Ganli was unaware that someone was waiting to expose her 'malicious heart' while she was busy in the kitchen.
She prepared two main dishes today. The braised pork was already cooked, and she started preparing to make boiled pork slices.
After blanching the greens, put them in a bowl. Heat oil in a pan, add ginger, garlic, and soaked Sichuan peppercorns to sauté until fragrant. Then, scoop two large spoonfuls of spicy sauce from the jar she brought and add it in. As the oil turns red, the aroma instantly intensifies.
After adding water, she began to season the soup. In addition to salt, she added a spoonful of chicken bouillon, a spoonful of oyster sauce, and a little dark soy sauce for color. Finally, she added two large spoonfuls of chili powder, which further enhanced the color of the soup base.
However, Ganli was still somewhat dissatisfied. The condiment area only had dried chili peppers, not fresh ones. Despite having chili peppers, the flavor was quite different.
Never mind, I still need to find opportunities to do more tasks and unlock the vegetable area as soon as possible!
As she thought about it, her hands didn't stop moving. After the broth in the pot boiled, she quickly put the marinated meat slices into the pot one by one and stirred them with a spatula.
The meat slices are cut very thinly, so they don't need to be cooked for too long. After the water boils, wait about twenty breaths before taking them out and placing them on top of the blanched vegetables. Then pour the soup in as well.
Sweetly smelling the aroma, she was already drooling. When she saw her pour all the vegetables from the pot into a serving bowl, she thought it was done. But then she saw her heat up the oil in the pot.
Huh? There's more? She looked on with wide eyes, then sprinkled a handful of Sichuan peppercorns, a handful of dried chili peppers, and a handful of chopped green onions on the plated meat. Then she scooped a large spoonful of hot oil and quickly poured it over the meat.
"Sizzle—" With this sound, the aroma was fully released and instantly filled the kitchen.
The fiery red soup is garnished with tender green scallions, and the freshly poured oil is still sizzling and bubbling, with wisps of steam rising from it, emitting a stimulating and intense aroma!
Gan Tian had never smelled anything like this before, and couldn't help but take a deep breath. However, the stimulating aroma made her sneeze several times.
Seeing her pitiful appearance, Ganli felt both sorry for her and amused. She told her to take the boiled pork slices out first and not to come in, as the two main dishes were already prepared and she could handle the rest herself.
A little while later, Zhao came in again. Although it was Old Lady Gan who had sent her in to help, she was also curious to see what her sister-in-law was capable of, that she could cook such delicious food.
She squatted under the stove and took over Ganli's job, keeping an eye on her movements while tending the fire. She noticed that Ganli's previous actions were fine, but after adding salt, she poured some things from several bottles and jars into the dish, adding them without her knowing what they were.
After adding those ingredients, the aroma of the dish instantly came out.
Zhao couldn't help but ask, "Sister-in-law, what did you put in the food?"
Ganli wanted to tease her, so she said mysteriously, "These are all my secret recipes."
Secret recipe?
Hearing her answer, Zhao was even more confused, but since she had never had a good relationship with this sister-in-law, she was too embarrassed to ask any further questions.
Ganli worked quickly, and in addition to braised pork and boiled sliced pork, she also stir-fried three plates of seasonal vegetables and made an egg drop soup.
Once everything was cooked, the white rice was also ready. Together with Zhao, the two of them carried it all to the main room.
Although there were few dishes, the portions were large, with five dishes and a soup filling the entire table.
Soon, the white rice was served. The pear had added oil when cooking the rice, so the rice was now glossy and shiny. Combined with the oily braised pork and boiled pork slices, and the bright green stir-fried vegetables, it was a feast for the eyes, nose, and palate!
Looking at the steaming food on the table and smelling the enticing aroma, everyone in the Gan family was tempted, even the usually wooden Gan Quan couldn't help but swallow.
Gan Li found it amusing to see the whole family staring at her expectantly, and called out, "Come on, what are you all standing there for?"
Before the words were even finished, everyone appeared at the table instantly, as if they had been trained, and sat down in an orderly fashion. Old Man Gan and Old Woman Gan naturally sat at the main table, while the others sat neatly around the table, with the men on one side and the women on the other, leaving two empty seats in the middle.
Grandma Gan specially reserved a seat for her daughter next to her and invited her to sit down. Grandpa Gan also looked at his grandson: "Gan Lin, why aren't you sitting down? Come and eat."
To everyone's surprise, Gan Lin snorted coldly and didn't say anything, but instead glanced at Gan Li sideways.
Seeing this, Gan Li couldn't help but roll her eyes. Although she had spoken harshly just now, if Gan Lin really sat down to eat, she wouldn't really bother arguing with a child like him.
Unexpectedly, this little bastard wanted to turn the tables and make her go and invite him?
It's like putting a scallion in a pig's nose—pretending to be an elephant!
Gan Li walked over to Old Lady Gan's side, plopped down, and then said:
"Dad, why are you asking him to eat? Didn't you hear what people just said? He'd rather starve to death, even jump off the mountain behind the house, than eat a single bite of my cooking! But didn't he say he wouldn't eat? Why is he standing here now?"
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Gan Lin felt as if her thoughts had been read, and her face instantly turned red.
Before he could speak, Ganli, who had been pretending not to understand, suddenly exclaimed as if she had just realized something:
"Oh, I know, it must be so they can see how we get suffocated by this rotten pork later! Right?"
Gan Lin was furious, but Gan Li had already put him in this position, so he could only grit his teeth and stubbornly reply, "That's right!"
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