Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Chapter 834 Lantern Shadow Beef

It has to be said that Han Dongqing's work is quite efficient. He said that his work schedule is relatively tight, so Han Dongqing took note of this. Basically, workers go in to work every day.

Except for the walls and floors that need to be aired after they are laid, the rest can basically be done in a few days.

After it was done, Han Dongqing took professional equipment to check and accept it, such as whether the slope of the floor in the bathroom meets the specifications, whether the wall is vertical, whether the gaps in all the connections are obvious, and so on.

As long as there is something unqualified, it will be reworked immediately, but fortunately, since Han Dongqing came to stare all day, those workers also know that the boss came to see in person, it must be demanding, if they don't work hard, they can't get it money.

After all, these workers called by Han Dongqing often cooperate with the company.

For their workers, being able to cooperate with decoration companies or stores selling materials will definitely not be short of work.

In this way, after the old house was renovated, Chen Nian and Feng Honghong went to see it. They looked left and right and found nothing wrong with it. Lamps, curtains and electrical appliances or some decorative paintings and other things just come back.

But these electrical appliances and the like, they have already taken care of them, and they just waited for them to call and ask someone to deliver the things here.

After finishing the decoration, Chen Nian happily settled the final payment, and then invited the other party to have a meal in the store.

Chen Nian cooks the dishes himself, cooking dishes that are not on the menu, and Han Dongqing also enjoys them.

"Boss, it's really inferior to you to guard such a small restaurant with your craftsmanship. If it were me, I would definitely spend more money to decorate the place and make it more stylish. In this way, the price of the dishes will also be affordable. Improved a lot."

Chen Nian smiled: "I think so too, isn't it because there is no money now, there are too many places to spend money on marriage, and the house has just been renovated, and the 15 yuan is gone."

"That's true, but Boss Chen, your current restaurant is in a friendly style. In fact, you can consider opening a branch in the future, and then cook more high-end dishes there, so that people will definitely buy it. "Han Dongqing suggested again.

"This can actually be considered, but if I want to do this, first of all, I have to save money, and secondly, all my apprentices can become teachers." Chen Nian said.

It's not that he hasn't considered this aspect. After all, the development of Honghong Hotel has reached a bottleneck period. After one month, after removing all costs, it can earn 10,000+.

That's a lot for the average person, but still a little little for the present vintage.

Soon after the meal, Chen Nian drove Han Dongqing back to the company, because the other party still had some things to deal with after returning to the company. Apart from this, other designers in their company also took care of other decorations. Work.

First of all, they had to show Han Dongqing the pictures after they produced them. Finally, Han Dongqing nodded, and then they would contact the client to come and see the pictures.

After the home decoration was completed, Chen Nian and his mother did not move back immediately, because after the decoration had just been completed, there would be more or less formaldehyde in the house, so when they went out to buy small items for the home, Chen Nian bought another More than 20 pots of green radishes were taken back and placed at home to let them absorb the smell.

In this way, as the days passed, Chen Nian saw that the number on the recipe was getting closer to the task completion value.

Finally, on the second day after the decoration was completed, when Chen Nian accidentally went to see it, he found that there were only more than 100 copies left.

More than 100 servings of noodles could have been completed in less than a day when the noodles were first launched, but now as the weather gets hotter, customers don’t order so many, so it takes about two days about time.

So Chen Nian thought about trying to cook a new dish before entering the dream space.

Chen Nian thought about it during the day, and now most of the dishes are not challenging for him, and he has cooked many of the more advanced dishes for them when he was invited to a banquet.

After thinking about it for a long time, I finally plan to make another local Sichuan dish.

"Dengying Beef."

I haven't made this dish before it is old, but I have probably heard about it.

And even if this dish is not made much in Sichuan now, that is, some food factories will make pre-packaged food and sell it to some tourists from other places.

If you really want to eat authentic ones, you probably have to go to Dazhou.

But for Chen Nian, what he wants is to conduct research only if he has not done it before.

