Chapter Twenty-Five: Twelve Dishes
Li Cuilian walked over with Xiao Tianfeng in her arms and muttered, "What are you doing?"
Gao Liman pointed at Kou Xi: "Look at her, tear off the duck skin, loser!"
Li Cuilian was furious when she heard this, and muttered in her heart that she had just the opportunity to find Kou Xi's father and talk about it. Such a daughter-in-law who can't live a life is not educated in her mother's family.
"I said threw away the duck skin? I mean tear it off and stew it in a pot. If you like to eat duck skin, you can eat it, and if you feel sorry, you can pluck the duck feathers. Otherwise, you don't have to throw it away when you eat it. Kou Xi didn't bother to go back: "I can't do anything, it's very powerful." If you can't work, why don't you watch the child change to our mother to come and help. Just know what's going on!"
Gao Liman was so angry that he looked up: "I've been married for so many years, I'm not as good as you?"
Kou Xi sneered: "You are really not as good as me in the skill of cooking." ”
"Alright, alright!" Li Cuilian didn't bother to cook herself, and glanced at the ingredients that Kou Xi was preparing. It was discovered that she had actually put two duck legs and a small half duck on the other side. Thinking that Kou Xi paid for chicken gizzards and pork by herself, and was worried that she would have to pay for meat in the future, she said to Xi Ni: "Why are you arguing about such a thing? Don't eat if you don't work!"
Carrying his granddaughter back to the hut, ignoring Gao Liman's aggrieved and indignant face.
Pour in garlic cloves, ginger slices, chili peppers, and green onions, and Kou Xi pours the plucked and cut duck meat into the pot. Holding a shovel and stir-frying, he threw in the potato pieces and stir-fried, added water and told Gao Liman to add firewood.
Gao Liman sat on a small stool and stared at the fire of the two cauldrons, raising his head from time to time to watch Kou Xi busy back and forth.
I picked the beans, soaked the vermicelli, cut the potato slices and cut the green pepper cubes, cut two stalks of celery, and cut the carrots into small cubes and set them aside for later use.
"What is two celery sticks enough for?" Gao Liman couldn't help but interject: "It's not enough to stuff your teeth!"
"Do you still use a whole celery for a cold dish?" Kou Xi hated Gao Liman's idle mouth a little.
"What do you do with that meat?" Kou Xi pointed to the pork belly that had not yet moved the knife: "Cooked and dipped in garlic sauce?"
Thinking of this, Gao Liman couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva: "The meat is the most fragrant to eat!"
"You're quite good at saving time!" Kou Xi replied, "Don't worry, I want to make a braised pork to eat." ”
"Braised pork?" Gao Liman's eyes lit up: "You can also make braised pork?"
Kou Xi was stunned: "What's so difficult about that thing?"
Gao Liman smashed it and said: "I have eaten braised pork at the banquet, and my family has never made it." After speaking, he asked Kou Xi: "You said that the little elbow or the braised pork, which is more delicious?"
Without waiting for Kou Xi to reply to her, Gao Liman smashed his mouth and said, "I think the braised pork is delicious!" She swallowed her saliva: "Oh, when will I eat a small elbow by myself." I can eat two at a time, and heck, give me all three and I can eat too. ”
Fish is cooked faster than duck, and the large iron pot is heated evenly, both in terms of time and taste, which is incomparable to that of a gas tank.
Put out the catfish stewed eggplant, brush it clean and add two scoops of cold water. Boil the peanuts in a pot with boiling water, blanch the peanuts and then add the celery segments. Finally, seven or eight washed eggs were boiled, and four salted duck eggs were taken out of the tank and put in together. Salted duck eggs are meant to be used as pickles, but this boiled egg made Gao Liman understand: "What are you boiling so many eggs for?"
"Just look at it, don't talk so much!" Kou Xi couldn't help but be angry.
Gao Liman puffed his head away, and scolded Kou Xi silently with his teeth on his back, but he didn't dare to let her see it.
