Food starts with noodles

And the skill of stir-frying rice cakes that he got actually focuses on making rice cakes, not fried rice cakes.

It's just that there is no custom of eating rice cakes in the Central Plains, let alone making rice cakes, so this skill seems a bit tasteless.

If you want to show it, you have to go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the New Year's Eve.

After the dishes were fried, the rice cakes were steamed, and Yu Peiyong also made soup rice cakes. The family had a delicious dinner, and then Xu Zhuo drove back with Yu Keke.

After arriving home, one started to plan the work plan after the sales department started, and the other turned on the computer and started to digest food in the wilderness of eating chicken games...

The next day, Xu Zhuo didn't go to the old lady's house again, but went back to the store and started to work.

It is said that I go to work, but in fact it is to exercise my body. I don’t cook for a few days, and I always feel a little stiff in my body.

He was busy until two o'clock in the afternoon, when Xu Zhuo put down the spatula in his hand, he felt his body adjusted.

A few days ago, I ate and played, and I haven’t moved a lot. Today, I finished the rush hour at noon, cooked dozens of dishes, sweated profusely, and felt transparent.

People really need exercise.

After finishing the work in hand, Xu Zhuo took off the apron on his body, took a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator, unscrewed it and took a sip, it was really comfortable.

With the coke, Xu Zhuo ate half of the sweet-skinned duck, then wiped his mouth and went back to the kitchen.

"Jianguo, where are the soaked kidney beans? I'll make kidney bean rolls while I'm free."

After eating, drinking and resting, Xu Zhuo began to prepare the snack called Kidney Bean Roll that the old lady was thinking about yesterday.

This is a famous court snack. It is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi heard someone selling it outside the palace, so she asked someone to buy some. She liked the texture and taste of kidney bean rolls after tasting it.

Xu Zhuo didn't know if the person who sold the kidney bean rolls had mastered the lion's roar skill, and his voice could penetrate half of the Forbidden City;

I don't know if the Empress Dowager Cixi has a good ear, but she can even hear a cry outside the palace wall.

But no matter what, the story full of loopholes has been passed down from generation to generation, and it will continue to be passed down.

It's also interesting to think about it. Many delicacies across the country like to be associated with big figures, and the ones with a higher frequency are Emperor Qianlong and Empress Dowager Cixi.

One is when I went to the south of the Yangtze River, I found countless delicacies; the other is when I fled west, I encountered many delicacies that Lafayette was full of praise for.

Regardless of whether these stories are true or false, they have already cast a layer of legend on the dishes involved.

Take this kidney bean roll as an example. Without the gilding of Empress Dowager Cixi, it would be a very ordinary dessert. It is so ordinary that it can’t even beat the yellow buns in northern Shaanxi and the sticky bean buns in northeast China.

But with that flawed story, it's different.

In the words of the people in the capital: Zhei kidney bean rolls are not easy. Even Lafayette was obsessed with zhekou. He specially called the person who made kidney bean rolls into the palace and worked in the imperial dining room. He became a celebrity in front of the imperial court. ...

Xu Zhuo didn't know whether the person who invented the kidney bean roll became a celebrity in front of the imperial court, but he knew very well that as long as he made the kidney bean roll today, he would be a celebrity in front of the old lady.

The method of making kidney beans is very simple. Xu Zhuo has the skill of making donkey rolls, so he has a natural advantage for similar delicacies like kidney bean rolls.

In addition, I have already searched for tutorials yesterday. Although I still have a little understanding of the details, it should not be difficult to make this dessert.

Jianguo came over with a pot of white kidney beans soaked in clear water, his face was full of curiosity: "Xu Zhuo, is this easy to make? Do you want me to help?"

"Yes, let everyone who is not busy come over, this thing is not difficult, just look at it, but there is a step in front of the peeling, you have to use your hands one by one, it is more laborious."

After Xu Zhuo finished speaking, he reached out to fish out a handful of white kidney beans from the basin and began to peel them.

