Chapter 116 Grilled fish with green peppercorns, fried fish and fish balls, dedicated to fish lovers!
If you have fish, you need to eat them! !
The two foodies couldn't stand it anymore and immediately started the "concubine selection" mode in the space!
Mingdai used her ability to explore space to make the fish in the pond jump out of the water one by one. Zhou Sinian picked them out and immediately threw the ones he liked onto the shore.
In the end, the two of them caught a lot of big fish.
"Ming Dai, this is fun!"
Ming Dai looked at the big fish that kept jumping on the ground and said, "Not only is it fun, it's also delicious. How would you like it to be cooked? I'll let you order today!"
Zhou Sinian immediately became excited and started circling around the fish on the ground.
Although he had lost his previous memory and had never eaten fish since he came to Hongqi Commune, he knew a lot of cooking methods during this period of time living with Mingdai!
It doesn't affect his performance at all!
"Mingdai, Mingdai! I want to eat fish pancakes! Shredded potato and fish! Pickled cabbage and fish dumplings! Fried fish! Cabbage stewed with fish! Shredded fish! Steamed fish with rice flour! Fish noodles! And grilled fish and fish hot pot!!!"
What kind of dark cuisine is this!
Ming Dai looked at him speechlessly: "Do you want another fish candy?"
Zhou Sinian's eyes lit up immediately: "Then I want the White Rabbit flavored fish candy, the fruit ones are not tasty!
Ming Dai! Add another candied fish!!”
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It’s unnecessary to ask you!
Dark cuisine cannot be made. Mingdai determined three ways of eating it based on his ideas.
For lunch, we had grilled fish with green peppercorn flavor. It happened that the warehouse had fresh green peppercorns, and the fresh chili peppers they grew were also edible, so we had to arrange a meal!
In addition, there are a few fish with fewer bones, and Mingdai plans to make some fish balls.
Finally, it’s the fried fish she’s been dreaming about!
She hadn’t eaten it for a long time, and when she saw the big fish, she couldn’t help it and had to satisfy herself!
Zhou Sinian began to swallow his saliva just by listening to her description, and couldn't wait to start.
Mingdai selected six big ones and threw the others back into the water.
Zhou Sinian looked at it with regret, he felt that six was a bit too few.
As long as there is food, Zhou Sinian's cleanliness obsession disappears without a trace.
The fish was too big, so the two of them handled it right next to the fish pond.
After Mingdai demonstrated it, she handed the knife to Zhou Sinian and took the water pipe to flush the water.
Swish, swish, swish!
Zhou Sinian used the smooth knife to remove the scales and cut open the belly, picking out what needed to be picked out and chopping what needed to be chopped. He didn't feel the strong fishy smell at all.
Let him continue with his work while Mingdai went to prepare the side dishes.
Soon six big fish were placed on the kitchen island.
Mingdai chose a large grass carp with thick meat, marinated it with cooking wine, salt, and scallion and ginger water to remove the fishy smell, then placed the fish on the grill with the belly facing down and baked it directly in the oven for 20 minutes.
The fish was large, with a plump belly, and soon it began to sizzle in the oven.
The sound attracted Zhou Sinian. He half-knelt and stared at the fish inside through the oven glass without blinking.
Mingdai was afraid of scalding him, so she pulled him over to fillet the fish.
Zhou Sinian picked up a knife that suits him best, looked at the three big fish on the chopping board, his eyes froze, and with a sharp movement of the knife, he chopped off the three fish heads.
Mingdai watched his skillful technique, swallowed her saliva, and put the fish heads he had chopped off into the warehouse, waiting to grind them into tofu to make fish head and tofu soup.
The remaining two were also grass carps. Mingdai cut them all into small pieces two fingers wide, and marinated them with cooking wine, light soy sauce, salt, green onions, ginger and garlic. She also marinated the fish bones that Zhou Sinian had removed.
The grass carp in the oven is now baked. As soon as the oven is turned on, the whole house is filled with the roasted aroma of fish.
Zhou Sinian sniffed while working, looking forward to it.
Mingdai took out a square electric rice cooker and put half a fish in it.
A fish head and half a fish body filled the pot.
The remaining half of the Mingdai was put into the warehouse for the next meal.
Heat oil in a wok, take out the side dishes prepared in advance and start stir-frying the base ingredients. Since there was no red oil, Mingdai added broth and chili paste. The aroma made Mingdai a little overwhelmed.
Pour the cooked soup into the fish pot, take out the fresh green peppercorns and fresh chili peppers, and sprinkle them evenly on the golden grilled fish. The red and green colors are very appetizing!
Finally, sprinkle white sesame seeds and garlic slices on the grilled fish, and splash the boiling hot oil on the green peppercorns, which instantly enhances the aroma of the whole dish.
