The homemade version of chicken essence is actually chicken breast, dried mushrooms and dried shrimps. The three ingredients are ground into powder and then mixed to use their fresh fragrance to enhance the freshness.
Chicken breasts can provide the freshness of chicken soup. Mushrooms are originally delicious foods in nature, and dried shrimps are the delicious foods of seafood. They have their own fascinating fragrance.
So, fry them, grind them into powder, and then blend them to create a home-cooked version of chicken essence.
There is no technology or hard work, they are all real materials and the materials used are safe.
Xiao Nianzhi said briefly and started making it.
She needs to do all the preliminary steps of frying, stir-frying, or drying.
The shrimp skin was dried very well in the sun, but Xiao Nianzhi was afraid that it would contain impurities and not be cleaned thoroughly, which would affect the subsequent chicken essence.
So, I soaked it in water and cleaned it again.
Then bake slowly over low heat to thoroughly bring out the fresh flavor, which is much better than drying directly.
Dried mushrooms and chicken breasts follow similar steps.
Near noon, all three ingredients were finally baked.
In fact, during the baking process, the fresh fragrance has already wafted out.
A very fresh and natural smell, yet invisible and quietly seductive.
Anyway, Manager Qiu and the others were very curious and asked Xiao Nianzhi. Knowing that she was not repulsive, they squeezed over to watch the fun.
However, a group of rough guys were too embarrassed to squeeze into Xiao Nianzhi, so they stretched their necks one by one and twisted their bodies into various postures.
Anyway, Aunt Yu watched from the side and couldn't help but applaud secretly: They worked too hard just to watch the fun!
You know, most of Guanshi Qiu's group had retired from the battlefield and had nowhere to go.
More or less, they all have hidden injuries from old illnesses or obvious disabilities.
However, they could no longer care about it at this time. Manager Qiu's somewhat weak leg also burst out with vitality.
Anyway, at this moment, Aunt Yu couldn't tell what was wrong with Guanshi Qiu's leg.
After the three ingredients are roasted, the next step is to grind them.
This step is a delicate job, because there is no wall breaking machine, so you need to grind it slowly with a mortar.
If Xiao Nianzhi were to do it, the work would probably take two days.
She would probably have to spend a whole day just grinding this step.
The final powder needs to be fine and sprinkled into the dish, blending in almost perfectly.
Therefore, in the process of grinding, you will definitely not be able to succeed in one go.
Xiao Nianzhi put all the ingredients into a basin on one side, and then motioned to Manager Qiu to take care of them: "Uncle Qiu, you can start grinding."
When Manager Qiu and the others heard that it was finally their turn, they were all eager to get in!
I have to say that even if Manager Qiu and the others retreat from the battlefield, their endurance should not be underestimated.
This can already be seen from the last time I whipped cream.
Nowadays, grinding can be seen even more.
Although they are all rough guys, they do fine work very carefully. From time to time, they will ask Xiao Nianzhi, is this okay? Is that okay?
Xiao Nianzhi was tired all morning, and now he could finally rest for a while. He only had to deal with the inquiries from the uncles occasionally.
Therefore, she directly took the newsbook given by Xiao Qing and started reading it.
Aunt Yu came over out of curiosity and realized that what Xiao Nianzhi was reading should be various ambiguous romance stories that were popular in the capital, and they were not too explicit, so she nodded: "This is not bad."
The gift Xiao Qing sent must have been carefully inspected.
Moreover, he himself is not very old. If he goes to copy books, the clerks and bosses in bookshops or bookstores will definitely not be able to give him stories that are too explicit.
When we arrived at Xiao Nianzhi's place, Xiao Qing filtered it for the second time, and there was no way he had any intention of crossing the line.
Xiao Nianzhi didn't understand what Aunt Yu meant. He just thought the other person was bored and wanted to read it, so he picked up another book and handed it to Aunt Yu: "Auntie, do you want to read it together?"
Aunt Yu had been reading the Tao Te Ching for most of the day. She was a little tired and wanted to change her eyes, so she took it.
The master and apprentice gave Guanshi Qiu and the others some guidance while turning over the script.
With their help, the ingredients are quickly ground into powder, and finally mixed together directly, and then sprinkled with some when cooking...
Well, it is definitely much more convenient and faster than simmering over low heat to bring out the fresh aroma of various ingredients.
It’s not that there are no seasonings to bring out the freshness nowadays, it’s just that many expensive ingredients are beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the process is very long, requiring slow simmering over low heat to bring out the freshness in the ingredients.
This method of improving freshness is not suitable for Xiao Nianzhi.
What she designed was a quick and easy operation, so this home-cooked version of chicken essence is the best.
What we ate for lunch were the steamed buns brought back by Manager Qiu, and they were meat steamed buns!
After all, it's the beginning of the month and the canteen has enough budget, so the food must be better.
But at the end of the month…
Well, maybe it’s just green vegetables every day that makes the students’ eyes turn blue after eating them.
It was a bit of fun at noon. For dinner, Manager Qiu and the others asked Xiao Nianzhi if the little girl went to have a midnight snack, then they would skip the dinner and eat more midnight snacks.
Almost all of Guanshi Qiu were carefree and single. Part of the wages they earned were saved for old age and used as coffins, and part of them was used for daily food and drink.
Therefore, having expensive late-night snacks occasionally is not too luxurious for them.
It's a sunny day today, and Xiao Nianzhi doesn't want to be lazy, so when Manager Qiu asked, she nodded hurriedly: "I want to go. I was delayed for a whole day yesterday. I'm very embarrassed."
Hearing that Xiao Nianzhi was going to make a late-night snack, Manager Qiu smiled cheerfully: "Then we won't have dinner, and we will wait for Yuan Niang's late-night snack."
They all looked after Xiao Nianzhi as a junior and called Yuan Niang when there were no outsiders.
Everyone worked together and made a small jar of chicken essence, which was probably enough to last for a while.
As for what to have for dinner…
Xiao Nianzhi was also thinking. Aunt Yu had been reading her storybook all afternoon. Then she raised her head and suddenly said: "I remember, the osmanthus in the back mountain should have bloomed, right?"
The master and apprentice have not returned recently, so naturally they don't know the situation in the back mountain.
Therefore, Aunt Yu was asking Manager Qiu.
Although Manager Qiu is responsible for purchasing, he also knows everything about the academy.
After all, they are all fixed assets.
So, when Aunt Yu asked, he nodded hurriedly: "Yes, it's opened. The fragrance came out two days ago. During the lunch break, those students went over to enjoy the flowers and read poems. I, a big old man, listened to it for two days, I all remember one word, the fragrance of osmanthus."
Their academy is considered to be the first to bloom earlier, but in August, the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers in various places are also blooming one after another.
However, because the geographical location of the capital is more northerly, more sweet-scented osmanthus blooms from mid-August to the end of August.
For an academy like theirs to open at the beginning of the month, it is indeed early.
Xiao Nianzhi's eyes lit up as soon as he heard about the osmanthus.
Osmanthus, it is also an ingredient!
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