Food starts with noodles

The ginger is added to keep fresh, and at the same time, it can make the pepper more spicy.

All three ingredients are known for their spiciness, but together they can make hot, sour and delicious chopped peppers. I really have to marvel at the magic of cooking.

Xu Zhuo peeled the garlic one by one, prepared the ginger to be used, cleaned it and put it in a ventilated place to control the moisture.

In fact, there are two types of chopped peppers, one is oily and the other is not oily.

Most of the chopped peppers eaten here in Hunan do not contain oil, while the chopped peppers made in Guizhou and other places are habitually added with some cooking oil, so that they taste more fresh and do not have the sour taste of fermented peppers. Son.

What Xu Zhuo learned this time is chopped peppers without oil. He doesn’t know much about the method of adding oil, but it’s okay, because you can learn from Yao Meixiang when you are not busy. She should know the oil chopped peppers. .

After the three ingredients were all dried, Xu Zhuo put on his rubber gloves, held a kitchen knife in one hand and chili peppers in the other to start chopping.

But this is not just a matter of picking up a kitchen knife and chopping randomly. This is a skill.

First of all, the kitchen knives, cutting boards, and even rubber gloves used must be water-free and oil-free, so as to avoid contact with the peppers and cause the peppers to break.

As for the pots and glass jars used to hold peppers, it is necessary to repeatedly confirm that there is no water and oil in them.

Otherwise, all these hard work and efforts will be in vain.

After everything was ready, Xu Zhuo held the stalk of the red pepper with his left hand, and quickly chopped the pepper into small pieces with his right hand holding a kitchen knife, and threw it away when only the stalk of the pepper was left.

Don't rush to chop at this time, you have to wait until you have accumulated a lot of this kind of chili, which is more efficient and can prevent the chili fragments from splashing around when chopping.

He pushed aside the short cut peppers with a kitchen knife and continued to cut the peppers.

When the cutting board was full of chili slices, Xu Zhuo grabbed the kitchen knife and started chopping until he chopped the chili into small pieces the size of half a fingernail.

Put the chopped peppers into a clean basin without water and oil, and then chop the garlic and ginger and put them in.

It's time to season...

Chapter 1004 The old man is going to make a move again

Chopped pepper seasoning is quite simple, just add salt.

But salt is also particular.

If you put too much salt, the taste will be too salty, making it difficult to swallow.

But if you put less, the chopped pepper will have a strong sour taste, and the chopped pepper that has not been put in is easy to rot and deteriorate.

So if you want to be delicious, and if you want to be salty and light, you must follow a certain ratio.

For example, Xu Zhuo used [-] catties of two vitex red peppers for the chopped peppers he made today, as well as five catties of garlic and three catties of ginger.

With so many ingredients, according to the normal ratio, about two and a half catties of salt should be added.

The taste of chopped peppers produced in this way is just right, and the chopped peppers will also be put well, so they will not rot easily.

If chopped peppers want to taste delicious, in addition to salt, sugar is also an essential condiment.

The main purpose of adding sugar is to increase the umami taste of chopped peppers, and at the same time neutralize the salty taste of table salt, and the sugar will also soften the spicy taste of chopped peppers.

Xu Zhuo put the prepared salt into the basin, and added half a catty of sugar.

After stirring evenly with a clean spoon, prepare the prepared glass jar, and scoop the chopped peppers in the basin with a spoon.

After putting it in, pour high-quality white wine on the mouth of the jar to seal it, and the chopped pepper is done.

However, whether the final product is good or not, I dare not make a conclusion now, because there is still a step of fermentation.

After the chopped peppers are put into the jar and sealed, they must first be fermented at room temperature for a day, so that the chopped peppers will have a sour taste.

But the fermentation time should not be too long, usually one day is enough, because if the time is too long, the sour taste of the chopped peppers in the jar will be too strong, and it will become a sour chili sauce.

After one day of fermentation, put the jar in the refrigerator, which can slow down the fermentation, and the chopped peppers will not continue to sour.

If you don’t want to eat sour chopped peppers, you can just put them in the refrigerator directly after sealing the jar, skip the step of fermentation at room temperature, and the chopped peppers will not have sour taste.

