Chapter 130: Hua Manxi teaches people to cook
He howled, and the cry of a child of his age was like the earth shaking, and for a moment everyone looked at each other, not knowing how to react.
The eldest lady's face turned even redder, and she was very aggrieved. This slap was hit in the face by his own son, it hurts!
"Mother, I want to eat this steamed egg, and I will eat it at lunch!" Seeing that the eldest lady had a blue face and did not speak, the little young master got down from the stool, ran over, and shook her arm.
Seeing this, several other children also spoke: "I also want to eat this steamed egg, this egg is delicious!" ”
"Yes, this cake is delicious, too! I don't like meat buns! "The meat sandwich bun is a breakfast that Niu Er likes to make on weekdays, with pork in it, greasy, and the cake is even more dry, and it is difficult to gnaw it.
"Since the children like to eat, let's stay and let her be a cook, and the two of them will cook in turn." Sun Yuanwai frowned at the child's trouble, so he had to say so.
"Then I thanked the master on behalf of Hua Lanxiang's mother and daughter." Zhao Xixi thought that he must have lost the gamble, but he didn't want to have an unexpected surprise, so he hurriedly thanked Sun Yuanwai.
"Get up, it's not easy for you to run the kitchen, go back and make proper arrangements, although Niu Er's temper is a little harder, but he is still reliable, there are so many banquets in the house, and he has not invited the restaurant, it all depends on him to be in charge, you go back and say a soft word, he will be fine." Seeing this, the eldest lady didn't want to offend Zhao Xixi, After all, she was the one in charge of the kitchen, and now the lord loved her aunt and was cold to her, if she even offended the people in the kitchen, she would change Niu Er with all her strength, and her life in the house would be even more sad.
"Mrs. Xie is considerate." Zhao Haoxi is also a smart person, so he quickly thanked his master and retreated.
Hua Manxi was also worried that Zhao Xixi would be implicated, so she had been waiting outside, Zhao Xixi walked out of the dining room, and saw her waiting there with her eyebrows lowered and her eyes down, her posture was graceful and straight, and she was generous, delicate and moving.
"Girl, this will be fortunate for you." Zhao Xixi remembered just now, and he still had some palpitations, if it wasn't for the dishes that the little young master likes to cook in Huamanxi, this time, he would definitely have taken off a layer of skin.
"How? Is the master still used to eating? Hua Manxi said with concern, "I didn't get involved, did I?" ”
"Where, Niu Er's temper is getting bigger and bigger, I don't suffer from him less on weekdays, and I have to watch him take away chicken, duck and fish meat from the kitchen, even if I don't dare to make a sound, I have to find a way to hide it from him! If I dare to say no, he threatens me like this, this kind of thing is not once or twice, I lick my face and beg him on weekdays, but now you give me a breath of relief, the young masters and young ladies like to eat the dishes you make, and the master also spoke, I want you to stay, take charge of the spoon with him, and take turns cooking! ”
"That's not good, right? Boom? I'm just here to take care of my mother for a few days, and I don't do it often, so you won't be good in the future. Hua Manxi said worriedly.
"Girl, Uncle Niang sees that you are also a talent, why don't we sum up-" Zhao Haoxi leaned into Hua Manxi's ear and said a few words.
Hua Manxi looked at her earnest gaze, pondered for a moment, nodded, and agreed.
She didn't want to get involved in the rights and wrongs of other people's houses, but her mother's situation was so difficult, she couldn't rest assured, and finally agreed.
The two returned to the kitchen, and Zhao Xixi announced to everyone that in the future, the kitchen will be in charge of Hua Manxi and Niu Er together, taking turns to cook, and the dish will be made, except for Zhao Xixi who has tasted it, others have not tried it, they can only see and smell, but they don't want this little girl to be so capable, so she actually made a few dishes, and she was on an equal footing with Niu Er.
Niu Er will not return home today, Hua Manxi immediately instructed everyone to start preparing lunch.
Although Sun Fu is rich, he is definitely not extravagant and wasteful, and the food is simple and ordinary, not so exquisite. In fact, such meals are the best to make.
Besides, Li San'er was frightened by the blindfolded hand that Hua Manxi showed just now, and her eyes were all starlight.
Finally, when Hua Manxi finished his instructions and was free, he leaned over and stammered up his courage and said, "Sister, your skills are so good!" Since you stay in the house, can you teach me how to cook? ”
After he said that, seeing Hua Manxi's calm expression, he actually beat a little drum in his heart, and quickly said: "I really want to learn to cook, but Master Niu only lets me cut vegetables on weekdays, and doesn't let me take charge of the spoon." ”
There is no need for him to say this, Hua Manxi naturally saw it, according to Niu Er's temperament, where can he sincerely take an apprentice, but he just wants to do a chores.
"I can teach you, but you have to promise me one condition." Hua Manxi paused and replied.
"Really? I can say yes to anything! Then Li San'er couldn't imagine that Hua Manxi was so easy to speak, and he trembled with excitement for a while, and he was overjoyed.
"Don't be too happy too early, cooking is a bit talented, if you are not a person who eats this line of food, no matter how hard and diligent you are, you can't make first-class dishes, but like the master in charge of your house, I can still teach casually." Hua Manxi said lightly.
