Xiao Nianzhi didn’t know that his absence from dinner had triggered so many speculations.
Manager Qiu now went down the mountain to buy a batch of fresh hind leg meat, just to give Xiao Nianzhi more ingredients for wontons at night.
After buying the ingredients, Xiao Nianzhi strolled to the canteen.
At this time, the students have already had their meal, or gone back to rest, or go back to study.
Xiao Nianzhi came over later, the supper time had not yet started, and the dinner time had already ended long ago.
Tonight, it’s still Aunt Cui and Aunt Gu.
Seeing Xiao Nianzhi coming with Manager Qiu behind him, Aunt Cui asked with a smile: "Yuan Niang, what are you doing today?"
Xiao Nianzhi smiled cutely: "Let's make wontons."
Aunt Gu's eyes lit up when she heard they were wontons.
Aunt Gu herself likes all kinds of wrapped things, including steamed buns, dumplings and wontons.
However, she has a cold temperament and is habitually taciturn, so no one knows her preferences.
Her eyes lit up at this moment, and Xiao Nianzhi noticed it, but she didn't mention it more to save the other party from embarrassment.
The wrappers for the wontons still need to be prepared in advance, and the meat filling also needs to be minced and mixed freshly.
Nowadays, there is no meat grinder, and all meat needs to be chopped by hand.
Therefore, after Xiao Nianzhi said hello to his two aunts, he went to make noodles first.
If you want the wonton skin to be thin and not broken, you need to add a small amount of salt to improve the gluten of the dough.
If you want the wonton skin to look crystal clear and you can almost see the true nature of the fillings inside, you need to add a small amount of alkali.
Alkali can make the dough more crystal clear and make the wontons more bright and attractive.
This amount needs to be controlled well. Only a small amount is needed, which is used for embellishment and improvement.
The alkaline water that Xiao Nianzhi boiled last time has not been used up yet, so it can be used again now.
The noodles are ready quickly, and you can go chop it up later.
It's just that for this strenuous step, Manager Qiu and the others helped with it.
The bit of hind leg meat was chopped into pieces in just a short while.
Xiao Nianzhi began to add seasonings to the filling, adding green onion and ginger water, and finally poured hot oil to lock in the moisture in the filling, ensuring that the wontons that come out of the pan will be tender, juicy, and delicious.
When Xiao Nianzhi came over, it was just getting dark, and many sharp-eyed students were staring at the cafeteria.
Then I discovered that Miss Xiao is here today!!!
This news soon seemed to have wings and flew to every corner of the dormitory area.
People like Wei Changting naturally wandered towards the cafeteria immediately.
After seeing their classmates, everyone greeted them vaguely, and no one said they were in a hurry, but their steps were speeding up unconsciously.
Moreover, it is getting faster and faster.
Sometimes, involution is not just reflected in studying. For example, when you are in a hurry, you may also be involuntarily curling up.
It’s hot in summer, so the hot soup wontons are actually quite hot to eat.
And if the chicken soup is not cooked, I always feel that the soup base lacks a lot of flavor.
Therefore, Xiao Nianzhi is going to make sesame sauce wontons.
I have to say, sesame sauce is really yyds!
Of course, the sesame juice also needs to be slightly adjusted to taste sour and sweet. If you like it spicy, pour some chili oil into it.
Nowadays, if we don’t have chili, we can just use dogwood, and the taste won’t be much different.
Of course, it's best to add some side dishes, such as bean sprouts and green vegetables. After blanching, put a layer on the bottom. Then pour the sesame sauce and serve it with the wontons.
Every bite is mellow and delicious, intoxicating!
It’s just that those are the finished products after they come out of the pot.
Now...
The wontons haven’t been wrapped yet.
After the meat filling was mixed and the noodles were almost ready, Xiao Nianzhi began to roll out the dough.
Wonton is all about a thin skin and a big filling. If you want the skin to be thin, then when rolling out the dough, roll it out very thinly.
Because salt enhances the gluten, even if the dough is rolled very thin, the dough will not fall apart.
After rolling it out, just cut it into the desired shape.
For sesame sauce wontons, it’s better to eat larger ones, so Xiao Nianzhi cut the dough into larger pieces.
Everything is fine here, and the students who were wandering over there have already come in one after another.
After seeing Xiao Nianzhi, he would take the initiative to say hello.
Among them, there is Zhang Huaiyuan.
In the afternoon, he finally managed to get Xiao Zhou to let him go, and he repeatedly promised that he was just talking nonsense and had no real intentions against Xiao Nianzhi.
In fact, Zhang Huaiyuan is more greedy for delicious food than Xiao Nianzhi.
Just ask, who wouldn’t want a little cook like this?
Wow, what a magical method!
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Zhang Huaiyuan has also seen all kinds of beauties in the capital, and he is not moved by beauty. However, Xiao Nianzhi's occasional silhouette under a candle does make people's hearts move.
Zhang Huaiyuan had to admit that at certain moments, his heart did move.
However, it is not to the point where I want to marry her directly.
He admitted that he was despicable and that he was just greedy for food cooked by others.
However, when I walked in today, I happened to see Xiao Nianzhi with his head lowered and making wontons.
In the flickering candlelight, the girl's slender figure seemed to be blurred unconsciously with the dancing firelight, making it difficult to see clearly as if in a cloud.
The less clearly I can see, the more I long to get closer.
At that moment, Zhang Huaiyuan heard the sound of his heartbeat.
Bang bang bang bang.
All kinds of erratic heartbeats made his scalp numb. Finally, Zhao Yunfeng rushed over, bumped him gently with his shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"
This sound brought Zhang Huaiyuan back to his senses from the hazy landscape. He blinked and shook his head: "It's okay, I just thought about something."
Zhao Yunfeng had no doubts, but was a little confused: "Why do you go to the door to think about something? Is it related to the door?"
Zhang Huaiyuan shook his head and said nothing more, fearing that he would make too many mistakes and have to find excuses to make up for it.
The two of them came over quickly. Xiao Nianzhi had just started making the wontons, but they would definitely not be able to eat them now.
Zhao Yunfeng looked at the round and cute wontons, and asked in a low voice: "Are they chicken soup wontons?"
If so, it's still a little hot.
In response, Xiao Nianzhi shook his head: "It's sesame sauce wontons. If you want to have chicken soup, you can, but I haven't cooked the chicken soup yet."
When Zhao Yunfeng heard this, he quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, the sesame juice is very good, the sesame juice is very good."
Just, I haven’t tried it yet, I’ve only eaten noodles with sesame sauce.
However, he still believed in Xiao Nianzhi's ability, so he couldn't help but start looking forward to it.
Xiao Nianzhi moved very quickly, picking up the fillings, then rolling the thin wonton wrapper in half, placing it on the plate next to it, and then started the next one.
Aunt Cui felt that before her eyes could understand, a wonton had already been wrapped.
If nothing else, Aunt Cui really admires Xiao Nianzhi's deftness on the chopping board!
