Chapter 342: Sugar Color
As soon as he heard that there was braised pork to eat, Dongfang Yanhe subconsciously began to swallow his saliva, "Daughter-in-law, is the braised pork you are talking about the braised pork you made for me last year?"
Fat but not greasy, but very fragrant that braised pork!? ”
He looked at himself expectantly, and Ye Chuliang couldn't help but feel a little like laughing when he saw it, "You like it so much?" ”
"Of course!" Thinking back to the braised pork he ate last time, Dongfang Yanhe felt a lot better, "That braised pork is delicious!" Once after eating it, I thought about it......"
The fatty but not greasy, melt-in-your-mouth meat, and the fragrant soup, even if it is used to mix rice, I have eaten a large bowl of it!
In the first half of the year, because it was too chaotic, I didn't eat this braised pork once!
If it weren't for the little daughter-in-law who made it for herself today, I am afraid that I would not be able to remember that there is such a delicious thing.
Wu has never eaten this braised pork, in fact, she has never even heard of this name.
Now that she heard that her son was so happy, she immediately went into the kitchen and asked, "Chu Liang, how did you make this braised pork?"
Yanhe likes to eat so much, I have to learn it too! It's been so long, and I haven't cooked a meal for the two of you seriously! Can you teach me a few dishes? I'll do it for you then? ”
She wanted to do it herself, and Ye Chuliang naturally supported it, "If you want to learn, it's easy!" But now Xiaoxue and I have prepared all the meals, let's eat first.
I'll teach you how to do it in the evening, do you think it's feasible? ”
The daughter-in-law was willing to teach, and Wu naturally nodded happily, "Okay, good!" Then we'll come back in the evening......"
On the dinner table.
Wu, Lin Suxue, and Su Shi were really fascinated by this braised pork.
None of them had ever eaten braised pork, and at first they all thought that this braised pork might be a little greasy.
But after this entrance, Su Shi was surprised.
The fat and thin pork belly exudes a different aroma in the mouth, sweet and fluffy, and melts in the mouth......
After reluctantly swallowing the meat in his mouth, he looked at his sister, "Sister, I think this braised pork really tastes good!"
At first, I thought that this meat would be a little tough and not easy to bite, but now I have realized that this meat is okay even for older people with bad teeth. ”
The meat is soft and glutinous, and if you sip it a little harder, it will already melt in your mouth!
But the aroma of the meat is always in the mouth, and it makes people have an endless aftertaste.
Lin Suxue also felt that this meat was really delicious, "Sister-in-law, this pork belly is really good!" I don't know how to describe it, but it's delicious! ”
She can't talk like Brother Shi, but she really thinks this meat is delicious!
"Sister, why don't you teach me at night? After I go back, I'll make ...... for my father and mother," Su Shi said suddenly.
They all want to learn, and Ye Chuliang certainly has no reason to refuse.
After eating the meal, she took them to the meat stall at the head of the village to choose meat.
When the meat seller saw that his house had come again, he was a little surprised, "Didn't your family just come here early in the morning to buy a piece of meat?" Why is it coming again? ”
"The family has a large population, so they eat faster." Ye Chuliang made fun of the two of them, "What, you still don't want to do our business?" ”
As soon as she heard her words, the mother-in-law immediately laughed, "Chu Liangzi, you are ...... There's business here, how can we not do it? ”
Because of the events that happened in the first half of the year, many people in the village have no money, and there are very few people who are willing to eat meat.
At this time in previous years, she would be able to sell out of half a fan of pork in one day.
But now it is not possible, their family does not dare to take so much pork, for fear that they will not be able to sell it and finally spoil!
Now that Dongfang Yanhe's family is helping her like this, she herself is happy, "But I also hope that Yanhe brother's leg can be better soon!"
In this case, your family will not have to spend this money to buy meat in the future......"
Dongfang Yanhe's injuries have not healed yet, so he has not been out during this time, let alone going up to the mountains to hunt.
But after he recovers from his injuries, he will definitely go to the mountains to hunt in the future.
Speaking of this, Ye Chuliang also smiled and thanked her, "Then accept your auspicious words, I hope that my head of the house will get better soon."
Sister-in-law, you can cut us a pound and a half of pork belly! I want the fat and thin kind! ”
"Okay! We'll cut it for you! ”
Both of them are real people, how Ye Chuliang wants and how much he wants, they will cut Ye Chuliang as much as they want.
Taking advantage of their reputation, Ye Chuliang said to his mother-in-law and younger brother: "To make this braised pork, it is actually the best to use pork belly like this."
