Tender chicken cake, in addition to the proportion of water and steaming time, there are 3 tips to keep in mind to be perfect
It's almost the Spring Festival, is your Chinese New Year's Eve menu ready?
Chinese New Year's Eve the dishes on the table are sumptuous, including Vientiane, chicken, fish, meat, eggs, vegetables, fruits, etc., which can be said to be all kinds; from the perspective of cooking, frying, frying, stir-frying, slipping, steaming, boiling, stewing, etc. are also many. Every dish has a beautiful meaning, such as steaming, which means thriving!
Steamed chicken cake, very ordinary home cooking, I don't know if you find it at the banquet of the restaurant, it also appears often, always especially popular. Hotel custard is sometimes steamed with minced meat, shrimp, shrimp, clams, grass carp, silver fish, etc., sometimes alone. Whatever the form, the egg custard is as delicate and smooth as a mirror.
One day I went down to the kitchen to ask the chef why my steamed eggs were often separated from the egg water, and the bubbles on them were still good, and they were not smooth and tender, like eating old tofu.
The chef was very enthusiastic and told me carefully, I wrote them down one by one, and when I got home, I immediately tested it, that is, the taste I ate in the restaurant, very perfect, really happy.
1. What is the proportion of chicken cake water?
The chef told me that the ratio of steamed chicken cake eggs to water is the first key. Varies between 1:1 and 1:2, depending on how old and tender you want to eat. Below 1:1, custard is too old, above 1:2, often not easy to form, the best golden ratio is 1:1.5.
2. How long is the steaming time?
Steamed chicken cake time is between 7-9 minutes. If the egg custard is too long, it will become egg-water separated and have a honeycomb state; if the time is too short, it has solidified on the top and the egg liquid below. Depending on the tableware used, if it is a shallow plate for 7-8 minutes, if it is a deeper bowl, it will take 8-9 minutes.
In addition to these 2 points to remember, there are 3 tips, let's use specific examples to talk about it, learned to Chinese New Year's Eve the dinner table to show a hand ah.
【Chicken Cake】
Ingredients required: 2 eggs (100 g egg mixture), 150 g of water, a little salt
Preparation Method:
1． Beat two eggs into a bowl and beat with salt.
2． Then filter the egg mixture into another bowl or skim off the foam with a small spoon. This is to get a more delicate custard, and the steamed chicken cake has no honeycomb bubbles.
3． Add 1.5 times the lukewarm water to the egg mixture (not more than 30 degrees), stir well, and make the egg mixture and water fully fused. Here the water is not too cold on it, directly use tap water in the summer, can be slightly heated in the winter, not more than 30 degrees, if it is too hot, the egg liquid will be boiled into an egg flower, too cool is easy to form a honeycomb.
4． At this time, you will find that there is still some foam, and then use the filter to skim off the foam. These foams will affect the mirror effect of the final product.
5． Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and prick a few small eyes. "Plastic wrap" is to prevent water vapor from dripping into the egg mixture, and "small eyes" are meant to breathe.
6． Bring the water to a boil in a steamer, then put the small bowl of egg liquid on the pot, cover the pot and steam for 8 minutes on medium heat.
Subtle whispers:
1. The optimal golden ratio of egg liquid to water is 1:1.5.
2. The temperature of the water can not be too high nor too low, with 30 degrees warm water is best.
3. The egg liquid must be filtered and the foam can be skimmed off in order to get a smooth mirror-free, delicate and tender custard.
4. The egg liquid bowl should be covered with plastic wrap and prick a few small eyes before steaming. Prevent water vapor from dripping on the surface of the egg mixture during the steaming process, creating bubbles; small eyes are tied on the plastic wrap to breathe.
5. The specific heat and time should be based on their own stove, try a few times to master, generally speaking, the water is boiled on the pot, steamed for 8 minutes.
Have you learned? How you steamed eggs, welcome to leave a message to share, thank you for reading, happy Spring Festival!