On New Year's Eve, the men of the Shen family returned to their hometown to worship their ancestors, while the women were busy in the kitchen.
Jiang Miao took out the cooked pot, and everyone else looked curious.
"Miaoya, what kind of pot is this and why does it look so strange?"
"This is for making hot pot. You will know about it later."
"Okay, then we'll wait. Anyway, everything Miao Ya makes is delicious every time." Mrs. Zhang has great trust in Jiang Miao's craftsmanship. In her eyes, there is nothing Jiang Miao can't make well.
Jiang Miao laughed. She scalded the pot with hot water to sterilize it and put it aside for the time being.
You need to use stock to cook hot pot, and the base is the most critical. If the soup base is delicious, this hot pot is half the success. Otherwise, why would all the big brands in modern times sell hot pot base?
Mrs. Zhang and the others were also busy. Seeing Jiang Miao making soup base, they couldn't help but took other tasks.
"Mom, please help wash these vegetables." Jiang Miao pointed to the cabbage, potatoes, mushrooms, radish and other vegetables in the basket, "Just wash them and cut them into slices and put them on the plate."
"good."
Mrs. Zhang took the Wang family and others to the yard to wash vegetables, and Jiang Miao began to fry the hot pot base. She originally wanted to make butter pot base, but because she couldn't buy butter, she had to use lard instead.
In ancient times, cattle were used for plowing. The court did not allow private cattle killing. Most of the beef sold at the meat stalls were cattle that died of illness or old age, or were killed after reporting to the court for permission, so she cooked hot pot this time.
Bought mutton.
Prepare half a bowl of dried red pepper, onion, ginger, garlic and Sichuan peppercorns, then prepare the spices. Add cinnamon, star anise, cardamom, cumin, grass fruit, angelica, etc. into the bowl, plus half a bowl of watercress, two spoons of sugar, and half a cup
After the liquor and all the ingredients were prepared, Jiang Miao started firing.
Add the pork to the pot and stir-fry. When the oil starts to boil, add the chopped watercress. Stir constantly to prevent it from sticking to the pot. Then add the dried chili peppers and spices and stir-fry until the water is dry and the aroma is completely overflowing.
Finally, add the peppercorns, stir for a few times and turn off the heat.
The spiciness of the chili pepper and the numbness of the Sichuan peppercorns were completely released, and the whole old Shen family was filled with the spicy aroma. Mrs. Zhang sneezed.
"Miaoya, what are you doing? It's so annoying!"
"It's a bit choking, but it smells so good!" Mrs. Xu sniffed, even though her eyes were red from choking, she still had to smell it.
"Such a grown-up person has such a sneaky mind!" Mrs. Zhang couldn't see it and poked her forehead and cursed, making Wang and Shen Yingxue laugh out loud.
The bone soup at home was cooked early in the morning. The bone soup had been stewed for two hours until it turned white. When it was poured into the red and spicy hot pot base, the aroma was so fragrant that Jiang Miao was so greedy that her mouth watered.
Hot pot, she missed it so much!
Fortunately, I found the chili pepper first, otherwise the hot pot would be tasteless.
In addition to spicy hot pot, Jiang Miao also made a mushroom soup for a few children who can't eat spicy food.
After she finished her work, Mrs. Zhang also washed and cut the vegetables. She took the mutton on the side and started to cut it.
"How to eat mutton? Do you want to make mutton soup?"
"I'm not going to eat mutton soup today. I'm going to eat it in hot pot. Mother, please let me cut it."
To make hot pot, you need to cut the mutton rolls into thin slices. They didn't worry about cutting Jiang Miao before, so they decided to do it themselves.
"OK."
The mutton had been left outside overnight and was frozen on the inside, which was perfect for slicing. She lifted the knife and dropped it. The mutton was sliced as thin as cicada wings and fell onto the plate. Mrs. Zhang and the others watched without blinking.
Guaguai, Miaoya still has this skill, she is better than the chef in the restaurant!
She cut five large plates and filled the table with the remaining dishes.
“Isn’t this dish going to be stir-fried?”
Mrs. Zhang saw Jiang Miao entering the house carrying lettuce and asked in question.
"No need to stir-fry, just rinse it in a pot."
"This is the first time I've seen this way of eating..." Several people were amazed and went out with their bowls and plates.
Jiang Miao mixed a few more dipping sauces. She likes sesame sauce. The Shen family's sesame sauce is ground with home-grown sesame seeds and has a very mellow taste. Add some minced onion, garlic and vinegar, and the dipping sauce is ready.
As soon as the men of the Shen family entered the yard, they smelled the fragrance.
"Today's dish is more delicious than stewed meat. I wonder what the third daughter-in-law has cooked."
Shen Yanqing didn't speak, but his steps were obviously more urgent. When he entered the main room and saw the hot pot in the middle of the table, he understood.
"Is this what you made that day?"
"Well, sir, you must try the taste of this hot pot. You will never forget it!" Jiang Miao couldn't wait to eat it.
"good."
The Shen family gathered around a full table. No one knew how to eat hot pot, so Jiang Miao demonstrated it first.
She first put two plates of meat into the pot. The thin slices of meat were tossed in the hot pot for a while before they were cooked. She picked them up, dipped them in some toppings and put them in her mouth. The aroma of the sesame sauce blended with the deliciousness of the mutton. As one, it is a familiar taste.
Jiang Miao looked satisfied after eating, "You guys should take off your chopsticks quickly, the meat won't taste good if it's old!"
Shen Erlang immediately picked up the meat from the pot and stuffed it into his mouth. The spicy and hot meat slices made him hiss and gasp with his mouth open, but he couldn't stop holding the chopsticks in his hand.
"Good...eat!" His mouth was full of meat and he gave Jiang Miao a thumbs up.
Jiang Miao smiled and poured in the vegetables on the table.
"Don't just eat meat, eat some vegetables."
The men in the Shen family are all carnivores. When the meat in the pot is gone, Mr. Shen immediately picks up the plate and pours it in. Shen Yanqing only eats meat and doesn't touch the vegetables. Jiang Miao's bowl is full of vegetables, and there are also I gave her two chopsticks of meat.
"You can eat it yourself. I want to eat it myself." She had eaten too much meat and wanted some vegetables to relieve her tiredness. Seeing that Shen Yanqing only ate meat, Jiang Miao gave him a potato slice.
"Try it, potatoes are more delicious than meat."
Shen Yanqing looked a little disgusted. How could potatoes taste better than meat? But this was Jiang Miaojia's, and he had to eat it no matter how disgusted he was.
Shen Yanqing put it into his mouth reluctantly, and his eyes lit up in the next second. The potatoes after sucking up the soup were crispy and tasted really good.
"Is it delicious?" Jiang Miao kept paying attention to him, and you could tell from his expression that he liked it very much.
"Yeah, delicious."
Seeing that Shen Yanqing was eating happily, the others also went to pick up vegetables. After a hot pot meal, the Shen family was full.
"This way of eating is novel and convenient. You can just cook whatever you want and it tastes delicious."
"Yeah, it's much more convenient than cooking."
The Shen family was all fascinated by hot pot, and their bodies felt warm after eating a hot pot meal in the cold and windy winter.
