Chapter 8: The Kitchen Blade
Xia Wanrou was a little hungry, before she became a fat jade girl in her last life, her family was poor, and she had to be filial to her grandmother and mother first, and then she had to be humble to her younger brothers and sisters, she never had the opportunity to be full, after being a fat jade girl, there was no shortage of food, but the fat jade girl could not have excess fat on her body, so in order to maintain her figure, she could not let herself be full.
In this way, after living a lifetime, she has not even eaten a full meal.
It's sad.
Xia Wanrou thought to herself, she doesn't plan to be a fat jade girl in her life, and she doesn't plan to pay for this group of selfish family members, why don't she let herself be fed?
Therefore, as soon as Mrs. Xia and the others left, she went to the kitchen.
Maybe it's because she just got the money from Boss Li, and there are many more ingredients in the dilapidated and cramped kitchen than she remembers.
There is half a jar of brown rice in the rice jar, fresh white radishes are piled up in the corner, and a piece of bacon the size of an adult's palm hangs on the beam of the house.
It's not expensive, but if the chef's people can clean up, they can still make people eat well.
Xia Wanrou has good cooking skills.
After she became a fat jade girl in her last life, she knew that she would not be able to marry a husband like Lu Banjiang in her life, and she didn't want to be a concubine for the powerful, so she had to find an ordinary person to spend the rest of her life with. Since she wants to marry an ordinary person, she has to be able to handle housework like an ordinary woman, so she secretly learned the skills of the kitchen from the chef in the fat jade workshop.
She has the talent, the time and patience, so she learns well.
It's a pity that in her last life, she never had the opportunity to cook for others.
It just so happens that this life is made for yourself to eat. Xia Wanrou's thoughts are very optimistic.
She first took out a bowl of rice, washed it and put it in a clay pot, added cold water to cover the rice, and put it on the stove and slowly simmered over a low fire. Then take off the bacon hanging on the beam, cut off a piece of the best place between fat and thin, boil water, wash it, and cut it into small cubes. Then peel a radish and cut it into small cubes.
When cutting diced radish, Ah Fu came to find it, and when he saw the diced bacon cut on the cutting board, his face suddenly changed greatly.
"Miss, how can you touch that piece of bacon!"
"I'm hungry and want to eat bacon rice." Xia Wanrou instructed: "Since you are here, help me make the fire a little stronger." ”
Ah Fu's expression was complicated, and he refused to step forward: "Miss, I'm afraid you have forgotten that this bacon can only be taken down to cook if the old lady opens her mouth." ”
Her tone was a little yin and yang, Xia Wanrou couldn't help but raise her head, and looked at her with a sneer: "You are a maid, of course you need to ask the master's consent for everything, my dignified Miss Xia family, when did I talk to you as 'us'?" ”
Ah Fu's face suddenly turned red and white.
She used to respect Xia Wanrou as the eldest lady, but Xia Wanrou is about to become a fat girl whose reputation is worse than that of a maid, why should she look down on herself!
"The eldest lady just has to be tough, I'll go tell the old lady!"
She waited for Xia Wanrou to beg her.
However, Xia Wanrou didn't take her threat seriously, looking at her was like looking at a clown jumping off the beam, and said with a smile: "Don't say it's a piece of bacon, even if I want to eat fresh fish now, my grandmother will pay for it at the market, do you believe it or not?" ”
Of course, Ah Fu didn't believe Xia Wanrou's words. She remembered that the second lady denied letting her pass the word in the ancestral hall, and she was afraid that the eldest lady would be like the second miss, and she was wronged by the bacon she moved, and the old lady would not have to peel off her skin at that time!
I'll have to report this to the old lady first.
Ah Fu thought, turned around and ran.
Xia Wanrou ignored her and started a fire with firewood on her own.
After the iron pot is heated, a large spoonful of lard is put in, then the crushed peppercorn powder and chopped garlic are added, and the aroma of the seasoning immediately rises, and then the diced bacon is immediately poured, two tablespoons of rice wine are added, and the kitchen is gradually filled with a rich meat fragrance. Then pour the slightly soft rice soup into the pot, stir-fry it with bacon, add dogwood and white radish, cover the pot, and simmer.
When Ah Fu came back, a pot of bacon rice was ready.
The soup is drained, and the aroma of garlic, bacon, and dogwood are all integrated into the rice, and because it is made of lard, the rice looks bright and plump but not greasy, and when sprinkled with sesame seeds and chopped green onions, it can be said that it has a rich fragrance and attractive color.
Ah Fu looked straight in the eyes...... Why does the eldest lady who has never cooked in person have such good skills?