Rebirth of another world foodie

099. Delicious fish head with chopped pepper

This time it snowed for more than ten days.

After finally stopping, the sky began to rain.

Not much rain, continuous drizzle, but it kept falling.

In such weather, Sai Xiwei and Angus couldn't go out, so they could only stay at home for a long time.

It was very humid everywhere, but fortunately Sai Xiwei had prepared a lot of firewood at home before the snow fell, so the fire at home had not been extinguished during this time.

It's just that the food is a little troublesome. The food stored by Sai Xiwei has been used up in the past ten days, and now they have not much left.

And because of the heavy snow and continuous rain, there were few people selling food on the street.

In desperation, Sai Xiwei had no choice but to use the food left at home and redistribute the daily ingredients.

There are only some fish and half of the animal meat left in the house, and the bacon that was cooked before and I didn't have time to eat it once. Other than that, there are only some vegetables.Angus and Calvin don't like to eat this food very much, so there are quite a few left now.

Looking at the few remaining ingredients, Sai Xiwei was in trouble.

Angus came over wrapped in a thick animal fur coat, saw Sai Xiwei's embarrassed face and asked, "Sai Xiwei, isn't that enough? Otherwise, I'll go outside for a walk in the woods. Although the snow hasn't fallen yet, it should We can meet some beasts."

"No, no need." Sai Xiwei looked at the snow outside the house, "Going out in this weather is simply suffering, and have you forgotten that I am the male of this family, even if you want to go out to find food, it's not your turn." To you female."

"It's so cold, I'll go." Angus smiled, and he just smiled at Sai Xiwei's words.

"No need, I can probably still have a meal. Make braised pork, pork rib soup, fish head with chopped pepper and bacon, it's probably enough." Sai Xiwei said.

"Really?" Angus looked at Sai Xiwei suspiciously, it would be great if he could.

"Well, that's enough." Sai Xiwei smiled.

I found it a little funny that Angus insisted that he would go out for him even though he didn't want to go out.

It was almost noon now, and it was almost time to eat. Saixiwei looked at Chunchun, and after finding all the ingredients, he rolled up his sleeves and was ready to start cooking.

Seeing this, Angus quickly raised his hand and said, "I'll help you, two people are faster than one. I'm almost starving, let's move faster!"

Sai Xiwei smiled when he saw this, and didn't refuse again.

Angus' kindness, Sai Xiwei understood.

Now that he has decided what food to cook, Saixi Weili starts to prepare.The remaining half of the animal meat has already been processed, so the work of removing the fur is omitted, and only the ribs need to be separated from other meat.

Sai Xiwei was very strong, so he took this task as a matter of course.Angus is going to clarify some other ingredients. Among the ingredients, there is a kind of fruit, which is similar to the effect of radish. It is white, juicy, but not sweet and tasteless.Generally, it has no effect and can only be used as food to satisfy hunger in winter.But Sai Xiwei felt that he was similar to a radish, so he planned to use him to stew pork rib soup.And the fish also needs to be cleaned and chopped, and then there is the cleaning of the bacon.

The two were busy with each other, and soon, several kinds of food were cleaned up and placed on the counter.All that's left is to cut and prepare the ingredients.

"I'm going to prepare the ingredients, what do you want?" Angus asked.

Because Sai Xiwei likes to use all kinds of seasonings to cook things, so they don't have any ingredients, and there are indeed a lot of seasonings. It is estimated that they may not be able to eat them all until next summer.

"Take some chili fruit from the kimchi jar, and then there are ginger, onion, sugar, and fruit wine. Take a little more chili fruit, we will make it spicy, and eat hot and spicy meals in this weather. After a meal, The whole person will be warmed up." Sai Xiwei laughed.

Angus went to prepare the seasoning, while Sai Xiwei washed the ribs in his hand and cut them into small pieces, then washed the white juice and cut them into small pieces for later use.

Bone broth also takes a while to cook, so Sai Xiwei prepared the ribs in advance.

He found the casserole pot he had used before, filled it with cold water, and put the ribs cut into small pieces directly into it.

When the casserole is put on the stove, it needs to be boiled for a period of time. Put the ribs in boiling water to let the blood, raw water and impurities be boiled out before turning off the fire. Put it in and start to simmer the ribs on high heat.

Those prepared fruits are not in a hurry to put them in now, they should be put in after the ribs are roughly stewed, so as not to spoil the overall taste too early.

The ribs were cooking in the pot, and Sai Xiwei was preparing to cook braised pork again.

The remaining animal meat after removing the ribs had been washed. Sai Xiwei chose the fat and lean meat in the middle and cut it out, using it to make braised pork.

After choosing the meat, Sai Xiwei cut the meat into cubes the size of a thumb, then put it in a basin, added fruit wine and cold water, let it soak for a while, and took it out after the fishy smell went away. Drain the water from the meat.

After finishing the preparations, Sai Xiwei was just about to light the cauldron for cooking, but found that Kawen had slipped into the kitchen at some point.

"Karvin, go light the fire." Sai Xiwei laughed.

After nearly a month of rest, Calvin's injury has healed to a great extent. Except that he cannot do too much movement or strenuous exercise, he is no different from ordinary people.

In addition, it was very warm to light a fire in front of the stove in winter, so Sai Xiwei didn't stop him.

Desperately, Cavin happily ran to the stove to light the fire.

When the pan was hot, Sai Xiwei poured oil into it and burned it.

Cavin was young, but because of Aton, he was exposed to these things very early.His fire was burning well, and it didn't take long for the oil in the pot to smoke.

