Chapter 394: Abundant Ingredients
The taste of American red fish is actually similar to that of large yellow croaker, but the price is really much worse.
On the seaside, the wholesale price of red fish is about 60 yuan per catty, of course, this is the domestic price.
In the United States, a pound is about eight dollars, which is indeed much more expensive than cod.
Of course, there is no way to compare the output with cod, but Jiang Hai doesn't care about these, he has a way to increase the production, and this kind of fish is mainly delicious, so the best way is to steam, especially live fish.
After Jiang Hai came back, he was also going to do this, first fished out the fish, smashed it unconscious, and then killed the fish, removed the internal organs, scraped the scales, all finished, cut the ginger and green onions, part of it was set aside, part of it was stuffed into the stomach of the fish, and the body, and at the same time poured some cooking wine and the like to start pickling, about ten minutes of pickling, and now use the steamer to steam it.
Steam for 10 minutes, then take it down and discard the soup, as well as throw away the shredded green onion and ginger in the fish's belly.
Pour some steamed fish bean drums on the body of the fish, and then put some green onions and ginger shreds, and then use the pot to heat the oil, use the peppercorns to burst the fragrance, after the burst, you can take out the peppercorns and throw them away, and then sprinkle the pepper oil on the fish's body after the burst.
It can be said to be an easy dish, but it can retain the umami of the fish to the greatest extent.
When Jiang Hai was cooking, the smell of fish began to echo in the villa, attracting not only Dalena and Marianne, but even Bernice and Xiaoya, who were on the second floor, also asked about the fragrance and came over.
The Boston area is the easternmost part of the United States, so every day, the sun rises early in the morning and sets early in the evening, even if there is Eastern time, but it is only an hour of time difference.
When Jiang Hai came back from fishing. In fact, the sky has completely darkened, it is dark, there is no sun, and it is also the time for Xiaoya to move, this is also the first time she has seen Jiang Hai's villa seriously.
And Dalena and Marianne looked at the pure white Xiaoya. I can't help but be a little confused, they haven't seen such a white person before.
"Is there anything I can do?" After a turn in the villa, Xiaoya couldn't help but nod secretly, Jiang Hai's villa is indeed not small, much bigger than her family's villa in China, go to the balcony, look at the moonlight and starlight outside, this feeling is not only in China. You can't see it in foreign cities.
It can only be seen in the countryside, and Jiang Hai is a standard village.
However, because she was afraid that she would catch a cold, she just looked around, and after just looking around, Bernice brought her back, and when she was waiting for the meal in the living room, she was always a little embarrassed, and took the initiative to go to the kitchen. I want to help Jiang Hai do something.
"No, no. I don't make any big dishes, the fish is ready, I'll fry the steak again, and we can eat. Looking at the girl in front of him, Jiang Hai shook his head, the visitor was a guest. He wasn't too embarrassed to ask someone else to help.
"The salad hasn't been mixed yet, I can help." However, Xiaoya saw the vegetable salad still in the pot in the distance at a glance, and couldn't help but ask Jiang Hai with a smile, and Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment when she heard her words. Then he nodded.
If she really wants to help, then let her help, seeing Jiang Hai nodding, Xiaoya also smiled and went to the refrigerator to take out ketchup and salad dressing, I have to say that when I was in China before, Jiang Hai still liked to eat these two sauces.
However, after arriving in the United States, people here eat these two kinds of sauce every day, and Jiang Hai is tired of eating them.
So usually, he only eats meat when he eats, and when he wants to eat vegetables, such as lettuce, carrots, etc., he eats them dry.
"Wow, the sauce here is really complete, do you want to try our cold dishes from the Northeast?" may have seen Jiang Hai's beating eyebrows when he saw him take out these two sauces, Xiaoya here couldn't help laughing, put the sauce back away, and then looked at the sauces in the refrigerator, and said with some excitement.
"Huh? Home-cooked cold dishes? Hearing her words, Jiang Hai was stunned for a moment, because he hadn't eaten for a while.
"Well, I will, can I do it?" Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Xiao Ya also smiled, and then said happily.
"Of course." As soon as he heard the home-cooked cold dishes, to be honest, Jiang Hai also had some heartbeats, it is really not easy to eat an authentic Chinese dish here, even if it is a cold dish, no one will make it, and the most important thing is that the things are not in order.
In the United States, there are people who sell tofu, and there are people who sell dried tofu, but they don't sell dried tofu, which is also what annoys Jiang Hai the most, and at the same time, there are no other places to sell fungus except for Zhang Lao.
The fans are basically the same, so I have to admit that the cultural differences between the two places are still too big, and it is difficult to have a commonality.
