Chapter 84: Zeng Niangzi's Kitchen
The first thing to deal with, of course, is a large piece of pork with pork ribs in the most conspicuous place in the kitchen. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Obviously, this is the main course of the day. And both soup and stew take time, and she has to do this first.
She carefully removed the ribs, the part of the backbone, and began to boil the soup after simmering the water. She makes this every day, even if she doesn't use such good ingredients, but boiling soup is now her specialty. When the soup is white, remove the heat, put down the white radish, and then half-cover the pot and leave it alone.
Remove the straight row and chop it into small cuts, soak it in ice water, suck off the blood, and set aside the cornstarch and seasonings on a plate. She doesn't know how many people will come, she prepares this dish first, if it is really too much, she will make a fried ribs, this does not take much time, it can be regarded as a hard dish, and it will not be underestimated.
Finally, there is the meat with the skin, take half of it, put it aside and hang it, no matter how many people come, you won't need so much meat.
For the other half, remove a small piece, cut it into thin slices and set it aside to make a side dish for stir-fried Chinese cabbage. Then cut some medium pieces of pork belly and prepare it for braised pork. When the guests come to the New Year, they always have to look like a little bit. At least have a dish with a lot of meat. Let the guests see the sincerity of the host's family.
Roast meat actually has no technical content, it is just time, she doesn't have water for big meat, Li Niangzi has taught her, fry it in oil until it is golden on all sides, and then use sauce to burn, the meat will not be greasy, the skin will spring teeth, the fat meat will melt in the mouth, and the lean meat will not be firewood. But this is also a kung fu dish, and it also takes time, so the second thing she made was roast pork.
With that done, she had some free time to take care of the rest.
There were a few dead big fish thrown in the kitchen, and looking at the place where they were placed, Li Ping knew that Ouyang was not only poor at cooking, but she should not have received any formal education as a daughter.
Fish is thrown in a corner of the kitchen without being processed, which is very perishable. Originally, the temperature in the kitchen was higher than outside, and it was a dead fish, and the internal organs were all inside, and she seriously doubted that if the fish could still be eaten tomorrow.
Judging from the size of this fish, it should not be kept for watching fish. In their township, there is still a tradition of watching fish during the New Year. She had just seen it, and there were still leftovers from the New Year's dinner in the kitchen. There was nothing else, but one fish was left intact. This is the same as the habit of the Li family, their family only had one fish left yesterday, which was to be kept, to ensure that there was more than enough goodwill every year.
Although she hasn't figured out how to make this fish now, she still has to clean it up first. The fish is wiped clean of blood and hung on the side of the freshly enlarged meat, where the space is high, and there is a small skylight, blowing cold air, to ensure that the fish and meat will not spoil.
Leave the edible offal, and throw the rest into the basin on the side, she has heard that the Zeng family has a habit of storing fertile soil, which can be put in the fertile soil. But I didn't throw it away on my own, and those who were not allowed to throw garbage in the first three days of the New Year would be said to be a loser and scatter money.
The rest is simple, preserved fish, bacon, and sausage are each cut out on a plate. After a while, you can put it in a large steamer and steam it, these don't need to be seasoned, just steamed, and you can directly serve it as a snack.
When this is done, look at the stove, the soup is almost done, remove the soup can, and put it aside in a straw warm bag and wrap it tightly.
There's no way, they only have two stoves at home, and even if she wants to do more, she can't stretch it out. One stewed in soup, the other stewed meat, and couldn't do whatever he wanted.
With a pot empty, she hurriedly put on another large sand pot, she had just seen some river lotus root and dried incense, and decided to make some braised vegetables. When I just had time, I cleaned up the kitchen and saw what greens and vegetarian dishes could be made.
Looking at the things prepared, it is obvious that there is no communication between the person who bought the ingredients and the person who cooked. She couldn't think of what they were eating the other day. When I think of the ingredients in my own house, the things are not large, but there are many varieties, such as chickens, ducks, and a big goose. There are various offal in the braised vegetables, and you can cut out a few plates of cold dishes at any time for the guests to drink.
There are also some small fish and crabs, with some finely cut lotus root shreds, and then they will be fried in the sea of lotus roots. When they were planning the menu, Brother Hao didn't want to go home.
The Zeng and Li families are two adjacent villages, and the customs are really similar. When Mrs. Li cooked the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner yesterday, she also specially strengthened her training and told her the rules for the New Year here and how to cook New Year's dishes.
As a result, looking at the ingredients, she didn't know if the Zeng family was an outsider, why didn't they play the cards according to the rules at all?
While packing up things, Li Ping complained about the slots of this house in her heart, and by the way, she arranged the seasonings according to her habits, put the green vegetables and vegetarian dishes separately, and by the way, she got out the dishes that she would want to make later, pick the ones that should be picked, and match them. Methodical and clear.
But that's it, she still thinks that there is nothing to eat, only red peppers, Chinese cabbage, and white radish; The vegetarian dish has a few pieces of tofu and some fragrant and dry. Could it be that you'll just go out with that little stuff later?
I couldn't help it, so I took off another fish, took off the meat on both sides, carefully slice it into fillets, grabbed it with cornstarch, cooking wine, pepper, and salt, and set it aside. In case there are more than one person, you can also make a vinegar fish fillet.
Think of the fish head cut in half, wipe off the blood, and taste it. The bottom is covered with vermicelli, and then the fish head is covered with red chopped peppers, and it can be steamed later, which can also be regarded as a dish.
Li Ping silently calculated in her heart, and time passed in a flash.
Finally, there was a voice outside the door, and then Zeng Fanzhen rushed directly into the kitchen. When Zeng Fan saw that Li Ping was the only one in the kitchen, his face changed. However, looking left and right, his mouth was also pursed tighter.
I don't work at home anymore, I still know the kitchen at home, obviously, the kitchen is still that kitchen, but it is obviously cleaned up in the style of the Li family, but the Li family's kitchen will also paste paper, which looks clean and bright, and it is obviously far from here.
"Exactly, how many?" Li Ping hurriedly asked, the soup is ready, the meat is also very soft and delicious, and now there is one steaming rice and one steaming vegetables on the stove. The steamed dish is actually steamed, and it looks steaming. When people come, it's time for her to open the oil pan and stir-fry.
"There are only three uncles. You don't have to rush. Zeng Fan held back the unhappiness in his heart and said hurriedly.
These three uncles are all the younger brothers of the old man Zeng, and they all have a big family. Then tomorrow, they all go to the second uncle's house, the day after tomorrow to the third uncle's house, and so on.
The grandfather was not bad, knowing that the mother at home might not be able to help much, and the new daughter-in-law came to the door for the first day, so he didn't dare to have many people, so he greeted the three uncles, and only came to the three of them to meet the new granddaughter-in-law. (To be continued.) )