Shuiqing went into the kitchen to cook dinner.
She first started cooking on the stove, then ladled more than half a pot of water into the innermost and middle large iron pots.
Put the braising spices into the large iron pot inside. Later, Fan Jin will put the cleaned pig's trotters, pig's head, pig's intestines, and so on into it.
The middle section is for making soup with pork bones.
Bai Manshan and Li Huyu will be back tomorrow morning; let's have hot pot tonight.
On a cold day, hot pot is the perfect match.
Knowing that neither the couple nor the children could handle spicy food, Shuiqing prepared a rich pork bone broth base, and those who liked spicy food could simply have a spicy dipping sauce.
The meat dishes are just a few simple items: fresh sliced lamb, homemade fish balls, fresh shrimp, thinly sliced fresh fish, fried pork, delicious egg dumplings, and crispy fried wild fish.
There weren't many vegetarian dishes, just tofu puffs, fried gluten, cabbage hearts, spinach, potato slices, bean sprouts, shiitake mushrooms, cilantro, and a few other small greens. Mainly because it's winter now, we can't bring out vegetables that aren't in season.
However, the portions of each dish were very generous.
The main dishes were brown sugar glutinous rice cakes, pumpkin pancakes, and spring rolls—we didn't have time, so we bought them ready-made from the store and just heated them up and fried them ourselves.
Simple and fast.
Then I made a bowl of fried rice with eggs.
When the broth is ready, the braised dishes are almost done as well.
Although soaking the braised food for a longer time will make it more flavorful, at this moment, Shuiqing just wants to eat braised large intestines and braised pig's trotters as soon as possible!
Whether it's too flavorful or not isn't that important anymore.
She first picked out the dried tofu and filled a large plate with it;
Then take out the pig ears and cut them up, cut the pig intestines up, and finally chop up the pig trotters.
The chopped pork trotters, a deep brown color, filled a small basin, almost overflowing.
Seeing Fan Jin enter, Shui Qing said with a smile, "It's cold, let's have hot pot tonight."
"Hot pot?" Fan Jin looked at the various dishes laid out on the countertop, layered and neatly arranged, and instinctively asked a question.
Shui Qing gave a brief and concise explanation, and Fan Jin understood. A faint smile appeared on his lips as he eagerly commented, "Very novel."
He took a few steps forward with his long legs, carried the dishes to the dining room next to the kitchen, and arranged them one by one.
Shui Qing's confidence soared, and she was extremely happy.
He then ladled the bone broth into a small iron pot with two handles and carried it over. A small red clay stove had already been placed in the middle of the round dining table.
Inside, the charcoal fire glowed bright red and was burning intensely.
Just as it was getting dark, Bai Manshan rubbed his hands together and jogged back.
Li Huyu also returned carrying two large buckets of fat fish.
Needless to say, children who go out to work also need to be included.
At that moment, a group of people who had just washed their hands and rushed to the dining room were stunned by the novel way of eating on the large round table.
Shui Qing had no choice but to explain again.
Upon hearing that they could eat it while it was still hot, all the children except for the eldest, Ling Ran, whose expression remained unchanged, were visibly excited.
"This is a great idea! I've eaten this at home before, but not as complete as yours!" Bai Manshan was also very excited, eager to try it like a child.
In fact, he only has a few dishes at home, and he doesn't use a broth made from big bones, but rather boils thin fish slices in boiling water, focusing on eating fresh and tender fish.
He was even more intrigued when he saw the dipping sauce, and after tasting it, he wished he could dip every dish in it!
Li Huyu, who had been so engrossed in fishing that she couldn't even speak while eating, was sitting next to him.
I just think this tastes good, but that tastes even better!
When she was half full, she finally had a moment to speak. "Shuiqing, this dipping sauce is so delicious! I'm suddenly so envious of Qian'er; he gets to stay."
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