Chapter 13: Fish Soup Cakes

At this time, Cui Zhiyun, who was in the topic of the two, was enjoying a rare fish fillet porridge, a spoonful of porridge water in the mouth, the rich rice fragrance mixed with umami, soft and flowering, and he didn't feel that this was just a bowl of makeshift porridge.

After drinking the porridge, he put the spoon on the snow-white fish fillet again, scooped up a slice, the curly fish fillet exuded a faint white gas under the candle flame, and a fresh fragrance drifted to the tip of his nose with the wind.

He couldn't wait to put the fillet into his mouth, the fillet was tender and fragrant, almost without much force, and the tip of his tongue was gently pressed, and it immediately melted in his mouth.

At the same time, a rich umami and juice burst in the mouth in an instant, and the hot taste made people feel nerves, but they were reluctant to let go, so they could only force the hot tip of the tongue to crush a few times at will and slide into the throat.

After two simple bites, Cui Zhiyun felt as if a warmth had invaded his abdomen, soothing his spasmodic and twitching stomach, and the warmth was still spreading to all parts of his body.

The whole person melted into the warm atmosphere at this moment, and the tense nerves that had not been relaxed for a long time were also soothed at this moment, and the complexion was softer than ever before.

So, with an astonishing speed, he quickly solved the food in the bowl.

After eating, he sighed contentedly, breathed a long sigh of relief, took out a few large coins from the purse around his waist, put them down, and got up to leave.

He knew that according to common sense, the public chef would not provide meals at this time, and it was he who troubled others.

On the way out, he also turned his head to look at the back kitchen, but it was a pity that Zheng Wan and Zhao Qingyou were whispering excitedly at this time, and they didn't notice the movement on the other side.

The two chatted for a while, only to notice that a long time had passed, thinking about why Cui Jiancheng hadn't finished eating, they looked at the dining area together, and found that there was already no one there.

Zheng Wan was a little stunned and said, "When did Cui Jiancheng leave?" ”

Zhao Qingyou also looked confused, and shook his head in confusion, "Maybe we were too excited when we talked about the taste, and we didn't pay attention for a while." ”

"Oops! The hour must be very late, you and I will be on duty tomorrow, hurry up and clean the kitchen, and talk about other things tomorrow. ”

"Okay, you go and brush the dishes and chopsticks used by Cui Jiancheng, I'll wash the wok, faster."

When Zheng Wan heard this, he immediately ran and ran to the table, only to notice that there were not only the remaining dishes and chopsticks, but also five Tongbao.

She took the money in her hand in shock, stretched it out in the direction of Zhao Qingyou, and said with some surprise:

"Sister Qingyou, Cui Jiancheng also left a silver coin on the table, how to deal with this?"

Zhao Qingyou was cleaning the wok, and replied loudly: "Maybe Cui Jiancheng thinks that the fish fillet porridge you made is very delicious and gives you a reward." ”

When Zheng Wan heard this, he was still a little dazed, he could still get a tip for cooking, and this era is quite humane.

immediately held the money in his hand, appeared beside Zhao Qingyou with dishes and chopsticks, and cleaned the dishes together.

After everything was dealt with, the two of them took the processed dried fish and put it in Zheng Wan's resting room, although it was small, but it could also avoid the prying eyes of others, after a few thoughts, the two felt that it was better to put things in Zheng Wan's room.

Zheng Wan saw that Zhao Qingyou was about to leave, so he quickly grabbed the person, took out the money he had hidden in his waist, and stuffed it into Zhao Qingyou's hand in a posture that could not be refused.

said in a tough tone: "This money is a reward from Cui Jiancheng to the two of us, and naturally everyone has a share." The son is not afraid of the sister's jokes, the son gets the third, and the sister gets the second. ”

Sure enough, after Zhao Qingyou heard that Zheng Wan had taken too much, he also stopped refusing, held the money in his hand, and turned to leave.

This night, perhaps because he was too tired, Zheng Wan slept surprisingly well, sleeping until dawn all night.

When she came to the kitchen, she found that there were already several people waiting inside, and when she saw her appear, she immediately shouted, "Zheng Niangzi." ”

Zheng Wan smiled a little embarrassedly, "It's too late." ”

"The time is just right, Mrs. Zheng doesn't have to be so strict with herself. I don't know what Mrs. Zheng is going to do for breakfast today? Yesterday's plum vegetable pancakes, I don't think I have eaten enough at all. ”

When the others heard this, they also nodded excitedly, expressing their love for the umeboshi baked cakes.

