Chapter 22: Wontons and Sticky Rice
To make ravioli, you first have to turn the flour into dough.
First, take a certain amount of flour and pour it into a basin, then add salt to the flour, so that the dough is tough enough. Add water and start stirring, then knead the dough, knead the dough and put it in a basin to let it rest for a quarter of an hour.
During this time, Cai Xiaoxiao began to prepare sticky rice. She washes the glutinous rice a few times and then soaks it in water for two hours.
Both wontons and sticky rice still need to wait for a while, so Cai Xiaoxiao started to make wonton stuffing again.
She went to the cellar and took out the wild boar's head meat left, went back to the kitchen and used a knife to cut the pig's ears and pig's nose first, put them aside to preserve, and then took off the rest of the pig's head meat, chopped it into minced pieces, put it in a basin, and then began to cut ginger shreds, then cut green onions, put them in a basin, beat an egg, and then put an appropriate amount of salt and monosodium glutamate, and a little sesame oil, and then you can stir.
At this time, the dough is almost awake, so I take it out, start to divide the large dough into several small doughs, then use a rolling pin to roll out the dough until the dough becomes a thin dough, and then use a knife to cut into long strips of equal width, then stack the strips together, and then use a knife to cut the strips into a trapezoidal shape until all the strips are cut, so that the wonton wrappers come out.
"Is this the wonton wrapper?" At this time, Zhao Kangcheng's voice sounded, and Cai Xiaoxiao turned around and shouted, "Xianggong, why are you here?" β
"I'll help you." Zhao Kangcheng said.
"But ......"
"I've memorized the contents of the book for a long time." Zhao Kangcheng said. He walked over, picked up a wonton wrapper, and asked, "How do you wrap this?" β
"Ah, I'll show you." Cai Xiaoxiao demonstrates how to wrap wontonsββ
First, spread the wonton wrapper on the palm of your hand, then press it with your thumb and use chopsticks to pick up an appropriate amount of minced meat and place it in the middle: "Don't put too much." β
Once the meat filling is placed, fold it in half on both sides: "Press it and let it glue a little." Then fold it in half, "Lighter, = oh, don't fold it completely." Then pinch the sides with your hands, bend them in a circle, press the two corners together, glue them together, and a wonton is complete.
Looking not very difficult, Zhao Kangcheng began to try, and with the help of Cai Xiaoxiao, he also successfully made a wonton, although the appearance was not as delicate as Cai Xiaoxiao.
The two began to chat while making wontons, during which Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli also came to help after finishing their homework, and Cai Xiaoxiao also sent the boiled medicine to Zhao Wang's room.
After waiting for two hours, Cai Xiaoxiao poured the soaked glutinous rice into the bowl, added a small amount of water, put it into the pot, lit the stove, and began to steam the glutinous rice.
"Sister-in-law, there are so many bags, can you sell them all tomorrow?" Zhao Xiaoli asked suddenly. The ravioli next to them was already filled with a pot.
"If we can't sell it, we can eat it ourselves." Cai Xiaoxiao said. "Actually, these are not a lot, if you are lucky, you will almost sell out in two days."
"So what will you sell after you sell out?" Zhao Kangqiang asked.
"Let's sell the rest...... When the time comes, you can sell whatever comes to mind. Cai Xiaoxin is very casual, "Anyway, I can make whatever I sell." β
"Wow-" The two children looked at her adoringly.
After the wontons were wrapped, Cai Xiaoxiao asked the two children to go to bed, after all, they had to get up early tomorrow to go to school, she and Zhao Kangcheng were also ready to sleep, after the glutinous rice was steamed, she put it in the pot, added a little water, and then turned the fire on the stove into a small fire, and slowly warmed the glutinous rice - if you make glutinous rice now, it will be cold tomorrow morning, and it will not taste good at that time.
The next morning, Cai Xiaoxiao got up early, went to the kitchen after washing, checked the glutinous rice in the pot, reached out and touched it, the surface was a little warm, she used chopsticks to open it, and then clearly saw the hot heat in the glutinous rice.
Cai Xiaoxiao smiled with satisfaction.
"Sister-in-law." Zhao Xiaoli and Zhao Kangqiang, who also had to get up early to go to school, greeted Cai Xiaoxiao in the kitchen.
"Wake up, just right, do you want to eat wontons or sticky rice in the morning?" Cai Xiaoxiao asked.
"Can you have both?" The two asked.
"Absolutely." Cai Xiaoxiao smiled.
She took out the glutinous rice, then spread a layer of gauze on the table, then spread the glutinous rice evenly on the gauze, and then put a red date in it and sprinkled a little green onion, and then rolled the gauze tightly from the outside to the inside, so the red date glutinous rice was successfully made!
After Cai Xiaoxiao first made two red dates and glutinous rice, she said to Zhao Xiaoli and Zhao Kangqiang: "The glutinous rice is still very hot, you can take it to the school, and you can eat it when you are hungry." β
"Well, okay!" The two nodded.
"I'll cook wontons for you now." Cai Xiaoxiao lit the stove, put water into the pot, waited for it to boil, then put in a certain amount of wontons, sprinkled with a little green onion, sprinkled with a little salt, and then covered the pot.
When it was cooked, she divided it into three portions and put it in three bowls: "Here, eat, be careful of scalding." β
"Hmm!" The two happily took the bowl and couldn't wait to taste it, but it was really burned, "Hot, hot!" β
Cai Xiaoxiao smiled helplessly and said, "I told you to be careful." β
"But it's delicious!"
"It's hot and delicious!"
"What are you eating?" Zhao Kangcheng also got up, heard the movement of the kitchen, walked over and saw the scene of the three of them having a good time, and asked with a smile.
"Ah, Xianggong! Morning! Cai Xiaoxiao smiled and waved at him to say hello.
"Big brother early." Zhao Kangqiang and Zhao Xiaoli greeted him while eating wontons.
"Early." Zhao Kangcheng responded with a smile.
"Xianggong, wait a minute, I'll cook wontons." Cai Xiaoxiao said.
Zhao Kangcheng: "Well, I'm sorry for you. β
Cai Xiaoxiao: "Xianggong, you're polite." β
After the wontons were cooked, Cai Xiaoxiao gave it to Zhao Kangcheng, Zhao Kangcheng tasted it, and Cai Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked, "How?" Which is better than the town? β
After Zhao Kangcheng tasted it carefully, he said, "Yours." "It's honest, a seemingly simple bowl with no spices, but it's much better than the ones in town.
"Really?" She was still a little skeptical that Zhao Kangcheng was flattering her.
Zhao Kangcheng glanced at her: "I never lie." "Meaning is true.
Cai Xiaoxiao smiled with satisfaction: "Then you can rest assured." Later, you can take it to the village and sell it. β
"Where's the sticky rice?" Zhao Kangcheng asked.
"There's one last step left." Cai Xiaoxiao took a sip of wonton soup and said.