44 Chinese New Year Special: Alice Field's Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner
On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Alice Fell, who had cleaned the city of Einzbelen and arranged various Chinese folk decorations for the New Year, rested well for one night under Chu Xuan's supervision, so the next day, she and Chu Xuan prepared the indispensable Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
However, Alice Fair's cooking level is still limited to the level of making Laba porridge, so although it is said that the two of them prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together, in fact, the wife obediently stands aside and admires her husband's craftsmanship.
The back of the fresh Wuchang fish flown in from China was cut into small pieces, but the abdomen was still connected, and after being marinated for 20 minutes with various seasonings, Chu Xuan, who was processing other ingredients, took the plate with green onions, ginger slices, and garlic slices, and bent the head and tail of the Wuchang fish into small pieces on the back, and arranged it as a peacock on the plate, which was praised enthusiastically by Alice Field.
The surface of the processed fish is cut out of a flower knife, soaked in salt water for 5 minutes, drained and wrapped in cornstarch, and then the tail is pinched and fried in an oil pan until golden brown, and the "squirrel hair" is all erected, making the fish body grow several times at once, which makes Alice Phil find it very interesting.
Chu Xuan put the fried fish on the plate, and when he poured the blended sweet and sour sauce, the golden squirrel fish immediately became shiny and red, and then sprinkled with white pine nuts and emerald green peas, the originally slightly greasy dish suddenly looked much more refreshing.
After the chicken wings are stir-fried over high heat until the skin is tightened and the edges are a little browned, then put in the blanched spring bamboo shoots and stir-fry, then pour in rice wine, soy sauce and rock sugar, turn to the lowest heat and simmer for 10 minutes after boiling, and then open the lid and collect the thick soup over high heat.
Pour sesame oil, add the fragrant and greasy nine-storied pagoda and stir-fry, then cover and simmer for half a minute, and the "three cups of chicken" wrapped in a layer of caramel color is ready.
Although Alice Phil only ordered this dish because the name looks interesting, the fragrant chicken wings and the tender and sweet spring bamboo shoots are definitely one of the favorite dishes of the female surname.
While making other dishes, Chu Xuan, who had calculated the time, opened the steaming drawer, which had been steaming for a total of an hour and a half, and there were several lotus leaf buns inside.
Open the lotus leaf bag, the fragrance of the dried lotus leaves and the strong fragrance of the pork ribs are mixed together, and there is glutinous rice soaked in fat that is somewhat transparent, which is the "lotus fragrant pork rib rice" with bones in the meat and meat in the rice.
In addition, Chu Xuan and Alice Field's Chinese New Year's Eve menu also has attractive color and white roasted pork, tea-fragrant Longjing shrimp, heavy braised lion's head, verdant oyster sauce lettuce, fragrant Dongpo elbow, sour and hot and refreshing shredded pork skin, fatty but not greasy plum cabbage button meat, green onion roasted sea cucumber with crystal clear soup, and red, green and white cold enoki mushrooms......
After Chu Xuan fried the celery shrimp, Alice Phil also "handed" put the bright green broccoli on the plate, which can be regarded as making her own contribution to the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
As for the fragrant Chinese New Year dumplings, they are even more indispensable, such as three fresh fillings, fish fillings, mushroom and pork fillings, onion and beef fillings, mutton and carrot fillings, and even donkey meat stuffed dumplings with "dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground".
If there were only two people at such a sumptuous table, Chu Xuan and Alice Field, it would be a little deserted, so the expressionless maids were also called to the table, and the old man Ahad had left the place yesterday with a sense of humor - or the city of Einzbelen, which could not stand the low-key luxury and connotation, was full of cheap and tacky red ornaments.
After a busy morning, Chu Xuan and Alice Phil finally sat down at the long dining table, and several maids actually moved the TV to the dining room.
Alice Phil happily pressed the red button on the remote control, and many Chinese appeared on the TV that had been pre-programmed, and festive Chinese folk music began to be heard from the speakers.
"It is said that every Chinese has the traditional custom of eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner while watching the 'Spring Festival Gala' during the New Year."
Alice Phil said to Chu Xuan very seriously, it seems that she doesn't know where she got the wrong knowledge of Chinese folklore.
-- No wonder Alice Phil chose to have Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at noon, because in China, which has a seven-hour time difference with Germany, it is almost 8 p.m.
However, the "Spring Festival Gala" has only appeared for more than ten years, how can it be called a "traditional custom"!
And at least Chu Xuan is a Chinese who has never watched the "Spring Festival Gala" well, and instead of wasting time on this kind of entertainment program, he should go back to the room to look at the materials, or go to the laboratory to do experiments.
However, since Alice Phil is so interested in the "Spring Festival Gala", then he will take some time to accompany his pregnant wife, anyway, after entering the main god space, Chu Xuan has stopped aging physically, as long as there are enough survival points, time is unlimited for him.
After the "Spring Festival Gala" ended, the German Chinese New Year's Eve really came, and Alice Fair, who had already eaten dumplings and rice cakes, stood outside the gate, watching Chu Xuan set off firecrackers in front of her own door, and the "door gods" summoned by the two magic arrays she painted on the gate were honestly standing guard on her left and right.
For the first time, the sound of crackling fireworks appeared in the centuries-old forest of Einzberen, and the snow on the branches was shaken down.
After a long time, the sounds finally stopped, but before they had stopped for a few minutes, many brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.
"Wait until next year, and we can celebrate the Spring Festival with our children."
Alice Field, who was snuggled in Chu Xuan's arms and watched the fireworks with him, gently stroked her stomach and said in a very longing tone, because her eyes were shining because of the light of the fireworks.
"In the future, you must take this child to the country where the child's father was born to experience the original Spring Festival."
Alice Fell raised her head and looked at Chu Xuan's resolute side face, as if she said with a deep meaning.
She didn't mention herself, because by the time the child could leave the city of Einzbelen, she would no longer be able to accompany Chu Xuan and the child.
“……”
Chu Xuan, who was looking up at the fireworks in the sky, lowered his head to look at his wife's eyes, then pushed down his reflective glasses, and promised her seriously:
"Definitely."
Alice Phil showed a reassuring smile, then gently closed her eyes, raised her face and leaned towards Chu Xuan, under the beautiful fireworks, in front of the gate of the ancient mansion shrouded in festive red, the lips of the two people were gently imprinted together. (To be continued.) )