The deputy squad leader hurriedly patted his chest, "This is inevitable." Whoever in the class said that your level was low, I was the first to be unwilling. ”

This is not to say how good the relationship between the deputy squad leader and the squad leader is, but the squad leader's cooking skills are here, which is the case in the grassroots troops, and those who can be the squad leader must have a very high level of skill.

If the squad leader can't make a dish, it will be even more difficult for other fighters to make it.

And the squad leader is the leader of the squad, and the soldiers usually joke with the squad leader, which is no problem, but when it comes to their own skills, they don't dare. Even if it is a squad deputy, it is not good, and the reason is very simple, that is, the army is a place where the concept of superiors and subordinates is very stressed.

Meng Chuan saw the two squad leaders discussing things, and greeted him, "After you two finish talking, help me fill the pot bone broth in a casserole, and I'll adjust the flavor later." ”

The cooking squad leader nodded hurriedly, "Okay, let's go to Sheng." ”

Because Tepei's food standard is quite high, bone broth is always available, in fact, even in ordinary grassroots troops, it is not difficult to drink bone broth often.

The reason is very simple, according to the amount of meat of a soldier per pound per day, (the Ministry of Logistics stipulates that the average standard amount of meat per day for a soldier is 300 grams of livestock meat and 200 grams of poultry meat).

A standard company, with more than 100 people, has to bring half a pig back every day, while the general grassroots company goes directly to the logistics section of the regiment headquarters and does not pass through the battalion headquarters. After all, the battalion unit is very weakened under the division and regiment system, and most of the troops are now mechanized troops, and the troop station should not be too far away, otherwise it will be difficult to get supplies or anything.

Originally, one battalion headquarters and another battalion headquarters could be separated by one or twenty miles, which was for better garrisoning, but now it is not necessary, more than ten miles, we sat in armored vehicles, and we arrived in ten minutes with one foot on the accelerator, so we didn't need to disperse too much.

There are more than a dozen companies in a regiment, and the amount of meat they distribute cannot be the same as that of a small family, you want fine meat to give you fine meat, you want fat meat to give you fat meat, and you want ribs to give you ribs.

That's all directly cut half a pig, the upper scale, you will take it directly, it is impossible to be accurate to the gram, it can be accurate to the pound, after all, this meat contains a lot of bones, some bones are heavy, some bones are light, you want to achieve absolute fairness in the real sense, it is impossible.

Since half of the pig is directly pulled back, what should I do with the bones in the meat, most of them are washed and thrown directly into the cauldron to stew soup, which can save ingredients and not cause waste; Second, bone broth is also a soup, and the nutritional value is not low, not to mention what yam radish to stew, even if it is to put some green vegetables and cook for a while, then the taste of this soup is good.

So it's not uncommon for the kitchen to have bone broth in the back of the cooking class.

Soon, the cooking squad leader put a pot of bone broth in a casserole and put it on the fire to boil, "Director, do you need to put any ingredients, I'll prepare it." ”

Meng Chuan waved his hand, "No need, this pot of bone broth is fine, everyone doesn't drink much soup, and it's a waste to put more ingredients." ”

At this time, Meng Chuan also picked up two pieces of lotus root and looked at it, "This lotus root is good, it's just right to make a hot and sour lotus root, this is an artifact for rice, it's a pity not to do it." ”

After speaking, he picked up the knife, peeled the lotus root, and then cut it into one-centimeter-sized pieces and put it in a basin to wash it.

Then boil the water, pour in the prepared lotus root blanching water after the water is hot, this step is actually the same as the steps of making broccoli in the previous dish, all to make the dish easier to cook.

However, the blanching time of lotus root is much shorter than that of broccoli, because the lotus root is smaller and easier to cook, so blanching for one minute is OK.

Blanched lotus root is put in cold water to cool, so that when eaten later, the lotus root will be crispier and more delicious.

Let's start doing it in earnest.

Heat the oil, put in the dried chili, chives, millet spicy end and stir-fry fragrant, here it should be noted that the dried chili pepper must be put at the latest among the three spices, because the dried chili pepper itself has very little moisture, if you put it with chives and millet spicy, it will be easy to burn, so it is not good.

Of course, these three spices are easy to burst, so there is no need to wait too long in the order of insertion, an interval of one or two seconds is enough.

After stir-frying the spices, add the lotus root and stir-fry, because the lotus root has been cooked, so the stir-fry time does not need to be too long, thirty seconds is enough, at this time add seasoning, a spoonful of light soy sauce, sugar, salt, two spoons of vinegar.

If you like to eat spicy, you can also put some millet spicy at this time, but Meng Chuan will not put it here, what taste is too much, when the hot oil itself is fragrant, it has already put dry chili peppers and millet spicy, and the spicy taste is enough.

At this time, you also need to put a very important thing, that is, water starch, because the adsorption of water starch is particularly good, and ingredients that are difficult to taste like lotus root and broccoli, no matter how long you fry them, the taste is not good to melt in.

It is different to put some water starch, which can adhere to the ingredients with sweet, sour and spicy flavors, so that the taste of the ingredients will be very sufficient.

Of course, you don't need too much, a tablespoon of water starch is enough, stir well and sprinkle it on the ingredients, and a pot of hot and sour lotus root is complete.

This dish is not particularly red because of the color of light soy sauce, but with the red spicy millet and the fragrant shallot, it looks particularly attractive, especially the sour and spicy taste, just smelling the taste, it is enough to eat a bowl of rice.

After Meng Chuan loaded all the dishes into the dining car, he began to fiddle with the bone broth in the pot, which should have been stewed for a long time, and the faint aroma of the bone broth could be clearly smelled.

Such a soup is enough to drink, as for the seasoning, Meng Chuan does not recommend adding more, at most add a little salty salt and chicken essence, and it is best to have some green onion and coriander.

You can add seasonings such as soy sauce and vinegar and chili peppers if you like, but the heavy flavor will mask the umami of the bone broth itself, so it doesn't feel cost-effective.

After adding seasonings, Meng Chuan found a soup bowl and filled it with soup, and then pushed the dining cart out.

At this time, it was getting dark, and the leaders of the investigation team also came to the restaurant to take their seats, and the main seat must be the political commissar and Deputy Brigade Commander Wang, next to Deputy Brigade Commander Wang is Dr. Lu, and next to the political commissar is Political Commissar Gao.

In fact, it stands to reason that the position next to Deputy Brigade Commander Wang should be Meng Chuan, the military commander, Doctor Lu, no matter how old you are, you are not a serious military cadre after all.

But the position was arranged by Political Commissar Gao, and Political Commissar Gao thought that he would give Dr. Lu a little more face now, so that if there was anything in the future, he could take care of it more. Besides, Dr. Lu has been in the army for so many years, his qualifications are so old, and no one can say anything about the position next to Deputy Brigade Commander Wang.