Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 285 A Hearty Lunch
In the early morning of the next day, Chen Nian did not go to the restaurant, but came to the back door and opened it.

There is a back door in this yard. If the restaurant is closed, it is relatively more convenient to use the back door to get in and out of life.

And just after Chen Nian opened the door, there was a car parked here, and the person who came was the driver brother who came to pick up Mr. Qiao every time before.

"Brother Wang."

"Well, Ah Nian, I'll bring you some food today, including meat, vegetables, and a piece of fish. I'll go back and prepare to bring you tomorrow what you want."

Chen Nian was still a little embarrassed to ask the other party to deliver food to him, but obviously, Brother Wang saw Chen Nian's thoughts at a glance: "Don't be embarrassed, you are Master Qiao's apprentice, we are all My own, just tell me what you want to eat, and I don’t have to run by myself when I go back, just order.”

Only then did Chen Nian nod his head: "Then I will trouble Brother Wang tomorrow. If you have any, can you please bring some shrimp, duck feet, or shrimp?"

After hearing this, the other party didn't feel that they wanted too much old age, but agreed straight away: "Okay, I'll go back and ask you, I can't guarantee that there are all of them, but there should be one or two of them."

Chen Nian wants these mainly to practice those dishes, but after he finished speaking, he asked casually: "By the way, Brother Wang, are you free at noon or evening tomorrow? Or stay and we can eat together. Otherwise, I am afraid that one person may not be able to finish the ones I made.”

Brother Wang knew very well that Chen Nian's status in Qiao's family was not low now, so he agreed so happily. These ingredients were bought for not much money, and they were all reimbursed by Qiao's family.

But Chen Nian's respectful attitude has always been very useful to him. Hearing what Chen Nian said now, he thought about it, and he really didn't have much to do at noon tomorrow. Very free, the main task is to deliver some food to Chen Nian.

Therefore, he readily agreed: "Okay, then I'll come over for lunch tomorrow. It's a good time to taste your cooking skills, A Nian, and you can be accepted as an apprentice by shopkeeper Qiao. It must be delicious to cook."

"Where is there?" Chen Nian hurriedly waved his hands and said modestly, "Brother Wang has won the award, I am just an apprentice, and I will definitely not be able to compare with what Brother Wang usually eats, it can only be regarded as filling my stomach."

"Hahaha, be humble, let's see you tomorrow."

"Okay, bye, Brother Wang."

"The dog's white!"

Brother Wang also dragged a sentence in English and then drove away again.

And Chen Nian looked at the ingredients that Brother Wang sent today, and soon had an idea in his mind.

What arrived today was a very fresh looking chicken with some tofu and a packet of dried shiitake mushrooms.

It just happens to be used as a meat and a vegetarian.

Plus there's still some beef in the kitchen.

There are also peppers in the chili kitchen, but they are basically not used in Mr. Joe's taste, that is, they are only occasionally taken out for a little match.

Then aged and put all these ingredients on the table.

Therefore, Chen Nian is going to make a white-cut chicken and a mapo tofu. The white-cut chicken is because Mr. Qiao made it before the old age, and it is relatively simple to make, but the mapo tofu is really old-fashioned. Usually I don’t have the opportunity to eat these in restaurants, and in the past, there was either no beef, no tofu, or no chili, but this time I finally found the opportunity to have these ingredients.

But to make white-cut chicken, you need to wash the chicken well. After all, although the chicken sent by Brother Wang has been cleaned on the surface and the hairs have been pulled out, the inside is still there.

So Chen Nian first spent more than half an hour cleaning the chicken, which was mainly eaten by himself, so he washed it very carefully, and he had to pick it for a long time.

At this time, the chicken is naked, its skin color is frosty, and it feels a little cold to the touch, but it is very smooth and elastic.

However, from Chen Nian's point of view, the only shortcoming of this chicken is that the breasts are not full enough, not as plump as the goose he made before.

Of course, big ones have great magical effects, and small ones have small benefits, so I will not mention this matter.

Then put the internal organs of those chickens aside, these can be eaten as fried chicken offal, and fried chicken offal is also a very popular dish in Sichuan, add some capers and more peppers in it, don’t mention it after making it How much to eat.

