Chapter 20 The Village Girl 15
Jiang Sen, who didn't know he was being taken care of yet, was still in high spirits. Jiang Chan glanced at him lightly, "It doesn't matter, her food is not that delicious."
The next day was Xiu Mu, so Jiang Sen did not go to the academy, but went into the study after breakfast.
Jiang Chan also got up early in the morning. This was her living habit. Going to bed early and getting up early was good for her health. She got up to do some activities, and then got together with Li's mother, thinking about today's dishes.
Li Ma's cooking skills are now improving by leaps and bounds. The old shopkeeper of Mingyue Tower came here several times and wanted to recruit Li Ma to Mingyue Lou. This means that Li Ma's current skills are definitely qualified to be a chef.
It's just that Li Ma is used to serving Lin and Jiang Sen, so she doesn't agree with it no matter what, and the old shopkeeper can only give up the idea angrily.
Nowadays, Li Ma can also cook many dishes, such as braised pork, chicken with roasted mushrooms, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed fish, squirrel and mandarin fish, etc. Li Ma cooks them all with style.
Now that Jiang Sen's friends are here, Jiang Chan is ready to make something different. Everyone has eaten the previous dishes, and there is nothing new about them.
Looking at the sky, it was the busy morning market at this time. Jiang Chan simply went out with Li Ma. She wanted to go out to see if there were any fresh ingredients today.
It's winter now, and winter fish are in very short supply. Jiang Chan and Li Ma didn't go far when they met a fish seller. Jiang Chan glanced at it and saw that herring weighed almost seven or eight pounds. This one is made into fish.
Pills are quite good.
Uncle Zhong immediately paid and picked up a big herring and followed him. The morning market was very lively. Jiang Chan walked around and when he returned, Uncle Zhong's hands were already full.
At the butcher's place, Jiang Chan asked for a fan of pork ribs. Seeing the butcher's scraps discarded next to her, Jiang Chan also asked for them all. Pig scraps were more expensive than meat until now, and now they only cost half a piece.
The price of a pound of meat is almost the same as what you get for free.
Jiang Chan was still carrying a large tube of bones chopped by the butcher, and she was going to take this back to make bone soup. When passing by a traditional Chinese medicine store, Jiang Chan also went in and bought some spices.
Many spices can be used as medicine, and there is no place to sell them. After wandering around like this, the three of them finally made their way back home.
On the way, Ma Li looked at the sesame in Uncle Zhong’s hand, and then at the big pig head in her hand: “Miss, this sesame is not delicious, it tastes very strong.”
Jiang Chan: "That's because others won't eat it. When I go back and show my skills, you will know whether this thing is delicious or not."
Li Ma immediately shut up. She also knew that Jiang Chan didn't tell lies. As long as she guarantees that this is delicious, it will be delicious. Is it rare that others won't eat it?
After returning to the house, everyone got busy. Jiang Sen and Lin also came to join in the fun. Mainly because of the ingredients Jiang Chan prepared today. None of us had ever tasted the corresponding dishes, so weren't we just curious?
Even Uncle Zhong and Wang Ma also came to help, otherwise Jiang Chan and Wang Ma would not be able to survive at all. The first thing Jiang Chan made was fish balls, and the fish balls made from herring are quite good. This is also
Uncle Mo’s unique trick.
Clean the herring cleanly, chop off the head and tail, and slice the fish body along the spine. Both Lin and Jiang Sen watched Jiang Chan remove the fish bones and skin, leaving only the white fish meat.
All that was left was to chop the fish into pieces, and it was Uncle Zhong's turn. After the fish was minced, Jiang Chan added onions, ginger and cooking wine to the fish, stirring in one direction until the fish was stirred vigorously.
Lin was confused: "Xiaochan, what are you doing?"
"Fish balls, many ingredients can be made into balls, such as meat balls, shrimp balls, etc. You can also make vegetarian balls, such as shredded radish balls," Jiang Chan glanced at Mrs. Lin: "I'll make them for you next time.
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Mrs. Lin nodded immediately and watched Jiang Chan continue her performance.
After the oil boiled, Jiang Chan took one side of the minced fish meat, pinched it and turned it with her fingers, and a snow-white fish ball was put into the pot. Within a few seconds, the round fish ball floated up.
Li Ma took a few glances and immediately took over Jiang Chan's work, while Jiang Chan went to prepare Sixi meatballs. She was going to make a fish ball and a Sixi meatballs today.
In the winter, fry more, it will be convenient for side dishes in the future, and it can be stored for some time.
It is not difficult to make Sixi Meatballs. Each one is as big as Jiang Chan's fist. Once fried, put them aside. The next step is the main event. Uncle Zhong, who works hard and does not complain, has already followed Jiang Chan's wishes to deal with the pig waste.
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Jiang Chan saw that Uncle Zhong's treatment was very clean, so he naturally praised him. Uncle Zhong's beard was straight and he was looking forward to eating two more bites at lunch.
A complete dish includes large intestine, small intestine, pig heart, pig lung, pork liver and pork belly. Jiang Chan's head turned away quickly. Jiang Sen was dubious: "Xiao Chan, how do you eat these things?"
Jiang Chan took out the small intestine and put it aside: "We won't use this today. In the afternoon, we will use the small intestine to stuff sausages, the large intestine to make nine-turn large intestine, the pig lungs to make couple's lung slices, the pig liver to be cold-cut, and the pig heart to stew in soup."
Li Ma took a break from her busy schedule and said, "There is also a pig's head."
Jiang Chan: "I have already thought about it. Let's eat braised pork in the evening. The braised pork takes a long time. We will definitely not be able to eat it at noon."
Jiang Sen felt regretful at first, and then became happy again. It was good not to have lunch, so no one would compete with him. Seeing that Jiang Sen's eyebrows softened a bit, Mrs. Lin gave him a meaningful look, that's all.
Promote!
Now there are five dishes, nine-turn large intestine, couple's lung slices, cold-cut pork liver, pig heart soup and a Sixi meatballs. Seeing the ribs on one side, Jiang Chan then said, "The ribs will be made into sweet and sour sauce."
Pork ribs, I’ve never done this before.”
Jiang Sen's Adam's apple was already moving, and Mrs. Lin felt distressed: "How long will this work take? It's so tiring!"
Jiang Chan: "I'm not tired. Ma Li, Ma Wang and Uncle Zhong are all helping me. I just have to use my mouth."
"As for the fish balls, let's make fish balls with green vegetables, bean sprouts and tofu with vegetables, scrambled eggs with leeks, stir-fried meat with leeks, and bone broth."
Jiang Sen was overjoyed. They were all dishes he had never tasted before. It seemed like he was going to have a good meal today, especially when he thought that there would be braised pork to eat in the evening. Jiang Sen was even more excited.
"The dishes are all ready, and there are also snacks after the meal. I see there are yam and red beans. For snacks, I will make red bean and yam cake to remove the oil and relieve greasiness."
Mrs. Lin wiped the sweat from Jiang Chan's forehead and said, "It's all up to you. If your father has someone come to your door again next time, we won't do anything for him."
Chapter completed!