Chapter 42 Braised pork elbow with red dates
"Xiaomei, others are others, but we must study hard, it will be useful. Xiaoya, I brought back a big pork elbow. It's too late today, can I make it for you tomorrow?"
The two sisters chattered non-stop, but Du Shaojie didn't feel any impatience.
During the time he was away from home, the quality of the family's food must have declined, so he thought about making a pork elbow for his family tomorrow to satisfy their cravings.
"Okay, okay!"
Xiaoya jumped three feet high, and her smile was sweet.
Xiaomei also showed an expectant look. With the conditions at home, they had to save money on food and clothing.
Therefore, they both admired their brother very much. Only the brother could improve the family's food from time to time like a magic trick.
"Go do your homework. By the way, Mom, do Yan Zi and Mei Qin come often?"
Du Shaojie then drove the two sisters into the house to study, and then asked Wang Yuxiu.
"Yanzi comes almost every day. Meiqin comes less often, but she comes three or four times a week. The hardest-working one is Dapeng, who helps me fetch water every day without interruption."
Speaking of her son's friends, Wang Yuxiu likes them from the bottom of her heart.
Du Shaojie nodded and didn't say much, but some things were remembered in his heart.
In the evening.
Du Shaojie fried two green vegetables and a large plate of scrambled eggs. The staple food was corn paste and white flour buns.
The family sat together to eat. Qi Yan hadn't come yet. She agreed to come after dinner to help Xiaomei with her homework.
Sure enough, Qi Yan arrived just after dinner.
"Shaojie, you're back. Did Dapeng and Meiqin know?"
Qi Yan couldn't help but smile when she saw Du Shaojie.
"I came back late and didn't have time to tell everyone. Come over for lunch tomorrow at noon, and I'll go and notify them later."
Qi Yan had changed a little in Du Shaojie's eyes, at least on the surface, she looked much quieter.
But he knew very well that the other person's inner qualities would not change, and she would still be the strong-willed and loyal girl.
Next, Qi Yan began to tutor Xiaomei and urged Xiaoya to do her homework.
Du Shaojie sat aside and watched her quietly. At this moment, he had the illusion of facing his former class teacher. No wonder Xiaomei and Xiaoya did not dare to move at all.
Unknowingly, night fell.
The power suddenly went out in the room, and it was pitch black until Wang Yuxiu lit a candle and there was some light.
"Let's study here today and continue tomorrow."
Qi Yan finished today's study task, and the two girls couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Sister Yanzi is usually kind and amiable, but she is particularly strict when it comes to studying.
"Are there frequent power outages recently?"
Power outages are normal on the farm. In Du Shaojie's impression, although there will be power outages in the city, they will not be too frequent.
"Isn't it? Especially in the past two months, the number of power outages is more than ever before. I don't know what those people in the Heavy Industry Bureau do. They can't even provide basic power supply."
Qi Yan got angry when she talked about this. Power outages at night are not a pleasant experience.
Today, the coal industry and the power industry are under the jurisdiction of the Heavy Industry Bureau. She didn't scold the wrong person.
But later she remembered that Du Shaojie was also an employee of the Heavy Industry Bureau, so she quickly explained: "Shaojie, I'm not scolding you. You, a chef in a canteen, can't control the power outage."
Du Shaojie: "."
Later, he sent Qi Yan home and notified Liang Meiqin and Su Dapeng by the way, asking them to come to his house for lunch tomorrow at noon.
When he got home, he soaked the pork elbow in cold water and got up to change the water at night. This is to soak out the blood of the pork elbow to reduce the fishy smell of the elbow itself.
The next morning he got up very early, went to the kitchen to steam the leftover steamed buns from yesterday, and then fried his best dish [Spicy and Sour Potato Shreds].
The two sisters had breakfast and went to school. Du Shaojie went back to the room to check the rewards he had received.
[Bound chef: Du Shaojie]
[Level: Apprentice (third year)]
[Current work: Hot and sour potato shreds]
[Overall evaluation: medium-low]
[Bonus: Teaching materials for ramen]
[Reward: Beef (3 kg)]
[Special reward: None]
This is how Du Shaojie gets the system's wool. He doesn't cook on the farm, so he basically doesn't need it.
But it's much more convenient when he gets home. There are no other ingredients, but there are plenty of potatoes. Of course, there are limits to getting wool. The same dish can only get a reward once a day.
But at the moment, this has solved his big problem.
Then, he went to the kitchen to start processing the pork elbow.
After processing, blanch the elbow, remove it and wash it with clean water. Restart the pot, put the pork elbow in cold water, add onion, ginger, peppercorns, a few pieces of hay, and an appropriate amount of salt, and stew it over high heat.
This process takes about twenty minutes.
Du Shaojie calculated the time and started to fry the sugar color. Put a small amount of oil in the pot. After the oil temperature rises, add white sugar and fry it over low heat.
When the color in the pot gradually deepens and is about to turn red, quickly add scallion and ginger slices and stir-fry for a few times to bring out the aroma, then pour in a little hot water and boil.
At this time, the pork elbow is also cooked, take it out and put it in the pot of frying sugar color.
Then add the soup that just boiled the elbow. It should be noted that when pouring the soup, you should prepare a colander in advance to filter out the impurities in the soup.
There is no need for too much soup, just enough to cover the elbow.
After the water boils, add salt, sugar, a few red dates, star anise, fragrant leaves, grass fruit, fennel, white cardamom, galangal and amomum, add some scallion and ginger slices and pour in soy sauce. Then simmer on low heat for at least two hours, until the pork elbow is boneless.
"Mom, help me light the fire, I'm going to buy some vegetables."
Du Shaojie then told Wang Yuxiu and pushed his bicycle out of the yard.
Less than an hour later, he returned home.
He put beef, frozen tofu, pork liver and several other side dishes in the kitchen, went into the house, drank a glass of water, and began to prepare.
Washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, preparing small ingredients, and when everything was ready, the elbow was almost cooked.
"Wow, it's so hot!"
Du Shaojie took out the elbow and removed the bones while it was hot.
It would be difficult to do it when it was cold, so he had to be quick.
He had made this dish several times in his previous life. It tasted really good, but it was too troublesome.
After removing the bones, he put the elbow skin down in a small basin and covered it with red dates. The next step was to steam it in a pot, but there was no rush. He would wait until the guests arrived.
Later, Du Shaojie started to cook the beef.
Three kilograms of beef could make two dishes. He didn't plan to make too many kinds of dishes for lunch, but the portion was definitely enough.
Near noon, Qi Yan and Liang Meiqin arrived first, followed by Xiaomei and Xiaoya who returned home from school. The last to arrive was Su Dapeng, who rushed over from work after work, so he was a little late.
Du Shaojie first steamed the pork elbow, then restarted the pot and poured a small amount of oil into it, and used chili peppers, green onions, ginger and garlic to stir-fry the pot, and then put in the cooked beef cubes to sauté.
Next, pour the beef stew into the pot, and filter out the seasoning residue in the soup.
Bring to a boil over high heat, and add frozen tofu, cabbage leaves, sweet potato vermicelli, and rapeseed in turn, and then season. Because the beef has been cooked, the stewing time should not be too long at this time, and the side dishes can be served when they are cooked.
A full pot, sprinkled with a little chopped green garlic, looks very tempting.
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