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Chapter 200 Jiangzhou "Literati Cuisine": Tengwang Pavilion Red Crispy Pork
Red Crispy Pork, also known as Tengwangge Red Crisp Pork, is a famous traditional dish in Jiangzhou. It is made from ingredients such as pork belly, eggs, and horseshoes, and is made through several processes such as deep-frying, roasting, etc. .

This is a typical "literati dish". According to legend, Wang Anshi, a famous Prime Minister of the Northern Song Dynasty, cooked it himself when he was newly married. It has a history of more than 1000 years.

People in Jiangzhou often use this dish as a must-have at wedding banquets to add to the auspicious atmosphere.

However, this dish has been passed down to this day. Even in Jiangzhou, few chefs know how to make it. The reason is that the production process is too complicated.

To complete this dish, from the selection of ingredients to the final serving on the table, there must be at least seven processes, and each process tests the skill and patience of the chef.

In terms of material selection alone, the red crispy pork dish has extremely strict requirements. Its main material is pork belly, but ordinary pork belly is not acceptable, it must be pork ribs with a fat-to-lean ratio of 3:7.

The red crispy pork made of such pork belly can achieve the effect of thick flavor, fat but not greasy, thin but not woody.

After choosing the meat, the next step is to make it.

After scraping and washing the large square pork belly, slice the fat and lean meat at a distance of 5 mm from the skin and chop it into mince; then peel and chop the horseshoe, and mix with minced meat, eggs, green onion and ginger juice, cooking wine, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate and other seasonings Stir together until sticky.

Then, spread the large piece of pork skin on the chopping board, put a lychee flower knife on the fat noodles [jī], marinate with refined salt, cooking wine, green onion and ginger water for 10 minutes, and then turn the pork skin over to make With the fat side facing out, sprinkle a layer of starch evenly on top.

The next step is to embed the marinated minced meat into the skin bit by bit, and arrange it horizontally and vertically with a knife so that the minced meat clings to the skin.

Finally, use a knife to smooth the surface of the minced meat, and change the knife to a domino block with a length of 4.5 cm and a width of 1.8 cm to form a raw body of red crispy meat.

Once this step is done, it is considered that the preparation of the dishes has just been completed, and the next step is to start the pot and fire.

First wash the pot and heat it up, add cooked lard and heat until it is [-]% to [-]% hot, then put in the raw red crispy meat that was cut before, fry until golden brown, then remove and drain the excess oil.

Then pour out the excess domestic lard, leave a little base oil, add scallions and ginger to sauté until fragrant, add fried red crispy meat, then pour in an appropriate amount of cooking wine, soy sauce, refined salt, and add two tablespoons of broth , After boiling on high heat, change to low heat and simmer slowly.

While the red crispy meat is stewed, start another pot and add water to boil, put a few washed small begonias into the boiling water, and after they are cooked, take them out and drain the water, and arrange them in a circle around the disc.

When the red crispy meat is stewed until the skin is crispy and the soup is thick, add MSG to taste, take out the onion and ginger, put the red crispy meat in a circle surrounded by small begonias, and then pour the soup on the red crispy meat Over the meat, a final sprinkling of coriander leaves completes the dish.

It sounds simple, but it takes more than an hour to make this dish, even for a skilled chef.

Deng Zehang and Ma Wendong were in charge of selecting the ingredients. They were both natives of Jiangzhou. Even if they hadn't eaten this dish, they had heard of it. They quickly delivered the prepared ingredients and ingredients.

Jiang Yu and Du Guangning didn't say any more nonsense. They checked the ingredients a little bit and found that there was nothing missing, so they took their sides and started to move.

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An unsuspecting culinary competition is going on in the kitchen on the second floor, while the cafeteria on the first floor has just opened.

The girl at the front of the line was sleepy. I don't know if it was because she got up too early to queue up, so that she couldn't help but dozed off while queuing. Even now, her consciousness has not returned.

Chen Fugui, who was in charge of selling soup dumplings today, couldn't help shouting: "Hey, hello! Classmates wake up, dinner is ready!"

"Ah? Ah! Is dinner ready?"

That girl was a bit fleshy, and she was probably a glutton for snacks. As soon as Chen Fugui yelled, she immediately woke up, hurriedly raised her hand to wipe the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and said embarrassingly ,

"Well, classmate, bring me a basket of soup dumplings...

I thought the soup dumplings were sold out just now, but luckily you yelled, otherwise I didn't realize it was just a dream! "

"You are the first one. No one may be able to buy soup dumpling, but you must be able to."

Chen Fugui nimbly took a basket of steaming soup dumplings and handed it over, then stretched out his hand and pointed to the back, and said loudly,

"It will be the beginning of spring in a few days. Brother Jiang specially made spring rolls for you today, some are baked and some are deep-fried. Everyone can come and try one later!
By the way, the old rules, buy meals according to your appetite, no waste! "

When the girl heard this, her eyes lit up immediately, and she said with joy:

"Really? I really like eating spring rolls. When spring comes, I eat spring rolls. I eat spring rolls and other peach blossoms... Hey, I'm so embarrassing!"

