Although Su Qingluan didn't feel too much when cutting vegetables today, when all the ingredients were prepared, he didn't expect that there were many kinds -
Mutton, rabbit, radish, mushrooms... all added up, there are more than ten kinds of dishes.
There were seven people eating hot pot together today. The Su family specially moved out the largest copper pot and placed it on the temporary stove set up in the yard.
Su Qingluan poured the boiled snow-white mutton bone soup into the copper pot, and added a handful of wolfberry and jujube as garnish and seasoning. Su Guangfu and Li San squatted next to the vent of the stove and opened the stove. The fire inside was getting stronger little by little.
Su Guangfu also built a small table outside the adobe stove to place various plates with dishes. However, this creates a troublesome situation: the copper pot itself for hot pot is very large, and with the addition of a circle of vegetables, the area becomes even larger.
In this way, not to mention the two children Su Xuanhe and Su Xueyan, even the half-year-old Su Qingluan and the remaining four adults could only get two or three dishes in front of him.
Su Qingluan thought for a while and suggested: "Otherwise, we remove all the stools and just walk over to the dish you want to eat with the shabu-shabu, so that every dish can be within reach!"
Sun Guixiang nodded when she heard this: "That's a great idea, little girl! This copper pot is so big, if you want to cook some food, if you don't clamp it, it will be gone in the blink of an eye! You can just eat whatever you want!" "
Others wanted more, so Su Xueyan stood on tiptoes and tried it, looking up a little embarrassed: "But I can't reach the soup base!" She was only over three years old, and her size was really limited. Not to mention preparing the dishes by herself, she just couldn't. Getting the newly built adobe stove that Su Guangfu built today is a problem!
Yang and Sun Guixiang said with a smile. They stood next to the little girl, one on the left and the other on the right, adding dishes to her first.
Children have little appetite and will be full after eating only a few mouthfuls. It is better to let her eat first and then go play in the yard.
Everyone makes the dipping sauce according to their own taste. Su Qingluan knew the taste of the little sister Su Xueyan, so he prepared a bowl according to her preference, and dipped some chopsticks into it for her to taste. When the little girl nodded, she handed over the bowl with the prepared sauce.
"Hold it carefully," Su Qingluan supported her sister's little hand, "I will add vegetables to you later. Eat slowly. The hot-boiled vegetables are very hot just out of the pot."
She asked Yang just now that this was the little girl's first time eating shabu-shabu. If she didn't give a few instructions, she might suffer a lot later.
Except for Su Xueyan, everyone else - even the child Su Xuanhe - has rich experience in eating shabu-shabu, so it is very easy to choose the dipping sauce.
But when everyone picked up the mutton slices or radish slices, they still let out an exclamation.
"Aniang! Aniang!" Su Xuanhe was holding a piece of mutton, "This piece of meat is transparent!"
On the other side, Sun Guixiang, who picked up a radish slice, also sighed: "Hey, this is the first time I have seen a radish slice as thin as paper!"
Su Qingluan explained with a smile: "Dishes that are overheated will easily lose their taste and tenderness. If they are cut too thickly, the outside will be overcooked but the inside will still be raw. If you cut it thinly, it will be cooked through just a few rinses. , which can keep the ingredients in their freshest state.”
Everyone picked their favorite ingredients and took to their chopsticks. Su Qingluan added the rabbit meat that Xiao had been thinking about for a long time.
Looking at the light transmittance of the rabbit meat critically, Su Qingluan nodded secretly with satisfaction: "If you want to do your job well, you must first sharpen your tools." The one that Mr. Xu gave her was indeed not good enough. Even his knife skills have returned to almost the same level as in his previous life.
Blanch the rabbit meat in mutton soup for two or three times, and the rabbit meat will change color, curl and gather together.
Su Qingluan wrapped the rabbit meat with the rich sauce and put it into his mouth.
Originally, whether it was mutton or rabbit meat, it had its own special fishy smell, but after being stimulated by the dipping sauce, it turned into a different kind of deliciousness. In addition, the rabbit meat had only been lightly rinsed three or two times, although It is already ripe but still maintains a fresh and tender texture, so it has a great flavor.
The deliciousness of this ingredient made Su Qingluan, a Sichuan-Chongqing hot pot master, temporarily put aside his nostalgia for chili peppers and concentrate on enjoying the delicious food in front of him.
Li Saner made the dipping sauce using mutton bone broth. While he was eating the mutton, he sighed vaguely: "Brother Su, just now your eldest girl asked me for those mutton bones. I was still puzzled. Although The bones can be used to make soup, but the meat has been trimmed cleanly, so what else can be cooked? As a result, hey! This soup is really delicious!"
Su Qingluan quickly shook his head: "Uncle Li San, thank you."
"No, no!" Li San'er scooped up the soup base alone with a spoon, blew on it and drank it, "Hey, I haven't had such a delicious mutton soup for a long time! Girl, how about the recipe of this soup?" I told my mother-in-law that I can cook it at home tomorrow!"
Su Qingluan immediately nodded in agreement: "Okay! Uncle Li San will wait for me to finish the meal and copy this recipe to Auntie later - it's actually very simple, it's all because Uncle Li San's lamb bones are fresh!"
When Li San heard Su Qingluan's words, he waved his hands quickly: "Forget it, if you copy it to her, you are really complimenting her! If we put the two of us together, we can count with both hands and feet! You can copy it for her, Can she understand it - eh!"
Just as he was joking about his wife, Li San received a heavy slap on the back. Sun Guixiang choked angrily: "Hey, have you grown up? I don't know a few characters, but you are just a scholar? What else do you think? Don’t want to eat?”
Li Saner quickly apologized: "Hey, wife, please be gentler. Didn't I say 'the two of us'? We are both the same. We don't want to dislike anyone. Look, there are quite a few children here... …”
Su Xueyan and Su Xuanhe were both made to laugh. Su Qingluan knew it was impolite to laugh so loudly, so she tried her best to cover her mouth, trying not to laugh too much.
Just like what Yang said at the beginning, Su Xueyan, as a child of just over three years old, has a pitifully small appetite compared to the growing Su Xuanhe and Su Qingluan, who is already half an adult.
But after eating a few pieces of meat and a few bites of vegetables, she was already full. Su Qingluan was afraid that she would be hungry later, so he gave her another egg to eat. After eating these, she went to the yard to play by herself.
At this time, Su Guangfu sighed: "This mutton is really fresh. Is it freshly slaughtered?"
Li Saner nodded: "When we eat among our fellow villagers, we naturally have to kill them freshly. Brother Su, if you have eaten well, we will kill them next time!"
