Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 276
Green vegetables are actually not difficult to make. Anyone, as long as he is not stupid and can listen to what others say, can do it after a few tries.

So old man Qiao thought about it, since Tian Hua said so, let Chen Nian try it!

Although it is not difficult to make green vegetables, if you don't know a few key points or don't master them well, the dishes you make should be slightly discounted.

As for why it is a little bit, because this kind of dish is really not very fault-tolerant, but if you know how to cook a little bit, you will not overturn this dish.

"Okay, you washed the cabbage heart just now, and make a boiled cabbage heart."

"Okay, shopkeeper Joe, just wait a moment."

Chen Nian returned to the kitchen full of confidence and looked at the choy sum that he had just washed. The scientific name of choy sum is actually called choy moss. It is one of the unique vegetables in the south, and it can be grown all year round, so many restaurants basically This dish will be available all year round, and the price of this dish in the south is not expensive.

But that was only in the past. Now this dish can be bought in many local vegetable markets in the north, but the price is slightly more expensive than that in the south.

For Cantonese, stir-fried vegetables are actually fresh and tender. The requirement is that the cooked vegetables are still green and shiny. Although they are cooked inside, they can still feel their own crispness when biting.

And if you want to keep the vegetable crispy even after it is fried, the main step is to blanch it in water.

First of all, cut off the back of the cabbage by about three or four centimeters. Those are rhizomes, which taste a little older, so they are removed directly.

Then, before blanching, put oil and salt into the water in the pot, and then add the cabbage to blanch. The time is controlled at about 2 minutes.

After 2 minutes, use a strainer to remove the cabbage and put it on a plate aside.

In this way, the surface of the blanched cabbage is shiny, and the color is more emerald green and brighter than at the beginning.

Afterwards, Aging began to prepare the sauce again, adding an appropriate amount of soy sauce, a small amount of light soy sauce, a little salt and a small amount of sugar, followed by a few drops of sesame oil, and finally scooped out a small spoonful of the water that had just blanched the cabbage, and then Stir them evenly, so far the sauce is [-]% done.

This dish is really simple, and you can use it by analogy when making it. I haven’t cooked boiled cabbage heart before, but this time it doesn’t hinder his steps and authentic steps. Basically, there is no What a difference.

Finally, pour a little edible oil into the pot for aging, and pour the chopped garlic into it after it is slightly heated. After frying the fragrance, the minced garlic itself starts to turn a little brown. Pour the prepared sauce into it, and then turn off the heat until the sauce is boiled, start the pot and pour the sauce evenly on the cabbage heart, the whole process takes five to six minutes, and the dish is ready .

The green cabbage heart is dotted with a few grains of light golden minced garlic, and the aroma of garlic after sautéing is faintly emanating from it, and the aroma of various seasonings is also mixed together during the period.

It seems like there is nothing, if it is hidden.

"So fast?" Qiao Tianhua felt nothing. After all, he had always been used to eating out, and he didn't come here often. Naturally, he didn't know how old Chen Nian was.

But Qiao Heyong knew Chen Nian very well. Although he said that he would leave some ingredients in the kitchen every night for the past few months, he had never left the vegetable heart before. After all, these vegetables must be eaten fresh.

Seeing that he couldn't pick out any faults in the boiled cabbage heart made this time, he also felt a little puzzled.

And let Chen Nian choose this dish by himself, and he couldn't find any problems, because Chen Nian took a look at it after finishing it, and found that this dish had already appeared on the list of recipes, and it was the first time it appeared. Reached 100%.

As for the temperature of the water that needs to be paid attention to when frying the choy sum and the temperature of the oil and garlic that need to be controlled when cooking later, aging can only say three words for these steps.

"Sprinkle water~"

After finishing, Chen Nian can be regarded as showing his hand in front of Master Qiao.

So facing Mr. Qiao's question, Chen Nian just said: "Shopkeeper Qiao, you have made these dishes before, and you have almost remembered them after watching them many times."

In fact, Chen Nian was still a little apprehensive when he said it, after all, he didn't know if Mr. Qiao would be angry because of this, but Chen Nian still remembers those few words a month ago clearly.

However, the few slices of roast meat I just cut have obviously caught Mr. Qiao's eyes, and when Mr. Qiao wanted to make this vegetable, Mr. Qiao didn't stop him, but nodded his head at the end, but sometimes people Who can tell what's on his mind.