As she was talking, she blushed and walked forward with the steamer in her hand. Before leaving, she turned her head and gave Chen Fugui a shock.

Chen Fugui couldn't help but tremble all over because of this shock, and shivered, he was a little puzzled:

What do you see me doing?I am not a spring roll!

If Hu Zhihai were here, he would definitely pat him on the shoulder and sigh secretly:

"Brother is amazing, you are just like your boss, you are all based on your own strength!"

As soon as the girl in front left, the people behind were all excited. Chen Fugui's voice was so loud just now, they had already heard it!

Brother Jiang actually made two different kinds of spring rolls for everyone, isn't that great?
None of them now know that as long as it is the food made by Senior Brother Jiang, it is extremely delicious that they have never eaten before. There is no need to choose these two kinds of spring rolls, they must be delicious!

The boys were of course elated, and all of them were happily discussing:

"In the beginning of spring, our family would make some spring rolls. I thought that I would have nothing to eat when I went to college. I didn't expect Brother Jiang to be so careful and prepare them for everyone!"

"My family doesn't make this, but I have eaten it in a small shop on the street. It's crunchy after one bite, and it's really delicious!"

"Not to mention the small shops on the street, even in the big restaurants in the city, they are not as delicious as Brother Jiang's. This time I will eat five in a row!"

"I've eaten the deep-fried ones, but I've never tasted the baked ones. This time, I'll try both!"

"..."

Compared to the beaming ones on the boys side, the girls are all frowning, their faces are extremely tangled:

"Wow, Senior Brother Jiang is really considerate! He actually knows that we girls can't eat more fried food, and he even made a special kind of fried spring rolls..."

"However, the spring rolls made by Senior Brother Jiang, whether they are fried or baked, must be delicious. I am so reluctant to fry them, 55555!"

"I'm also reluctant, so I plan to buy one of the same, one fried and one baked. In this way, it should only grow half of the meat?"

"Oh, don't worry, what's wrong with just eating one? At worst, let's play badminton and sweat more, and the meat will be gone!"

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..."

"..."

Although the faces of these girls were full of conflicts, when it was their turn to buy food, they all looked very determined, as if they were not the ones who were struggling with which spring roll to choose before:
"Two kinds of spring rolls, one of the same, and a stewed egg, and a vegetable and lean meat porridge, thank you!"

"Fried, baked, I want one! I also want a bowl of longan and lotus seed eight-treasure porridge, remember to add sugar!"

"I am like her, thank you!"

"..."

Fortunately, Jiang Yu is not here, otherwise, a series of question marks would definitely pop up in his head:
These girls had been clamoring for fat-reducing meals last semester, but this time they were afraid to eat fried spring rolls, and even made baked spring rolls, so they wanted both?
Then what is the significance of his choice to make two kinds of spring rolls?Do you think the people in the canteen kitchen are too relaxed?

In the cafeteria on the first floor, the students were delighted by a freshly baked spring roll, while in the kitchen on the second floor, two frying pans were steaming, and the tempting smell of meat was coming. Constantly emanating, floating all over the kitchen.

After a while, Jiang Yu saw that the time was almost up, so he lifted the lid of the pot and poked lightly with his chopsticks. Before he could use any force, the chopsticks pierced through the skin of the meat and stuck into the meat.

The red crispy meat was already stewed so tender and delicious, Jiang Yu nodded secretly, added some chicken essence to the pot, stirred it evenly with a spoon, then turned off the fire, took out the ginger and onion and threw it into the trash can, Pick up the red crispy meat, neatly place one by one in the middle of the small begonia, forming a pagoda shape.

After finishing all the crispy meat, pour the thick soup in the pot from the top of the tower, and finally sprinkle some coriander leaves on the crispy meat, and the dish is complete.

Du Guangning on the other side saw that Jiang Yu finished the dish one step ahead of him, and he was not in a hurry. He waited for the red crispy meat in the pot to simmer for a while before starting to season and put on the plate.

I have to say that although Du Guangning's plate arrangement was different from Jiang Yu's, it was also very delicate.

He first put the crispy red meat into the bowl one by one with the skin side down, and then took a white disc, and turned the crispy red meat in the bowl over, all the crispy red meat was like pork Generally, the skin of the meat faces outward to form a semicircular shape.

Immediately afterwards, he placed the blanched and drained begonias on the other side of the disc, one red and one green facing each other, which was eye-catching and clean.

Next, Du Guangning poured the soup on the crispy red meat, and sprinkled a few coriander leaves on the crispy red meat.

His dish has been completed here.

After finishing all this, Du Guangning's face was full of complacency. He put the frying pan on the stove, reached out to Jiang Yu, made a "please" gesture, and smiled confidently:
"Boss Jiang, the Jiangzhou red crispy meat is ready, please taste it!"

(End of this chapter)