Although it may seem like ordinary shredded pork, it does take some effort to make it delicious.
Mrs. Ye cut the shredded meat into a bowl, then added salt, sugar, water, flour, pepper, egg white and other ingredients in turn, and mixed them thoroughly with the shredded meat.
It’s not over yet. In order to make the shredded pork tender and smooth without being dry and tough, the most crucial step is to add a little oil and mix well to lock all the seasoning and moisture into the shredded pork.
After doing all this, Mrs. Ye asked the servant beside her to help her put the basin of shredded meat next to the window which was slightly opened.
Everyone was making soup at the stove, it was really too hot, and the temperature near the window was lower.
After consulting Mr. Cen, the officer helped her place the basin by the window and opened the window a little wider.
Mrs. Ye opened the lid of the pot and checked the vegetarian soup. After taking a sip, she added bean sprouts, celery stalks, carrot pieces and corn segments. After the pot boiled again, she turned down the fire in the stove a little to keep the soup in the pot at a low boil.
After adjusting the soup, Mrs. Ye began to season the cucumber. She was the first of the four people to light the fire and start cooking other dishes.
The attention of the onlookers immediately focused on her.
But Mrs. Ye also just fried a little five-spice oil in the pan, and then added dried chilies and other seasonings.
She took out the soaked cucumbers in the bowl and placed them on a plate, poured the seasoning from the pot on them, and put them in the food box next to the stove, indicating that she had completed the dish.
The officer beside him immediately covered the food box and put a seal on it.
The people around couldn't help but start talking when they saw this scene.
"Tonight is truly worthy of being the finals. It really does look much more rigorous."
"If we had done it this way before, Chef Zhang probably wouldn't have had any doubts."
"Come on, people like him are just like their own hearts, so everything they see is dirty. No matter how well you do, as long as he doesn't win, he will find ten thousand reasons to doubt you."
"That's right, that's absolutely true!"
"Without that bad apple that is Chef Zhang, tonight's cooking competition looks even more exciting."
"Madam You went on stage relatively late in her previous two appearances, but today she seemed to be the fastest. Could it be that she plans to go up first?"
“There are only four of us, so I don’t think it makes much difference whether we go up first or later.
"But did you notice that the steps for making the coir cucumber made by Mrs. Ye are a little different from those of others?"
"I think the point isn't the shiitake cucumber, but the vegetarian broth she made. Why not use bamboo shoots?
"It's rare to find bamboo shoots in the capital, so we prepared so many for them this time, obviously just to make the soup stock!
"The deliciousness of the bamboo shoot soup is unmatched by anything else, and she didn't even look at it and only chose mushrooms and other things."
"I heard that this Miss You had been living outside the Great Wall for a long time and only just returned with her husband's family this year. Could it be that she doesn't even know or have seen bamboo shoots?"
"That's really possible!"
"Ms. You's craftsmanship is really good, but it's a pity that she loses in experience."
"After all, we are near the capital, at the feet of the emperor, and we are not comparable to the outside of the Great Wall."
Miss Zhou stood in the corner, listening to everyone's discussions, and felt a little worried about Mrs. Ye.
But for some reason, she always had a strong intuition that Mrs. Ye must have her own reasons for doing this, and it might not be what these people said.
Qiuyun stood on the right side of Miss Zhou, being wary of anyone who approached carelessly, fearing that someone would touch her girl's bandaged hand.
As everyone was making soup and cooking, the temperature in the hall was getting higher and higher. Qiu Yun wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Miss, tell me, your hand is injured and you can't just rest. Why do you have to come to watch this competition?
"With so many people jostling for position, what if they touch your wound? The doctor said it will leave scars if you don't take good care of it!"
When Qiuyun thought about the possibility of burn scars on his daughter's tender hands, he felt short of breath and was about to faint.
But she muttered for a long time, but Miss Zhou turned a deaf ear to her and kept her eyes on Mrs. Ye's every move.
Mrs. Ye had already cut the green peppers and was ready to start stir-frying the green peppers and shredded pork.
"Shh, don't talk, now is the most critical moment!" Miss Zhou stopped Qiuyun's muttering.
Qiuyun looked reluctant, but didn't dare to say anything more.
Although her girl is young, she is very opinionated and cannot be persuaded by just a few words.
I saw Mrs. Ye heat the pot and pour in cooking oil, then immediately put in the shredded meat and spread it in the pot with chopsticks.
The second key to making delicious shredded pork with green peppers is to add cold oil to a hot pan.
After the shredded meat in the pot is stir-fried and turns white, quickly add the chopped green pepper shreds. Let the green peppers fry briefly, then use a colander to scoop them out and set them aside to drain the oil.
Many people think that the dish is ready and can be served at this step, but this is actually a big mistake.
The third key to making good shredded pork with green peppers is in this last step.
First add a spoonful of oil, a little salt and wet flour into the pot, mix well and season.
Then pour the green peppers and shredded meat back into the pot and stir-fry evenly.
The green peppers fried in this way are crispy but not lifeless, and the shredded meat does not overflow, leaving it with a moist and tender texture.
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