Chapter Seventy-Six: Squirrel Guiyu
There are river shrimp in the kitchen that Jiang Fenghao specially asked people to find, He Xiaoqiao handed over the task of peeling the shrimp shell to Cai Lian, who had already cut the meat slices, and Hong Fang and Bai Shou, who had already finished their work, were blasted out because there were too many people in the kitchen.
Cailian's subordinates kept peeling the shrimp shells, looking up at the kitchen that was more than twice as spacious, and suddenly felt a bitter feeling that they had finally found the field.
He Xiaoqiao patted her shoulder amusefully as comfort, and saw that the big bone broth in the crockpot was already boiling, so he hurriedly pressed the fire in the stove, dripped two drops of vinegar into the crockpot, covered the lid and changed the heat to low and continued to simmer.
Fish out the mandarin fish from the wooden barrel, stun it with a kitchen knife, skillfully remove the scales and gills, cut off the internal organs, wash and drain. Cut off the head of the mandarin fish by pressing the body of the mandarin fish with his hand, and quickly cut the flesh on both sides of the fish against the bone slices, removing the bones and thorny slices, leaving only the tail part connected.
Handling fish is a technical job, but fortunately, He Xiaoqiao worked this in order to eat it in his previous life, but there was no cup to cut off his fingers.
Turning his head and instructing Cai Lian to cut the washed winter bamboo shoots and mushrooms into dices together with the shelled shrimp meat for later use, He Xiaoqiao's men kept spreading the boneless fish skin down on the cutting board, using an oblique knife to cut out a diamond-shaped pattern as deep as the fish skin, and then mixed it with cooking wine, pepper and salt to spread it on the fish head and fish meat to taste first.
Heat up in the stove, heat up the wok, add oil, and roll the fish with dry starch. Wait for the oil in the pot to be burned until it is seven ripe, then shake off the remaining powder with the tail of the fish by hand, and pour the hot oil in the pot from top to bottom with the fish meat, so that the diamond-shaped knife flower on the fish can be shaped first, and it will look better after being plated.
Divide the fish into two slices and fry them in a pan until golden brown, and fry the fish head into the pan until golden brown, put it on a large plate and put the fish meat together to form a whole fish shape, adjust the head and tail of the fish to make it.
In order to make the shape more beautiful, He Xiaoqiao also slice two pieces of fingernail-sized flesh on a tomato on the spot, and put them on the fish's eye to create a joyful feeling.
"Cailian, hand me all the bamboo shoots and mushrooms." He Xiaoqiao shouted, while quickly cutting the fresh tomatoes into dices and passing them through hot water, scooping them up and adding fresh soup, sugar, balsamic vinegar, wine and soy sauce together with the tomato sauce made before, and adding warm water to thicken the starch and mix thoroughly.
Cailian handed over the bowl with diced bamboo shoots, He Xiaoqiao took the time to take it and put it on the table, took out the oil in the pot and put it aside, leaving only a little in it, after heating, put the green onion section to stir fragrant, take out the green onion section and add a little minced garlic into it, fry it with diced bamboo shoots, diced mushrooms and shrimp, and finally burn the sauce over high heat until it is sticky and foamy, pour sesame oil, and pour it on the fried fish on the plate after getting out of the pot.
As soon as the steaming sauce touched the fish, the mandarin fish shaped like a 'squirrel' squeaked, which surprised Cailian, who was watching from the sidelines, "Miss, this fish can learn to call a mouse!" ”
He Xiaoqiao laughed and corrected her casually, "It's not a mouse, it's a squirrel." ”
The lock who had just come back had just arrived at the kitchen door, and he sniffled and shouted, "It's so fragrant!" After entering the door, his eyes were staring at the plate of red and bright squirrel fish, and when he saw He Xiaoqiao looking at her, he quickly stood up straight and said without squinting, "Princess, the slave has invited Manager Liu over for dinner according to your instructions." ”
I went around the house and didn't find anyone, but I didn't expect that when I just wanted to give up, I happened to meet Liu Yidao who came back from outside after finishing his errands, and saw him enter the door with a cane, Suo'er immediately ran over smartly, and read all the words He Xiaoqiao taught word for word.
Liu Yidao just reached out and stroked his goatee when he heard this, and without saying a word, he happily followed her over, and now the person is sitting in the house, and Suo'er is now here to ask for tea to entertain.
