Chapter 105 Delicious delicacies on the tip of the tongue (Part 2)
As a person who was neither spicy nor happy in his previous life, Chen Yu felt that today was really good luck.
You can find two mountain pepper trees in this small forest.
He never thought about transplanting it, it would be too troublesome. The mountain pepper is said to be a tree, but in fact it is still a shrub. Transplanting is cumbersome and may not survive. The root system is huge. If a few root veins are missing, the spiritual liquid may not be able to save it.
He simply took note of the location. Two spicy trees were enough for him to eat for a long time.
Mash, stir...
Half a spoon of salt, a spoon of soy sauce, a spoon of black bean...
Stir and grind.
Leave the residue behind and pour the juice into the pot.
Chen Yu was naturally not looking for trouble, but was making the sauce according to the method in his memory.
Hot sauce.
It was white, and more than a dozen chili seeds had been peeled off, and finally this small half bowl came out.
"I think it would be best if you put oil on one side."
But it’s not chili after all. I can’t tell what flavor is left after the chili peppers are oiled. I’m not sure whether it’s more fragrant or simply burnt.
You can only omit this step.
"Ginger slices, cloves, star anise, pepper, peanuts..."
nothing.
Looking at the sauce in front of him, Chen Yu came closer and gently sniffed the end of his nose. There was no satisfaction on his face. It is often said that a clever woman can't make a meal without rice, not to mention that she is far from a 'smart woman'. It's already very good to be able to do this.
.
But the taste is really not that good.
It can only be said to be barely noticeable. However, when I thought that I didn’t have much ingredients, but it was still rich in flavor, and although it was not spicy, it was fragrant, so I stopped thinking about it and looked forward to the finished product later.
Sniffing the spicy smell, my index finger moved.
It would be even better if you add some sugar.
Thinking with regret, Chen Yu immediately put the sauce down in the bowl, then went to the stove to stir the wild boar meat.
The mountain products dried by farmers are very strong and need to be cooked well.
Fortunately, it didn't dry for too long, about two or three months, so I didn't use a lot of firewood. After the water boiled, the grease was removed in just two quarters of an hour, and the flesh turned red.
The edges are dotted with white spots, which means the oil and water have been removed, indicating that they have been cooked thoroughly.
If it has been left for a long time or frozen, the skin will probably be covered with tiny holes.
Fortunately, this one is still very ‘fresh’.
He held the chopsticks, inserted one end into the meat, stirred it twice and looked at it. He nodded, then lifted it to the counter and let it cool for a while.
Wait for the oil to solidify again to prevent the knife from slipping when cutting.
On the other side, the hot sauce was not finished yet, so he continued to work.
After the basic seasoning is over, it’s time to cut the vegetables. With the hot sauce in hand, the purslane can naturally be eaten cold, and the taste will be very different from before.
Toot toot!
The blade is sharp, and it goes back and forth over the roots of the vegetables. It is quickly put on the plate, and another knife is placed under the knife, and it is chopped quickly.
Both of today's dishes have to be long. If they are too short, they will not taste good, so he cuts the knife very quickly.
The matter was resolved in just a few cuts.
Here, firewood has just been put in and the meat is cold. Chen Yu scoops out water to clean the iron pot.
After rinsing twice, there is still some grease stuck to the bottom.
Coming to the meat, wild boar meat is darker in color than ordinary domestic pork, and the fishy smell is also stronger. If you slaughter it alive and put it into the pot, you will have a strange feeling of having urine.
Of course, this is nothing to people who are extremely hungry, but neither the farmers at the foot of the mountain nor Chen Yu have reached that point. Xizhou is generally stable. Although banditry is gradually gaining momentum in Guangyong, there are still only a few in the cholera township.
After all, there is nothing to be gained from a bunch of idiots.
So this wild boar obviously underwent other processes after being hunted. I don't know if it was a local method, but it smelled not only without any fishy smell, but also with some grassy smell.