But fortunately, Mr. Qiao is not an unreasonable person. The reason why he was unwilling to teach Chen Nian before was indeed his own selfishness.

One is that he really doesn't want to watch Chen Nian learn his craft and leave here to start a new business, even if the business may not affect him at that time, and he can use various methods to make Chen Nian pay for it, but that kind of The feeling will be very uncomfortable after all.

The second is because he always thinks that if Chen Nian learns it, he may not need to do anything in the restaurant in the future. At that time, it will be all done by Chen Nian, and he can only watch from the sidelines. Gui's son, but he himself is not the kind of little old man who is willing to let himself be idle.

But now that Chen Nian has finished this dish, and thinking about the pieces of meat that Chen Nian had cut earlier, Mr. Qiao finally realized that Chen Nian may be a cook who is rewarded by God.

The reason why I didn't find out before is because I always felt that Chen Nian was too young. If you want to learn something real in this era, why don't you have to be a buddy for a few years?

And he himself started to learn cooking seriously after working as a clerk for more than ten years, not to mention there are worse people besides him. Some people can only chop vegetables after 30 or [-] years. Of course, this is also related to the individual. .

"Not bad." Thinking of this, Mr. Qiao couldn't help admiring from the bottom of his heart. Although he still had some conflicts in his heart at the moment, this did not prevent him from expressing his approval of Chen Nian.

And Qiao Tianhua, who was sitting across from Mr. Qiao, picked up a chopstick and wanted to taste it.

"Then shopkeeper Qiao and Mr. Qiao, you can eat first. I'll go to the back. Call me if you have anything to do." Chen Nian said and prepared to go back to the kitchen to eat. According to the usual practice, all the dishes made on the table are there There is a small portion left in the kitchen, and the addition of several dishes is enough to eat for years.

But at this moment, Qiao Tianhua suddenly said, "Ah Nian, why don't you sit down and eat together?"

As soon as Qiao Tianhua said this, Chen Nian couldn't help standing still, turned his head and said with some trepidation: "Mr. Qiao is fine, I can eat at the back, I left some when I made it before, and now I have some on the table There are also."

The reason why Qiao Tianhua said this was actually because he saw Chen Nian's act of helping Mr. Qiao cut the meat just now, and Qiao Tianhua actually listened to what they said just now.

Sometimes people tend to deliberately lower their voices when they say things that they don't want others to know, but sometimes people's hearing becomes particularly good when they inadvertently listen to other people's whispers.

fantastic.

So even though they were in the kitchen and didn't intend to let Qiao Tianhua know, he still found out in the end.

This made him suddenly feel that Chen Nian seemed to be a pretty good person.

You must know that the first time he met Chen Nian was the year when Chen Nian first came to Guangrong Hotel.

At that time, Mr. Qiao's body had actually begun to show some signs of aging. He wanted Mr. Qiao to go home and rest at ease, and go downstairs to play mahjong, play chess, and go shopping like ordinary old men and women every day. park or something.

But Mr. Qiao didn't want to live like this. He felt that he could still move and had been busy all his life. Although his son was promising now, he was still a little unwilling to let him enter retirement life like this.

After several times of persuasion to no avail, Qiao Tianhua didn't have a particularly good solution, but Mr. Qiao could only rest at home for a few days.

On a certain day, Mr. Qiao really couldn't stay at home anymore.

Too boring.

Qiao Tianhua asked the driver to rest, and then drove the car with his father out to relax.

In this way, he drove all the way to the pier. Mr. Qiao suddenly said that he wanted to go to the pier to see the busy people and the sea.

And it doesn't matter if you look at it, I just saw that Chen Nian, who had just arrived in the United States at that time, was being pushed onto a wooden board by the boat. It is the "cargo" that was pulled together by this ship.

As for the audience, there are people waiting to buy these "goods".

Mr. Qiao stood here out of curiosity, watching with interest.

Soon the "goods" on the stage were bought one after another, but the first to be bought were basically strong men and women.

In the end there were only old men and children left.

Aging is in it.

At this moment, old man Qiao suddenly turned his head to Qiao Tianhua and said, "I want to buy that kid. He looks young, but he's quite clever, and he doesn't seem like the kind of kid who has a lot of thoughts. It just so happens that the guy from before became a kid." Liaoqin followed his wife to Chinatown in New York to do business, and let this kid come to my store to do some work, so I won't be too tired, and you can rest assured."

