Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 756
"What a gentle country!"

Chen Nian has collapsed, but the joys and sorrows of human beings are not the same. Chen Nian feels that everyone seems to have that serious illness, but everyone feels very happy at the moment.

But let's talk about the trouble, everyone's work is not stopped, and Chen Nian is making tamales and milk peanut cheese on the sidelines.

Due to the occupational relationship and the long-standing habits, aging will not have any resistance to certain ingredients that are eaten every day.

After all, when Chen Nian entered the dream space for the first time, he ate tofu for several months in a row. If there were no recipes, Chen Nian would definitely have gout and stones.

Just like this, there are fewer and fewer customers in the store. By around 9:30, everyone basically has nothing to do.

"Master, Master, let's go back first, so as not to disturb the two of you." The disciples bid farewell and left.

"Boss, then I'll go back too."

"Good little flower, be careful on the road, and remember to say something in the group when you get home." Chen Nian reminded.

Feng Honghong and Wen Hongxia also told Chen Nian to go home early after everyone left, remembering to send the red beans back after eating and then left.

This time there were only the two of them left in the shop.

"Are you going to make tamales and a dessert today? These two are not dark." An Hongdou was a little puzzled.

"Don't worry, the darkness is still behind." Chen Nian said and moved out another crock.

This is exactly the jar used to pickle those side dishes when making steamed three smells.

After aging, it was cleaned and used to marinate new ingredients.

Then Chen Nian lifted the lid, and An Hongdou curiously approached it, but before he got close, he smelled a bad smell.

"Ah, it stinks, what is this? Why is it so stinky! It chokes my eyes!"

Chen Nian smiled: "This is the fish I specially marinated."

"Fish? Did you pickle canned herring in it?"

"That's not true. Canned herring is much smellier than this one. I'm playing mandarin fish this time. Speaking of which, it was my dad's cooking competition with my dad when I returned from winter vacation in my junior year."

While talking, Chen Nian recalled the past of that year.

At that time, Chen Nian was in his third year of junior high school. In view of the previous defeats, Chen Nian was thinking hard about what dishes he could use to defeat his father.

After three days and three nights of thinking and matching, Chen Nian finally worked out a set of invincible dish matching.

It is not as dark as the previous few times, and every ingredient is edible. Although it is a bit niche, it is definitely not as heavy as canned herring with black garlic.

That's right, what is prepared for aging is a combination of two dishes, not one dish.

The preparation of these two dishes also brings a little complicated process.

Several cooking techniques are also used.

So after returning home, Chen Nian went to Lao Chen for a competition full of confidence.

Of course, in order to avoid Chen Nian messing around, Lao Chen had to do it first, otherwise, with Chen Nian's usual urinating nature, the kitchen would not be usable after finishing it.

At that time, Lao Chen made such a dish of stinky mandarin fish.

Although it smells stinky, it tastes delicious, so Aged Nian gave it a score of [-] out of [-].

But both Mom and Dad gave this dish a ten.

After seeing the score, Chen Nian brought the ingredients into the kitchen without being convinced.

Finally, I took Zheergen, blue cheese, durian, chicken wings and plum flavored cola from those boxes.

The first dish that Chen Nian will make is a dish for frying.

First remove the old roots on the Zheer root, then wash it and put it in a pot to blanch.

This point was specially checked by the old age. The boiled zheer root will taste more refreshing, and it can also taste part of the earthy taste.

After blanching, use a kitchen paper towel to wipe off the excess water on the folded ear root, and then start to process the durian.

Put the durian into the pot, add a little water, and keep smashing it with a shovel. After a while, the durian becomes a paste, and the texture seems to be somewhat uniform.

During the whole process, Chen Nian still wore a mask, turned on the range hood to the maximum, and opened the kitchen window for ventilation.

Otherwise, he couldn't stand it right now.

But the previous time was due to the poor selling price and the smell, so my mother and father refused to even taste it, so this time the aging has learned a lesson.

After the durian is boiled, let it cool down naturally, then put the zheer root in it, wrap a layer of durian on the outside, and then continue to wrap the blue cheese on the outside after aging.

