Chapter Seventy-Eight: Red Braised Wolf Meat
"I'm done." Yao Qing is a boy and doesn't particularly like to take a bath, so he casually wiped it with hot water and went out in his clothes.
"Here we are." Cultivators are not afraid of cold and heat, and Yao Huang only means it.
There were two bowls of steaming ginger soup on the table in the hall, and Yao Qing drank them all. Yao Huang drank it in small sips, she really didn't like the taste of ginger soup, she only liked the taste of ginger as a seasoning. Well, she also likes tender ginger very much, shredded ginger meat is one of her favorite dishes, so what, tender ginger is also delicious to eat. Simply let Yao Hong boil a pot of kimchi in salt water next spring, and they will come to kimchi too.
When Yao Huang was in college, one of his classmates in the dormitory was from Sichuan, and he was a strong man. This female Han paper couldn't get used to the school food, so she made her own kimchi and survived four years by relying on kimchi. Yao Huang participated in the whole process of making kimchi on women's paper. The process of making kimchi is not complicated, first put some peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves and other seasonings in cold water, and an appropriate amount of salt and rock sugar, and then boil the water with an electric heater; After the water is completely cooled, pour it into a glass jar, and then add one or two sorghum wine - other wines are not good, kimchi mushrooms come from sorghum koji, and wine is often added; Put green peppers and ginger, they have the effect of enhancing the flavor and increasing the flavor of the dish; Cover the jar with a lid and mix the rim with water to keep the kimchi water in a sealed space for cultivating the kimchi fermentation bacteria. Kimchi is an anaerobic bacterium, so it is important to pay attention to the sealing of the mouth of the altar. Kimchi has an antibacterial effect as it ferments. Lactic acid bacteria are produced during the fermentation process, and a sour taste develops as the fermentation matures, which not only makes the kimchi more delicious. It can also inhibit other bacteria in the jar and prevent abnormal fermentation. Two or three days later. Observe if there are air bubbles forming around the green pepper and if there are air bubbles. Even if it is a bubble, it means that the fermentation is normal, and after the green pepper is completely yellowed, let it be left for another two to three days, and the original juice of the kimchi will be made. At this time, vegetables and fruits such as radish, ginger and cucumber are added, and they can be eaten in two or three days at most. When eating, drop two drops of chili oil, which is sour and crisp and refreshing, and it is very delicious.
………………………… I'm the dividing line after three days..............................
"Dali, Yunzhong, are you back? Yo? That's a lot of prey! ”
"yes. Third sister-in-law, Zhang Yan, this kid also hunted a lot of prey, you can help him move home together! The voices of Li Yunzhong and Zhang San's sister-in-law came from outside the courtyard, Yao Huang walked to the door of the courtyard, and the probe saw that it was gone.
Sure enough, it was a good harvest, and each young man had several hares hanging from his waist, and a wooden stick on his shoulder, and a pheasant hanging from the other end of the stick. And that's not all, behind them. Several earth dogs pull together a simple raft, which is supposed to be made by young people. There were five wild boars and four robes and seven or eight wolves piled on the raft.
"Did you encounter wolves?" Zhang San's sister-in-law also saw the wolf corpse on the raft, was startled, and hurriedly pulled her son to her side. Check him up and down to see if he's hurt.
In winter, the wolves in the mountains are very fierce because of hunger. Even if the king of the mountain's tiger encounters a pack of hungry wolves, it may become food for the wolves.
"Mother, don't worry. I'm fine. Zhang Yan comforted his mother, "The wolves have been beaten away by us." Several were also harvested as trophies. ”
"You're really not hurt?" Sister-in-law Zhang asked suspiciously.
"Nope. None of us fought the wolves in close combat, and we all shot arrows to help them run away. A hint of pride flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes, "I shot a wolf to death." Mother, I'll make a jacket for you and your father out of wolf skin. ”
"My son is amazing!" Zhang San's sister-in-law praised without hesitation, and a look of honor appeared on her face, "Your father and I don't want a jacket." You still make the wolf skin and give your daughter-in-law a dowry when the time comes. ”
"Mother-" Zhang Yan was shy.
"Zhang Yan, take your prey and your third sister-in-law home, and let your father see your results. You can kill wolves stronger than your father when he was younger! Zhao Dali laughed. Although he is more than a round younger than Zhang Fei and Zhang San's sister-in-law, he is the same generation as them.
Li Yunzhong saw Yao Huang poking his little head, and happily greeted her, "Erya, your second brother and I beat a wild boar and a wolf, and let my mother send you a pig leg and a wolf leg later, try it." ”
"Second Brother Xie Lu." Yao Huangzui said sweetly, "You are so powerful, even wolves can hunt, and maybe you can hunt bears and tigers in the future." ”
Li Yunzhong smiled and said, "Xie Lu, thank you for your auspicious words, if the second brother really hunts a bear, he will definitely invite you to eat bear paws." ”
"Good!" Yao Huang agreed while thinking, bear paws, delicious, Buddha jumping over the wall to lick this taste, it must be more delicious.
The young men went home with their prey, and it wasn't long before Aunt Li sent over to deal with the pork legs and wolf legs. Both wild boar and wolf meat are coarse, especially wolf meat, which is very unpalatable if it is not done properly. Yao Huang held his cheeks, thinking about what to do with these two kinds of meat.
