Chapter 357: The Hotness of Braised Pig's Head
The next morning, Zhao Xiaojing bought a few lively and plump mandarin fish, as well as an old chicken, an old duck, and some mushrooms from the market.
Coincidentally, the side dishes of Mrs. Song's Fish Soup and the Fairy Duck have several overlapping ingredients, and the most important side ingredient is ham, which Lv Hongwen just happened to deliver.
Ever since Yun Yongyuan exclaimed at Zhao Xiaojing's genius when she made the pot-roasted pork elbow, Zhao Xiaojing secretly decided to make it at the restaurant every once in a while whenever she had a new dish to practice. This would allow the other two to learn together, and it would also help everyone understand the dish better, so that every new dish wouldn't appear out of thin air and surprise everyone.
Zhao Xiaojing kept a few mandarin fish in a basin and placed it in a place in the restaurant where it would not be in the way. She put the old duck in the refrigerator and the old chicken on the chopping board that belonged to Nie Xiuqi for him to process.
It was too late to make the divine duck in the morning. What's more, Zhao Xiaojing was still in the exploratory stage. What she could make could only be considered stewed duck at best, which was far from being truly divine. Therefore, she could only wait for the afternoon special training with Wan Yuyueyun Yongyuan to practice by herself.
Just after nine o'clock, people started arriving in the store. As soon as Nie Xiuqi entered the kitchen, he went to check the fish, and then carefully inspected the chicken on the chopping board.
"...Boss, should we make Mrs. Song's fish soup at noon or in the afternoon?"
Zhao Xiaojing was watching with satisfaction as Geng Mingyan took the lead and arranged the work areas and content of several people clearly, when Nie Xiuqi suddenly appeared behind her.
"How about this afternoon? I'd like to learn it, too. Of course, if the recipe is private, you can also make it at noon. It would be nice for us to try something new."
"It's not private." Nie Xiuqi hesitated for a moment, "I'm not very good at it yet. Master Cai only taught me twice..."
"Then let's study it together this afternoon. If you buy more fish, you can order more chicken if you need it. I'm also practicing a new dish."
Nie Xiuqi nodded, as if he wanted to turn around and leave, but also seemed to have something to say.
"Sister Mirror! Sister Comb!" Lu Hongwen came from the front hall happily.
Nie Xiuqi ran away.
Zhao Xiaojing responded and glanced at Nie Xiuqi's back in surprise.
Senior Brother Nie seemed to be in a good mood? He actually came to talk to her, and it seemed like he hadn't finished yet?
"I've finished my thesis! My advisor said it only needs some minor revisions. I'm pretty much done for the semester, and I can finally go back to work at the store!"
"Did you write the paper yourself?" Su Yuchen walked over to the braising pot.
"Didn't you work normally in the store before?" Zhao Xiaojing raised her eyebrows.
"...Sister Mirror, how did you learn bad habits from Sister Comb?" Lu Hongwen said bitterly, "Of course I wrote it myself! In order to work properly in the store this semester, I went home for more than ten days and finished the paper that I had only written a third of last semester! In just over ten days, I finished two-thirds!"
"You're awesome!" Su Yuchen clapped his hands in support, then immediately turned around and threw himself back into the business of making braised dishes.
"Very good!" Zhao Xiaojing gave a thumbs up and turned to walk towards the chopping board.
"You guys...!" Lu Hongwen was stuck in his breath for a long time, then he turned around and left the kitchen, changed into his work clothes, and started to stew dishes with Su Yuchen.
Su Yuchen took out the soaked pig's feet and various parts of the pig's head, handed the pig's head to Lu Hongwen for careful cutting, placed the pig's feet directly on a deep tray, and waited for Wu Kaile to push it to the next room together, then turned on the separate stove for the braising pot and began to stew the side dishes.
At the stove, Nie Xiuqi had quickly soaked and cleaned the chicken, then put the whole thing into the soup pot to stew. He then joined Yun Yongyuan and Wan Yuyue in chopping vegetables.
The two new waiters were following Ouyang Yidan to wash vegetables. Two people were washing the vegetables while one was picking them. Several large vegetable baskets were placed on the polished shelves next to them, and water was slowly seeping into the trays.
Wu Kaile was cleaning four halls by himself.
Geng Mingyan was indeed thoughtful and all the personnel arrangements were very reasonable. Zhao Xiaojing took a look and walked to the small kitchen next door where Hou Guihua and Geng Mingyan were.
This week they were selling old-fashioned fried chicken legs. After a simple cleaning, one of the two older sisters cut the chicken legs open while the other used a fork to poke small holes in the leg meat according to Zhao Xiaojing's request.
The seasoning has always been left to Zhao Xiaojing. Zhao Xiaojing took the large basin next to her, calculated the amount and poured various seasoning powders and spices into it, mixed them evenly, poured in Huadiao wine and water to make the seasoning water, then put the chicken legs processed by the two elder sisters into it to marinate, and then began to prepare the powder for coating the chicken.
Old-fashioned fried chicken is different from fried chicken coated with batter. It only needs to be marinated and drained, then coated with a thin layer of flour before being fried in a pan. The two sisters can do it easily.
As for the seasoning, it is actually just simple pepper and salt. It can be used for a long time if made once, and there is no need to make it every day.
At present, the fried food of Zhaoji Rice Bowl has become as famous as the rice bowl, and the sales volume has been rising, just as Xiaozhi expected.
Even though Zhao Xiaojing changes her fried food every week and only makes the same thing each time, she has already made a thousand servings a day, and they are always sold out early in the evening.
Another item that was not in Xiaozhi's plan but also gradually gained a foothold and was sold out on the first day of its launch, and its sales volume is increasing day by day: braised pork head.
Unlike the audience for fried food, the braised pork head was snapped up by regular customers of the rice bowl shop on the first day it was launched.
With the excellent stewed pot side dishes and pork trotter rice, regular customers almost all know that the stewed meat in this rice bowl shop is excellent. The chicken wing tips in the stewed pot side dishes are already very popular among the uncles. Whenever they come to eat rice bowls, they will take some with them to go with wine, but because they don’t eat them enough, they only take a little bit.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Xiaojing launched braised pig's head. Various parts of the pig's head were mixed together and cut into large pieces by kilograms, and then mixed with a special dipping sauce. Braised meat lovers can't resist it.
After having the meal, diners felt that this restaurant has a hidden gem. Not only is the braised pork head here better than those in other braised food shops, but the ingredients are also surprisingly fresh, not frozen at all, and the price is the same as that in other braised food shops.
Although the brine added to braised dishes will greatly cover up the taste of the meat itself, there is still a difference in the feeling when eating it depending on whether it is fresh or not, and whether it has the turbid smell of frozen goods that has been through the refrigerator.
Moreover, unlike the soft and sticky pork trotter rice, the braised pig head meat is chewy and firm. Different parts have different tastes, and the mixture is very rich.
Apart from the limited variety and the fact that you can't buy it if you go too late, there are almost no disadvantages.
So the uncles started to not only take some with them, but also take some home. Even if they didn't eat the rice with toppings, they would buy a few pounds of pork head meat, almost treating the rice with toppings restaurant as a braised food shop.
Lu Hongwen was very excited about this. He took a walk several times a day to make the business bigger and stronger. As Zhao Xiaojing's orders increased, the butcher shop owner gave her more miscellaneous things, and almost all the employee meals were gifts.
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