In this way, a sense of layering is formed, but if you fry it directly like this, firstly, the degree of danger is too high, and secondly, the smell is still difficult to cover up, so Chen Nian is very smart to mix a batter wrapped in it according to the ratio found on the Internet. Outside.

And it was very thoughtful dipped in some bread crumbs.

In this way, it will be fried in the pan again, and after the color is golden, it will be aged and fished out.

"That way there won't be any stink."

Chen Nian is very satisfied with his masterpiece, but this combination of Chinese and Western dishes cannot be eaten like this, so Chen Nian prepared some ketchup, and when the time comes, he can dip it in the ketchup before eating.

In this way, you can enjoy the crispness of traditional Zheergen, the sweetness of durian and the special aroma of blue cheese. The outer skin is crispy, the inner layer is distinct, and the taste is rich.

Served with tomato sauce, it can eliminate part of the greasiness.

"It shouldn't be a big problem this time."

But there is another dish in the aged set menu.

Another old-fashioned plan is to make cola chicken wings, but this cola chicken wing is not the traditional cola chicken wing, because the old-fashioned one uses plum-flavored cola.

This was a new product launched by Pepsi at that time, and it was very popular.

Because not only did he drink a faint plum flavor, but the color of this bottle of Coke was blue.

From the outside of the bottle, the blue Coke inside is shining like a sapphire.

Coca-Cola chicken wings are not difficult to make. Aging strictly followed the tutorials on the Internet. It was only after finishing that Aging found that the color of the chicken wings seemed a bit inconspicuous, but at least it looked like the surface of the chicken wings was also blue.

So Chen Nian brought out these two dishes after they were ready.

After Feng Honghong saw Chen Nian's masterpiece, her eyes went dark and she almost fainted.

"Can you explain to me what this blue thing is?"

"Coke chicken wings." Chen Nian said.

"You call this Coke chicken wings? Whose Coke is blue?"

Chen Nian knew that he would be questioned like this, so he ran back to the kitchen and took out the blue bottle of Coke: "This is a new flavor, and the price is twice as expensive as ordinary Coke."

Seeing Chen Nian as if nothing had happened, in the end it was Lao Chen who patted his wife's arm, and took the lead in picking up a blue coke chicken wing.

"Eat it, and tell me if it tastes good after you finish eating it. Anyway, I think the blue color is a bit abnormal, as if poisoned. I'd better try the one next to it first. Although I don't know what is fried Something, but at least it looks like food for people to eat."

As a result, Feng Honghong at that time took a bite of the old cheese durian ear root...

As soon as she bit it down, she regretted it.

He spit it out right away.

"Isn't it delicious?" Chen Nian asked quickly with a thump in his heart.

Feng Honghong looked at the unknown thing inside and felt an extremely complicated taste in her mouth.

"Son, I don't really blame you for this. Maybe your intelligence has grown to the point of learning. Listen to my mother's advice. You should stop cooking in the future. Others are not good at cooking and eating. At most, they say it's not delicious. You are dying, I am your own mother, do you see what is inside of you?"

Chen Nian glanced at it and found that the layers are quite clear: "The innermost one is the folded ear root. I remember that you also like to eat it, and the outer layer is durian. Don't you also like to eat durian cakes? Is it? And sometimes I buy durians to eat.

The outer layer is cheese, and it is French blue cheese. I spent a lot of money to buy this. As for the outer layer, it is batter and bread crumbs, mainly to lock the moisture inside. and taste. "

"Do you still want to lock these smells inside? It's going to kill you!" Feng Honghong couldn't help sighing.

But Feng Honghong was mourning over there, but Lao Chen felt a little pleasantly surprised: "This Coca-Cola Chicken Wing is a bit beyond my expectation. It looks strange, but it tastes good. Wife, would you like to try it too?"

"I don't want to eat. You father and son teamed up to lie to me, so I won't be fooled by you."

"Really, my wife, this is really delicious. Although the color is abnormal, it still tastes like cola chicken wings."

But Feng Honghong refused to put the blue thing into her mouth no matter what.

Finally, it was Chen Nian's turn. After taking a bite of Zheergen, Chen Nian also had a very complicated expression on his face: "No, this is different from what I imagined, it shouldn't be 1+1+1>3 Is it?"

