Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

Ah Kui came back from eating, rubbed her round belly and went into the kitchen, everyone was still there, Su Qingzhuan was wrapping rice dumplings, He Weiran was cooking red oil, Li Kuer and Lord Heshen were staring at each other watch.

Dried chili is the main ingredient, finely chopped together with cooked sesame, Chinese prickly ash, star anise, cinnamon, cumin, and comfrey, ground into powder, and mixed with water to make it slightly moist.Put the oil three times as much as the spices into the pot, put two slices of ginger, when it is [-]% hot, put the spices and cook on a low heat, stir slowly with a spoon, the red color of the peppers will gradually precipitate, after about two quarters of an hour, take out the pot to cool, and gradually Yes, the red oil is on the top, the spices are on the bottom, and the layers are separated, and it becomes a can of red oil with bright color and moderate spiciness.

Li Kuer dipped a little bit of red oil with the tip of her chopsticks, put it into her mouth and ate it, it was fragrant and spicy, with a very rich taste, even if she is not a spicy person, she likes it.

"Sister He, what are you cooking red oil for?"

He Weiyan pointed to the bamboo basket by the corner: "This red oil is naturally used for cooking. Although it's getting late, but I only eat rice dumplings at night, no matter how delicious it is, it will inevitably get greasy. There are so many prawns. I just thought, if I cook them first tonight, we will have a drink or two and have something to eat later."

"Uh... two glasses...?" Li Kuer was in a dilemma, she was not good at drinking.

Ah Yan thought it was a good idea, took out two small wine jars, and said, "Just right, I finally got two jars of good wine a while ago, and I haven't tasted them yet. You have to make a delicious food for yourself, so you can't let it down." my wine."

He Weiran smiled lightly: "I live up to it, you will know after a while. In fact, I also want Kuer to practice knife skills by cooking today's dish."

"Ah?... Me?... Practicing knife skills?" Li Kuer pointed to her nose, a little nervous: "What do you want me to cut?"

"Open the back of the shrimp. The dish I'm going to make this time is called the swallowtail peach blossom shrimp." She caught a prawn and said, "The so-called swallowtail is the tail of the shrimp, so the shell on the tip of the shrimp tail needs to be preserved. And the so-called Peach blossom, one lies in the color, and the other lies in the shape. The color has red oil, and the shape needs to rely on the oil pan to make the shrimp curl up, and rely on the knife to make it turn out the petals. In fact, it is easy to peel the shrimp shell and remove the shrimp head. Keep the tail of the shrimp, cut three times on the back, deep in the middle, shallow on both sides, remove the shrimp line and you are done."

"Is it easy?..." Li Kuer didn't think it was easy.

"Hehe, you'll know when I do it once." She said, and began to peel the shrimp in her hand.

The size of the shrimp is very big, and Li Kuer can see it clearly. Starting from the shrimp feet at the tail, with a pinch of the nails inward, and a stroke forward, the shells on the shrimp feet will be peeled off. It was a force, and the head of the shrimp was naturally broken off.The remaining shell on the back is even simpler. When peeling only the tail, you need to be careful not to pinch the "small fan" at the end together.

Li Ku'er understood roughly, and took one and began to peel it. Although the work of peeling live shrimps by hand was a bit thrilling, it was considered clean and complete with barely any effort.Ah Kui thought it was interesting, so she wanted to peel one too. Seeing that she had successfully peeled one, Li Kuer was relieved to let her do it together.Ah Yan looked at it for a while, and felt that watching the three of them cook was meaningless. He wanted to watch Su Qingzhuan make rice dumplings, but he really didn't want to cause a series of fantasies in the other party, so he went to the yard and waited for the calculation.

Li Kuer was peeling the prawns, and remembered what Aoi had been eating, and said, "Aoi, don't go to Aunt Liu's house all the time, it's not good."

Ah Kui's face was swollen into a bun, and she asked in puzzlement, "Why is it not good?"

Li Kuer gave her a detailed count: "First, their family is not rich, and you don't rely on food to survive, so save a bite if you can. Second, you often go to their house, in case Liu Zhao really likes it. What should you do? Although you look so young, Liu Zhao is 12 years old. I heard that youngsters at that age are the most thoughtful. He will take it seriously later. You, a little flower spirit, will not be serious. Marrying him is not in vain making him sad. Third..."

"Hey? Who said I won't marry him?" Ah Kui raised her eyebrows.

Li Ku'er didn't know how to respond to these words, she looked at He Weiran and asked, "Can you marry?"

He Weiran's eyes moved, and after a while, he replied: "It's not impossible, it's just that life is only a hundred years old, and life, old age, sickness and death are inevitable, but non-humans are different. Even if you can control the changes in appearance over a long period of time, in the end, you still can't." It’s not about being alone in the world, short-term love is better, while long-term love will suffer from the pain of reminiscence, so falling in love with ordinary people is really a matter of gain outweighs the loss.”

