Chapter 274: Iron Pot Stewed Fish + Sauerkraut [Fourth Update]
Chen Kangxing and his team went to find stones. Although there were forests nearby, there was no shortage of stones. They quickly brought back large stones and used tools to cut the stones so that they could be built into a stove.
Tu Rongrong thought that this was also a good idea. Maybe it could be put away and used again in the future. There would be no need to look for stones to build a stove every time he went to a place.
Chen Kangxing and his friends were busy making the stove, while Tu Rongrong was preparing other ingredients. Of course, she had to prepare the onions, ginger, and garlic. She also helped a pepper plant grow and then picked all the peppers.
Chu Xingye over there killed two one-meter-long sea bass, cleaned out the internal organs, removed the gills, washed them clean, and then cut the fish into sections, of course, the spine was not cut into sections.
Tu Rongrong took a big basket to put the sea bass in. After washing them, she prepared to start stewing the big fish in an iron pot. She didn't know if two big fish would be enough for lunch today. The remaining dozen or so smaller fish could be used to make other things.
The sea bass had roe in its belly, so Tu Rongrong asked Chu Xingye to take out the roe, clean it, and put it on a plate, leaving some fish oil. After all, such a large fish, fat fish also have fat lumps, so Tu Rongrong left the fish oil.
Tu Rongrong took out a large basin, then spread a layer of salt on the fish and its belly, then put the chopped green onion, ginger and garlic in, added cooking wine and kneaded it, and marinated it for a while.
The fish needs to be marinated for 20 minutes. While you are doing this, prepare another pot and boil water.
Although Chu Xingye and He Junqing were quite fast at killing fish, the others had nothing to do, so Tu Rongrong, Chen Jinye and Shu Xin all helped to kill the fish.
Just when Tu Rongrong and the others were killing the fish, Hua Yaoyao and the others came back.
Hua Yaoyao and her friends were very capable. They actually hunted down a wild boar and brought it back. Of course, they also found some bird eggs and pheasant eggs in the forest.
"Goddess, we are back. How is it? Such a big pig is enough to eat, right?" Hua Yaoyao said happily to Tu Rongrong.
Tu Rongrong looked at the dark wild boar, its two fangs growing longer and longer. Such a ferocious wild boar made Tu Rongrong think of braised pork, stir-fried pork with chili peppers, hot pot meat, and braised pork elbow.
Tu Rongrong nodded and said, "Kill the wild boar and prepare it properly. I've prepared some hot water. You can boil it, scald the pig hair, scrape it off, or burn it. Prepare the pig properly, and I'll do it later."
"Okay, okay." Everyone else responded to Tu Rongrong's call, and a group of people moved the wild boar weighing six or seven hundred pounds to a farther place and killed it. Otherwise, what if the smell of blood attracted more wild beasts?
In fact, this wild boar has been dead for a long time, but removing the pig's hair and cleaning its internal organs will also produce a strong smell, so it is better not to do it near the campsite.
Even the fish were killed about ten meters away from the camp, and the fish intestines were wrapped and thrown into other places in the forest. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be even more smelly if it was thrown nearby?
The others went to slaughter pigs, and the five of them quickly finished killing more than a dozen fish. Chu Xingye and Shu Xin took He Junqing to the place where Hua Yaoyao and the others were slaughtering pigs, while Tu Rongrong was preparing to stew a big fish in an iron pot.
Chen Kangxing and the others had already set up the stove. Tu Rongrong took out a large pot from the space, a large iron pot with a diameter of more than one meter. She took it out and rinsed it with water before putting it on the stove.
When Chen Jinye's other two bodyguards learned that Tu Rongrong was going to stew fish in a big iron pot, Chen Kangxing and the others went to chop wood while they were making a stove with stones.
The trees in the primeval forest are all towering giants, and their dead branches are also very thick. Chopping wood is not a time-consuming task, and they quickly brought the firewood back.
After Tu Rongrong lit the fire, he put oil in the pot and fried the marinated sea bass. Because the sea bass was cut into sections but not cut into pieces, it was placed in the pot and coiled into a circle.
Tu Rongrong put both fish in and fried them until both sides were slightly golden brown. Then she took the fish out. Fortunately, the plate she prepared was the kind used in large cafeterias, which was enough to hold the two fish.
Chen Jinye naturally took the fish that Tu Rongrong had packed and placed it on the table beside him. Tu Rongrong didn't care who helped him. He put a little oil in the pot, added onion, ginger, garlic and chili peppers, stir-fried them until fragrant, then added cooking wine, sugar, vinegar, soy sauce, salt and water and brought to a boil.
After the water in the pot boils, put the fried fish in to stew. Because there is a little too much water in the coating, the two fish are not even covered by the water, so it needs to be stewed for a little longer.
Tu Rongrong closed the lid, thought for a moment, and said to Chen Jinye beside her, "Do you like sauerkraut?"
"What?" Chen Jinye was a little stunned when he heard her question. What was sauerkraut? Was it one of those side dishes she used to eat for breakfast?
"Sauerkraut, the sauerkraut I pickled with the bamboo shoots. I think I fried some and ate it with porridge. Haven't you seen it?" Tu Rongrong asked.
"Oh...oh..." Chen Jinye thought about it and nodded in realization, "Sauerkraut, it's okay, it's delicious."
Tu Rongrong asked with a smile, "How about we put some pickled cabbage in the stewed fish? Sour cabbage stewed fish is also very delicious."
"You decide. What you cook will definitely be delicious." Chen Jinye nodded.
Tu Rongrong smiled happily and took out two heads of sauerkraut from the space. Then she washed the sauerkraut and cut them into shreds. She opened the lid of the pot, spread the shredded sauerkraut on the fish, and continued to stew it with the lid closed.
"Please help me check if the rice is cooked." Tu Rongrong said to Chen Jinye.
Chen Jinye didn't feel unhappy at all about being ordered around. He obediently went to the energy stove next to him to see if the rice that Tu Rongrong had just cooked was cooked.
"Is this little rice enough?" Chen Jinye looked at the pot, a little worried that it wouldn't be enough. There were more than a dozen of them.
"Let's steam some more buns later. I got some from the food factory." Tu Rongrong turned around and said, "Those who like rice can eat rice, and those who like buns can eat buns. They're pretty good."
Chen Jinye nodded, then pointed to the dozen or so fish that had been killed in another basket and asked, "What should we do with the remaining fish?"
Tu Rongrong looked back at the eleven fish and said, "Let's grill them."
"Roast?" Chen Jinye asked in confusion.
"Yes, it's more convenient to bake. We'll let Xingye and Junqing bake them when they come back and see how their skills have improved." Tu Rongrong said.
Chen Jinye looked at the fish and wondered if he should eat them later. Or should he just stare at the dishes she cooked and forget about the ones her apprentice cooked?
"Let me marinate them first." Tu Rongrong took the basin that she had used to marinate the two sea bass and put the eleven fish into it. The eleven fish now weighed more than one hundred pounds.
Chen Jinye went over to help her move the basin to a more spacious place aside, then Tu Rongrong sprinkled salt, minced ginger, garlic, and cooking wine into it and rubbed it. After kneading it thoroughly for a while, she found a lid to cover it and marinate it. The lid was used to prevent insects from flying in.
8000 today, good night.
(End of this chapter)
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