Food starts with noodles

Adding damp-dispelling Zanthoxylum bungeanum to the mutton, the combination of the warming effect of the mutton and the damp-dispelling effect of Zanthoxylum bungeanum not only increases the effect of dispelling dampness and sweating, but also makes the originally greasy mutton soup much more refreshing.

In the hot summer, eating a bowl of mutton in a water basin not only increases appetite, but also expels moisture and impurities from the body, not to mention how refreshing it is.

Xu Zhuo turned up the heat, and when the broth boiled again, he began to put condiments into the pot.

The first is a large handful of fresh peppers. Compared with dried peppers, fresh peppers not only have a numb taste in the soup, but also increase the umami taste. For the mutton in the water basin, fresh peppers can definitely play a finishing touch.

In addition to fresh peppers, Xu Zhuo also added some pepper powder to the pot to increase the aroma of the broth.

While the broth was tumbling in the pot, Xu Zhuo began to tear the freshly cooked mutton with his hands.

After more than two hours of stewing, the mutton has already become crispy, and the fat and lean mutton brisket is juicy and full of fragrance. When tearing the mutton, Xu Zhuo felt that his hands were about to taste the taste.

The mutton in the water basin mutton is generally cut into thick slices, but it is said that the most particular way of eating is to tear the mutton into small pieces by hand.

Xu Zhuo didn't know exactly if it was like this, but he could try it today.

The mutton was shredded and put in a basin. Xu Zhuo looked at the time. It was almost 05:30, and it was time to have dinner to welcome the arrival of the evening rush hour.

He brought the bowl and started grabbing mutton into the bowl.

Different from the legendary three slices of meat, Boss Xu puts a lot of meat in each bowl, and then sprinkles a handful of chopped green onion and chopped coriander.

After putting everything in place, he poured a large spoonful of mutton soup from the pot into the bowl, and a delicious smell filled the kitchen immediately.

Even Xu Zhuo is addicted to this smell, isn't it too fragrant?

The aroma attracted all the people in the back kitchen, Xu Zhuo pointed to the prepared mutton in the water basin and the full basket of crescent moon cakes.

"Take it out and eat it. How about the water basin mutton I made. By the way, Jianguo, call Teacher Ma. He has been thinking about the water basin mutton for several days. Let him enjoy himself today."

Before the store opened this time, Ma Zhiqiang had been helping Xu Zhuo to promote it. In order to prevent no customers during the two days of opening, he also called on students who were fine at home to report to the school in advance.

If people praise us so much, we have to repay them.

Teacher Ma has no worries about food and clothing, works smoothly, and has a harmonious family. Apart from delicious food, he has nothing else to pursue.

So to repay others, we have to start with food.

Moreover, this bowl of mutton was not only to repay Ma Zhiqiang, but also related to Li Hao's comfort level this semester, so it should not be taken lightly.

Bowls of mutton came out, and the waiters and the girls outside were all dumbfounded.

"Is this water basin mutton? It does smell different, but I don't know if it will taste greasy like mutton steamed buns."

In the past, when Li Hao had nothing to do, he would argue about eating steamed buns, and Yu Keke and Sun Panpan had psychological shadows after eating them.

Mutton steamed buns are delicious, but very greasy. It is not so obvious at the beginning, but after eating for a few days, no matter how delicious it is, it is not interesting.

Now Xu Zhuo's water basin mutton smells good, but it's not certain whether it tastes good or not.

Xu Zhuo was still in the back kitchen at the moment, he washed a handful of vitex, cut them into rings and put them on a plate, sprinkled some salt, poured some light soy sauce and balsamic vinegar, and drizzled a few drops of sesame oil, it was refreshing to eat with mutton The chili is ready.

When he came out with the plate, Jianguo, a few helpers, and Meng Liwei had already started eating, praising Xu Zhuo's delicious cooking while eating.

However, there were also a few people who didn't move their chopsticks, such as Sun Panpan and Yu Keke. They were not very hungry at the moment, and they were worried about being greasy, so they sat on the side all the time and didn't dare to try.

Besides, Zheng Jia didn't eat, so Xu Zhuo put down the plate, looked at Zheng Jia and asked curiously, "What's the matter? Don't you like mutton?"

Zheng Jia shook her head: "I don't like chopped green onions and coriander..."

Xu Zhuo looked at her in surprise, he really didn't expect that practitioners related to catering would not eat these two things.

He smiled and said, "I was careless. I'll make you another bowl now. It's very simple."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zhuo went into the kitchen and made Zheng Jia a bowl of mutton without green onion and coriander.

After it was served, Xu Zhuo was just about to try his handicraft, when Zheng Jia suddenly said: "Boss Xu, can we serve chopped green onion and coriander in small plates for the stewed noodles in our shop in the future, some customers don't eat chopped green onion and coriander , you put them in the bowl and they have to pick them out one by one, it’s very troublesome.”

Xu Zhuo was stunned for a moment, the Xu family restaurant in the provincial capital has always followed this rule, but Xu Zhuo didn't care about it, thinking it was a bit of a fuss.

