Chapter 450: Relying on the river to eat from the river-flowers blooming and rich shrimps
The soldiers had never had a truly good banquet. Although the quality of the fish steamed in this way was slightly inferior, the ingredients were top-quality Yangtze River anchovies, which were fresh and much better than their usual dishes. General Shi Jun and the navy army
General Zhang Zhen and others had to cook by themselves and cook another table.
I had a lot of money to pick out a medium-sized male shad in advance. After scraping the scales and peeling the skin, I marinated it for a long time with the wine I brought from Xianju. This wine is said to be the protagonist in the story about using chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.
The recipe passed down by Wang Wen is made. Why choose male shad? It is because male shad has less roe, consumes less physical energy than female fish, leaves more essence on its body, and has fresher meat than female fish.
.Whether the marinade can be tasty depends not only on the marinade, but also on the knife skills and cooking techniques. He used a diagonal knife to make many cuts on the fish, and patted the back of the fish with the back of the knife, and then applied marinade, like
It involves massaging the fish several times, then adding ginger slices to the fish, and steaming it in a pot. After a while, pour out the ginger juice, apply fine salt again, steam it again, and take it out of the pot.
Then pour hot oil to stir-fry and steam the drum fish for seasoning.
The soldiers' fish was served, but the taste would be affected if the fish was cold. In order to show that he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, General Shi stood in front of the flowing water table, picked up the wine bowl, and said loudly: "It is the duty of a soldier to protect our family and our country.
Only when you are full can you have the strength to contribute to the country. Today, in order to welcome the famous chef Captain Qian Lotus to join our army and provide us with delicious food, I would like to propose a toast to everyone. Let us raise our glasses and drink the wine together, and feast
Serve the fish.”
"It's delicious, it's so delicious that I almost bit off my tongue." As soon as General Shi tasted a piece of fish, he laughed and shouted to General Zhang: "I have lived for more than forty years.
I have never tasted such delicious fish.”
General Zhang Zhen saw his trusted guard winking at him not far away, understood what he meant, pulled his sleeve and said: "We still have military affairs to discuss. General, please move to the main tent."
After General Shi saw this, he followed him to the big tent. There was a table of food in the tent, which looked exactly like the soldiers' table. He asked strangely: "General Zhang, where is the military situation? We can just eat with the soldiers.
Why set another table?"
General Zhang smiled and pointed to the dishes on the table: "The generals in the military camp have to sit down at the table."
There is indeed a rule in the military camp that only one person has to move the first chopstick before others can move. General Shi sat down with a golden sword, stretched out his chopsticks and said: "Since everyone is waiting here, I, the general, will
Use the first chopsticks first."
After saying that, he picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into his mouth. Suddenly, his taste buds were strongly stimulated, and a pure fragrance passed through his teeth. Just now, he told the soldier outside that this was the best time in his life.
The most delicious fish I have ever eaten. In just a moment, the more delicious fish appeared in my mouth. It was really a slap in the face. The dishes seemed to be exactly the same and the ingredients were similar, but the taste was definitely different.
The food of the soldiers outside was much better. His expression changed, he paused for a while, and then smiled again: "The same soldiers, good generals and mediocre people use them, but the magical effects are different. Cooking is like using soldiers."
, the same dish tastes completely different in the hands of a famous chef."
After thinking about it, I felt that there was something wrong with what I said. What I had just eaten outside was also delicious, just not as delicious as the one in the tent. After a drink, he smiled to himself and said: "There should be no weak soldiers under a strong general.
After his training, the former gang leader's cooking skills immediately improved to a higher level."
The generals under his command all raised their glasses and congratulated each other: "General Shi's words are exactly what we want. We served under General Shi and got the general's advice, and our level of consciousness has improved a lot. If there is a war in the future, we will live up to our expectations."
Entrusted by the country and taught by the general."
He looked around and said, "Where's Captain Qian? I have to give him a toast. From now on, we will be in a good mood."
The general under his command reported: "Captain Qian is still busy in the kitchen, making another delicacy for everyone. It's called flower shrimp. The name is too elegant. My subordinates are stupid and can't remember the name."
Lin Duwei added: "The shrimps are called flowers to bloom, and he uses this dish to congratulate the generals on their victory and their return to their hometowns with wealth."
When the soldiers were tasting the anchovies, the foremen were decapitating the shrimps and picking out the shrimp threads under the command of Qian Duoduo. He took out a shrimp and demonstrated to the soldiers how to use scissors to remove the heads and cut them in the middle.
Which position and how to pick the shrimp thread? He told the soldier: "The shrimp thread is like the intestines in the human stomach. Cooking it without picking it is equivalent to boiling the shrimp's poop and shrimp together. You think the guests will like it.
Do you want to eat shrimps that take poop? If you open a restaurant like this, sooner or later, the restaurant will have to close."
Occasionally, some of the soldiers had cooked shrimps before, but they always boiled them whole. Hearing what he said, his face turned red. He picked up the scissors again and cut the shrimps into two halves along the spine.
But the tail is still attached. Then, he spread the soaked vermicelli on the bottom of the basin and said: "When you get married, you must first learn to make a quilt for your wife. To cook this dish, you must first learn to put a layer of vermicelli on the shrimp."
After that, separate the shrimps one by one along the cut and arrange them on the vermicelli with the shrimp tails facing up in a line. Then chop the garlic and smash it with a knife to make garlic paste, add soy sauce and old sauce.
Make the sauce and pour it evenly over the shrimp, then put it into the steamer and start steaming.
The gang leader soldiers also followed suit. Although the process was not complicated, due to lack of experience, some of the gang leader soldiers lined up in a crooked and diagonal manner, but more than half of them lined up in a decent manner. Look at the money.
Many of the foremen looked at them with stern eyes, and those who had not arranged the food well stepped back and said, "Food is for people to eat. If it is not arranged well, it does not necessarily taste bad."
Qian Duoduo glared and said: "Can you tell me that my wife is here to sleep with, does she look good? Everyone knows how to choose a good-looking wife, but I can't care enough about cooking. Please rearrange it for me."
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This metaphor is easy to understand and the words are very interesting. After hearing this, several gang leaders immediately performed a military salute and rearranged the shrimps one by one.
"Sparse Curtains and Light Moon·Blooming Flowers and Rich Shrimps"
Cast a net in the Yangtze River and get 200 kilograms of shrimp. Remove the heads and leave the body. Pick off the shrimp thread, cut the back with scissors and leave the tail. Wash it three or two times with clean water. Soak it in warm water and make vermicelli. Dry it along the plate and cut the back of the shrimp.
tail arrangement.
Garlic cloves, minced finely, chili powder and soy sauce, mix into sauce. Spread along the shrimp noodles on both sides. Place in a cage and heat over high heat to steam. For half a quarter of an hour, turn off the heat and open the lid. Stir in hot oil and sprinkle on
Green onions, color like red flowers.
The fish has just been steamed in the steamer, and the water in the pot is still boiling, so the shrimps are easy to cook. After putting it in for a while, the rich shrimps will be ready to come out of the cage. After steaming, the shrimps will be bright red.
After fragrant with hot oil and sprinkled with chopped green onion, the leader looked at the pot he had lined up and said to everyone with a smile: "It would be great if my wife was as beautiful as this."
Everyone laughed and said, "Your wife is a Yangtze River white shrimp."