Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! Chapter 427 Eating hot-boiled meat on a snowy day is such a beautiful word! Taking Dundun for a snowball fight!
Chapter 427 Eating hot-boiled meat on a snowy day is such a beautiful word! Taking Dundun for a snowball fight!
Lin Xu turned to the elevated road while listening carefully to the content of the system prompts.
"The host is preparing a fishing association because of his hobby, triggering the side task [Establishing Association]: The host is asked to establish the Yingchun Street Fishing Association before December 31st, and obtain no less than 100 fishing members. Upon completion, the host will be rewarded with perfect Sichuan cuisine.
One lottery draw."
What does it mean?
Why am I suddenly asked to set up a fishing association?
Are you planning to gather the old fishermen on Yingchun Street to fight?
Lin Xu was a little surprised.
But it’s okay to set up an association, so that Lao Suntou won’t be able to control his emotions and beat someone up one day.
Well, the fisherman is usually very kind.
But there are also some taboos that cannot be touched.
The first thing that bears the brunt is the location of the fishing spot.
Although the fishing spot for wild fishing seems to be an open space on the bank of the river, it may have been sorted out bit by bit with the hands of an experienced fisherman.
You come up and take advantage of the large number of people. No matter how good-tempered you are, you can't stand it.
Lin Xu drove to the North Fourth Ring Road, while Shen Jiayue started to invite everyone in the group to go to the store to eat hotpot mutton.
By the time they returned to Linji Food in full swing, the people eating the shabu-shabu had already arrived.
Brother Qiang, Panda, Wu Kexin, Yue Liyue and his friends, as well as Zeng Xiaoqi, Dou Wenjing, and Brother Feng who just finished handling some legal terms in the company, are all here.
Maybe it was because the temperature was too low, but now the sleet turned into heavy goose-like snow, flying all over the sky, as if we were in a fairy tale world.
Seeing the new car driven by Lin Xu, brother Pan Daqiang from Guangdong, Li and Guangdong came out to take pictures.
"Damn, this car is so handsome."
"What a dream car. This carbon fiber body and these headlights make you feel good just looking at it."
“It’s really the first choice for street bombing!”
Lin Xu smiled and said:
"This car is not qualified to blow up the streets. The cars that blow up the streets are usually cars with bigger brands and exaggerated shapes."
These days, high-end car companies are looking for ways to harvest the leeks of wealthy people.
What is the 20th anniversary edition, what is the classic shape, what is the limited edition... Although the quality has not been improved, the price can be higher.
Cars worth tens of millions have become commonplace.
If this 5-million-dollar modified car wants to blow up the streets of Beijing, it’s better to wait a little longer. It’s almost as good as going to Yinzhou City to blow up the streets.
After getting off the car, we opened the trunk and everyone started to get their fishing bags.
"Haha, you guys went fishing as expected. Baby Yan caught a few fish, did you get rid of the Air Force hat?"
As Lin Ji's chief salt spreader, Zeng Xiaoqi came over with a smile and sprinkled a large amount of coarse salt on Chen Yan's wound.
Looking at her unflattering smile, Chen Yan said helplessly:
"My float moved. I was about to catch a fish, but unexpectedly it started snowing. There was also a burst of sleet at the beginning... Not counting this time, I will definitely show you how good I am next time."
The three major misconceptions of old fishermen: I will definitely catch a break today, the fish floats, and the big fish has already entered the nest...
When Lao Suntou was carrying the fishing bag home, Lin Xu said:
"Uncle Sun, come as soon as the package is delivered to your home. Come with auntie, and let's have a lively meal of hot-pot meat."
"Okay, I'll put my bag home and change into some clothes."
Lao Suntou is also a respectable person. It is somewhat rude to wear outdoor clothes for fishing when eating.
After everyone finished getting their things, Lin Xu locked the car door and was about to go in with Dundun in his arms, but the little guy suddenly broke out of his arms.
It circled around the snowflakes, and from time to time stretched out its little tongue to lick the snowflakes that floated to its mouth.