I really don’t know what herbs these farmers used but passed aside.
He held his fingers together and licked lightly.
Immediately his eyes wandered, good guy, it has been pickled with salt. Even the lowest quality mountain salt, which is refined by local methods, cannot be said to be available everywhere.
Earth salt, coarse salt, refined salt.
The Taoist temple uses the second grade. The former is also called sand salt. It is not salt mixed with sand, but the other way around. Therefore, this kind of salt is the cheapest and most widely spread.
However, many ordinary people do not eat it, but use it to marinate and store food like this.
It is even used when raising cattle and horses - add salt water to these big guys to drink.
Refined salt is also called snow salt, which is as white as snow. It may be an exaggeration to say that it is priceless, but a jar of one hundred taels of silver is no exaggeration.
Returning to the present moment, Chen Yu retracted his fingers and cut the meat into shreds.
It is not made too thin or too thin. The wild boar meat is just mixed with flavor. If it is too thin, you will not be able to find it if you want to eat it later.
When everything is ready, pour in some clear oil - this oil has a slightly astringent taste, but that's normal. Even in the restaurant at the foot of the mountain, Chen Yu didn't eat oil like that in his previous life. It can't be said to be pure.
I poured some of it, and a clear yellow color spread in the pot.
The temperature gradually increased, some bubbles accumulated, and crackling sounds could be heard in the ears from time to time. It was water droplets rolling into the oil and splashing.
Wild boar is cooked.
Sizzle!
In an instant, there was a lot of movement, and at the same time, the aroma of burnt food hit my nostrils.
Chen Yu swallowed his saliva and kept stir-frying. He had pre-cut bracken on hand, waiting to be put into the pot later.
He waited until the skin of the meat was golden and even started to turn black and charred, then he picked up the rice cooker and poured it down.
Another stir-fry.
Don't leave the bracken too oily for too long, otherwise it won't be crispy but soft when you eat it.
I poured down some well water, and there was a splash of steam flying in front of me.
Covering the lid, Chen Yu waited for a while and then stirred it up. A strong aroma attracted his nerves. He took the sauce, scooped a small spoonful of it and sprinkled it on top. He also added some seasonings, stir-fried twice and then scooped it up.
Serve on a plate.
Steaming hot, place it on the counter.
Then, he poured the purslane into the pot, stir-fried it with the remaining oil and water, and quickly scooped it up.
Two plates of hot dishes came out of the oven, as well as a plate of cold salad garnished with red spicy sauce.
Chen Yu scooped three ladles of water and dug out rice. The flames were burning high and high. Then he put a wooden lid on it and stopped caring about it.
Carrying three plates of food to the courtyard, the fragrant wind filled the courtyard.
It was late at the moment, it was already noon, and he had already felt hungry in his stomach. Without waiting any longer, he picked up his chopsticks to taste his own cooking and the taste of the fresh chili sauce.
Yo~
I paused with my chopsticks in the air, looked down, and saw the greedy deer approaching, staring directly at the dishes on the table with a pair of big eyes.
Chen Yu was speechless, it was indeed delicious, but you are a deer, so just yell if you can eat it.
Yo~
It turned out that the other party might indeed want to try it. He rubbed the deer's head helplessly, then picked up a piece of cold purslane where there was not much hot sauce and threw it over.
The deer took it in one mouthful.
chew.
Then he jumped three feet high!
Yo yo yo!
Looking at the vegetable roots spitting out on the ground, Chen Yu saw the other party wagging his short tail and jumping up and down in the yard with black streaks all over his head. He probably picked it up and ran back. It must have been spicy.
Just say you can't eat it, you have to be greedy for this bite.
Ignoring it, he took one and put it in his mouth.
The more he chewed, the weirder his face became.
It's really fresh, crispy and tender...it's just a little spicy, no, it should be said to be too spicy.
Just in time for dinner.
Instead of spitting it out like a greedy deer, he swallowed it and found it quite delicious.
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