Chapter 335: Stew in the Woods
After walking in the forest for more than four hours, it was almost dark, and Liu Mang and Wuyan stopped in front of a mountain wall. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
There is a small puddle at the bottom of the mountain wall, just enough to make a fire for cooking.
"Boss, let's rest here tonight. Five Eyes put down the backpack on his back.
"Okay, let's get some firewood to make a fire. Liu Mang nodded, walked to the two big trees, opened his backpack and took out a hammock.
The forest floor can be very humid at night, and even if you have a sleeping bag, it is not good for your health, so they specially brought a hammock this time.
There were a lot of dead trees in the forest, and after a while, Five Eyes brought back large bundles of dry firewood.
"Xiao Wu, you come to make a fire, and I will cook. Liu Mang tied two hammocks and said.
"Okay, boss, get more, after a day of walking today, I feel like I can eat a cow. Five Eyes touched his stomach and said.
Liu Mang took out a small marching pot and spices from his backpack, they are not doing a show now, and they can bring everything they can bring.
The lion's mane mushroom was washed by the pool, and Liu Mang scooped another pot of water, added a little salt and soaked it.
Fresh lion's mane mushroom will naturally produce a certain bitter taste because of the growth environment and its own growth factors, if it is not treated or improperly handled, it will seriously affect the taste, resulting in the misunderstanding that the "four mountain treasures" of lion's mane mushroom are not worthy of the name, so it must be soaked in salted water before cooking.
In this way, it can not only remove the faint bitter taste in the lion's mane mushroom, but also kill the parasites that may be carried in it, and it is safer to eat.
Wuyan brought a piece of pork ribs, Liu Mang chopped it into small pieces, put it in the lunch box for later use, and then cut the lion's mane mushroom into small pieces, ready to stew and eat with the pork ribs.
After the ingredients were processed, the five-eye bonfire also rose, Liu Mang cut two branches, erected them on both sides of the bonfire, set up a log, hung the marching pot added to the pond water on it, and boiled it.
"Boss, do you want to have a drink?" Wuyan brought a stone, sat on it, took out a bottle of Niulanshan from his bag, twisted it away, took a sip, and asked.
"I will drink it later, and it is easy to hurt my stomach when I drink it on an empty stomach. Liu Mang added a handful of firewood to the fire and said.
When the water in the pot boiled, Liu Mang poured the chopped pork ribs into it, then took out a few steamed buns from the bag, found a few branches to string, and put them on the side of the fire to roast.
This piece of pork ribs was bought at the bazaar by Five Eyes, and it should have been salted first, then dried in the shade and smoked.
Niujiao Town is already a mountainous area, so this piece of pork ribs is not bad, and there is no need to worry about cheating, putting preservatives or something.
By the time it had been boiled for a while, the soup in the marching pot was already boiling, and the color slowly turned milky white.
"Boss, put more chili peppers, it's spicy. Five Eyes said as he pulled out a bag of peanuts from the bag he was leaning against his back.
"Lion's mane mushroom is full of umami, put too many chili peppers, the soup can't drink umami, there are chili noodles in the bag, and you can dip and eat it yourself. ”
Liu Mang slowly stirred the bottom of the pot with chopsticks, the pork ribs already had a salty taste, so there was no need to add salt, only sprinkled a little white pepper to enhance the flavor, and then put the cut lion's mane mushrooms into it, and finally covered the pot.
"Boss, lion's mane mushroom is also a type of mushroom, won't it lose its umami taste after cooking for a long time?" asked Five Eyes.
"That's what makes lion's mane mushrooms so special, because they have a harder texture than ordinary mushrooms, and they are similar to shiitake mushrooms, making them ideal for soup. Simmer for a longer time to bring out the flavor and make the soup delicious. ”
"Isn't it a waste for us to stew some pork ribs like this?" asked Wuyan, rubbing his hands.
"It's a bit of a waste, I've been to Wakao's Four Seasons Pavilion to eat, and their chef cooks wild lion's mane mushrooms by soaking them in good chicken broth for a day and a night to allow them to fully absorb the flavor of the chicken broth, then simmering them with deer tendons, and finally pouring abalone juice on the table. ”
"How much does this one have to sell?" exclaimed.
"I don't know, it seems that it's not enough to have money, so you have to book in advance. Liu Mang paused.
"Actually, this method is a bit of a waste of time, the lion's mane mushroom is already delicious, and the chicken broth and abalone sauce will only mask its original flavor, if I make it in a hotel, I will use it first with a clear broth, then fry it in lard, and finally sprinkle it with a little pepper. ”
"Whatever, we found it ourselves, and we didn't have to pay a dime. Five Eyes threw a peanut into his mouth and laughed.
After simmering for about ten minutes, a special aroma wafted from the marching pot.
Five-eyed sniffed, this fragrance is very special, a little wood aroma and like good sandalwood, very rich, which is not possessed by the artificial cultivation of lion's mane mushrooms in the restaurant.
"This is the reason why Lion's Mane mushroom grows on the oak tree, which is originally a medicinal herb, and its skin is used in medicine to astringent, antidiarrheal and cure dysentery. Liu Mang explained.
"Boss, how do you know everything?" Wuyan touched his head: "I remember that you used to go to school except for Chinese, and other homework was not very good?"
"Live to be old and learn to be old, haven't you heard this sentence?" Liu Mang glared at him and said.
In fact, the knowledge about medicinal materials in Liu Mang's mind came from the "Medical Food Heart Sutra" obtained by the space lottery.
This "Medical Food Heart Sutra" is not only a recipe, but also an encyclopedia of Chinese medicine, which records many secret recipes about pharmacology and dietary therapy.
"Alright, it's ready to eat. Then simmered for more than ten minutes, and after the fragrance reached a peak, Liu Mang violently lifted the lid of the pot.
Suddenly, a wave of heat rushed to his face.
This aroma is just a sniff of people, and saliva is irrepressibly secreted from the base of the human tongue.
The lion's mane mushroom in the pot has been completely softened, and Wuyan can't wait to take out the chopsticks and clip a piece and shake it gently. Lion's mane mushroom is like a piece of fat on the tip of the chopsticks, trembling slightly.
"Hmm...... It's delicious!" Five Eyes let out a satisfied moan as it entered his mouth.
The lion's mane mushroom in the entrance is cool, smooth, tender and fresh. The taste is indescribable, and if I had to have a reference, it would be ten times more delicious than shiitake mushrooms stewed with chicken broth.
It's hard to imagine that just a little bit of pork ribs can be stewed slightly, this mushroom can have such a taste, no wonder it was listed by the ancients as a treasure on a par with shark fin and abalone.
"If it's delicious, you can eat more, lion's mane mushroom is not only delicious, but also has medicinal value, but only the palace and the palace can enjoy it. There is a record in "Records of Foreign Bodies in the Sea and Soil": Eat more monkey mushrooms and rejuvenate yourself. Liu Mang said with a smile.
"Can you still rejuvenate?"