Chapter 226 Grandma likes to eat pickled cucumbers? Wait, I’ll make it!(1/3)
Phew... feel relieved.
This perfect cooking technique finally fulfilled its mission.
There is still one cuisine upgrade card left in the props in hand, and Lin Xu has been struggling with this card for a long time.
Because the sauce frying techniques, rice steaming techniques, sweet and sour techniques and dry stir-frying techniques in hand are all excellent, and they can become signature dishes in the store after they are upgraded to the perfect level.
But he couldn't decide which one to upgrade.
"Master Lin, this braised Ma'anqiao dish is ready, what do you think?"
Qiu Zhenhua garnished some coriander leaves around the plate, and then asked people to take it away and start serving.
You don’t even let me have a taste, what do I think? Lin Xu muttered in his heart, and then said:
"It is said that Jiangsu cuisine pays attention to knife skills and fire skills. Now I have learned the lesson. The complexity of this dish has really changed my understanding of eel."
Who would have thought that from cooking to serving, you can go through a series of processes such as slaughtering, changing knives, cleaning, frying, braised, steaming, and pouring sauce.
Such a cumbersome method, let alone freshwater treasures such as eel, even if you pick a random leaf and process it like this, the taste will not be bad.
What's more, the cooking process is accompanied by pork belly throughout the process.
The dishes made in this way are not easy to taste.
Qiu Zhenhua said:
"Braised Ma'anqiao evolved from braised pork. After hundreds of years of development, it has become what it is now. However, no matter how it develops, the core is to use pork belly to cook eel segments. The taste is also sweet, salty, and fragrant, with an aftertaste.
Infinity."
Sweet, salty and delicious?
Sweetness comes first?
Considering this is Jiangsu cuisine, it’s normal for the sweetness to come first.
But if Lin Ji makes a new one, it will have to be changed to salty, sweet and savory. After all, northerners don’t have the habit of being addicted to sugar like those in the Su, Xichang and Changzhou areas.
Not long after, Shu Yun, who was in charge of greeting the small banquet hall upstairs, came over and said:
"Guests are full of praise for the Braised Ma'anqiao, saying it still tastes the same as decades ago, and they all praise Chef Qiu for his skill."
Qiu Zhenhua smiled modestly:
"It's a pity that my uncle returned to his hometown recently, otherwise if he made it, it would taste better."
After speaking, he asked again:
"Which dish are the guests still satisfied with?"
"There are also white jade lotus root shreds and powder-steamed silver shreds, which are said to have changed their understanding of lotus root and white radish."
Sure enough...
As soon as these two dishes appeared, they immediately overpowered Su Cai, who is good at knife skills. I have to say that the cooking talents of the two brothers Xie Baomin are really amazing.
Especially Lin Xu, who has mastered so many techniques at such a young age.
He is truly a person that God holds in his arms and feeds.
After finishing the work here, Lin Xu had dinner with everyone.
The dinner here is quite sumptuous. Remove the bones from the tail ends of the eels that were cut off before, cut them into slices horizontally, and stir-fry them with lard. The taste is delicious, but the texture is crispy and chewy. Left a deep impression.
It's a pity that we have run out of cooking study cards.
Otherwise, he would have to learn two more dishes, trying his best to master the representative dish of eel.
After dinner, he said goodbye to Qiu Zhenhua and strolled all the way to Building 2.
After saying hello to Gu Junli at the front desk, she took Dundun, who had slept for half the afternoon, to leave after get off work.
The little guy ate crocodile meat today and was not very hungry at the moment, so he didn't prepare dinner for him at Diaoyutai. Lin Xu planned to steam some tenderloin when he got home.
I haven’t eaten pork for several days, so I need to adjust.
Don’t develop a bad habit of being picky eaters.
When he returned to the gate of the community, Lin Xu saw Shen Baobao, who had already got off work, and was eating a packed pan-fried bun.
"Wow, the business of pan-fried buns is so booming, I queued for a long time to buy them."
