The story of a cook

Chapter 224 Shrimp Stuffed Dumplings
It was not a busy day, after cooking and tidying up, Chef Wang said that he would leave early for some errands.

After he left, I came to the pastry room, where the pastry chef was melting shrimps.

I asked: "Sister Mian, what are you doing with Hua Xia Crawler?"

The pastry chef said: "The guests want to eat dumplings stuffed with prawns, can't they be melted?"

"Dumplings stuffed with shrimp? Can't you use fresh ones? Can you make frozen shrimp?" I asked.

The pastry chef said: "I asked Chef Wang, and he said yes, he will come over to make the stuffing in a while. Every time the guests order dumplings stuffed with shrimp and clams, they use this frozen one. I don't know how to make them, but Chef Wang makes them."

I laughed when I heard that, and I knew why Chef Wang said he had to leave beforehand, he was going to give me a problem.

I told Sister Mian, "Chef Wang just said that I have to leave today."

The pastry chef was a little puzzled, and at the same time a little angry, and said: "Who will punish him when he leaves? He doesn't say a word when he leaves, and he will leave after the reconciliation. This person is real." After speaking, he seemed not to believe what I said. I went to the hot dish kitchen to see, but I didn't see Chef Wang, so I asked Zhang Jun who was cleaning up: "Zhang Jun, Chef Wang is gone?"

Zhang Jun said, "Let's go. I've been walking for a long time. What can I do with him?"

Sister Mian said: "The customer ordered a dumpling stuffed with shrimp and clams. Who will make the stuffing when he leaves?"

Zhang Jun said: "No one will, and I have never done it."

Sister Mian was a little anxious, and said: "If you can't do it, you can withdraw, and say that there are no shrimps."

Zhang Jun said, "Ask Master Tan and see if he will reconcile."

Sister Mian looked at me expectantly, I smiled and said, "I don't get along well."

Sister Mian said: "It's okay, no matter what you say, it's better than me." Then she said: "I forgot about you."

Take a look at the melted prawns, pick one up and squeeze it, it's okay, the meat inside is quite solid, it seems to be fine.

I asked, "Miss Mian, do you have any shrimp?"

Sister Mian said, "Yes."

Then take the shrimp out of the fridge and give it to me.

Look at the shrimps, they are quite good, they are quite big, and they are well preserved. They should have been brought in yesterday.

I asked Sister Mian: "How many dumplings does our family have?"

Sister Mian said, "Twenty."

I nodded, and then went to the hot food kitchen to ask Zhang Jun to chop some fat meat puree, and then went back to the pastry room to start processing the shrimp.Cut off the head of the prawns, and then use a rolling pin to roll the prawns from the tail upwards, and the prawn meat inside will squeeze out from the opening where the head was cut off.Although the squeezed shrimp meat is not as good as the fresh shrimp meat, it is okay, and it is fine to make dumplings.Rolled out [-] prawns, and the meat of [-] prawns is not much, just a small handful.Then pick out the shrimp thread for the shrimp. When picking the shrimp thread, Mian asked what it was picked out, and told her that it was the shrimp thread, which is the internal organs of the shrimp. The black things inside were so dirty that they should be thrown away.

I picked twenty shrimps, looked enough, and used a knife to mash the shrimps one by one. It must be noted here that the shrimps must be mashed with a knife, not cut or chopped into mud, that will not work.

Under normal circumstances, the fresh shrimp meat rolled out with a rolling pin is trembling and can be used directly, but the frozen shrimp meat cannot achieve that effect, and it needs to be pressed with a knife.

Shrimp meat and shrimps were processed and put into a small basin. At this time, Sister Mian said: "Master Tan, I saw that Chef Wang didn't put shrimps in before."

I said, "It's okay, let's put some on and try it out, to make it fresher, isn't this frozen shrimp crawler?"

Zhang Jun brought over the chopped fat meat. I saw that there was a lot of chopping, so I smiled and said, "There are so many chops."