After all these steps were completed, Yu Keke, who was shooting the material, said with a smile, "In a week, we will know whether this altar of chopped peppers has succeeded or failed. If it succeeds..."

Yu Keke asked with interest: "What will you do if you succeed?"

"I want to make fish head with chopped pepper for you."

As soon as Yu Keke heard it, he immediately said happily that he wanted to eat it.

After the chopped peppers were ready, almost all the rewards Xu Zhuo had received in Changsha were used up. Although there was still a chopped pepper fish head short, it was only a matter of time before it was done.

"In the next period of time, we need to settle down and deal with the splitting of the back kitchen business, and strive to increase the income of the store to a higher level."

Xu Zhuo secretly made a plan in his heart. Now that the business of the online store is booming, he must find a way to increase the output of the online store's products as much as possible while ensuring the business of the restaurant.

With an extra income, wouldn't it be more convenient to buy a house in the capital later on?

Xu Zhuo arranged things in the store, then took a few packs of dried fish and packed some ingredients from the back kitchen, and drove to the old lady's house with Yu Keke.

He has been busy since he came back from Changsha. Although Xu Zhuo came to see the old lady, he dropped the presents and left at that time, and he didn't care about having a meal with the old lady at all.

Now that the things that should be dealt with have been dealt with, it is natural to spend time with the old man.

According to the convention, the old lady had to bring food for Xiong Zai, otherwise the fat cat would not be allowed to enter.

When I arrived, I realized that the old lady was not at home and went downstairs to play mahjong. The old man was sitting on the sofa, wearing reading glasses and studying an ancient book.

Xiong Zai was lying on the carpet next to him, watching cat and mouse videos on the tablet.

I don't know if this idiot can understand it, but it's quite interesting anyway.

After Xu Zhuo entered, Xiong Zai straightened up lazily, as if smelling the smell of dried fish, he rushed over suddenly, not clumsy at all.

Since switching to raw meat, Xiong Zai's figure has improved a lot. The piglet was as fat as dyed, but now it is much slimmer.

After losing weight, the agility attribute of Xiongzi has also improved a lot.

For example, it couldn't jump from the coffee table to the sofa at all, but after losing weight, it can jump to the kitchen stove with a single leap.

As soon as Yu Keke saw Xiongzai, he hugged it and went to play while Xu Zhuo took advantage of the situation and sat on the sofa.

"What are you studying, Grandpa?"

The old man took off his presbyopic glasses and sighed softly: "Study the few cookbooks that your grandpa Zhang Zhengde gave you, many dishes are gone now, and the records are still unclear. If you want to try it, you don't know how to start. "

Ever since he took care of the restaurant, the old man has become reluctant to move.

Xu Zhuo knew that this was not a good phenomenon, but he couldn't change it.

You can't let him go to the store to cook, right?

He was just about to persuade the old man and the old lady to go on a trip, but the old man put down the cookbook and said to Xu Zhuo, "Xiaozhuo, your relative, Grandpa Ji, is back, and I'm going to go to the university with you, Grandpa Zhao, to contact Xu Zhuo about starting a cooking business." Professional stuff."

Although this matter is Xu Zhuo's task, but as a child Xu Zhuo goes to the university to discuss this matter, he probably won't even meet the leader.

The old man and Zhao Jinma are different.

Both of them have a bunch of titles anyway, and it's hard to say whether things will succeed, at least they won't be sent away without a few words.

Regarding this matter, Xu Zhuo is quite supportive: "That's good, I have some cooking class lesson plans for you later, and you can bring them with you when you go to show our sincerity."

Xu Zhuo now has two tutorials that are rewarded by the system, as well as ones that he thinks about while playing games. There are almost a dozen dishes in total.

There is nothing to do for a while, he is going to prepare these courses carefully, and he has to make forty dishes no matter what.

For every ten-dish tutorial, you can get rewards for dish upgrades. Naturally, Xu Zhuo would not miss such a good opportunity.

The reward Xu Zhuo got a few days ago has already been used on the fish head with chopped peppers, but there are still many dishes that need to be upgraded. Xu Zhuo needs more rewards for upgrading dishes.

After the old man finished talking about it, he was ready to start making dinner.

Xu Zhuo brought a piece of mutton hind leg and a few scallions today. Originally, he planned to have a meal of mutton dumplings with the old man and the old lady.

