Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 804

But for now, Chen Nian still has to cook the sliced ​​noodles himself. After all, this staple food has just been introduced today, and He Hai hasn't learned it yet, so he can't be forced to do it.

The dough was ready beforehand. After Yan Lili ordered the dishes, Chen Nian took the noodle knife and began to slice the noodles in the pot. Now the noodle knife in the store was bought in the nearby supermarket when Chen Nian went out in the morning.

Although it is good to use, but Chen Nian is used to the traditional kind of noodle slicer, so I always feel that it is not very smooth.

So he decided to go back online and buy one.

After cutting and cooking, the aged put the sliced ​​noodles into the bowl, and finally poured fried sauce into it. The fried sauce used in the aged was not the combination of vegetables and meat used in the copy, but the Pure diced pork, but put an extra cabbage heart in the bowl.

The soup was also carefully prepared by Chen Nian when he was in the dream space, but at that time everything was based on the root noodle restaurant, so Chen Nian did not take out the fried sauce.

But in addition to this, Chen Nian also prepared a vegetable fried sauce with tomato, egg and fungus.

Thirteen for meat, eleven for vegetarians.

But Yan Lili chose pure meat.

After it was done, Chen Nian brought the bowl to the dining outlet. Feng Honghong came here and looked at the list. After seeing that it was indeed Yan Lili's, she turned around and asked, "Do you want chopped green onion or coriander?"

"Both, you can put more coriander." Yan Lili said.

"it is good."

After putting the green onion and coriander, Feng Honghong brought the bowl of noodles to Yan Lili's table.

And Yan Lili looked at this bowl of sliced ​​noodles. The soup was rich but clear, and the large pieces of diced meat piled on top looked very appetizing.

But before she started to move her chopsticks, Feng Honghong took another small plate and put it on the table, which contained a few pieces of peeled garlic.

"Thank you, Auntie." Yan Lili raised her head and said, since she broke up with that scumbag, she feels that her life has become much brighter and she has become more free.

At least you can eat whatever you want when you come out, and you don’t have to take care of each other every time and order what they like to eat.

Just like eating this bowl of noodles by myself now, I can eat as many cloves of garlic as I want, and I can put as much vinegar in the noodles as I want.

After thanking Feng Honghong, Yan Lili picked up the vinegar pot on the side and poured a lot of vinegar into the bowl, and immediately the smell of noodles, meat and vinegar came over her face.

Maybe another person might not be used to such a strong smell of vinegar, but in Yan Lili's opinion, she even felt that the vinegar was not sour enough.

After all, when Chen Nian opens a restaurant in Chengdu, he still has to cater to the tastes of most locals, so he also uses the original Sichuan Baoning vinegar.

But to be honest, Yan Lili still prefers the old vinegar from her hometown.

After the vinegar was poured, Yan Lili began to stir it, turning it up and down with chopsticks, and after mixing the noodles and fried sauce thoroughly, she picked up a few noodles with chopsticks.

"I didn't expect the boss to be really particular about cutting the noodles with his own hands." Yan Lili praised.

As a native of Shanxi, she has very strict requirements on the Shanxi noodles that she can eat outside. Even some of the larger chain stores sometimes make them not so delicious.

Not to mention the Shanxi noodle restaurants opened by foreigners.

Some knead the noodles well and cut them by yourself, and some are pure noodles bought from outside and said to be knife-shaved noodles, but in fact it is a wide noodle with some flowers on both sides.

"That's right, our noodles are cut by ourselves and ourselves." Feng Honghong stood against the wall not far away, and said proudly after hearing this, "Girl, try to see if it suits your taste, see See if there is any difference from your side."

Yan Lili nodded, and quickly put the picked noodles into her mouth.

After the entrance, the surface of the knife-cut noodles is smooth, and it has been infiltrated by the soup base, which is full of flavor.

You can taste a little aniseed and pepper, but it is not obtrusive at all, because it is these flavors that can highlight the aroma of the meat.