But if you think about it seriously, it seems that sometimes when you come out of the back kitchen, you can indeed see that some customers are left with green onions and coriander after eating.

Some people even picked it out of the bowl and put it on the table, so that half of the table was covered with green onion and coriander leaves.

Since this is the case, then I will change it in the future, and it will not take much trouble to get a small plate with a little chopped green onion and coriander, so as not to leave a bad impression on the customers.

After he made the announcement, he took the crescent moon cake, broke it open, took a few pieces of mutton from the bowl, put it in, and put some green chili rings in it.

Then clamp the crescent moon cake firmly, bring it to your mouth and take a big bite. The aroma of the lamb belly, the coolness of the green pepper, and the crispness of the crescent moon cake are mixed together. The taste is not to mention how delicious it is.

"Look at the way you eat very well, is it really delicious?"

Yu Keke leaned over, and although she wanted to try it, she felt a little nauseous when she saw the fat and thin mutton in the bowl.

Xu Zhuo put down the crescent moon cake in his hand, took another one, gave Yu Keke a crescent moon cake in the same way he sandwiched mutton, and then brought it to her mouth: "Take a bite, it's definitely beyond your imagination! "

The little girl took a small bite with the attitude of trying, and after chewing a few times, her eyes widened immediately: "Hey, this is a bit similar to Roujiamo! This green chili is paired with meat, it tastes delicious ..."

After finishing speaking, Yu Keke snatched the crescent moon cake from Xu Zhuo's hand, held it in both hands, and ate it with big mouthfuls.

"Panpan, hurry up and take a sip, it tastes really good, it's delicious!"

Chapter 300 The Charm of Mutton in a Water Basin

Under Coco's encouragement, Sun Panpan tried to sandwich some mutton with the crescent moon cake, and took a light bite.

Then, she seemed to have opened up a new world, full of surprises.

"Wow, isn't this delicious too?"

While eating, Xu Zhuo observed the people in the shop. Everyone seemed to be quite experienced in eating water basin mutton. The first crescent moon cake was eaten with meat, and the second crescent moon cake was eaten soaked.

Of course, two crescent moon cakes are definitely not enough for people with a big appetite.

For example, Jianguo ate almost four pancakes, but Meng Liwei, because he ate too much oily noodles at noon, chewed slowly and ate very politely.

After Xu Zhuo finished eating the crescent moon cake in his hand, he stretched out his hand to take another one, and was just about to break it open and soak it in a bowl, when suddenly the door of the store was pushed open, and Li Hao and Ma Zhiqiang walked in together.

However, behind the two of them, there was actually a person following them.

Song Yafei, Sun Panpan's grandmother's nutritionist, followed the two of them and also walked in.

Li Hao glanced at the water basin mutton and crescent moon cakes on the table, then turned his head and patted Song Yafei: "Brother Fei, since you're here, let's try it, the water basin mutton made by Mr. This looks must be more than ninety percent."

For him, whether it tastes good is the second priority, as long as the portion is sufficient, it will be very satisfying.

Song Yafei looked at the few bowls of mutton left on the table, and was a little moved, but then shook his head: "Let's forget it, I've already eaten."

Li Hao didn't believe it, so he pulled him and sat at the dining table: "Who's eating dinner at this time? Come, come, try our Shaanxi water basin mutton, just smelling it is unbearable."

I don't know if others can bear it, but Li Hao can't bear it anyway.

He sat down, reached out to take the crescent moon cake, skillfully broke it from the incision, and then began to put mutton and chili rings cut by Xu Zhuo into it.

Half of the bowl is filled with crispy stewed mutton, which is very appetizing to watch.

"This meat is so real, I really want to show it to those shops in Chang'an that make mutton vermicelli soup. This is the real water basin mutton!"

The saying of mutton vermicelli soup comes from a tourist complaining on the Internet. He spent 68 yuan queuing up to buy a bowl of mutton. In the end, there were only three pieces of meat in it, and the pieces were still small. The rest were green onions, coriander and Vermicelli, the well-endowed pot of mutton is made like mutton vermicelli soup.

This statement quickly gained the support of many people, especially the Laoshan people, who were very angry at the practices of those unscrupulous merchants to tarnish the name of Shuipen Mutton.

Li Hao took a sip, and was full of praise immediately: "It's really good, in our Shaanxi dialect, it's very good!"

After speaking, he searched the dining table, then looked at Xu Zhuo and asked, "Boss Xu, where's the garlic? The mutton in the water basin must be served with garlic. It's more enjoyable to eat like this."

Xu Zhuo didn't expect to have such a saying: "I've heard that Shaanxi people like to eat noodles with garlic, do they also eat garlic with water pot mutton?"

"Of course, this water basin mutton is usually eaten with sliced ​​raw garlic or candied garlic. It tastes more enjoyable. If you don't believe me, try it."

The back kitchen had peeled garlic, Xu Zhuo got up, asked Song Yafei to sit down and taste it, and at the same time walked to the back kitchen to get the garlic.

It's not that he wants to eat it, but mainly because he wants to experience the eating habits of the Lao Shans, so that he will be more confident when he cooks it for Feng Chunguang later.

