hairpin family

Section 18 confirms
In the northwest frontier, except for the desert, it is the grassland, and the products are very scarce.But it's not all good, at least the output of horses, cattle and sheep is not comparable to that of other places in the Kingdom of David.

And the northerners are more used to eating meat.Occasionally eating a vegetarian meal, there may be surprises, but if they are really asked to be vegetarian on a regular basis, and there is no beef and mutton on the table, I am afraid they will suffocate to death.Even merchants from Chang’an and other places in the Central Plains will be very happy if they can eat vegetables that are rarely seen in the northwest border when they arrive in this northwest border, but it does not mean that they will not eat meat.On the contrary, not to mention the ancients, even modern people travel to a strange place, and they will happily try the famous local flavor and food.

Therefore, Qin Zhao also thought about it. The thing that can most impress Uncle Qitang and Aunt Qi should be the beef and mutton that people in Liangzhou often eat, and this meat, and mutton, is more popular among the people in the northwest border.

In this time and space, the cooking of dishes is not only barbecue, but also steaming. Qin Zhao doesn't know how other places in the Kingdom of David are, especially the prosperous cities such as the capital.Qin Zhao has reason to believe that other places are similar, otherwise A Cai, who has stayed in Chang'an City, would not cook this dish only.

Qin Zhao smiled slightly: "Back to Auntie, Yun Zhao wants to make a dish of fried mutton with green onions. The ingredients are only fresh mutton, but for the taste, some condiments are needed. Yun Zhao has to go to the kitchen See if it is complete. If it is not complete, think of a way."

"Sister Ah Zhao, I'll take you." Zhu Balang volunteered.

Aunt Qi wanted to ask what was so special about this scallion-stirred mutton, but when she saw her son talking, she just smiled, and after all, she could see it after it was cooked.Then he smiled and said, "Go, if you need anything, just tell Auntie."

Qin Zhao made a look of shame: "I really have something to ask my aunt, because Yunzhao is young and lacks strength, and I need the help of the chef in the noble house to prepare the ingredients. Why don't you just ask the selected cook to help me today How? After all, I have to learn in the future."

Uncle Qi Tang heard this, as if the child had concluded that his cook would learn from her in the future, he laughed loudly: "Since Ah Zhao is so confident, Hachiro, you go to the kitchen next to your sister, and then cook The cook will just call, Azhao just do it well, your aunt and I are waiting to try your handicraft."

"I will definitely not disappoint Uncle Qitang and Auntie." Qin Zhao pulled up his sleeves and saluted, and followed Zhu Balang to the kitchen.

There was a woman guarding the kitchen, and he was very surprised to see Zhu Balang bringing the young lady from the Yun family, but he also saw the ceremony, and Zhu Balang said: "Sister Ah Zhao is here to cook, you take the younger sister See what ingredients are needed, I went and called Ade over."

A De is the master's new choice to learn cooking, the woman knew it, so she respectfully agreed and led Qin Zhao to the kitchen.

Mutton, of course, is there. Qin Zhao pressed the meat with his fingers, and saw that the pressed place returned to its original shape in a short while, and it was fresh, so he asked the woman to choose a piece as big as a palm, about a catty, and cut it into pieces. Let it go.

I went to see Zuo Tiao again.

But she found that apart from soy sauce and chili, there was no shortage of other things such as wild fennel, star anise, pepper, pepper, onion, garlic, ginger, salt, etc. To her surprise, there was even a jar of vinegar.

"Any wine and sugar? Get some too."

"As for the young girl, the kitchen is not in charge of the wine and sugar. If Zhaoniang needs it, she should report it to the master."

Qin Zhao nodded.

In fact, she knows that the wine at this moment is different from the white wine she was familiar with in her previous life, but it is no problem to use it as cooking wine to remove the smell.The candy is by no means the Bai Shengxue's candy she was familiar with in her previous life, it's just some yellow candies, but to her, it's better than nothing.

From time to time, Zhu Balang brought Ade over, but he was a tall and strong man in his 30s.

Qin Zhao looked at his hand.

It is rare that such a thick and strong man has a pair of very discordant slender hands, and the nails are clean and tidy. Qin Zhao is secretly satisfied.

But she was satisfied, but this strong man was not satisfied.

It was clearly said that Cai Niang came to teach him how to cook, why did he change to such a doll the size of a bean?The master actually agreed?Is there a mistake?But he is just a slave, so naturally he won't show it.

Seeing the unbelievable look in his eyes, Qin Zhao didn't point it out, and directly ordered: "Ade, today I need to cook a dish for Uncle Qitang and Auntie, but I am old, and I still need your help." Want Winning a person's respect, appearance, etc., is never more effective than showing strength.

"The girl has something to do, but please tell me." Although Ade was suspicious in his heart, he was respectful to Qin Zhao, and did not neglect her at all because of her age.

Qin Zhao secretly praised Uncle Qitang as a good candidate.Regardless of whether his respect is due to the difference in status or because of the master's order, Qin Zhao will always accept his affection.So I plan to teach her well.Either she is proud, or in her previous life, except for professional chefs, ordinary people can't master her culinary skills. This is something that her group of buddies can't understand. There is no such thing as a dandy.

Qin Zhao often scolds with a smile that the reason why a dandy is called a dandy is that a real dandy must know how to live, otherwise it is not called a dandy, but a mess.

If this Ade is really so humble and pragmatic, and he learns her culinary skills, even if he is a slave, he will eventually be able to get a better life.

No matter what kind of world it is, what kind of rules it has, as long as it is a person with real ability, he can always live happily.

