Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 394 I'm going to be a neighbor with my sister

The beef topping for small noodles is relatively simple. After preparing all the seasonings and ingredients in advance, Chen Nian first takes out a pound of thawed frozen beef and cuts it into pieces, then blanch it with onion and ginger cooking wine. The three Shui brothers cook together.

During the period, he skimmed off the off-white froth formed by the floating blood.

After the beef is blanched, take it out, simply rinse it with cold water and set it aside for later use

Then heat up the oil.

When the oil is still hot, add the sliced ​​green onion, sliced ​​ginger and garlic and stir-fry. Soon, bubbles of different sizes start to appear in the oil pan. At this time, the most commonly used Three-year-old Pixian Douban is dug out with a spoon and put into the pot.

Stir and stir-fry in the pot with a pot and spoon constantly. After the Pixian Douban is fried to produce red oil, a small amount of Chinese prickly ash and three or four dried chili segments that have been split from the middle to get the seeds are sprinkled into it.

When cooking, Chen Nian's favorite is to add green onion, ginger and garlic first, and then add Pixian Douban to stir-fry it into red oil. By this time, the color of the bottom of the pot is already very attractive, and there are constantly The aroma comes out, if you can throw some prickly ash and hot pepper in it, as soon as the small smell comes up, there will always be an urge to throw the slippers in to see if it can be fried.

Even the gods can't resist this kind of temptation.

But it is impossible to really throw the slippers in. Aging puts the beef that has been blanched and placed aside just now into it. After sufficient stirring, the color in the pot hangs evenly on the beef.

During the stir-fry, the aroma of meat, bean paste, chili, pepper, onion, ginger, and garlic all blend together at the same time.

Now there is no way to use other adjectives to describe old age, but if he had to describe it, it would be delicious.

While looking forward to it, Chen Nian let out a foreign fart.

But if it is used to make beef toppings, this is not enough. Add about [-] grams each of dark soy sauce and cooking wine to evenly color the inside of the pot, and stir fry for a few minutes until the color in the pot becomes more uniform and thick.

Pour the broth into it so that it just covers the beef in the pot.

The beef toppings made in the old age this time used about two catties, so now just looking at it with the naked eye, the pot of meat is already very satisfying.

But if you want to make the color brighter and the taste richer, you need to pour in the sugar color. The sugar color has been fried before, and you just need to add it at this moment.

In addition, it is necessary to put in a bag made of grass fruit, nutmeg, star anise and other seasonings that have been prepared by the old people.

Finally, add chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, and pepper.

Stir well again.

Close the lid and reduce the heat to low.

It will take about an hour and a half to wait...

This is the case with beef. It needs to be stewed slowly over low heat, which is different from eating beef hot pot. If this kind of beef is continuously boiled over high fire, it is easy to boil the beef more and more.

But if the cooking time is not enough, firstly, the taste will not get in, and secondly, the outside is tender but the inside is still raw. Only when the beef is thoroughly cooked can it have the best texture and taste.

When I used to eat it, Chen Nian didn’t think there was anything wrong with it, but now it’s his turn to cook it. Chen Nian realized that it’s not that there is too little meat in the noodle shop, but that the beef is really too expensive. It’s just such a pot. 100 yuan to go in.

Among them, in addition to the more than 40 yuan a catty of beef, the seasonings in the pot are also worth at least five yuan.

Finally, with the addition of miscellaneous and various costs, it is about 100 yuan.

Moreover, most of the stores are rented facades, and the rent must also be considered. Naturally, it is impossible to sell at the cost price, so a bowl of beef noodles with a little three or four pieces of meat can be sold for more than 20, [-] or even [-] yuan. It's all normal.

If the shop is relatively simple and the location is relatively remote, the price may drop a little bit, but it will definitely not drop too much, unless there is only a piece of meat in it, but that would be too ugly.

I cooked two catties of meat today, and Chen Nian didn't plan to finish it today, even if I called all the people in the group over, I couldn't finish eating so much meat.

After all, for beef noodles, beef should be put in an appropriate amount. If you put too much, you will get tired of eating beef alone.

As the saying goes, it is better to let go and eat than to give, and to give is not as good as to give a little, but to give a little is not as good as wanting to eat but not being able to eat.