Although up to now, all the side missions have been passed through once, but they should not be taken lightly.

Besides, the person who gave this kind of task is more nostalgic for his hometown and his hometown when it comes to food, so he can't deal with it casually.

Xu Zhuo cut some garlic slices in the back kitchen, and fished out some sugar garlic from the sugar garlic jar. After carrying them out, Song Yafei sat at the dining table with half push and half reluctance. up.

"Recently, I watched "The Twelve Hours of Chang'an", and I was really curious about the water basin mutton. I didn't expect that Boss Xu would cook it. Today, let's try something new and feel the deliciousness from Datang."

After Song Yafei finished speaking, he broke the crescent moon cake and began to put mutton inside.

Li Hao was more enthusiastic, and pushed over the chili rings and chili oil made by Xu Zhuo: "Adding some green chili and chili oil will taste better, if you don't believe me, try it."

In Song Yafei's eyes, chili oil is absolutely untouchable food. Not only is it too spicy, but it is also full of fat. Eating it is definitely not good for your health.

But it was not good for him to refuse Li, so in the end he put some chili rings in the crescent moon cake and drizzled a little chili oil on it.

Only then did Li Hao let him go: "Just eat like this, it's cool to eat like this."

After speaking, he took the garlic and asked Song Yafei to eat it: "Brother Fei, it's only right to eat it with garlic. Come and feel the charm of our old Shaanxi cuisine. As long as we eat pasta, there is no one who does not eat garlic."

Song Yafei was a little bit dumbfounded. As a southerner, he really resisted eating raw garlic.

He took a bite of the crescent moon cake, intending to take his leave after eating a little bit, but unexpectedly, the taste and texture were so good.

All kinds of flavors mixed together, all of a sudden hooked out the glutton in his heart.

He ate it in big mouthfuls. He really didn't expect that this dry bread with mutton would taste so amazing.

As a native southerner, Song Yafei has never had much enthusiasm for pasta, but today, this small crescent moon cake changed his view of pasta.

And Li Hao has been strongly asking him to add the chili, which is really a finishing touch.

The mutton stew is very bad, but the taste is a little bit bland, but after being served with chili rings and chili oil, the two complement each other just right.

No matter the taste or taste, it has been greatly improved.

When the crescent moon cake was half eaten, Song Yafei actually secretly put some chili rings in the cake, poured some chili oil on it, and put a few slices of raw garlic in it.

This wave of operations really stunned Xu Zhuo.

It's really unexpected that a person who advocates healthy eating will eat like this.

Now that he started to eat chili oil, Xu Zhuo felt that he could find a chance later and invite him to eat the lo mei in the store. The rabbit head probably couldn't accept it now, but the sheep's trotters should be fine.

Goat's trotters are rich in collagen. From a nutritional point of view, collagen is beneficial to the human body, and Song Yafei should not refuse it.

Once he gets used to eating spicy food step by step, and these foods that are not considered healthy in his eyes, his concept should be reversed.

When he was wandering, Li Hao was introducing to Song Yafei Xu Zhuo's purpose of making water basin mutton.

"The mutton in the water basin was mentioned by the owner of the copy shop at the street corner. Later, when Boss Xu was thinking about it, I also mentioned it. I didn't expect him to make it."

"Brother Fei, do you have anything you want to eat, tell me, let Boss Xu cook it for us if possible, it just so happens that I want to change the taste recently..."

Chapter 301 Can you make rice rolls?

Li Hao is a bit tired of eating oily noodles every day recently. He has also tried other dishes in the store, so he is not very interested.

In addition, every time everyone wants to eat Xu Zhuo can make it accurately, he wants to find an outsider to give Xu Zhuo a difficult problem, to see if he can make it in one go.

It happened that Song Yafei was here, so let him say something he wants to eat, and see if Boss Xu can make it.

While eating, Li Hao teased Song Yafei.

Song Yafei was a little embarrassed. He was just strolling on the street and was dragged into the shop by Li Hao. Aside from eating a meal of mutton in a bowl, it was really unreasonable to order food now.

They open a restaurant to do business, and they have been staying here for free to eat and drink, which is a bit careless.

But Li Hao was very enthusiastic, and the others were also asking Song Yafei to speak quickly. Even Xu Zhuo put down his chopsticks and looked at him with interest.

"Brother Fei, let me tell you something. You have been in Linping City for two or three years. Do you have any special nostalgia for the delicious food in your hometown?"

Xu Zhuo knew very well that this was the trigger point of the side mission of the taste of hometown, so he kept persuading Song Yafei to tell him about delicious food.

It is not important whether the task is not the task, the important thing is to have a good relationship with Song Yafei.

The closer the relationship, the lower the difficulty of the task. This is the experience summed up by Boss Xu.

Song Yafei scratched his head, looked at Xu Zhuo with some embarrassment and asked, "Boss Xu, do you really want to try something else?"

Xu Zhuo nodded: "Yes, I need to practice, and I want to try to cook food from all over the country. Tell me what you want to eat the most, and I will try to make it for you, so that they can try it too. "