The choice of aged fried sauce is not pure lean meat, but the foreleg meat with a fat-to-lean ratio of about [-]-[-]. Although most of the foreleg meat will have more lean meat, it is better to make this lean meat. It won't be as fragrant.

In addition, the aged cut meat is moderate in size, so it will not feel too greasy to eat. Instead, most of the fat melts and dissolves in the soup during stewing, and adheres to the lean meat.

The juice secreted from the meat during chewing is extremely delicious, and paired with Yan Lili's favorite vinegar, it is absolutely delicious!
After eating this mouthful, Yan Lili's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help picking up more with chopsticks and putting them into her mouth. The chewy noodles between her teeth were springing every time, and she liked this kind of chewy noodles.

Because it tastes so good.

After taking a few mouthfuls, Yan Lili leaned down again, lifted the bowl slightly, and took a sip of the soup. The sour and fragrant feeling flowed from her mouth into her throat, and finally into her stomach, warming her whole body.

"How is it? Is it delicious?" Feng Honghong asked.

Watching Yan Lili eat noodles just now, she couldn't help swallowing her saliva. Although she had already eaten at noon, Yan Lili ate too deliciously.

"It's delicious! It's very delicious! It's exactly how we feel, and the fried sauce made by the boss is even more delicious than my home!"

"That's good, remember to eat garlic, I know you like it, so I made a few cloves for you." Feng Honghong said while packing up the plates left by the table guests who just left, "By the way, do you want a drink? Or sour plum soup? Auntie invites you to drink."

"Auntie, I'm quitting sugar now, I don't drink these sweet things anymore."

"How about some hot water?"

"Hot water is fine, thank you, auntie."

"You're welcome." After clearing the table, Feng Honghong took the kettle and poured Yan Lili a cup of hot water, "Lily, are you trying to lose weight?"

"Well, I'm too fat now, over 120 catties, I want to lose weight."

"I look fine, where is the fat?"

"It's very fat. My arms, legs and stomach are covered with flesh." Yan Lili said.

"Hey, little girl, what is there to lose, look at Auntie, isn't 140 catties pretty good now?"

"Auntie, you're over 140 kilograms, you can't see it at all, and I feel that you are much thinner than when we met before."

"Really, I go out for a walk every morning, and run again every few days. Although I haven't lost a few pounds, I feel more energetic." Feng Honghong said.

It's just that even though she said so, she still felt that she was fat in her heart, and her son would be engaged to get married in half a year. If she didn't lose weight, she wouldn't even be able to wear a cheongsam.

She had attended many weddings before, and she was also very envious when she saw those parents wearing cheongsams.

"Auntie, after my interview, I will get up early every day to exercise like you."

"That's right, young people should exercise more, especially if you're still in school."

Yan Lili smiled: "Yes, but when will the boss get married? I heard that the boss has met the parents before."

"I haven't set a date yet, but it will be next year at the latest. If it is soon, it will be done this year." Feng Honghong was also elated when talking about this topic, and now she has finally solved a major event in her life.

After her son got married, she was ready to wait to help coax her grandson.

"Then you must call me then."

"No problem, I will definitely call you when the time comes."

Yan Lili nodded, and soon she finished eating noodles with garlic, paid and left.

After the business at noon ended, Chen Nian washed his hands and face, then came out to rest, took a look at his phone, and found that Hongdou had sent a message back.

"what happened?"

"It's okay, I just miss you."

"You miss me now, why are you so clingy? We obviously just met a few days ago."

"One day is like three autumns. It's been several days. I feel like it's been years."

And An Hongdou on the other side of the network couldn't help but smile when he saw Chen Nian's words.

This boyfriend of mine is very reliable in everything he does, but he always acts like a little boy in front of him, which is really cute.

"I miss you too. I'll go back to see you when I'm done here, and I've prepared a small gift for you."

"What little gift?"

"You'll know then."

"Ok."

"Okay, let's not talk about it, I still have work in the afternoon, and I have to go to make up later, you should also rest more, don't be too tired, you know?"

"I see, you should rest more and eat on time."

"Ok, bye."