After playing for a while, it was not enough, so I jumped on the hood of the car next to me, and then jumped on the roof of the car, standing on it to chase the snowflakes falling from the sky.
When Lin Xu saw this, he thought it would be okay to let him have some fun, so he said to Shen Jiayue:
"You guys go outside and play with it. I'll go in and prepare the meat. We'll start eating later."
After saying that, he stamped his feet on the anti-slip mat at the door, shook off the slush from the soles of his shoes, and strode into the store.
The lobby of the store has been covered with anti-slip carpets, which can effectively prevent customers from slipping on the marble floor tiles due to snow on their shoes and causing accidents.
When we came upstairs, there were already two large copper pots placed on the dining table outside.
Lin Xu said:
"If you don't want to eat here, send it to the banquet hall upstairs."
There is no one in the banquet hall today, and the windows inside are big enough, so you can sit by the window and enjoy the falling snow while eating hot shabu-shabu.’’
Moreover, the lunch rush will begin soon. If a customer sees it and wants to eat the hot-boiled meat, he will have to explain it. It is better to find a quiet place and eat slowly without being disturbed.
After giving the instructions, he walked into the kitchen and saw several helpers cutting mutton.
Che Zai said:
"Lao Huang happened to be nearby just now. When he heard about eating hotpot mutton, he came over and took some mutton from the car and told us the delicious parts of hotpot mutton."
Lin Xu asked curiously:
"Won't he come to eat?"
"No, I said that after I quit eating meat and drinking recently, I sleep better at night and feel more energetic. I need to keep going and try to lose 20 pounds by the Spring Festival."
Good guy, you are working hard to become stronger.
It’s also quite good. You are pursuing health.
Speaking of this, Lin Xu remembered that the beef tartare that he promised to Lao Huang had not been cooked yet, so he planned to take time to cook it so that Lao Huang could get over his meat addiction first.
Now that the mutton is almost ready, let’s start making the soul of mutton-shabu-shabu, which is the sesame sauce dipping sauce.
Lin Xu brought a basin and poured four kilograms of sesame paste into it, and then poured about one kilogram of peanut butter into it.
Adding peanut butter can make the flavor more balanced, and the sesame paste also has a hint of sweetness.
In the early years, due to the scarcity of supplies, the sesame paste that people in the capital loved to eat was not in supply, so state-owned sauce factories would mix peanut butter into sesame paste to make up for it.
This kind of sauce is called Erbajiang.
Compared with the slightly bitter pure sesame sauce, Erbajiang has the sweetness of peanuts, which makes children love it more, and it has become a lingering delicacy in many people's memories.
In fact, now that we have abundant supplies, we no longer need to add peanut butter to sesame paste to top up the supply.
But Lin Xu liked the sweet and greasy feeling of eating peanut butter, so he added some.
In addition to peanut butter, if you want sesame sauce to taste good, you can also add Sprite to it.
Sprite has a sweet taste and is rich in carbonic acid. Adding it to sesame paste can make the sesame paste rich in dense small bubbles. When these bubbles are eaten in the mouth, it gives people a strong sense of satisfaction.
It's like eating half a jar of sesame paste in one bite.
In fact, after removing the foam, there is not much sauce at all.
In addition, you can also add soft sugar to give it a sweet taste.
After putting in the peanut butter, Lin Xu scooped up a few pieces of fermented bean curd, crushed the tofu with a small spoon, mixed it with the fermented bean curd soup, and poured it into the basin as well.
Then pour in one tablespoon of chive flower sauce, one tablespoon of braised shrimp oil, two tablespoons of pepper oil, two tablespoons of sesame oil, and a little bit of soft white sugar for freshness.
After putting everything in, start stirring with a tachymeter.
First stir all these ingredients evenly, then slowly pour in the brine made with pepper, star anise, cinnamon, cloves, fennel and other spices.
This brine is also used to enhance flavor.
But be careful when using it, make sure to let it cool before adding it.
