Food starts with noodles

Xu Zhuo turned a blind eye to her cuteness: "I haven't bought dumpling stuffing yet. There may not be good dishes for this spot. I'll go to the supermarket to check now. We can make stuffing if we have any ingredients."

Yu Keke had nothing to do, so he followed Xu Zhuo.

When the two came to the supermarket, they really didn't have any good food, but there was a lot of meat.

Xu Zhuo picked out a piece of foreleg meat, and then began to choose vegetables.

Originally, he planned to buy fennel, because dumplings stuffed with fennel and pork are suitable for summer.

But the fennel has been sold out, and the other vegetables are also wilting.

It completely makes people unable to think of buying.

In the end, Xu Zhuo chose a handful of green onions and some lotus roots.

Since you can't buy green vegetables, make lotus root, scallion and pork stuffing.

This kind of meat filling is actually delicious, because the minced lotus root is mixed with the meat filling, which will stimulate a strong umami taste.

When southerners make wontons, they like to add lotus root to the meat filling to increase the umami taste.

Green onions are the best partner for meat stuffing, which not only enhances the flavor, but also enriches the taste.

After picking, the two pushed the cart to check out.

When passing by the fruit section, Xu Zhu saw that the pineapples were good, so he threw one into the shopping cart.

Yu Keke was a little puzzled: "What do you do with the pineapple? Is it also used for making dumplings?"

Xu Zhuo was immediately happy: "You silly girl, you don't use pineapple to make dumplings, these are for you to eat. Aren't you hungry? When I go back later, I'll peel them and soak them in salt water, and you can eat them. "

Chapter 183 Making Dumplings

After paying the bill, Xu Zhuo walked to Yao Meixiang's house with the vegetables he bought.

Yu Keke held the pineapple and followed him.

"Don't you need to soak this pineapple? Can't you just cut it up and eat it? I'm so hungry that I'm almost hypoglycemic..."

The grievance on this girl's face made Xu Zhuo a little dumbfounded.

If you are greedy, you will be greedy, what is hypoglycemia?

Xu Zhuo said: "It's not that there are no snacks at home. When you are hungry, you should eat some. When eating pineapple, you must soak it in salt water. Not only is it to increase the taste, but the most important thing is to prevent pineapple allergies."

"There is an ingredient in pineapple called pineapple protease. Eating this stuff in the stomach can easily cause allergic reactions, such as abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, or headache, dizziness, shock and other symptoms."

"Soak it in salt water, the pineapple protease will be dissolved, and it will be fine if you eat it again."

"Of course, pineapple protease doesn't work for most people, but it's always good to soak it before eating, so you can be prepared."

Hearing what Xu Zhuo said, Yu Keke stuck out her tongue, never thought that eating pineapple would be so dangerous.

Back home, Xu Zhuo put the bought vegetables in the kitchen, first peeled off the skin of the pineapple with a kitchen knife, and then used the tip of the knife to dig out the bumps on the surface.

After washing, cut into slices and soak in salt water.

Then he boiled some water in a pot and boiled some prickly ash water.

Add it later when seasoning the meat stuffing, it is more flavorful than using pepper powder.

After cooking, Xu Zhuo put the pepper water in a bowl and set it aside to cool.

Then sharpened the kitchen knife and started chopping stuffing.

Yao Meixiang has nothing to do at the moment, so she also comes to the kitchen to help.

Seeing Xu Zhuo chopping stuffing, Yao Meixiang asked curiously, "Why didn't the butcher give you a beating? Chopping stuffing is hard work."

Xu Zhuo smiled: "The minced stuffing tastes better. Besides, as a chef who uses a meat grinder to make meat stuffing, I always feel unprofessional and not high-style."

After listening to Xu Zhuo's words, Yao Meixiang said helplessly, "I have a bad temper with your godfather, and I am always strict with myself."

"When we opened the restaurant, we often quarreled over it. As a restaurant operator, what I pursue is profit. The lower the cost, the better."

"But your godfather, everything is of guaranteed quality, and the cost can be [-]% higher than other restaurants."

No way, this is the style passed down by the old man.

I would rather not make money than fool customers with shoddy goods.

Perhaps the secret of Xu's restaurant's long-lasting business is here.

Be honest with customers, and customers will naturally come to eat.

Although opportunism can save costs, customers are not fools.

After eating something wrong, you will never be fooled again.

When Xu Zhuo finished chopping the minced meat, Yao Meixiang also peeled the bought lotus root and cut it into pieces.

When lotus root is used as stuffing, just cut it into small cubes.

Do not chop it into pieces, as this will lose its crunchy taste.

Of course, the pieces should not be too large. If the pieces are too big, they will easily break the dumpling skin, and the taste is not very good.

Mix the minced meat first, slowly pour the pepper water into the minced meat, and stir in one direction, so that the minced meat will be stronger and the taste will be better.

The pepper water can’t be added all at once, it should be added in a small amount and many times to avoid adding too much at one time, and the meat filling will be lost.

After mixing well, add seasoning in turn.

Salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, cooking wine, oyster sauce, five-spice powder, pepper.

In order to enhance the freshness, you can also add a little sugar, so that the meat filling will be more tender and taste better.

Stir these seasonings and meat fillings well, beat them a few times, and put them aside to marinate for flavor.

Then Xu Zhuo took out the dough, kneaded it first, and then put it on the chopping board to wake up for a while. Taking advantage of this time, he poured the minced green onion and lotus root into the meat stuffing.

Add some salt and light soy sauce, stir well and taste the saltiness.

If you can, you can make dumplings.

There are many ways to taste the saltiness of dumpling stuffing, and it doesn't have to be tasted with a piece of meat.

