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Chapter 453 The secret to delicious fish head pancakes!How many steps does it take to turn Dundun into an Arabian prince? 【Subscribe】

Lin Xu didn't immediately make fish head cakes, but played with the fish body.

The fish head cake needs to be made and eaten now, it is still a bit early at the moment, so we have to wait a little longer to get started.

Taking advantage of this time, he sliced ​​the meat off the fish, removed the spines, and prepared to make a pickled fish that can eat both meat and soup.

The other half is made into lotus root fish ball soup with crispy lotus root.

Aunt Sun was waiting to learn lotus root meatballs and fish head soaked cakes. Seeing Lin Xu busy, she asked:
"Xiaoxu, what do you need me to do, you talk, I'm idle anyway."

Mi Lan next to him also said:

"Although my cooking skills are mediocre, it's okay for me to be a helper. You can arrange it."

That being the case, Lin Xu is not polite:
"Aunt Sun, let's order some noodles for making pancakes. The noodles should be softer, so that the baked pancakes will be softer... Sister Mi Lan washed the lotus leaves and soaked them in warm water, and pressed them with something while soaking. Soak the dried lotus leaves until soft."

No matter what kind of cuisine you make, such as Beggar Chicken, Lotus Leaf Chicken, Lotus Leaf Ribs and other dishes that need to use dried lotus leaves, you need to soak the lotus leaves until they are soft and thoroughly soaked before using them.

This will not only increase the toughness of the lotus leaf, but also stimulate the aroma of the lotus leaf in advance, making the dish more intense and more delicious.

Lin Xu first marinated the fish fillets for pickled cabbage, then picked up the other side of the fish, and began to scrape the fish paste.

If the fish balls want to be delicious, the meat cannot be beaten with a blender or chopped with a knife, but scraped with a kitchen knife to make the fish meat fluffy.

The fish balls made in this way are more springy and delicious.

After the minced meat was scraped out, Lin Xu marinated it with scallion and ginger water. As for the remaining fish skin, he soaked it in water and blanched it later with coriander for cold dressing.

Taking advantage of the marinating time, he took the crispy lotus root, scraped off the skin first, then separated the lotus root vertically, put it flat on the chopping board, held the kitchen knife upside down, and smashed the lotus root with the back of the knife.

When lotus root is used as stuffing, the best way is not to cut it into small cubes, but to smash it into pieces with a knife in this way, so that it will taste better when mixed into the stuffing.

The diced lotus root is uniform in size, too small and tasteless, and too big to chew.

After smashing it like this, even if it is a large piece, it will not be hard to chew, but it will have a crispy texture, which will naturally taste delicious.

Moreover, the shredded lotus root is of different sizes, so it can be combined with the minced meat more perfectly.

"Xiao Xu, will the meatballs that will be made later be chopped like this?"

"Yes, lotus root can be smashed like this."

Aunt Sun found it very novel. In the past, lotus root was used as stuffing and was cut into evenly sized cubes. She never thought that it could be chopped with the back of a knife.

Lin Xu said:

"This kind of smashing is also very particular. You can't smash them next to each other, otherwise they will be smashed into mud. There must be a little space, just like cutting vegetables, but you use the back of a knife."

Aunt Sun looked carefully and found that it was indeed the case. Each blow was spaced a few millimeters apart. Although the lotus root was smashed like this, it was not broken into powder, but small particles.

Next, Lin Xu made fish balls, washed the fish offal, and by the way, used rice wine to soak some dried yellow sauce.

These are all ready to start making fish head cakes.

When they heard about making this delicacy, not only Aunt Sun and Mi Lan gathered around, but also a few aunts who helped in the kitchen, wanting to learn a trick from Lin Xu.

This kind of scene made Lin Xu a little dumbfounded.

I am a good chef, how can I become a friend of women?
He shook his head and began to prepare the ingredients for fish head cakes.

Cut the green onions into sections, cut the ginger into cubes the size of peanuts, pat the garlic lightly with a knife, and use the whole grain.

In addition to these three things, you also need to use dried yellow sauce, a few star anises, a few dried chilies, four or five bay leaves, lard, rock sugar, and boiling water.

It doesn't matter that much if you make it at home.

But in restaurants, what is added is not boiled water, but broth.

Compared with boiling water, broth can make the fish head more fragrant, and the soup is more viscous and tastes better.

Everything was ready, Lin Xu set up the frying pan, and added a tablespoon of lard to the pan.

Fish ingredients are inseparable from lard, which can make the dishes more delicious and fragrant.

"Xiaoxu, what if there is no lard at home?"