When Li Kuer heard what He Weiran said, for some reason, her heart skipped a beat. Before she could figure out the reason, she began to encourage Ah Kui to stay away from Liu Zhao: "Have you heard that, try not to go to Aunt Liu's house for dinner in the future, and don't Playing too close with Liu Zhao, if any feelings arise, you will suffer later."

"Then... Miss Su was also a human being before, so she will be with Lord River God in the future?" Ah Kui retorted, although she didn't have such troubles at the moment.

Miss Su lowered her head and smiled slightly, she was much gentler than before.She said: "It is said that it is a sacrifice to the river, but in fact I have become a water ghost. A person cannot be buried in the ground when he dies, but he cannot be reborn when he is imprisoned in the water."

"From now on, whoever I like, let him be a water ghost, so that we can always be together." Aoi is complacent, and even Li Kuer feels that it seems reasonable.

He Weiran said, "That's not the same. Miss Su died for righteousness. Later generations built temple statues for her and offered them devoutly with incense to help her rectify the fruit. That's why she can walk in the world like this. But if it is an ordinary fruit, Then you can only be trapped in the water day and night, waiting for salvation or taking the place of the dead, living a very tormented life. Could it be that you are willing to let your lover become a water ghost and only meet each other in the water?"

Ah Kui thought about it, maybe she still didn't understand, and said, "Actually, there's nothing wrong with it."

He Weiran smiled, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, when you meet someone you really like, you won't have such thoughts."

Li Ku'er peeled the shrimp shells and didn't pick up the topic again. She was thinking: If one day I die, I would be willing to be locked in the water as a water ghost, as long as Sister He can come to the water to see me from time to time.

It's just that I really can't tell Ah Kui about this kind of thinking, and I'm too embarrassed to tell He Weiran.

After peeling the prawns, open the backs of the prawns.He Weiran took a prawn and put it on the cutting board, chose a smaller knife, pressed the prawn body, and made a deep cut longitudinally from the head to the tail on the back of the prawn, then flipped the prawn meat with the blade, and carefully cut the prawn from the edge of the knife. Scrape out the shrimp line and remove it, and finally make two shallow cuts on both sides of the knife edge, one deep and two shallow, and three cuts are completed.

She opened two more shrimps in a row, then put down the knife and asked Li Kuer if he understood.

Li Ku'er watched carefully, seeing that He Weiran's technique was proficient, but he didn't know if he could do it with ease.She said she wanted to try, but her tone was not that urgent. He Weiran saw that she was nervous, so she gave her the knife anyway, and said with a smile that she needs to be bold and careful, and it's okay to be pregnant, the most important thing is to be careful not to hurt your hands.

Li Kuer's hand was not steady when holding the knife, and the cut was not even when the knife was cut down.

Under He Weiran's guidance, after failing two pieces and barely completing two pieces, Li Kuer was only able to figure out a little way.

Seeing this, He Weiran let her practice slowly, and then prepared accessories.There are not many things, a section of scallion white, a small piece of ginger, cut into thin shreds for later use.Two eggs, filter out the egg whites, and the rest is salt, sugar, red oil, vegetable oil, cooking wine, corn flour, and the broth cooked by Su Qingbracelet. A small bowl is just right for you.

Li Ku'er was proficient at driving the shrimp back.He Weiran looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction: "It seems that my little Kuer still has a talent for using knives."

Li Ku'er put down the knife and scratched his head again, always feeling that the phrase "my little Ku'er" made people feel embarrassed.

"Okay, now you can start cooking. The first step is to paste the shrimps. A small spoonful of salt, two spoons of cooking wine, two egg whites, a spoonful of corn flour, and the shrimps. After that, Heat the pot, add vegetable oil, the fire does not need to be high, until the oil temperature is [-]% hot, put in the shrimp, it will not take long, until it is about [-]% mature, remove and drain the oil, at this time, the shape of peach blossoms will appear, look , Is it like a flower blossoming?"

"It's true!" Li Kuer and Ah Kui looked at the round and plump shrimp with bright eyes. The shrimp meat at the knife edge was rolled and stretched out just now, and now it looks like two peach blossoms with side-by-side pedicles.

He Weiran took out the oil in the pot, and said: "Now, put the onion and ginger in the pot and stir fry until fragrant, then add salt, sugar, cooking wine and broth to stir fry, then add half a spoonful of water starch, and finally pour red Stir fry the oil again, and when the color is even, it can be out of the pan."

Ah Kui was delighted to see it, clapped her hands and laughed, "Oh, it's even redder now, but it's more like a peach blossom."