When the lid of the oven was opened, a wave of heat rushed into everyone's nostrils along with a slight smell of burning. The aroma of meat suddenly rose, making everyone swallow their saliva.
"Zhang Chi's barbecue skills are getting more and more impressive."
Li Qiao looked at the barbecue and praised it sincerely.
There were two large pieces of barbecue. Zhang Chi put on his gloves and took out the barbecue with his hands, placing it directly on the large iron tray.
The surface of the meat was slightly burnt, and some thin areas were a bit burnt. Zhang Chi first used a knife to cut off these burnt areas, and also trimmed some corners with a knife.
It’s not that Zhang Chi used too much fire, but that the American country barbecue here is inevitable. It’s inevitable that the meat will be a little burnt, because when such a large piece of meat is roasted in the oven, there will always be burnt. This is another problem.
Not an electric oven, but a wood-fired oven.
And being a little mushy is not a drawback. Not only is it not a drawback, it is also a worry. The burnt area has a bit of burnt smell, mixed with the smell of firewood, which will give the barbecue a unique flavor, similar to the flavor of bacon.
The meat knife is very long and sharp. It is similar to the long watermelon knife in China. It is about thirty or forty centimeters long and five or six centimeters wide. One side has an opening and the other side is the back of the knife.
Zhang Chi's carving knife is very sharp. Press the knife on the meat and pull it gently, and a strip of meat will be cut off.
"Who wants this piece of meat?"
Zhang Chi picked up the cut meat and gestured to everyone.
Li Qiao immediately stretched out his hand: "I'll do it, I like to eat something cooked."
This piece of meat is almost fully cooked, and there is no red color on the cut side. It looks like cooked beef, but it is still juicy.
Because when roasting, the first thing to do with a piece of meat is to seal the edges. The so-called edge sealing is Zhang Chi’s own translation. It means grilling the sides of the meat and waiting for the firewood in the oven to start.
When the flame is on, put a whole piece of meat on the flame and burn it. If the color of the meat is so burnt that no color can be seen, it means that all the water in the meat is sealed in the meat.
In this way, when grilling, the juice in the meat will not evaporate, but will stay in the meat, mixed with the original fat of the meat. When you wait to cut it, there will be a sluggish feeling like water when the meat juice flows out.
come out.
Hearing what Li Qiao said, Zhang Chi put the meat in his hand on the plate.
"Young man, how about this piece for you?"
Zhang Chi pressed the knife with his hand and said to the little baby.
The little guy looked at Zhang Chi and then at the meat in Uncle Zhang's hand. He was a little undecided because the meat looked a little scary to him.
Zhang Chi saw it, smiled, and cut a piece of the child directly with his knife.
Li Qin saw it and immediately said: "It's too much, it's too much, how can he eat so much?"
"Don't worry, he will definitely be able to eat it." Zhang Chi laughed and cut off a full seven or eight taels of beef slices, about two knuckles thick, onto a disposable plate and brought them to the little guy.
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The little guy blinked and reached out to take it: "Thank you, Uncle Zhang!"
"You're welcome, it would be nice to eat and drink at uncle's house," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
If you give the little guy such a big piece of beef, he will definitely not be able to eat it all. But don't forget, this little kid and Xiong Wazi have been playing for almost an afternoon. It would be weird if he didn't share the meat with Xiong Wazi.
Woolen cloth.
Everyone has been here since childhood. Zhang Chi had a dog at home when he was a child. Every time he ate something, whether it was delicious or not, Zhang Chi would give some to the dog.
The little baby took the meat.
Li Qin said: "You take your sister to eat."
The little kid nodded and was a little confused looking at such a big piece of meat on the plate. When he picked it up, he thought the meat was great and such a big piece. But when he actually got it in his hands, he was a little worried. What's wrong with such a big piece of meat?
Where to eat?
Holding and chewing?
This is a solution!
Thinking of this, the little guy reached out and grabbed the edge of the meat, brought the plate to his mouth and started to bite the meat.
Li Qin and Li Qiao saw it, and they didn't talk about their children. They have lived in the United States for a while, and they are not like domestic parents when it comes to raising children. Now, as long as the children eat food, as long as it is not wasted or stuck, it will be followed.
Children go.
Generally speaking, American parents give their children a chair to eat on, and let them grab it and eat. Most of the time, their children look blank after eating. American parents don't care, just wipe it and wash it, and then eat it next time.
Keep feeding like this.
If the little kid eats it this way, the corners of his mouth will soon become oily.
Seeing her brother eating like this, the younger sister got excited. One brother and the other sister grabbed one side of the plate and the other hand pulled the meat on the plate, each biting one side.
He was giggling while biting it.
It is normal for children to play while eating and eat while playing.
Relatively speaking, adults are a bit more elegant, but they are not very elegant.
Li Qin cut off a piece of meat that was as big as domestic braised pork and put it directly into his mouth, which immediately filled his mouth.
While chewing, he also said: "Merica, it's great to eat meat at your house!"
What Li Qin said is true. Although this is the West and there are more cattle than people, the average family does not have beef to eat every day. It is true that a well-off American family can afford to eat steak every day. But when the family has a large population, this
I can't stand even one steak meal.
In addition, the price of beef has increased slightly. The conditions of Li Qin's family may not be able to support eating beef every day, but if they really eat like this, the family will not be able to save any money in a year, and they will become a sunshine family like Americans.