Zheng Wan also felt quite funny when she looked at it, but she kept eating plum vegetables and baked cakes, which didn't reflect her craftsmanship at all.

So, he shook his head with everyone's expectant little eyes.

When everyone saw this, their originally bright eyes instantly dimmed, like a poor puppy.

She hurriedly said today's breakfast, "Today's breakfast, I am going to provide the officials with fish soup cakes that only see the soup but not the fish." ”

When they heard the word "fish", everyone's expressions instantly became wrong, it was really that Chef Liu left too much impression on everyone before, and the water supervisor was filled with the smell of fish every day, and everyone felt that their appetite dissipated a lot in an instant.

However, when they heard that Zheng Wan's fish soup cake did not see any fish, everyone was curious again, what kind of food would this be?

Zheng Wan didn't give everyone too much time to react, and hurriedly arranged everyone's tasks.

A group of people is responsible for making noodles, and a group of people are responsible for killing fish.

She didn't need to worry about the noodles, as long as the group of fish killers, the skills were really invisible, the methods were rude, and the side of the well became a bloody battlefield.

She hurriedly stepped forward and showed everyone her neat movements, knocking one piece at a time, splitting it in half along the backbone of the fish, and rinsing the blood, debris, and black membrane on the fish from the running water, so that the existence of the fishy smell can be aggravated and rinsed away.

"You just do that, and the fishy smell of the fish soup will be easy to deal with later."

Everyone was still shocked by the wonderful scene just now, and when they heard Zheng Wan's words, they nodded mechanically one by one.

Zheng Wan put her mind at ease, turned around and walked to the warehouse, and took out the little ginger left, which was the main ingredient to remove the fishy after a while, and she felt that when she applied for ingredients with the security manager in the future, she could ask to buy more ginger.

Soon, with the concerted efforts of everyone, all the fish were cleaned.

Zheng Wan watched the small fish of less than a pound neatly stacked in the wooden basin, nodded with satisfaction, and took out a large piece of fat meat and put it in the wok to boil out the lard.

Compared with the mutton fat that people liked at the time, she felt that the taste of lard was more fragrant, and lard boiling fish soup would also produce a unique compound fragrance.

In the puzzled eyes of everyone, she put the fish into a large wok one after another, striving to make each fish fry, and then sprinkled with ginger shreds to remove the smell.

Listening to the fish and pork fat in the wok, under the action of high temperature, constantly colliding and invading, making a pleasant "zizi" sound.

The air was gradually filled with a charming fragrance and the burnt smell of lard, which was very different from the fishy smell that everyone had imagined before.

Some people even can't help but drool when they smell this special fragrance, and can't wait to taste what this fish soup cake tastes like today.

When he craned his neck to observe, he found that all the fish in the wok had been fried until they were browned on both sides, and the fragrance was overflowing.

Before he could imagine the picture of eating fried fish, he saw the scene of Zheng Wan's "spicy hands destroying flowers".

I saw Zheng Wan holding a shovel and poking at the fried fish, breaking the original intact shape, and the scene was extremely tragic.

The people who saw this scene couldn't help but gasp, and what's more, they couldn't understand Zheng Wan's behavior at all, and stopped them loudly:

"Zheng Niangzi, what are you doing? This fish is so well fried, why should it be crushed? ”

Zheng Wan's movements in her hands paused, but it was impossible for her to stop at this moment.

Therefore, he patiently explained: "Do you remember what you just said? Seeing the soup but not the fish, this is the most critical step in the process. ”

Hearing this, the hearts of the people settled down.

Zheng Wan saw that most of the fish in the pot had been crushed, so he quickly poured in the liquor to remove the smell, and continued to crush until he couldn't find a piece of complete fish meat with the naked eye.

In the next second, he immediately shouted: "Pour boiling water into the wok." ”

Then quickly gave up his position, Zhao Qingyou had already been instructed by Zheng Wan, and immediately appeared with a basin of boiling water and quickly poured it into the wok.

The moment the boiling water collided with the hot wok wall, a puff of white gas quickly emerged, obscuring everyone's sight and making it impossible to see the situation inside.

When the white gas dissipated, everyone saw that the poured water had turned into a pot of milky white fish soup.

Everyone invariably thinks of the clear soup cakes made before, but this time the color of the fish soup is richer than last time, and the umami is more abundant, which is a kind of breath that can make people dizzy.

