Chapter 178 You Really Learn Everything
Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing was still working while talking, Su Yuchen walked aside, changed into chef's clothes, washed his hands, and continued chatting while working.
"When I heard you were wondering what Uncle Wang likes to eat, I asked him which soup dumplings were the best and I said I liked them too.
He told me there were no good soup dumplings in Jiangcheng! He said he once went back to his hometown with Aunt Chen and ordered water chestnut soup dumplings at a soup dumpling shop. Aunt Chen thought the taste was weird, but he loved it so much he ate two baskets in one go. But before he could eat them a few times, the shop closed down, and he said he'd never be able to taste that flavor again.
I thought you might be interested, so I asked you in detail. You said you've been interested in exploring these unique snacks lately and want to try making more different foods. He said it was a water chestnut and meat filling, which tasted a little sweet and had a fresh fragrance.
I told him that when you figure out something, ask him for his advice and let him try it. He happily agreed. Am I smart?
Su Yuchen temporarily took out the pig's feet and eggs that had been soaked overnight, then heated the pot of stewed soup, and put in lotus root, potatoes, kelp, chicken wing tips, chicken feet and other snacks to stew.
"Smart, really clever!" Zhao Xiaojing praised him generously. "But I really have no idea how to make soup dumplings. Where can I learn?"
"Look for videos online? There are so many videos teaching how to cook, there should be soup dumplings." Su Yuchen suggested after thinking for a while.
"It takes a lot of effort to sift through the content. I've looked before, but there are too many people making videos just for the hype and traffic, and too few who can actually cook. Most of them aren't professional, and don't even have basic knowledge; they're just trying to sell the product." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and sighed. "I'll call Master Sun and ask him later. If that doesn't work, I'll ask Master Gu."
“That’s fine, it’s certainly more reliable to ask them.
By the way, Aunt Chen and Uncle Wang also tasted your steamed buns. They each took a couple of bites and were very happy. They said that you made really solid steamed buns. If they ate all of them, they wouldn't be hungry all day. "Su Yuchen smiled.
"Don't mention it. I'm still full now. I might even eat less at lunch." Zhao Xiaojing laughed.
After Su Yuchen braised all the snacks, he washed and fished out the pig's feet that had been soaked in blood, burned off the hairs on the surface of the pig skin that had not been cleaned clean, and after blanching them, he used a high-precision kitchen scale to prepare new marinade water according to the ratio instructed by Zhao Xiaojing. He then placed the pig's feet in a large steel barrel and poured the marinade water into the barrel to marinate them.
Zhao Xiaojing also moved to the pastry area and made some stuffed taro balls and pandan powder, and also prepared the jam in advance.
It was just nine o'clock when everything was done, and it was still early to prepare the food. Now with Ouyang Yidan, the two of them were freed from some miscellaneous chores.
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the clock and pushed Su Yuchen out of the kitchen, freeing her from the heavy physical work for an hour. They would prepare the food together at ten o'clock. She then took out the 100 duck eggs she had bought a few days ago from the cardboard box.
That day, Su Yuchen's mother called and said that local duck eggs would be more fragrant when pickled, but Zhao Xiaojing went around the market but couldn't find any, so she bought ordinary green-shell duck eggs.
It is actually not difficult to pickle salted duck eggs, but the steps are a bit complicated. It takes a while just to clean the shells of the duck eggs. You have to soak them in white vinegar and brush them with a brush. You have to wash them several times to ensure that the duck eggs are clean enough to be pickled directly.
But these are not problems for Zhao Xiaojing. In one second, 100 duck eggs are shining with water after being processed by the module, and each breathing hole is lying clean in the pool.
Zhao Xiaojing carefully wiped the moisture off the surface one by one with kitchen paper, and then placed them in the prepared dustpan.
The next thing to do was to dry it in the sun, but Zhao Xiaojing secretly glanced at Su Yuchen, who had just sat down in the hall and started taking a computer to class, thought about it and didn't move.
It’s better to wait another half an hour before taking them out. It’s too suspicious to wash 100 duck eggs in just a few minutes.
Putting the duck eggs aside, Zhao Xiaojing was still thinking about the soup dumplings. Judging by the pace of the construction site, Sun Dehai should have just started preparing the food. Zhao Xiaojing couldn't make a phone call, so she took out her phone and sent a message.
Unexpectedly, just after sending the message, Sun Dehai called me directly.
"Xiao Zhao, what dish do you want to ask about? Just tell me." Sun Dehai's voice sounded cheerful.
Zhao Xiaojing looked up at the time in confusion. It was 9:10. Shouldn't Master Sun be busy at that time?
Sun Dehai laughed when he heard this, "Today is Sunday! The construction site is closed for the day. Although the kitchen staff are not closed, we can still slack off."
Zhao Xiaojing suddenly realized what was happening. When she had been to the construction site, it was in the final stages of completion. Everyone was rushing to meet deadlines, so there was no such thing as a holiday. She had subconsciously forgotten about it.
When Zhao Xiaojing told the story, Sun Dehai laughed out loud, "Your sister Hou didn't make the dough properly at the beginning. After a few times, she made hard buns by mistake. When she saw that the workers liked them, she simply stopped making the dough and made them that way. The workers got used to it and thought it was economical and had a lot of meat.
Later, when she learned how to make steamed buns with leavened dough, she also made steamed buns with leavened dough, but the dough rose too much and the filling couldn't be seen when she squeezed it. So she just made steamed buns with leavened dough and steamed buns with unleavened dough. This is because she doesn't have the skills to do this. You really want to learn everything!
"Master Sun, I won't hide it from you. I think Sister Hou's buns are ugly but very unique. After eating them for a long time at the construction site, I feel that they are not ugly but delicious. So I even learned the appearance of the buns from Sister Hou." Zhao Xiaojing laughed grimly.
After hearing what Sun Dehai said, she also felt that she was quite funny. Obviously, she could make buns well. Although she didn't reach the standard of 16 or 18 even and beautiful folds, at least she could make 6 or 8 ordinary folds. But in order to imitate Sister Hou's buns, she even copied the shape that was neither round nor square.
Sun Dehai laughed even louder and repeatedly said that Zhao Xiaojing was a talented person.
"I've never made soup dumplings, but I roughly know how to make them." After chatting and laughing for a while, the two got back to the topic, and Sun Dehai talked about soup dumplings.
"The dough for the soup dumplings is indeed made of unleavened flour, and should be a little thinner than the ones your elder sister Hou makes. The soup inside is made of jelly. The jelly is boiled and then frozen into a solid state, chopped up, and then mixed with the meat filling. When mixed, it is solid. After steaming, the jelly melts and becomes soup.
First, follow your elder sister Hou's steps for making dumplings. When mixing the filling, make some jelly and add it in. It should work."
"Okay, I'll give it a try. From this point of view, the taste of jelly should be the soul of soup dumplings? Isn't the function of jelly similar to that of broth?" Zhao Xiaojing pondered.
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