117. Boiling cabbage

Liu Jiaojiao keeps cooking in the kitchen every day, naturally it is impossible to lack practice as Lao Li Tou said, it should be said that she is doubling her actual combat practice every day.

It is also thanks to the fact that her body has been nourished by the spiritual spring for a long time, otherwise it would be impossible for an ordinary ten-year-old girl's body to bear such a large amount of labor every day.

Cooking is really a physical job, and it is very harmful to the body.

Constantly turning the spoon every day can lead to frozen shoulder, inhaling too much oil smoke every day can lead to rhinitis and even lung cancer, working in high temperatures for a long time can lead to kidney deficiency and rheumatism, and standing for too long can lead to lumbar disc herniation...... In short, almost every cook who has been working in the kitchen for a long time has a bunch of occupational diseases.

Lao Li's waist is very bad, so Liu Jiaojiao specially got him a lumbar pillow, and there is also a very serious rheumatism, when the sky changes, the joints of his hands and feet hurt so much that he can hardly lift up.

So at first, when Liu Jiaojiao said that she planned to open a restaurant in the town, Lao Li Tou disagreed.

He knows too well the hard work of being a chef, and because he can't help in the restaurant for some personal reasons, the responsibility of chef will definitely fall on Liu Jiaojiao alone.

A strong young man may not be able to cook for several hours a day, let alone a ten-year-old girl.

But Liu Jiaojiao proved her extraordinary endurance with practical actions, so that Lao Li Tou had to admit that this girl was born to be the master of the stove prince's food, but even so, he would still tell him every day before Liu Jun went out to go to the back kitchen and look at Liu Jiaojiao.

According to Lao Li Tou's requirements, after showing his various basic skills that he is becoming more and more proficient in one by one, Lao Li Tou snorted and said in an extremely reluctant tone: "It's not bad, I'm not lazy." ”

Liu Jiaojiao has been thinking about the random tasks released by the system, so at this moment, she is carefully observing what ingredients are in the kitchen with her eyes, and whether she can make up a plate of boiling cabbage.

Seeing the apprentice sneaking around like a thief, Lao Li Tou coughed deliberately, and after attracting her attention, he frowned and asked, "Girl, what are you looking for?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao touched her white and tender little face a little embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Master, I am looking at what ingredients you have in your kitchen, and I am thinking about making dishes with my own hands for a while to honor your old man." ”

Lao Li Tou sneered when he heard this: "Don't come here to fool me, I'm not as stupid as your grandfather." Say, do you have some idea in your head, thinking of taking your master and me to try the dishes? ”

Liu Jiaojiao pulled the corners of her mouth in embarrassment, it was really scary to have a master who knew her too well, and she could see her thoughts at once.

Lao Li Tou was not really angry, but was faintly excited in his heart.

This is where he likes this apprentice the most, he always has different ideas in his head, and he can really get something when he thinks of it, which many famous chefs don't have.

It's a pity that she is a daughter, and she will marry and have children in the future, even if Liu Jun really gets what she wants and holds the beauty in the end, and she doesn't mind if she goes out to show up, but people are terrible, and the world will always treat women harshly.

However, he never mentioned this worry in front of Liu Jiaojiao and Liu Jun, firstly, he was afraid of bringing pressure to the two children, and secondly, he really wanted to see where these two children would go in the future.

Liu Jiaojiao had basically confirmed that she had just all the ingredients she needed, and she couldn't help but feel a resentment in her heart.

Whether it's her luck is too good, or the system calculates accurately, and she doesn't even leave an excuse that she can't do it due to lack of ingredients.

After closing her eyes and recalling the recipe for boiling cabbage in the recipe provided by the system, she opened her eyes again and smiled at Lao Li: "Master, I'll make you a cabbage today!" ”

Lao Li's eyes lit up, and then he raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you sure you want to make cabbage?" "The simpler the dish, the more it can test the level of a chef, especially the common cabbage and tofu.

Liu Jiaojiao took a deep breath to cheer herself up silently, and then nodded firmly: "Yes, just make cabbage, this dish is called boiling water cabbage, and I will ask the master to give some advice in a while." ”

The dish of boiling cabbage does not exist in this era at all, because this is a famous Sichuan dish that appeared in the Qing Dynasty, created by the famous chef Huang Jinglin in the palace, and later carried forward by Luo Guorong, a master of Sichuan cuisine, and became a fine product at the state banquet.

To make this dish well, the most important thing is "boiling water".

The boiling water here is not the kind of boiled water we usually drink, but the broth made of old hens, ham, pork ribs, scallops and many other ingredients simmered together. Then bring to a boil again, add the minced pork, change to medium-low heat and continue to simmer, then remove the minced pork, then boil again, add the minced pork again to continue simmering, and then continue to remove the minced pork.

This process is repeated several times until the final filtered soup is fresh and clear like water, and then the bowl of "boiling water" is prepared.