Yao Qing ran in with Xiao Ke, and the trouser legs, sleeves, and cotton shoes of the two of them were wet.
"How did you get this? Where have you been? Yao Hong hurriedly pulled the two of them to the kang, and turned around to get a change of clothes for the two little guys.
"My uncle took me to skate on the loop." Xiao Ke didn't notice the look his uncle gave him, and explained their whereabouts in the afternoon, and betrayed his uncle by the way.
Yao Huang squinted his eyes at his younger brother, and Yao Qing hurriedly defended, "The Hetao is all frozen, and it is very strong; There is also a thick layer of snow on the ice, which is very safe and there will be no problems. ”
Yao Huang snorted, ignored his younger brother, and decided that the work of educating the two should be done by the eldest sister. Yao Hong walked over with a change of dry clothes for the two, and sure enough, after hearing the two little guys going ice skating, she taught the two of them a lesson.
Yao Qing hung his head dying, and while Yao Hong was not paying attention, he glared at Xiao Ke Baozi: Little traitor, I knew that Lu Dao would not take you to play.
Xiao Ke innocently bit his thumb: people didn't mean it.
The interaction between the two couldn't escape Yao Huang's perception, Yao Huang couldn't help but laugh and ran into the kitchen to make a face. A wild boar leg has more than ten catties of meat, Yao Huang cut off one-third, and won two-thirds and marinated it with salt and ingredients to make bacon. Chop the minced wild boar meat and add the chopped sauerkraut. The home-made sauerkraut is sour and very refreshing. Stir the meat and vegetables in one direction, add a pinch of salt, and the filling will be ready. Opening the damp cloth covering the basin, Yao Huang poked the dough with his fingers, it was ready to make dumplings.
Walking into the hall with two large basins and putting them on the kang table, Yao Huang said to Yao Qing, "Wear the guilt and make meritorious service, make dumplings." ”
"Order." Yao Qing exclaimed excitedly, and his previous frustration was swept away. Hehe, eat dumplings today, sauerkraut dumplings!
Yao Huang rolls the dough, Yao Qing and Yao Hong are the main forces in making dumplings, although the movements of Wenren Qianye and Xiao Ke are clumsy, but if they are wrapped slowly, they can still wrap them well. Yao Qing and Yao Hongbao enveloped five or six dumplings, and Wenren Qianye and Xiao Ke only wrapped one. Xiao Ke's hands are small, and Yao Huang specially rolled out some small dumpling wrappers for him. The little guy wraps it very seriously, and although the dumplings are small, they are all well-behaved and quite neat. Wenren Chiba was born as a son, with perfectionism in his thoughts, although the speed is slow, but the dumplings wrapped out are even better than Yao Hongbao, chubby and round.
Yao Huang rolled the dough very quickly, and the others only wrapped a third, and she had already rolled out all the dumpling skins. Without helping others make dumplings, Yao Huang went into the kitchen. There was still a piece of wolf meat in the kitchen waiting for her to dispose of.
Wolf meat has the effect of replenishing the five organs, thickening the stomach, filling the essence, and resisting wind and cold.
Before chopping the dumpling filling, Yao Huang processed the wolf meat: blanched it in a pot of boiling water, and then soaked it in clean water. Now, Yao Huang takes the wolf meat out of the water and cuts it into slices, puts it in a basin and marinates it with soy sauce and white wine for ten minutes; Wash and slice the radish, cut the dried chili into small pieces, cut the green onion into sections, and wash the ginger and garlic for later use. Once the preparation is complete, the official cooking begins. Heat the oil pan until it is hot, put the wolf meat slices into the oil pan and fry them until golden brown, remove and drain the oil; Leave the bottom oil in the original pot, add Sichuan pepper and star anise to fry until fragrant, and then remove it; Then add green onions, ginger, garlic, chili pepper and stir-fry, put in wolf meat slices and radish slices, vinegar, refined salt, soy sauce, sugar, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer until the wolf meat is crispy, and then add monosodium glutamate and pepper, you can put it in a pot and take it out of the pot.
Yao Hong and the others had already wrapped the dumplings, one-third of them were taken into the kitchen, and two-thirds were put in the yard to freeze. Yao Huang made a fried bean sprout while boiling water, and asked Yao Hong to bring out the two dishes.
The bean sprouts were soaked a few days earlier, and before winter came, Yao Huang bought two sacks of soybeans. In winter, there are few fresh vegetables to eat, soybeans can sprout bean sprouts or grind tofu, so that there are two more fresh vegetables on the table.
Yao Qing's shout came from outside the kitchen, "Second sister, are you okay?" Hurry up and eat it! ”
Seeing that big pot of fragrant wolf meat, Yao Qing's harazi had already overflowed. However, the Yao family's tutor is good, and no one has come to Qi, so they will never move their chopsticks.
"Wait a minute, I'll make dumplings." Yao Huang replied, the water in the pot had already begun to bubble, Yao Huang threw the fat dumplings into the pot, and then covered them with a wooden lid. After about four or five minutes, the lid of the pot was lifted, and all the dumplings in the pot were floating on the water. Yao Huang scooped them up with a colander and filled three large pots.
"It's time to eat." Yao Huang walked to the hall with dumplings, Yao Qing cheered, picked up chopsticks and stretched them into the pot of red stewed wolf meat.
"Second sister, what kind of meat is this, it's quite chewy!" (To be continued......)