Cold Shredded Chicken
After Xiang Weidong finished speaking, his eyes were still fixed on the meat on the chopping board, not knowing where to look.
Old Dong laughed when he heard this.
"Any piece of meat can be used for stir-frying or stuffing. The meat I have here is all good. It depends on what you want to eat. You are not young anymore, how can you not choose a piece of meat?"
Xiang Weidong continued to look at the meat: "It's all cooked by the old woman. I've only cooked a few times in my life, so how can I be picky?"
Old Dong: "Then you have enjoyed a very happy life."
After saying that, Xiang Weidong picked up a piece of meat that was already dark red in color.
"How about this piece of meat? It looks fat and lean, and it's quite red. Red means fresh meat, right?"
Old Dong looked at the piece of meat that Wei Dong had picked, and immediately his expression began to show calculation.
"That piece of meat is good. It can be stir-fried, minced, stewed, or eaten in any way. But it's not as good as this one. Look at this piece of meat."
It was also a piece of white meat with red in it, deep, pink, and bumpy.
“Is this piece of meat good?”
Xiang Weidong picked up the piece of meat and looked at it carefully, but he couldn't figure out what it was after a long time.
"Of course I will. I'm starting a market here. How dare I buy bad meat? If it's not good, you'll all come back to me. How will I continue to do business in the future?"
"It's the same pork. Other parts like pork belly and tenderloin are only 200 or 230 gold coins more expensive, but this piece of meat costs 270 gold coins to make up for the loss. Just listen to the price, how can it be bad?"
Not only did he sell the spoiled lymph meat to Xiang Weidong, but he also sold it at a high price.
When it was sold to Sister Zhou, it was 100 gold coins, but when it was sold to Xiang Weidong, it became 270 gold coins.
Xiang Weidong looked up at Lao Dong, then lowered his head to carefully examine the piece of meat.
"But why is the color like this? It doesn't look like a good color."
Lao Dong: "All good meat is like this. Hey, old comrade, just trust me. You are so old, and you look more than 10 years older than me. How could I lie to you?"
After hesitating for a moment, Xiang Weidong decided to trust Lao Dong.
"Then buy 2 kilograms of this."
"Is 2 kilograms enough for cooking and chopping stuffing? If you buy more, I feel we have a good relationship, so I can sell it to you at a lower price."
Xiang Weidong: "No, I'll buy two kilograms to eat first. It won't keep well when it gets hot."
"That's right, I found some meat for you, just wait and see. I guarantee that after you finish eating it, you will still miss it and come back to buy my meat."
After saying this, Old Dong was so happy that he had fooled such a sucker that three more wrinkles appeared at the corners of his eyes. He skillfully cut the meat for Xiang Weidong.
It was this bastard who sued our store.
Xiang Weidong took advantage of the moment when Old Dong lowered his head to cut the meat and glared at him with anger in his eyes.
Now they see that I don’t know the meat and bully me into buying lymph meat.
Just wait, you'll see what happens.
After cutting the meat, Lao Dong gave 2 kilograms of lymphatic meat to Xiang Weidong.
"Here, 2 jin, 540 gold coins."
Xiang Weidong suppressed his anger and disgust and took the meat in his hands.
After going out, Xiang Weidong took another look at the lymphatic flesh on his hand.
Don’t you want evidence? Here is the evidence.
Xiang Weidong had only taken two steps when he saw a girl in her 20s rushing towards him, shouting as she walked.
"Uncle, uncle."
Xiang Weidong turned his head to look at the girl running towards him.
"What is it, girl?"
The girl panted and asked Xiang Weidong, "Where did you buy the meat from?"
"Yes, what's wrong?" Xiang Weidong answered with some caution. Who knows if the girl in front of him knows the old boss.
When the girl heard this, she told Xiang Weidong angrily.
"Uncle, you probably don't know the quality of meat. Don't buy meat from him in the future. He will do whatever he can to cheat customers he's not familiar with or doesn't know about meat."
"What you bought is a piece of lymph meat. I was cheated by him before, so I came here to tell you."
There is such a good thing in the world that comes right to your doorstep!!!
After hearing what the girl said, Xiang Weidong was not angry but laughed instead.
The laughing girl got goose bumps all over her body.
She was kind enough to tell the elderly man that the meat from this house could not be bought.
As a result, after hearing this, the old man looked at him with a smile on his face, thinking that he had met an old and unruly person.
Xiang Weidong took two steps forward with his greatest enthusiasm, and the girl subconsciously took two steps back.
"Thank you for your kindness, girl. Since you have such a kind heart, could you please do me a favor?"
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Xiang Weidong went home smiling happily in the evening, carrying 2 kilograms of lymphatic meat.
Everyone who walked in took big strides.
Chen Ying: "I asked you to buy some meat, but you went to the provincial capital to buy it? You left in the morning and came back so late."
Xiang Weidong was in a good mood and didn't care about what Chen Ying said.
"I came back late this time, which is more useful than going to the provincial capital."
"What's the use?" Chen Ying asked Wei Dong curiously.
