Chapter 450 I suddenly feel very hungry
Facing the questions from Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying, Shen Huazheng just smiled.
"The taste of cooking with tangerine peel is different from that of cooking with fresh oranges. You will know when you taste it later."
The three of them went to the kitchen and started preparing lunch.
Shen Huazheng looked at the fish Xie Yanqing sent, they were all bream.
Moreover, the quantity was quite large, enough for them to have at least two or three meals.
Shen Huazheng thought about it and decided to make the bream into two flavors.
"Let's make orange-flavored bream and braised bream today."
Princess Lejia was the first to express her opinion: "Okay, we'll all listen to Zhengzheng."
No matter what Shen Huazheng said, she supported it without thinking.
Zhou Ying naturally had no objection. After all, Shen Huazheng was the one who made the decisions regarding food.
"County Master, the fish has been processed."
Qingzhi Qingtang followed the instructions, cleaned the bream, cut off the head and tail, and brought it to Shen Huazheng.
Shen Huazheng picked up the knife and began to cut into the fish's back one by one, with each cut about one centimeter apart.
"Don't cut off the fish belly, or it won't look good later."
Princess Lejia and Zhou Ying both nodded and kept it in mind.
Shen Huazheng added ginger slices, green onions and salt to the fish and began to marinate it.
While the fish was marinating, Shen Huazheng asked someone to cut oranges.
The oranges should not be cut until the fish is marinated or almost marinated.
If the orange is cut too early, it may dry out due to being exposed to the air for too long, which will not only reduce the juice content in the flesh but also greatly reduce the taste.
Chen Huazheng put the marinated bream meat into a large porcelain plate. Since the fish belly was still attached, the fish meat was spread out in the shape of a blooming flower.
After arranging the fish, Shen Huazheng placed the oranges one by one on the edge of the plate, making a platter.
It looks like a gorgeous blooming flower.
Princess Lejia: "Wow, so beautiful."
Although Zheng Zheng’s dishes are generally delicious, this is the first time I’ve seen a dish that looks like a flower.
It’s really novel and beautiful.
She had to write down all these steps carefully so that when she returned to the capital, she could show off her cooking skills in front of her grandmother and the others and make this orange-flavored fish for them to taste.
Hehehe~~~
Zhou Ying also carefully memorized each step in her mind, planning to find an opportunity to do it next time.
After arranging the dish, Shen Huazheng put some ginger slices on the fish, then put it in the steamer and started steaming.
Another dish, braised bream, is also simple. Just like before, the fish meat has been cleaned, but the head and tail are still retained.
Chen Huazheng marinated the fish slightly with cooking wine and sauce, then put it in the pan and fried it until both sides were golden brown.
Zhou Ying started another pot, added processed ginger slices and garlic cloves to stir-fry, and then poured in the fried fish.
When Zhou Ying started to fry the fish with a spatula, Shen Huazheng poured the sauce that had been prepared long ago into the pot at the right time.
When the sauce in the pot starts to sizzle, simmer it over low heat for a while, then open the lid and cook over high heat until the sauce thickens.
At this point, the soup in the pot has been stewed to a thick state, and is filled with a fresh and fragrant aroma.
Zhou Ying sprinkled coriander and chopped green onions into the pot and then removed it from the heat.
When the braised bream is out of the pot, the orange-flavored bream is also steamed.
Chen Huazheng sprinkled chopped green onions on the steamed fish, and then poured boiling hot oil on it, allowing the spicy aroma of the chopped green onions and ginger slices to quickly penetrate the surface of the fish, while also bringing out the fragrance of the fish.
For a moment, the whole kitchen was enveloped by a rich and charming aroma, the fragrance was so strong that it almost blew the roof off.
If you look closely, you can smell the complex aroma not only of the freshness of fish and the flavor of sauce, but also of the fresh scent of orange.
It's really charming.
Princess Lejia looked at the braised bream, then at the orange-flavored bream, and felt that her eyes were not enough.
Suddenly I feel so hungry!!
She could eat a big bowl of rice just with these two dishes.
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