Pickled pork with preserved vegetables, braised bamboo rat, a dish of cold bamboo shoots, and the staple food is bamboo tube braised rice, and that’s it.
Yan Du Xian, "yan" refers to pickled bacon, such as cured pork, ham, etc.; "xian" refers to fresh meat, such as chicken, pig's trotters, spare ribs, pork belly, etc.; "du" means to simmer on low heat. This dish is made by simmering pickled meat and fresh meat together on low heat. The most important side dish is bamboo shoots.
Bamboo shoots are fragrant, crispy and tender, and very delicious. They can neutralize the fatness of meat very well, making the marinated meat light and the fresh meat thicker. In addition, you can also add mushrooms, tripe, lettuce, etc., but the three main ingredients are marinated meat + fresh meat + bamboo shoots, which is the standard configuration.
Xue Huan prepared the ingredients one by one, simmered the rice first, and then started cooking.
The first dish is pickled pork with preserved vegetables.
Cut bacon, ham, pig's trotters, spareribs, etc. into pieces and put them into the casserole. Add plenty of water to completely submerge the meat pieces, and leave plenty of water. This will help maintain a uniform temperature in the pot and prevent the ingredients above from drying out due to the high temperature.
Then take out the alchemy furnace.
That’s right, it was the alchemy furnace. There was a fire-control formation in the furnace. As long as she embedded the spirit stone into the formation, she could control the size of the fire like an induction cooker.
Of course, this can only be done when cooking, because cooking does not require such precision, and what is more important is a feeling. However, when refining alchemy, more emphasis is placed on "science". A slight difference in the temperature of the fire may lead to the failure of the alchemy.
It can be said that alchemy is like doing an experiment, and there is no room for deviation.
But cooking is like art, you can be a little more casual.
She placed the clay pot in the alchemy furnace and simmered it over low heat. During this time, she left the clay pot uncovered so that the fat would dry and solidify into a paper-like consistency, which could then be skimmed off along with the tiny impurities in the soup.
This is the method her grandfather taught her in her previous life. It not only preserves the flavor of the soup, but also makes the dish less greasy.
Don’t worry about anything else after that, just wait for the ingredients in the casserole to be matured by the magic hand of time.
Xue Huan went to the side to deal with the bamboo rats. There was also a large bamboo forest in her space, which was made of beautiful emerald bamboo. However, probably because the rules in the space were not yet perfect, a complete and healthy ecological cycle could not be formed for the time being. Therefore, there were neither bamboo rats nor sterile mushrooms in the bamboo forest. It was as beautiful as a fake bamboo forest.
It lacks some vitality.
She caught a lot of bamboo rats and put them in. On the one hand, it could add a link to the ecological chain to the bamboo forest and make it more vibrant. On the other hand, after those bamboo rats were in, they could reproduce in large numbers, so she would not have to worry about having no bamboo rats to eat.
But then she thought of another question: wouldn't those bamboo rats continue to reproduce if they had no natural enemies?
She still remembered a case she had read in a biology book. It said that a few rabbits were initially released on an island. As a result, several years later, with no natural enemies, the rabbits on the island became a disaster.
Although the biggest natural enemy of the carnivores in this space is her, their master, the bamboo rat's reproductive capacity is not to be underestimated. She is worried that her eating speed is far slower than the bamboo rat's reproduction speed.
Therefore, their natural enemy, the emerald green viper, must also be put in.
That way, it's perfect.
What Xue Huan took out from the space was a fat bamboo rat weighing five kilograms. It looked so shiny and sleek. Even after peeling the skin and removing the internal organs, it still weighed more than three kilograms, enough for her to eat alone.
Xue Huan stewed the bamboo rats fried to golden skin in the pot, skimmed off the fat from the pickled pork with preserved vegetables, and then went to make the third dish - cold-mixed bamboo shoots.
This is very simple to make. First, boil a pot of water, scoop a spoonful of sugar into it and stir evenly, then pour the fresh bamboo shoots cut into strips into it and blanch them, take them out and quickly rinse them with cold water, then drain the water.
Put it in a large bowl and season it. Add salt, sugar, balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, chili oil, etc. and mix well. Then sprinkle two spoons of spicy peanuts and mix well. Then serve.
The whole process takes less than ten minutes.
At this time, the braised bamboo rat was almost done. Xue Huan picked up the bamboo rat and placed it on a plate. She applied a layer of peanut oil on the surface and then thickened it with the soup in the pot and poured it over the surface of the bamboo rat. The braised bamboo rat with a rosy color, tender and delicious meat was ready.
The taste is so fragrant.
When she smelled the fragrance, Xue Huan suddenly remembered that she had forgotten to set up a barrier around her to prevent the smell from spreading.
It would be disastrous if it attracted some monster.
Although she was not afraid, the arrival of the monster would affect her mood for eating.
Xue Huan quickly set up the barrier, but just as the barrier was set up, a figure walked out from the shadows. She secretly became alert, and when the person showed his face, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It turned out to be Xiao Hanchuan.
How did he get here?
Xiao Hanchuan stopped not far away, his eyes fixed on the braised bamboo rat on the table, without saying a word.
This meaning couldn't be more obvious.
Xue Huan smiled and invited, "Brother Xiao, would you like to sit down and eat something with us?"
Xiao Hanchuan nodded: "Okay." He sat down upright at the table.
Xue Huan: "There's still one dish that's not ready yet. We'll have to wait a while."
Xiao Hanchuan: "It's okay."
And then nothing more was said.
His personality is completely different from Xiao Jian's. If Xiao Jian were here, he would probably be clamoring to start eating.
This person is just like his name, like a glacier. However, although he is cold, he gives people a sense of calmness and reliability like a mountain.
Xue Huan skimmed the excess oil off the soup again.
Originally, she was alone, and three dishes were enough, but now with another person, she was afraid it wouldn't be enough. So Xue Huan made four more dishes that took less time: stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, pan-fried tofu, and spicy chicken. She also made a simple clear soup with fresh mushrooms.
After these dishes are ready, the pickled pork with preserved vegetables is almost ready.
After thinking about it, Xue Huan used the jade slip to send a message to Wei Shuning, asking her if she wanted to come over for dinner.
The reason why she didn't call them at first was because she thought they were all busy practicing and didn't care about their appetites at all, so it would be bad to disturb them rashly. But now that even the silent Xiao Hanchuan was attracted by the aroma of her cooking, she might as well ask Wei Shuning.
Besides, she and Xiao Hanchuan had never had any contact before, so she felt a little awkward having dinner together. If Wei Shuning was there, the atmosphere would probably be more lively.
Wei Shuning happily agreed: "Okay, I'll be there right away!"
She had heard Brother Xiu Ran and Grandpa mention more than once that the food Xue Huan cooked was delicious, and she had longed to eat it, but this time she came in to practice, so she was embarrassed to ask for the food she cooked.
But now that they have invited her, how can she not accept?
As for the time spent on cultivation that wasted due to eating?
The road to immortality is long and difficult, so why bother rushing for it?
Moreover, I heard that the ingredients Xue Huan used in cooking were all spiritual food, which could be directly transformed into spiritual energy after eating. The spiritual energy obtained from eating a meal was much more than that obtained from meditating and practicing for the same amount of time!
Wouldn’t it be a shame not to eat it?
Wei Shuning ran quickly towards the location shown on the jade slip.
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