However, if you can't buy pork belly, it's actually good to buy pork hind leg meat. "Bunny Fly
Although the meat of the hind leg of the pork is not as fat and thin as the pork belly, most of the meat there is not as fatty as the pork belly, so the final product is actually very good.
Wu and Su Shi both knew that she was teaching themselves how to buy good meat, so they nodded and carefully memorized everything she said.
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After buying the meat and going home, Ye Chuliang boiled the pot, but did not put oil in the pot, but directly put the side of the pigskin in the pot and burned it.
Su Shi didn't know much about things in the kitchen, and now looking at his sister's action, he was naturally very curious, "Sister, why are you doing this?" ”
"Shi'er, your sister is doing this to get rid of the smell of this pork!" Wu smiled and said, "If you do it like this, the pork will lose its smell in the end!" ”
Su Shi nodded thoughtfully when he heard this, and after a while, he wanted to operate it himself.
Ye Chuliang didn't stop her, on the contrary, she was in favor of her younger brother doing this.
It is said that practice makes true knowledge, and sometimes it will not work if you just know the theory but not actually operate it.
She instructed Su to process the pork, and then cut the pork into pieces.
Finally, she pointed to the materials on the table that were already ready and said, "These are the materials that need to be used, and if there is, it would be the best."
If not, the ingredients can be omitted......"
Seeing that he had to use so many things, Wu was a little dumbfounded, "This...... So much!? ”
She thought it would be enough to put it in the pot and stew it, but now when she sees cinnamon, star anise, soy sauce, sugar, green onions, and ginger slices on the table, she really feels a little complicated.
"Chu Liang, all these things add up, and it is estimated that it will cost a lot of money to make a meal!"
Seeing that she began to "pick the door" again, Ye Chuliang also said: "Mother, you also know, if you are reluctant to put oil, even if it is a green vegetable, the final dish is not delicious, isn't it?" ”
In ancient times, because they were poor, they were reluctant to spend so much effort on cooking.
She herself knows this.
Because when they were in the old house, they didn't put oil to fry the vegetables at all, but scalded them with hot water, then put a little salt, and finally dipped them in chopsticks to stir evenly.
Many people in the village also do this kind of cooking, one is because the family is really not rich, vegetables, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, each of these things are bought with money, and naturally they can be saved!
The second reason is that they are used to cooking like this, so they have slowly developed such a habit!
"We don't have a shortage of ideas in our house right now, so you don't have to worry about what to use all the time...... If you are reluctant to guard against this and add to that, is this meat really delicious? ”
Su Shi was on his sister's side, and he said to the Wu family: "Auntie, you really don't have to worry about wasting money on this thing.
Where you should spend money, you have to spend money, and even if you save it, you can't actually save 1 amount of silver. ”
As soon as Wu saw that he had made this old mistake again, he scratched his hand a little embarrassed, "I used to do this before, and it is really not easy to change it for a while." ”
"It's alright...... Slowly I got used to it. Ye Chuliang said, "Then let's continue...... You see, in these things, cinnamon and star anise can actually be omitted.
But we have these things in our house now, and after we have them, the smell of this meat will be even stronger. ”
"If you don't have these things in the future, it's enough to have sugar, ginger slices, and black oil."
Looking at the sugar in the bowl, Wu suddenly thought of the sweetness of the braised pork.
She asked: "Chu Liang, is it because of the addition of sugar, so the braised pork is a little sweet?" ”
"Yes." Ye Chuliang saw that she was right, so he nodded approvingly, "But because we don't add sugar directly, but want to fry the sugar, the pork belly I made is not particularly sweet, right?" ”
Su Shi and Wu both nodded.
Indeed, although the pork belly she made was a little sweet, it was not greasy sweetness, but it was just faintly sweet.
This is what Su Shi doesn't understand, "Sister, what is this sugar color?" ”
"Sugar color is something that is fried with sugar and can be used to color, so the color of this pork belly is very beautiful in the end."
Ye Chuliang poured the oil down while transferring the things to the stove, and put the ginger slices, cinnamon, and star anise down, "The next most important thing is to fry the sugar!"
We're going to fry this sugar color, and that's going to be easy. ”
"Sister, is it difficult to fry sugar?" Su Shi asked.
Is it difficult?
Ye Chuliang didn't think so, but for him, it was definitely not so easy!
When the oil in the pot was slightly smoky, she poured all the sugar in the bowl.
"When frying sugar, you must pay attention to two things, the first is to fry on low heat, not on high heat! Because this sugar is easy to burn, if it is really burnt, then the color of the sugar will be terrible, because the color of the sugar that comes out in this way is bitter.