However, under Jiang Hai's hard collection, although there is still no dry tofu, and there is no skin, the most classic of the two cold dishes, there are still other things, but he didn't know how to mix it before, and now someone can mix it, which is naturally excellent.
Hearing Jiang Hai's agreement, Xiaoya immediately got busy, opened the lid of the sesame sauce, got some sesame paste, poured vinegar and seafood soy sauce into it, put in some salt and chicken essence, and explained it here.
Americans and Europeans almost don't eat chicken essence and monosodium glutamate, even if they make soup, they just season it with sauce, put some salt, and that's it, so Jiang Hai's chicken essence is bought, and in addition to eating it himself, Dalena and Marianne eat very little.
But this time, someone finally ate with him, and Jiang Hai was still very pleased with this.
"I heard you're also from the Northeast?" While adjusting the sauce evenly, Xiaoya here asked Jiang Hai seemingly casually.
"Oh yes, I'm from Ice City." Seeing her frame and looking like she could cook, Jiang Hai no longer paid attention to her, and now he still wants to fry steaks, and when he heard what Jiang Hai said, Xiao Ya's cute brows frowned again.
"It's a coincidence, our hometown is also from Bingcheng, and I haven't been home for a long time, even during the Chinese New Year." While adjusting the sauce, Xiao Ya said with a little melancholy.
"Uh, hehe, you can go back for the Chinese New Year this year, don't worry, I'm still very sure of your illness!" Listening to Xiao Yana's slightly melancholy words, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be speechless, looking at this poor girl, in fact, it was very easy for Jiang Hai to save her, an aura passed, and all diseases were cured, not to mention just albinism, leukemia was cured.
But the problem is, as Bernice said, there is no way to hide it when the time comes.
It's better to let her eat these foods with aura, and slowly deliver aura to her, so that it won't be long before her albinism will be cured, and this time is the best time to buffer.
"Thank you so much, if my illness is cured, you must go to my house in Bingcheng to play." Hearing Jiang Hai's words, Xiao Ya also smiled and said, but it was originally normal, I don't know why, Jiang Hai felt a little awkward when he heard it, then shook his head, laughed self-deprecatingly, and thought so much about himself with a word of thanks, it seemed that he was getting more and more hypocritical, at this time, his beef had also been fried, and Xiao Ya's sauce over there had also been finished.
After changing the vegetables that had been placed in the pot again, he skillfully poured the sauce into it, and soon a large pot of cold vegetables with the fragrance of sesame sauce had been mixed, and when he smelled this, the speed of saliva secretion in Jiang Hai's mouth accelerated.
At the moment, he also sped up his pace, and after getting the beef out, three dishes with special and large dishes were served.
When they saw the dishes on the table, Dalena and Marianne couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because of the fish and beef, they had eaten before.
But this cold dish, they really haven't eaten it, in the spirit of curiosity, they sandwiched a piece, to be honest, the taste is a little weird, although they like to eat the sour of tomato sauce and salad dressing, but for the sour of vinegar, they feel average.
But to their surprise, the taste of vinegar, after adding it to the sesame sauce, is not too rushed, but has a very refreshing feeling, even more refreshing than tomato sauce and salad dressing.
And Jiang Hai and Xiaoya here also sat here and began to eat, to be honest, Xiaoya is really full of praise for Jiang Hai's beef, the quality of this beef has nothing to say, and for the American red fish, she is also quite satisfied.
It can be said that these two dishes in Jiang Hai's manor opened her eyes, and she kept giving her a thumbs up, of course, this thumb is only a part of the ingredients, Jiang Hai's craftsmanship, cough, he has not learned it seriously, and he just makes it according to his own requirements, which can only be said to be homely.
"I said, don't you have anything else to eat here but beef and seafood?" But on the other hand, although Bernice was also fighting hard with beef, he looked at Jiang Hai with some curiosity.
"No, there are chickens over there, pure little stupid chickens, all free-range, eat grain in winter, eat insects in summer, and have not been fed with a little feed, and there is a flying dragon over there, which is our domestic second-class protected animal, and there is a wild boar in the freezer that has been cleaned up, but I won't do these things." Listening to Bernice's words, Jiang Hai thought about it carefully, and it seemed that he was almost used to eating beef and seafood.
In the past, in China, the Chinese people were mainly pork-based, Jiang Hai also thought about eating pork when he first came, but to be honest, the pork in the United States is not very easy to buy, they went to the mountains to hunt and get back the wild boar, the smell of the earth is particularly heavy, and there is almost no way to eat the dishes made. (To be continued.) )
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