"Does Calvin like to eat sweets?" Sai Xiwei asked.

Braised pork can be made sweeter or saltier, depending on your taste and preference.

Angus didn't need to ask, he knew that he definitely wanted him to make the braised pork sweet, but that was not necessarily the case for Cavin, so Sai Xiwei asked Cavin specifically.

Calvin nodded and said, "I like it."

After staying at Sai Xiwei's house for so long, seeing that Sai Xiwei and Angus showed no signs of disliking him, Calvin gradually let go, at least he laughed a lot more than he did at the beginning.

After hearing what Calvin said, Sai Xiwei added an appropriate amount of sugar that he had made into the pot, and then began to stir continuously.

Not long after, the original white sugar gradually became smaller, and then completely merged with the oil and disappeared.

Seeing that the sugar had all melted, Sai Xiwei immediately poured the meat into it, and there was a 'chi la' sound from the high-temperature pot, followed by a faint blue smoke.

At this time, the pot was very hot, and the shovel in Saixiwei's hand didn't dare to stop. He kept turning and stirring, until the sugar juice that had turned into a liquid was evenly spread on the braised pork pieces before adding water to the pot.There was another 'chi la' sound, the water does not need to be too much, it is enough to submerge the meat.

After finishing these, Sai Xiwei added the scallions and ginger slices that Angus had just prepared.

Covering the pot, Sai Xiwei said to Calvin: "Boil the water in the pot on high heat, and then turn to low heat and cook for half an hour." The braised pork cooked in this way is delicate but not greasy. The braised pork cooked in this way melts in the mouth and is very delicious.

Calvin nodded obediently. At this time, Angus had finished all the preparations. He walked up to Calvin and sat down, and stayed with him in front of the stove to warm up.

Standing behind the stove, Sai Xiwei looked at the two people, one big and one small, who had wrapped themselves up in furry clothes, and said a little funnyly: "You two, don't get so close to the stove, be careful that sparks splash out and spoil your new clothes." burnt."

After Angus came back, he immediately made several tailor-made clothes for Caven, and the furry coat was naturally indispensable.

Perhaps Angus became addicted to making children's things, and in the end, Cavin had several more coats than him.

Regarding this matter, Sai Xiwei didn't say he was jealous, but felt that Angus was too powerful.

Not to mention Calvin, who has the most coats, and even Angus himself, who has the fewest clothes, has more than ten animal skin clothes.This level of luxury is probably only available to those who live in the middle of the town!

Fortunately, he has already made money now, so Sai Xiwei doesn't pay attention to Angus's small troubles, but feels quite proud. At least he made his family live a good life.

Here, Angus and Calvin hurriedly backed up after hearing the words, and moved a little away from the stove.

Over there, after Sai Xiwei cooked the braised pork in the pot, he went to check the casserole stewed with pork rib soup.The casserole has already been opened, and now it is constantly emitting aroma.

There was a chopped pepper fish head and a piece of bacon left, and Sai Xiwei chose to make the bacon first.

He made the bacon a long time ago, before the snow fell, so Sai Xiwei made some to try the taste.But he didn't know that what happened to Calvin later interrupted his plan, so he forgot about it.

Homemade bacon is actually a very simple thing. Cut the selected pork belly into several large pieces that are not too thick or small, soak them in water for about half an hour, and then scrape and clean the surface of the meat without leaving any traces. dirty stuff.

After the first cleansing, it is still necessary to pass the water.Put the meat into boiling water, blanch it and remove it. The bacon is not boiled meat, so you don’t need to cook it when you blanch it.

After blanching for the first time, clean the pot, and then add water and seasonings and spices prepared according to your own taste into the pot.Cook together, simmering for a while after the water boils, until all the meat is cooked inside and out.

After the cooked meat is taken out, it needs to be placed on the grate of the smoker.Put sugar in the pot again, cover the lid, heat the pot, leave the fire when you see yellow smoke coming out of the pot, and smoke for a while.

The meat cooked in this way also needs to be dried.During that time, there was no snow, and the weather was not so humid. Sai Xiwei dried the meat in a few days.

The following procedure is more troublesome, because some other things are used.

Sai Xiwei found a substitute for an oven, and then mixed the wood chips, pepper, and skin of the smoker box, and then spread it on the bottom of the box.

Put the prepared meat on the grill, cover it, and smoke it.

When smoking the meat, don’t use too much fire, take it slowly, just go to the room and turn it every once in a while, and this action will continue until the smoked meat turns yellow.

Once the bacon is ready, it's much easier to eat.

You only need to cut the prepared bacon into thin slices, soak it in warm water for a period of time, and then stir-fry it with chili fruit, ginger, garlic, and fruit wine. The process is simple, but the taste is very unique.It has a taste that is different from barbecue.

Angus had never eaten this kind of food before. Seeing Sai Xiwei stir-frying it, he couldn't help swallowing, wanting to taste it.

Sai Xiwei rolled his eyes and said, "Not now."

"Just take a bite." Angus stretched out a finger, begging Sai Xiwei.

"No." Sai Xiwei looked serious.

Angus pursed his lips and looked disappointed. Cavin beside him was the same as him, but after all, Cavin was more restrained than him, not as obvious as him.

Sai Xiwei was amused when he saw this, he looked away and continued to cook the next dish.

Fish head with chopped pepper is one of the representative dishes in Hunan cuisine. It is cheap and good, and is deeply loved by Sai Xiwei.

The hot and sour taste of the chopped peppers and the deliciousness of the fish made Sai Xiwei's mouth water even thinking about it.

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