Reborn Cultural Empire

177. The author is drooling

"Eh? What is this?" Yang Weihong entered the kitchen, and saw the sound of living things crawling in a bucket in the sink.

When she leaned over to look at it, Yang Weihong, who was used to seeing all kinds of strange and weird ingredients, was taken aback: "This...how is this? Xiaoyi, you are not going to prepare that thing for cooking?"

what?Hearing that Yang Weihong also looked stunned, He Ying and Yang Ming's curiosity was aroused, and they hurried up to take a look, and they immediately looked like Yang Weidong, both dumbfounded and extremely disappointed.

"Isn't this just a crayfish?" Yang Weihong looked at Yang Yi, not knowing what to say: "Who eats this?"

And He Ying and Yang Ming next to him also had expressions of deep approval, and they were a little dismissive.

Speaking of which, although this imported creature that crossed the ocean from the Americas was first registered in Jiangbei, a neighboring province in the south of the Yangtze River, its geographical invasion route went all the way west, passing through Huangshan Province and Xijiang Province, and came to On the land of Hunan and Chu.It wasn't until later that dishes such as oily prawns and spicy crayfish became popular all over the country, and they entered the large and small water systems of Jiangnan Province because of artificial breeding.

Moreover, in the minds of the people in Jiangnan Province at this time, there are countless aquatic products in the water town. Even if you have to eat crustaceans, there are river crabs and snails in rivers, streams and lakes, and large lobsters and sea crabs on the seashore. Most people don't bother to eat things that crawl.

"Uncle, what you say about this thing doesn't count, and what I say doesn't count. I'll guide you to make it first, burn it out, and eat this at noon, and we'll talk after eating." Seeing the disapproval on everyone's faces, and His own mother kept shaking her head to avoid it, so Yang Yi had no choice but to speak with the facts.

Yang Yi's words were all about this, so Yang Weihong could only look at Yang Min hesitantly, then went up and rolled up his sleeves: "I'm not very energetic, why do I feel like they are all dying shrimp?"

After suddenly reacting, Yang Weihong turned to Yang Yi again in astonishment: "It's winter now, how did you get these things?"

"I went to Yueyan Town with Brother Luo to do some errands. On the way, I saw fellow villagers digging lotus roots, so I asked them to dig them in the pond by the way. Why are you so lethargic?" Yang Yi shrugged. You can eat braised prawns in oil, and Yang Yi's saliva can't stop drooling.

He still remembers that in 2, when he finally went out for supper with a few netizens on the Tianya community, the price of a catty of crayfish rose to 14 yuan, which made Yang Yi, who had always been cash-strapped in his previous life, extremely heartbroken.

Now after rebirth, you must eat extravagantly, to make up for all the losses in the previous life.

"Xiao Yi, you are so serious!" Yang Weihong was speechless for a while, in order to eat a crayfish that no one else would eat, it took such a lot of trouble.

"Is it clean?" Yang Min asked what He Ying and Yang Ming's mother and son wanted to ask, but it was difficult to ask.

Although Yang Weihong has been doing management work in the hotel these years, his work has not been lost. After picking up a lobster that weighs almost one or two pounds, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "It's such a big shrimp, it should be very clean if it is clean. It's clean. Look at the shrimp, it's so big, but the tail is still blue, it must have never drank the water in the sewage ditch. And look at it, Xiaoyi, have you been raising it with salt?"

"Uncle has good eyesight!" Yang Yi raised his thumb, then took out an aluminum basin from the cupboard, flushed it with water and said with a smile: "Come on, Uncle, I'll help you, clean up the shrimp first. "

After speaking, he grabbed a lobster and demonstrated it to Yang Weihong: first cut off a thumb-sized piece of the shrimp head with large scissors, and then clicked twice to cut off the sharp points on the two shrimp claws, and finally The left hand holding the shrimp turned over, and the right hand pinched the tail in the middle bsp; the action was decisive, the eyes were quick and the hands were quick, it seemed that he had done this job a lot.

Yang Weihong was a little surprised. Looking at it like this, her nephew probably didn't eat less of the crayfish.If this is the case, maybe he can really show some unique skills.

Immediately, he also picked up another pair of scissors, and after dealing with a lobster in a similar manner, he asked curiously: "Xiaoyi, what is the purpose of cutting off the head and claws of this shrimp, to better taste it?"

Yang nodded, shook his head again, and explained with a smile: "The tip of the shrimp claws is cut off for better taste, and the shrimp head is removed, which is more hygienic. Although this kind of crayfish is not what people think , living in sewage, but some heavy metals and toxic substances will still accumulate in the shrimp head, so it is healthier to cut it off.”

Yang Weihong hummed, stopped talking, and concentrated on dealing with the half-dead crayfish in his hand.

After a while, all the places that needed to be treated were finished, Yang Yi washed it under the faucet two or three times, turned around and smiled at Yang Weihong and Yang Ming: "The shrimps have been kept in light salt water for two days after I bought them. I washed it carefully again in the morning. It must be cleaner than the apple snails in restaurants outside."

Yang Ming and his mother were intrigued, but He Ying was still frowning and smacking her lips as she looked at the pot of crayfish, which was very unacceptable.

That's all right?Yang Weihong watched as Yang pushed the pots of crayfish she had packed in front of her, and took out a bunch of dishes, all of which were prepared condiments, and looked at them with an inquiring gaze.

"Okay, Uncle, you put it in the pot, first saute two kinds of dried chilies, then add green and red peppercorns, aniseed, green onion and ginger, just like you usually cook stewed vegetables in oil."