But after cleaning, since it was still early, Chen Nian was not in a hurry to cook, but just soaked the ingredients in cold water.

Then I soaked the shiitake mushrooms in the water.

I went back to the backyard to bask in the sun.

Today's weather is not bad, and the gentle sun shines on the head warmly.

"Grow up and grow up, bask in the sun and grow up quickly."

While basking in the sun, Chen Nian was still muttering words.

Obviously, he wanted his hair to grow faster. Although he had to study biology, he knew that it might not be effective if exposed to the sun, but he had no other alternatives.

But it was obvious that after lying down like this until after 11 o'clock, the whole head had already started to feel hot. Chen Nian reached out and touched it, but he didn't feel much hair growing out.

"Forget it, it's better not to tan, if you get bald, it will be even worse."

Then I went outside and started to prepare the white-cut chicken. It is very simple to make the white-cut chicken. In the morning, the aging has cleaned the inside and outside of the chicken.

After the water was boiled, the whole chicken was put into it, but it was picked up again after 5 seconds. This was repeated three times, and the water came out three times in a row, which also made some crystal clear water drops on the white skin of the chicken.

And on the position near the chest, neck and the middle of the abdomen, there is even a layer of golden oily light attached to it.

This frequency was also seen by Mr. Qiao before Chen Nian, so he remembered it in his heart.

Then the pot of water was poured out, some water was taken to brush the pot, and then cold water was added again, and the pot was set on fire. During this time, Chen Nian took out the soaked shiitake mushrooms and changed the water to clean them.

Cleaning the shiitake mushrooms also needs to be done carefully, so after the shiitake mushrooms are also processed, the water in the pot is boiled again, this time directly put a whole chicken into it, and then add ginger slices, green onions, cooking wine and 20 Goji berry of about [-] grams.

It looks like a picture of a beauty taking a bath, and the surrounding colors seem to be decorated with flowers and green leaves. It is the deep winter in San Francisco at this time, but in this kitchen, spring is full of flowers and flowers are blooming.

At this time, the cauldron is like a concubine bathing place made of Lantian jade, and a spring scene is quietly blooming in front of Chen Nian.

The fragrance gradually evaporated, and Chen Nian keenly captured these. These are the fragrances emitted by this white jade-like chicken body after being heated.

Natural girly chicken body fragrance.

After the previous pot was boiled, the water stopped boiling when these ingredients were added, but when it boiled again, the freshness-enhancing main force, shiitake mushrooms, was added to it after aging.

Since the chicken is relatively tender, it can be said to be a young girl in terms of age, so it doesn't take too long, about 30 to 35 minutes.

It's just that the lid cannot be opened during this process, otherwise the temperature inside will be affected, and the fragrance will also run away.

Aging on the fire is quite a bit of experience. Boiled chicken does not need to be overcooked or thoroughly cooked. It only needs to be cooked until it reaches the standard of white-cut chicken.

During this process, Chen Nian went to wash the tofu again, cut the beef that will be used later into pieces and fry it in the pan. The fried oil will become crispy and ready to be taken out of the pan for later use.

After preparing these ingredients, we still need to put the mapo tofu process aside for a while. For mapo tofu, boiling is also one of the essence. If the mapo tofu is prepared first, then the white-cut chicken , When I finish the white-cut chicken, the mapo tofu will be cold, and I will lose my soul.

After about half an hour, Chen Nian lifted the lid of the pot, and a burst of steam rose up, but Chen Nian didn't put his face on it stupidly, the steam rising from the pot was very hot when it was just opened If you are not careful, you may get burned.

It would be a pity that such a handsome face would be ruined by then.

But even if it is not directly above, the rich taste of the chicken soup will last for a long time. After the layer of white steam dissipates, there are golden oil droplets floating on the slightly white chicken soup in the country. It is chicken fat boiled from chicken.

Moreover, the goji berries floating around have already absorbed the soup in the body, and the wrinkled and shriveled body has become bulging.

Although the shiitake mushrooms have been soaked in water before, they are still a little wrinkled when taken out, but after being boiled, the shiitake mushrooms have also become plump, with a smooth and shiny surface.

