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“The apple flavor had thoroughly soaked into the rice and onions... ... but, if the apples were simmered long enough to do that, wouldn't they have crumbled to mush? How they can still be so crisp?" "That's true! How does that work?" "Oh, that? That's easy. I used this!" "Apple juice?!" "Why use that?" "First, I sautéed the onions and set them with the rice to simmer. Then I poured in a bit of the apple juice while it was all boiling down. I didn't add the diced apple until the very end, cooking them just long enough to heat them through." "That's why they kept their crisp texture! Aha! What a brilliant idea! Using that juice let him unify the dish... ... infusing hints of apple flavor throughout the whole thing!” — Yuto Tsukuda
The apple flavor had thoroughly soaked into the rice and onions...
... but, if the apples were simmered long enough to do that, wouldn't they have crumbled to mush? How they can still be so crisp?"
"That's true! How does that work?"
"Oh, that? That's easy. I used this!"
"Apple juice?!"
"Why use that?"
"First, I sautéed the onions and set them with the rice to simmer. Then I poured in a bit of the apple juice while it was all boiling down. I didn't add the diced apple until the very end, cooking them just long enough to heat them through."
"That's why they kept their crisp texture! Aha! What a brilliant idea! Using that juice let him unify the dish...
... infusing hints of apple flavor throughout the whole thing!