Just do what you say, Chen Nian called again on the same day and asked Brother Liu to deliver a piece of beef tenderloin later.

Because the requirement of Dengying beef is that after it is cut, its thickness must allow light to pass through.

Therefore, a part with a finer umami taste and meat quality is needed.

After getting it, Chen Nian tried to cut it first. If the beef is to be thin enough to allow light to pass through, it must be cut to a thickness of less than two millimeters.

Rao is very skilled with old knives, but it is not so easy to cut beef, because the beef itself is soft, not to mention cutting with a knife, even if you press it hard with your hands, the meat will collapse back .

Although it is also possible to use the current technology to freeze the beef first and then cut it, Chen Nian thought that when this dish was invented, the refrigerator had not yet spread to the country, and it was even more impossible for ordinary people to have this kind of meat. Rare goods.

Also, when Chen Nian was young, he heard from his father that there is a factory in Dazhou that specializes in making Dengying beef, and the Dengying beef made there is basically cut by hand, that is, when the technology developed later, People studied the machine and came out.

Artificial is gradually being replaced.

And if others can cut it into such thin slices, naturally you can too.

So Chen Nian dismissed everyone after work at night, and started to process the beef himself.

After more than an hour of trying and finding the feel, Chen Nian finally mastered the technique.

With the raising and lowering of the knife, slices of paper-thin beef were cut out by him.

In order to verify the thickness of the beef, Chen Nian also turned off all the lights on purpose, turned on the flashlight of his mobile phone, and shone a light on the beef, and found that the beef can see through light when it is sliced ​​thin enough.

This discovery surprised Chen Nian, and he continued to cut up the beef with great interest. After all the beef was cut, Chen Nian spread them on the chopping board.

"It seems that some of the beef sold outside is shredded pork, so I might as well get some shredded pork."

Speaking of aging, one-third of the beef was cut into extremely thin filaments.

After the beef is cut, the next step is to marinate.

Salt, sugar, pepper, pepper powder, chili powder, five-spice powder, sesame oil and white wine.

Since this dish is a specialty of Sichuan, Wuliangye, which is produced in Sichuan, is also specially used for the old age.

After stirring evenly, Chen Nian brushed the sauce evenly on each slice of beef.

"The next thing is to dry it out. It shouldn't take too long in the hot weather now, otherwise it will take at least three or four days in winter." Chen Nian thought in his heart, "It is definitely impossible for me to use it for such a long time. It will be done tomorrow, if there is a dream in the middle, the total time will be quite long."

But Chen Nian is not in such a hurry now, so he directly took out a lot of containers to put the beef in, and then fried a part of salt with it, fried the residual water in the salt, and evenly sprinkled it on the beef up a layer.

Then put it into a container, put it in a ventilated and dry place in the store and start to dry it.

After it was done, Chen Nian went home directly, and the next morning he came over to see that the meat was almost dry.

Although it hasn't been completely killed yet, it won't take long at this rate.

After the end of business at noon, Chen Nian found that the beef was basically dried. Next, Chen Nian put the dried beef in the oven, spread it on a wire rack, and baked it at low temperature for 15 minutes. minutes or so.

The oven is an oven for roasting ducks, the temperature can be adjusted freely, and it is very convenient to use.

Immediately after taking out the beef, aged them put them on the cage drawer and steamed them for half an hour, then took out the original large pieces of beef, cut them into small pieces about four centimeters long and two centimeters wide, Continue to the cage.

This time steamed for another hour and a half before taking it out.

This method is actually a bit like the processing method of some traditional Chinese medicines. It is first steamed and then dried, and then steamed and then dried. It can be used as medicine after repeated repetitions.

After steaming, put the beef in the container again for aging, but this time it does not need to be dried for too long, because the original moisture inside has evaporated during the previous brewing and drying process. What goes in now is only the water soaked in it when it was steamed in the basket.

At night, Chen Nian said hello to Hongdou that he was fine at home, so he brought the beef and various seasonings to An Hongdou's house.