This girl picked up a fried bun with a bamboo skewer and handed it over affectionately. Lin Xu quickly caught it with his open mouth, and then his mouth was burned...
Well, it was just out of the pot, and there was a lot of soup in it, so the temperature was extremely high.
Lin Xu ate it carefully and then asked:
"Stay here tonight or go home?"
"I will go wherever you go. Anyway, I want to be with you."
Then don't go to the villa, lest your father-in-law see that you want to eat meat again, which will ruin the fat loss plan formulated by your mother-in-law.
After eating another pan-fried bun, the two of them hugged Dundun and prepared to buy some snacks from Uncle Yu’s Supermarket and go back upstairs to watch an old movie.
As soon as he walked into the supermarket, Uncle Yu smiled and said hello:
"Xiao Xu, a cart of cucumbers grown by farmers arrived in the evening. They are the last batch this year. Do you want to try some?"
Although the cucumbers grown by farmers may be small in size, they have a strong flavor and are very delicious whether served cold or shredded and eaten with noodles.
Lin Xu had no need for this thing. Just when he was about to say no, Shen Baobao next to him said:
"Grown by farmers? Every year, my grandma asks the company's driver to go to the farmers in the suburbs to buy some cucumbers to make pickled cucumbers, but this year her waist and legs are not feeling well, so she hasn't done it yet."
Pickled cucumber?
Lin Xu suddenly remembered that during the last competition at Diaoyutai, the second round reward was the excellent pickled cucumber recipe.
Since grandma’s waist and legs are uncomfortable, I’ll do it.
It's such a coincidence that we have such good cucumbers, it would be a pity not to pickle them.
Thinking of this, he said to Shen Baobao:
"Then let's buy some and make some later, and let grandma have a taste of my craftsmanship."
"You can also make pickled cucumbers? That's great. I'll tell grandma later and ask her to wait and taste your craftsmanship... How long will it take for these pickled cucumbers to be pickled?"
Lin Xu smiled and said:
"The fastest is two hours, but if the time is too short, the marinade will not be thoroughly marinated. It is best to refrigerate it overnight... If the whole stick is marinated, it will take more than two weeks. If the time is too short, it will not taste good."
"Then you can do something quick. How about we go to grandma's house for lunch tomorrow at noon? I just want to bring it to grandma."
"Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Thank you Xubao, you are so kind to me!"
Lin Xu laughed dumbly. Even if he listens to your opinion, he will be good to you. Isn't this too easy to satisfy?
He handed Dundun in his arms to Baobao Shen:
"The supermarket is not suitable for bringing pets in. You and Dundun wait at the door while I pick some cucumbers suitable for pickling and buy some snacks by the way."
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"Okay!"
Baobao Shen held Dundun in his arms and leaned against the glass door to let the little guy look at the crowd outside.
Not long after, Lin Xu walked out of the supermarket carrying two large bags of cucumbers, bags of soybeans, soy sauce and some snacks. After checking out, the young couple carried large and small bags of things and carried Dundun upstairs to go home.
As soon as she got home, Shen Jiayue couldn't wait to call Mrs. Shen:
"Grandma, we made some pickled cucumbers and will deliver them to you at noon tomorrow. Just tell me what else you want to eat. Your grandson-in-law can make everything."
Mrs. Shen smiled and said:
"Just give me some pickled cucumbers. It's been too hot these past two days. I can't drink porridge without a little pickles. I always feel like I have no appetite."
"Then just wait, we will go there at noon tomorrow."
After hanging up the phone.
This girl confidently called her father Shen Guofu:
"Dad, Xu Bao is going to make pickled cucumbers for grandma. I have to stay and help. I won't be going back tonight!"
Shen Guofu: "..."
It’s good to make pickled cucumbers. The old lady really likes them.
But how can you help?
It’s not much of a help!
He didn't expose his daughter, he just warned her:
"Don't cook too much for your grandma. Too much pickles is bad for your health."
"Okay, okay."
To be continued...