Qin Zhao pointed to a piece of mutton that the woman had picked out earlier, and said, "Take off the fascia of this piece of mutton, put it in clean water, soak it for a stick of incense, remove the blood stains and fat, and then take it out. , drain all the water, and cut into large slices, making sure they are even. And, as thin as possible. Cut into the thinnest slices you can."

Ade only answered "Yes" and started to do it.

In fact, as a famous Beijing dish in her previous life, the method of sautéed mutton with green onions is the simplest, but Jane does not mean that anyone can make this dish uniquely fragrant, fresh and tender.

It depends on whether the meat is fresh, whether it is properly marinated, whether the ingredients are complete, whether the seasoning is appropriate, and whether the fire is in place.

In fact, Qin Zhao was also a little apprehensive. After all, he hadn't used his hands for a long time, and his current body was really young. If he wanted to talk about the hand feeling, it definitely didn't exist.I can only try to figure it out.Fortunately, her cooking method is completely different from the popular cooking methods. Not to mention the taste, but a fresh one is enough to satisfy the couple in the sixth room of Zhu's family.Leaving aside the issue of nutrition, cooking is absolutely incomparable to stir-frying in terms of the enjoyment brought about by stimulating the taste buds.

After Ade cut the mutton slices, Qin Zhao had already selected the condiments to be used, green onions, ginger, garlic, pepper powder, salt, oil and vinegar, and said to Ade: "Mash the garlic into fine powder, Take the rhizomes of green onions and cut them into finger-length slant strips," and ordered Zhu Balang, who was accompanying her, "Bajie, go and get some sake and sugar. If you don't have sake, wine is also fine."

"Do you need wine to make a dish?"

"En." Qin Zhao responded, but felt a little regretful. It was a pity that there was no starch and soy sauce.

There is a kind of bean paste here, which is said to be the main condiment used by the people of David. Although Liangzhou is remote, it is close to the trade route leading to the Western Regions, so there is no shortage of these things.

Qin Zhao felt that the soy sauce of later generations should be produced on the basis of this kind of soy sauce, but soy sauce is not soy sauce after all. Although it has its own freshness, it does not help the dishes at all.

In the cooking of later generations, the function of soy sauce is not just to enhance freshness and taste, but more importantly, different soy sauces have different functions, and more importantly, it is to improve the appearance of dishes. It is soy sauce that can increase the flavor of dishes. "color".

It's a pity that as a person who specializes in mathematics and dealing with numbers, she doesn't know how to make soy sauce. I'm afraid this regret can only be a regret.

After Ade cut up the ingredients according to her requirements, Zhu Balang also brought a can of sake and a small can of essence.

Qin Zhao laughed when he saw it: "Bajie, why do you need so much? Just one cup of wine is enough, and two or three small pieces of sugar are enough. If I really use up all you brought, there is no need for this dish. After doing it, Uncle Qitang and Auntie, why don’t you die of love?”

"Sister Azhao, you didn't say how much to use, so I had to take all of it. My father didn't use wine for cooking. This jar is sake."

Qin Zhao nodded, and while doing it, he explained to Ade the essentials and steps of making this dish.

"The sliced ​​meat must be thin, so that it can be cooked quickly in the fire when turning over the vegetables, without affecting the color and taste of the meat. Mutton is inherently fishy. Although water can remove the blood stains, it is far from enough to remove the fishy smell, so I I let you prepare these ingredients, and you will need to use them in the cooking process. You watched how I made it, and you will follow it in the future, but a perfect dish does not only need to be able to cook, you are a cook , I must understand this truth. If you want to cook a dish with perfect taste, on the basis of knowing, you need more of your own inner induction and hard work. Practice makes perfect."

Ade nodded again and again, and in his expression, the respect was also a little more sincere.

Qin Zhao put the mutton into a bowl, mixed in an appropriate amount of pepper powder and sake, asked Ade to knead and mix well, and told him the appropriate amount of pepper, sake, and salt, as well as the purpose of this process.And put the kneaded meat away, and marinated it for about a stick of incense before letting the handyman light a fire.

From now on, it's all up to her to do it herself.

Put cold oil in the hot pot, and when the oil is about seven or eight mature, pour in the marinated mutton, quickly turn off the fire, and put the mutton out of the pot as soon as the mutton turns mature.Then put the previously chopped shallots, garlic and ginger into the sauté until fragrant, then pour in the previously fried mutton, add sake, crushed sugar, balsamic vinegar, salt, stir fry for a while on high heat, Then the pot was lifted.

Then, some chopped coriander was sprinkled on top of it, firstly for the fragrance, and secondly because the fresh green color is very beautiful.

Qin Zhao took the chopsticks and tasted it first. The reason why she chose this dish was because the condiments needed for this dish were basically available in the Zhu family’s kitchen, so that it would not affect the taste too much. Although this taste is a little worse than the fried mutton with scallions that I made myself before, overall, it is justified.There is also a bottom in my heart.

"Sister Ah Zhao, it's really delicious. I'll try it too." When Zhu Balang was frying the mutton for the first time, he smelled the delicious smell, and his mouth was already watering. live?

Qin Zhao gave him a chopstick with a smile, and Zhu Balang didn't care that the meat was still very hot. He put it in his mouth, and while he was so hot he sucked in his breath and jumped, and couldn't help but praise: "Sister Azhao, you are really good!" Awesome, I have never eaten such a delicious mutton."

His reaction did not meet Qin Zhao's expectations, but she valued Ade's comments more, so she took another pair of chopsticks and said to Ade with a smile, "Try it too and see how it goes."

Only professionals have more right to speak.

Ade was not polite, took a bite with the chopsticks, and his eyes lit up.Qin Zhao smiled and said, "How?"

To Qin Zhao's surprise, Ade showed a troubled expression.

(End of this chapter)