But when the old man saw these two ingredients, he immediately said that he would make a mutton steamed bun that can be seen everywhere in Bianliang, so that everyone can try it.

"Grandpa, is this mutton steamed bun easy to make?"

"It's so simple, there is no difficulty at all."

Even though he was staying at home, the old man still spoke aggressively, which made Xu Zhuo quite relieved.

Being able to pretend to be forceful means that there is nothing wrong with the psychological aspect.

He followed the old man to the kitchen, ready to learn how to do it.

Back then at the Bianliang Night Market, Xu Zhuo ate tens of dollars of mutton buns and was still not full. After learning today, he can eat whenever he wants, and he no longer has to queue up to buy it.

Chapter 1005

Mutton kangmo is a classic snack in Bianliang, and it is the main food force in Bianliang night market. Almost everyone who travels to Bianliang has tasted it.

As for the taste...

Then it depends on the character or whether you have made a strategy in advance.

Although this thing is simple to make, it is not easy to meet delicious food in the night market.

For example, Yu Keke kept shaking his head when he heard about eating mutton kangmo. The last time they went to Bianliang to play, the mutton kangmo they ate at the night market was a little tricky.

Not only is it expensive, there is less mutton, but it also tastes dry, not as mysterious as in the legend.

Delicious mutton kangmo should be crispy on the outside, delicious meat filling, and full of sheep oil inside and out.

The kang buns at the night market look the same, but in order to improve efficiency, the noodle cakes are steamed in advance and the meat stuffing is fried in advance.

When making it, you only need to put some cooked mutton on the two sheets of noodles, and then fry the mutton until it turns yellow.

The whole process is very simple and fast, and one can be made in two to three minutes.

But the improvement of efficiency will naturally compromise the taste and texture.

If you use low-quality sheep oil, or simply use vegetable oil, the taste will be even more uninteresting.

The old man knew a lot about this authentic Central Plains delicacy. While making noodles, he chatted with the two of the reasons why mutton kang buns were not tasty, and he also gave Xu Zhuo something.

"Ask Jianguo to send some mutton fat. It will taste better if you add some mutton fat to the stuffing. If there is mutton fat in the store, dig some, so we don't have to boil it ourselves."

Xu Zhuo looked at the mutton hind leg soaking in the basin, and thought that there was already a lot of fat on it, and he still needed mutton tail oil, wouldn't he be too greasy?

But since the old man ordered, Xu Zhuo immediately followed suit.

After calling Jianguo, the old man also began to scald the noodles with hot water.

Divide the flour in the basin into two parts, scald half of them with hot water of about [-] degrees, and stir them into flour flocs.

The other half is kneaded with cold water and mixed into flour flocs.

Then knead the dough with your hands into a smooth dough.

The noodles used to make mutton kangmo are actually similar to those used to make pancakes, millefeuilles, scallion pancakes and the like, and there is almost no difference.

After all, it is a regional home-cooked food, so it won't be too difficult.

After the dough was reconciled, the old man put it in a basin, covered it with a damp cloth and started to wake up the dough. At this time, he was going to cut the meat stuffing.

Yes, it's minced meat, not minced meat.

Although the mutton kangmo is also filled with meat, it must be larger than the dumpling filling, otherwise you will not be able to taste the delicious taste of mutton.

Therefore, you only need to cut the prepared mutton into small diced meat, instead of chopping it with a kitchen knife like chopping dumpling stuffing.

"Grandpa, let me do it, you don't need to do this kind of work."

Xu Zhuo took out the leg of lamb soaked in water, wiped off the surface moisture, and started cutting with a kitchen knife, cutting the lamb into pieces the size of five rice seeds.

You don't need too much mutton to make mutton kangmo, just one catty of mutton is enough for the noodles that the old man made.

After cutting, Xu Zhuo put the rest of the mutton into the refrigerator, and the two old people can cook something else tomorrow.

At this time, Jianguo also brought the mutton oil and the mutton oil boiled in the store. The old man put the frying pan on and poured the mutton oil into it.

Seeing this operation, Xu Zhuo was a little puzzled: "This is all boiled oil, why did you put it in the pot again? Are you going to boil it again?"

The old man smiled and said, "It's not boiling, it's just adding flavor to the suet."

Fragrance?