He Province is famous for its donkey meat. Li Hanzhi's family was originally from He Province. Hearing that Tang Yuan was looking for high-quality donkey meat, he volunteered to go with him.
The cool sports car was speeding on the highway. Li Hanzhi suppressed the nausea that kept rising in his throat, tightly pulled the safety handle, and put his head on the back of the seat.
"Can you slow down..." Tang Yuan's driving skills are just like his temperament. You can see from the surface that he is unruly and unruly. How can he succumb to others?
The car shuttled between the lanes like a dragon. Tang Yuan laughed heartily. Looking at Li Hanzhi's cowardly appearance, he shook his head again: "I can't pass 120 yards-" It was because someone else was driving too slowly.
He County is located in the west of Cang City, He Province. It is a small city with a total area of more than 1,000 square kilometers. However, there are many vendors here and it has attracted a large number of donkey meat lovers around it, so it is quite famous.
Li Hanzhi took Tang Yuan straight to the breeding farm, where he could select the freshest donkey meat immediately.
"Brother, just come to my house. Who doesn't know that the donkey meat from my Wang family has been on TV programs in Beijing!" The owner of the farm spoke Mandarin with a strong accent and led the two of them to the slaughterhouse.
The donkeys brayed along the way, which made Li Hanzhi panic.
"Why didn't I see you so scared when we were eating?" He was a typical foodie and fun-loving person. If he wasn't allowed to come, he would come unless he came. This was how he looked when he came. Tang Yuan was speechless and blocked him.
Pace, "Wait for me at the door."
After saying that, he took the lead and entered the slaughterhouse.
Compared with pork, fresh donkey meat is a little less fat, and the texture reveals the strength of lean meat. Compared with beef and mutton, it has no smell. Once you eat it, you will never forget this taste.
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Tang Yuan selected a few and took a video of Yu Jian. The little girl was immediately overjoyed and asked him to take her to purchase, preparing to supply the Yu family restaurant in the long term.
In the afternoon of that day, the fresh donkey meat was delivered to Yu’s small yard.
"Wow -" Yu Jian couldn't wait to open the ice box, looked at the fresh and tender meat, and sighed, "It looks like it was just cut from the body."
Tang Yuan teased her: "Looking at the hard work I put into driving all day long, can you give me a little more of your warm and cold flower stuffed donkey?"
"No problem! If I don't finish my meal, I'll let you carry it around!"
There are different ways to eat different parts of the donkey. Donkey belly is the freshest and smoothest, and is used to make plain cuts without wasting money; donkey bones are not easy to taste, so they are stewed over low heat; and donkey intestines are stir-fried with sauce, which has a unique flavor.
But this warm and cold flower stuffed donkey uses springy donkey meat. Wash the donkey meat and dry it, cut it into pieces as long and as thick as half a child's arm, and use a small stick to gently massage it little by little.
Pat the surface to make the meat become slightly soft, then put the donkey meat into the vat.
The urn is full of Shaoxing Huadiao wine, added with a medicinal package specially prepared by Yu Jian, and soaked in the flavor. The ancients had their own opinions on health preservation. In addition to the radical Taoist method of elixirs, they also pursued the silent diet therapy of drizzle.
The next step is steaming. There is boiling water under the steamer, and chicken bones, galangal, star anise and bay leaves are added to cook out the aroma of the spices. Then the soaked donkey meat is placed in the steamer and steamed slowly over a slow fire.
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This process was extremely labor-intensive. The fire could not be turned off and the water in the pot could not be dried. Yu Jian could only move a stool and sit in front of it, watching patiently. From time to time, he would scoop a spoonful of water and slowly pour it into the pot along the edge of the steamer.
This night, every household in the alley could not sleep due to the strong aroma.
Yu Yuan was drooling even in her dream, waving her little paws non-stop, and yelling: "Don't run away, let me take a bite before talking!"
When the east became white, Yu Jian yawned and looked at the time. She almost didn't sleep all night.
The fire slowly extinguished, and the remaining heat was used to continue simmering for a while. When the lid of the steamer was opened, the strong aroma of wine mixed with the aroma of herbs and meat hit her face, and Yu Jian couldn't help but swallow twice.
The donkey meat retains two parts of the skin and eight parts of the meat, and is bright red all over. When you poke it in with a chopstick, the donkey meat is as soft as mud, and the lotus roots are broken and unbroken.
The water for steaming the meat underneath was clear and clear. Yu Jian used gauze to filter out impurities and bay leaves, then sprinkled a handful of coarse salt to get the hot broth.
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Grandma Yu's birthday party was quite grand.
Yu Jianguo and Yu Jianping originally wanted to have a banquet for guests at Yu's restaurant, but their grandma stopped them.
The old man wisely warned them: "It's just a birthday, no need to go to war. As long as our family gets together, I will be very happy."
In the end, only Tang Yuan and Tang Jingling's family, as well as Huang Nuan and Chen Xinyi, were invited. They set up a large round table in the middle of the small courtyard, cooked a steaming pot of beef, and prepared some delicious dishes to celebrate her birthday.
"Grandma, doesn't the donkey meat taste good?" Yu Jian asked secretly, watching the old man's chopsticks constantly shuttle between the donkey meat plate and his own bowl.
After a long period of cooking, the donkey meat is very suitable for the taste of the elderly. The slices are plump, and when you bite into it, the donkey skin is slightly elastic. The donkey meat is smooth and tender, with a bit of wine aroma. Grandma Yu simply can't put it down.
Li Jingguo had never tasted such delicious food. He was so shocked after just one bite that he stopped talking and immersed himself in fighting with the donkey meat. Although the meat was rotten, it was soft, but it felt firm and delicious when bitten into his mouth.
It was thick and not greasy. He ate several pieces in a row. Under Tang Jingling's glare, he turned his chopsticks, stirred into the beef pot, and picked out a piece of beef.
It's not the same taste, it's just a little bit different. Li Jingguo held the beef slices in his mouth and stared at the donkey meat plate eagerly.
"Don't mention it, this donkey stuffed with warm and cold flowers is not only delicious, but the name also has a strong cultural flavor." Tang Jingling took a piece of donkey meat and smelled the strong aroma of medicinal wine and said.
Yu Jian disagreed and scooped a bowl of soup for her grandma: "What's the matter? I think back then, literati liked to write elegant poems like this. Every time I made a new dish, I had to come up with a name. That's it.
The great poet Li..."
Suddenly he shut up and stopped talking.
"Who? Li Bai?" Tang Jingling asked.
Yu Jian still kept her mouth closed and shook her head. After a few seconds, she said, "I don't know if it's Li or something. I saw it in a book. It's been so long that I'm confused."
Tang Jingling smiled: "You must also like to read some unofficial history and miscellaneous journals."
That's right! Yu Jian nodded desperately and thought of a way to change the topic.
When the family finally resumed their laughter and laughter, she breathed a sigh of relief and almost spilled the beans.
She raised her eyes and saw a thoughtful gaze directed at her, with deep doubts and confusion in her eyes.
"Why...why are you looking at me like that?" Yu Jian asked weakly, and she puffed up her chest to embolden herself.
Tang Yuan withdrew his gaze, nodded at the few donkey meat left on the plate, and said casually: "Aren't you asking me to walk around without finishing the meal?"
The banquet has just begun, and the plates are almost empty——