Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

This good-looking but bad-tempered General Lin seems not to know what "polite" means.

How can anyone take the initiative to ask to stay at someone else’s house for dinner?

But now that he has said it, neither Chen Xi nor the Chen family will or dare to drive people away. They can only welcome him with a smile on his face.

"That's really great! Please sit in the room, two generals. I will make tea for you two. The two generals will rest for a while. I am chopping fish meat and making fish balls in a while. There are also shrimp balls and fish tofu. , when I finish it, I will immediately ask the two generals to taste it first."

Then Chen Xi made tea for the two of them and let them do what they wanted, while she and Chen's father and mother started busy in the kitchen.

The appearance of these two people disrupted her plan.

Originally, she wanted to make all the fish balls before making other ones. She calculated that it would be almost evening, and everyone would start eating together when everyone in the Chen family came back.

But now these two people are sitting at their house waiting, and she can't let them wait all afternoon!

So she planned to make some shrimp balls, fish balls, fish and tofu, and other meat dishes were ready-made, so it wouldn't take long.

After sending these two generals away, they can prepare slowly at home.

Chen Xi asked Chen's father and Chen's mother to help chop the fish meat, while she began to prepare other needed things and set a large table full of them.

By the time she was ready, the fish had been chopped. Although it was still not as finely chopped as the food processor, it was almost usable.

Put the fish meat into a large porcelain basin, pour in the onion and ginger water that has been soaked for a period of time, then pour in a little wine to remove the fishy smell, then add salt, white pepper and other seasonings, stir in one direction

mix.

When the fish is slightly tender, add an appropriate amount of starch, a little lard, a little chicken fat for freshness, a few egg whites, and stir evenly in the same direction again.

Next, start grabbing the meatballs, dig them into the pot with a spoon, then cook them half-cooked over low heat, and then put them in cold water to make the meatballs more elastic.

The fish balls are ready, next is the fish tofu.

The initial steps for making fish tofu and fish balls are similar, but after everything is mixed evenly, the balls are no longer picked but placed in a small square box prepared in advance, flattened, covered with gauze and steamed in a pot.

While steaming fish and tofu, Chen Xi started making shrimp balls again.

Chen Sanhe had already processed the shrimp meat in advance according to Chen Xi's request. He peeled off the shells of the shrimp, cleaned off the shrimp threads, and then mashed the shrimp meat into a paste. Chen Xi could just use it directly.

When making shrimp balls, Chen Xi specially added a little pork fat. This was the method she found after trying many secret recipes to make the shrimp balls taste the best.

Shrimp balls also need to be added with lard, starch, egg white, salt, sugar and other seasonings. After stirring evenly, you cannot immediately grab the balls and put them in the pot to cook, but you have to beat them for a while.

The purpose of beating is to make the shrimp balls stronger and the meat firmer, and then cook the meatballs over low heat until they are half-cooked, and pink and tender shrimp balls are made.

At this time, the fish tofu has been steamed and allowed to cool. Chen Xi took the whole piece of fish tofu out of the box and cut it into small cubes. Pour a shallow layer of oil into the pan and fry each side of the fish tofu until golden brown. Can.

After the meatballs were ready, Chen Xi started making the tomato soup pot.

Tomato soup pot is much simpler to make than butter hot pot, but

If you want to make a beautiful tomato soup pot, you have to put in some extra effort.

Blanch the tomatoes in boiling water, peel and dice them, and prepare minced onions, ginger, onions, peppers, etc.

After the oil is hot, first add the minced onion and ginger, then the minced onion and pepper, then add the bay leaves and other seasonings, stir-fry for a while to release the flavor, and then filter the seasoning residue.

At this time, add the peeled diced tomatoes and stir-fry over low heat until the tomatoes completely melt into soup. Pour into the casserole, add water, and then add a few large tomatoes.

The fish balls, shrimp balls, fish and tofu that were made before have been placed on the porcelain plate. They are white, pink and yellow, which is really beautiful.

The beef and mutton are sliced ​​and put on the plate, the cut mushrooms are arranged, and the vegetables are arranged in categories. It looks colorful.

After everything was prepared and checked to make sure nothing was missing, Chen Xi arranged his clothes and came to the main room.

"I've kept you two generals waiting for a long time. The tomato hotpot is ready. Can you move it over now?"

Lin Changqing said nothing, Huo Xianjun smiled and said, "Move here."

Chen Xi smiled and nodded, then turned around and glanced at his mouth.

These two guys are really arrogant. They go to other people's houses to eat and treat them as slaves!

But from this, Chen Xi also deeply realized the "superior" status of these two people. They must have been accustomed to others serving them since childhood, so they had no concept of "politeness" in their bones.

Not to mention General Lin, who was known to be difficult to serve from the beginning, and General Huo, who was gentle and polite, probably did not realize the concept of them being "guests" at all.

In their eyes, being able to come to the Chen family for a meal is already a great gift to the Chen family!

Chen Xi shook his head and sighed.

Forget it, whoever makes them civilians

Ordinary people, they themselves have needs from others and want to establish relationships with others!

Chen Erhai came back when Chen Xi was preparing ingredients, and was helping Chen Xi move things together.

After everything was ready, Chen Xi and Chen Erhai were about to leave.

Huo Xianjun said, "You guys should stay and eat together. We just came up with an idea and wanted to discuss it with you, Miss Chen."

Chen Xi smiled and shook his head: "I won't delay the two generals' meal. We can talk after the two generals finish eating."

General Lin glanced at her impatiently: "Sit down if I ask you to, there is so much nonsense."

Chen Xi:…………

She endures!

In the end, Chen Xi and Chen Erhai sat next to each other. Chen Sanhe and Guo did not dare to sit down together no matter what.

Of course, it was impossible for Chen Xi to take off the cloth on her face at this time and spoil the appetite of the two nobles, so she was only responsible for serving the dishes.

Chen Erhai didn't dare to eat, but he just pretended to be a pourer with chopsticks.

Lin Changqing and Huo Xianjun ate heartily. The sour tomato soup had a slight spicy taste, but the aftertaste seemed to be a little sweet. Although the beef and mutton were also delicious, the fish balls, shrimp balls, and fish tofu were even better. Favored by both.

Of course, various vegetables are also delicious in tomato soup, which is a completely different flavor from the butter spicy pot.

Moreover, this time Chen Xi specially prepared garlic sauce for the two of them, which was very popular with them.

After the two of them tasted all the ingredients, Huo Xianjun finally spoke.

"Miss Chen, we thought carefully just now that the hot pot base you mentioned cannot be made for 3000 people, mainly because

Are you short of manpower? "

After Chen Xi had eaten seven or eight shrimp balls, he raised his head and nodded to Huo Xianjun and said, "General Huo, it's not entirely for this reason. First of all, the butter and spicy hot pot base has more ingredients, much more than the tomato base. Yes, especially those spices are a big key. If you want to prepare enough spices, I am afraid you will have to waste a lot of effort."

Lin Changqing answered: "So there are not enough manpower, and there are not enough spices?"

"Yes."

"What if we help you get the spices and the manpower?"

Chen Xi raised his eyebrows slightly: "Since you can solve the problem of spices and manpower, and I have given the recipe to Liao Qianhu, you can brew the base ingredients in the army. Wouldn't it be more convenient to use it directly?"

In an instant, Lin Changqing and Huo Xianjun looked at each other.