Chapter 6 Let's start with potato chips

returned to Su Jing's house and found that Su Jing had washed all the potatoes of more than ten catties.

"Xingbang, what are you going to do after washing so many potatoes?" Su Jing asked.

"Peeling...... Forget it, you don't actually have to peel it. Chen Xingbang put down all those things, and then explained, "How much is a pound of potatoes now?" ”

"Potatoes are about a dime a pound now."

Although it is located in the south, because it has experienced the era of hunger before, the potatoes grown in the north will also enter the supply and marketing cooperatives, mainly to share the food pressure.

Of course, the South actually prefers sweet potatoes.

Potatoes are still relatively few staple foods, and they are generally stir-fried, which makes it seem that the price of potatoes has not been high.

"Then there are more than a dozen catties here, which is more than a dollar, right?" Chen Xingbang said that he had already begun to pick up the kitchen knife and start slicing.

In his previous life, more than ten years of cooking career made Chen Xingbang's knife skills very smooth.

"You ......" This made Su Jing look at Chen Xingbang with some surprise.

In my impression, Chen Xingbang doesn't seem to know how to be a chef, where did he learn this beautiful knife skill?

She was a little shocked!

Chen Xingbang, on the other hand, didn't think so much about it, and quickly cut the skin.

"Master, you can slice it together, it's faster." Chen Xingbang continued to speak.

Su Jing sighed, and she began to slice the potatoes.

She was by Chen Xingbang's side, watching Chen Xingbang press the peeled potatoes with his index finger and middle finger, and the knife light was so lightly sliced that a thin potato slice was cut off.

It's very even, flat as if it had been cut out by a machine.

It's an artistic appreciation to look at.

This sword skill will never be practiced for more than ten years.

And Chen Xingbang is very fast.

While cutting the slices, he continued to explain: "The ten catties of oil at home can't be used indiscriminately, so I spent four yuan to buy six catties of oil, and I also spent one dollar to buy some other ingredients. ”

"When I'm done, I blanch the water, then I dry the chips, and then I put them in a pan and fry them, and then I mix them with the ingredients. Isn't there going to be a movie at Liulihe tonight, I'll take you with me, let's go there to watch a movie, and sell these things by the way. ”

Su Jing then understood, and after thinking about it, she said, "You...... Didn't you go to do carpentry work? What do you think...... What about food? ”

"You also know that my master didn't hide anything from me, but I only studied with him for three months, which master do you say would dare to make things for me?" Chen Xingbang didn't raise his head, and said naturally, "If I had been with my master for some time, people might believe me, but it's impossible now, it's just that I still have some research on making food, and I want to see if I can make some money and spend some money on this." Now the total amount of money we spend here is about seven yuan, and I will count it as seven yuan, just to see how much we can sell after these dozen catties of potatoes are made. ”

"This thing...... Is it tasty? Su Jing hesitated for a moment before asking.

"Whether it's delicious or not, I'll know if I'll give Xiao Xi a taste after I'm fried later." Chen Xingbang said with a smile, "Don't worry, you will definitely not lose money." ”

Su Jing quietly did not speak.

A female educated youth in the countryside, who does not have any relatives here.

Liu Wanhe was still protecting her before, but now that Liu Wanhe is dead, she can only rely on Chen Xingbang.

After cutting some of them, Chen Xingbang put the cut potato chips into a small pot of water to blanch, about two minutes, the potato chips began to become bright, and at this time you can scoop them up and control the moisture.

In fact, the best way is to use the sun to bask in the sun, the moisture is drier, so that the effect of frying is better.

But there is no time now, so Chen Xingbang can only use a dustpan to put these things, make a big fire, and put them on the side of the fire to roast slowly.

And so, by noon, the stuff was almost dry.

Although it was not as good as he imagined, Chen Xingbang stepped forward to take a look and was still quite satisfied.

If you give him more time, you can do better.

"That's it!" Chen Xingbang opened his mouth and said, "Master, you don't have to do anything else, you just need to watch me do it, don't move the rest." ”

Su Jing nodded.

Chen Xingbang began to put the oil into the pot, added firewood to burn it, and saw that the oil temperature had reached about fifty percent, so he put a small amount of those potato slices down.

Because it is thin, the potato chips are actually very easy to fry thoroughly, and seeing that the skin is already slightly yellow, Chen Xingbang scooped up these things and put them aside to control the oil.

After frying a few pots like this, Chen Xingbang beckoned to Su Jing.

Su Jing walked over.

"Master, you see that these have been fried now, and then I will sprinkle these chili pepper noodles cumin powder or something, mix it well, and it is best to let all the contents be stained, so that it is delicious." Saying that, Chen Xingbang has already mastered the operation.

For such a chef, making this snack is like playing.

In a few clicks, it was already evenly mixed.

(Friends who read the book will taste it first)

"Open your mouth and taste one." Chen Xingbang smiled and sent the thing to Su Jing's mouth.

Su Jing was a little shy, but she still opened her mouth and took a bite.

The potato chips are crispy, and as soon as you bite into it, you can hear a crisp sound.

And along with this texture, there are complex flavors of various seasonings, which are so perfectly matched.

There are sweet, salty, and fragrant!

is so complicated but does not steal the limelight of the other party, perfectly blended together, and it can't be done without more than ten years of hard work.

"Delicious!" Su Jing couldn't help but whisper.

"Mom, it's so fragrant, I want to eat it too." Over there, Liu Xiaoxi was originally taking a nap, but at this time she had already woken up, rubbed her eyes and stepped forward, looking at them expectantly.

Chen Xingbang laughed, picked up a slice and put it in her little mouth.

"Wow, that's delicious." Liu Xiaoxi's eyes lit up, and she jumped and said, "I still want ......."

"You can't eat that much, you have to sell it for money." Su Jing hurriedly said.

"No, I'm going to eat it...... Mom, I want to eat. ”

"Come!" Chen Xingbang smiled and picked up a plate, filled it with a lot, put it in front of her and said, "Go and sit next to it, sit and eat slowly, it's okay, we are not bad at selling money." ”

"Thank you, Brother Xingbang."

"Call Uncle." Su Jing was silent for a while.

"Thank you, Uncle Xingbang." Liu Xiaoxi doesn't know so much, anyway, it's the same as anything, just have something to eat.

Chen Xingbang smiled and devoted himself to the business of potato chips again.

Not to mention, this thing is quite time-consuming.

It wasn't until about four o'clock in the afternoon that it was completely done.

Chen Xingbang smelled of oil smoke all over his body.

"How many are there?" Looking at a large bag of potato chips, Su Jing asked in a daze.

"Normally, two and a half pounds of potatoes can fry one pound of potato chips." Chen Xingbang roughly estimated, "Those potatoes are about fifteen catties, so here should be six catties of potato chips!" ”

"Then how much do we sell for a pound?" Su Jing looked at it and asked again.