Because it has been soaked for more than ten hours, the step of peeling the white kidney beans is very easy. After rubbing and tearing with hands, the outer layer of skin will fall off, leaving only two white beans.

The watercress of white kidney beans look similar to broad beans, but the two are not the same thing.White kidney beans are lentils, which are two kinds of plants with broad beans.

There are many people and strength, and during the Spring Festival, everyone’s enthusiasm is relatively high, so in less than half an hour, a pot of white kidney beans is all peeled.

Xu Zhuo washed the watercress with clear water, then grabbed the white kidney beans and placed them on the steaming plate, not too many, just a thin layer.

Anyway, the steam cabinet is big enough, so don't worry about running out of space.

After spreading all the watercress on the steaming tray, Xu Zhuo stuffed all the steaming trays into the steaming cabinet one by one, turned up the heat, let the steam be sufficient, and steamed continuously for 10 to [-] minutes.

White kidney beans are relatively hard and difficult to ripen, so try to steam them for as long as possible to avoid hard lumps when they are mashed later.

While steaming, Xu Zhuo dug some red bean puree, sweet potato puree and purple sweet potato puree from the dessert department for donkey rolling, and used them as fillings for kidney bean rolls.

Then I made some cooked black and white sesame seeds, sautéed them in a pan over low heat and put them aside for later use.

Five or ten minutes later, Xu Zhuo was bored for another 10 minutes after the steam cabinet ceased fire. Then he opened the door of the steam cabinet and brought out the steam trays one by one.

Although it was steamed for 10 minutes and then bored for another 10 minutes, the watercress in the steaming plate was still intact. The hardness of this thing is really good enough.

However, the higher the hardness and the slower the ripening time, the more delicate the texture of white kidney beans is, and the better the taste of the food will be.

Pour the white kidney beans into a wooden barrel while they were still hot, then Xu Zhuo picked up the rolling pin and began to pound them like mashed garlic.

Originally, there was no need to be so rough. You just need to knead the white kidney bean flaps into a puree with your hands.

But Jianguo, a fool, prepared a lot of white kidney beans, so Xu Zhuo had to adopt this seemingly rough method.

However, although the method was a bit wild, the effect was good. It didn't take long for the Douban in the bucket to become a bucket of white bean paste.

In order to prevent the whole bean paste inside, Xu Zhuo used the rolling pin to stir it for a while, and took out the rolling pin when the kidney bean paste inside became more and more delicate.

Next, Xu Zhuo brought a very fine mesh sieve, poured a spoonful of kidney bean puree into it with a spoon, and then gently squeezed it down with the back of the spoon, and the fine kidney bean puree was filtered out from the mesh sieve.

This is a job that tests patience, don't be impatient, everything has to be done slowly.Because once impatient, the debris in the kidney bean puree may be mixed in, affecting the taste of the finished product.

However, it is also beneficial to do this kind of delicate work slowly. After all the kidney bean puree is filtered, the temperature also drops.

Sprinkle some soft white sugar that is easier to melt and stir in it, and then you can proceed to the next step.

This is the step of turning the kidney bean paste into kidney bean rolls, and it is also the most difficult step in making kidney bean rolls, because this step cannot directly touch the kidney bean paste with your hands.

Kidney bean puree is relatively viscous, and anti-sticking measures such as spreading dry starch cannot be used in the next step, so other methods can only be used to make kidney bean puree into kidney bean rolls.

Xu Zhuo found a few larger disposable food preservation bags, scooped some kidney bean paste into it, and then gently rolled the kidney bean paste inside into six or seven millimeter thick slices with a rolling pin.

Be careful when doing this step, because if you use too much force, the kidney bean paste will be squeezed out of the fresh-keeping bag, so be careful.

With his cautious look, Jianguo and Guo Xingwang, who were standing beside him, did not dare to show their spirits, for fear of frightening Xu Zhuo and causing an operation error.

