Chapter 51: Boiling Oyster Sauce
"Brother, did you hit this fish on the head? Why is there such a big bump?" Zhang Wu poked the golden-browed wrasse, which had lost most of its vitality, curiously.
I found that the meat ball was quite soft and couldn’t help but poke it again.
A pink, oddly shaped fish was brought home, which naturally attracted the attention of the whole family, and then they all gathered around to watch.
Zhang Huihong looked at the fish hesitantly and asked, "Aze, can this strange fish be eaten?"
This kind of fish is too rare in their area. Although it lives in reef coral areas and is active in shallow waters, it mainly appears in the South China Sea.
But it does not mean that this fish is a tropical fish, because it can also be found in the waters around South Korea.
Zhang Huihong had never seen such a fish before and the fish looked strange, so she was worried whether it could be eaten.
"Don't worry, not only is it edible, it also tastes better than yesterday's fish, and this fish has a surprise." Zhang Ze smiled, picked up the kitchen knife, and began to bleed the fish.
We need to deal with it quickly while it’s fresh.
"Brother, what's the surprise?" Zhang Qing asked, her curiosity aroused.
"If I tell you about a surprise, it's no longer a surprise. You'll know when we eat tonight."
"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me!"
Not getting the answer she wanted, Zhang Qing pouted in dissatisfaction.
Seeing that her sister was a little angry, Zhang Qian comforted her first, then turned around and said with a smile: "Brother, I found that you have changed a lot since you went fishing. You even know these strange fish."
Zhang Ze was stunned, but he didn't stop his hands and his expression was very natural.
"Your future sister-in-law's eldest brother is my friend. I've gone fishing on his boat a few times. Whenever I come across fish I don't recognize, I ask him about them."
Zhang Huihong suddenly realized what was going on. She also had the same feeling as her eldest daughter. It would not be surprising if she learned all this from the eldest son of the Tong family. After all, he was a fisherman. What had he not seen in the nearby sea?
When the fish blood was almost drained, Zhang Ze began to scrape the fish scales with a knife.
The scales of this wrasse are large and soft, making them very easy to scrape.
These large pieces of fish scales can actually be fried in oil to make a very good snack for children, but unfortunately, we can't afford the oil.
Then the fish was gutted. This was because the fish was fresh. If it was frozen, the smell of the internal organs would probably have driven away all the onlookers.
The speed at which the internal organs of coral fish rot after death is beyond imagination, and the smell is terrible.
Zhang Ze looked at the fish belly and liver, and finally decided to give up and throw them all away.
Compared to large grouper, the belly of the wrasse is not thick enough, and the fish itself has enough meat, so there is no need to retain it.
The processing method is the same as yesterday's red sea bream, but he specially cut off the tumors on the head and chin, and then cut it into small pieces so that the whole family can taste it later.
While Zhang Ze was processing the fish, the family gathered together and used a knife to open all the oysters, taking out the meat and throwing it into the soup bowl.
By the time Zhang Ze had finished processing the 11-pound fish, all their oyster meat had been taken out.
He put the fish aside, took the soup bowl, poured well water into it and began to wash it, removing the impurities inside as well as the shell powder and dirt scratched from the shells when opening the oysters. At the same time, he told Zhang Qian to go to the kitchen to light a fire, and to keep it on a low heat.
After cleaning the oyster meat, Zhang Ze brought in the fish meat and oysters. Seeing that the fire was already lit, he poured the oysters into the pot and began to simmer them to make oyster juice.
Use a spatula to stir the oysters from time to time to prevent them from sticking to the bottom of the pot.
About twenty minutes later, Zhang Ze saw that the oyster juice in the pot was almost cooked, so he scooped out the shrunken oyster meat with a ladle and put it into the gauze brought by Zhang Huihong.
Squeeze hard to squeeze out all the oyster juice.
Although the oyster meat is still edible, the taste and flavor are much worse after the oyster juice is boiled into it. Oysters are everywhere on the beach now, and you can dig them anytime you want to eat them, so these are used to feed the hens.
Pour the oyster juice in the pot into a soup bowl, and then filter out impurities with gauze.
After filtering twice, wash the pot clean and dry it, pour the filtered oyster juice into it, and add an equal amount of water.
The oyster juice produced was not much, estimated to be only about 200 milliliters.
Oyster sauce needs to be refrigerated at low temperatures, otherwise it is difficult to preserve, so Zhang Ze didn't plan to make too much on such a hot day.
Add sugar, salt, dark soy sauce and starch water, and slowly boil until it becomes a thick sauce, and the oyster sauce is ready.
When the oyster sauce was ready, Zhang Huihong tasted it and looked at Zhang Ze in surprise.
If there had not been any changes in his appearance and usual behavior, she would have really thought that her son was possessed by evil spirits. How could he suddenly understand so many things?
However, Zhang Ze always has various reasonable excuses when he comes up with new things, and it is impossible for her to really go and verify them, so now she can just fill in the blanks without any explanation.
"My son must have learned this from the chef at the state-owned restaurant."
With oyster sauce, the fish soup in the evening can taste more delicious, and it can also replace the role of MSG.
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In an era when seasonings are scarce, oyster sauce can definitely make food taste more delicious.
The oyster sauce is ready, the scallops are cooked, and then the sea urchin steamed egg is served.
There are five people in the family, one for each of us.
As soon as it was steamed, Zhang Ze took it out and distributed it to everyone, asking them to eat it first as a snack before dinner.
It was another new taste, but after the continuous food bombardment during this period, the whole family seemed to have gotten used to it. While eating the delicious sea urchin steamed egg, no one even asked him why he knew this.
Zhang Ze had already thought of an excuse, but in the end, it was useless.
After finishing the steamed sea urchin egg, I cooked a small pot of rice and finally started to make the fish soup.
Because the fish is quite big, I guess there will be a lot of fish soup in the evening, so I don’t cook as much rice as usual.
In addition, today's fish soup will be cooked by Zhang Huihong. After all, cooking is her job. When Zhang Ze finishes his work outside, he can't have to go home to cook!
The method of making fish soup today is slightly different from yesterday's, that is, add the tofu at the end, dissolve the oyster sauce with clean water, add the fish fillets and pour in the oyster sauce water at the same time, and add the pepper to blanch it.
While teaching his mother how to make fish soup, Zhang Ze also told her how to use oyster sauce to prevent her from using it indiscriminately.
When the fish soup was served, the whole family couldn't wait to taste the fish soup, which was not as white as yesterday's but had a stronger aroma.
"Brother, the fish soup made by mom is much better than yours. Let mom make it next time!" Zhang Wu rebelled immediately after taking just one sip of the fish soup.
Zhang Qing sat with Zhang Wu. When she heard this, her eyes turned and she tried to please Zhang Ze: "Brother, Ah Wu may despise you, but I don't. Without the oyster sauce you made, the fish soup wouldn't be so delicious. Don't give Ah Wu any delicious food in the future!"
Zhang Wu was stunned when he heard this, and he subconsciously expressed his thoughts without thinking so much.
When he heard that the good things would not be given to him in the future, he immediately became anxious!
“I didn’t hate me.”
Anxious Zhang Wu didn't know how to explain, so he just admitted his mistake.
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o(TT)ゞI was wrong Zhang Ze:? ? ? Zhang Qing: (＾＿－ (End of this chapter)
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