Chapter 37: Two Vegetarian Dishes
As soon as the meal arrived, the canteen opened, and the division headquarters did not have to sing a song before eating like a motorized company, and those officers came in directly and took the dishes and chopsticks to eat. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
During the National Day, there were not many people eating in the canteen of the division headquarters, and Meng Chuan only saw dozens of people queuing up to eat.
Meng Chuan didn't see the deputy division commander and Director Ding for a long time, so he asked, "Deputy squad, when did you say the division leader would come over for dinner?" ”
Zheng Cai said: "I can't say for sure, basically they will come over when it is time for dinner, but if they don't come now, it is estimated that something is delayed." ”
Meng Chuan nodded and said, "Then I'll go to the back kitchen to cook a dish, you can stare at it here." ”
As soon as Zheng Cai heard that Meng Chuan was going to cook, he immediately said: "Squad leader, what kind of dishes to cook, I'll give you a hand." Lao Kang, you stare at the point. ”
Meng Chuan hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Deputy squad, there's no need for it, it's not appropriate for you to give me a sergeant as a fourth-class sergeant." ”
Zheng Cai smiled: "It's okay, there is no order to learn, the master is the teacher, our cooking class is very simple, you have excellent skills, you are powerful, we will serve you, this has nothing to do with qualifications." ”
When Meng Chuan heard Zheng Cai say this, he didn't want to chase Zheng Cai, but said to Master Kong: "Master Kong, you look at the lobby, and the deputy and I will go in and stir-fry the two dishes." ”
When Master Kong heard Meng Chuan's words, he immediately nodded and said, "Okay, squad leader, I'll watch here." ”
Meng Chuan didn't know if Deputy Division Commander Chu was the deputy division commander who transferred him from the grassroots level, but whether it was or not, Meng Chuan also had to cook a few good dishes, and the deputy division commander could bring a small sergeant to the cadre canteen of the division cooking class, presumably the pressure was not small, and only by showing his own results could the deputy division commander worry less.
Meng Chuan didn't want to stir-fry too complicated dishes, these days for the National Day, presumably Deputy Master Chu has eaten too many greasy dishes, and this time he made two light dishes, which must be in line with his taste.
Since it is a light dish, Meng Chuan is tentatively set as two vegetarian dishes, a small cabbage and a braised eggplant.
Zheng Cai looked at Meng Chuan holding an eggplant in one hand and a small cabbage in the other, and was very surprised, there is a good saying, the simpler the dish, the more difficult it is to fry, this is not unreasonable, but after all, that is the deputy division commander, and he will not put aside any meat, how can this be suitable.
So Zheng Cai said: "Squad leader, are you going to cook two vegetarian dishes for the deputy division commander?" ”
Meng Chuan nodded and said, "That's right." ”
Zheng Cai persuaded: "Squad leader, on the Great Day, you just let the family eat two vegetarian dishes, this is not good, our big pot of rice is still eight dishes, two soups, and six meat dishes." ”
Meng Chuan said what he thought in his heart, and said: "I just thought that the deputy division commander may have eaten too much meat these days, if he is making meat dishes, the effect is not as good as two vegetarian dishes, and this vegetarian dish is also cheap, and the cost of two dishes is only two yuan, even if the deputy division commander does not eat it, it is not a particularly wasteful." ”
Zheng Cai said: "Okay, you are the squad leader, listen to you." ”
Meng Chuan looked at the little cabbage and said: "Then I'll make the cabbage first, even if the cabbage is a little colder, the taste is not much worse, if the braised eggplant is cold, it won't taste good." ”
The ingredients of the cabbage are very simple, the main dish is the cabbage, and the auxiliary ingredients are two cloves of garlic.
Zheng Cai washed the cabbage first, and then cut the garlic cloves into slices, through Zheng Cai's knife skills of cutting garlic cloves, Meng Chuan knew that the foundation of this knife skill was very good, no wonder the cooking was good.
