Chapter 37: Delicious Dishes
Shen Anan showed the bamboo shoots he dug to Cao.
Cao Shi picked up the bag and suddenly found that there were a lot of star anise in it. She hurriedly picked it up with her hand and said, "What are you doing with these fragrant horns?" ”
Xiangjiao, the people here call this Xiangjiao, I don't know what they are going to use. Shen Anan asked Xiang Cao: "Mother, what are we usually used for this incense horn?" ”
"What can you do, it's to make sachets for those rich ladies and gentlemen."
So that's the case, then there is no other use.
Seeing Shen An'an's words today, Cao Shi asked a lot of questions, so he couldn't help but glance at her and asked, "Why are you asking so carefully?" It's hard to sell for money. ”
"Maybe I can." Shen Anan smiled.
"This is sold as a spice, and no one asks for two pennies. Take a break from this. Cao couldn't help but pour a basin of cold water on Shen An'an.
Shen Anan put aside the matter of octagonal and prepared to deal with these bamboo shoots. "Mother, have you eaten these bamboo shoots before, if you put meat on them, it will be even more delicious."
Because bamboo shoots are coarse fibers, they are very oily and watery. When stir-frying alone, it must be blanched, otherwise it will be a little astringent. But if you fry the bamboo shoots and meat together, you don't have to worry about this at all, and the combination of the two will complement each other very well. Bamboo shoots eat the fat in the meat, and when you eat the meat, the meat will not look too greasy.
However, Shen Anan felt that their Shen family, a big family, had not known the taste of meat for several months. It is estimated that she will serve the braised pork with it, and they will eat all the bowls.
"This is bamboo, can it be delicious?" Seeing Shen An'an's drooling appearance, Cao Shi paused before saying, "Since you said it was delicious, let's burn one, let's try it too." ”
In order to wait to eat this braised pork, Cao Shi took the initiative to help Shen Anan today. Shen Anan knew what she meant, and he didn't break her. It's rare for the mother and daughter to be so harmonious.
Knowing Cao's baby pork belly, Shen Anan suggested to Cao's: "Mother, let's only burn half of this pork belly today, and the other half, you see whether to marinate it into salted meat and eat it, or get the lard out of it." ”
Shen An'an's father has very good skills, and he used to cook every dish. It doesn't matter whether his daughter likes to listen to it or not, he will babble in her ear. It's been a long time, even if Shen Anan doesn't cook often.
When she really cooks, she can also do her father's true inheritance.
And Shen An'an's father is better at braised dishes, and he likes to make some mutton, beef and other pot boys in winter. His father often said that the pot boy is the most trouble-free and good to do.
Eat the meat in the bottom pot, add the stock that has been boiled beforehand, and then add the other meat and vegetables you want to eat, and you can stew in one pot. And it is more familiar to eat, while burning, eating at the same time, you can also lock in nutrients and get the best taste.
Shen Anan was preparing to cook, thinking about her father's original golden words, and felt that she was really in the blessings at that time.
There's a lot of stuff that you haven't really learned.
Moreover, the conditions of the Shen family are too limited, and it is really difficult to make delicious dishes. also made Shen An'an have no imagination, but he didn't have any opportunity to show his cooking skills.
Today she finally has some decent ingredients to show her hand.
The steps of braised pork and bamboo shoots are not complicated. First of all, the first step is to deal with the braised pork, these braised pork want to blanch the water, and after scalding the dirty things in the meat with boiling water, it is equivalent to the first manual disinfection.
There is no meat smell when eaten, but because of the relationship between blanching and water, this kind of meat will taste more firm. After blanching the braised pork, you can wash the foam on the surface of the meat, put clean water on it, and put it in a pot to cook for 40 minutes.
In the other pot, the bamboo shoots are processed. Peel the bamboo shoots, wash them, cut them in half, and then cut the bamboo shoots into good-looking oblique strips, and then put them in a pot and cook them in water for ten minutes.
This step is also done to remove the astringency in the bamboo shoots, after the bamboo shoots have passed through the water, they are still cleaned again with water, and put them in a bowl to wait for use.
When the bamboo shoots here are almost processed, the braised pork in the pot here is also half-cooked.
Shen Anan continued to prepare some seasonings and ingredients for the braised pork. At this time, it is impossible to have ingredients such as garlic and ginger.
Some of them are also small wild garlic in the field, plus the star anise that Shen Anan picked up from the ground today, and then prepare an appropriate amount of sugar, and the ingredients for the braised pork will be live.
Some people eat it with a lighter taste and can leave no ingredients in it. The real taste depends on the sugar and the taste of the meat itself, so the original braised pork tastes very good.
It's a pity that there is no soy sauce, and Shen Anan doesn't know if they can get soybean seeds here.
After stopping all these preparations, the braised pork that Shen Anan had put in the pot in front of him was almost cooked. Gently poke the meat with chopsticks, and the meat and fat will overflow.
Shen Anan wants this effect. At this time, you need to take out the meat in the pot, wash the pot, put a little sesame oil, and then you can start to cook the braised pork.
"Mother, the fire can be bigger, I'm ready to burn braised pork and bamboo shoots."
Cao Shi also paid attention to Shen An'an's cooking, only to realize that she was not only better at cutting vegetables than before, but also seemed to be able to cook a lot more.
"Annezi, this * is really as good as you say, those things are probably scary." As Cao spoke, there was a yearning look on his face. In her heart, she must have felt that she might not be able to go to that place for the rest of her life.
"It's ok, but their stuff is very delicate and tastes good. There are still people there who sing songs, and they sing very well. Shen Anan thought about the taste of the few dishes she ate today, and said to Cao.
"How do you know?" Immediately, Cao Shi seemed to think of something all of a sudden, and said in his mouth: "Oh, I know, no wonder you came back so late today, you peeked right." ”
Shen An'an's face suddenly showed an expression, how do you know.
"Mother, you can guess this, you are really amazing."
Cao Shi was obviously very helpful when he heard this, and hurriedly said: "You are my daughter, I don't know what you are thinking in your stomach." ”
Listening to Cao's words, Shen Anan couldn't help but snicker in his heart, in short, he fooled Cao's in the front.
Shen An'an was also calm, after she came back, she only talked about selling shoes and rhubarb, and she hadn't told Cao Shi about cooperating with Liu Ruhai and preparing to sell paintings. She was afraid that if she said too much at once today, the Cao family would not be able to accept it, and when the time came, don't ask her for silver again, it will be a big deal.
So Shen Anan decided to eat the meal one bite at a time, and things had to be done step by step. Being too hasty, or too eager for quick success, is a taboo in doing business.
After a while, the braised pork was almost cooked, and Shen Anan put the prepared bamboo shoots into the meat, so that the two different dishes were fully integrated to form a very delicious dish.