In the next few days, the newly launched sliced ​​noodles in Chen Nian's store quickly won the unanimous approval of customers.

Chen Nian's mission this time is to sell [-] copies of sliced ​​noodles, but now he can sell about [-] to [-] bowls a day, and there should be more in the future, after all, Qingming and May Day will be coming soon.

People who have been holding back for three years will definitely travel a lot. Although they will be busier by then, they will earn more money.

This is pain and happiness.

"The current year is over, and the apprentices have learned something, and their working ability has improved, so let's give them a salary increase next month.

However, although they have been assigned a lot of learning tasks, I have to continue to study. I will study new dishes at night, but what kind of dishes will I make this time? "

Chen Nian thought about it while he was busy with work.

"Although two vegetarian dishes were added in the store earlier, but now there are still too few. Later, I will add some more fried vegetables, but this kind of dish is simple. Let alone me, even Xie Yu can fully handle it .

But now the store seems to be lacking some small dishes. Although you can order braised meat, even Brother Tongzhu's noodle restaurant will provide some small cold dishes for customers to eat for free. Let's order some of these small dishes at night. "

At night, Chen Nian decided on a total of five side dishes.

Radish kimchi, Laba garlic, shredded cabbage, spicy dried radish and pickled mustard greens. Among them, radish kimchi is eaten more in Sichuan, while Laba garlic is eaten more by northerners. Without its own spicy taste, it tastes very delicious.

Shredded cabbage is not so particular. It can be eaten in the north and south of the motherland, and dried spicy radish is also a kind of pickle in the north and south. In the north, I have eaten Liubiju pickles before aging, and this is in it. , while the Southern Chennian has also been eaten in Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

Not to mention pickled mustard greens.

Chen Nian had it in school when he was in school, and Lao Chen also made it at home when he was a child.

In the afternoon, Chen Nian bought a lot of ingredients and prepared to make these side dishes.

And Chen Nian has already thought about it, these side dishes will be served in the store for free at that time, as long as the customers can finish them, they can eat as much as they want.

Because these ingredients may be slightly more expensive than garlic, and the others really don’t cost much.

Coupled with my mother’s benevolent character, if there are customers who like it, I can take some back for them. Nowadays, young people like to post videos or strategies on the Internet. They can post this or help the store Propaganda again.

In this way, the money spent on side dishes can be fully earned back on the guests.

In the past, old age was just thinking about enough money to spend, but now facing marriage and old age, I still need to save more money.

While thinking this way, Chen Nian also started to prepare. Some of these side dishes can be marinated and refrigerated overnight in the refrigerator, but some need to be left for a few days before they can be eaten.

First of all, after aging, peel and wash all the ingredients, cut into strips and cut into strips, and then cut into shreds, then put the radish mustard greens and cabbage into the pots, sprinkle some salt, and soak them first.

The purpose of this step is to let these ingredients kill excess water, and wait until they are marinated so that they can absorb the flavor of the seasoning and taste better.

Pickling takes time. During this time, Chen Nian plans to make Laba garlic first.

Laba garlic is a relatively common side dish in the north. Its main ingredient is garlic. As the name suggests, this side dish is made on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. As for why garlic should be pickled on this day, I asked my classmates in the north before Chen Nian , but they are not very clear.

It’s just that the old age knows that the garlic pickled in this way will turn green after it is finished.

And those students in the north also said that they pickled garlic from the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month until the thirty or first day of the new year and then opened the lid.

At this time, the garlic will be marinated, and you can use chopsticks to pick some out and put it in a small plate every meal. The vinegar in it is also a must for dipping dumplings.

It's just that although Chen Nian doesn't know the origin of this custom, he knows that the reason why pickling is on Laba Day is that in the past, every household in the north would light a stove to keep warm in winter.

But the weather outside is very cold, so they will be placed next to the stove during the day while still being exposed to the sun, and they will be placed by the window at night.

Under such alternation of hot and cold, the garlic will quickly turn green. When all the garlic in the jar turns green, it can be taken out and eaten.

(End of this chapter)