Food starts with Mapo Tofu

In the afternoon, Chen Nian has already started preparing the dishes for the evening.

It's early summer now, and it's starting to get hot outside. Chen Nian wanted to make some food that fits this season.

And since it is summer, it is necessary to eat crayfish, but crayfish alone is not interesting, so Chen Nian prepared another dish of spicy fried clams and a soup.

Both crayfish and clams need to be bought in advance.

Clams have to be put into the water first and salt is added to make them spit sand, while crayfish need to be put into the water with some high-strength white wine. On the one hand, it is marinated, and on the other hand, it is also for sterilization.

After everyone got off work at night, Chen Nian started to do it.

The clams are not in a hurry, this is easy to use and the time is short, as long as the sand is spit out, there is no need for additional treatment, but the wine is still poured in after the old age, after all, it has been drunk by the crayfish brother, so the clam brothers have to do whatever they want Come on.

Everyone is also used as food, so we can't favor one another.

After the wine is poured, the crayfish will be processed after aging.

The treatment of crayfish is still relatively complicated, because the crayfish bought from outside are very dirty and need to be washed in water first.

So Chen Nian put the three catties of crayfish in a bucket, carried them to the table, turned on the tap, found a clean brush and began to scrub.

While swiping back, he played the song of red beans on his mobile phone.

As a result, just about a third of the time, An Hongdou came.

"Chen Nian, what are you going to cook for me today?"

Chen Nian pouted: "This is not all here."

"Ah, crayfish!" An Hongdou was a little surprised after seeing the crayfish, "I haven't eaten crayfish for a long time, if I didn't see the shrimp here, I would almost forget the taste of crayfish. "

Chen Nian smiled: "Didn't we just eat it? Wait a minute, what flavor do you want to eat, garlic and five spice or spicy?"

"Of course the crayfish must be spicy." An Hongdou said as a matter of course.

"Okay, then I'll make you some spicy ones later."

While talking, Chen Nian carefully brushed the crayfish's stomach and drank all afternoon. No matter how good the crayfish's capacity for alcohol was, he was already too drunk by now.

Lying obediently in Chen Nian's hand, let the king pick it.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" An Hongdou asked again.

"No, why don't you sit outside for a while, or you can sit here and talk to me."

But An Hongdou didn't want to sit still: "I don't think it's difficult for you to brush the shrimp now, or else I'll help you brush it."

"No need, after brushing, there is a smell of seafood on your hands, which is old and unpleasant."

"It's okay, I can wear gloves."

An Hongdou had already put on the gloves in the kitchen as she spoke.

She often comes to Honghong Restaurant, and she also knows which cloths are used to wipe the pot, which cloths are used to wipe the ingredients, which gloves are worn to wash dishes, and which ones are used to handle ingredients.

"Then be careful, don't get stabbed. The shrimp gun in front of the crayfish is still very sharp. I saw a news story before. A man's hand was accidentally stabbed. Later, he was poisoned and even cut off his fingers. "

An Hongdou's expression was startled: "Don't scare me, I'm just here to eat a crayfish, so I won't have to amputate my hand too?"

"Just be careful and you'll be fine."

"Okay, then you deal with it first, and I'll do the rest."

Chen Nian nodded: "Then I'll just cut the head and devein the shrimp."

Then Chen Nian sat aside and took two more basins, one filled with clean water and the other empty.

In addition to soaking crayfish in wine in advance, the process of handling crayfish is to scrub clean, and then cut off the shrimp gun and remove the internal organs.

And removing the shrimp line is also very simple. Crayfish is different from other shrimps. When removing the shrimp line, you only need to grab the middle piece of the three-petal tail on the buttocks and rotate it slightly to pull out the shrimp line completely.

After cleaning one, Chen Nian simply rinsed the shrimp in clean water, then threw it into an empty basin.

In this way, the two cooperated, and it didn't take long for all the crayfish to be cleaned up.

"It's not difficult."

"Yeah, it's not difficult. It's not difficult. The steps are all in total. The main reason is that there are a lot of them, so it's more troublesome to deal with."

"Yeah, look at the bristles on my brush." ​​An Hongdou smiled and held up the brush to show Chen Nian.

"It seems that this brush can only be used to brush crayfish in the future. It has become such a virtue, and it is not suitable to be used in other places."

