At the beginning, Lu Baiwei called Gu Min into the kitchen to teach her how to make twice-cooked pork, but in the end, it was Lu Baiwei who taught Gu Min how to make braised dishes.
"Sister-in-law, depending on the quality of the meat and the heat, the time it takes to stew these meats and vegetables will also be different. But if the heat is roughly the same, the meat won't be too mushy if you stew them at about the same time."
"For example, pig's trotters and duck feet need to have a bit of chewiness, and pig ears can't be too soft. When you take them out and cut them, they need to have a bit of crunch when you bite them."
Pig ears and duck products are easy to braise. Lu Baiwei took out the vegetables in a basin and Gu Min helped to arrange them in the basin one by one.
Lu Baiwei cut the pig ears into thin slices on the chopping board, sprinkled the prepared cold dressing and coriander on them, sprinkled some peanuts on them, and finally served them on a plate.
Because the pig's trotters were cut into half pieces for braising, Lu Baiwei took a little longer to braise them.
Keep half of it to suit the children's taste, and scoop out the other half and soak it in the spicy marinade prepared earlier, then put it in a small pot and simmer it over low heat to make a spicy braised pig's trotter.
"We have to prepare several more pots in the back kitchen of our braised food shop. In order to cater to the tastes of our customers, we have to prepare spicy, fragrant and spicy, slightly spicy and non-spicy stews. Each of these types of stews has to be prepared in a separate pot and uses different seasoning packets."
While making braised dishes, Lu Baiwei analyzed the future business situation and kitchen management with Gu Min.
These are her experiences from her previous life.
She and Yin Zhihe started out by selling food, which started with braised food, and they created a large business.
Although some people later copied the way she and Yin Zhihe made braised dishes, the way she prepared the seasonings was something no one else could learn, and the taste was also unique.
Before starting the clothing business, she opened a chain of braised food stores and built a business empire, which laid a solid economic foundation for her later investments in clothing and real estate.
It was also making braised dishes that reminded Lu Baiwei of her experience of working like an ox or a horse in her previous life.
Suddenly looking back, she realized that the person she was marrying now was He Ting. The experiences of her previous life were gone forever. Her mood improved. Now she had a family who cared about her, and she was studying in a high-end institution. Everything was a bright prospect.
"Weiwei, what are you thinking about?"
"No, I just forgot to buy a chicken. Our stewed food shop can also make stewed chicken and stewed beef. Of course, it is difficult for the slaughterhouse to get beef at the moment. We will talk about stewed beef later. We have to do it step by step."
Gu Min continued: "That's right, you have to eat one bite at a time."
The braised dishes were so delicious that Gu Min kept swallowing his saliva as he watched the dishes being taken out of the pot one by one.
Seeing her sister-in-law like this, Lu Baiwei couldn't help but laugh.
As expected, no one can resist the braised dishes she makes.
She quickly picked up a piece of cold-mixed pig's ear and stuffed it into Gu Min's mouth. When Gu Min tasted it, his eyes widened.
"Weiwei, this is so delicious!"
“Is this delicious?”
Lu Baiwei gave her a spicy duck foot: "Then try this one."
"No, no, there are only two ducks and four duck feet. If I eat them, what will the children eat?"
Gu Min swallowed hard, but still waved his hands to refuse.
He Yunqi, who was outside secretly watching Lu Baiwei and Gu Min making braised dishes, couldn't stand it anymore. God knows he came here just by smelling the aroma, and his saliva was almost all over the floor.
He stood on tiptoe and leaned over the edge of the window and opened his mouth: "Aunt, I want to eat, give me some."
It was also because Lu Baiwei and Gu Min were too focused on making the braised dishes. When they looked up, they almost died of laughter. Outside the tiny kitchen window, there were a bunch of big and small heads crowded together.
Seeing Gu Min and Lu Baiwei looking up at him, the big head quickly shrank back outside.
But even so, Old Man He, who was a step slower in shrinking, happened to meet the eyes of his two grandsons' wives.
"You guys smell so good, who can stand it?"
Mr. He still insisted on his last stubbornness: "The kids were making a lot of noise, I came here with them to take a look, not because I wanted to eat braised food."
"I know, Grandpa. You don't want to eat braised food. It's your great-grandchildren who want to eat braised food. Our stew is so delicious. Please come with us and have a look."
"That's it!"
Mr. He nodded seriously, and then said seriously: "I'll also taste the stewed dishes for you. After all, this is a business to make money, and it can't be stewed badly."
"Yes, yes, yes. Please help me taste it."
Lu Baiwei handed the duck feet that Gu Min was reluctant to eat to the old man.
A claw almost hit him in the face.
And as an elder, what's wrong with him gnawing on duck feet in front of children?
Lu Baiwei seemed to see through the old man's thoughts. She gave a non-spicy duck leg to He Yunqi and Xiao Ranzi respectively, and braised duck wings to the three little ones. Soon, six people, one old and five young ones, sat in a row outside the kitchen, gnawing on the duck together with gusto.
"Grandpa, it's really delicious!"
“It smells delicious.”
Xiao Ranzi gnawed on the duck leg with her eyes narrowed in enjoyment.
A small person with great abilities. Xiao Chengzi and Xiao Xuanzi started fighting with the duck wings. They kept biting the meat on the wings and only managed to get a little bit. They were so busy gnawing on the duck wings that they couldn't speak.
Xiao Hanzi smacked her lips: "Oh my god, so good, so good..."
It is no exaggeration to say that the aroma of braised dishes can be smelled from ten miles away, and the whole house is filled with the fragrance.
Even Zhao Lan, who was sewing a bag of fabric, couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance.
"I have to go see how the stew is going."
When He Ting accompanied Zhao Lan to the kitchen in the backyard, they saw an old man and five children gnawing on duck with great relish.
The scene was really hilarious.
Seeing Zhao Lan coming, Mr. He couldn't save face and quickly hid the half-eaten duck feet behind him.
He Ting simply couldn't bear to watch it.
Zhao Lan laughed loudly: "It seems that the braised food shop we are going to open will definitely do very well."
"Just smelling the aroma can attract people. Look at how happy little Qi Ranran and the others are while eating. You can tell how delicious this stew is."
"Once that shop is renovated, we should open this braised food shop as soon as possible. I think this business can be done and will be very prosperous."
Lu Baiwei poked her head out from the kitchen: "Thank you for your good wishes, aunt."
"The meat and vegetables are already braised. I have some steamed buns warming up in the pot. Let's braise a few more side dishes and then we'll eat."
After braising the meat and vegetables, Lu Baiwei and Gu Min did not waste any of the marinade and made braised lotus root, braised tofu skewers, braised kelp knots, and braised bean curd skin.
When all of these were served on the table, Lu Baiwei officially announced: "Come, let's try the stewed food that my sister-in-law and I made."
As soon as Lu Baiwei finished speaking, everyone, who had long been unable to bear it any longer, picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
Of course, Mr. He and the children who have tasted the food can be said to have tasted it before. They just tasted a little bit of the braised meat and it was not enough for them at all.
Everyone picked up their chopsticks and bursts of praise were heard from the table.
He Hua was surprised: "This is so delicious!"