Chapter 209: You have a sharp nose. Eat, eat, eat. You only know how to eat.
The first choice for soaking sea cucumber and abalone is to use pure water, which has no impurities and has a better soaking effect.
The second is mineral water, and the worst is tap water.
There should be as much water as possible so that the sea cucumber and abalone can absorb enough water to grow larger. The water level should be at least 5 cm higher.
If it were in modern times, Song Shiwei would definitely wrap the basin with plastic wrap, put it in the refrigerator and soak it for 36 hours, and change the water every 8 hours.
The effect of soaking sea cucumber and abalone in this way is the best!
But now one is that time is tight, and the second is that the conditions do not allow it.
She wasn't that particular, so she could only do a simple version of the soaking process.
That is to directly use saturated salt water to keep it at about 100 degrees and boil it for three hours.
Saturated salt water can quickly make the sea cucumber and abalone absorb water (generally not recommended, because the taste is not as good as the normal soaked sea cucumber)
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It just so happened that it was still early for dinner. The Zhou family always had New Year’s Eve dinner very late because they had to stay up all night. Li Guifen meant to have dinner after ten o’clock in the evening.
Therefore, Shen Xiu'e didn't think of waking Song Shiwei up too early. There was nothing to do if she came early, just help with cooking.
Song Shiwei took the salt pot and put a lot of salt into the small pot, which made Lu Yuhua and Wang Cuizhi feel very distressed.
"This salt is very expensive!"
"Yes, Tingyue, why did you put so much salt?"
Shen Xiu'e immediately retorted: "No matter how expensive salt is, it is not as expensive as the abalone and sea cucumber my daughter-in-law brought you."
Several people suddenly stopped talking.
Song Shiwei took the dried sea cucumbers and abalone out of the basin, put them in a small pot, added some water, and slowly cooked them on a small coal stove nearby.
Meanwhile, she started preparing the side dishes.
For sea cucumber, she plans to make sea cucumber with scallions, steamed egg with abalone, and finally abalone and scallop seafood porridge.
Seeing that she took a dozen eggs and a dozen small bowls, Lu Yuhua felt even more distressed.
"To make sea cucumber and abalone, you need eggs."
Shen Xiu'e was just staring at them, and when she saw her open her mouth, she couldn't help but retort to her.
"Just a dozen eggs. It's New Year's Day, and my second brother and sister-in-law are reluctant to eat them?"
Lu Yuhua didn't want to lose face in front of her, so even though she felt heartbroken, she didn't dare to say anything.
Li Meng and a few others were the same. They didn't recognize the sea cucumber and threw one to the cat. They are still regretting it now. Several sisters-in-law also have some complaints about her.
She didn't dare to say a word and just looked at the small pot in front of Song Shiwei with a look of heartache.
What a pity! It would be great if I could keep it. It’s all money!
Unfortunately, there is no if!
Three hours later, around 9:30, their dinner was almost ready.
Song Shiwei took a look at the sea cucumbers, abalone and scallops in the pot. They were almost soaked, especially the sea cucumbers, which were plump and looked bouncy!
She took the seafood out of the pot, put it into a clean basin, and started processing the sea cucumbers while soaking them.
The sand spits of sea cucumbers need to be cut off one by one.
Since there was no need for Zhou Tingyue to light the fire, he came over to help Song Shiwei prepare the seafood.
There is actually a fascia inside the sea cucumber. During the cooking process, Song Shiwei took it out and removed it one by one so that it could swell bigger.
After the sea cucumber and abalone were prepared, Song Shiwei prepared to start frying them.
Even though the other dinners were ready, Lu Yuhua and Wang Cuizhi did not go out. They just wanted to see whether Shen Xiu'e's daughter-in-law could cook.
Li Meng secretly thought that maybe she was just showing off. How delicious could the food cooked by such a young girl be?
Song Shiwei asked Zhou Tingyue to help her light the fire, and Shen Xiu'e came over to help because she was afraid that she would be tired.
The first dish is braised sea cucumber with scallions.
Heat oil in a pan, and when the oil is 60% hot, Song Shiwei quickly put the scallions on the chopping board into the pan.
The most important thing about this scallion-fried sea cucumber is the scallion oil!
After the green onions are fried, this dish will be very fragrant!
Song Shiwei kept watching the wok, and when the scallions were fried until golden brown, he took them out and drained the scallion oil in the wok for later use.
Leave some oil in the pot, sauté chopped green onion and ginger, then quickly add the soaked sea cucumber, add the chicken soup from the chicken just stewed, and add salt, cooking wine, soy sauce and a little sugar in turn.
After it started burning, Song Shiwei stopped Zhou Tingyue from adding more firewood and simmered it on low heat for two minutes.
Because there was no starch at home, she mixed some flour, thickened the sauce with the thin flour water, then added some firewood, cooked it over medium heat until the sauce was absorbed, and poured in scallion oil.
The fragrance came out instantly.
The few people who were waiting to see a joke just now were all sniffing their noses non-stop.
“It smells so good!”
“It smells really good!”
Even Wang Cuizhi couldn't help but whisper: "I didn't expect that my daughter-in-law Shen Xiu'e is really good at cooking! The sea cucumber she cooked is so delicious!"
Li Meng heard this and curled her lips in disdain.
"Maybe it's not because her cooking is delicious, maybe it's because the ingredients are good that it smells so good. Who can eat Shanghai ginseng?"
Lu Yuhua nodded after hearing this.
"That's right, Mengmeng makes sense!"
Shen Xiu'e on the side couldn't help but smile.
"Yes, most people don't even know what a sea cucumber is! They even mistake it for a fire stick and feed it to cats!"
This is almost the same as naming names.
Li Meng was so angry that her face turned red, but she couldn't refute it. After all, Shen Xiu'e was the elder, and if she said anything else, it would be like talking back to the elder.
What's more, Zhou Runde holds a high position and she doesn't want to offend him. Zhou Liang has been asking him to help arrange a job for her!
She can find fault with Song Shiwei, but she will never find fault with Shen Xiu'e!
At this time, others also came following the scent.
As soon as Zhou Liang entered the room, he shouted, "What are you cooking? Why does it smell so good?"
Li Meng said unhappily, "You have a sharp nose. Eat, eat, eat. That's all you know how to do! This is the sea cucumber stewed with scallions made by my wife Jiayue!"
"Sea cucumber?"
When they heard about this thing, not only Zhou Liang was excited, but even Zhou Dazhuang and Zhou Erhong were also very excited!
Zhou Liang rubbed his hands and squeezed towards the stove, his mouth almost watering: "Oh my god, it's actually a sea cucumber, it smells so good!"
Wang Xiaoyan covered her mouth and laughed: "Today we not only have sea cucumbers to eat, but also abalone!"
Zhou Dazhuang's daughter-in-law, Sun Chuntao, also laughed: "Yes, today we are also blessed by our uncle's family. We can also taste the abalone and sea cucumber that only rich people can afford!"
When she heard about the abalone, even the slow-running Li Guifen rushed in.
"What? There are also sea cucumbers and abalone?"
She has never eaten anything like it in her life! She must taste it now.
Suddenly the whole kitchen was packed with people!
Shen Xiu'e was afraid of squeezing her daughter-in-law, so Zhou Tingyue also carefully protected Song Shiwei.