Although this is a bit immoral, if Chen Nian really gives enough beef and then sells the beef noodles for 40 yuan, although there will definitely be people coming to eat them, the people who eat them will never be like normal beef noodles so many.

And for 40 yuan to eat a bowl of noodles, it is not beef noodles, but boiled beef noodles.

Buying and returning the pearl belongs to yes.

While Chen Nian was waiting for the beef to be stewed, he started kneading the noodles. The noodles in the afternoon had been used up, so now the noodles needed to be made fresh. Fortunately, it took a long time to make the beef toppings, so he had enough time to make them. Prepare noodles.

Chen Nian originally wanted to live alone, but just after adding noodles and water, the phone rang suddenly.

Chen Nian's heart skipped a beat and he hurried outside to check, only to find that the name displayed on the caller ID was Lu Xiao.

A trace of disappointment inevitably flashed in his heart, but Chen Nian still picked up the phone with his chin: "Hello, sister."

"Xiao Nian, I'm going back now. I called my aunt just now, and she said that you are still in the store. Is it convenient for me to go there now?" Lu Xiao said on the other end of the phone.

"Of course it's convenient, but sister, why did you come back so late?"

"Don't talk about it, originally I was looking at shops and inspecting the market outside, but it turned out that after six o'clock in the afternoon, an old classmate saw the circle of friends I posted and called me to ask if I was in Chengdu, and then insisted on calling me Let's go and sit together.

He is my college classmate. We are in the same major. We were in the dormitory next door at the beginning, but we got along very well. After graduation, we would occasionally contact each other. Didn’t we just go to his house to sit and chat, and we only came out now. "

"Okay, sister, come here, and call me after you get in the car, or it won't be very safe at night."

"Okay, then I'll take a taxi first and you wait a moment." Lu Xiao said over there.

After a while, Lu Xiao called Chen Nian again. At this time, Chen Nian had already taken the phone into the kitchen.

"Xiao Nian, what are you doing in the store now? I heard from my third aunt that you seem to stay in the store every night."

Chen Nian smiled: "I study new dishes here every night, sister, are you hungry now? Come here and eat something."

"You're really a little hungry when you say that. The food I ate at a friend's house just now was a bit vegetarian, and it was full of vegetable leaves. I didn't feel satisfied at all." Lu Xiao complained over there.

"Hahaha, that's just right. I'm making beef noodles here. I just come over later so I can eat more and lose weight? What's there to lose? Isn't it still the same meat?"

"That's right! I think so too, even if you really want to lose weight and exercise, why bother to abuse yourself in this way?" Lu Xiao is obviously very appreciative of this.

Chen Nian feels that their family's genes are very good, and in their generation, they are all very good-looking, and there are no brothers and sisters who are too fat or too thin.

Just when Chen Nian put the noodles and reconciled there awake, a taxi stopped at the door.

After Lu Xiao paid the money, he entered the shop.

"It smells so good, when will it be ready?" Lu Xiao is obviously not that kind of hypocritical person, she has been in Chengdu for two days.

Chen Nian's family was very hospitable, so she took this as her own home.

In addition, Chen Nian was his younger brother in the first place, they were of the same age, and they both ran shops, so there was no obstacle in communication.

"There is still about an hour. It is 10:30 now, and it will be ready by 11:30." Chen Nian looked at the watch on the wall and said
"How long is it?"

"Yes, beef is inherently tough. I just cooked it when I called just now. You can eat it in advance if you want to, but then the stewed beef won't be so bad." Chen Nian explained, "Sister, this is not I won't let you eat it."

"Then I'll wait." Lu Xiao sighed, found a chair and sat down.

And Chen Nian had nothing to do at this time, so he went outside to chat with his cousin.

"Sister, you opened a pastry shop in your hometown... a cake shop?" Chen Nian subconsciously wanted to talk about pastry shops, but when he thought about it, how could there be any pastry shops now?

Either it's a cake shop, or some fancy name.

"Yeah, I mainly buy some cakes and some Chinese dim sum. The business in our place is pretty good. Although there are many similar shops around, their taste is not as good as mine, that is, the price is slightly cheaper. But after eating it a few times, customers still have to come to me to buy it, after all, we use different ingredients and recipes, which are passed down from my father’s family.”

