Standing in the kitchen, looking at the familiar kitchen utensils, Lu Li finally felt like he was back at home. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Every corner of the kitchen has a strong sense of life, and the table is still filled with mashed potatoes and lettuce leaves left over from today's noon, but those special kitchen utensils have not been used for a while, and even began to collect dust, as if forgotten.

Before cooking, Lu Li had to boil a large pot of boiling water, wash and disinfect the dishes one by one, and rearrange the kitchen. When I'm done, I start preparing dinner.

Lu Li remembered that before Song Lingyi returned to China, they went to the Chinese gathering area in Austin and bought a lot of utensils, ingredients and ingredients, including a casserole. Casserole is very versatile in southern cuisine, not only for soup, but also for cooking, frying, frying, stewing, boiling, etc., all of which can produce different flavors.

However, after buying the casserole, I never found the opportunity to use it. Lu Li rummaged through it today because he decided to make a dish of Dongpo meat.

The most abundant ingredients in the refrigerator are meat, beef, lamb and pork, and meat is naturally the best choice when choosing ingredients for staple foods. However, Lu Li now wants to try his best to avoid the Western way of cooking meat, so he naturally thinks of Dongpo meat, although the production process is more time-consuming, but in fact, the real process is not so cumbersome.

Dongpo meat, soft but not rotten, fat but not greasy, delicate taste, a real famous dish.

"What are you doing?" Finley asked curiously, looking at Lu Li, who was extremely busy.

Lu Li didn't answer, but methodically prepared the ingredients, ginger, green onions, sugar, pork, and finally turned out some rock sugar from the storage cabinet and displayed them on the stove one by one.

"Have we eaten this dish before?" Finley couldn't help but be a little excited, and the expectation had risen faintly, these ingredients, it seemed that she knew everything, but she didn't know what Lu Li was going to make. Moreover, there are white sugar and rock sugar, which is simply strange.

"Nope. Lu Li replied casually, and then began to clean the piece of pork belly.

There are a lot of members of the ranch, so Lu Li chose three pieces of pork belly before and after, and in order to make that dense and delicate taste, it is best to choose pork belly with skin, which is easier to taste and easier to cut.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" everyone else was working, but Finley was left alone, looking at Lu Li's busy figure, she began to jump as she swallowed her saliva.

Lu Li thought for a moment and instructed, "You can clean the beef and cut it into thin slices." ”

Lu Li decided to make a dish of boiled beef. Although it is said that they have made boiled live fish at the beginning, and it is quite well received, Lu Li believes that for example, in terms of fish, they still prefer beef, and this boiled beef is bound to make them love it even more.

The simple words made Finley excited, and he rolled up his sleeves and planned to do a big job, "Okay!"

Ignoring Finley's work, Lu Li began to get busy, he first sorted out the pork belly - all the prickly hairs on the skin, then put it in boiling water and blanched it for five minutes, boiled the blood water, then washed it with warm water, and cut it into cubes.

After processing the pork, then slice the ginger, cut the green onions, and find a few shallots and tie them into knots, which is the end of all the preliminary preparations.

Put the small steaming rack woven with bamboo strips at the bottom of the casserole, first neatly spread the green onion and ginger pieces, and then place the pork one by one, as if placing a chessboard, add a little sugar, throw a few pieces of rock sugar on the side, then add a little light soy sauce, put the green onion knot, and finally start pouring rice wine.

This barrel of rice wine was given to them by Li Huainan, and it is really the best Shaoxing rice wine. In Chinese/Chinese cuisine, many dishes need to use rice wine to enhance the flavor, but here in North America, it is not easy to think of buying authentic rice wine, before that, Lu Li used wine and whiskey, but today, Dongpo meat must use rice wine, so that the taste is authentic.

The mellow aroma of rice wine began to waft out, and Finley couldn't help but put down his work and ran over again, "What is this?"

Texans' natural sensitivity to alcohol came into play again, and Fen asked excitedly, sniffing her nose vigorously.

"Rice wine. This sentence is in Chinese, Lu Li laughed, China / country is not only full of cuisine, alcohol is also the same, each place has its own representative alcohol, rice wine is just one of them.

"Can I take a sip?" Finley asked, but his eyes were intently looking at the barrel of rice wine, and he couldn't take his eyes off it.

The back of Lu Li's hand holding the flask could feel Finley's burning gaze, "Of course you can, but this bucket is going to be used for cooking, you can't drink too much." Lu Li picked up the spoon, poured a small spoon, and handed it to Finley.

