Chapter 17: Several delicious dishes made with beef and mushrooms...
Chapter 17
Lin Mujin squeezed off the bus with difficulty. Unfortunately, it was rush hour.
She was holding a rice cooker box and a mat, both of which took up a lot of space and attracted a lot of complaints, but of course she ignored them all.
After getting off the car, I felt the air was a little fresher.
I have to go and support my family quickly. I have to put my things away and go buy groceries.
We had barbecued meat for lunch, so the housewarming party in the evening had to be more substantial.
"Uncle, I'm back."
When Lin Mujin saw the padlock hanging on the door, she realized that she had forgotten to buy something.
It’s not that I don’t trust Sister Zhu, but this lock only has one key. When no one is at home and needs to lock the door, who will keep the key? It’s too troublesome. I’d better buy a new lock so that there will be more new keys to distribute.
I'll buy it when I go grocery shopping later.
Uncle Lin slowly walked out of the bedroom and asked, "Xiao Jin, are you alone?"
Lin Mujin replied, "We bought quite a lot of things. My brother also bought two second-hand bicycles. My sister and I don't know how to ride, so my brother asked me to come back and make dinner while he and my sister pushed the bicycles back."
The old man was not worried at all. Instead, he talked about Lin Muli, "Xiao Li should be out of school soon. Why hasn't he come back yet? Has he not found a new home yet?"
Lin Mujin glanced at the time. He should be home by now. Could he really be lost? That couldn't be possible. She had explained it clearly, and she was just short of drawing a map.
"He's a grown man, so he can't get lost. I guess the teacher kept him out of class."
She could only comfort the old man first, fearing that he would worry too much.
I'll go downstairs and call the school to ask.
"Uncle, I'm going to buy some groceries. Today is a good day for our family, so we need to cook a few more dishes. What do you want to eat?"
Uncle Lin waved his hand, "I'm fine with anything."
Lin Mujin didn't ask any more questions, waved her hand, and went downstairs to buy vegetables.
I'll give you two pounds of pork ribs to make braised pork ribs. Since we want the whole ribs, they're 20 dollars per pound.
Half a pound of beef tenderloin and half a pound of shiitake mushrooms cost twenty-five yuan.
Two pounds of shrimp, thirty-two dollars.
Two pounds of clams, ten dollars.
Half a pound of rapeseed costs three yuan.
The tomatoes were pretty fresh, I bought two for four dollars.
The eggs are pretty good, but the price has gone up again, 80 cents each. But I still have to buy them, 20 at a time.
You also need to buy some side dishes, such as onions, ginger, garlic and chili peppers.
Finally, I bought a bottle of vinegar and a bag of sugar.
The food was almost ready, so I went to a small supermarket and bought a padlock with three keys.
After thinking about it, I bought two more plates.
I was supposed to buy plates and bowls in the underground shopping mall today, but I gave up because they were so difficult to get.
I only bought an electric rice cooker and a clay pot to cook Chinese medicine for the old man.
After buying the ingredients, Lin Mujin made a phone call at a nearby newsstand.
There was no emergency at school and the school was dismissed at normal time.
Lin Mujin was really anxious after hanging up the phone. She didn't forget that the public security in Hong Kong is very worrying now.
"Where did this loser go?"
Lin Mujin returned home with her things in her hands, feeling worried. As soon as she entered the house, she saw Lin Muli who was testing the elasticity of the sofa, and her hands started to itch.
"Sister! You bought so many goodies!" Lin Muli jumped up and came to greet her. "I saw some barbecued meat on the table. I ate two pieces. They were so delicious."
Lin Mujin patted his arm twice and said, "You poor boy, why didn't you go home after school? Where did you go to play?"
Lin Muli begged for mercy, "I didn't go anywhere. I just went to the Chinese medicine shop where I used to work to tell them that I can't go there often after moving."
It turns out that he would go there every day after school or on Saturdays and Sundays.
Now that I have moved, I probably can’t go on weekdays. I can only go on Saturdays and Sundays. I have to tell the master.
Lin Mujin knew that he liked Chinese medicine and agreed with his idea of helping out at the Chinese medicine shop. "My brother bought two second-hand bicycles. When you learn how to ride them, you can go to school and still go to the shop after school."
Lin Muli was surprised and delighted, "Is this true?!"
Lin Mujin replied angrily, "That's fake. Come and cook with me."
Lin Muli jumped in a circle on the spot, "No problem!"
Lin Mujin instructed, "Take apart the rice cooker box."
If you have good things, you have to use them, otherwise save them for giving birth to babies.
Lin Muli hurried to do it, and Lin Mujin didn't stand still either, so she took the vegetable basin and went to wash the vegetables.
Before leaving, he did not forget to instruct his younger brother, "Take the cutting board, kitchen knife, iron pot, and seasonings to the kitchen."
Lin Muli replied readily, "Right away, right away."
Lin Mujin had just picked and rinsed the rapeseed when Lin Muli brought a bunch of things into the kitchen.
Put the iron pot and kettle on the stove first.
The seasoning bottles are placed on the shelf.
"Sister, this house is so nice!"
Lin Mujin's lips curled up, "Like?"
Lin Muli nodded vigorously. "I love it so much, sister. We won't go back to the subdivided flat, right?"
Lin Mujin said firmly, "No. Our house will only get better and better."
Fill the kettle with water and boil a pot of hot water to heat the rice cooker.
"Sister, let me cut the meat." Lin Muli volunteered.
Lin Mujin stepped aside. The kitchen was still too small. Neither she nor her younger brother were fat, so they would still feel crowded. "Slice the beef and prepare to stir-fry it with the mushrooms."
She blanched the chopped ribs and did not forget to add three things: cooking wine, ginger slices and green onion segments.
"Sister bought so many spare ribs, we're in for a treat tonight."
Lin Mujin pointed to the bag and said, "There are also shrimps."
Oops, she forgot about the clams and had to let them spit out the sand first.
Pour it into the casserole quickly and add a little salt and oil so that the sand can be spit out faster.
As for why not put it in a basin, there are not so many vegetable basins.
Even though I bought a lot this afternoon, there are still a lot of things I need at home, so I’ll buy them one by one.
I can't rest yet. I have to peel garlic, cut onions and chili peppers. I'll need them later.
"Is the beef cut?"
"It's done."
Lin Mujin took the plate of beef slices and quickly seasoned the beef.
At this time, the water was also boiling. He rinsed the rice cooker pot twice and handed it to Lin Muli, "Little brother, a bowl of rice."
Lin Muli hesitated, "Is that enough?"
Lin Mujin pointed to the chopping board and said, "There's not enough food."
There is so much meat, how can it not be enough?
Lin Muli smiled and said, "Yes, I love eating meat."
Lin Mujin rolled her eyes at him and took out the blanched ribs.
Clean the iron pan and add water to fry the sugar color.
The white sugar slowly melts and turns amber, emitting a caramel aroma, and small bubbles appear on the surface. Quickly add hot water and serve it out for later use.
Wash the pot again, add a small amount of oil, put in the pork chops and stir-fry until golden brown, add cooking wine to the pot, add onion, ginger, chili, star anise and peppercorns. In fact, if conditions permit, you can also add cinnamon and bay leaves, but unfortunately I don’t have them. Then add soy sauce and continue to stir-fry. When the seasoning is fragrant, add sugar color water and hot water, and then... then turn the pot over.
First, clear out a vegetable bowl, pour the clams in the casserole into the vegetable bowl, clean the casserole, and finally pour the ribs in the iron pot into the casserole and stew slowly.
The iron pot needs to be freed up for cooking.
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