Chapter 67 Fried Meat Sauce

Lu Ping and Lu Erjie came out to watch Lu Xiang cook. Preparing bacon was relatively easy. First, sprinkle a little white wine on the pork, then stir-fry it!

After frying salt and pepper until fragrant, spread them evenly and place them in a bowl to marinate.

After that, we prepared the meat sauce. Every family had a jar of pickles. For example, the Fu family had two kinds of pickles: mustard greens and pickled radish.

That was a well-off family. The Lu family had never had much money, and the pickle jar was always empty.

Seeing Lu Xiang looking for the pickle jar, Second Sister Lu quickly said, "I'll wash it. I can't do anything else, so leave this kind of washing and rinsing work to me."

"Wash it several times and then scald it with hot water." Lu Xiang instructed carefully.

The pickle bottles in their house are almost covered with patina and need to be cleaned well.

"Okay." Second Sister Lu responded, and said with a smile, "Our little sister is becoming more and more beautiful."

At first, Lu Xiang was quiet and liked to hide away from others. Her personality was very much like her honest parents.

Seeing her work more efficiently and speaking more clearly now, she was pleasing to the eye. They had all seen the cowardly Lu family parents when they were little, so it was obvious that Lu Xiang was better off now. An honest person's life was not a happy one.

Second Sister Lu went over to boil water.

Lu Xiang divided the remaining ten pounds of meat. The meat Lu Erjie had brought was a mixture of fat and lean. Lu Xiang first separated it with a knife, reserving two pounds for steamed buns.

After thinking about it, I realized that there was no animal oil at home, so I kept half of the fat to make oil.

Lu Xiang first cut the fat and lean meat into fingernail-sized dice, quickly filling half a bowl. It looked quite impressive. Lu Xiang then went to the village store and bought two pounds of soybean paste, a bottle of soy sauce, a bottle of vinegar, a bottle of oil, and some salt, peppercorns, and other essentials.

This alone cost her one dollar!

Lu Xiang had long known that the Lu family was not well off, but when she opened the kitchen, she found that there were not even some basic seasonings, so she bought these.

Lu Xiang went to make the dough first. She'd bought it from people in the county, all high-quality white flour. She glanced at the filling and scooped out four bowls of dough. She used warm water to make the dough, using the old dough from home as the yeast.

After kneading the dough, cover it with a soft cloth and set aside.

Then she started to cook the meat sauce. After cleaning the large wood-fired pot, she poured in some oil. After a while, the oil began to bubble. Lu Xiang poured all the meat into the pot and stir-fried it.

With a bang, the fragrance came out immediately.

Even Second Sister Lu, who was washing jars nearby, started to salivate at the aroma and looked around.

The fried meat quickly changed color, and then Lu Xiang began to add various seasonings to enhance its flavor. Finally, pour in two spoons of soul paste and a little water, stirring it to mix the meat and water thoroughly.

Then put on the lid and simmer for a while.

After Lu Erjie washed the jars, she took them outside to dry. There cannot be any water in the jars used to make pickles.

Otherwise the pickles will easily go bad if kept inside.

Lu Xiang started chopping the meat to prepare the dumplings.

Lu Ping also laughed and said, "Xiangxiang is good at cooking. She knows exactly what to put first and what to put last. I'm not like that. I get confused when I try to cook too many different dishes."

Second Sister Lu said, "Of course, I don't cook at home either. It's all done by the chef in my family." She could never get the amount right, and the food was either too salty or too bland.

Second Sister Lu smelled the meat sauce simmering in the pot, her stomach growling. She had married into a wealthy family. Although not as well off as the people in the county, she could still eat meat once or twice a month.

The aroma of the food was so delicious that I couldn't resist it. I wanted to scoop some meat sauce and eat it with a pancake.

The meat sauce smells so good!

Even Lu Bao didn't have time to play at this moment. He just surrounded them, staring at the pot eagerly, not knowing whether he was greedy or not.

Lu Xiang smiled and said, "I'll steam the buns later, just bear with it for now."

Lu Xiang was chopping stuffing. Seeing that she was frail, Lu Erjie said, "I'll do it." She was capable of doing this kind of work.

Lu Xiang asked, "Do you want to add something else to the pork?"

Second Sister Lu was hungry and craving for food. She said, "It's a rare opportunity to eat meat, so don't add anything else." She just ordered pure meat. The filling tasted like a solid meat pie, which was really satisfying.

Lu Xiang said, "That's fine."

The dough rose quickly, and Lu Xiang kneaded it to expel the trapped air.

Then start kneading the dough!

Sister Lu wanted to come over to help, but was rejected by Lu Xiang and Second Sister Lu. When she was discharged from the hospital, the doctor repeatedly told her not to do any work and just to rest quietly.

Lu Xiang said, "I'm the fastest at making dumplings!"

Second Sister Lu said, "I can also pack it. The place is so small, what's the point of so many of us crowding in here?" She said this to comfort Big Sister Lu.

"Okay, then I'll eat what's ready." Lu Ping knew his sisters' good intentions and didn't resist.

Sitting on a chair beside her, her daughter Lu Bao reached out to hug her neck and put her face close to hers when she saw her sitting over.

This is a unique way for children to act coquettishly.

Lu Ping looked into the kitchen, where his two younger sisters were busy and his daughter was beside them. For a moment, he burst into tears.

Unlike before, this time, she wasn't lamenting her fate, but rather she was shedding tears of relief. She had thought this was the end of her life. Who could have imagined that she would have such a leisurely time waiting for dinner?

If it weren't for the support her family gave her, she wouldn't even be able to survive. Now, without that bastard Xue Shengli in front of her, she feels like she has a family again.

Lu Erjie chopped the meat filling, and Lu Xiang quickly mixed the filling and stirred it vigorously in one direction.

Second Sister Lu admired Lu Xiang's cooking ability, something she would never be able to learn in her lifetime.

Lu Xiang asked Lu Erjie to lift the lid of the pot and stir-fry.

When Lu Erjie opened it, she saw that the water on the meat sauce was almost dry. The aroma was even stronger after stir-frying.

There was a layer of oil on top. It was so fragrant that she couldn't help but pick up a little with her chopsticks and tasted it. The minced meat was salty and fragrant. It was delicious whether it was with rice, mixed with noodles, or sandwiched with pancakes. "Give me a bowl when I leave."

Her family was well-off, so she was determined to give it to him without even thinking of taking anything from her parents' home. But she couldn't resist this because it smelled so good.

"good."

The jars I had washed earlier had already dried, so I quickly filled them up. They were more than half full. It was enough to last me a while. After scrubbing the pot, I started to boil the lard.

Second Sister Lu asked her little niece to come over, and the two of them gathered around the pot, waiting to eat the fried lard residue.

There is not much fat, only a bowl of lard is boiled out, and there is a small bowl of lard residue at the bottom, which is crispy and fragrant. There are not many snacks these days, and lard residue is the best snack.

The four of us each took a bite or two and finished it.

Second Sister Lu watched Lu Xiang working skillfully, but she always felt something was wrong and couldn't figure it out for a long time.

After a long while, he said, "Ah, I promised to cut two pounds of meat for your in-laws, but I forgot to keep some."

Lu Xiang said, "I'll just take a bowl of meat sauce back later." No one would put ingredients like this except for eating at home. There was more meat and less sauce, and it was oily. This bowl of meat sauce was definitely decent enough to take back.