Finley poured it into his mouth in one gulp, smashing it, smashing it, "Not enough, too little, can you give me a little more?" Although the portion is not much, it has an endless aftertaste, especially the mellow aroma of wine, which beer does not have.

Lu Li didn't speak, he poured a tablespoon again, which made Finley smile contentedly, quickly poured this sip of rice wine into his mouth, and then stood next to him, not wanting to leave at all - this rice wine was so intoxicating, she was even more curious about the dish in front of her.

"Is it a beef stew in Burgundy?" said Finley.

Lu Li nodded, "It can be regarded as the same style." But, I think, the taste is still very different, you can try it later. After taking a closer look and making sure that everything inside was ready, he added a little more water, and then closed the lid of the casserole and turned on the maximum fire.

When the water in the casserole is boiling, put on protective gloves, seal the edges completely with tin foil, and then start to simmer slowly over low heat.

The essence of Dongpo meat is that it must not be simmered slowly over low heat, so that the flavor of all the ingredients can penetrate little by little, and it will take at least 30 minutes, and if it is long, maybe two hours is possible. However, the grasp of the heat is more special, and it needs to be controlled by the maker.

After finishing all these processes, Lu Li turned around to look at Finley's work, only to find that it was miserable.

There are no detailed requirements for knife work in boiled beef, slicing, thinning, which is fine, of course, if it is not thin enough, it doesn't matter, but the taste is slightly affected. But that's all the needs of professionals, and Lu Li's own knife skills are not good, he is disgusted by Song Lingyi every time, and he doesn't want to be too bad when dealing with home-cooked food, that's enough.

But looking at the pile of beef in front of Finley, Lu Li felt that this cow must be very aggrieved.

Large and small irregular beef, hovering between lumps and dices, it doesn't look like a beef slice, but it doesn't look like minced beef, the thickest slice is already ready to fry the steak, and the customer will ask with a worried face, "I want to be fully cooked, won't this outer layer burn?" The smallest slice is almost the level of a beef cube, and Lu Li didn't know that Finley cut it out like this.

It's really, I can't bear to look at it directly.

"Isn't that useless?" asked Finley, a little nervously, frowning, cautiously.

Lu Li turned his head, looked at Finley's timid eyes, and then said categorically, "Yes." ”

Finley originally wanted to pretend to be pitiful, but when he heard Lu Li's answer, he immediately laughed, "I think so too." So, what else can I do to help?"

"Uh, help wash the vegetables?" Lu Li's last voice raised slightly, he originally thought that cutting beef was a simple job, but now, he was not sure.

Finley originally thought that he would be kicked out of the kitchen directly by Lu Li, but now when he heard that he could help wash the vegetables, he immediately became happy, "No problem! ”

Finley left the kitchen and began to rummage through the vegetables, "By the way, do you want to wash some corn? Didn't you just say, make corn rib soup?"

Lu Li originally planned to make soup, but he needed to clear his stomach, Dongpo meat was already a greasy kind of food, so he didn't want to continue - making soup, corn rib soup was already very light, but it was still meat. He decided to make a hot and sour soup tonight, which was refreshing and exciting.

"Next time. Looking at the proactive Finley, Lu Li replied, and then he obviously saw Finley's drooping shoulders, and he didn't hide his disappointment at all, which made people cry and laugh.

Finley left the kitchen, and Lu Li immediately spread his hands and feet again, this pot of Dongpo meat needs to be simmered slowly, and he has enough time to prepare today's dinner.

Looking at the beef on the board that had been tortured to the point of disappearance, Lu Li collected all the minced meat, which could be chopped into minced meat and added to the hot and sour soup to enhance the flavor. Then he started cutting the beef again, but fortunately, there was enough beef at home to be consumed by Finley, and the rest was still enough.

Concentrate on cooking, sure enough, it is full of motivation, the stomach is constantly secreting gastric acid, saliva is pouring out wave after wave, Lu Li did not hold back after all, while cooking, while tasting, from time to time to taste the taste, pad the stomach, this familiar taste and texture really make people feel happy, even if they are busy with the work of cooking, it is also sweet.

"Fragrant! What is it, it is so fragrant! It really smells so good!"

Before he could open the door, Randy could already smell the tempting fragrance while standing outside the garden, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva all the way, and rushed up at a trot, pushing open the door, shouting loudly, and then saw Finley standing at the kitchen door, her attention was highly focused, and she couldn't take her eyes off the kitchen.

Hearing the sound of the doorway, Finley did not look back, but shouted loudly, "Eggplant!

Randy couldn't help but be stunned, "What?