Chapter 329 Stewed beef brisket with tomatoes
The first thing Lin Xiaoxiao noticed was that the beef brisket in the back kitchen was still fresh, and the tomatoes were bright, so the first dish she was going to cook was tomato stewed brisket.
According to Lin Xiaoxiao's production steps, she still prepared a variety of ingredients and seasonings that might be used later. In this way, she prepares the various ingredients and seasonings she will use first, so that she can be more handy in the subsequent production process and will not be in a hurry.
The dish made by Lin Xiaoxiao is stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, so tomato and beef brisket are naturally two essential ingredients. She first prepared a full two pounds of beef brisket, and then took out four tomatoes.
After preparing these two essential ingredients, she began to prepare the next ingredients. In order to enrich the taste of the stewed beef brisket with tomatoes, Lin Xiaoxiao also prepared two carrots. The texture of the carrots after boiling is generally very soft and waxy, and there is a hint of sweetness, which is very suitable for tomato and brisket.
The ingredients are ready, and the condiments are naturally indispensable. After the peppercorns, ingredients, green onions, ginger, and star anise were all ready, Lin Xiaoxiao began the next real production step.
The highlight of the dish is the treatment of the beef brisket.
The brisket prepared by the old lady in the back kitchen was still fresh and the meat was firm and smooth, and it looked like it had come from a cow that had just been slaughtered. Lin Xiaoxiao cut all the beef brisket that had just been prepared into square pieces of similar size, and after putting the cut beef brisket pieces into a bowl for later use, Lin Xiaoxiao began to prepare for the next production.
If you want the finished brisket to be tender, you have to treat them with a lot of care. Lin Xiaoxiao boiled the water and put the brisket that had just been cut into the pot. Not long after the beef brisket entered the boiling water, a layer of meat foam floated on the surface of the boiling water, and Lin Xiaoxiao bleached all the meat foam with a spoon, and then the beef brisket was put out. In this way, she repeatedly scalded the brisket with boiling water twice, and finally washed the brisket.
The processed beef brisket pieces were no longer glowing with heavy blood red, and Lin Xiaoxiao put the beef brisket pieces back into the bowl, and then processed the other ingredients.
Lin Xiaoxiao's next preparation is carrots and tomatoes, two essential ingredients.
Compared to beef brisket, the processing of these two ingredients can be said to be significantly simpler. After the carrots are washed and cut into cubes and put in a bowl, the tomatoes are also washed and cut into pieces and placed in the bowl.
After the two ingredients are processed, the next step is the actual production process.
If you want to make a good stew of beef brisket with tomatoes, you must first be able to ensure that the flavor of the soup is mellow at the end, which can make people have an endless aftertaste, and only in this way can you arouse the sense of taste dependence.
Lin Xiaoxiao rummaged through the cabinet in the back kitchen before finally finding the casserole she was looking for. Needless to say, if you want to make a soup, then using a casserole is the best choice.
Lin Xiaoxiao put the casserole on the stove, added an appropriate amount of boiled water to the casserole, and then put in the brisket. After the boiled water and beef brisket were connected to the place, Lin Xiaoxiao put green onions, ginger, cinnamon and some star anise in the pot at the same time.
When the seasoning is put into the pot, the condiments are naturally indispensable. Lin Xiaoxiao finally added a small amount of vinegar to the pot, covered the pot, turned the heat to high heat, and waited until the boiled water in the pot boiled again, she turned the heat to a simmer again and continued to boil.
It hasn't been simmering for too long, and the aroma of the brisket is already mixed with various spices in the back kitchen. The old lady also walked in from the front hall with the aroma, she put her hands behind her back, and kept nodding her head while watching Lin Xiaoxiao's skillful movements.
"Little girl, your craftsmanship doesn't look ordinary! I've been cooking for so long, and I've never seen someone just put a brisket in a pot and the aroma is so strong. ”
Listening to the old lady's praise, Lin Xiaoxiao shook his head modestly. "It's not that there is anything particularly good about the craftsmanship, it's just that after making these dishes for a long time, I also have my own experience."
Lin Xiaoxiao's words are really not false. She comes from a family of chefs, and she is also familiar with these dishes. Dishes like stewed beef brisket with tomato have been made countless times. She already has a talent for cooking, and with the ingredients that practice makes perfect, how could her cooking be so unpalatable.
During the conversation with the old lady, the brisket in the casserole had been simmering for a while, and the aroma in the back kitchen was getting stronger and stronger. Lin Xiaoxiao saw that the beef brisket was almost stewed, she opened the lid of the casserole and added carrot cubes and tomato cubes to the pot.
The two main ingredients are put into the pot, and in order to make the flavor of the finished product richer and heavier, condiments are naturally indispensable. After Lin Xiaoxiao added an appropriate amount of soy sauce and dark soy sauce to the pot, he saw that the color of the unfinished soup in the pot was getting richer and richer, so he put on the lid of the casserole again
Once you've done that, the tomato brisket is coming to an end. Next, just wait patiently for the ingredients to tumble under the effect of the heat until they are ready to come out of the pan.
A stewed beef brisket with tomato is just a small test for Lin Xiaoxiao, and after that, Lin Xiaoxiao still has a few dishes to make. After all, her purpose today is to give Lu Hongshen a big surprise.
According to the various ingredients and dishes available in the kitchen, the second course, Lin Xiaoxiao is ready to make orange pan-fried pork chops.
There are just a few boxes of tenderloin pork chops in this kitchen, and there are golden pork chops in the basket on the side, it is after taking a fancy to these two points that Lin Xiaoxiao decided to combine pork chops and oranges to make an orange-flavored fried pork chop.
Since this dish is called orange-flavored pan-fried pork chops, the first few ingredients that Lin Xiaoxiao may use are naturally a box of pork tenderloin and oranges.
A whole small bowl of red bell peppers and a whole small bowl of green peppers, ready for these two, Lin Xiaoxiao continued to prepare the seasonings that might be used.
In order to make the pork chops taste strong and fragrant, soy sauce can be said to be indispensable. After taking out the soy sauce, she immediately prepared white pepper, salt, sugar, and a little too white and powder.
After all the seasonings were ready, Lin Xiaoxiao began to continue the next production process.
The pork chops she chose were semi-finished and had been previously processed. Despite this, there are still a lot of tendons in the pork chops, because he doesn't want to affect the final taste, Lin Xiaoxiao specially used a fruit knife to pick off all the tendons in the pork chops one by one.