Even when you can't smell it, it's not something to blame for mistaking this pot of fish soup for milk.

Zheng Wan watched the scene in front of him with satisfaction, and continued to stir in the soup to help the umami overflow better.

After a while, the feeling was almost the same, and they quickly asked someone to take a burlap to filter the crumbs in the soup, and then everyone immediately understood the secret of this fish soup cake only seeing the soup but not the fish.

Zheng Wan did not waste the crumbs filtered out for the first time, continued to crush and boil, and then got a wok of milky white fish soup, and added salt and sugar to the fish soup, which was completed.

She looked at the fish soup of the two big woks in front of her, and thought to herself: The fish soup prepared this time should be enough.

Everything is ready, now all you have to do is wait for someone else to come and have breakfast.

It can be said that the grand occasion of the public chef's breakfast yesterday has gradually spread, but since most of the people who praise it are fish masters, those officials with official rank do not look down on such remarks at all.

Therefore, the first batch of people to arrive at the public kitchen today are still yesterday's fish chefs.

But this time, Liu Quan and Niu Xinlu obviously learned to be obedient, no longer continued to drag on the river, and tried to speed up the completion of their task today, pulling the fish to the dock, and after handing over the catch to others, they accelerated and ran to the capital water supervision.

When they appeared in the public kitchen, they were still the ones who arrived early today, and when they saw Zhao Qingyou's location, they quickly lined up at her place.

When they came to the front, they saw that the breakfast prepared today was a rope cake, and the two couldn't help but reminisce about the taste of the clear soup rope cake before, especially the rope cake made by Zheng Wan, which was particularly strong and elastic, which was incomparable to other people's craftsmanship.

Seeing this, Niu Xinlu immediately shouted: "I want the cake made by Zheng Niangzi." ”

Zhao Qingyou casually glanced at the bowl behind him, and immediately took out a bowl of suo cakes that had not yet poured soup, and took the initiative to introduce: "What I prepared today is fish soup suo cakes, and the fish master uses them slowly." ”

When he heard "fish", Niu Xinlu's hand trembled subconsciously, and he almost couldn't hold the soup bowl in his hand.

Zhao Qingyou, who was harmed, glanced at him worriedly, and said with concern: "Is the cow fish master too hard today?" I can't even hold the bowl. ”

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Niu Xinlu explained anxiously: "No, but this bowl is a little hot, and I was careless." ”

Zhao Qingyou really thought it was this reason, because the fish soup that had just come out of the wok was really a little hot, and reminded with concern in his tone: "Be careful, the cow fish master is a little hot just fished out of the wok." ”

"No problem, no problem."

Hearing this, Niu Xinlu's face became more and more embarrassed, and he hurriedly walked aside with his fish soup cake.

Liu Quan, who followed closely, quickly ordered the food and the bowl, and was very puzzled by Niu Xinyu's hesitant attitude, and he didn't listen carefully to Zhao Qingyou's prompts when he was in a hurry to eat breakfast.

The two of them arrived relatively early, and there were still vacant seats.

As soon as the person sat down, Liu Quan couldn't wait to put his chopsticks into the bowl.

Today's soak cake can be said to look unpretentious, the soup is milky white like milk, but it sets off the soo cake with a little wheat yellow, not so pure, and the rest is nothing, simple, unobstructed.

The cake was fished out of the fish soup, bringing up a snow-white splash, and Liu Quan almost directly put his head on the bowl and bit the cake.

The first time the tip of the tongue was stained with the fish soup wrapped in the cake, and the umami of the fish soup seemed to be directly thrown into the mouth with an umami bomb, which quickly exploded in the brain, and the shock brought by the aftermath has been echoing between the lips and teeth.

He couldn't help but widen his eyes, guessing what kind of ingredients he was eating in his mouth, and wondering how there could be such delicious food in the world.

The cake is also completely soaked in the deliciousness of the soup, and it tastes strong and elastic, which is incomparable to the previous food.

Liu Quan quickly chewed and swallowed the cake in his mouth, held the bowl with both hands, aimed his mouth at the mouth of the bowl, and poured a large mouthful of delicious and mellow soup directly into his mouth, even if the soup was still hot, it could not stop a foodie's move.

After drinking this big mouthful of fish soup, he couldn't help but exclaim: "Fresh! ”

This posture stunned Niu Xinlu on the side, and couldn't help but shrug his nose and test the fragrance of the tip of his nose, but because of his previous experience, he was a little defensive.