When Fang Yan went grocery shopping at noon, she bought a little extra. In addition, she usually buys fresh ingredients whenever she sees them and stores them in the kitchen.
Before leaving in the afternoon, Fang Yan took a piece of lean meat and a two-pound carp from her spatial storage.
The carp were cleaned in early spring.
Fang Yan picked up a knife and made cuts on the fish. "Tonight we're having squirrel fish, stir-fried shredded pork, rapeseed sprouts, and seaweed soup."
Faced with the ingredients, she quickly decided on the dishes and her movements became swift. She even called out to Fang Jie, who was in the main room looking at the little fish, "Brother, help me pick a carrot from the vegetable garden."
The advantage of having a vegetable garden right in the yard is that the vegetables you eat are absolutely fresh, you can just pick them, wash them, and cook them right away.
Fang Jie went to the vegetable garden, picked a carrot, washed it, and peeled it.
"The silk is laid out over there, help me spin it into silk." Fang Yan didn't stand on ceremony at all, ordering her cheap brother around with ease.
A silk thread puller is a tool used to extract silk from fruits and melons.
Just then, the sound of Little Fish and Qibei arguing came from the main room. "Qibei, let me tell you, as a person... as a dog, you can't be too stingy, or you'll easily lose all your friends."
"Woof woof woof..." Qibei's barking was also full of life.
"How could you do this? It's Grandma's first time visiting us, we should give her the best things."
"Woof woof woof..."
No one knows what Xiaoyuzai wanted Qibei to give to Zhu Xiuhua, but anyway, the two of them were arguing fiercely.
Fang Jie was stunned. "They can actually argue?"
Can humans and dogs communicate in a language?
"They argue every day, so I don't need them."
Fang Yan, used to it, said with a smile.
Raising a baby cichlid is really like raising another child. They compete for attention and argue. But as long as the baby cichlid and the little fish are around, the house is never quiet.
As long as they didn't come to ask her to settle their domestic disputes, Fang Yan always pretended not to hear their arguments.
Listening to the sounds of the child and the dog arguing coming from the main room, watching Fang Yan laughingly tell Fang Jie about the things that Xiao Yuzai and Qi Bei usually do, and smelling the aroma of food from the kitchen, Zhu Xiuhua's eyes welled up with tears again. She had never experienced such a life before.
But this feels so good!
The fish had been marinated, and the oil in the pan was at the perfect temperature. Fang Yan put the fish into the oil, and it sizzled...
The sound of frying food immediately filled the air, and within minutes, a fragrant aroma wafted out.
Fang Jie and Zhu Xiuhua both involuntarily inhaled deeply, as if they wanted to inhale the entire aroma.
Fang Yan skillfully fried the fish until it was cooked, then took it out of the pan and plated it.
Leave a little sauce in the pot, pour in the sweet and sour sauce that you made in advance with tomato sauce and other ingredients, bring it to a boil, thicken it with cornstarch, and then pour it over the fried squirrel fish.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a sweet and sour flavor, the squirrel fish is ready.
Zhu Xiuhua is, after all, an older woman, and her digestive system certainly can't function like Fang Jie's.
She hadn't eaten much meat for a long time, so Fang Yan didn't dare to give her heavy meat dishes.
So tonight's pork is a piece of lean tenderloin.
Fang Yan sharpened the knife on the threshold to make it even sharper.
This house was built by Zhang Zongde in his early years. Even the stove was made of mud bricks. The only thing in the whole house that was the threshold of the main room was a stone.
The iron knife was indeed much sharper after being sharpened, and Fang Yan's knife skills had been honed through countless trials.
"Shh..."
With just a soft sound, a slice of meat as thin as paper was cut.
Take oil, salt, and homemade seafood oil (similar to oyster sauce, but more flavorful), along with cornstarch. Mix well and marinate for three to five minutes.
First, stir-fry the shredded carrots until cooked, then remove them from the pan.
Heat the oil in a wok again. To ensure the meat slices remain tender, this dish must be stir-fried at a high temperature.
Therefore, temperature is very important.
Before the temperature reached its maximum and the meat developed a bitter taste, Fang Yan decisively poured the marinated meat slices into the pot...
Almost immediately with a sizzle, a unique aroma, different from the sweet and sour taste of squirrel fish, wafted from the pot, making one's mouth water.
The slices of meat are very thin and cook very quickly.
Stir-fry over high heat. Before the marinade dries, add the previously stir-fried shredded carrots, stir a few times, thicken with a light cornstarch slurry, pour it around the edges, stir well, and it's ready to serve.
This dish is quick and easy. Any stir-fried meat dish requires both good knife skills and precise temperature control.
The key is speed, so the slices shouldn't be too thick.
Otherwise it won't be cooked through.
If lean meat is overcooked, it will become tough and dry.
Moreover, Fang Yan's stir-fried shredded pork was coated with a thin layer of starch on every slice of meat, making it smooth, tender, and fragrant. Before even tasting it, Fang Jie had already swallowed several bowls of saliva.
"Yan Yan, how are you so amazing!" Fang Jie praised.
He had eaten at Fang Yan's restaurant several times, and every dish was so delicious that he would remember it for a lifetime.
Zhu Xiuhua and Fang Jie both knew that Fang Yan had changed her name.
However, they still preferred to call her "Yan Yan," so Fang Yan didn't insist that they change their way of addressing her.
"Because I discovered that I really love eating these delicious foods. If you love eating them, you should study how to make them," Fang Yan said with a vague laugh, which also served as an explanation for her superb cooking skills.
Fang Jie may not be the brightest, but he is actually quite smart.
In just half a day, he discovered that Fang Yan's progress far exceeded his expectations. Not only was her business thriving, but she was also willing to spend time learning to cook so that she could eat delicious food. This was something he could learn from.
"Yan Yan, I will work hard in the future and study more about how to grow better crops."
He only knows how to farm, so of course he can only study farming techniques.
As they were talking, a bright green stir-fried vegetable was also served.
Fang Yan turned around and put a few grains of chicken essence and salt on the seaweed on the small charcoal stove.
All three dishes and one soup were completed.
"Brother, I'll take this plate of sliced meat to Aunt De next door first. You and Mom can bring the dishes to the table."
Fang Yan specially cooked an extra plate of stir-fried shredded pork and gave it to Aunt De.
Firstly, to thank her for helping to look after the child in the afternoon;
Secondly, we need to inform Zhu Xiuhua and Fang Jie that they are coming to stay here temporarily.
"Did the family split up?"
Aunt De knew that Fang Yan had gone to her parents' home in the afternoon to support her mother and brother. As soon as she saw her, Aunt De asked anxiously.
"We've separated. My mom and brother have been brought over. In a couple of days, I'll find some time to transfer their household registrations out."
Fang Yan brought over the shredded pork and placed it on their table. "It's fresh out of the pot. Eat it while it's hot; it tastes even better that way."
Aunt De's two sons work in the fields and sometimes come back late. They are having dinner right now.
When the children saw Fang Yan carrying a plate over, they knew there was more good food to be had, and they excitedly told Fang Yan, "Third Auntie's cooking is always the best!"
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