"As long as I can be in charge of this house, I will be satisfied!" Li San'er never dreamed that he would one day be able to be the master of the spoon, and looking at Hua Manxi's gaze was simply extremely adoring.
"Okay, I'll teach you how to cook a few simple dishes today." Hua Manxi nodded, looked at the ingredients on the shelf, and said, "Live chicken, make three cups of chicken, stew soup, make fish head tofu soup, beef fried radish slices, pork belly, make Dongpo meat, and pork, make a fried assortment of shredded pork, and make four happy meatballs." ”
"You, are you willing to teach me so many dishes in one day?" Li San'er didn't know how to express his joy at this time, so he knelt down with a puff and kowtowed to Hua Manxi a few times.
"Oh, you get up quickly, get up quickly, don't kneel me." Hua Manxi is a real modern person in her bones, and she is really not used to people giving her such a big gift, so she quickly pulled Li San'er up.
"Don't be like this, I'll teach you how to cook, I'll only teach all dishes once, how much you can learn depends on your creation." Hua Manxi picked up the kitchen knife and began to prepare the ingredients.
"Three cups of chicken, refers to the chicken cooked with a cup of rice wine, a cup of soy sauce, and a cup of sesame oil, without soup or water throughout the whole process, and it is original and needs to be simmered over low heat, otherwise it is easy to burn." Hua Manxi said as he asked Li San'er to chop the whole cleaned chicken into large dices.
She instructed to boil the oil, first add ginger, garlic, onion, and chili pieces, put them in the pot and stir-fry until fragrant, then pour in the diced chicken, fry the chicken until it is slightly colored, and then add a cup of soy sauce, white pepper and rock sugar and stir-fry for a while.
Then add a cup of rice wine and simmer until the chicken is cooked through.
The authentic three-cup chicken, with its rich aroma, has overflowed the entire kitchen when it is cooked, and several workers swallow their saliva violently.
Hua Manxi then began to teach him how to make Dongpo meat.
Dongpo meat, also known as the gift meat, the legend is that the great poet Su Dongpo built the Su causeway, the local people are grateful for his kindness, so they have sent meat, Su Dongpo can't refuse, so he has to accept it, cook the meat, and then give it back to the people.
Su Dongpo is a famous gourmet, and the dishes he left behind, the famous Dongpo four treasures, including Dongpo meat, drunken green shrimp, Wuguan chicken and golden toad play beads.
Of course, Hua Manxi couldn't explain these origins clearly to Li San'er.
She first asked Li San'er to cut the meat into evenly sized cubes, then scalded it with boiling water, then Mo put soy sauce on it, and then fried it in hot oil to color, then took it out and immediately cooled it.
Then put the meat pieces into a small casserole, add ginger slices, garlic, green onion knots, use cooking wine and soy sauce, put in a little water, simmer over low heat, use the minimum heat, and simmer the meat until soft.
Sixi meatballs are also the selected pork belly, first chop the pork belly into minced meat, then soak the peppercorns in warm water, use pepper water, beat a few eggs into it, and beat them.
Pour the golden egg mixture into the meat filling, then add cooking wine, salt, and cornstarch and stir well, stirring in one direction until the meat is strong.
In addition, take some water chestnuts and chop them, mix them into the meat filling, and then knead the evenly mixed meat filling into a large ball.
Heat the oil, put the kneading meatballs in the hot oil and fry them until they are set, and the skin is crispy and yellow.
Then start another pot, put in soy sauce, hot water, star anise, green onions, put the meatballs into the pot, cook over medium-low heat, and then reduce the juice over high heat, a four-happiness balls are ready, this four-happiness balls, the skin is crispy, the inside is soft and chewy, the taste is refreshing, smooth Q bomb.
As for the fried white radish with beef slices, this is a simple home-cooked dish, Hua Manxi will not demonstrate, only dictate the key points, and let Li San'er take charge of it.
Li San'er was in charge of the spoon for the first time, and the whole person was so excited that even the hand holding the shovel trembled a little, but he still calmed down and listened to Hua Manxi's teachings.
The main point of this dish is that the beef must be cut thin enough, the thinner the better, otherwise it is not easy to chew, before frying, put salt and cooking wine, soy sauce marinated for a while, and then fry in the pot, fry until eight mature, then put the beef out for later use, and then fry the shredded radish, fry until it is broken, and then pour in the beef and stir-fry together.
As for the fish head tofu soup, it is also a home-cooked dish, and Hua Manxi has made this dish a few times, so he also asked Li San'er to make it.
The fish head is fried, then put it in the pot and simmer the soup over slow heat, add the tofu together, and there is no need for extra ingredients, just ginger slices cooking wine, and simmer until the soup is tender and white.
The last dish is stir-fried assorted vegetables with shredded pork, which Hua Manxi personally made.
Assorted vegetables, she chose shredded mushrooms, shredded fungus, and dried daylily, first marinate the shredded meat for a while, and then fry it in the pot, the purpose of pickling shredded meat is because it is easier for vegetarian dishes to absorb the taste, if you put salt together, the meat has a taste, and the vegetarian dishes will be salty, if the vegetarian dishes taste appropriate, the meat will have no taste, so first marinate the shredded meat for a while and then fry.
When it is seven or eight ripe, pour in the vegetarian vegetables and stir-fry together, then add some white pepper, sesame seeds, a little sugar, soy sauce to taste, and thicken.