Chapter 021: Making Sauce
It took more than ten days for this heavy snow to be calculated, and the temperature gradually warmed up, and there was still a month to go, and the Kunxi Palace was much more lively than before.
The main reason is that the weather is cold, coupled with heavy snow and frost, the road is extremely slippery and very difficult to walk, Leng An is reluctant to let Ziyan run back and forth for her own food, plus her own injuries are almost gone, so she simply asked her for kitchen utensils, cleaned up the small kitchen, and cooked by herself.
At first, Aunt Cao was not happy with such a movement, but as Leng An really started cooking, and sent her some dishes from time to time, Aunt Cao gradually acquiesced to this behavior, and the relationship between the two eased somewhat, and also relaxed the control of Leng An's actions. This is what Leng An expected, Leng An understood the truth of eating other people's short mouths and taking other people's soft hands when he was a child, but because he was new to the school, he had to recuperate and have nothing to use. Now tempted with food, Aunt Cao is naturally very useful.
At noon this day, Leng An moved a chair to bask in the sun in the yard, these days are a little cold, the mouth is tasteless, appetite is greatly reduced, just about to close his eyes for a nap, suddenly saw a few bunches of dried red peppers hanging at the door of Aunt Cao's room, so he asked Aunt Cao on a whim and went into the kitchen.
The stove and kitchenware in the small kitchen are very simple, except for salt, there are few condiments, but this does not affect Leng An's enthusiasm for cooking at all.
Leng An scooped some water from the tank and poured it into the wooden basin, and after throwing the chili peppers into it, he lowered his head and began to look for ingredients in the kitchen.
Before long, a small bag of peanuts, some sesame seeds, and a small piece of meat appeared on the cutting board......
After Leng An found all the ingredients such as green onions, ginger and garlic, he rolled up his sleeves and got busy. She chopped the meat into foam with a knife, and the meat foam flew with joy.
Ziyan just took the ingredients, and as soon as she entered Kunxi Palace, she heard a sound from the direction of the small kitchen, and couldn't help but speed up her pace, and when she went in, she saw that Leng An was busy and asked, "Sister, what are you doing?" Is the movement so big? ”
Leng An's head was sweating: "You're blessed today, I'm making meat sauce, I'll be able to eat it later......"
"Bolognese?" Ziyan put down the basket in her hand and asked softly.
Leng An leaned his head over, only to see a piece of fat in the basket, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly picked it up: "I want this if you smash Zhilu Dao?" After saying that, he washed the fat and cut it into pieces, and threw it into the pot.
Ziyan was anxious when she saw it: "Sister, what are you doing!" I finally asked the father-in-law in the imperial dining room to reward me with some meat, why did you use it all at once, this is for the New Year? ”
Leng An smiled: "Don't worry, this meat is all fat, how do you want to eat it, you can rest assured, the one I made must be better than this fat!" ”
Ziyan looked at Leng An suspiciously, her eyes swept to the meat foam on the cutting board, and immediately chattered again: "Sister! This! Why did you use up this lean meat? These are all ingredients for our New Year, just a little bit, why do you use them all? ”
"Uh...... Don't be so nervous, besides, it's just so big meat, it's not enough for us to stuff our teeth. Don't worry, just sit back and eat! Leng An said and pushed Ziyan and asked her to leave, but Ziyanguang felt sorry for the meat, where did she still think about eating.
At this time, the fat in the pot had already begun to sizzle with oil, and Leng An was busy while flipping the fat with a shovel while cutting the pepper with a knife. Ziyan couldn't help but ask, "I'll help you......"
Leng An shook his head: "No, no, it's a little meaning, you just sit and wait for dinner!" ”
"Forget it, I'll help you, look at your chili cut...... In case I hurt my hand again...... Ziyan took the kitchen knife in Leng An's hand and cut it without finishing speaking, the small pepper was cut very beautifully, Leng An couldn't help but admire Ziyan's craftsmanship.
"I didn't expect your knife skills to be so exquisite!"
Ziyan pursed her lips and smiled: "Sister, don't praise me...... When I was a child, my family was poor, and all the work such as cooking was mine, and I practiced such a craft, but I didn't expect to enter the palace for a few years, and I haven't been unfamiliar with it......."
"My sister cut it so well! Much better than mine! Leng An couldn't help but praise a few more words, and these words were even more praised, and Ziyan's face turned red.
After Ziyan cut the chili peppers, the fat in the pot was almost fried, and a large piece of fat meat was returned, which shrunk into jerky, and the melted fat sizzled in the pot, Leng An fished out the shriveled jerky, sprinkled pepper and star anise, and added ingredients such as green onion and ginger, and a strong fragrance suddenly burst out in the house.
When Leng An put the diced meat in, the taste became even more unique, the meat pieces were fried in oil, emitting bursts of aroma, which made Ziyan swallow her saliva: "It's so fragrant......"
"This is fragrant? This is just the beginning! After Leng An finished speaking, he scooped up the fried diced meat, and then threw all the chopped peppers into it......
Immediately, the room was filled with the smell of choking chili peppers, Ziyan covered her mouth and coughed, Leng An also choked tears, but she still didn't stop the movements in her hands, kept stir-frying, and after a while, the chili peppers burst out with bursts of aroma......
"Sister...... How long will it take...... It's spicy......" Ziyan couldn't help it, choking on tears. Leng An held his breath: "It's almost there!" "You must know that there was no range hood in ancient times...... Leng An could only fan the wind outward with his hands...... Fortunately, this room is already broken, and the airtightness is very poor, otherwise frying chili oil like this will definitely be the rhythm of death.
The chili peppers in the pot gradually turned color, and the meat oil at the bottom of the pot also became red, Leng An saw that the heat was about the same, so he poured the crushed peanut kernels into it, and the sesame seeds that were fried well, and then threw in the diced meat that had been fried once before, sprinkled with salt, and added some water, and then covered the lid and stewed.
Ziyan's eyes were red, and she reached out to rub it, but was stopped by Leng An: "If you have touched the chili pepper, you can't touch your eyes, otherwise it will be more uncomfortable and painful!" ”
"Oh...... Then I'll go out and wash."
Hearing Ziyan say this, Leng An nodded: "Go ahead, wash your hands well with soap...... By the way, do we still have steamed buns? ”
"Steamed buns? What does my sister want to do with steamed buns? Ziyan asked, bending her head.
Leng An smiled: "Of course I ate it, Ziyan is the best, go and get a few more!" That's enough sauce for us to eat for days......"
Ziyan said "oh" and went out, thinking that at this time, only the imperial dining room had steamed buns, so she walked out of Kunxi Palace and walked towards the imperial dining room.
Leng An only cared about the fried chili sauce, not realizing at all that the fragrance of the meat sauce dissipated with the wind, and it could float so far that it even attracted Princess Siyi who was playing in the back garden......