Border Cook

But then again, since it was what Madam Xia wanted to buy, even if it was just a stick of firewood, I'm afraid it could be made to taste delicious.

Butcher Hong licked his lips as he thought about it.

Suddenly I became curious about what kind of food Madam Xia was cooking. What should I do?
But, it seems that I can only continue to be curious...

After Xia Mingyue brought the large amount of pork belly and tenderloin back home, she and Lu started to get busy.

Cut the pork belly into one-inch square pieces, rinse with water to remove the foam, and stir-fry with sugar color. Add hot water, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves into the casserole, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer over low heat.

In order to make the braised pork more flavorful and brighter in color, Xia Mingyue specially added some fermented bean curd and soy sauce. After stewing, she added some honey to enhance the flavor.

As soon as you lift the lid, you can smell its rich aroma. It looks soft and delicious. Just smelling and looking at it is enough to make people drool. Xia Mingyue stewed the braised pork in three casseroles.

The contents of two of the pots were put into earthenware jars, covered with lids, and tied tightly with hemp ropes. They were then placed in small baskets woven from corn leaves and brought to Lu Qiyan and Zhao Youcai respectively.

As for the last pot, Xia Mingyue saved it for Jiang Zhuguo, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu to eat slowly over the next two days.

The braised pork is soft and tender, and the soup is thick. Whether you steam some rice, stir-fry some vegetables, scoop a few pieces of braised pork into each person's bowl, use the braised pork soup to mix with rice, or cook some wide noodles, use the braised pork and soup to make fragrant and delicious mixed noodles, or even simply heat it up and eat it directly with steamed buns, it is all delicious.

But as for the full casserole of braised pork, Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu discussed with Jiang Zhuguo and decided to heat up two pieces in the morning and two pieces in the evening respectively, chop them up and put them in sesame cakes, and eat them with rice porridge and mixed vegetables.

The rest is mixed with some soaked dried beans, cabbage, potatoes, bean curd sticks, vermicelli, etc. to make a big pot dish of braised pork.

As for the reason for eating like this...

"To be honest with you, Aunt Jiang, with the appetite of the two of us brothers, if we only eat meat, let alone this casserole of braised pork, even if we add another half pot, I'm afraid it won't be enough for the two of us to eat in a day."

Zhao Dahu said seriously, "Add some other ingredients and cook it into a pot and eat it slowly. You can have two more meals."

They all say that the little brat is eating me to death.

Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu are in the period of growth and growth, so their appetite is really amazing.

Jiang Zhuguo felt that there was some truth in it, so he nodded in agreement.

Zhao Erhu on the side said, "Actually, it's not necessary. Just scoop out two spoonfuls of it for each meal, heat it up, and eat it slowly."

This original braised pork tastes the best. If you add other things...

Even with Xia Mingyue's braised pork as the base, the taste would not be bad, but it would be far less delicious than the most essential delicacy.

As for the problem of insufficient quantity, how can it not be enough if each meal has a fixed quantity?
Seeing that Zhao Erhu had raised a different opinion, Zhao Dahu tilted his head and said, "You can actually eat the braised pork made by Aunt Xia slowly? Tsk, if it were me, I would want to eat the casserole just by looking at the braised pork."

"Erhu, could it be that you don't like the braised pork made by Aunt Xia..."

Zhao Erhu, "..."

Why does it feel like this rare intelligence is being used in such an inappropriate place?

Seeing the two of them arguing, Jiang Zhuguo smiled and thought about dividing the casserole of braised pork into two parts, one part to eat alone, and the other part to be eaten with other dishes.

But... this braised pork is delicious. When Xia Mingyue asked her to taste it just now, she also tasted it. It melts in the mouth, fat but not greasy, lean meat is not dry, very fragrant, and slightly sweet aftertaste...

At that time, I ate several pieces of Jiangzhuguo before I felt satisfied.

This casserole of braised pork was also kept by Sister Xia for the three of them to eat.

So, she can also decide how this part of the braised pork is eaten!
When Jiang Zhuguo thought of this, his chin lifted up. He just wanted to boil some eggs and stew them with the braised pork broth. Then he would fish them out, cut them in half, and pour some braised pork broth on them...

These two days are a good time to gain weight!
Xia Mingyue and Lu were unaware of the plans of Jiang Zhuguo and the other two, and were only busy processing the pork tenderloins that looked quite good.

Cut them all into finger-thick, three-inch long strips, and mix well with cumin powder, soy sauce, rice wine, minced ginger, bay leaves, salt, chili powder, etc.

After marinating for a whole night, Xia Mingyue spread the marinated meat strips one by one in a basket the next morning and placed it under the sun to dry for half a day.

When the surface of the meat was no longer soft and sticky, and had become somewhat solidified and hardened, Xia Mingyue took it back and used a bamboo stick to pierce one end of each strip of meat.

Four or five strips of meat were threaded onto a bamboo skewer and placed horizontally on the rack set up on the charcoal stove, leaving the strips of meat hanging down and being roasted by the charcoal fire.

Under the heat of the charcoal fire, the moisture in the meat strips began to gradually disappear, and the meat strips, which were originally light yellow-brown due to the marination, gradually turned into dark reddish brown...

After three or four hours, the dried meat was basically cooked through, and Xia Mingyue began to switch to the second batch of skewered tenderloin strips.

There were a limited number of charcoal stoves at home, and the size of each charcoal stove was also limited, so by the time the coachman Su Yongfu came to pick her up, Xia Mingyue had only just finished roasting a small bundle of dried meat.

It seems that we have to ask Liu Caisheng to come over as soon as possible to build a large oven for our home, which will make it much more convenient to use in the future.

As for the problem of not bringing much dried meat with me on this trip...

With these two large jars of braised pork as support, the dried meat can only be used as a daily snack to grind my teeth.

Xia Mingyue thought so and started to move all the things onto the carriage.

Jiang Zhuguo and others helped and escorted Xia Mingyue and Lu's carriage out of Xinghua Lane.

After giving some instructions to Jiang Zhuguo and everyone else, Xia Mingyue and Lu finally got on the carriage.

Su Yongfu cracked the whip, and the carriage moved slowly forward, heading west.

Jiang Zhuguo and a few others watched the carriage leave and then turned back to go home.

Everyone started to busy themselves with their own things. Zhao Dahu and Zhao Erhu also helped with picking vegetables, fetching water and other things within their ability.

After cleaning the entire yard and putting the broom back to the wall, Zhao Erhu saw Wu Jin's earthenware jar.

Inside was the food that Wu Jintian prepared in the morning - white flour cakes, rice porridge, and some fresh pork skin and meat strips.

At that time, Zhao Dahu personally gave Wu Jin a meat bone and rubbed Wu Jin's forehead.

Wu Jin was also wolfing down his meal. (End of this chapter)