"Well done." He Xiaoqiao was amused by her greedy cat look, and took a shrimp from the plate and stuffed it into her mouth, "I can't eat yet, this is to reward you first, and Suo'er is really getting more and more reliable." ”
The sweet and sour shrimp immediately captured Suo'er's heart, and the thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl was the innocent age, so He Xiaoqiao praised a few words, and her delicate little face immediately smiled into a flower, happily took hot water to make tea, and followed Cailian with a squirrel and cinnamon fish to the room.
He Xiaoqiao then remembered the big bone broth in the crockpot, and when he opened the lid, he saw that the soup had turned thick white, and the meat on the bones had been stewed to a crisp, and it was time to eat radish.
Reaching out and rummaging through the vegetable basket, He Xiaoqiao couldn't help but laugh and found that the big white radish with the thickness of her arm had been cut to the size of a carrot by the enthusiastic white head, if it weren't for the different colors, she almost thought that there was a new member of the carrot family.
Wash the thinned radish and cut it into hob pieces, blanch it in boiling water, take it out and put it in a clay pot, add some small shrimp and big bones that are dried from the river and stew it together until it is crispy, and sprinkle a little green onion after it comes out of the pot.
Although the ingredients are simple, the taste is very sweet and authentic.
Get the squirrel Guiyu, and then there is a pot of meat.
Commanding Cai Lian to wash the rice into the pot, He Xiaoqiao cracked open an egg, and only took the egg white and flour together to make a viscous and appropriate batter.
Boiled oil in the pot until it is almost six mature, use chopsticks to hold the meat slices and put them in the batter and roll them around, then put the slices into the oil pan, fry them over medium heat and put them aside, and then change to high heat to fry the fried meat slices again until the meat slices become golden brown and crispy and then take them out and set aside.
Again, remove the oil and leave a little in the pot, and stir-fry the chopped green onions, ginger, radish and coriander together.
He Xiaoqiao was sincerely glad that Bai Shou's subordinates did not peel the carrots together, otherwise it is estimated that what she could find at this time would be ready-made shredded carrots.
Press the shredded carrots with a spatula to make sure they are soft, then put the meat slices in the pan and stir-fry them with a sauce made from soy sauce, salt, sugar, and white vinegar.
The sour and sweet smell permeated the entire kitchen, He Xiaoqiao sniffed, took out the pot wrapped meat with a shovel and put it on the plate, Cai Lian took it very easily and sent it to the house.
He Xiaoqiao just wanted to wash his hands, but after thinking about it, considering that the table was full of men, his appetite would definitely be great, so he temporarily set up two pots, one was intended to be used to make the most popular braised pork, and the other was handed over to Cai Lian to play freely.
has been with her for so long, and she has been drilling into the kitchen every day, and Cailian, who has never cooked before, has also been trained to have a good skill in stir-frying. Although the cooked food may not be as delicious as Xiao Qiao, it is more than enough to be a cook in a big kitchen.
Cai Lian didn't shirk it, went around the kitchen, and finally decided to make the simplest vegetarian fried three silks.
The table is full of big fish and meat, and it's not bad to have a light dish.
So the master and servant opened fire separately, He Xiaoqiao cut the pork belly into cubes, and Cai Lian was responsible for peeling potatoes, carrots and lettuce.
When He Xiaoqiao fried the meat to the sugar color, and added green onions, ginger, and star anise to season it to prepare for stewed meat, Cailian had already quickly fried the vegetarian three threads out of the pot.
After putting the braised pork in the pot and simmering, the master and servant tidied up their appearance and returned to the house.
Liu Yidao was sitting at the table, Hong Fang and Bai Shou didn't dare to sit down, they just stood next to him, Bai Shou was fine, but he hung his head and didn't know what he was thinking, Hong Fang stared at the meat and vegetables on the table without any image and swallowed saliva, his eyes were about to bulge out to take advantage of the cold.
Seeing He Xiaoqiao enter, the two of them bowed their hands in unison, He Xiaoqiao nodded at them, turned to Liu Yidao again, and shouted with a smile, "Uncle Liu!" ”
"Princess." Liu Yidao also had a smile on his face, and he was about to stand up and salute with a cane, but He Xiaoqiao hurriedly motioned for him to sit down.
"Uncle Liu doesn't have to be polite, I rashly called you to dinner today without making thorough preparations, I hope it didn't delay your business."
Liu Yidao smiled, sat down without excuse, and looked at He Xiaoqiao with a very kind look, "Princess......"