"What's the use? You'll know when Ah Hao comes back."
Xiang Weidong was beaming with joy as he kept Chen Ying in suspense. The wrinkles on his face were instantly smoothed out as he looked so cheerful.
Chen Ying looked at Wei Dong showing off, and didn't bother to pay attention to him.
I have to cook quickly. If I don’t, it will be too late when Ah Hao comes back.
These past two days Xiang Qing has been busy buying skewers and dealing with that bastard Lao Dong.
She must be physically and mentally exhausted, so make her something delicious to help her replenish her energy.
In Chen Ying's eyes, her darling Xiang Qinghao was never tired, and there was never a day when she didn't make delicious food.
I'm tired today and need to make something delicious to replenish myself.
I won't be tired tomorrow, and I'll finally be able to relax. I can make some delicious food for her to nourish herself.
Every meal consists of either one meat and one vegetable, or one cold and one hot meal, with a wide variety of dishes.
Chen Ying took out a large piece of beef hind leg meat with little tendons. She had asked Xiang Qing to tell Lao Hu to keep it aside and eat it at home.
Remove all the tendons from the front, back, left and right sides of the meat, then cut into small pieces.
Finally, he started chopping the beef with a big knife in his left hand and a steel knife in his right hand.
Under the pressure of the big knife, the beef pieces flew up and down.
The sound of the knife cutting into the chopping board was loud.
Like many housewives, Chen Ying usually looks weak.
But when cooking for my family, I am very decisive in my cooking.
The beef was quickly turned into meat paste as Chen Ying chopped it down with his knife.
The beef balls that had just been made into meat paste were not tender enough, so Chen Ying did not stop cutting.
Continue to chop the stuffing with two knives.
Until the meat paste starts to stick to your hands when you touch it.
Chen Ying put the beef filling into a bowl, added starch, pepper, salt, baking soda, etc., stirred it, and the filling for the beef balls was ready.
With beef meatballs, one of the best accompaniments is white radish.
White radish is rich in water, and when paired with beef balls, it has the lightness of radish and enhances the deliciousness of the beef balls.
They each have their own unique flavors and complement each other.
Wash and peel the daikon radish. Cut it into fan-shaped pieces 1-1.5 cm thick.
Heat oil in a pan, sauté the minced garlic, then add the radish pieces into the pan and stir-fry until fragrant.
Then add water to cover the radish, when the water is slightly boiling but not yet boiling completely.
Chen Ying took the pot of prepared beef filling, took a large spoonful of meat, put it into her clean hands, and used her tiger's mouth to squeeze out one smooth and elastic beef meatball after another, and put them into the pot.
After the water in the pot boils thoroughly, the beef meatballs are almost done.
After the radish stewed beef meatballs are completely cooked, sprinkle some chopped coriander on them as the last step.
The refreshing and delicious stewed beef meatballs with radish are ready to be eaten.
One dish is not enough.
So let’s have some cold shredded chicken.
In this season, eating hot dishes cold is the best choice.
In the 1980s, chicken was not sold in portions.
Chen Ying washed the whole chicken and cut off the thighs and breasts.
Peel the skin, put it in cold water, remove the foam, add onion, ginger, star anise, cooking wine, etc. to remove the fishy smell.
While the chicken is cooking, prepare the side dishes.
Chop the green onion, garlic, and small red pepper into small pieces, and cut the onion and cucumber into thin strips.
Fry the peanuts in a pan until cooked.
Once the chicken is cooked, tear it into thin strips.
Add the prepared green onions, garlic, and chopped red peppers to the shredded chicken, add chili powder and white sesame seeds, and drizzle with hot oil.
Then add salt, sugar, light soy sauce, vinegar and other seasonings.
Finally, add the cilantro, onion, cucumber, and peanuts that you had chopped when making the beef meatballs.
The cold shredded chicken is fragrant, slightly spicy, and not greasy.
When Xiang Qinghao returned home, the first thing she smelled was the scent of the cold shredded chicken drizzled with hot oil.
“It smells so good.”
Xiang Qinghao walked towards the plate of chicken as soon as she entered the room. She closed her eyes and couldn't help but raise her head to smell it. There was the spicy aroma of vegetables such as onions and coriander, as well as the fresh fragrance of cucumber.
Looking closely, I saw a soup bowl next to the cold shredded chicken, filled with beef meatballs and radishes.
I closed my eyes and went over to smell it. The aroma of coriander and beef filled my nose, and... and... and nothing else.
I was so greedy that my mouth was watering and I didn’t even have time to wash my hands.
Xiang Qinghao carefully picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth.
The shredded chicken is very thin, not dry and not sticky, and it also has the flavors of all the previous seasonings and side dishes.
Serve with a bite of vegetables and peanuts.
Salty, sweet, sour and spicy interact with each other, and each flavor gives people a taste impact of its own.
Finally, the moment you swallow all the flavors, you’ll feel the final touch of refreshing taste.
All the flavors explode in your mouth, giving your taste buds the ultimate experience of all flavors.
This is the charm of the cold shredded chicken made by my mother.
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