Zhou Sinian came over with a knife in hand, obviously unable to hold back any longer.
Ming Dai waved her hand and said, "Wash your hands. Let's eat first!"
Zhou Sinian happily put the knife back, picked up the pot and went to the dining table.
Mingdai asked Zhou Sinian to go to the warehouse to get rice. She opened the pot, and soon the soup in the pot began to boil.
The spicy and numbing aroma filled the whole room, and the two of them couldn't wait to pick up a piece and put it in their mouths.
After just one bite, Zhou Sinian never raised his head again, and the chopsticks were left in the air.
Mingdai was also very satisfied, and the resentment of being scared and crying early in the morning completely disappeared.
Sure enough, delicious food can heal everything!
The two of them ate up the pot full of fish.
Zhou Sinian even ate the crispy roasted fish bones and used the soup to soak the rice. Except for the green peppercorns, nothing else was wasted.
Because of this meal of grilled fish with green peppercorns, Zhou Sinian is even more looking forward to the remaining two ways of eating it.
I didn’t even take a break for lunch, but continued to slice the fish with a knife.
Mingdai couldn't sleep because of his noise, and she knew he wouldn't stop until the fish was cooked.
Sure enough, seeing her put on the apron again, Zhou Sinian smiled with satisfaction.
Come on, she wants to eat fried fish too!
So in the afternoon, neither of them was idle.
After Zhou Sinian filleted the fish, Mingdai gave him two kitchen knives and asked him to chop the fish paste.
Mingdai prepared the soup for stir-frying the fish.
Considering the tastes of both people, Mingdai planned to make two servings, one with more sugar for Zhou Sinian and one with a slightly sweet taste for herself.
I often did this at home in my previous life, and now I am very good at it.
The soup was put into the pot and Zhou Sinian's fish paste was chopped.
Mingdai asked him to put the food into a basin and beat it vigorously.
The soup in the pot began to bubble, and a sweet smell began to fill the air.
Let the soup cool down while Mingdai started to prepare the marinated fish.
To make fried fish delicious, one thing is to have a good ratio of soup and sauce, and the other is to fry the fish well, crispy and charred, not under-fried or burnt.
Pour half a pot of oil into the pot, wait until it is 50% hot, then add the marinated fish pieces.
The golden oil rolled around, the fish pieces slowly turned golden, and the fragrance gradually wafted out.
Even though he had just finished his meal, Zhou Sinian kept his eyes glued to the oil pan, carefully watching Mingdai's operations.
After making sure the fish pieces are fried until golden and crispy, fry them again while they are still hot. Put the fried fish pieces into a bowl of cold sauce and soak them so that each piece of fried fish can absorb the sauce.
The fried fish smelled so good that Mingdai couldn't help but secretly tasted a piece. It had the crispy aroma of fried fish and the chewy texture of the fish itself, plus the sweet and salty sauce. It was inexplicably delicious.
Her little action was discovered by Zhou Sinian, who was keeping a tight grip on the fish.
"Ming Dai!"
Food-guarding puppies go out!
As soon as the voice fell, the man flashed from the edge of the island to the stove.
While he was glaring at Mingdai for eating secretly, he picked up a piece and put it in his mouth. He was immediately attracted by the delicious taste of the fried fish and forgot what he was going to say.
Mingdai picked out some to eat, and put the rest in a bowl and stored it in a space warehouse. There is no need to worry about the texture becoming hard after being stored for a long time.
The fish balls had already been beaten hard by Zhou Sinian. After simply adding some seasonings and starch and stirring, Mingdai started to put the fish balls in.
She squeezed inwards, and Zhou Sinian followed her instructions and scooped out.
Snow-white fish balls were tumbling in the pot. Zhou Sinian couldn't help but secretly tasted one. It was sweet and chewy.
"Ming Dai, this is delicious!"
Ming Dai raised her chin proudly: "What's wrong with what I cook?!"
Zhou Sinian thought for a moment and said, "Cold coriander and melon seeds are not tasty!"
Mingdai is speechless, it’s because you don’t know how to appreciate it!
It took them more than two hours to cook all the fish balls.
A big bowl full of it, enough to last until the Chinese New Year.
In the evening, Mingdai was too tired to cook, so she asked Zhou Sinian to use the soup pot for cooking fish balls to make hand-rolled noodles, put fish balls on them, and eat them with crispy fried fish, and ended the dinner.
Zhou Sinian, who was extremely satisfied with the new fish delicacies, spontaneously took on the task of feeding the fish.
Fresh grass is cut and thrown into the fish pond every day, and some cornmeal is fed from time to time.
At one point, fish successfully surpassed roe deer and became the number one delicacy on Zhou Sinian's food list.