Hearing what Yang Yi said, Yang Weihong was still wondering, this practice is not so rare, it is nothing more than a common practice.But the hands are not slow, first cook the vegetable oil, and then according to Yang Yi's request, add a shovelful of lard that was boiled just a few years ago. All the onion and ginger are put into the pot, and there is a burst of fragrance immediately.

Then he picked up the aluminum pot with his left hand extremely nimbly, and poured it into the pot when the aroma of the pepper skin was the strongest, Yang Yi was so envious just by this hand.

Xiangchu cuisine, as long as it is a heavy spicy dish, the procedure of sautéing the chili skin will test the chef's skills. If it is too early, the fragrance has not fully come out. There will be a slight burnt smell.

Although the vast majority of people can't taste that kind of burnt taste, but for Yang Yi who has an extremely sensitive tongue, this is an intolerable crime.

It's a pity that he himself is considered a top-notch expert in eating, but if he starts to do it, apart from braised pork ribs and tomato scrambled eggs, there is actually no third dish that he can do well.

The uncle Yang Weihong next to him has already started to turn the pot. The bottom of the pot is half finger thick with hot oil, plus a full three catties of lobster, but none of it spills out. It seems that someone has been imprisoned within the range of the iron pot by magic. .

Stir-fry the shrimp oil, wait until the lobsters are burnt red, Yang Weihong followed Yang Yi's instructions, and only then added a spoonful of homemade spicy sauce in the country.After frying the chili sauce, I poured half a bottle of Lao Hua Diao into the pot, a large bowl of clear soup that Yang Yi used to make, half a spoonful of good rice vinegar, two pieces of rock sugar, and refined salt. of soy sauce, just cover the pot.

"That's all right?" Yang Min asked Yang Yi with some amusement, thinking that it was a bit of a fuss for his son to invite the eldest brother who was originally a super chef to join the battle in such a serious manner.

However, Yang Weihong discovered a little bit of knowledge in this dish after practicing it in his hands, so he smiled and explained to his sister, wife and children: "Don't look at how fast I come up, in fact, this dish is not delicious at all. It's not as simple as it seems. It takes two or three days to prepare the shrimps, and the other things are good to say. In this handful of aniseed ingredients, cinnamon, star anise, cumin, tangerine peel, kaempferen, fragrant leaves, grass fruit, and cloves , Dried dates, there are many good things! Then you have to count the bowl of clear soup, which seems to be made from fish and sheep bones, Huadiao cooking wine and our own rice vinegar, Xiao Yi, do you eat shrimp or scallops? Material!"

"It's so troublesome? Then there's no profit in this dish, and you let your uncle open a restaurant." Yang Min gave Yang a straight look.

He waved his hand, knowing that he couldn't explain clearly to his mother, but Yang Weihong took the initiative to explain: "No, Xiao Min, you don't know, although we cook this dish at home, it seems troublesome, but if we go to the restaurant to mass-produce it, it will be another matter." It’s the same thing. And if someone really wants to do this, the selection of seasoning materials will definitely not be so excellent.”

Only then did Yang Yi spread his hands: "It's still for an expert to talk about it." Then, regardless of the speechless expressions of everyone, he moved to the side of the pot and gently opened a crack.

"All right, all right, the soup is collected just right, don't put any MSG or anything else, and I don't like sesame oil either, uncle, give me a spoonful of oyster sauce!" Yang Yi smashed his mouth, swallowed his saliva, and then looked away from the chopping board Swipe up: "Basil, coriander, green onions, which one do you want to put?"

Although it is also a meal, the meaning of the meal at noon is different from usual, which means Yang Weihong's evaluation and examination of Yang Yi's "innovative dish".

After setting out the five bowls, when Yang Min wanted to pick up his chopsticks, Yang Yi stopped him with a smile: "You don't need chopsticks, you have to use your hands to eat this."

In the end, Yang Min insisted on picking up two pairs of chopsticks, and she didn't bother to care about the other three men.

A large pot of crayfish was placed on the table, and several people looked at the gnawing thing in the aluminum pot, not knowing what to eat for a while.They had eaten many lobsters and crabs in the sea, but this was the first time for crayfish in the pond.

But the oily red color inside the pot is dotted with white sesame seeds and green coriander leaves. All submerged under the thick juice.And when Yang Yi started first, grabbed a huge lobster, peeled off the head, sucked the soup inside, and almost swallowed his tongue.

"Delicious, delicious!" Yang Yi let out a "hiss hiss" as he peeled off the meat of the lobster. It was as white as snow, and he bit it down with the hot juice. The delicious fragrance of the lobster meat instantly disappeared. It bursts in the mouth, and it has a delicate taste while bouncing its teeth, not sticky or sticky.And when the strong aroma of the soup is over, it is the sweetness of the meat itself. It not only tastes the spicy and spicy flavor of various seasonings, but also tastes the original sweetness of the lobster.

Yang Yiyi ate several in a row before he had time to ask, "How is it? Is it okay? Is this no worse than seafood?"

At this time, Yang Ming had already eaten, and Yang Weihong and Yang Min each took a piece and tasted it carefully. Only He Ying hesitated and did not move his chopsticks.

"It's really...it's really good." Yang Weihong imitated Yang Yi's way of eating, tasted it carefully, and finally nodded affirmatively: "This dish is a bit interesting, if it is served on the street in summer Basin, plus two bottles of cold beer, I think it will be hot!"

After working as a chef for so many years, he has never moved in the hotel since he joined the management team. Yang Weihong's words naturally still have a certain degree of authority.

And when Yang Min and Yang Ming, the aunts and nephews, tasted the delicacy of the braised prawns, they also nodded repeatedly, and they didn't even have time to say a word, so they immediately turned left and right.