Use chopsticks to insert into the meat stuffing and then pull it out. Taste the sauce on the chopsticks, and you can usually tell how much salt there is.

You can also pick a piece of lotus root to taste, and you can get a rough idea.

Experienced people don’t need it. Basically, they have a good grasp of what ingredients to put, so there is no need to try it again.

It's just that Boss Xu's level of seasoning is still in the entry stage. It doesn't matter if he mixes a cold dish at ordinary times, but when it comes to difficult operations such as dumpling stuffing, he has to try it.

If the car overturns, the wrapped dumplings will not be perfect, or even uneatable.

The fun is great.

"How is it? Is the saltiness just right?"

Yao Meixiang leaned aside, watching Xu Zhuo taste several mouthfuls in succession, a little curious.

Boss Xu put down his chopsticks and savored the taste of dumpling stuffing again, with a hesitant expression on his expression.

"I didn't taste it..."

Yao Meixiang couldn't hold back her laughter immediately.

"It seems that your skill in seasoning is not good. When your godfather was as old as you, he never tasted meat stuffing. The taste is exactly the same..."

Xu Zhuo himself knew that he lacked too much seasoning, so he should practice more in the future when he has nothing to do.

You can't count on the system for everything.

Depending on the system, I don't know when the seasoning can be advanced.

Yao Meixiang tasted the minced meat, nodded and said, "Yes, yes, the taste is very good."

But she had an idea, looked at Xu Zhuo and asked, "It's just that there is no other taste, why don't we cut some vitex and put it in?"

When Boss Xu heard this, he immediately refused: "That's not good, you can't put chili in it, the chili is too watery, and the cooked dumplings will have a lot of soup in it, which will affect the taste."

"If you really like spicy food so much, I'll make you some steamed buns with chili peppers in it. You can put green chili peppers in the buns."

Yao Meixiang didn't realize it for a moment: "Why? Aren't all buns and dumplings the same?"

Xu Zhuo shook his head: "You can put vermicelli in the buns, which can absorb the soup."

After speaking, Xu Zhuo began to knead the dough.

As soon as he was about to start, Yao Meixiang said, "Don't pack it in the kitchen, it's so hot, make it in the living room, there is air conditioning, and the two little girls can help..."

Xu Zhuo turned his face and glanced at Sun Panpan, who was nestling on the sofa, who was catching up on animation, and Yu Keke, who was chatting with ghostly people, and felt a little hesitant.

Can these two girls help?

It's almost a disservice.

But the living room has air conditioning, which Mr. Xu likes very much.

He moved the chopping board to the living room, and brought out the minced meat.

Get some more trays for the dumplings.

After everything was ready, Xu Zhuo said to the two girls: "Stop playing, prepare to make dumplings, and you two will start today."

Yao Meixiang also smiled and said, "Make dumplings. It's fun for the whole family to do it together. Besides, it's not difficult to make dumplings. A child of any age can learn it. Surely you two can do it too?"

As a result, the two girls said in unison: "No!"

Chapter 184 Feed Her Pineapple

After Yu Keke finished speaking, he was worried that Xu Zhuo would make fun of her for being lazy, so he quickly added something.

"When I was at home, I couldn't get my hands in it. My family didn't let me help, and no one taught me, so I still don't know how to make dumplings."

Sun Panpan put down his phone and nodded in agreement.

This is the case with her at home. There is a chef at home, so it is not her turn to do it.

So sometimes there is no place to learn if you want to learn.

Yao Meixiang said: "If you want to learn from me, I will teach you how to make dumplings. The whole family is busy. Go wash your hands, go to the kitchen to get a pair of chopsticks, and I will teach you how to make dumplings when the skin is rolled out."

Yu Keke asked curiously: "Don't you use a spoon to make dumplings? How do you use chopsticks to make dumplings? Can the meat be picked up?"

Xu Zhuo explained to her while he was busy: "The minced meat has just been pounded and beaten, and it is very sticky. When you pick it up with chopsticks, you can just pick a lump, which is more convenient than using a spoon."

The two girls put down their mobile phones and went to wash their hands happily.

When the two came over with chopsticks, Xu Zhuo had already started rolling the skin.

Thanks to his noodle-rolling skills, the dumpling skins rolled out by Xu Zhuo are uniform in thickness and size, which even Yao Meixiang feels inferior to.

"Your child's skill with the rolling pin is really good. This dumpling skin is rolled out like a machine."

After finishing speaking, she took a dumpling wrapper and asked the two girls to carefully watch every step of making dumplings.

"Look good, making dumplings is very simple. Spread the dumpling wrapper in your left hand, hold a chopstick in your right hand and put some meat stuffing in, then pinch it from the middle first, and then from one end."

She was doing it while talking, and soon the crescent-shaped dumplings were wrapped.

Yu Keke knew it at a glance: "It's so simple, just look at mine..."

Following Yao Meixiang's example, she first spread the dumpling wrappers in her hands, and then put the meat stuffing on top, but because she stuffed too much meat stuffing, the dumpling skins couldn't be squeezed together at all.

The girl panicked all of a sudden, and the more panicked she became, the more difficult it was to pinch the dumpling wrappers, and even the meat inside was all over the place.

Sun Panpan stood aside, looked at Yu Keke's embarrassing look, and commented in conclusion: "Typical ones are easy to see, and once you learn it, you are useless."

She didn't do anything, and watched Yao Meixiang pack several times.

Then he took a piece of dumpling wrapper, picked some meat stuffing with chopsticks and put it on, then lifted the dumpling wrapper and pinched it first, and then started pinching it from one end.

Seeing this scene, Yu Keke looked envious: "Wow, Panpan, you are so smart, you can wrap it up first."