Otherwise, the sesame paste will produce oil when heated, and the taste and aroma will be greatly reduced.
In this way, slowly add the brine and stir until the sesame paste is in a creamy state. When you lift it up, it will form a straight line. This sesame paste will be enjoyable to eat.
After mixing the sesame sauce, the driver started to pour it into the mixing bowl.
Lin Xu began to fry the chili pepper segments.
This is an essential ingredient for eating hotpot mutton.
Cut the dried chili peppers into sections and put them in a bowl. If you like spicy food, you can add some thick chili pepper noodles and pour 50% hot peanut oil over it. The chili pepper segments are ready.
If you are afraid of frying it, you can soak the dried chili peppers in warm water first. This way, no matter how high the oil temperature is, it will not burn out, and the taste of the pepper segments will be very crispy.
With sesame sauce and fried chili segments, the other ingredients are more casual.
Cut a bowl of minced shallots, a bowl of cilantro segments, make a bowl of minced garlic, another bowl of chive flower sauce, a few pieces of fermented bean curd...these individual ingredients are extra.
If you want to eat, leave it. If you don’t want to eat, leave it.
Once the dipping ingredients are ready, the mutton is ready to be eaten.
Che Zai asked curiously:
"Boss, what are you putting in the bottom of the pot?"
"Just cut some green onions and ginger, and grab a handful of dried shrimps to bring out the umami flavor."
The bottom of the pot for mutton shabu-shabu is super simple. Strictly speaking, you don’t put anything in it, just boil it in water. However, for the sake of deliciousness, it is better to add more or less small ingredients.
For the toppings at the bottom of the pot, crustacean seafood is preferred.
Those inconspicuous shrimps and crabs, when cooked, the delicious flavor will spread immediately.
This kind of umami flavor paired with mutton tastes amazing.
Everything is ready, let’s start eating.
When Lin Xu came downstairs to call everyone to eat, he found that the snow outside was getting heavier and heavier, and there was a thin layer of snow on the ground.
Dundun is still outside, but has already got off the roof of the car. At this moment, Han Shuzhen, who has come to eat hotpot, is holding her in her arms and watching the snow.
"The little meat pad is cold, what should I do if I catch a cold later?"
Shen Guofu, Cui Qingyuan, Geng Lishan, Geng Lele, Chen Yuejin, Ren Chongmo and Lao Suntou all came.
Everyone was enjoying the snow scene and chatting casually.
The first snowfall in winter is so heavy, maybe next year will be a good harvest year.
Lin Xuchong said to everyone:
"Everything is ready upstairs. Let's go upstairs and enjoy the snow scenery while cooking meat."
As soon as they heard that the hotpot mutton was ready, everyone patted the snow on their bodies, stamped their feet, and followed the elders inside.
Seeing everyone go in, Dundun was about to jump out of Han Shuzhen's arms and continue playing in the snow, when she was hugged by Han Shuzhen:
"Little naughty boy, don't even think about escaping from grandma's grasp... Let's go and eat hot-boiled mutton with grandma. Later, I'll give you a taste of the delicacies that are best eaten in the snow."
The soup base for shabu-shabu mutton is pure water, so it doesn’t matter if you eat the mutton in chunks.
But the dipping sauce is not good. The seasoning inside is not suitable for kittens.
When we arrived at the banquet hall upstairs, Che had already added the soup base. At this moment, he and the two waiters covered the lid of the copper pot and were adding charcoal into it along the exhaust pipe above.
This kind of compressed fruit charcoal is more resistant to burning, and you can basically finish it after adding it once.
In order to prevent carbon monoxide poisoning, the windows on both sides have slits opened to allow air convection without making people shiver from the cold.
Shen Guofu stood in front of the window and looked at the snowy scene outside, and said with a smile:
"It's such a good time to eat shabu-shabu at this moment. Mr. Tateyama, brother-in-law, Professor Ren, Professor Cui, Brother Sun, let's have some drinks together later."
