There was still time in the afternoon, so Xiao Chen took Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan to see the waterfalls and plum blossoms again, and then went down to the river to catch fish. Xiao Chen planned to fry the fish tonight after frying the pork belly.
The fish here are much more delicious than those in big cities. They are completely raised by nature, unlike those fish that are raised with feed.
Xiao Chen went down to the river and caught more than a dozen fish, all of which were the size of a palm. The ones that were too big were difficult to fry, and the ones that were too small didn't have much meat. The size of the fish was just right.
Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan also went to the hot spring pool to boil eggs and brought some other potatoes they bought from the town.
Xiao Chen touched the fish, took it back first, disposed of the fish's internal organs, and then started pickling it.
The marinating time of this fish does not need to be too long.
After dinner, it was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and Xiao Chen started preparing fried pork belly.
Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan, who grew up in Binhai City, have eaten Cantonese-style braised pork, but they have never seen how to make it.
Now in the pot, the peanut oil inside was heated up first. Xiao Chen then put the marinated pork in piece by piece. After about seven or eight pieces, the oil would splash out. Xiao Chen brought it
Cover it, and then slowly burn the firewood by yourself, fearing that Mo Xiaowan will not understand and burn the pork belly.
"Xiao Chen, is this all right?"
"Take it easy."
Because the weather was too cold and there was nothing else to do now, while Mo Xiaowan was cooking fried pork with Xiao Chen, Tang Bing went over to chat with Xiao Chen's mistress.
Xiao Chen knew that his master and his wife most wanted his senior sister Xiao Shangshang to come back for the New Year. The problem was that senior sister Xiao Chen had to perform a mission and could not come back at all.
Under such circumstances, now that Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan are back to spend the New Year with them, Mrs. Xiao Chen's mood has improved a bit.
Now that the lid is covering the pot, there is a crackling sound in the pot. Naturally, the pork inside is starting to be fried. Occasionally, Xiao Chen wants to open it and take a look.
The lights in the kitchen are not very bright now. It is still burning pine oil and there is no electric lighting, so most people may not be able to see clearly.
However, Xiao Chen saw it clearly.
"Xiao Chen, how long will this explosion take?"
Mo Xiaowan asked.
She could already smell a scent.
The scent is indeed very different.
"It depends. By the time the pork skin is fried to golden brown, it should be almost done.
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This requires time and patience, don't rush it at all, otherwise, the braised pork won't be beautiful.
Xiao Chen was waiting there, occasionally opening the lid to see how the pork was being fried in the pot.
After almost ten minutes, Xiao Chen turned over the pork piece by piece. It could be seen that it was already fried to medium-dough, but it was still not good. The skin was not yellow enough.
Xiao Chen closed the lid and waited there again until the crackling sound inside gradually subsided. In fact, Xiao Chen knew that almost all the fat in a piece of pork was fried.
Now when I open the cover and take a look, it turns out to be a golden skin.
Xiao Chen brought something and fished out the pork belly piece by piece.
Then put it in the big bowl.
"Xiao Chen, is this just pork?"
"Haven't you eaten it before?"
“I’ve eaten it before, but I don’t know how to cook it.”
Looking at it now, I found that it is very beautiful, the golden skin looks very crispy, and it doesn't look as greasy as before.
Now this is the real fried pork belly.
In Xiaochen, he fried the second batch of pork.
Cover as you did with the first batch.
At this time, Tang Bing had come over and saw Xiao Chen's first batch of finished meat products, which looked very good.
"It looks good," said the master's wife.
"Master's wife, you are still a good teacher." Xiao Chen said flatteringly.
In fact, Mrs. Xiao Chen didn't teach him much at all. Xiao Chen was like a master of these things without a teacher.
Until twelve o'clock in the evening, Xiao Chen's master and wife had already gone to rest. Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan were here to accompany Xiao Chen. When Xiao Chen fried the last batch of pork belly, the remaining ones were fried.
River fish.
Compared with fried pork belly, fried river fish is easier.
"Xiao Chen, why do I feel that your master and wife are a bit strange?" Tang Bing said.
Not weird?
But Xiao Chen couldn't understand that the master and his wife could live a good life, but they chose to live in poverty. Therefore, Xiao Chen always felt that there was something wrong with it.
It’s just that Master and Mistress didn’t tell Xiao Chen.
Moreover, Xiao Chen knew that his master and his wife were more powerful than he imagined, but some masters and wives did not teach him.
However, Xiao Chen knew
, if the master and his wife are willing to tell him, they will tell him sooner or later.
"Sister Tang Bing, go and make some porridge. I'll make you some braised pork and fried fish for a supper later."
This braised pork looks really good?
As for this river fish, it has also been marinated for such a long time and has already acquired its flavor. Now just put it directly into the pot and fry it until golden brown.
Xiao Chen is going to coat part of this fried fish in flour, which will make it more fragrant.
After Xiao Chen fried all the fish and put them on the table, the weather was so cold and it would get cold soon.
And now it's not just how Xiao Chen does it. For example, after the village chief learned how to make braised pork from Xiao Chen, he also learned how to make barbecue. Therefore, every household now uses some pork to make it.
In other words, Widow Wang's few kilograms of pork were smoked and dried to make bacon. She didn't even know what fried pork was.
But she heard that Xiao Chen did it first.
Moreover, I heard that many villagers also followed Xiao Chen's example and went to the river to catch fish and fry them.
There are fish in the river, but the weather is too cold and most people really don't dare to go fishing.
At this time, Tang Bing had already cooked the porridge.
Xiao Chen took a piece of pork and cut it into very thin slices, boiled it in water, and then served it. As for the fried fish, there was no need to prepare it at all.
"Would you like to wake up your master and wife to eat?" Tang Bing asked.
"I'm afraid Master and Mistress don't want to eat it."
Tang Bing still went to the door of Xiao Chen's master and his wife's room and knocked on the door and said: "Master and master, Xiao Chen has prepared the supper, do you want to get up and eat?"
"You guys can eat, we won't." The voice of Mrs. Xiao Chen came from inside.
Tang Bing could only come down from upstairs.
The three girls sat next to the fire and ate supper. Because they cooked it by themselves, it felt very different. Tang Bing and Mo Xiaowan felt that Xiao Chen's cooking skills were really comparable to those of big hotel chefs.
, not only does it look good, it’s also very good.
"When you return to Binhai City, you each take two yuan back to give to your family to try. I will take two yuan to Sister Wang tomorrow to celebrate the New Year."
Sister Wang?
Is that Widow Wang?
Tang Bing and the two girls did not expect that Xiao Chen cared so much about the Widow Wang.
However, given Xiao Chen's character, the two women also knew that Xiao Chen was really like that.