Chapter 124
Su Miao used a large spoon to scoop up the white porridge from the thermos and put it into three clay pots. After being soaked last night and boiled before, the rice grains were already soft.
The most signature dish of Su Ji is pork offal, so pork offal porridge is the first choice. The processed pork offal is sliced and divided into small pieces, and then marinated with white wine, salt, soy sauce and shredded ginger.
After the porridge in the clay pot boils, add the pork offal and stir the ingredients with a long pair of chopsticks. The originally bright red pork liver will turn white at a speed visible to the naked eye after sinking into the hot porridge.
A sweet and fragrant smell spread. As the saying goes, good porridge is stirred, and stirring in the same direction is the key. It can be served in just three minutes.
The diners who were watching were talking about it.
"This porridge looks white, but how can it become so fragrant after just a few seconds of adding meat?"
"We cook meat porridge this way at home. We boil the porridge first and then add the meat. It's really delicious, but I haven't dared to try pork offal. The smell of pork offal is so strong. How can it be suppressed without adding heavy ingredients?"
"Oh no! They're professional at making pork offal. You can never doubt that! Just wait and try it."
Some customers had already finished their meal and came out of the restaurant. Seeing that there was a lot of excitement, they were not in a hurry to leave and gathered around to watch.
At the same time, Ye Han and Ye Jiayin helped to operate the other two stoves, one for fish porridge and the other for minced meat and mustard greens porridge.
Just like pork offal porridge, put the marinated fish fillets into the porridge and spread them out. The fish fillets will quickly turn white and curl up. Once the fish fillets are cooked, the porridge will be ready. Sprinkle with a handful of chopped green onions and serve.
The neighbors were increasingly puzzled. Is that all? How is it any different from boiling in water?
Compared with simple fish porridge, minced meat and mustard greens porridge is at least more complex in color matching and is more popular among diners.
Add the seasoned minced meat into the boiling porridge. After a while, the minced meat will be intimately combined with the soft porridge base. You can remove it from the stove when the fresh aroma of meat is emitted.
Pour a bowl of chopped mustard greens into a clay pot and stir. Cover the mustard greens with boiling hot porridge. This will not only cook the mustard greens but also keep them fresh, green and crisp, which will whet your appetite just by looking at them.
The clay pot just taken out of the stove was very hot. In order to prevent the table from being burned, Su Miao specially put a few bamboo mats under the pot.
"Hey everyone, this is shenggun porridge. We're making it for the first time today, and we hope you can help taste it and give us some feedback."
Ye Han and Ye Jiayin each took a spoonful of porridge with a round spoon, and after eating, they tried the next type, while Su Miao put a new pot on the stove and continued cooking.
These clay pots were borrowed from several neighbors. Fortunately, the neighborhood relationship is very close now, otherwise it would be impossible to get so many at once.
Most of the neighbors went home to get their own bowls, and the small bowls provided by the store could be given to other diners.
The most popular one is the minced meat and mustard greens porridge which looks the most common, because everyone usually cooks it themselves.
In the damp and cold winter, Hulu took a sip of hot porridge, and the coolness in the breath was replaced by warmth, and the whole body felt warmed up, not to mention the wonderful combination of delicious minced meat and refreshing mustard greens, which made people so comfortable that they couldn't help but sigh.
"Huh? This only has minced meat and mustard greens? How come it tastes better than what I cook at home?"
"It's really strange. I just watched Miaomiao cook it, and there was nothing surprising about it. How come it's so fresh?"
"Minced pork, mustard greens, onions, ginger, garlic, salt, wine, soy sauce. I can't tell what the rest are. These are what I usually use."
After trying the minced meat and mustard greens porridge, Su Miao moved on to the pork offal porridge. He had made two small bowls of dipping sauce in advance, which could be used to dip the ingredients in the porridge.
Add minced garlic, chopped green onion and chopped chili peppers to soy sauce, then pour some hot oil on it, and it will taste great when dipped on shoe soles.
Eat the pork offal mixed with porridge, or take it out separately and roll it in the dipping sauce. Wow! The pork liver is tender and the rice noodle intestines are springy... It makes you want to swallow your tongue.
"Why is this pork offal so obedient to their family? It's so white and doesn't smell bad even when cooked in porridge? It's so delicious?"
"Oh my! It tastes different from stir-fried pork offal, but just as delicious! This pork liver is so tender!"
"I'm going to have some fish porridge. The first two dishes were so delicious, this one will definitely be good."
This fish porridge was beyond everyone's expectations. It looked so bland, but the taste was incredibly fresh! Beautiful! Indescribable! It was so delicious that everyone could only utter one sound: "Hmm~Hmm~"
Uncle Zhang picked up a piece of tender white fish fillet, which was now covered with a crystal clear porridge coating. He dipped it in the sauce and put it into his mouth. The sweetness of the fish meat was more obvious against the backdrop of the sauce.
Take another sip of the mellow and soft fish porridge, which only absorbs the freshness of the fish without a trace of fishy smell. The occasional shredded ginger in the porridge adds a rich layer of taste.
Aunt Zhang nudged her husband with her elbow and whispered, "It doesn't look complicated. I'll try it tonight."
Uncle Zhang scoffed rudely: "It looks easy. If anyone could do it, how could they open such a big store? They should have some self-awareness!"
"You! Humph! Just wait and see tonight!"
Aunt Zhang's words actually represent the sentiments of many neighbors: it's just porridge with meat and fish! Nothing surprising, they decided to try it themselves.
This was something Su Miao had anticipated long ago. No matter what new thing they ate, there would always be people who wanted to go home and make it themselves.
It would be better for her to demonstrate the cooking method face to face and let them see it. If they fail to make it according to the method when they go back, they will be more willing to come to the store to consume.
The diners only saw her putting meat into the porridge, but they didn't know that there were many tricks behind it.
For example, the rice needs to be soaked in advance, the ratio of water to rice and the heat in the porridge base, how to handle the ingredients, the pickled seasonings, the porridge needs to be cooked with oil, and the most important thing is pepper, which many people don’t know about.
The unique aroma of pepper not only enhances the flavor of dishes, but also increases diners' appetite. Adding some pepper to porridge can make it more fresh.
Nowadays, ordinary people rarely use this seasoning, let alone add it to staple foods, so many diners only think that the porridge is extremely delicious, but can hardly tell what seasoning is used.
Pepper is usually added when the porridge is ready, but today, in order to avoid attracting attention, Su Miao added it when preparing the ingredients.
A total of six clay pots of porridge were cooked. The onlookers tasted it and all praised it. Seeing the good response, Su Miao did not rush to sell it in the next few days.
Keep quiet for now, let them go home and try it out, and then make plans based on how everyone reacts.
Ye Han and Ye Jiayin accompanied her for the whole morning. After Su Miao closed the stall, she specially cooked two pots. The three of them had a delicious lunch and left one pot for Su Yuanzheng and others to take turns eating.
Ye Jiayin praised: "Miaomiao, this is so delicious. You can make so many different kinds of porridge. You won't get tired of eating it every day."
"Would you like to eat tonight?"
"I want to!" Ye Jiayin and Ye Han said in unison.
"Hehe! As the saying goes, anything can be cooked. Let's have porridge hotpot tonight and let my dad and Brother Yu have a taste too!"
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