The cabbage only takes the most tender cabbage sum, divides the "boiling water" into two pots, puts the washed and selected cabbage heart into one of the pots, burns it until it is seven ripe, then rinses it with water, and then uses a fine silver needle to puncture the cabbage sum repeatedly, then puts the cabbage sum in a colander and pours it from the top with the pot of "boiling water" that boils it, until the cabbage sum is scalded.

This step is a great test of the chef's quick eyesight, because the "boiling water" is hot, the cabbage sum is easy to cook, and if you pour too much cabbage, it will be overcooked and there will be no crispy taste, and if you drizzle less cabbage, it may be sandwiched.

Finally, put the blanched cabbage sum at the bottom of the bowl, boil another pot of "boiling water", and then scoop the boiled "boiling water" into the bowl, and a bowl of "boiling water cabbage" is considered to be completely done.

This dish is specially made into several servings, each serving is served in a small bowl, and there is only one cabbage sum in it, and there are also large portions that are concentrated in several cabbage sums in one pot.

As mentioned earlier, Liu Jiaojiao is very lazy, so she is only going to make two for one person, one for Lao Li Tou and one for Liu Jun, as for herself......

Please, it takes so much time, so much thought, so much trouble to make this dish, and when it's done, it's three shifts in the middle of the night, right?

After completing the mission, you must go to sleep immediately! Is it good to stay up late and hurt a girl's skin?

The key is that no matter how famous and delicious this dish is, it can't change the fact that its main dish is Chinese cabbage.

Girl, she's growing her body, and she needs to eat more meat, cabbage, or something......

Oh, no! Prosper! Interesting!

After selecting the two most beautiful Chinese cabbages, she quickly peeled off the layers of leaves on the outside, until the small pocket in the middle was left with the most tender cabbage, carefully put the cabbage sum on the plate for later use, and then threw the large pile of leftover leaves directly into the vegetable basket on the side.

If you can eat it, don't waste it, keep it for the old man to fry a cabbage tomorrow and then make noodles or something.

It's also a shame that Lao Li Tou is from the imperial kitchen, and he has seen a lot of this seemingly wasteful behavior of selecting ingredients, otherwise he would have to jump up and scold her for being a loser.

"Girl, are you going to prepare those two little cabbage sums for me to eat?" Lao Li Tou looked interested and asked deliberately.

Liu Jiaojiao turned around and smiled at him, "No, you only have one, and the other one is my brother's." ”

Lao Li's hand was pressed on his beard, and when he heard this, he almost slipped his hand and pulled off a few of his beards, crying and laughing: "You just said that this dish is to honor me?" For half a day, your master's filial piety is only worth such a small cabbage heart? ”

"Haven't you started yet? Master, what are you anxious about? First of all, this dish is very, very time-consuming, and I estimate that it will take as soon as possible to make it, so you better get some food with my brother first. Liu Jiaojiao suggested very conscientiously.

At this time, it was just time to feed (around three o'clock in the afternoon), but Lao Li Tou was not only not in a hurry, but laughed and said: "Look at this posture is a hard dish, but I really don't have the impression that cabbage heart is the mainstay, and it takes so long to dish, girl, and you figured it out by yourself?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao, who was used to plagiarism and borrowing, replied without changing her face and heartbeat: "Yes, Master, you also know that I like to think about it when I have nothing to do." It just so happens that your kitchen is big enough and there are many stoves, so you can get some food first, so you don't have to wait until you get hungry. ”

"Cheng, I'll make a few bowls of noodles first, you also fill your stomach first, and I'll eat the filial piety you made later!" Lao Li Tou was not hypocritical, rolled up his sleeves and went to get flour.

Liu Jiaojiao's estimation of the time was extremely accurate, and at the end of the night (11 o'clock in the evening), two servings of boiling water cabbage were finally successfully served.

Looking at the bowl in front of him, even the well-informed Lao Li couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, pointed to the bowl, and said to Liu Jiaojiao in disbelief: "After tossing for so long, you really came out with a bowl of boiling water to soak cabbage hearts?" ”

Liu Jun knew her sister well, and when she saw her expression, she knew that the things in the bowl in front of her must be unusual, in order to avoid Lao Li being slapped in the face for a while, she hurriedly persuaded her: "Grandpa, don't you often say that you can't just look at your appearance in everything?" Let's try it first. ”

Lao Li Tou realized that he was a little anxious, and after coughing twice with a slight embarrassment, he picked up the bowl and smelled it, and his expression suddenly changed greatly.

"This ...... It's not boiling water, it's stock! But how can this color be so clear? In order to avoid falling asleep, he simply decided to sleep for a while after eating noodles, and then get up when it was almost dawn, so I didn't see Liu Jiaojiao do this in the future.

"That's why this dish is called boiling cabbage, grandpa, isn't the dish as its name? Don't underestimate this dish, taste it carefully, and remember to give your apprentices some suggestions for improvement! Liu Jiaojiao smiled without eyebrows, just like a little mouse who successfully stole food.