Food: How come this boss knows everything?

Chapter 241: Fried meatballs, a family drama at the end of the year

The heavy snow season has already passed in Jianghai City.

The cold wave coming from Siberia forced people to wear cotton clothes early.

On the Fangda Square Pedestrian Street,

A small shop owner opened the shop door with one hand, breathing hot air from his mouth.

He held a small box in his arms.

In the box was a small wooden boat model.

The shape is quite classical.

The head is low and the tail is high, the front is big and the back is small. The white sail hanging on the mast is lifelike.

This boat named Hai Gu was placed by Li Rui in a small compartment under the stairs.

The source is the reward for the system's hidden achievements.

【Food Tour】

Next to it, there are several exhibits.

They all look like they have exquisite craftsmanship, but if you think about it carefully, they will be put on display in the store by the boss, so they are probably not really valuable.

Transaction value is indeed difficult to measure.
Li Rui had never thought of handing it over to a treasure appraiser.

Because behind them are interesting little stories.

As for the use value,
In addition to some kitchen utensils that Li Rui often uses,

That self-deception would occasionally make customers and friends smile knowingly.

Although fixed tasks are no longer released in winter, the hidden achievement rewards and seasonal recipes for satisfaction have not been interrupted.

The seasonal recipe that was recently unlocked, meatballs, has a wide variety of dishes, many of which Li Rui has not tried yet.

Even in China, a country with vast land and abundant resources, meatball is still a harmonious yet different name for a delicacy.

Even though the ingredients and flavors vary from place to place, as long as the cooking method and shape are such that the ingredients become round.

No matter east, west, south or north, people would name this delicacy meatball.

This also creates the characteristic of meatballs with a variety of styles.

It can be meat or vegetarian, big or small, salty or sweet.

In the cold winter,
Whether you are having a hotpot, cooking some noodles, eating a bowl of spicy hot pot, or preparing a family dinner for the New Year or other festivals, you will always have to deal with meatballs.

Juicy beef balls, tender shrimp balls, and winter melon and coriander meatballs.
These days, they are the best-selling dishes of the shop.

In addition to some of the things I have done before,
Li Rui is also planning to fry some vegetarian meatballs today.

Winter radishes are in season and cheap, so adding them to meatballs is perfect.

As the old saying goes,
"Eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer, and you won't need a doctor's prescription."

Li Rui bought three kinds of radishes.
Green radish, white radish, and carrot, the three colors look better when combined.

Peel the radish and grate it into thin strips.

You need to add sugar first to let the shredded radish release the juice.

Using sugar instead of salt is the same as using smacking cucumbers. In addition to releasing water, it can also add a sweet taste to the ingredients.

After making the soup, squeeze out the water from the shredded radish, cut it slightly and set aside.

You can’t make meatballs with just shredded radish.

You also need to add some starch, flour and eggs.

Starch makes things crispy, while mung bean starch absorbs less oil, so it tastes better and has a stronger bean flavor.

Eggs and flour serve to bind the ingredients together, making the meatballs softer.

For seasoning,
Add salt, pepper and five-spice powder to add base flavor.

Scallion oil and sesame oil add aroma.

In addition, you need some baking soda. The carbon dioxide escapes from the inside of the meatballs in the oil pan, making the meatballs more fluffy.

Mix the seasoning, dry powder and shredded radish evenly.

During this process, the radish will generally produce soup. If the filling is too thin and the meatballs cannot be squeezed out and formed, you can add some flour or mashed potatoes.

The radishes in the store were picked by Comrade Ma Jinge.

There is no such problem.

Li Rui even felt that the filling was a bit dry, so he added some rice wine.

"Pony, even though I told you to squeeze out all the water, there's no need to use so much force."

"I didn't use any strength?"

After the filling is prepared, grab a handful of it in the palm of your hand, slowly bring your five fingers together, and squeeze the filling from the base of your thumb to make a ball of similar size.

Then you can fry it in the oil pan.

When the oil temperature reaches 60%, fry the food once, remove it from the pan when the surface turns golden brown, and then fry it again when a customer places an order.

At night, the shop opens.
The new product, radish meatballs, quickly attracted the first table of customers to try it.

A young man with his parents.

"I haven't had fried carrot balls for a long time. Let's try half a portion."

The old mother watched her son order food.

Shaking his head frequently.

"Hey, why don't I just fry it for you when I get home? Why do you have to eat out?"

Son: "You are so old, and you have to do everything yourself. Aren't you tired? You don't even have to wash the dishes when you eat out, and the food in this restaurant is really good."

Mom obviously doesn't care much about the taste.

"Hey, we're at home, otherwise we have nothing to do."

"When you mention this, it reminds me that I haven't used the dishwasher I bought for you for a year."

"There are only two of us. We don't need it. It's very troublesome."

"Really, you two, what are you keeping the money for?"

"Save it for you to marry."

My father joined the conversation.

After the waiter left with the menu, Yin Hua knew that the annual drama of urging marriage was about to begin again.

But these days, there are so many things to consider when looking for a partner.

It is no longer like the time of our parents, when people could easily get married at the age of 22 or 23.

Fortunately, as the dishes were served one after another, Yin Hua was finally able to change the topic.

"Here, try this croquette. It's a new dish. I haven't had it in the restaurant before."

Yin Hua picked up the meatballs, put one in each of his parents' bowls, and then covered his own mouth.

In addition to the aroma of frying, the fried meatballs just out of the pan also have a faint aroma that is unique to radish.

The surface is a honeycomb-shaped "crispy crust" with tempting color and aroma.

After entering the mouth, it is very crispy.

It makes a crunchy sound when chewed.

Frying the meatballs a second time allows the moisture inside to evaporate fully and the golden color to deepen and turn slightly brown.

The addition of flour and eggs inside the crispy shell makes the meatballs softer.

A timeless taste combination.
With simple seasoning,

This fried meatball is perfect as a side dish for drinking or as a side dish for cooking.

Yin Hua saw that his father had already picked up the wine glass.

There was also happiness and satisfaction on the mother's face.

He asked the two:

“The croquettes made in this shop must taste good.”

“It’s really delicious.”

"It's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. Look, it has three colors inside. It must be because they put three kinds of radish in it. How beautiful. Your mother thought it was troublesome and only put white radish in it."

"You can eat it if you want, but you still pick it up if you don't cook."

"Hey, let me tell you."

In Yin Hua's eyes, his parents had spent their whole lives quarreling, but now they are inseparable from each other.

When he was a child, he often thought that his parents would divorce because of quarrels.

It's really strange.

At this time, Yin Hua's mother looked around the second floor of the store.

It seemed as if his eyes had already locked onto several suitable targets.

She said to Yin Hua:

"Son, you said you often come here to eat, but you haven't met a good girl or anything?"

Here we go again...

(End of this chapter)