Ren Chongmo nodded:
"How can we eat hotpot mutton on a snowy day without having a drink? Let's have a bottle of Erguotou. We old Yanjing people eat hotpot, and Erguotou is the standard."
Originally, Shen Guofu wanted to open two bottles of Wuliangye.
Since Professor Ren asked for Erguotou, he said to Chen Yan:
"Xiaoyan, go get the bar and be diligent in front of your parents-in-law, so that your parents-in-law won't be dissatisfied with you."
Tian Qinglan said immediately:
"Why are you so dissatisfied? Xiaoyan is such a good wife that you can't find even with a lantern. She is sensible and polite, and she often buys things for us secretly. She even told our old man yesterday that we did it
I have learned a lifetime and taught countless students, so God gave us such a perfect daughter-in-law."
Chen Yuejin:??????
Sister-in-law, is this our daughter you are talking about?
Why is it completely different from our impression?
Zeng Xiaoqi and the others also looked at each other in disbelief.
Baby Yan, who is usually two years old, can actually have such a high evaluation?
Sure enough, it is good to be sisters with your mother-in-law first.
When I'm not busy, I must find those aunts in their fifties to recognize as sisters. If there is a handsome nephew by then, isn't that...hehe!
When Chen Yan went to get the wine, the waiters filed in with mutton, and there were plates of mutton tail oil on the table, followed by mutton brains, mutton crotch, mutton tendons, cucumber strips, mutton tendon, big three forks and other parts.<
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Basically, there are all types of meat suitable for shabu-shabu, and the portions are quite large. A table was set up with ice cubes under the plates, so that the mutton can always stay fresh and tender and will not become old due to the rise in room temperature.
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In addition to mutton, there are also cabbage leaves, vermicelli, tofu and other matching ingredients.
Finally, a variety of ingredients were brought. The sesame sauce was prepared, but the ingredients such as coriander, chopped green onion, mashed garlic, fried pepper segments, chive sauce, fermented bean curd, and condiments such as light soy sauce and balsamic vinegar needed to be prepared according to the needs.
Different flavors.
Chen Yan brought the wine and everyone sat down.
The elders sit at one table, and the younger ones sit at the same table.
At Shen Guofu's table, the man drank Erguotou, and the woman drank red wine and yam juice for beauty.
For young people, there is beer and various drinks.
Seeing that the water in the pot was boiling, Shen Jiayue hurriedly picked up a plate of mutton tendons and put it into the pot, but was stopped by Lin Xu:
"When eating mutton, you have to cook it from the fattest to the leanest. Let there be fat in the soup first, so that the lean meat tastes better when you rinse it. Then rinse the lean meat directly and eat the firewood."
This is actually the same as cooking. If it is pure lean meat, it is best to stir-fry it with lard, so that the meat will be more fragrant.
Geng Lishan at the table next to him said:
"Young Lin is right. No matter what kind of dish you want, if you want it to be fragrant, you have to add fat. If there is more fat, it will naturally taste better."
Lin Xu stood up, took the whole plate of sheep tail oil, and put it into the pot in a circle.
There is a tachyon in each position, that is, two or three pieces.
In this way, it is dispersed into the pot so that the water temperature in the pot will not drop.
Brother Qiang asked curiously:
"Some gourmets said before that you have to eat a whole plate of mutton-boiled meat. Is this true or false? The last time I tried this, the water in the pot didn't boil for a long time, and the mutton was all rotten...
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At this moment, the table next door was still pouring wine, but no one started to eat. Geng Lishan had nothing to do, so he smiled and said:
"This is all to fool fools. Only poor people and ignorant locals eat like this. Eating boiled mutton in winter is a beautiful thing. A group of friends sit around in front of a copper pot, pick up two or three pieces of mutton and rinse it.
Eat it with sesame sauce, drink some wine, and chat about life. You have to pour it all into such a beautiful scene. The artistic conception will be gone, and the delicious taste of the mutton will be gone."
The most delicious way to cook mutton is to scald the mutton while the soup base continues to simmer, so that the moisture and flavor of the mutton are locked into the meat immediately.
