Chapter 120: Mutton Shabu-shabu
On a winter night after the snow, the window is covered with snow, but the interior is warm.
A table of people sat around, and a copper hot pot was placed on the huge round table, which was slowly steaming, and the fragrance was also wafting away.
There is a circle of ingredients to be put in the pot around the hot pot, and the first C position must be fresh-cut mutton. The best lamb spine and meat on the hind leg of the lamb are used, especially the noodles, these mutton are cut by Fang Wenhai himself.
Who asked him to send out his two apprentices to find ingredients, and the best knife worker in the family was his old man.
Because winter vegetables in the north are relatively rare, Chinese cabbage has become the protagonist of side dishes, as well as vermicelli, frozen tofu, mushrooms, white radishes, and so on.
Eating shabu shabu from the north is the best way to bring out the deliciousness of mutton. The bottom of the pot is clear soup, and green onions, ginger and peppercorns are added to taste.
Fresh lamb is sliced by hand, slightly thicker than frozen meat, but it preserves the tenderness and juiciness of the mutton.
Cooking for a long time is an important criterion for a good lamb meat.
Of course, the most important thing to eat clear soup and mutton shabu is not only the ingredients, but also the dipping sauce.
The ancient method is based on leek flower sauce and then added to other seasonings you like.
Therefore, leek flower sauce is the finishing touch of shabu-shabu.
At the end of summer, the budding leek flowers are picked and washed, mashed into a puree with a stone mortar, added an appropriate amount of salt, and put into a glass bottle or jar for sealed preservation.
In winter, the leek flower sauce is used as a dipping sauce for shabu-shabu, which is extremely delicious and greatly increases the richness of the taste of mutton and other ingredients.
Due to the special taste of leek flower sauce, it also has an anti-greasy effect and can make people eat a few more bites of meat.
Aunt Zheng was afraid that the children would not be able to eat enough, so she specially wrapped a lot of dumplings, and when she had eaten enough shabu-shabu, she cooked it to the fullest.
"Come on, the children move their chopsticks, you're welcome, open up and eat."
Fang Wenhai, as an elder, picked up the chopsticks first and slipped the meat into the bottom of the boiling pot.
"Thank you, Grandpa Fang."
Sitting next to Fang Wenhai were the youngest Luo Yan and Bai Kaitai, who let the old man soften children, and he was not willing to let adults sit next to him, so everyone didn't pay attention to the order and sat down at will.
Bai Kaitai, who was already piercing and fanning, ate a bite of mutton, and chewed it after dividing it by two.
"It's delicious, even better than my mother's shabu-shabu."
Bai Kaitai did not hesitate to praise, this kid was spoiled and grew up, and his mouth was naturally more tricky, and he was full of praise, which shows that tonight's shabu-shabu must be delicious.
Luo stubborn has long been unable to hold back the heart that wants to eat, she is pregnant with Lingyu, this is a foodie golden finger. At the moment, she couldn't control the chopsticks she stretched out.
Fortunately, the other friends are similar to Luo stubborn.
After all, Old Man Fang is in charge, and the prestige of his generation of celebrity chefs is not blown.
Luo stubbornly picked up a trembling piece of meat from the hot pot with the tip of his chopsticks, and the red mutton tossed up and down in the boiling clear soup a few times, and it became a light brownish white, brown is lean meat, and a little white fat.
This is another sign of good meat, and if the lamb is still red or dark in color, it means that the meat is not good.
Dip the blanched lamb in a little dipping sauce and serve it hot in your mouth.
Luo stubbornly squinted his eyes in satisfaction, and the tender mutton was wrapped in the salty and slightly spicy taste of the sauce, filling his mouth.
The more you chew, the more fragrant it is, and the fresh-cut lamb is more chewy, constantly releasing the charming meaty aroma of the meat.
The meat fiber of sheep meat is relatively fine, and the taste is delicate and soft, which greatly satisfies the appetite of human beings who are not happy with meat.
"How? Little Maruko, Grandpa Fang's craftsmanship is still complete, right? ”
Fang Wenhai, who was sitting next to her, silently saw her eating appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little complacent. Perhaps the greatest sense of accomplishment for a chef is to see his craft appreciated and eaten sweetly.
Luo's stubborn eating appearance always gives people the feeling that she is tasting top-notch food.
Luo stubbornly occupied it, so he could only take the time to give Grandpa Fang a thumbs up, which was stupid~
Recently, because of the good food, he has a slightly fleshy little face, which is very cute, and Fang Wenhai's loving heart is almost melting.
"I found that the stubborn food tasted so good that I felt an appetite when I looked at it."
Aunt Zheng also looked at Luo stubbornly with a smile, this child had a bad life before, thin and small. Now that there is no stepmother on her head, the whole person is relaxed, and her irrelevant aunt looks distressed.
How did she know that the lack of stepmother suppression was only a small part of the reason, and the real reason was that Luo's stubborn little body contained her adult soul.
"Haha, Luo Nayan seems to have changed recently, he can eat and drink, and he seems to have gained a little weight."
Bai Kaitai laughed at Luo stubbornly heartlessly, you know, girls care about weight the most.
Sure enough, Luo's face collapsed when she heard this, and the food in her mouth was still delicious, but her heart was entangled.
With this golden finger, she couldn't control her eating, and she didn't feel that she was fat. But when Bai Kaitai said this, she couldn't help but be a little worried.
According to this way of eating, will she really become a fat person?
Although she thinks the chubby ones are quite cute, such as Brother Cheng Xiao.
But she became a fat man, how can she chase her male god Song Chengxiao when she grows up?
Crying and chirping, the more Luo stubbornly thought about it, the more depressed he became, and the speed of picking vegetables slowed down.
"Bai Kaitai, you are talking nonsense, the stubbornness turned out to be too thin, and now it is just right. And it's the time to grow your body, and it's normal to eat more. ”
Yan Xiaonian looked at Luo Stubborn's face wrinkled on the other side, and hurriedly played a round, as Luo Stubborn's neighbor, she naturally knew more or less about Luo Stubborn's previous life.
Now that the meat is slightly longer like this, it seems that the stubborn Luo who used to be gray immediately lit up.
In the past, she hadn't noticed that Luo Nayan was so beautiful, and now Luo Naughty is so beautiful that she can't take her eyes off a girl.
"That's it, Bai Kaitai, I found that you don't understand the minds of girls at all, and you actually say that you are fat in front of others."
Erga echoed his sister's words, Bai Kaitai, this kid has a stubborn personality, and he has been quite close to a few of them recently. In fact, people are not bad, and they are quite righteous.
It's different to have a sister.,Although Erga's is also a rectum.,But he's careful about his sister.,So he still knows a little bit about what girls think.。
"It's okay, it's okay, Sister Xiaonian, Brother Erga, if you're fat, you're fat, anyway, you're not as fat as Brother Chengxiao."
Luo stubbornly knew that Bai Kaitai didn't mean to say that she was fat, so he smiled and said that he didn't care, and then took Song Chengxiao out for comparison.
Her words caused others to laugh too, and Song Chengxiao's first impression was probably chubby.
But those who know him know that he is fat, but he is not stupid, and he is extraordinarily smart.
"Speaking of which, if Cheng Xiao hadn't rushed home for the New Year, he would have been able to eat such a good pot if he stayed."
As Song Chengxiao's good brother, Erga sighed with some nostalgia. Although the two have not been together for a long time, they have established a deep friendship.
As soon as Song Chengxiao left, in addition to Luo stubbornly being reluctant, Erga was also reluctant.