Border Cook

Chapter 564 Braised Rabbit Meat
"No need to be so troublesome." Xia Yunji took his own rope and the one that Fan Jinglan had just used, and used the dagger he carried with him to cut the two ropes into four sections each, making eight ropes in total.

Then, arrange the eight ropes evenly into a circle with the middle of each rope as the intersection point. Then, tie a knot between every two ropes from the middle, and then tie another knot on each rope a little higher...

After repeating this process many times, the originally bare rope formed a relatively simple net. All the rabbits were placed on the net, and finally the end of the net was lifted up, and the rabbits could be picked up easily.

Fan Jinglan was curious, her eyes sparkling, "There is actually such a method?"

"Of course." Xia Yunji said as he gathered the rabbits. "When we were marching and fighting outside, if there were not enough stretchers, we would use this method to transport the wounded. If there were not enough ropes, we would also use grass to weave them."

"Weaving with grass?" Fan Jinglan looked around in surprise.

There were weeds growing all around, but most of them were not tall or long enough. How could they be woven into a net like this long rope?
"Yes, use grass." Xia Yunji gathered the rabbits together and then demonstrated to Fan Jinglan, "This kind of grass called dogtooth grass will do."

As Xia Yunji spoke, he pulled out a piece of Bermuda grass from the ground.

Dogtooth grass grows on the ground and looks ordinary, but it actually has long and tough vines when pulled up. Pull up a few more vines, tie the ends together, and weave the vines of Dogtooth grass together like braiding a hair to form a grass rope.

"This kind of straw rope is very strong and durable. It can be used to make a net, whether it is a stretcher to carry the wounded or a backpack to transport things. It is very convenient."

Seeing that the ordinary grass had now turned into an extremely strong rope, Fan Jinglan felt extremely surprised. She reached out and took the rope from Xia Yunji's hand. After carefully examining it, she sighed, "It's really good. It's really interesting."

"Isn't it?" Xia Yunji also smiled, "There are many more interesting things than this. I'll tell you when I encounter them in the future."

"Okay!" Fan Jinglan nodded excitedly and helped Xia Yunji use the straw rope he had woven to fix the net that he had used to catch rabbits. The two of them carried the net towards the house together.

Guo Kanglai had been waiting at the house for a long time. Seeing the two people returning with a good harvest, his face was full of joy. He hurriedly asked Shuisheng and others to take the rabbits over.

Skin and gut the rabbits and clean them thoroughly.

There were so many rabbits that they could not be eaten all at once, so Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji left some for the orchard and only took about ten back with them.

As for the peeled rabbit skins, Guo Kang was told to dry them out in the sun, and then pick out the good ones to send to Xia Mingyue, so that they could be used to make warm gloves, scarves and other warming items.

Guo Kanglai thanked him profusely and agreed to all the requests.

The three of them said goodbye and left. Guo Kang came to see them off. He watched the three of them disappear into the sunset and couldn't help smacking his lips. "Madam Fan and General Ji are really amazing. They caught so many rabbits in one go. The orchard and farm will be less damaged by these animals in the near future."

"Yes." Shuisheng nodded in agreement.

"It would be great if Madam Fan and General Ji were willing to keep hunting rabbits for the orchard and farm..."

Aquatic, "..."

You are getting more and more imaginative!
Last time you thought of asking Commander Lu to catch fish, this time you thought of asking Madam Fan and General Ji to hunt rabbits. Why don’t you think of asking the emperor to pick fruits for you?

Go take a shower and go to bed early at night! Fan Jinglan, Xia Yunji and the other two arrived at their residence in the morning glow.

Xia Mingyue looked at the three people who were all excited, and at the dozen or so prepared rabbits on their horses' backs, she knew that not only had they made a good harvest today, but the two of them also had a lot of fun.

"We'll make braised rabbit meat tonight!" Xia Mingyue was full of smiles. "You two should take a break, clean up, wash your hands, and go eat some canned yellow peaches first."

When they heard that there would be braised rabbit meat for dinner in the evening, Fan Jinglan and Xia Yunji's eyes lit up. When they heard that there would also be canned yellow peaches, their eyes lit up even more.

Without even taking a break or changing clothes, they hurriedly asked Yinqiao to take out the canned yellow peaches so that they could eat two first.

"Wash your hands first." Xia Mingyue saw it and reminded.

"It's okay, I don't need to use my hands." Xia Yunji made a face.

"I'll just eat two first." Fan Jinglan also laughed, "It's okay to eat them with a bamboo stick."

These two kids!

Seeing that the two naughty kids obviously refused to give up until they had eaten the canned yellow peaches first, Xia Mingyue stopped trying to stop them. She only asked Yin Qiao to get them the canned yellow peaches to temporarily satisfy their cravings.

Xia Mingyue asked Mrs. Zhuang to prepare braised rabbit meat first.

All rabbits have been processed and cleaned. Cut them into pieces and soak them for a while to let the blood come out. Put them in cold water and blanch them with rice wine, green onion, ginger, etc. to remove the taste and blood foam, then take them out and wash them clean.

Heat oil in a pan, sauté scallion, garlic slices, red pepper, star anise, bay leaves, cardamom, pepper, etc., stir-fry the cleaned rabbit meat until it changes color, add bean paste, boiling water, salt, soy sauce, rock sugar, etc., then cover the pot and simmer until soft.

Logically speaking, such braised rabbit could be directly served in a bowl and served on the table, but Xia Mingyue asked Zhuang Mama and Yin Qiao to prepare a charcoal stove, put a casserole on the stove, and then pour the braised rabbit, including the soup and meat, into the casserole.

Continue to simmer slowly over a charcoal stove over low heat. The rabbit meat can always remain soft and hot, and is very comfortable to eat. When the rabbit meat is almost eaten, you can continue to cook vegetables, soy products, and meatballs in the casserole.

In this way, you can not only enjoy the fragrant rabbit meat, but also use the delicious braised rabbit meat soup to wash down other foods, and finally finish with wide and chewy noodles. It can't be more delicious.

When your belly is full, fill it up with canned yellow peaches...

another beautiful day!
Everyone praised the braised rabbit meat highly. They didn't get enough of it in one meal, and the next day, they stared at the fresh rabbit meat.

Rabbit meat is cold and should not be eaten too much. Xia Mingyue originally did not plan to continue making braised rabbit meat the next day, but she could not resist everyone's saliva and ended up making another pot.

This time, we added warm seasonings such as ginger slices, and put two lamb chops in it. We stewed the whole pot thoroughly, allowing everyone to satisfy their cravings again.

As for the remaining rabbits, Xia Mingyue shaved the meat off and baked it all together to make spicy rabbit jerky, which she could eat later.