At this moment, every side dish in the pot, every drop of oil seems to have the word "Xiang" written on it.

Looking at these, for some reason Chen Nian suddenly felt that his tongue was full of saliva, and he couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

But now he can't eat it, because the white-cut chicken hasn't been finished yet.

Take out the cooked chicken and soak it in cold water. This step is to completely cool the muscles and skin of the chicken. In this way, the chicken skin will become more crispy and the meat will taste better. one floor.

But although the chicken can't be touched, the chicken soup can be drunk.

Chen Nian couldn't wait to serve himself a bowl of chicken soup, which contained goji berries, sliced ​​ginger, shiitake mushrooms, and jujubes.

After blowing for a while, although the oil droplets in the middle were blown out, the oil droplets born from the chicken body on both sides trotted along the edge and came to the front.

After thinking twice, Chen Nian pouted and put his mouth on the edge of the spoon, and began to suck it gently.

As the sound of "Luo Luo Luo" sounded from between Chen Nian's lips and the bowl, the chicken soup also entered his mouth with this sound.

For a moment, the mouth was full of pure and beautiful Xiangmei. The hot chicken soup did not bring discomfort to people, but it also stimulated the crazy secretion of dopamine mentally.

Aging at this moment is a pleasure.

After just taking a sip, Chen Nian let out a long breath, sweating faintly on his forehead and the tip of his nose.

There is not even salt in it, but the taste is not bad at all.

"These Cantonese people really know how to live." Chen Nian couldn't help sighing in his heart, and he calculated that if he ate like this every day, the cost of living would be no less than that of eating outside at work every day, and it might even be higher. many.

However, the spiritual satisfaction brought by such a rich material life is also very impressive.

The white-cut chicken is about to be ready, and Chen Nian went to make a bowl of sauce by the way, and I will use it to dip the white-cut chicken in a while, but the sauce is actually soy sauce with some minced garlic and a little crushed chili.

After it is done, it is aged before making mapo tofu.

Although it has been almost a year since I made Mapo Tofu, this dish will never be forgotten.

This dish is the one with the largest number of dishes that have been cooked over the years. Every step is like engraved in the DNA. You don’t even need to think about it. As long as you put the tofu there and lift the knife, it will be natural and skillful. cut down.

Cut the tofu into pieces, heat the oil in the pot, and put in the seasoning. Although there is no Pixian bean paste, the seasoning in the kitchen is quite rich, and you can make a similar taste by yourself after aging, although the taste may be worse when it comes out A little, but that's the only way to do it right now.

Immediately after that, add tofu to thicken the soup, add pepper noodles, wait until three times thicken, and finally sprinkle a handful of crushed peppercorns, and then turn off the heat and take out the pot.

Under the old-fashioned preparation, the color of the mapo tofu made in this way is not bad at all, and the fragrance is very close to the best mapo tofu that I can make.

But Chen Nian took a spoonful of tofu with a spoon and brought some chopped green onion and beef cubes. After putting it in his mouth, the taste made Chen Nian frown.

"This taste is at most 97%! No more!"

But now there is no other way, I can only see if I can make some bean paste by myself.

But even so, today's meal is very rich, and the chicken is almost soaked at this time, so I will take it out and wipe it clean.

Spread the sesame oil evenly on it, then cut into pieces, and put them neatly on the plate. So far, the lunch is ready, but at this time, Chen Nian seems to find that the lunch is a bit too much.

A whole chicken and a plate of mapo tofu, even if I have a big appetite, I can't finish it.

But who can I call to eat with me now?
In Yihong Courtyard, we can't just call Wang Chaoyun, if Wang Wangyun is called, A Cai must also be called, but Chen Nian doesn't want to say anything to this woman, A Cai.

Now he has a good relationship with the father and son in the pharmacy next door, but now there are only two dishes, and if you ask someone to come over, it means three people will eat, and these dishes will not seem enough.

Forget it, or eat it yourself.

But just as Chen Nian was about to enjoy the sumptuous lunch alone, he suddenly heard a knock on the back door.

(End of this chapter)