Boiled eggs, take them out and throw them into a small aluminum basin with cold water, and brush the pot to dry. Heat the oil and add rock sugar to boil the sugar. Wait until the syrup color comes out, add the green onions, garlic cloves, ginger slices, and star anise. Then throw the cut pork belly into the pot and stir-fry it back and forth with a spatula. He added water, some soy sauce and salt, and instructed Gao Liman to burn the wood over medium heat.
He peeled the seven or eight eggs and threw the white and tender boiled eggs into the pot.
Seeing this, Gao Liman forgot the unhappiness of being reprimanded by Kou Xi just now, and said in surprise: "Can you still cook like this?"
"Well, the eggs marinated in this way also have a meaty aroma and taste!" Kou Xi just saw that Huo Tianyi had eaten a few meatballs and felt that it was not enough, so he pitifully drilled into the kitchen and waited for the appearance of eating meat. My heart was sour, thinking that even if I was scolded by Li Cuilian for being wasteful, I would have to cook him something extra delicious.
Not having children is a regret she has always cherished.
Braised pork was stewed here, and Kou Xi didn't rest for a moment. Mix boiled peanuts, celery segments, and diced carrots together to make a cold dish.
Tofu is made at home, so it is most convenient to eat tofu naturally. She went to the tofu shop and took four pieces of small tofu, crushed them with her hands, and mixed them with the tender shallots. Just add salt and a little sesame oil, and the fresh and tangy smell will come out.
Wash two cucumbers again, smash them with the back of a knife, and mix them with minced garlic, chili oil, and salt.
At this moment, three cold dishes will be fine, and Kou Xi will cut four duck eggs into eight petals. Four cold dishes were served on the table first, and Huo Dagui and Kou Dewang were allowed to drink first.
The duck meat in the other pot is also ready, and Kou Xi is good to put it on the other side with catfish stewed eggplant.
Gao Liman wanted to show off his work in front of his father-in-law, and served the two dishes first despite Kou Xi's objections. He said sweetly to Kou Dewang: "Uncle, you drink with my dad first, and there will be delicious food later!"
Huo Dagui saw the catfish stewed eggplant and duck meat and roasted potatoes, and couldn't help but be surprised: "You made this fish?"
Gao Liman was stunned for a moment, and said stupidly: "How can I have this craft, it is all made by my sister-in-law." After speaking, he couldn't help but say sourly: "My sister-in-law's family conditions are good, and I have eaten a lot of good things." In the back room, braised pork was made, and eggs were put in it. I've never seen it before, so where can I do it!"
Kou Dewang was also stunned: "This is your sister-in-law who did it?"
Kou Xi didn't know that her little show had already surprised her own father. At this time, I was busy throwing the cut pork belly slices into the pot, stir-frying, and putting the big green oil beans into it. Add water and soak the noodles, and a stewed vermicelli with pork and beans is ready.
The braised pork and pork bean stewed vermicelli were out of the pot almost at the same time, and Kou Xi used a pot to make Shuilao rice. In another pot, stir-fry the remaining dishes on high heat, green pepper potato chips, spicy stir-fried chicken gizzards, and fried fried tofu slices with green pepper and carrots. Finally, I mixed a sweet and sour sauce with sugar and vinegar and poured it into the pot, and then threw in the fried meatballs to make a sweet and sour vegetarian meatball.
Four cold dishes, four stir-fried dishes and four stews, this meal is considered to be alive.
Huo Lu was pulled out of the mahjong game by Gao Liman, and when he entered the house and saw these twelve dishes, he couldn't help but smack his tongue and said: "It's the New Year!"
When Li Cuilian saw the dishes on this big table, she couldn't think about it without blackening her face. I thought that Kou Xi would also cook eight dishes, but that's what it means. But I didn't expect to make twelve dishes, this is to eat the enemy?
As soon as he sat down, he said coolly: "My in-laws are really blessed, your daughter made you twelve dishes to catch up with the emperor." We're all ready to eat!"
Huo Dagui saw Li Cuilian's face drop, and blurted out the words of reprimand: "Shut up!"