Aunt Sun feels that few people make lard at home anymore, and basically eat refined oil.

Lin Xu said:

"It's also okay to cut a few slices of pork belly and stir-fry in a pan. If you want fish to taste delicious, lard is essential."

After speaking, he took a few prepared star anise and put them into the oil pan.

If you need to add spices when cooking, you have to put them before the oil temperature rises, so that the aroma can be fried.

If the oil is hot, the aroma will not be released, and it will be easily fried.

Stir-fry the star anise over low heat. When the surface turns slightly black, add dried chilies and bay leaves, stir-fry for a while, then immediately add green onion, ginger and garlic and continue to stir-fry.

Dried chilies and fragrant leaves are not resistant to frying, but hot oil must be used to stimulate the aroma, so after frying, add green onion, ginger, and garlic. These three have enough water to reduce the oil temperature and prevent them from being fried.

When the onion, ginger, and garlic are fragrant, pour in the dried yellow sauce that has been boiled.

Dry yellow sauce is the soul of fish head puff pastry. The sauce can not only remove fishy smell, but also reduce seasoning.

Put dry yellow sauce, basically do not need to put other condiments, from the cooking point of view, it is quite simple and trouble-free.

This is actually the eating habits of the capital.

Various sauces such as sesame paste, dry yellow sauce, sweet noodle sauce, soybean paste, leek sauce, and soy bean curd constitute the daily diet of the people in Beijing.

"Oh, it turns out that we have to use dry yellow sauce, and we have to fry it."

Aunt Sun felt that she had found the root. When she made it at home, she only put in soy sauce. She tried to add soybean paste, but because she didn't fry it, she felt that the taste was very bad.

Now that I saw Lin Xu making it, I realized that the sauce needs to be fried with lard.

No wonder the fish head soaked cakes in the restaurant are so delicious, it turns out that's how they are made.

Stir-fry the sauce until the smell of alcohol is basically evaporated, add the prepared boiling water, bring to a boil on high heat, add half a frying spoon of dark soy sauce, then lift the fish head and put it into the pot with the skin facing up.

Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium, cover and begin to simmer.

"So simple?"

"Don't you need to fry it?"

The two helping aunts were surprised. They thought that the fish head in the fish head soaked cake needs to be fried to taste, but they didn't expect it to be so simple.

Lin Xu said:

"No need to fry, the fish head will taste worse after frying."

The fish head needs to be stewed for [-] minutes. Taking advantage of this time, he brought a piece of front leg meat and prepared to chop stuffing to make lotus root meatballs.

In the open space outside the kitchen, the sun had already risen, and Shen Jiayue took out from the car the small corrugated sofa that Dundun usually used to sharpen his claws and play.

The little guy lay on it, basking in the sun comfortably, and occasionally turned over to show his belly.

When Han Shuzhen touched it with her hand, it also made a purring sound.

"Son, you are so happy. I have never enjoyed this kind of treatment."

Shen Jiayue brought two pieces of dried fish from the car, tore them with her hands and fed them to Dundun, her eyes full of envy.

Han Shuzhen rolled her eyes:
"When you were young, you had to be half obedient, and I would be thankful. You don't look like a girl all day long, and the clothes you just changed are dirty when you turn around..."

"Then I've also been admitted to 985, and the gold content of my academic qualifications is higher than that of 211's medical school."

Han Shuzhen:? ? ? ? ? ?
Girl, you are so good at chatting, who did you learn from?

After eating the dried fish, Dundun took a few symbolic sips of the water Shen Jiayue handed over, then turned over and continued to bask in the sun.

The blue-gray cat's fur is shiny and shiny, and now it is even more beautiful when it is exposed to the sun.

Shen Jiayue combed it with a comb, and said while busy:
"Son, have you ever thought that if your dad hadn't picked him up at that time, maybe he would have had a miserable life..."

Dundun flicked his tail and looked at his mother contemptuously.

Do you think Ben Meow came here blindly?

Han Shuzhen said happily:

"I can't imagine how miserable Dundun looks like wandering outside. Fortunately, I met Xiaoxu. The little guy is living like an Arabian prince now."

"Yeah, our Dundun is like a prince... Hey, right now, many small animals on the Internet are COS Arab princes, let's give Dundun a try too, baby, do you want to be a prince? Take a breath if you want to. "

Dundun: "..."

For the sake of your grooming, I will play with you for a while.

With such a mummy on the stand, I feel very helpless!

The little guy turned over and sat up, sighed slightly, looking helpless.