"Then where do I put it?"

"Let's put it in the pool first, and I'll wash it and put it away later."

An Hongdou obeyed obediently: "Then what shall I do next?"

"Next, put the whole crayfish through the water again, two or three times."

"Okay, then go and do your work, I'll wash the crayfish."

Chen Nian reassuredly handed over the work to Hongdou.

Now after my own training, red beans have no major problems with the basic processing of some ingredients.

Although Chen Nian still wanted Hongdou to wait for him to finish the meal, but Hongdou is also a person who can't sit still, and when he sees himself working, he always wants to come up to help.

When the red beans were cleaning the crayfish, Chen Nian also began to prepare the base for making crayfish. Although it is simpler and more straightforward to buy a pack outside, as a chef, Chen Nian has his own self-esteem.

If you want to buy even a simple crayfish base, then you should stop being a chef, let alone cook it for your beloved one.

Rapeseed oil is used for aging, three kinds of peppers are used for aging, and seven or eight kinds of other seasoning spices are used for aging.

After continuous frying, the aroma gradually came out.

"It's so fragrant, old age, I think the crayfish you cook are more fragrant than those made outside."

Chen Nian smiled: "That's hard to say, as far as I know, there are three types of crayfish sold outside.

The first one is made with serious seasoning like me. Although the cost is high, the price of crayfish sold outside is usually not cheap. It costs 40 yuan per catty. If it is some place that is more particular, The quality of the shrimp used is also high, and there may be hundreds of them.

The second type of shrimp is also bought from the market. Those who are conscientious use live shrimp, and those who are unscrupulous use dead shrimp. Anyway, the seasoning is strong and the price is slightly cheaper. Most of the customers don’t care so much. , But, this kind does not know how to remove the head and the shrimp line. When frying, I also throw some green onions, ginger and garlic in, and then directly pour in the ready-made crayfish seasoning bought in wholesale. "

"Why don't they remove their heads?" An Hongdou was a little puzzled, "Is it because they find it troublesome?"

Chen Nian shook his head again: "This is not entirely true. Some small workshops are purely for the sake of saving trouble, but in fact, if the crayfish is in pursuit of better meat texture, it should not remove the head, because the head and shrimp are removed. After threading, during the cooking process, the meat quality of the crayfish will become loose, not so firm, and Q-bomb."

"That's right, but I still think it's cleaner to remove the shrimp line."

Chen Nian smiled: "This is because everyone's acceptance is different, but I still think it's better to go to the shrimp line. After all, crayfish, eating is the process. After eating, it feels numb and spicy in the mouth. We can also take care of whether the meat is springy, and we bought these crayfish ourselves, so we know it is fresh."

While speaking, Hongdou also washed the shrimp: "Then what's next?"

"Next, the crayfish need to soak again. First add some water, then pour in the half bottle of wine left on the table, and add some salt."

"How much salt do you put?"

"Look at it, just add four or five tablespoons to it to add a base flavor, and we went to the shrimp line, and the wine can also make the meat tighter. We have to do some remedial measures."

"I know this. Adding salt can make the crayfish come out of the water, so that the meat will become tighter, but you can't add too much. First, the crayfish will become very salty, and second, it will also become very dry. .”

"Smart! As expected of a gourmet musician, he knows everything!"

An Hongdou was a little proud.

After frying the ingredients of the crayfish here in Chennian, pour them into the pot, wash the pot, and then fish out the clams, wash them on the water and put them aside for later use.

"Shall we eat these two tonight?" An Hongdou couldn't help swallowing when she saw the crayfish and clams.

"Of course not. I'm going to make a soup, otherwise I won't be full from just eating these things."

"Isn't this still drinking beer? How can you be worthy of the crayfish and clams if you don't drink some wine after eating such a drink?"

"Drink, let's not get drunk today!"

"Okay, if you don't get drunk, you won't go home!"

An Hongdou is also going all out now, anyway, Chen Nian has been staying with her for several nights, and some of the idol baggage she originally had has completely disappeared now.

Aunt Hong Hong was so reasonable and treated her so well, even if she knew about it, it wouldn't hurt.

The crayfish and clams will be cooked later, and now the old age must first sit this soup dish on the pot.

"The soup we're going to drink tonight is rotten cabbage."

