Chapter Forty-Nine: Chef Level

Ning Yinglan first took a piece of watermelon and stuffed it into Jiang Nan's hand, "You eat a piece of watermelon first, Auntie takes out the dishes to be made, how to deal with Auntie will give you a hand." ”

"Hmm!" Jiang Nan nibbled on watermelon while following Ning Yinglan into the kitchen.

The kitchen is very tidy, there are no oil stains on the white porcelain stove, it seems that Ning Yinglan is a very clean person.

Knowing that her daughter's friend was coming, Ning Yinglan bought a few more dishes today, in fact, she usually eats very ordinarily at home, the old man is an old revolutionary, and he can't waste too much if he is used to being thrifty, today is an exception.

After Jiang Nan finished eating the watermelon, Ning Yinglan took out the dishes to be made.

Jiang Nan looked at it, it was quite hearty, a crucian carp, a piece of pork belly, a piece of tofu, and a plate of shrimp. This is not a coastal city, and the shrimp are very expensive, so it seems that they were specially bought today to entertain guests. There are also some greens and radishes.

Jiang Nan glanced at it and had a recipe in his heart.

"See what you can do, auntie who can't do it will do it!" Ning Yinglan said.

Although Jiang Nan said that she could cook, she was from the countryside after all, and even if she could cook ordinary home-cooked food, like this sea shrimp, have you never seen it? So she didn't dare to let Jiang Nan do it.

"It's okay Auntie, I'll do it. Can you help me remove the shrimp line and cut off the shrimp whiskers and shrimp legs! Jiang Nan said and rolled up his sleeves.

"Go to the shrimp line?" Ning Yinglan was stunned, what shrimp line? Usually she washes the shrimp and throws them into boiling water to boil, the taste is very fresh, and then dips it in some sauce, Shen Yue loves to eat it very much.

"Well, that's it!" Jiang Nan grabbed a shrimp, "Do you have a toothpick at home?" ”

"Yes, I'll get it!" Ning Yinglan nodded hurriedly, took a toothpick from the dining table and handed it to Jiang Nan.

Jiang Nan pinched the shrimp with his left hand, held a toothpick in his right hand, pointed to the second joint on the shrimp's back and said to Ning Yinglan: "You poke this, pick it, look, pick out a shrimp line!" With that, a shrimp line was picked out and thrown on a plate on the side.

"This is ......" Ning Yinglan never knew that there was this thing in the shrimp.

"This is actually the internal organs of the shrimp, which are the same as the intestines of the fish. It's not that you can't eat it, it's just a little fishier, and if you go to the shrimp line, the taste will be more delicious! Jiang Nan said.

"Oh, oh, I'll pick!" Ning Yinglan's face turned red and nodded hurriedly, just now I was worried that Jiang Nan couldn't make shrimp, I didn't think that she was much better than herself, I was really ashamed.

In fact, she can't be blamed, it's still the eighties, the material is already scarce, and here is an inland city, so there is very little seafood to eat, and the shrimp is so expensive, where will you eat it often, and it is normal to not understand.

After picking the shrimp line, Ning Yinglan used scissors to cut off the shrimp whiskers and shrimp legs according to Jiang Nan's words, so as not to prick the mouth when eating.

Jiang Nan himself picked up the crucian carp, skillfully scraped the belly of the fish, threw away the fish intestines inside, left the fish eggs and fish fat, and scraped the inner wall with a black membrane. This black membrane will not be so fishy if the fish is removed.

He made a slight cut on the backrest on both sides of the fish's head, stretched his fingers down, and pulled out a fishing line.

Ning Yinglan was dumbfounded, she never knew that fish also had fishing lines, she had never removed fishing lines, how could this kid know everything, he was comparable to the chef of the hotel.

Jiang Nan glanced at the tofu next to him, and knew that Ning Yinglan originally wanted to stew tofu with crucian carp, right? But then there was no food, so she decided to make the tofu into mapo tofu and the crucian carp into silver silk crucian carp.

