Chapter 22 Fish Balls



Zhuangzhuang drank it down the spoon and smacked the taste, "Hmm~ sweet and fragrant, delicious." He couldn't describe it, it just tasted so good.

Xiaoguo poured the coconut juice into the casserole, then took the machete and chopped the coconut open with one stroke, revealing the coconut meat inside. Xiaoguo pointed at the flesh and showed it to Zhuangzhuang, "This is the coconut meat."

I cut out a piece for Zhuangzhuang, who ate it and said, "Mmm~ crunchy and sweet."

Xiaoguo looked at Zhuangzhuang with amusement, "You only know sweet things."

Zhuangzhuang looked at his mother embarrassedly and smiled. Xiaoguo cut another piece for Zhuangzhuang to eat for fun. She skillfully cut the coconut meat and put it into the casserole. She did the same with the other coconut. She finished it quickly. She added water without adding other ingredients, just a little salt, and simmered it over low heat.

After stewing the pheasant, Xiaoguo prepared to make fish balls. Fish balls are simple and difficult to make. The most difficult part is beating. You must stir vigorously.

Grass carp has few bones, so first cut off the fish skin, then slice the fish meat into thicker slices, and then chop it gently with the back of a knife into fish paste. Put it in a bowl and add ice water in small amounts several times. Add a little and stir in one direction. After adding water three times, the fish meat slowly becomes firm. Then add egg white and starch and stir. Finally, add salt to season.

Boil water on the other side, and put the fish balls in when the water is not hot. Use a spoon to scoop them out one by one, and the white fish balls will be put into the pot. Leave half of them, and Xiaoguo will stuff the meat filling left over from the morning into the fish balls. This way, the fish balls will be filled.

The water cannot boil. Take out the fish balls just when it is about to boil. The fish balls will float up at this time. Scoop a basin of cold water and put the fish balls in it. This will make the fish balls more compact. Xiaoguo took out a fish ball, put it on the table and threw it. It bounced up. Xiaoguo knew that the fish ball was a success.

Xiaoguo looked in the basket to see if there were any vegetables to be eaten with hot pot. She remembered that there were baby cabbages, so she rummaged through the basket and found two baby cabbages, a head of mustard greens, and a handful of chrysanthemum.

After washing it and putting it on a plate, the aroma of coconut chicken wafted out. Xiaoguo opened the casserole and saw the pheasant was quite fat, with oil floating on the milky white soup. When the two mixed, the taste was the fresh fragrance of coconut and the oily aroma of chicken.

It should have been stewed for nearly two hours. Xiaoguo brought the casserole and the low stove to the table. Zhuangzhuang had already sat down at the table obediently, following the aroma of the coconut chicken, and was busy getting the bowls and chopsticks. By the time Xiaoguo put the fish balls and vegetables on the table, Zhuangzhuang was about to fall into the casserole.

"Okay, let's eat." Xiaoguo stopped teasing Zhuangzhuang and started eating with a wave of his hand.

Xiaoguo was afraid that Zhuangzhuang would get scalded, so she took a spoon and scooped a bowl of soup for him to cool down, then took out a chicken drumstick on a small plate and placed it in front of him. Zhuangzhuang wanted to eat it anxiously, but he remembered his mother's instructions to blow on it first and not chew it slowly, so Zhuangzhuang opened his little mouth and blew on the chicken drumstick.

Xiaoguo drank some soup first. After the warm soup went down her throat, she couldn't help but sigh that it was necessary to drink some warm soup in such a cold day. She felt refreshed.

Pheasant meat is difficult to cook. If you stew it for too long, it will be tough, and if you stew it for too short, it will be hard to chew. Xiaoguo estimated the time just right. The meat fell apart in your mouth and was extremely tender.

Xiaoguo added meat to Zhuangzhuang while putting fish balls in. Because they were already cooked, they only needed to be cooked for another three or four minutes. When they were done, Xiaoguo gave Zhuangzhuang one. Zhuangzhuang had long been curious about what it tasted like. It was bouncy in the mouth and had a strong fishy taste. It was delicious. Zhuangzhuang also liked it, so Xiaoguo gave him another bowl. Zhuangzhuang took a bite and it was juicy. Zhuangzhuang was surprised, "There's something in this."

Xiao Guo glanced at Zhuang Zhuang and said, "This is a stuffed fish ball with pork filling inside."

Zhuangzhuang was very happy eating. He had never eaten anything so delicious before. No, it should be said that everything made by his mother was so novel and delicious.

Seeing Zhuangzhuang eating happily, Xiaoguo felt a sense of accomplishment, and she and Zhuangzhuang couldn't help but eat a lot. Xiaoguo reminded Zhuangzhuang not to eat meat all the time, but also to eat vegetables, and then she picked up a bowl of vegetables for him. Zhuangzhuang was not picky about food, and he would eat whatever his mother picked up for him. In the end, they had almost finished the big pot of chicken and fish balls, and they both burped for a very long time.


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