"I really don't understand, I've never seen her cook braised pork like this since she was a child." Shen Chenming shook his head and laughed, "Even though your mother-in-law is from Kyoto, her cooking skills are only average, and she can't compare with you.
I will be blessed with good food from now on. My little girl is a good cook and will ensure that every meal is satisfying. Girl! From now on, as long as I'm at home, I'll do the dishes and you can do the cooking. "
"Okay! I wish I could."
Qin Shuangshuang was happy to cook, but she really didn't like washing dishes. Shen Chenming was happy to do the best, so she could just leave it alone.
He looked back at the pot, and there was already a "gurgling" sound. He turned around and closed the stove door underneath with his feet to prevent the coals from being too hot and the meat not being stewed enough.
The stew had to be stewed over low heat and slowly, not in a hurry. It would be almost done by the time she finished making the dumplings.
The door of the stove cannot be fully closed. The fire is too low and the stew cannot be cooked. Two-thirds of it is closed and one-third is left. In this way, the coal fire will not be very big, nor will it be gone. It will only rise slightly, just enough to stew a pot of meat until it becomes rotten.
Shen Chenming looked at her movements and knew that there must be something special about it.
His little girl knows so much, but he really doesn't understand these things and has never been exposed to them in daily life. Learn from the little girl and it will help you in the future.
After setting up the stove, Qin Shuangshuang turned around and continued rolling out the dough. With so much flour, it would take a while to finish.
Fortunately, Shen Chenming is pretty good at making dumplings. One person rolls out the dough and the other makes the dumplings, and they work well together.
Seeing that the dough was gone, Shen Chenming picked up a piece of dough, kneaded it, rolled it into a long strip, and formed it into dough.
"Pinch it a little smaller, it's too big."
"good!"
Shen Chenming agreed, and as expected, he pulled it a little smaller. The leather rolled out in this way was about the same size as before.
It took more than an hour for the two of them to finally finish making the dumplings.
It seems that there can be a lot more meat filling, so Qin Shuangshuang asked Shen Chenming to put as much filling as possible into the last dumpling wrappers, and don't leave any.
"It's troublesome to have dumpling fillings left. I'll make some with thin skin and plenty of filling, cook them separately, and send them to the teacher."
"Okay." Shen Chenming followed the arrangement, "The old leader has always been very kind to me. It was also arranged by him that I can go abroad to perform tasks, otherwise I would have been annoyed by Chen Zhuzhu."
"Knowing that he is good to you, sometimes you have to interact with each other. A box of dumplings is worthless, but your thoughts are very important. This is how the world comes to be."
"I understand. I'll wrap these next dumplings with more meat. The fillings will definitely be used up and there won't be any leftovers."
Qin Shuangshuang turned around and looked into the pot. The braised pork was already stewed and there was too much soup. She opened the stove door with her foot and turned up the heat to collect the soup.
He picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, put it to his mouth, blew on it, and handed it to Shen Chenming: "Try the saltiness and see if it tastes good? Do you want to put something more in it?"
Looking at the trembling and red braised pork on the chopsticks, the aroma penetrated into his nose, and Shen Chenming opened his mouth to catch it.
Take a bite, the fat meat is fat but not greasy, the lean meat is soft and tender, the aroma of star anise and cinnamon is rich, it tastes particularly delicious.
"How is it? Is it salty or bland?"
Qin Shuangshuang saw the expression of enjoyment on Shen Chenming's face and knew that he had never eaten such delicious braised pork before. Even if I had eaten it, it would have been a long time ago.
"It's just right, not salty but not bland. Girl! Your craftsmanship is amazing, no worse than the master chef at the Kyoto Hotel. The braised pork you make seems to be sold only in their house. I ate it once a few years ago."
Qin Shuangshuang: "..."
Of course, this technique was summed up by later generations. How could it not be as good as it is now if it was taught by a chef on a food show?
"Is it really just right?" Qin Shuangshuang dipped some chopsticks into the pot and tasted it, "It was a little salty when I tasted it."
"No, it's best just like this. It's too bland and can't be paired with rice."
"Okay then! I'll collect the soup and put it in it."
"Why are you collecting the soup?" Shen Chenming walked over and looked into the pot, "Girl! There is no need to collect the soup, just put it in like this. They can use the soup to dip the dumplings later.
There is such a good braised broth with dumplings that you don’t even need any seasoning. "
"Ah?" Qin Shuangshuang was confused, "You really don't need to collect it? There is a little too much soup."
"If you say you don't need it, don't use it. Just pack it up! You listen to me. If the braised pork soup is juicier, what are you worried about? They won't eat it. It's delicious even if I pour it into rice."
After hearing what Shen Chenming said, Qin Shuangshuang divided the braised pork into three bowls and filled them. There was a lot of soup in the pot, but I didn't expect that it didn't seem to be a lot when divided into three bowls.
The meat is done, and the next step is to fry the fish. Clean the pot, put it on the stove, take out an empty bowl, and pour a little flour.
Shen Chenming was ordered to wash the leaves of peppers and garlic seedlings. Nowadays, garlic seedlings are not sold whole. Some people pinch off the garlic seedling leaves and sell them in small handfuls of seven or eight garlic seedlings.
Shen Chenming is relatively good at grocery shopping, and he also knows how to buy a handful of garlic leaves so that the cooked fish will be more fragrant.
Pour rapeseed oil into the pot, cut some shredded ginger and throw it in first, then pick up the marinated fish with chopsticks, wrap it in flour, and put it into the oil pot.
Shen Chenming, who had washed the dishes, watched from the side without saying a word. Even if he felt strange, he didn't ask.
The girl was frying fish, and there was hot oil. She was afraid that if she distracted the girl by asking questions, it would be bad if the oil accidentally splashed on her.
He believed that the fish cooked by the little girl must also be delicious. Others never pickled fish, but she was different. She had already marinated it with salt, MSG and soy sauce.
The fire in the coal stove is not very strong, and if the fish pieces are not coated in flour, they will be easily fried. After being coated in flour, each piece was fried completely.
She fried a pan first, picked it up when it was cooked, and put it on a plate. Wait until one pot is cooked, then fry the next pot.
Shen Chenming helped cut the green and red peppers according to Qin Shuangshuang's requirements. After that, he cut the garlic leaves with a diagonal knife. The garlic leaves cut out in this way are diamond-shaped and very beautiful.
His little girl is indeed an educated person and is very particular about cooking.
To be honest, Shen Chenming had lived for twenty-eight years, and it was the first time he cut a garlic leaf into a diamond shape.
After the second pot of fish was fried, Qin Shuangshuang mixed a bowl of soy sauce water with it, put the fish pieces from the first pot into the pot, poured the soy sauce water down, and immediately covered the pot.
When the water inside boiled, I picked up the lid of the pot, added green and red chili peppers, added some salt, and added some sugar for freshness.
Finally add garlic sprouts and MSG.
The scent of fresh fish penetrated straight into people's nostrils, and Shen Chenming couldn't hold back the curvature of the corners of his mouth.
"Girl! The food you cook smells delicious. They will be in for a treat tonight."
"I'm only going to do it this once. I won't do it often. It's really tiring."
Cooking is really a tiring job. You have to buy, wash, cut, and cook. It’s easy to pass by when there are few people, but it’s so busy when there are so many people.
Qin Shuangshuang blocked the conversation first, fearing that Shen Chenming would ask her to make a table at any time, but she would not do it.