Put oil in the pot, and when the oil is hot, Jiang Nan hit two flower knives on the side of the crucian carp, and boiled the pot with ginger slices, which can also prevent the pot from sticking, put down the crucian carp, and the fish body will be fried yellow in a moment, with a burnt fragrance, and the fish will be turned over and fried on the second side.

Then I washed a green onion and threw it down, and then poured the cooking wine up, and the fragrance came to my nose. Pour in boiling water, and the soup in the pot will be as white as milk in a while.

That's great! Ning Yinglan secretly admired in her heart, better than her, a veteran who has been cooking for decades.

Cover the pot and simmer slowly, Jiang Nan took a white radish, peeled it, cut the radish into thin slices, and then cut it horizontally into shreds, the knife under his hand was fast, and the shredded radish with uniform size was like a machine cut out.

Ning Yinglan compared her sword skills with her own knife skills in her heart, she was really ashamed, how old did this child start cooking, his knife skills are so good!

The tofu on the side was not processed, and Ning Yinglan originally wanted to remind her, when she thought of Jiang Nan's work, she should not be ashamed.

After the shredded radish was cut, Jiang Nan poured the shredded radish into the pot, and the fresh fragrance of the crucian carp was added to the sweetness of the radish, and the fragrance spread to the living room.

"What smells so good?" Shen Yue smelled the fragrance and walked over, and her eyes lit up when she saw the crucian carp soup in the pot, "This is fish soup?" Why is it different from what Mom usually cooks? ”

"This is the silver silk crucian carp, this silver silk is actually white radish shreds, added to the fish soup without the raw taste of radish, it tastes refreshing, you like it!" Jiang Nan said with a smile.

Add two drops of sesame oil to the pot, pick out the previous green onion knots, add a small pinch of chopped green onions, add a few grains of monosodium glutamate, and the fragrant silver silk crucian carp soup is out of the pot.

"It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant!" Shen Yue's index finger moved, and she couldn't help but pick up a soup spoon and eat it.

"Be careful not to burn!" Jiang Nan said with a smile.

Next, Jiang Nan began to make braised pork, cut the pork belly into large pieces of about two centimeters, add ginger and garlic to the pot, put the meat in the pot, and wait for the meat to be slightly yellow and oily, and then serve it first.

Add a little rock sugar to the pot and fry until it is sugar-colored, put the pork belly into the pot, wait for the color, add cooking wine, salt, soy sauce, cinnamon leaves, add boiling water, wait for the heat to boil, put it in a casserole and put it on the stove next to it and simmer over low heat.

Here in the big pot sit on the oil again, throw in the ginger slices and stir-fry, put in the prawns and stir-fry, while preparing the peppercorns, dried chili peppers and salt, put them in the small pestle on the side and mash them, make simple pepper and salt, and wait for the shrimp to fry almost, pour the pepper and salt, and the pepper fragrance comes to the nose.

"It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant!" Shen Yue couldn't help drooling, she only now knew that Jiang Nan was really not bragging when she said that she could cook, this was much better than her mother.

Then there were mapo tofu, green vegetables, and plates of dishes were brought out in an orderly manner, Ning Yinglan started to fight, and then there was almost no use, she didn't expect Jiang Nan to be so good at cooking, she really underestimated her before.

When the dishes here are ready, the braised pork is also stewed, the juice is reduced on high heat, the color is bright and moist, and it is very appetizing to look at.

"What did you cook delicious today, so fragrant?" A man's voice came from outside.

"Instructor!" Lin Zhen saw Shen Xiang coming back and stood up busily.

"You're here?" Shen Xiang nodded, "Jiang Nan is here too?" ”

"Well, help out in the kitchen!"

"I knew that I would ask Zhengang to come back for dinner together!" Shen Xiang muttered.

"What?" Lin Zhen didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing!" Shen Xiang smiled and walked towards the kitchen.