started kneading the dough in the water.

"Haha! This feels so fun!"

Zhao Jinmai chuckled and squeezed happily: "It's like my little nephew's belly. It feels so comfortable to hold."

Hearing her words, others joined in.

"Wow! I feel so relieved."

Wu Leile enjoyed it: "It feels like playing with a stress-relieving toy."

"This washes quite quickly. The water will turn white after a while."

While kneading the dough, Huang Xiaoming looked at the water below that had turned into white soup, and asked: "How far does it need to be washed before it is washed well?"

Li Yi said while washing: "Wash three to five times until the water no longer turns white, that is, after all the starch has been washed away, this is the gluten I want."

"I don't know if this gluten is high in calories. Will it make me fat if I eat it?"

Wu Lei muttered while washing his face.

"That's really not necessarily the case."

Li Yi said with a smile: "Gluten is a vegetable protein, which has about the same calories as eggs. But if it is grilled and eaten with various oils, peppers, and seasonings, the calories will be higher. And if you eat too much, it will put pressure on the kidneys."

It’s also relatively big, so it’s better to eat in moderation.”

They chatted, and the audience in the live broadcast room also chatted enthusiastically.

"My family used to have a cold skin shop, and my favorite thing to do is wash the gluten. The gluten in the cold skin is the most delicious. There are small holes in the gluten, which absorbs the soup, and the taste is very rich."

"Has anyone ever had gluten soup? My family is from Suzhou, Hui Province. In the summer, they make gluten soup by washing out the gluten, then adding green leafy vegetables, persimmons, vermicelli, and some vinegar. It tastes sour, fragrant, and thick.

It’s great, it’s great for relieving the heat!”

"I've had it! I'm from Feng County, North Jiangsu Province, and our gluten soup with silver cabbage in it is also very delicious!"

"Who likes to eat fried gluten? My family is from Wuxi. During the holidays, my family here will make fried gluten stuffed with meat. We call it meat stuffed with fried gluten. It's so delicious!"

"When I eat hot pot, I also like to boil gluten in oil. It's very flavorful. It's hot and spicy in one bite. It's so satisfying!"

In front of the camera, a few people washing their faces also noticed the audience comments, joined in, and started chatting.

Wu Lei mentioned: "My hometown also eats gluten."

"Of course, your hometown is so close to Wuxi."

Zhao Jinmai laughed and said: "In my hometown, we only eat roasted gluten and stir-fried gluten. Also, it's in Malatang. I add it every time I eat it."

"We also have fried gluten and gluten-stuffed meat."

Huang Xiaoming felt very strange: "It seems that there are different ways of eating gluten across the country!"

Liu Yifei looked at Li Yi and asked: "Brother Yi, when did gluten appear?"

Li Yi has become an encyclopedia of cooking in everyone's mind.

"The first written record was in the Song Dynasty."

Li Yi explained: "There was a pharmacologist in the Song Dynasty named Kou Zongxi. He was very researched on materia medica and wrote a book called "Compendium of Materia Medica". Li Shizhen drew on it when he wrote "Compendium of Materia Medica".

There is a record in this book "Ben Cao Yan Yi" that wheat "chews raw into gluten and can stick to birds and insects". This is the first written record of gluten.

Including "Mengxi Bi Tan", it is also mentioned that if there is steel in iron, it is like there are tendons in the noodles. If the soft noodles are washed away, the gluten will be visible. The same is true for steelmaking.

Although this is a metaphor, it already explains how to make gluten.

Therefore, gluten appeared in the Song Dynasty at the latest, but I believe that gluten already existed before the Song Dynasty, but no one recorded it."

When Wu Lei heard this, he couldn't help but sigh: "It feels so amazing. The ancients were really smart and could think of so many delicious food recipes."

Zhao Jinmai asked curiously: "Brother Yi, how many types of gluten are there?"

"According to the type, there is only one kind. According to the method, there are three common ones."

Li Yi explained: "After washing, what is cooked in water is water gluten, what is fried is oil gluten, and what is steamed in a steamer is called roasted bran in the south."

"Hey! That's right! It's called roasted bran at home."

Wu Lei nodded.

"It's the kind you put in Liangpi, right?"

As Zhao Jinmai was talking, he suddenly thought of something and asked Li Yi, "Hey? Brother Yi, can the washed water be used to make cold skin?"

"yes!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "Liangpi is made by boiling the starch water washed out of the dough."

"Then let's eat cold skin tonight, shall we?"

Zhao Jinmai is in high spirits.

"all right!"

Li Yi smiled and said: "This pot is enough for the entire program team, not to mention us."

"Haha! Let's eat cold skin!"

Wu Lei picked up his wet hand with a smile and flicked it towards Zhao Jinmai, which immediately caused water droplets on Zhao Jinmai's face.

"Ouch! Annoying!"

Zhao Jinmai complained and flicked at him, but he dodged it with a smile.

Zhao Jinmai was not convinced, so he got up and chased after him.

Seeing them fighting, Li Yi smiled and said nothing.

But suddenly, he felt a chill on his cheeks.

Turning around to look, it was Liu Yifei who was raising her hands and smiling happily.

Seeing this, Li Yi deliberately picked up a handful of water and pretended to splash it on her. Liu Yifei immediately screamed and threw it away.

Soon, the restaurant was filled with laughter.
Chapter completed!