Zhang Jun said: "You didn't say how much to chop, I'll chop more after thinking about it, I'm afraid it won't be enough."

I said, "That's enough, blame me too, I forgot to tell you how much you chopped."

Take two taels of fat meat paste and put it in a basin, and take out more.Then start doing basic seasoning.In general, do not add salt to the seafood stuffing, because as long as the seafood comes with three-point salt, just add less seasoning to enhance freshness and remove fishy smell.This is frozen prawns. If you have fresh prawns, you don’t need to put them in.After adjusting the seasoning, I began to add strength to the stuffing. The stuffing was too little to stir it up with chopsticks, so I had to put down the chopsticks and beat it with my hands. When I was beating, I asked Sister Mian if she had leeks. Sister Mian said yes and asked her to cut some leeks.

The dumpling stuffing is finished, and the leeks are cut up. Grab a couple of leeks and put them in the stuffing, mix well with chopsticks, add a little cooking oil when mixing, and hand over to Sister Mian after the dumpling stuffing is completely reconciled. Said: "Make the dumplings, remember to boil the pot for 3 minutes when cooking the dumplings, don't take too long."

Sister Mian started to make dumplings, I went back to the hot food kitchen, saw that Guo Day was not there, and came to the cold food room, where Guo Day was chatting with Zhao Gang, with beaming eyebrows.When he saw me coming in, he stopped speaking and asked me: "Third brother, I heard you stuffed pasta and shrimp?"

I said, "Yes, if you don't want to get along, it's just me."

Guo Qing said: "I don't know how to do it. If I know how to do it, I don't need you. I have to fight for a fight, and I can still tease some little girls."

I said, "You're only promising that much."

Guo Qing said: "Hehe, this prospect is fine."

Zhao Gang said to Guoqing: "Brother Zhang, you talk to Master Tan like this."

Guo Qing said: "You are afraid that I don't need him, we have been buddies for a long time, we can talk freely."

I smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Jun came in and asked what raw materials were prepared on National Day. National Day came out from the cold dish room and opened the freezer to check what raw materials he was short of. He said Zhang Jun while remembering.

Sometimes I admire National Day. I can’t sell a few dishes a day, and I have to open the freezer to check the ingredients. It seems that he is really not suitable to be a chef.

Standing in front of the stove watching National Day and Zhang Jun opening the menu, the pastry chef came over with a bowl containing four dumplings and a pair of chopsticks in his hand. He came to me and said, "Master Tan, try it. It's delicious."

"Really?" I took it and asked, "Have you tasted it?"

Sister Mian said: "I tasted two of them, they are delicious, you can try them."

I ate one and it was okay. It would be better if the prawns were fresh.National Day came to see me, I handed him the dumpling bowl, he took it and ate one with Zhang Jun, and he took the remaining dumpling to Zhao Gang to eat.

I said to my sister: "It's okay, it's not salty, I'm afraid it will be salty."

Sister Mian said, "It's not salty at all, just the right amount of saltiness."

I said, "Just fine, that's fine."

Sister Mian said: "Today I learned the same dumpling stuffing from Master Tan. Someday, Master Tan will teach me other dumpling stuffing."

I said, "I can't do it. I just learned from them by watching others have sex before. This is also the first time for me to have sex with them."

Sister Mian said: "Master Tan, you are very modest, just say that you don't want to teach me."

I smiled and said, "You see, I'm just a cook, how can there be so many, if you need my help in the future, just let me know."

Sister Mian said: "This is what you said, don't look for you when the time comes and ignore me."

I said, "No, I will help if I can."

Judging from the matter of shrimp crawling dumplings, it is not ruled out that Chef Wang gave me an ugly meaning.He thinks that I, a Northeast cook, don’t know how to make seafood stuffing, but Mian doesn’t dare to make stuffing, so I have to return this dumpling in the end. If I return it, I will be held accountable. It has nothing to do with him, so I will be responsible. After all, I am a chef, and I can't even make shrimp stuffing.