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Melika said: "If you want to eat meat, you can come here often. We don't have much of anything here, how can we have less beef?"
Li Qin said: "I will definitely come here often when I have time."
Li Qin just said this, but it was impossible for them to come here often with their children. She had a job, and Li Qiao also had a job. How could he have time to come to Zhangchi Ranch every day to eat meat.
Besides, I'm embarrassed to say it. Zhang Chi would send meat over every once in a while, and then go to the pasture to eat it. Li Qin was also a man of honor.
Lao Xu said: "Today's meat is a bit special. It is juicy, but the fiber is tight, and the beef flavor is slightly bland."
Zhang Chi smiled and gave Lao Xu a thumbs up gesture.
"Your mouth is amazing! This is Amber Black Beef. Let me put it this way, you are not the first, but you are definitely the first batch to eat Amber Beef," Zhang Chi said cheerfully.
Nowadays, apart from the Zhang Chi family who slaughtered some of the Amber black cattle, other families who found the herd of cattle have designated them as not to be slaughtered. Eating this one cow is equivalent to eating three miscellaneous cattle. Who would be an ordinary rancher to commit such a crime?
Silly Jiner, that is, Zhang Chi is willing to give up.
Of course, Zhang Chi said he bought it, but in fact he slaughtered a cow in a gourd, and the good parts were eaten by others, while the bad parts were kept waiting by many mouths at home, so naturally there was no waste.
Zhang Youliang also took a few bites at this time. He took a small amount of each bite and slowly tasted the texture and quality of this new beef.
Soon Zhang Youliang said: "Xiao Chi, this beef shouldn't be grilled. You can try dry-cutting it. I think this beef is more suitable for dry-cutting."
"Yes, Uncle Zhang has spoken to my heart. I also think this beef is suitable for dry cutting, boiling it with salt, cutting it into thin slices, and then eating it with dipping sauce. It only requires a little soy sauce and a little red oil and sesame oil. It's absolutely
It’s more suitable than roasting.”
Lao Xu waited for Zhang Youliang to finish, then agreed and expressed his own opinion.
Zhang Chi didn't think so much. It was the first time for him to eat this beef, because the beef had been stored for a period of time to drain away the acidity. As he left it, Zhang Chi forgot about it. It happened that these people came over to warm his house today, so he might as well just eat it.
Carry it out.
"Lao Xu, is your mutton ready? I've been waiting for you for a long time," Li Qiao urged.
Li Qiao has eaten a piece of beef, and it feels almost ready. Of the two main dishes today, one of the beef has been eaten, and there is still a little bit left in the belly. Potatoes, broccoli, etc. are also on the table, but who is embarrassed at this time?
Eat this thing.
When doing this, use white water mutton to clear the gaps in your stomach.
Lao Xu raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Well, it's almost done!"
As he spoke, he put down the meat in his hands, picked up the wet towel next to him and wiped his hands, and also put his fingers into his mouth and took a few sips.
"Ouch, you're too dirty, wipe your hands again," Li Qiao teased Lao Xu.
After hearing this, Lao Xu pinched his fingers twice more, and then wiped his fingers with a disposable wipe.
While wiping, he also said to Li Qiao: "If my siblings and children weren't there, I would have put the finger I had incited into the pot and stirred it, just to see you being disgusted. I forgot that when we were eating before, I bit
You took a bite of the hot dog and stuffed it in two or three times?..."
Li Qiao cheerfully denied: "It's nonsense, it's nothing at all."
Lao Xu didn't argue with Li Qiao. He came to the pot and opened the lid. He pressed the meat above the water with his hand. He nodded and hooked up a piece of meat with an iron spatula and placed it on a rectangular stainless steel tray.
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I took out about a quarter of the meat and continued to simmer the rest in the pot. I looked down at the fire and found that the fire was almost gone, so I added another charcoal.
Carrying the tray to the table, Lao Xu picked up the meat cleaver, wiped the knife with a wet paper towel, and looked at it.
Zhang Chi said with a smile: "It's pretty clean. The wet wipes contain alcohol. The way you wipe them, let alone the meaty smell, will wipe away all the meaty smell."
Lao Xu said: "You have to wipe it clean. The white water mutton cannot be mixed with the odor, otherwise it will not be white water mutton."
Old Xu saw that the knife was really clean, and when he touched it with his hand, there was no greasy feeling, so he started to separate the meat with the knife.
Lao Xu didn't cut the meat like Zhang Chi did just now. It was a bit scary when he cut it with one knife, and he was like a piece of meat that would make a person full.
He divided the meat into strips, each strip was about the length of a palm and about the thickness of a finger.
Every four or five pieces were divided and placed in front of one person. The first ones to get the meat were Zhang Youliang and Gu Ying, because they were both elders.
White water mutton does not mean that you can just eat it for free. It would be weird if you could eat mutton like this all the time. Although it is boiled, it is meat. It would be weird if you don’t get tired of the taste after eating a few of them.
So when you eat this mutton, you must pair it with dipping sauce.
The dipping sauce is also prepared by Lao Xu, using leeks and some other ingredients. It is very simple, but very flavorful.
Zhang Chi got the meat, picked up one, and dipped half of the meat strip into the dipping bowl in front of him. After putting it in his mouth, he felt a strong smell of chives first, and then the aroma of meat. Two
Naturally mixed in the mouth, the lateral flavor of leeks collides with the unique taste of mutton, and a sense of satisfaction from eating meat immediately hits the head.