Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 784 Sharp Noodles (seeking a monthly ticket)

Anyway, the Liu family might not necessarily talk about this kind of thing.

In this way, there is no need to say anything.

Thinking of this, Chen Nian couldn't help but start to reflect on why he was so good that even nobles like Mr. Liu's family were willing to win him over.

But after much deliberation and aging, I still haven't figured it out.

Gao Genzhu's current workload is basically saturated, and the sliced ​​noodles have just been brought out, so it's not suitable for making new things now, but even so, Chen Nian can still teach.

"Chen Nian, I'll teach you something later at noon. There are many types of noodles here. Although most of them need to be kneaded, there is another kind that doesn't need to be kneaded."

"There are still noodles that don't need to be kneaded?" Chen Nian was a little confused, what should he do.

In his impression, it is necessary to live well first, and then use various methods to make it, but some are dead noodles, some are hot noodles, some are leavened noodles, and some noodles need to be hardened. Some noodles need to be softer.

He had seen the sliced ​​noodles here before, and he had also seen the special utensils for making sliced ​​noodles here, but this was the first time he had heard of this kind of noodles that did not need to be kneaded.

"Well, yes, what I'm teaching you today is just one of them." Gao Genzhu said.

Chen Nian's learning speed is very fast, basically he can learn from Chen Nian once he speaks and demonstrates.

This is completely different from when he first learned the craft, so occasionally he would feel a little discouraged, but with his wife's persuasion, he soon relaxed again.

If you really want to talk about Shanxi's pasta, there must be hundreds of kinds. Even if you learn one kind every ten days, you have to learn it for several years.

So now every time he looks forward to seeing Chen Nian's appearance that he has never seen the world.

Just like now.

Chen Nian couldn't help becoming interested when he heard Gao Genzhu's words.

In this way, at noon, after the noodles and vegetables were sold out, they also began to prepare for lunch.

"Father, I'm so hungry, when can we eat?" Xiao Fugui was lying on the table beside him, so hungry that he could hardly stand upright.

"I'll do it right away, just wait a little longer." After Gao Genzhu perfunctory his son, he turned to look at Chen Nian.

"The kind of noodles I'm going to teach you at noon today are called tipi, and they taste much more chewy than ordinary noodles."

While talking, he went back to the south room and took out a special utensil for sharpening. From the old age, it was a wooden disc with a handle, and a stick with a chopstick-like rear end but a triangular-shaped front. .

"Do you want to use this for Tijian?"

"Well, it's best to use this. If you don't have something special, you can also use chopsticks and plates, but we have this thing at home."

Looking at these few sentences, Chen Nian still couldn't figure out what to do with Gao Genzhu's point-picking.

If you don't see how it is done with your own eyes, no matter how you look at it, these two things will feel abstract.

"Chen Nian, go and get the noodles."

Chen Nian nodded, and brought the bucket of noodles over.

There is a bowl in the noodle bucket, and they usually use this bowl to dig noodles in the bucket.

"The main thing to make sharp noodles is to control the amount of noodles and water. Generally speaking, nine liang of water is about the same for a catty of noodles."

"So many?" Chen Nian was startled.

No wonder Gao Genzhu said that this flour does not need to be worked, and according to the ratio of flour to water, even if his arm is broken, it will not be able to form.

No matter how you live, this side must be soft.

After Gao Genzhu put the noodles and water in, he began to stir them with chopsticks.

Stirring, the noodles and water inside are fully blended together.

"It's best to come in one direction. Don't look at the thin surface, but the inside can also be strong. You have to stir it until the surface is smooth. After there is no surface on the side of the bowl, you can wash it. .”

Chen Nian nodded, and secretly wrote down this method.

"Cover the lid and let it sit for about a quarter of an hour, not too long."

Chen Nian is thinking in his heart, the dough is already soft now, although it has been stirred, but after the dough is left to ferment for a while, the molecules and molecules will have gaps, it is estimated that it will only become softer.

It's just that Gao Genzhu said so, naturally he has his reasons.

It is useless to say whether it is successful or not.

After waiting like this for 15 minutes, Gao Genzhu opened the lid and saw that the dough inside was almost fermented, so he asked Chen Nian to touch it with his hands: "In short, just let the dough rise to this level."

