Chapter 255 Fish Paste Tofu
There aren't many people in the Lei family, so they don't need to cook too many dishes. She chose to cook mainly chicken, fish, and beef, and also mixed in some seasonal vegetables.
This was mainly due to the Lei family's situation. It wasn't that the Lei family couldn't afford the meal, but in order to avoid being caught, she still tried to make the birthday banquet as exquisite as possible.
She cut the killed fish into thin slices, marinated it with salt, cooking wine and pepper for a cup of tea, and prepared to make a dish of Blooming Peony Fish Slices.
The cook was helping her on the side. She watched Wen Zhenyi slice the fish fillets into thin slices, and her eyes never left her eyes. "Miss Wen, your knife skills are amazing."
"Yi Yi's cooking skills are amazing." Lei Yingying said proudly while standing aside, as if she was the only one who was so amazing.
Wen Zhenyi turned to look at her: "You haven't left yet?"
"Where are you going?"
"Don't you have to go stay with your grandmother?"
"I'm here to learn from you."
Wen Zhenyi smiled and shook his head, without saying anything else, and began to take the time to prepare the next ingredient.
Cut the beef into minced meat and marinate with various seasonings. Take out the washed cabbage and soften the leaves with boiling water. Then cut the stalks into strips of uniform size. Do not cut the stalks completely, and the top parts should be connected together.
The beef also needed to be marinated for a while. She started to take out the dough to make puff pastry and asked the cook to help her scrape the apples into a paste.
The cook found a spoon and started scraping the apple puree.
Lei Yingying looked at what she had made: "Yiyi, how many dishes are you going to make today?"
"I haven't decided yet."
"Is there still a need to think about this?"
"Or just raise your hand and come?"
"I thought you had all kinds of delicious food in your head and could make them one by one without even thinking about it."
Wen Zhenyi looked at her unhappily: "I also have to consider the available ingredients. Otherwise, even if I want to cook, it will be useless without the ingredients."
"So that's how it is."
Wen Zhenyi took a look at the chicken they had killed and found it suitable for making chicken soup.
Ask the woman who does the rough work to help chop the chicken into small pieces. The Cordyceps flowers have already been washed.
Wen Zhenyi looked around the kitchen: "Is there a casserole?"
The cook nodded quickly: "Yes, I don't use it often, so I put it in the storeroom next door. I'll get it for you."
"good."
Wen Zhenyi waited for her to take out the clean casserole, put the chopped chicken skeleton into the casserole, added clean water, and added ginger slices, dates, salt and cordyceps flowers and simmered it slowly.
She no longer cared about the rest, but just asked someone to watch the fire and boil the water over high heat first, and then simmer it over low heat.
She looked at the apple puree scraped out by the cook and found it was almost enough, so she began to wrap the apple puree with puff pastry and shape it into apple shapes.
In order to make the color look better, she also soaked some rose water to make the dough turn a little pink, which looked very tempting.
Lei Yingying looked at the cute little apples and reached out to touch them.
Wen Zhenyi raised his hand and hit the back of her hand: "Have you washed your hands? Touch it with your hands."
Lei Yingying withdrew her hand and smiled foolishly: "I'll go wash it now."
The cook looked at the person who ran out, smiled and shook her head.
In order to make it more realistic, Wen Zhenyi found some clean branches and pressed apple handles on the little apples.
The cook put the plate of apples into the steamer and let it steam them slowly.
Wen Zhenyi was thinking about the dishes she was preparing. There were already four dishes, so she simply made a longevity peach and red bean paste bun, using the existing ingredients to dye the dough.
The dough is made into pink and green colors, and then shaped into peaches, which are also steamed in a steamer.
There is also a separate bowl of longevity noodles, and the last dish is also made with fish and tofu, called fish paste tofu.
She asked the cook to help her chop the fish and tofu into a paste.
This is also the last dish of today.
Wen Zhenyi started to process the fish fillets and beef that had been marinated previously.
She first placed the marinated beef on the leaves and rolled it into a cylindrical shape from the leaves toward the stems.
Then place them neatly on a plate, decorate the center with thinly sliced carrots, and steam them in a steamer.
Wen Zhenyi then started to prepare the fish meat, took out the marinated fish meat and sprinkled starch evenly on it.
Pour oil into the pan, put the fish fillets into the pan and fry until golden and crispy, then take them out.
Lei Yingying stood aside, unable to help, and not daring to make a sound to disturb them.
Wen Zhenyi drained the fried fish fillets. The cook had already chopped the fish into paste. She added salt, cooking wine, ginger powder and pepper powder and mixed them evenly.
She found suitable bowls and plates, brushed a layer of oil on the inside of the bowls and plates, and then asked the cook to put the chopped fish paste tofu into the bowls and plates and lay them flat.
Wen Zhenyi cut dried cabbage into the shape of petals and soaked them in rose water to color them.
She also used green beans to decorate the tofu in the bowl, making it look like a lotus pod.
The cook saw her decoration and really thought of it as a lotus pod: "Miss Wen, this looks like a lotus pod."
"Well, it's shaped like a lotus pod. Put it in a pot over high heat, then turn to low heat and steam it for the time it takes to make a cup of tea."
"Okay." The cook put the fish paste tofu into the steamer.
Wen Zhenyi checked the stewed chicken, tasted it, and left her alone as he saw nothing wrong.
Wen Zhen looked at the time and saw that it was already evening, so the food could be served.
She turned to look at Lan Yingying who was still standing: "It's time to eat."
"Oh, I, I'll go tell my mother and the others." Lan Yingying said and ran outside. After running a few steps, she stopped and turned to look at her: "Yi Yi, will you eat with us?"
"No, I have something to do at home today."
"Are you going back tomorrow?"
"It depends. If I don't go back tomorrow, I'll go see Huanhuan."
"Okay, tell me when the time comes, and I'll go with you."
Wen Zhen nodded slightly, turned around and asked the cooks to start serving the dishes.
Finally, she arranged the dishes, placing the cordyceps eggs in a small casserole bowl, just enough for each person.
I also took the time to make the "Sui Sui Ping An" (every year, peace and happiness) dish and arranged it on a plate.
She arranged the fish fillets into the shape of peony flowers, placed chopped chili peppers in the center of the flowers, and surrounded them with green leaves made of coriander leaves.
The fish paste tofu was carefully taken out of the bowl, surrounded by dyed cabbage leaves, and topped with starch.
Buddha's Hand and Hundred Treasures also uses soy sauce and sesame oil to make a thickening sauce and pour it on top.
The longevity peaches don’t need to be presented on a plate; they can be served directly on the table.
Wen Zhenyi made the last dish of longevity noodles and personally delivered it to Mrs. Lei in the flower hall.
When Mrs. Lei saw the dishes on the table, she didn't want to pick up her chopsticks. It was so pleasant to look at, and it would be a pity not to eat them.
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