Sister Mian is also responsible, but not so much, because Weishili Kitchen stipulates that the chef is responsible for the filling of dumplings that cannot be reconciled.The rules of their family are quite strange, it should be set by the old cook, because only the generation of old cooks are full-time craftsmen, and any cook can make dumpling stuffing.

The only thing that Chef Wang didn't expect was that I could make dumpling stuffing, and I was also very proficient.

In the evening, when I had a working meal in the lobby, there were no guests in the lobby, only a few private rooms.A woman standing at the bar was chatting with Manager Feng, she seemed to be a regular customer.Looking at the woman, she was a little familiar, but the woman's face was sideways, not sure.It may be that the woman who heard the movement of the staff eating took a look here. She was taken aback when she saw me, and I was also taken aback when I saw her.

It was Sister Wang who was with the eldest and second brother.

After being dazed, I walked over and greeted Sister Wang: "Sister Wang, come and eat."

Sister Wang smiled: "Yes, what are you doing here now?"

"Yes, it's only been half a month."

Sister Wang said: "Your elder brother and I always come here for dinner. Isn't this close to the office? Just go out."

I thought it was true, the office was just across the street.

I asked, "Is your brother here?"

Sister Wang said, "Here we are, drinking, and it's almost over."

While talking, the door of a private room opened, and three men and two women came out from inside, the eldest brother was the first one.

Seeing him, he hurried up to meet him.

"Brother, come here." I said.

The eldest and second brother were taken aback when they saw me, and asked, "Why are you here?"

I said, "I'm cooking here, and I've only been here for a few days."

"Why did you come here?" Then said: "Oh, yes, Huang Ping picked it up."

I said, "Yes, I picked it up, and here I am."

The eldest and second brother said: "I didn't know you were here, but I knew that you would have to drink a couple of drinks if you said anything here, and you didn't say anything."

It's been a long time since I drank with him, and I really want to drink with him, and have a good time drinking with him.

I said: "Wait for the next time, when you come to accompany you to have a good drink next time."

"I always come here for dinner. It's close to the office and opposite. Mr. Guo here. We've been comrades-in-arms for many years. I always come here. I really didn't know you were here." The eldest brother said with a bit of regret.

I said, "It's not too late now, come back and I'll accompany you."

The eldest brother said, "Just mention me if you have anything to do here, it's like your own home."

As he spoke, he glanced at Manager Feng, who said, "Have a drink, brother."

The eldest and second brother said: "Drink well, today your shrimp stuffed dumplings are more delicious than before." Then he pointed to me and said to Manager Feng: "This is my little brother. I didn't even know what he was doing with you." , you take good care of him, my little brother is fine, there is nothing wrong with him, he is the right person for your family."

Manager Feng said, "Big brother, what else are you talking about?"

The people who were having dinner with the eldest brother and the second brother were all waiting at the door, and I said, "Brother, let's chat later when we come back, everyone is waiting for you."

The eldest and second brother said: "That's fine, I'll leave today, and wait for the next time. Next time, I can drink whatever I say, and call Lao Guo."

After sending the eldest brother and sister Wang to the door, Manager Feng and Zhou Xiaomei came out together. Zhou Xiaomei, who served the private room of the eldest brother, also came out to see off the guests.

The eldest brother and sister Wang got into the car and left, and I went into the store.

Manager Feng asked: "Master Tan, do you know Brother Xing?"

I said, "Well, I know."

Manager Feng said: "It seems that you have a good relationship."

I said, "It's okay, he's my brother."

Manager Feng looked at me, and went back to the bar without saying anything.

Ready to continue eating, I looked back and saw that everyone had finished eating and left, stood there with a wry smile, and said hello to the eldest brother and the second brother. Everyone finished their meal, and my brother was the only one left, and I was embarrassed to sit there and eat .Thinking about not eating, I was going to go back to the kitchen to change clothes and go home. Zhou Xiaomei called me to wait for her for a while, and went out to eat dumplings together after she cleaned up the private room. I said yes, and told her that I would wait for her first.

(End of this chapter)