This is how it tastes.
If you put it all in, the pot will no longer boil, and all the water in the mutton will be forced out by the heat. Not only will the freshness and aroma be lost, but the texture of the mutton will also become stringy and woody, like chewing rags.<
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Ren Chongmo agreed:
"Some people actually believed the nonsense that an antiquities dealer said on the Internet. He also said that the poor people were robbed one by one, and the rich people were all in... The rich people he knew were probably on the same level as him."
When this topic came up, Tian Qinglan also chimed in:
"Celebrities such as Lin Yutang and Liang Shiqiu used to eat slowly, but the down-and-out bannermen, because they couldn't eat meat for a long time, would eat it all at once, for fear that they would eat less... As far as delicious food is concerned,
Poor people like to chew peonies and gobble them up, but rich people pay more attention to taste and form."
Everyone was chatting and laughing, and the sheep tail oil in the pot was quickly cooked.
Pick it up with kuaizi and put it on a plate, top it with some sesame sauce for dipping, and eat it deliciously, it’s fragrant and satisfying.
Moreover, the umami flavor brought by the dried shrimps in the soup base gives the sheep tail oil a sweet aftertaste of seafood.
Before eating sheep tail oil, I always felt that it would be greasy, but only after eating it can I feel the satisfaction brought by this rich aroma, which is something you can't get from other mutton.
There is no need to drain the sheep tail oil too cleanly, so that the soup base in the pot will be more fragrant.
After finishing the mutton tail oil, everyone began to cook their favorite meat.
Dundun, on the other hand, was lying on a chair next to him, carefully eating the mutton tendons that Han Shuzhen had boiled for him. While the little guy was eating, he kept looking at the flying snowflakes outside.
"Oh, this mutton tastes really delicious."
"This is much better than stores like Donglaishun."
"The meat is all different. This is the mutton that Boss Huang delivers to high-end stores. We have cut it off. The quality in ordinary mutton-shabu restaurants is not as good as this."
"I can eat this kind of mutton-shabu for a whole year."
"I said I was eating mutton, but in fact, all I was eating was sesame sauce... But should I say it, it was really enjoyable!"
"..."
People at the two tables were eating and drinking, looking at the falling snow outside the window from time to time, and then staring at the sizzling mutton slices in the pot.
When the fat and thin mutton is flying up and down in the pot, the whole person's mood also jumps up. I pick up a piece and eat it warm with the dipping sauce. It is so satisfying.
After Shen Jiayue finished a big mouthful of meat, she pretended to touch Geng Lele with a glass of kvass, and then drank tons and tons of it. After drinking, they complimented each other on their good drinking capacity.
When she put down her wine glass, she looked at Lin Xu and asked:
"Xubao, it's rare for it to snow so heavily. Shall we find a place to play later?"
Lin Xu saw that Dundun had always been interested in snow, so he said:
"Okay, let's find a place to take Dundun to have a snowball fight. Let him have some fun. The little guy who has never seen snow, let him have a good time today."
"Okay, okay, I like snowball fights the most. Yan Bao, are you going?"
In front of her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Chen Yan has always maintained her image as a quiet lady. She originally thought that ladies should not have snowball fights, but thinking that she could take the opportunity to bully Dundun and retaliate against Yueyue, she agreed:
"I haven't played in many years, so let's go together!"
Hey, don’t cry then!
Hearing what she said, Zeng Xiaoqi and others also felt a burst of joy on their faces.
Okay, let’s interrogate this Yan Baobao who is good at acting later to see how she can act so well in front of her parents-in-law.
As good sisters, we have to share our experiences.
If you don't say... hum, then feel the joy of stuffing snow dumplings into your collar.
In this way, when Chen Yan planned to take revenge on Dundun and her cousin, the "oriole" also focused on her...
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I really want to eat shabu-shabu. There is a restaurant nearby that is said to be good, but I don’t have time to eat it... This chapter has 5450 words. Please vote for me, brothers!