Chapter 72 The best meal of my life

In the kitchen, Deng Shirong was preparing to make the last dish of the night - stir-fried pork belly shreds.

While preparing the sauce, Deng Shirong explained to his eldest daughter, “Stir-fried pork belly shreds is a dish that requires the right amount of heat. It must be stir-fried over high heat and then removed from the pan in one go. Otherwise, it will be hard to eat after it’s overcooked, and no matter how good the taste is, it will be meaningless.

Therefore, we need to prepare the sauce first. The sauce is mainly oyster sauce, which is dissolved with a little water, and then pour in an appropriate amount of soy sauce and a little sugar. If there are not many shredded pork belly, there is no need to add salt. If you feel that the soy sauce is not flavorful enough, then add a little salt, stir well and set aside.

In addition, prepare half a cup of rice wine, and cut the ginger and green onion into pieces and set aside.

Once everything is ready, we can start cooking.”

Hearing this, Deng Yunzhen couldn't help but ask, "Dad, don't we need to marinate this pork belly shreds?"

Deng Shirong said: "If the fire is not strong enough, you have to marinate it in advance to avoid overcooking it and making it hard to chew. But the fire is strong enough for the big pot on the earthen stove like ours, so there is no need to marinate it. You can just stir-fry it over high heat and it will be crispy."

Deng Yunzhen nodded repeatedly when she heard this. Seeing that her father had already washed the pot, she asked, "Dad, should I turn up the fire now?"

Deng Shirong said, "Don't use high heat yet. Fry the ginger shreds on medium heat first. When you are ready to add the pork belly shreds, increase the heat."

Deng Yunzhen said "oh" and controlled the firepower according to her father's instructions.

When Deng Shirong saw that the pot was heated, he added a spoonful of lard to melt it, then added shredded ginger and slowly stir-fried it. When the ginger was fried soft, he ordered, "You can increase the heat!"

Upon hearing this, Deng Yunzhen stuffed a handful of highly flammable weeds into the stove. The fire instantly rose. After stuffing in two handfuls of weeds, the whole pot began to smoke.

Deng Shirong saw that the fire was about right, so he picked up the shredded pork belly and poured it in. As he did so, he explained, "The fire is strong enough, so we pour in the shredded pork belly, stir-fry it with a spatula, and then pour the small half cup of rice wine along the edge of the pot."

While he was talking, Deng Shirong was also working synchronously. The rice wine was poured into the pot along the edge. The high temperature at the edge of the pot stimulated the aroma of the wine and blended with the pork belly in the pot.

"After pouring in the rice wine, we stir-fry twice, then continue to pour in the prepared sauce along the edge of the pot, stir-fry quickly and evenly, and finally pour in the chopped green onion segments, stir-fry a few more times, and it's ready to serve!" Deng Shirong said as he put the fried pork belly shreds into the bowl next to him.

The whole process, from putting the shredded pork tripe into the bowl, was estimated to take less than ten to twenty seconds, leaving Deng Yunzhen stunned.

Deng Shirong scooped a spoonful of water from the water tank into the pot, and smiled at his shocked eldest daughter, "Okay, all the dishes are ready, take them out and prepare to eat!"

Deng Yunzhen finally came to her senses and hurriedly picked up the two bowls of stir-fried shredded pork belly, which looked appetizing just by the color, and walked towards the patio. As she walked, she sighed in her heart that her cooking skills were still far behind her father's and she had to continue learning.

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Today is Deng Shirong's first birthday after his rebirth. Although he has no intention of making a big deal about it, usually there are twenty people at home for dinner on his birthday. Now, with the addition of Deng Yunkun and seven other people who helped to open up the orchard, production team leader Deng Yunjun, partner Deng Yungui, apprentice Deng Changbiao, Deng Changfu and his son, Deng Changwang and his son, Deng Yunjin (Deng Changmei's father), and Guan Yongying who helped with the work before, there are more than forty people in total.

Fortunately, during this period of time, the carpenter has helped to build the table and stools.

Because Deng Shirong knew that his family was a large one and there would be a lot of people eating at their house in the future, he asked the carpenter to build a long table that was 6 meters long and 1.5 meters wide. If they squeezed a little, it would be no problem for forty or fifty people to sit at such a long table.

Seeing the long table filled with mouth-watering food, every guest was shocked.

This meal is really too sumptuous!

The main dishes included fried bee pupae, stir-fried pork liver, stir-fried pork belly shreds, stir-fried pork heart, stir-fried kidney, yellow fried pork, braised pork, sweet and sour pork, dry pot frogs, dry pot eel, spicy snails, braised carp, yellow fried pork large intestines, boiled chicken, boiled duck, boiled rice intestines, accompanied by fried peanuts and more vegetarian dishes, and a large pot of pig lung soup. Such a feast would not be enough for a birthday, not even for a wedding.

Seeing so many delicious dishes, Deng Yunjun exclaimed from the bottom of his heart: "Uncle Jiu, your cooking skills are really amazing. Even the chef of Shuangwang State-owned Restaurant is probably not as good as you!"

Deng Yungui also praised it highly and said, "Yes, Uncle Jiu's cooking skills are really amazing. It seems that we are all in for a treat tonight!"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "Okay, let's stop talking about politeness. Let's sit down and eat quickly, or the food will get cold!"

Deng Yungui picked up the wine bowl and said, "Uncle Jiu, let us wish you a happy birthday first, and may you live as long as the Southern Mountains!"

Seeing Deng Yungui taking the lead, other people in the village also raised their wine bowls: "Uncle Nine/Uncle Nine/Ancestor Nine, we wish you a happy birthday and a long life!"

Relatives and children also raised their wine bowls to wish Deng Shirong well.

Seeing this scene, Deng Shirong's face was full of smiles. He picked up the wine bowl and said, "Thank you for your blessings. Please eat and drink well. I won't go home until I'm drunk today!"

After drinking, led by Deng Shirong, everyone started to eat, and without exception, they were captivated by the table full of delicious food!

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"Oh my god, it turns out that fried bee pupae are really so delicious. I finally got to taste them today!"

"This pork belly shreds is so delicious, how can it be fried so crispy and the taste is absolutely amazing!"

"This fried pork intestine is a real delicacy. I'll have to drink three bowls of wine today just for this dish."

"This pork liver is so tender..."

"This braised pork is really delicious..."

Everyone swore that this was truly the most delicious meal they had ever had in their lives. All the dishes on the table were delicious. Even the ordinary fried pork was much more fragrant than what they cooked at home.

What impressed everyone the most was that Deng Shirong made the pig offal extremely delicious. Usually, the status of these pig offal was ranked behind pork in front of everyone, but this big table of food tonight completely refreshed their understanding of pig offal.

This meal not only includes all kinds of meat dishes, but also enough rice wine.

So, by the end of the meal, more than half of the people were drunk, including the birthday boy, Deng Shirong.

(End of this chapter)