Chapter 21 Chicken Nuggets with Potatoes
"The little one sold the pork for some silver." Zhao Kangcheng explained.
"Mother-in-law, look, this is the medicinal herb I bought for you." Cai Xiaoxiao shook the medicinal herbs in his hand and said with a smile, "I specially asked the doctor to get it according to your symptoms." ”
"Oh, oh." Zhao Wang took the medicinal herbs, "You have a heart, but is that wild boar so valuable?" "Look at such a bunch of things, to say the least, there are dozens of taels of silver.
"Well, wild boar is worth a lot." Cai Xiaoxiao nodded, and then handed the book and pen to Zhao Kangcheng, "Here, Xianggong, take your pen and book." He took out the snacks he bought for Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli, "This is for the two of you." ”
"Thank you, sister-in-law!" Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli thanked happily.
"You're welcome." Cai Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Oh yes, there are also clothes bought for you, and cloth, mother-in-law, this cloth is handed over to you, you can dispose of it." ”
"Oh, oh." Zhao Wangshi was stunned and took the clothes and cloth given by Cai Xiaoxiao, Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli shouted happily when they saw that there were new clothes: "There are new clothes!" That's great! ”
"Oh yes, and chicks." took out the chicks in a cage and handed them over to Zhao Wang, "I'm not very good at raising chickens, so I also asked my mother-in-law." ”
"That's fine." Zhao Wang said.
After distributing all the things that should be distributed, Cai Xiaoxiao put flour and other things into the kitchen, and Zhao Kangcheng and the four of them also came to help.
"Sister-in-law, are you going to make a snack?" While helping to move things, Zhao Kangqiang asked.
"I'm afraid I can't do it now, I'll have to make dinner first, and I'll make it after dinner." Cai Xiaoxiao said.
"Hmm!" The two children nodded.
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Kangcheng asked Cai Xiaoxiao.
"Wontons and sticky rice." Cai Xiaoxiao replied.
"It's sold in these towns." Zhao Kangcheng said.
"Well, but there's no one in the village to sell it." "And what I make is definitely even better than the one in town." She smiled confidently at Zhao Kangcheng. Although she also wants to make something that no one has seen in ancient times, it is obviously impossible, China's 5,000-year-old cuisine originated from distant antiquity, no matter how it changes, its roots still come from ancient times, at most it has changed a little in appearance.
But it doesn't matter, she's confident that with her cooking skills, she can easily capture the appetite of her guests!
Zhao Kangcheng smiled: "If you think it's okay." ”
"Hmm."
After putting everything away, Cai Xiaoxiao is ready to start cooking dinner, and she is ready to make chicken nuggets with potatoes.
Take out the pheasant that was kept yesterday from the cellar and take out two potatoes at the same time.
She first chops the pheasant into chicken pieces, then puts it in a basin, to which she adds salt, cooking wine, light soy sauce and green onions, and marinates it for fifteen minutes.
In these fifteen minutes, she peeled the potatoes again, washed them, and then cut them into small cubes of about 2 centimeters, and under her knife work, each potato piece was basically about the same size, and then put it into a basin, and covered it with water, so that it could settle the starch contained in the potatoes.
Then he cut the green onion, ginger, a little chili, garlic cubes, and took out a piece of pork belly from the meat he bought in the town before, washed it and set aside.
Zhao Kangcheng began to light the stove, after the pot was hot, Cai Xiaoxiao poured oil, and when the oil was hot, he put the seasoning in and stir-fried a few times, then poured the marinated chicken into it, and then began to stir-fry, and when the chicken was white, add a little soy sauce and a small amount of water, continue to stir-fry, and then pour in water after the soy sauce dyed all the chicken color, and then pour in water, the amount of water can cover the chicken, and then cover the pot and let it simmer for a while.
During this period, she asked Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli, who wanted to help, to pick a cabbage from the vegetable field for her, and then she cooked the rice in another large pot.
Then cut the pork belly into slices and set aside in a bowl.
Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli picked the cabbage, and the chicken had been stewed until it was medium-rare, so Cai Xiaoxiao poured out the water in the potatoes, then put the potatoes into the pot, stirred a few times and continued to cover the pot, and let it continue to simmer until the chicken and potatoes were stewed.
Taking advantage of this period, Cai Xiaoxiao took the cabbage washed by Zhao Kangcheng, then cut it into small pieces, put it in the basket for later use, then walked to the pot, lifted the lid of the pot, and saw that the chicken and potatoes were almost stewed, so he put in the appropriate amount of salt, stir-fried a few times, and then served it out on a plate.
"It smells so good!" Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli, who had been silently paying attention to the sidelines, smelled the aroma and said.
Cai Xiaoxiao smiled, then washed the pot with clean water, and then poured the oil into it after the residual water in the pot was boiled dry, then put in the seasoning, then put in the pork belly, stir-fry until it changed color, then pour a little soy sauce, continue to stir-fry, put in the cabbage after dyeing, and then put a small amount of water, and then continue to stir-fry.
It's a pity that there is no chili sauce. Cai Xiao thought carefully. She wanted to buy it when she was in town before, but it doesn't seem to be available in this era, maybe next time she can try to make hot sauce to sell.
After the cabbage fried meat was ready, Cai Xiaoxiao quarreled with a plate of vegetables and a pot of mushroom soup.
Three dishes and one soup are much richer than yesterday.
During the meal, Cai Xiaoxiao first tasted the chicken, and then said in surprise: "It's delicious!" "It's so much better than chicken! This is the first time she has tasted pheasant meat, although she knew that pheasant meat would be much better than domestic chicken, but she didn't expect it to be so delicious!
"Really, it's delicious!" Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli also tasted a piece of chicken and praised it.
"Hmm." Zhao Wang and Zhao Kangcheng also nodded in agreement.
"Sister-in-law, you cook well." Zhao Xiaoli praised. These dishes, not only the chicken are delicious, but even a plate of particularly ordinary vegetables is particularly delicious, which makes people have to be convinced.
"Uh-huh!" Zhao Kangqiang, whose mouth was full, nodded in agreement again and again.
Cai Xiaoxiao smiled brightly: "It's good if you like it." ”
After finishing dinner and cleaning up, Cai Xiaoxiao began to prepare to make wontons and glutinous rice, Zhao Kangcheng wanted to help her, but she stopped her: "Xianggong, you have been with me for a day today, and then I can come by myself, you can go and read." ”
"Can you do it alone?" Zhao Kangcheng asked.
"Of course." Cai nodded slightly.
"We can help too!" Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli raised their hands and said.
"Didn't you have your homework tonight, sir?" Zhao Kangcheng looked at them and asked.
"Uh......" The two of them slowly withdrew their hands, but, "We can help after we finish our homework." ”