"Come as soon as you come, what gift do you bring?" An Hongdou joked when she saw the bag Chen Nian was carrying.

But Chen Nian smiled mysteriously: "I'll get you something good this time, I'm sure you'll like it."

What he said made An Hongdou feel a little curious, and he followed Chen Nian and kept asking, "What is it?"

"Chen Nian, what are you going to do for me?"

"Let me tell you first, I'm in the weight loss phase right now. When I get married, I want to wear a beautiful wedding dress. I don't want to let others say why the bride is so fat."

Listening to An Hongdou talking behind him, Chen Nian put the bag on the kitchen stove and took out the contents.

"Beef?"

"Yes, it's high in protein, and you won't gain weight if you eat it. I know you like to eat all kinds of snacks, but you don't dare to eat them now, so I specially made some for you."

"Hey, I knew you were the best for me."

"Of course, if I'm not good to you, who is good to me?"

"Hey hey hey."

An Hongdou smiled foolishly.

In fact, the mutual friends of the two, including Miao Miaowu, Xiao Jing and others, felt that the relationship between Chen Nian and An Hongdou was particularly good.

The two of them are not like living together at all, but like like-minded friends playing together every day, so happy every day.

Obviously seeing them separately, whether it's An Hongdou or Chen Nian, they are very mature, but once the two get together, their IQ plummets, just like two children.

After taking out all these materials, Chen Nian took out the frying pan at An Hongdou's house, poured in the vegetable oil he had brought, and heated it to [-]% heat, then put the sliced ​​ginger in it and fried it until it smelled fragrant. out.

Then change to a low heat, and when the oil temperature drops to [-]% hot, put the beef slices and shredded beef into it and start frying slowly.

"Isn't this still fried? Where can I lose weight?"

"It's different. I'm from this major. Don't I know if I can gain weight? Don't worry, I will definitely not harm you." Chen Nian said seriously.

In fact, he just wanted to cook something delicious for his girlfriend.

And it doesn't hurt to have it once in a while.

As long as you exercise enough every day, you can have a scientific and healthy diet for three meals a day.

It doesn't matter if it has a little influence, anyway, I don't do it every day.

After all the beef is fried, drain about one-third of the oil, then continue to cook in the pot, add Shaoxing rice wine, then add chili powder, pepper powder, sugar, monosodium glutamate, five-spice powder and stir uniform.

Finally, fish out the beef with a strainer, filter out the remaining oil, and then sprinkle a handful of sesame seeds on it, and the Dengying beef is ready.

"This looks so appetizing." An Hongdou couldn't help swallowing.

The flavors of various seasonings are mixed together, exuding an unparalleled fragrance.

"You can't eat it yet, you need to put it for a while, and eat it after it cools down." Chen Nian picked up a piece of beef jerky and put it in his mouth while talking.

An Hongdou's eyes were straightened: "Didn't you say you can't eat it? It's not cold yet!"

"Of course guests can't eat it. As a chef, I must taste it first."

"Okay, okay, you used to call people dear, but now you have become a guest, right? Playing with me like this, Chen Nian really has you!" An Hongdou kept poking Chen Nian's arm, as if holding a grudge Said.

"No, didn't I want you to taste it when it tastes the best?"

"I don't care. Anyway, you said I was a guest. I will write down this grudge. I will write it in a small notebook later." An Hongdou ran back to the bedroom while talking.

Chen Nian followed, and found that Hongdou took out a small notebook from the drawer of the bedside table, sat there and began to write something in the small notebook.

"Don't look!" Seeing Chen Nian peeping, An Hongdou hurriedly turned her back.

After finishing writing quickly, I put this little book in the drawer of the bedside table.

"Let me see what you wrote, and it's not the first page, is it?"

"It's nothing, I just wrote down all the things you did to sorry me before, and I will definitely use them in future quarrels."

"Then I'll have to take a closer look."

Speaking of Chen Nian, he rushed over, An Hongdou hurriedly stopped, and then the two of them rolled onto the bed playing around like this.

(End of this chapter)