Chen Nian stretched out his finger to poke it, but as soon as he put it on, he felt his finger sinking into it.

"It's really soft, so what are we going to do next, we can't put it on the chopping board to cut it so far away."

Gao Genzhu smiled: "In this way, the two things we brought before will be used."

I saw Gao Genzhu gently took the noodles out of the basin, and then gently placed them on the wooden board.

At this time, the water in the pot also boiled.

Gao Genzhu came to the pot, holding a flat plate with a handle for noodles in one hand, and triangular chopsticks in the other.

Then use the chopsticks to cut directly on the top of the noodles, pull out a strand, and then flick the wrist forward slightly, and the pulled noodles fall into the pot.

Afterwards, Gao Genzhu continued to pour noodles into the pot in the same way.

After pulling out two small bowls, he stopped.

After cooking the noodles, take them out, and put some leftover vegetables from today's sale into a bowl.

One bowl is for Chen Nian, and the other bowl is for Xiao Fugui.

Chen Nian looked at the bowl of sharp noodles in front of him, it looked crystal clear, quite different from the noodles he had seen before.

"Taste it and see how it goes." Gao Genzhu raised his chin and said.

After Chen Nian stirred the noodles and vegetables in the bowl evenly, he picked one up and put it in his mouth to taste it.

It is a little soft after the entrance, but after chewing, it is found that this noodle is not as it was when I first tasted it, and it is also different from what I imagined.

Because when you really start chewing, you can find that this noodle is not soft at all, but very strong.

"It's delicious!" Chen Nian couldn't help being a little surprised.

The taste of this noodle was far beyond his expectation.

At first, when Chen Nian saw the shape of the noodles, he thought he had heard it wrong, because Gao Genzhu was talking about tendon noodles.

Because every face here really looks like a tendon, plus its state.

But after Chen Nian ate it, he asked again, only to find out that Gao Genzhu spoke with some accent, that's why he heard it wrong. This noodle is actually called Chijian Noodles.

Since Chen Nian uses a small bowl, and the noodles themselves are relatively thick and difficult to finish, there is not much in one bowl, and Chen Nian finished eating after a few bites.

The mouth was full, and after finally swallowing, a sense of loss suddenly hit.

"Not enough, not satisfied."

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing.

As for Gao Genzhu, seeing Chen Nian's appearance, he knew that Chen Nian liked to eat: "Why don't you try it?"

"Okay."

Chen Nian's eyes lit up.

Every time you learn a new noodle, it is like learning a new dish, which will always bring you a sense of freshness, and it is also a different way.

Chen Nian took the tray and picked up the chopsticks, imitating Gao Genzhu just now, and began to stir the noodles into the pot bit by bit.

But this thing looks simple, and it is a little difficult to find out after actually getting started.

Obviously, Gao Genzhu's dialing is good, and he can pull out a long strip every time, but when it comes to Chennian, it is either too short, or the movement is too slow, so that the noodles stick to the chopsticks and cannot fall off.

After finally falling down, the two ends of the noodles have already been stretched out of shape.

"This also needs to be clever, and it can't be done too slowly."

Chen Nian nodded, and then speeded up.

But at this time, he discovered a new problem, that is, even if he speeded up, the noodles would still stick to the chopsticks, and besides this, his movements seemed a little too fast, causing the noodles to fall into the pot There will always be some splashes in the end.

Afterwards, Chen Nian could only constantly adjust his own strength, the direction of chopsticks and the angle at which the noodles were pulled off the dough.

Gradually, he became proficient with the aging, and he found that if the chopsticks were very sticky, just put them in the pot and dip them in some water.

If the noodles stick to the chopsticks, there is no need to shake them hard, or wait for it to fall, just put the chopsticks into the pot and stir gently, and the noodles will separate from the chopsticks.

In this way, aging is like learning to slice noodles a few days ago, and it is a joy to pick one after another.

And this time Gao Genzhu didn't stop him, because the sharpened noodles are not like ordinary kneading noodles, and they can be used if they can't finish.

The tipping noodles have a lot of water, and the longer they are left, the thinner the noodles will become. Instead of putting them together for the next meal, it is better to cook them all at once.

In this way, all the noodles are picked out by aging.

In the end, five large bowls were cooked.