After rolling, Xu Zhuo put the fresh-keeping bag on the chopping board, then carefully cut along the side of the fresh-keeping bag with a knife, and removed the layer of plastic film on the kidney bean puree, leaving only the lower layer.

Xu Zhuo heaved a sigh of relief after it was done, and Guo Xingwang who was beside him also relaxed a lot: "Wow, this thing is quite complicated, how did you make it without fresh-keeping bags in the palace before?"

Xu Zhuo said, "It's okay to use a white cloth soaked in water, but it's said that it looks good without plastic wrap."

After speaking, he made red bean paste into two long strips and put them on the kidney bean paste, close to both sides of the kidney bean paste when placing it, leaving a space in the middle.

After doing this step, the next step is to roll.

Xu Zhuo started from one side of the kidney bean paste, folded the kidney bean paste upward through the plastic film, and wrapped the red bean paste.

Then carefully peel off some of the plastic film, retract it, and roll the kidney bean puree forward through the plastic film.

Then switch to the other side and do the same, and roll up the red bean paste on the other side with kidney bean paste. This look is similar to the telescope made of mud when I was a child.

But this is not over yet, you have to continue to roll towards the middle, until there is only a narrow gap in the middle, then stop, and sprinkle the fried black and white sesame seeds into it.

The sesame seeds in the kidney bean rolls are mainly to increase the aroma and taste. Kidney bean puree and red bean puree are both ingredients that melt in the mouth. If you eat too much, you will inevitably get greasy, so add some sesame seeds to enrich the taste.

After adding the sesame seeds, continue to roll towards the middle, and at this time, the plastic film is also peeled off bit by bit.

When the kidney bean puree becomes a long roll shape, wrap it with plastic film, and then carefully trim the shape of the long strip.

For example, straighten the strips, make the thickness uniform, or squeeze the gaps inside to make the kidney bean rolls more porcelain.

These are all means to increase appearance.

After Xu Zhuo carefully trimmed the kidney bean rolls, he removed the plastic film and started to cut into sections.

Be careful when cutting, because kidney bean puree is relatively sticky, so every time you cut it, you must wipe the kitchen knife with a damp rag, so that the cut will be more beautiful and beautiful.

"There are quite a few tricks in this dog day. Nothing can be next to the word court. If it is next to it, it will definitely not be a good thing. It is either troublesome or expensive, and the quality is not very good..."

Guo Xingwang, a native of southern Anhui, has no good impression of this cumbersome court snack at all, and always feels that it is cumbersome for the sake of cumbersomeness.

Xu Zhuo didn't explain that much, he actually found it quite troublesome.

But isn't it the trouble to eat palace snacks?

Use a kitchen knife to cut off the two ends first, then wipe the kitchen knife with a damp rag, cut the knife at intervals of about five centimeters, and cut the kidney bean rolls into small pieces like small flower rolls.

This is quite similar to donkey rolling, but kidney bean rolls are soft in texture and white in color, with two red circles in the middle and a layer of sesame seeds in the middle, this shape is higher than donkey rolling.

When Xu Zhuo was cutting, Guo Xingwang, who was eagerly waiting to criticize the palace snacks, impatiently put the scraps that Xu Zhuo had cut off when he had just trimmed the two ends into his mouth.

then……

"Fuck, the people in the palace really know how to enjoy it. This stuff is really delicious, Xu Zhuo. If there is a new one in our store, it will definitely become popular. It's so delicious!"

Chapter 942 I Have Difficulties, Find Xu Zhuo

Guo Xingwang was still despising court snacks just now, but after tasting the kidney bean rolls, he couldn't help admiring them repeatedly.

It has been proved by practical actions that Jingze's law is the essence of human beings.

After Xu Zhuo cut the kidney bean rolls, he put down the kitchen knife. Let alone whether it is delicious or not, the appearance alone is quite attractive.

He picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. Kidney bean puree was soft and delicate in the mouth, and it seemed to melt in his mouth with a light sip. With the sweet taste, it felt like eating ice cream.

But this kidney bean roll is not very cold because it has not been refrigerated. This contrast is very interesting.

The red bean paste inside is not only soft, but also has the sweet aroma of red beans, which enriches the taste of kidney bean rolls.

The most wonderful thing is the black and white sesame seeds in the middle, which not only add fragrance to the kidney bean rolls, but also give the kidney bean rolls a different taste.

Generally speaking, this kidney bean roll is pretty good, although it doesn’t taste as amazing as donkey rolling because it has no skill.

But it looks good and tastes good, and with this snow-white color, what kind of bicycle do you need?

"Senior Brother Guan, come and try it, let's set the price."

During the Spring Festival, the store is very busy, so no new dishes have been introduced. Xu Zhuo thinks that the kidney bean rolls can be a new try. It doesn't matter whether it tastes good or not.

While everyone was discussing how to set the price, Xu Zhuo made kidney bean rolls with sweet potato puree, purple potato puree and other fillings, which tasted very good.

"I will take a box of these kidney bean rolls for the elders to taste, and share the rest with the people in the store so that everyone can taste it.

Jianguo, let's drive to buy white kidney beans, soak them immediately after buying them, and then arrange a few people to take over the kidney bean rolls, and try to make new ones tomorrow night. "

After Xu Zhuo made the arrangements, he took the usual dessert packing box in the store, packed a few boxes of kidney bean rolls, packed a sweet duck and other braised meat, and then drove to the old lady's house.

Today Xu Zhuo came to work in the store early in the morning, Yu Keke didn't get up until ten o'clock, worried that people would laugh at him for being lazy when he went to the store, so he took a taxi to the old lady's house.

She lied that she came from the restaurant, and then pretended to be nonchalant and had lunch with her family. At the moment, she was holding the bear cub to watch the cat and mouse.

After Xu Zhuo entered, Yu Keke was worried that this guy would ask her how long she slept until she woke up.

As a result, as soon as Xu Zhuo entered the door, he took a few lunch boxes and put them in front of the two old ladies without even looking at them.

This made Yu Keke very angry.

Who, I haven't seen you for several hours, shouldn't I miss you so much?That's good, let's not talk about coming here, hugging and holding high, and don't even look at it.

"He doesn't come to look for us, we just look for him, what do you think, Xiongzi?"

Yu Keke hugged the fat cat tightly in her arms, as if wanting to fight Xu Zhuo coldly.

But I heard the old lady said it was delicious over there, so what else is there to eat?

She was just about to get up to take a look, when she suddenly thought of having to fight with Xu Zhuo, so she sat down again and focused all her attention on the old lady.

As soon as he lost his mind, he loosened his grip, and the bear boy in his arms broke free, and ran to Xu Zhuo's side in a flash, circling around the packaged lo mei.

Now, Yu Keke lost even a nominal ally.

She thought about it and decided to take the initiative.

"Well, I'm going to see if Xiong Zai will eat indiscriminately, not him. No matter what he says today, he must have a cold war. Let him see my Yu Keke's temper!"

The little girl clenched her fists to cheer herself up, and walked towards the old lady with a cold face.

Just at this moment, Xu Zhuo opened a packing box: "This is stuffed with purple sweet potatoes, and it is also the one that everyone in the store recognizes as the most beautiful... Hey, but you came just in time, come and try it, I will make it Kidney Bean Roll."

Yu Keke snorted coldly, and was about to turn her face away, but her eyes were attracted by the kidney bean rolls with purple potato stuffing in the box.

There are two balls of purple stuffing wrapped in the snow-white skin, isn't this too beautiful?

"Wow, what is this stuff? It's so beautiful..."

The girl leaned towards her with bright eyes, took pictures with her mobile phone, and asked Xu Zhuo what she used to make it and whether it tasted good, completely forgetting about the cold war.