"Uncle Liu, you forgot again, didn't you say before that you could just call me Xiao Qiao." He Xiaoqiao laughed, scooped a bowl of bone broth and put it in front of Liu Yidao, "Come, it's cold outside, let's drink a bowl of hot soup to warm up your body first." ”
"Okay, okay, listen to Xiao Qiao, listen to Xiao Qiao."
Liu Yidao looked at He Xiaoqiao's smiling face, his usually serious face suddenly showed a stunned expression, his lips trembled twice, his eyes almost turned red irrepressibly, and he hurriedly picked up the soup bowl and took a sip, "It's delicious, it's delicious." ”
"There's still something in the kitchen, Uncle Liu will want to drink more later."
It is said that in winter, radish stuffed ginseng, drinking a bowl of radish soup on a cold day not only warms up the body, but also the bone broth can also supplement calcium, no matter how lame Liu Yidao's foot is, even if there is no benefit in drinking more, it is estimated that it will not be bad.
After saying that, He Xiaoqiao turned to Hong Fang and Bai Shou again, and beckoned the two of them to sit down together, "You two also sit down and eat together, there is no rule here that masters and servants have different tables." ”
"Princess Xie."
After the two of them sat down, Cailian and Suo'er also sat down next to He Xiaoqiao after putting a bowl of hot soup in front of each person.
"It's just some home-cooked dishes, don't mind, everyone." I didn't wake up until noon, and there was nothing to eat in the middle, He Xiaoqiao was already very hungry, so he unceremoniously picked up the soup bowl and drank it.
Although there is Liu Yidao, the head of the palace who is quite majestic on weekdays, there is Liu Yidao on the table, but after all, it is in He Xiaoqiao's territory, and Hong Fang and Bai Shou are not the kind of people who have no courage, as soon as her voice fell, the two of them stretched out their chopsticks at the same time.
Hong Fang is interested in the roast pork that has just come out of the pot and is bright red and red, while Bai Shou's goal is clearer - he chooses sweet and sour pot-wrapped meat.
The braised pork with thick oil red sauce is made of three-layer pork belly with skin, which is red and attractive in color after stewing, fat but not greasy, and melts in the mouth.
Compared with the sweetness and softness of braised pork, the pot-wrapped pork is sweet and sour because of the tomato sauce. The crunchy slices of meat, with a creaking sound with every bite, are delicious and fun.
Not only did Hong Fang and Bai Shou want to put all the food in their bowls, but even Cai Lian and Suo'er were not to be outdone, and Liu Yidao had a soft spot for the colorful, fragrant, tangible and sound squirrel Guiyu in front of him, even if he had never liked sweetness, he ate a lot with a smile on his face.
Seeing that a large table of people were eating with their mouths full of oil, and Hong Fang and Bai Shou even almost fought over the last piece of braised pork, He Xiaoqiao felt a sense of pride in his heart.
Then he subconsciously sighed: Fortunately, Jiang Fenghao is not here, otherwise this product will definitely wrap up the whole table of dishes and not let others touch it, and then everyone can only stare dryly.
"Haqiu! Ha Qiu! ”
Jiang Fenghao, who was 108,000 miles away, suddenly sneezed uncontrollably twice, and almost fell off the horse.
Seeing this, Lu Ziqi glanced over with concern, "I said, junior brother, aren't you infected with the cold?" ”
“……”
Jiang Fenghao didn't raise his eyelids, just pinched his tall nose depressedly, and didn't make a sound.
Thinking that he had guessed the result, the sympathy on Lu Ziqi's face was swept away, and he instantly grinned and gloated and patted his thigh and laughed wildly, "You deserve it!" Who let you swallow all the dry food given by your brother and sister, now you will be punished! ”
"Oh?!"
Jiang Fenghao's eyes narrowed, looking at Lu Zi's appearance, he suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and deliberately took two steps behind, adhering to the highest code of action of 'there is a difficulty, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy together, and everyone will be punished together', and when he walked in front of him, he suddenly raised his hand and threw a whip firmly on the butt of the jujube red horse under his crotch.
The jujube red horse was in pain, raised his head and neighed, and then frantically spread his hooves and rushed forward, although Lu Ziqi on the horse reacted in time and pulled the reins and was not fallen, but he was inevitably carried into the wind and snow.
"Senior brother, younger brother...... Hello, poisonous, poisonous, poisonous......" The latter words all made the snowflakes stuffed into his mouth plug back.
"Thanks for the compliment!"
Jiang Fenghao's thin lips rose, and he was in a good mood to see a man and a horse disappear into the distance, and then he slowly caught up with the horse's belly.