Mr. Joe said.

"Dad, stop thinking about these things. Isn't it good to take care of yourself? It's not like I can't afford you." Qiao Tianhua wanted to persuade, but Qiao Heyong shook his head: "You think it's rest, but Living at home every day feels like I’m in prison. In the past, if you want to study, I will pay for your education. If you want to do business, I will give you money to let you do business yourself. Now that I am old, you want to lock me up again. , isn't that a little ungrateful?"

Qiao Tianhua choked, but he couldn't say anything more, after all, his father had already said so, wouldn't it be really ungrateful if he said it again?
"Hey, I'll help you buy this child, but if you feel unwell, you must tell me in time."

So Qiao Tianhua directly bid to buy Chen Nian.

Since then, Chen Nian has stayed in Guangrong Hotel as a clerk.

……

Of course, Chen Nian didn't know this, and he didn't know that the last guy who did odd jobs here was not sent to the mine to dig with those niggers because his hands and feet were not clean, but It was because he and his wife went to New York's Chinatown to do business together, and Mr. Qiao gave the other party a sum of money when they left.

Even the other party's wife was set up with the help of Mr. Qiao.

But when Chen Nian heard that Qiao Tianhua wanted to stay at the table to eat together, he still politely refused. After all, he is a family, so what's the matter if he sits and eats with an outsider?

But at this moment, Mr. Qiao also suddenly said: "Ah Nian, sit down and eat together. You have been in the store for so many years, and you are considered one of your own. There are more people and it can be more lively."

"That's right, your shopkeepers have already spoken, so why don't you even want to hear that?" Qiao Tianhua said.

Although the words were threatening, there was no threat in his tone, more like a joke.

Chen Nian could only nod his head when he heard the words, and he couldn't refuse anymore.

But at this time, Mr. Qiao and Qiao Tianhua were sitting opposite each other, and now Chen Nian was a little embarrassed about where to sit.

Let's sit next to Qiao Tianhua, we don't know Qiao Tianhua very well, and Qiao Tianhua is left-handed, so we will definitely have to fight when eating.

But if you sit next to Mr. Qiao, his son is still sitting opposite, and it's a bit inappropriate to sit directly next to him.

But if he was sitting on the shorter side of the rectangular table, Qiao Tianhua and Mr. Qiao were on his left and right, making it look like he was sitting on the main seat, which was even more inappropriate.

Apparently, Mr. Qiao saw that Chen Nian was worried about the problem, so he beckoned and asked Chen Nian to sit beside him. He turned around and looked at Qiao Tianhua, but he didn't have any objections, so Chen Nian sat next to Mr. Qiao.

Every time the Qiao family and father sat down to eat, they would drink some wine, and this time was no exception, but in the past, it was Qiao Tianhua who poured the wine, so this time it naturally became the old wine.

Of course, after pouring the wine, Qiao Tianhua took the initiative to raise his glass and said that he would like to offer a toast to the old man, thanking him for taking care of the old man in the past few years.

Of course, when Chen Nian heard his words, he was still a little apprehensive, he quickly raised his wine glass and said no, he lowered his own wine glass and clinked with the other party.

After drinking, Qiao Tianhua put down his glass and said, "Dad, I think you should also try the dishes made by Ah Nian. I just ate a cabbage heart and it was very delicious."

Afterwards, Mr. Qiao picked up a piece under everyone's eyes and prepared to taste it.

The color and fragrance are complete, and now the color and fragrance are all there, but the taste is missing.

Qiao Heyong felt that since his son said so, at least it meant that Chen Nian's dish of boiled cabbage was fine, and they probably noticed those points when they were blanching.

Looking at the plate, it turns out that the old man cut the cabbage heart into almost the same length, and also made the plate neat and beautiful.

Then he put the cabbage on the chopsticks into his mouth first, and took a light bite.

With a crisp sound, the cabbage heart broke.

After the entrance, there is no feeling of thick oily red sauce, but a faint taste of soy sauce fills the tip of the tongue, constantly flicking and teasing.

This is a light vegetable dish.

There is also a faint fragrance of garlic in it, which turns the tasteless green vegetables into a very tasty and delicious vegetarian dish.

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