"It seems that there are too many Genzhu brothers."

But Gao Genzhu didn't take it seriously: "It's okay, we'll eat it at night after it's too much, when the time comes, we can just order some eggs, add some meat, and it will be very fragrant after frying.

Or get some tahini, vinegar and cucumber, and mix it with some minced garlic. It's also delicious. "

These two ways of eating are more familiar after aging. Isn’t it just fried noodles and cold noodles?
After hearing Gao Genzhu say that it doesn't matter if this side is left, Chen Nian was relieved.

After picking out a similar bowl, Chen Nian began to pour fried sauce on it, and after mixing it well, Chen Nian started to eat it.

The thick, pointed noodles are quite elastic after eating, and the more you eat them, the more they feel that the noodles are not so soft. The reason why I feel soft and sticky at first is probably due to psychological effects.

Because this noodle is very thin when it is made, it will feel soft subconsciously, but as the noodle in the bowl decreases and ages, it feels that this sharp noodle is actually very hard.

The surface of the pointed noodles is slightly uneven, but this can better hold the soup and make the noodles more flavorful.

The strong aroma of the toppings is matched with the wheat aroma of the noodles itself, and it seems that there is a kind of magic that constantly urges people to keep eating.

After eating a few mouthfuls, Chen Nian couldn't help wanting a garlic clove again. It happened that Zhang Chuanfang had peeled a handful of garlic at this time and put it directly on the table: "Anyone who wants to eat it can take it. If there is not enough, I will peel it again."

"Thank you sister-in-law, I still think it tastes better when I eat noodles with garlic."

"By the way, do you want to eat green onions or not? I remember there were a few scallions in the kitchen. They were all grown in our yard. Don't look at the dirt on the outside, but after peeling off the outer skin, the inside of the You don’t need to wash it, you can eat it directly.”

"Why don't you... have one?"

"Then you wait, I'll get it."

Finally, Zhang Chuanfang got up and went to the kitchen to bring three scallions.

"Sister-in-law, why is this called a scallion?"

"Don't you think this onion looks like a horn? Generally, this kind of onion doesn't grow very tall. If it grows to this extent and then grows up, it will grow old."

Chen Nian looked at it, and it really looked like a ram's horn.

And the outside is indeed full of dirt as Zhang Chuanfang said just now.

However, when the outside of the onion was peeled off in old age, the core of the onion inside was still watery, and it was even a little moist to the touch.

He took a bite of the green onions first, then put the bitten green onions in his mouth without chewing, and then picked up a chopstick of noodles and put them into his mouth.

The noodles neutralize the pungentness of the scallions very well, and the unique fragrance of raw scallions also constantly adjusts the taste of the noodles.

"Brother Genzhu, I found out that it doesn't matter whether it's garlic or green onion, if you eat it with noodles, you can't say how delicious it is, but this is like an addiction. After getting used to it, it doesn’t feel right to eat noodles that don’t match.”

"That's the reason. This thing is actually like pickles. If you want to eat pickles alone, you won't feel how delicious they are. They are very salty, but if you eat them with porridge and steamed buns , there will be a taste."

Unknowingly, Chen Nian seems to have discovered some new cooking skills.

For a while, he thought of roast duck again, and it seemed to be the same. If he simply ate roast duck, he might get tired of eating a few pieces.

If you put a piece of duck meat in the sauce and put it directly in your mouth, although it tastes better, the duck meat itself has no salty taste and the noodle sauce is a bit too salty. It's okay, but the more you eat, the more you will feel that the duck meat is bland and the sauce is salty.

But if you put them in the pancake, put some side dishes like shredded green onion, shredded cucumber, etc., and wrap them in your mouth with your hands, the taste will be quite delicious.

Sure enough, noodles are a good thing.

Chen Nian couldn't help sighing in his heart.

It is said that after I came here, I basically ate noodles all day long, but after eating for such a long time, Chen Nian did not feel tired.

"It's decided, after I return from the dream space this time, I will also give them the face I have learned, so that they can open their eyes properly.

But this time I came here mainly to learn pasta, and I think that kid He Hai will be happy after returning.

Usually he always said that he didn't learn as much as other people, but now it's enough for him to learn for a while. "

(End of this chapter)