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Chapter 151 Two people eat a bowl of mutton steamed buns

Muslim Street is just below the Bell and Drum Tower. The food here has been passed down through generations and is rich in variety. The time-honored restaurants and food stalls on the street are one after another, attracting an endless stream of diners from morning to night.There is also a famous food district "Muslim Street" in the center of the city, where you can find all kinds of northwest food in one place, making Xi'an a complete "foodie mecca".The most representative delicacies in Xi'an are snacks, with hundreds of varieties, mainly halal flavors and pasta, mostly salty and spicy flavors, and special pastries of various shapes, which are endlessly memorable.These snacks are timeless and some are innovative and are accepted by more diners from all over the world. They have also been featured on food programs such as "A Bite of China".Although they are called snacks, they are not "small" in fact. Many snacks are large enough to be eaten as a meal, and the price is low.Zhao Cui was so greedy at the moment that he dragged Ma Xiaoliang around, but was not very interested in various souvenirs. After eating some street snacks, he pulled Ma Xiaoliang into a mutton steamed bun restaurant, thinking that Ma Xiaoliang could not forget last night. Mutton steamed buns, for the sake of his hard work and hard work last night, I will compensate him today. When I looked at the price, it was 58 yuan per serving!
It’s not like Zhao Cui has never eaten mutton steamed buns. In Guanzhou, the maximum price is 20 yuan. A bowl here actually costs 58 yuan. Ma Xiaoliang thought this was a bit too deceptive and stood up to leave. However, seeing that the shop was full of people, he thought it might be particularly delicious. ?Zhao Cui looked at it for a long time and said, "Let's have a bowl, I'm not very hungry!" So he ordered one portion, a cold dish, and a bottle of pineapple beer. The bill was 80 yuan!Zhao Cui sat down and the waiter gave him a plate with two white buns!Zhao Cui was a little confused, how to give Bai Jimo?Is it possible that mutton soup will be served for us to soak in later?At this time, I saw the next table breaking buns, and asked curiously: "What are you doing?" The next table slowly broke the buns, and said to Zhao Cui: "Here in Xi'an, there are several ways to eat steamed buns. It's very particular. "Ganpao" is also called "ganpu", which is the most basic way to test the basic skills of the steamed bun master. It requires that "there is no soup in the bowl" and the chopsticks can be inserted. The size of the steamed buns corresponds to the cooking method. , "Dry Pao", "Kou Tang" and "Shui Weicheng" correspond to the three sizes of "soy beans", "peanuts" and "broad beans" respectively. If customers want to eat "dry pao", they need to break the buns into the size of soybeans first. Then put a chopstick in the bowl, and the chef will know the customer’s request at a glance!”

When Zhao Cui heard this, I tried to break the buns into the size of soybeans, but I was so greedy that I patiently broke them off one by one. In the end, some were smaller than rice grains, some were larger than peanuts, and finally all the big ones were cut. I broke it off again and finally put a chopstick in, thinking that I am exhausted!The cold dish came, the taste was average, it was a bit painful, and heartache, so I dared to ask for 18. Thinking of the 58 steamed buns, I may feel that I have been taken advantage of today, and I am a little angry. What can I eat mutton steamed buns? A portion of fried noodles is only 15 yuan outside. It’s edible!

After a while, it was served. Sure enough, there was no soup in the bowl, and the chopsticks could be inserted!But it is particularly fragrant. After all, besides spices, the source of the fragrance of the mutton steamed buns is also crucial, and that is the wonderful effect of mutton fat!After the mutton soup is cooked on the first day, skim out the mutton fat and boil it in a pot over low heat to remove the water. When the mutton soup is boiled the next day, pour it into the pot to let the aroma and fat of the mutton fat "drill" into the meat.

In addition, when serving, the mutton soup is boiled "three times", and the mutton oil is poured every time it is opened. The oil slowly penetrates into the steamed buns, and the aroma goes from shallow to deep. Zhou Jiangbei is completely different!Zhao Cui said to Ma Xiaoliang: "I broke the buns, so of course I will eat them first and leave half for you!" Although he said this, there was no time when he didn't say so, when he left half of it, and when he didn't take a bite!Ma Xiaoliang didn't believe it at all, so he absentmindedly picked up the cold vegetables and watched eagerly to make the steamed buns. Zhao Cui threw the mutton to Ma Xiaoliang, and Ma Xiaoliang hurriedly caught it and ate it. In the end, after a thousand waits, it was indeed half, but only half of half!Zhao Cui raised his head and said it was too spicy and couldn't stand the rest. He added some vinegar and pushed it to Ma Xiaoliang!Ma Xiaoliang was extremely depressed, who asked you to put the chili pepper in so much? Doesn’t the chili pepper cost money?Can you let it go without money?Well, at least a few mouthfuls are better than nothing!
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