If the recruits just come to the cooking class, they must at least cut vegetables for the squad leader or deputy squad leader for a year, so that they can be converted into stir-fried vegetables.
The dish was quickly cut, and after Meng Chuan saw that the ingredients were ready, he began to light the fire and stir-fry.
Meng Chuan put some oil in the pot, and poured the cut garlic slices into it after it was hot, some people like to add some garlic to the green vegetables out of the pot, and feel that the fragrance of garlic is easier to come out, and this method is also good, but in this case, a lot of garlic is still raw, and some people can't eat raw garlic, and they love and hate this dish a little, so for the sake of insurance, Meng Chuan still chooses to add garlic slices in advance.
When frying garlic slices, you must pay attention to the heat, not big, otherwise the garlic slices will be paste, after smelling the garlic fragrance, immediately add the cabbage, and then turn on high heat to fry.
Zheng Cai watched carefully from the side, seeing that Meng Chuan's control of the heat was very good, and he also praised in his heart: "This kid's mastery of the heat is so exquisite, no wonder the vegetarian dishes are fried so well." ”
In less than a minute, Meng Chuan sprinkled a little salt, and then the cabbage was out of the pot, and the fragrance of the cabbage was mixed with the garlic fragrance, so that Zheng Cai didn't take two more breaths, Zheng Cai gave a thumbs up and said: "Squad leader, I'm really convinced, I can make such a fragrant dish with such a simple material, and I do have a hand." ”
Meng Chuan smiled and said, "Okay, let's prepare the ingredients for the braised eggplant, you go and cut the eggplant into strips, and I'll adjust some sauce." ”
The sauce is to color the eggplant, which not only saves time, but also looks good, in fact, the ratio of the sauce is very simple, just a little starch, a little dark soy sauce, if you like sweet, put some sugar, and if you don't like it, put some salt.
Eggplant is a dish that particularly absorbs oil, in fact, if you first oil the eggplant, it will be more fuel-efficient when frying, but the heat of the oil must be mastered, and it must not be old, otherwise it will not be delicious.
Meng Chuan first poured a little oil into the oil pot, and then stir-fried the eggplant, when it came out of the pot, drained all the oil, and then poured some oil into the pot, and began to fry officially, first put in some green onions, ginger and garlic to stir-fry, and then pour in the eggplant to start stir-frying, after seeing the eggplant change color, Meng Chuan poured in the sauce that had been adjusted, because the sauce was salted, so there was no need to add salt when it came out of the pot.
As soon as the sauce is added to the pot, the color of the eggplant changes in an instant, turning to that dark red, which makes people want to eat it.
After the sauce arrives, continue to stir-fry for a minute, and Meng Chuan will take the pot and put it on the plate.
Zheng Cai looked at this plate of braised eggplant, and immediately became hungry, this eggplant is different from the vegetarian fried cabbage just now, the fragrance of this is not the light fragrance, but the strong aroma of rice, smelling this smell, Zheng Cai's stomach growled angrily.
Meng Chuan heard the sound of Zheng Cai's stomach and asked, "Deputy Squad, are you hungry?" Go get a piece of dessert made by Master Kong, I just ate a piece and it tastes very good. ”
Zheng Cai didn't want to eat any dessert, so he stared intently at this plate of braised eggplant, the fragrance of this braised eggplant was so tempting, he was about to hook up his stomach.
Meng Chuan looked at Zheng Cai's eyes staring at his own dishes, and said with a smile: "The deputy class wants to eat the dishes I made?" ”
How could Zheng Cai admit it, he was also a cook, so he couldn't fall too much, so he quickly changed the topic and said, "Fortunately, the deputy division commander should be coming soon, I'll go out and have a look." With that, he left the back kitchen.
Zheng Cai is afraid that if he doesn't leave the back kitchen, he will really be embarrassed, this Meng Chuan, why is it so powerful, the dishes that are fried at will taste so good, it seems that he still has to ask him for more advice.