But in Shen Jiayue's view, it has a different meaning:
"Wow, my son likes COS so much, and even sat up on his own initiative, then Mommy will dress you up as the number one Arabian little prince on the Internet."

She brought the tripod over, clipped the phone on it, pointed it at the pier on the small sofa, and started recording.

He took a white towel from the car and put it on Dundun's head. It was indeed a bit like an Arabian prince, but it was not enough.

Shen Jiayue thought for a while, and untied the hair tie that tied her hair.

Then put a set on Dundun's head, with a white towel, a black hair tie, and the sitting posture of a big guy like Dundun, really like an Arabian prince.

"Wow, my son is so handsome!"

Seeing that he didn't intend to stop, Dundun turned over and shook his head impatiently. The towel on his head immediately fluttered like a dumpling wrapper.

"Hahahaha, it's great, I'll edit it and send it out."

Seeing that the filming was finished, Dundun immediately used his paws to remove the towel and hair tie from his head, lay down on the sofa in a slumped state, and sighed heavily.

Sure enough, every bite of dried fish is not for free.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu chopped up the minced meat, dug out a ball of minced meat that was slightly bigger than his fist and put it aside, and later made a lotus root steamed meat pie for everyone to try.

Now make the balls first.

He took the soaked lotus leaves and put them in a wooden cage.

This is a special small cage that can be served on the table.

Fold the lotus leaves and put them in the cage, then bring over the unused glutinous rice, drain the water and put it aside for later use.

Aunt Sun stood aside, studying hard.

The winter solstice is coming soon, and when the whole family gathers to have a meal, it will amaze everyone?

Lin Xu added salt, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, pepper, green onion and ginger water, and a handful of dry starch to the meat filling, stirred evenly, and then added half the amount of minced lotus root that was less than the meat filling.

Continue to stir, mix the minced meat and lotus root evenly, and beat the minced meat a few times to make the minced meat sticky and firm.

Stop when it feels sticky and start squeezing the meatballs.

Squeeze out a meatball with the part of the tiger's mouth, then hold it and roll it in the soaked glutinous rice, so that the surface of the red meatball is covered with white glutinous rice, and then carefully place it on the lotus leaf.

"Wow, so beautiful!"

Mi Lan glanced at it and felt that the recipe of this meatball was really good. The red meat filling, the white glutinous rice, and the dried lotus leaves under it seemed appetizing.

Aunt Sun tried to make one, and found it easy to master.

"Xiaoxu's craftsmanship is really worth mentioning. If you play with it casually, the appearance of the meatballs is so high."

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"This is the special dish of our chef Zhu Yong. He is from Hubei and is good at cooking this kind of dish. If you don't like pork, you can replace the front leg with fish."

Put the meatballs into the cage one by one and set aside to relax.

It is best not to steam the freshly made meatballs in a pot immediately, let them rest for a while before steaming, the taste of the meat will be better.

Taking advantage of this time, Lin Xu took the ball of minced meat that he had just dug out, added salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, and pepper, and stirred until vigorously, then added tender corn kernels, chopped lotus root, diced carrots, and cornstarch, and continued to mix. , and beat a few times when grasping and mixing.

After it is done, take a plate, brush the bottom with oil, put the beaten meat stuffing on it, spread it into a cake shape, and finally dig a nest in the middle, and put a raw salted duck egg on it.

Steamed salted duck eggs can give dishes a richer texture and taste, and crushing the egg yolk after steaming can also increase the flavor of lotus root steamed meat patties.

After finishing all this, put the steamer on the stove, bring it to a boil, put the steamer on it, and finally put the plate of meatloaf on it, and steam it on high heat.

"Sister Mi Lan, if you are entertaining tourists here, you need to upgrade the kitchen equipment, at least get a steaming cabinet, this will make steaming vegetables much more convenient."

Upon hearing this, Mi Lan said:
"I was just going to ask you, what do we need to add to the back kitchen? Why don't you help my sister make a plan and design later, I don't understand these things, when the time comes, I will share some shares with you, what do you think?"

For such a famous, popular and culinary person, it is natural to hug your thighs tightly.

Anyway, this ginkgo orchard is half-dead. Except for selling some ginkgo saplings in spring every year, the rest of the time is free. If it can become popular through Lin Xu, then it should be given some money to others.

Mi Lan just said it casually, but the more she thinks about it, the more plausible it is.

Both Diaoyutai and Yanjing restaurants have hired this handsome guy as the head of the catering department. Our small garden has nothing to do, so we can get the shares.

Lin Xu said:

"There's no need for this. I'll make a list for you later, and you can just buy it accordingly."