For aging, cut baby cabbage into shreds and put it in a bowl for later use.

In addition, Chen Nian cracked three more eggs in a bowl, added some salt and a little white vinegar to remove the fishy smell, and prepared some garlic, flour and shrimp.

The rotten cabbage is made, and the soup is milky white, and these eggs are the key.

Add oil to the pan, and when the oil is hot, Chen Nian slowly pours the egg liquid into the oil pan while stirring it constantly with a spoon until the egg becomes darker in color and dense foam begins to appear in the pan After that, the egg pine is ready.

"Red bean, I'm not talking to you, just put this egg pine in the soup, soak it and boil it, it tastes very delicious."

An Hongdou, on the other hand, kept swallowing her saliva: "Stop talking, let's do it, I'm so hungry now, I didn't eat anything at night to eat this meal, but I came here and worked for a long time live."

"Hongdou, you can't say that, you just wanted to help."

"Okay, okay, I get it, you are my future husband, who will I help if I don't help you?"

As soon as Chen Nian heard this, he knew he had lost.

"Okay, okay, then I will speed up."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Nian started a new stove, added a small amount of oil, and fried the baby vegetables until they collapsed slightly, then served them out for later use.

Then pour the oil from the fried eggs back into the pan where the eggs were fried just now, add the prepared garlic and shrimps, fry until the garlic is fragrant, and the shrimps are slightly browned. At this time, add the prepared flour Among them, after frying until the flour becomes a little golden and fully and evenly mixed with the oil in the pan, immediately pour into boiling water.

Cover the lid, turn the heat to medium-low heat, and let it simmer slowly.

"Okay, the rotten cabbage will just wait, and the seasoning will be added later. Now I will make crayfish and clams."

Crayfish and clams are not difficult to make at this point.

First add wide oil to the pan, pour all the crayfish into it and fry for a while, until the fried shell is crisp and smooth, take it out.

Then re-inject the oil, add the onion, ginger and garlic, and fry the aroma, then add the crayfish ingredients just made, and when the aroma starts to dissipate, put the crayfish in and stir fry constantly.

Water and beer followed.

"Beer can make crayfish more fragrant. Although you won't taste the alcohol in it when you eat it later, it's because the alcohol in it evaporates under the action of high temperature, leaving only the aroma of malt."

"I know this. Beer is also used when making Coca-Cola chicken wings."

"Red bean, I feel that after a while, you can be the chef at home."

After hearing this, Hongdou quickly waved her hands: "Come on, my cooking is not as delicious as yours. After we get married, you will cook at home, and I can wash dishes and so on."

"Haha, Hongdou, why are you so virtuous, but I'll do the washing up."

"Your hands are for art, let me do the work."

"That can't be done. You're not the only one in our family. I'm also a member of the family, okay? Then let's do this. From now on, you will be in charge of cooking and washing dishes at home, and I will be in charge of washing clothes and mopping the floor."

"Ok."

Because the crayfish needs to be delicious, all the seasonings are added when the lid is finally closed.

Crayfish also need to be stewed for a while to taste.

Taking advantage of this time to age and make clams again.

First use onion, ginger, garlic, chili, pepper, salt, light soy sauce and other spices to make a base material, then add green peppers, and fry until the green peppers are slightly broken, then put the clams in and start frying.

"Can you let me fry it too?"

"Okay." Chen Nian stepped aside as he spoke, and handed the frying spoon to An Hongdou at the same time.

There was a clacking sound, and An Hongdou was having a great time frying, while Chen Nian secretly took a video with his mobile phone.

After a while, An Hongdou turned his head, intending to ask Chen Nian how long it would be good to fry, but at a glance, he saw Chen Nian secretly recording himself there.

It's just that she didn't dodge, instead she directly made a comparison with her hands.

"It's almost done, this one can be cooked first."

"I'll come, I'll come, you help me prepare the plate!" An Hongdou seemed to be addicted, and began to direct Chen Nian, and Chen Nian placed the plates on the table like a kitchen boy.

"I'll go and see if the other two dishes are ready."

After touching for about 2 minutes, the rotten cabbage and crayfish were also served on the table. Chen Nian took two cans of cold beer from the refrigerator and prepared them.

"Okay red beans, this is our dinner today." (End of this chapter)