But for the sake of saving face, he still ate this mouthful of folded ears.

Then he tried the Coca-Cola Chicken Wings.

The coke chicken wings were really good. In the end, he and Lao Chen ate up the plate of coke chicken wings. Feng Honghong focused on eating the stinky mandarin fish. In her opinion, the stinky mandarin fish smelled stinky. , but it is really delicious to eat.

As for the two dishes made by Chen Nian, it may be because the taste of the cola chicken wings is really unexpected, so Chen Nian quickly ate up the cola chicken wings, and finally left the plate of folded ears.

"Things can't be wasted, this plate is yours."

Chen Nian also had a hard time watching the plate of folded ears.

In the end, it was Lao Chen who made the move. He used a lot of peppercorns and peppers to stir-fry again, suppressing most of the flavors inside, and Chen Nian was able to finish this dish in three meals. Otherwise, this dish was chosen by heaven. Chen Nian estimated that if he finished eating, he would not be able to eat anything else for at least a week, but after this time, Chen Nian finally understood that rice should not be messed with.

After Hongdou heard the story, she laughed so hard that she almost couldn't straighten up.

"Okay, don't laugh. Today I won't cook that. What I'm going to cook is stinky mandarin fish. Speaking of which, it's still a famous AH dish."

"And speaking of the origin of this dish, it can be traced back to more than 200 years ago. At that time, fishmongers in Guichi, Tongling and other places along the river would transport the Yangtze River mandarin fish in wooden barrels to the mountainous area of ​​Huizhou for sale every winter, because It will take seven or eight days, so in order to prevent the fresh fish from deteriorating, they will put a layer of fish in the barrel, and then apply a layer of light salt water, and often turn it up and down. When the fish arrives in Huizhou, the gills are still intact. It is red, and the scales have not fallen off, but there is a strange smell on the skin."

"Then how do you do this? Do you need my help?"

"No. I'll be fine."

Chen Nian started working as soon as he said that, he put on a glove to take the fish out of the tank first.

Then start washing with water.

After all, it was aged and salted, the outside smelled very salty, and there was an obvious smell.

Even if Chen Nian does it himself, he must wear a mask.

After a simple cleaning, Aging began to process the fish.

I am already very skilled in handling fish for aging. It took about seven or eight minutes to clean the fish, then cleaned it again, and changed the knife on the fish.

Then he began to prepare other materials to be used.

First cut the onion, ginger, garlic and pepper, and then took a piece of pork belly and cut it into cubes.

Heat oil in a pan.

Vegetable oil is used for aging here, because it is braised in soy sauce, so the taste will be more fragrant if it is made with vegetable oil, and it can also cover up the smell of some stinky mandarin fish.

After the oil is boiled until it is eighty mature, add diced pork belly, ginger, garlic, Chinese prickly ash, dried chili... and start to stir-fry.

After the diced pork belly changes color, put the fish in the pot for aging, and oil both sides for about 20 seconds.

At this time, the outer layer of fish meat has basically been finalized.

But with the aging process, the stench continued to get into the aging nose, but as the fish body was oiled on both sides, another fish fragrance began to come out.

Immediately after aging, add boiling water to the pot to make it cover half of the fish body.

Then add cooking wine, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce and a little vinegar.

At this time, Chen Nian turned on a high fire, and after the water inside boiled, turn it to a medium fire.

"Okay, it needs to be cooked for about 15 minutes." Chen Nian said, "Later, use this to eat with rice, especially with rice."

"Looking at it is also true. I feel that the braised dishes are usually quite good. Just this one. I guess I can eat two bowls of rice later." An Hongdou said.

"It's better to eat more. If you eat more, it proves that my cooking is delicious." Chen Nian said with a smile.

Just wait until about 15 minutes later, aged and uncovered the pot.

"It's best to add some white sugar to the juice to enhance the freshness and taste." Chen Nian said, "Actually, white sugar is usually added to braised dishes."

"Wouldn't it be sweet to eat like this?"

"No, adding sugar is just to add a compound flavor inside. If you don't put too much, you won't get any sweetness, and it will only make the dish more delicious."

(End of this chapter)