"That won't work, I can't let you help for nothing... Is Pangdundun Catering Management Company the parent company of your business? Then I will do an equity transfer later, so that Pangdundun Company will become the shareholder of Ginkgo Garden."

The best way to hug your thigh is to pull the other person into your own boat.

The procedures for turning back the equity have been completed...

"Brother, you don't want our ginkgo orchard to lose money all the time, do you?"

Lin Xu didn't expect Miss Mi Lan to be so happy. If he really wanted to take over, the garden would have to be redesigned and planned according to the standards of an ecological garden.

As for how to do it...it can only use the necessary skills of contemporary young people to do housework:
call!old!mom!
At that time, let my mother, who is good at playing with scenic spots, come over and tidy up this place, and increase the fun of this place as much as possible without affecting the growth of ginkgo trees.

As long as it is done well here, tourists don't have to worry about things.

Let Dundun come to live for a while, not to mention that it can become a popular scenic spot, at least it will not be as deserted as it is now.

When Lin Xu started cooking, Aunt Sun started making pancakes.

Aunts in Beijing, almost everyone has the unique skill of making pancakes.

Aunt Sun is no exception. She roasts cumin and peppercorns in a dry pan, then crushes them with a rolling pin, filters them, and then adds table salt to make peppercorns.

Using this kind of pepper and salt to make pancakes will give the pancakes a strong fragrance.

Even if there are no side dishes, it is no problem for one person to eat a whole sheet.

When Lin Xu was almost done with the dishes, he brought down the glutinous rice and lotus root that had been simmering on the stove next to him, and continued to let the red date soup in the pot simmer for a better taste.

Normally, glutinous rice lotus root is eaten cold, but now the temperature is low, so Lin Xu plans to eat it hot.

After a while, take it out and cut it into pieces, then boil a caramel juice with brown sugar and drizzle it on top. It will definitely have a special taste if you eat it so soft, waxy and hot.

When the fish head was almost ready, Lin Xu lifted the lid of the pot, and a strong fresh fragrance wafted out of the pot.

The fish head in the pot trembled like tofu, and the soup had lost a lot and was very thick. Just looking at it gurgling made people panic.

He used chopsticks to pick out the more selective ingredients such as dried chili, star anise, and scallions, and collected the juice over high heat.

When making fish head soaked cakes, the soup should not be collected too much, otherwise the cakes cannot be dipped and eaten.

But you can't leave too much, otherwise you won't have that thick and sticky feeling. For fish head pancakes, this kind of texture is the essence of the whole dish.

When the soup boiled less, Lin Xu poured some lard along the side of the pot, picked up the pot and shook it twice to mix the fat and soup.

Then he picked it up, put it on a prepared oversized disc, and carefully slid the fish head into it.

The plate is special, a little deep, and there is a set of trays underneath, which can be heated with solid alcohol underneath.

When the big fish came out of the pot, Lin Xu rushed outside and shouted:

"Ready to eat!"

The sun is good today, and there is no wind, so everyone simply ate lunch in the sun in the yard.

Several of Su Peipei's colleagues and Mi Lan's girlfriends looked at the table full of dishes, and couldn't help wiping the saliva from the corners of their mouths. This was done by Boss Lin. I will take two photos and send them out later.

Lin Xu took the glutinous rice lotus root out of the pot, removed the toothpicks, cut them into hob pieces and placed them on a plate, then poured thick caramel juice on them, and the sweetness and fragrance wafted out.

When he came out with the dishes, he found that the ladies had already sat down, but the three fishermen hadn't come back yet.

Tsk, from sister-in-law to mother-in-law to Aunt Sun, when they see delicious food, they all become "forgetful".

Lin Xu looked at Shen Jiayue who was fiddling with the phone and asked:

"Yueyue, call our dad and ask them to come back for dinner. It won't taste good when it gets cold."

"I just finished fishing, saying that I can't catch any fish and won't come back to eat... Lele, don't steal it. I've been watching this glutinous rice lotus root for a long time. It's okay for you to steal a piece, but you still eat it?"

Geng Lele smiled embarrassedly:
"I'll help Brother Xu taste the saltiness...the last piece!"

Can't catch fish and won't come back to eat?
Lin Xu looked in the direction of the pond, stretched out his hand and scratched Dundun's chin.

Cub, why don't you give Bingshan... oh no, speed up lunch?
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I don't eat the staple food now, and I have two cold dishes a day, especially fish head pancakes. Unfortunately, I won't be able to eat them in a short time... This chapter is 5200 words, please ask for a monthly ticket, brothers!

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