Chen Nian nodded, thinking that his cousin in the dream was also a handicraft handed down from his family: "Cousin, how have you been looking at these days? Is there any store you like?"

Hearing this, Lu Xiao couldn't help rubbing his forehead: "Yes, there are, but those are either too expensive and risky for me to rent, or the location is not very good. Although it is more lively, it is surrounded by shopping malls and office buildings. , Although there are many people in this kind of place, there will definitely not be many people who come to me to buy cakes.

If it's a cake that is more refined, it may be more suitable. After all, those white-collar workers and young people who go shopping occasionally drink afternoon tea or something, but this kind of cake is not suitable for me. "

Lu Xiao said with a sigh: "So now I still think the location next door to you is the best. Although there are many office buildings and schools around, they are mainly residential areas and rental houses with many families, which are more in line with my target group."

"Does my cousin want to book here?"

"It's settled." Lu Xiao nodded, "I've read about the same in the past few days. Although there may be new housing listings after a while, it doesn't make much sense. We can still have mutual relationship here. a care."

"Now that I've decided, then I should rent a house near here. After all, it's not good to live in your house all the time. It doesn't matter if you live for a while now, but it won't be suitable to live for a year or two in the future." Lu Xiao Said.

"It's okay, my mother would definitely like you to live at home."

"That's not too good. I also learned about houses when I was looking at shops these days. There are quite a lot of communities around here, and the rent is quite reasonable. I live alone with one bedroom and one living room, which is completely enough, and At that time, I can still eat with you every day."

"Hahaha, then eat with us, anyway, it's not bad for such a pair of chopsticks and a bowl, and there are so many people, it can be lively." Chen Nian smiled and agreed. Regarding the matter of his cousin going out to rent a house, Chen Nian And didn't say anything.

Living in someone else's house all the time may not be a problem for some people, after all, they are relatives, and everyone has such a good relationship, but some people still find it inconvenient.

Although it is a little troublesome to live alone, it is relatively more free.

Moreover, living nearby is not far from Chen Nian's house, so it will be convenient to come and go. Even if the parents find time to come over, they will have a place to live instead of two families squeezed together.

As for eating, it's okay for everyone to eat together.

"By the way, sister, I have an idea. Doesn't my store have sour plum soup now, but the store can't make too much every day, so I can only make two pots at noon and afternoon. I just want to see if I can make this Put it on your side to sell.

In this way, it can be sold from morning to night every day. If we open takeaway again, it is estimated that it can sell at least twice as much as in my current store.

And it can also avoid the problem of only selling cakes and snacks, and the sour plum soup does not take up space. "

After hearing what Chen Nian said, Lu Xiao thought about it quickly in his brain. It is true that many people who go to the cake shop will buy cakes, but it seems that it is okay if they sell another kind of sour plum soup, and the sour plum soup is prepared in advance , if a customer wants to buy it, just fill it again, and it doesn't take much time.

"This method is possible, but how do you want to cooperate with me?" The brothers still have to settle accounts clearly, and Lu Xiao doesn't want to cause the relationship between the two families to freeze because of this kind of thing.

So some things are better explained in advance.

"Cousin, let me express my opinion first. If you think it's inappropriate, we can discuss it again. Anyway, I'm just an idea now.

What I think is that I will invest in technology, then provide raw materials, and hand over this technology to you, and then the income will be split [-]-[-] apart from raw materials, water, electricity, and packaging costs. "

According to Lu Xiao, the meaning of the old age is that the raw materials will be sold at the old age, and how much sour plum soup will be sold at that time. The old age will first subtract the cost of the material itself, and then subtract the cost of packaging, water and electricity on his side. , the remaining money is 55 points for everyone.

In this way, what Chen Nian pays more is technology, and what Lu Xiao pays here is labor.

"Okay, then 55 points, but we can discuss this in detail at that time. After all, the cost of packaging can be quantified and clearly distinguished, but it is not easy to calculate carefully in terms of water and electricity. After all, I am not only To sell this, I need water and electricity to make cakes."

"No problem." Seeing that his cousin agreed so readily, Chen Nian also nodded. This kind of cooperation really needs to be discussed in detail at that time, and it is best to draw up another contract.

Although we are all relatives, there are still some things that should be had.

(End of this chapter)