The two agreed on a time, and Su Luo returned home. She went to town in the morning to buy two chickens and would get up early the next day to prepare them.
Su Luo got up at three or four o'clock in the morning of the second day.
Aunt Niu sells breakfast and has to hurry to town. The sun rises early in the summer, so she has to get up early.
The chicken was killed last night and placed in a bowl over well water to prevent it from spoiling in the hot weather.
There were four chicken feet in total. She cut the nails and fried them in oil until crispy before stewing them with the chicken.
She wrapped the chicken in starch first, blanched it, and tore it into strips. She used the Sichuan method of eating it cold, but she was afraid that people here would not be used to the spicy taste, so she only added a little bit of Sichuan peppercorns, so the spicy taste was not strong.
Gu Yiben got up to go to the bathroom. When he came out, he smelled the smell from the kitchen. His eyes lit up and he ran to the kitchen.
Su Luo was stirring the marinated food with chopsticks. When she heard the noise, she looked up and said with a smile, "Are you awake? Come and try some?"
She pinched a handful of shredded chicken and handed it over.
The little guy wanted to reach out to take it, but Su Luo dodged him: "You just went to the toilet, your hands are dirty, just eat it!"
"Oh..." The little guy was a little embarrassed. He glanced at Su Luo, then opened his mouth with a red face and bit the meat in her hand.
The chicken in my mouth instantly exudes a strong aroma of garlic and oil, as well as an unknown taste that I can’t describe, but it smells so good! So good! So good!
Su Luo winked at him proudly: "Is it delicious?"
Gu Yi nodded vigorously and said crisply, "Delicious!"
Su Luo smiled and looked away. The garlic, chopped green onions, and chili powder in the sauce had all been sautéed in oil in advance, and vinegar was also added.
It's not an authentic Sichuan cold dish, but because she likes garlic and chopped green onions, she changed the recipe to suit her taste, using less vinegar and picking two peaches from the peach tree in Aunt Niu's backyard to squeeze the juice, and just dripping a little bit of vinegar into the dish to neutralize the greasiness so that you won't feel sick even if you eat too much.
If it is lemon or orange, the effect will be better of course, but now there are only watermelon and peach in season. Peach juice is also OK and has a unique flavor, but it must be mixed in a small amount. The braised food will have a strong aroma and a refreshing fragrance, but it is difficult for most people to taste what kind of fruity fragrance it is.
Next, just put the braised tiger skin chicken feet, chicken necks and shredded chicken meat in place.
Seeing him standing by eagerly, Su Luo smiled and said, "Go wash your hands and get a bowl to serve the soup. There's still a lot of chicken soup left in the pot."
"Okay~" Gu Yiyi became even happier when he heard there was chicken soup to drink. Even the old man's cold personality couldn't hold back, and he ran to the yard to fetch water to wash his hands.
"Xiao Luo, are you okay?" Niu Fang's energetic voice came from outside.
"Hey! All right!" Su Luo responded and said to Gu Yida, "I'm going to sell vegetables with Aunt Niu today. You stay at home and drink the chicken soup. Make your own lunch. I may not be back until the evening."
"I'll go and help too!" Gu Yi said hurriedly.
Su Luo packed the things and carried them to Niu Fang's cart. She waved to Gu Yi, "I have to go to several places today. Your legs are too short to walk. Maybe next time. Oh, and bring me the wild vegetables you dug yesterday. I'll help you sell them."
Gu Yi had no choice but to nod and trotted out the wild vegetables. "Then I'll go dig some wild vegetables today."
Su Luo nodded: "Go!"
After sending Gu Yi away, Su Luo helped Niu Fang push the cart away.
Niu Fang quickly smelled the food and said, "Xiao Luo, what kind of stew did you make? Why does it smell so good?"
Su Luo smiled and said, "I'll give you some to try later!"
Aunt Niu was not polite: "That's great!"
The two chatted and laughed all the way as they pushed the cart to the breakfast place in the town. The sky was just beginning to turn pale.
People who went to the market in the town also arrived at about this time, some selling vegetables, some selling groceries, and some selling bamboo products.
Aunt Niu parked the cart at the spot she had reserved in advance and opened the steamer on the top shelf: "Selling buns! Freshly baked steamed buns and dumplings, 2 cents each, 5 cents a basket of steamed dumplings! Steamed corn and sweet potatoes! Vermicelli noodles, 10 cents a bowl!"
Su Luo also took out her braised meat. There wasn’t much from the two chickens, and with the marinade, it was only about five or six pounds.
"Selling shredded chicken and braised pork! 1 yuan per pound!"
She calculated that the two chickens weighed a total of 5 pounds and cost her 4 yuan, two of which she had to buy on credit because she only had two yuan left.
After she added the ingredients and cooked, the total amount of braised food weighed about 6 kilograms.
If she sells it at 80 cents per pound, she will only make 80 cents after selling it all. After deducting the cost of spices and labor costs from the 80 cents, she basically makes no profit.
So it’s still sold for 1 dollar.
One reason is that the taste is really good, and the other reason is that chicken is still relatively expensive in this era, and most people can't afford to buy it. Chickens can lay eggs, and there are few chicken farms, so if you talk about chicken by pound, the price is not much different from pork.
She has no psychological burden.
Su Luo picked up a small bowl and gave it to Aunt Niu: "Aunt, try it!"
Aunt Niu took the bowl curiously and said, "What kind of braised food do you have? You can sell it for one yuan a bowl."
She took it and tasted it, her eyes lit up instantly: "Oh my god! It smells so good, Xiao Luo, you have this skill?"
Su Luo smiled and said, "I wasn't kidding you! My fingers are almost peeling!"
As soon as the lid of the braised food was opened, the strong aroma of the braised food wafted out, which was so overbearing that it almost covered up the aroma of other foods on the whole street.
Su Luo advertised that one catty was one dollar, and then shouted, "Half a catty is 50 cents! It's a trial price! You won't lose money or get cheated!"
This price is really not expensive for braised chicken.
Soon, someone was attracted by the aroma of the braised meat and asked, "Little girl, how much is your braised meat?"
Seeing that the other party was a sturdy man wearing a white open-fronted coat, with round shoulders and thick arms, Su Luo also said readily: "One dollar per pound, you can try some."
She picked up a little with chopsticks from the small dish she had prepared in advance and handed it to the big man.
The man looked at her suspiciously and said, "Does this cost money?"
Su Luo said generously: "It's free, I'll give it to you to try for free. I think you are a very open-minded person. If you like it, buy some. If you don't like it, forget it. Ten carrots have ten different pits. My stewed food is so delicious that it can seduce a bunch of gods, but it may not suit the taste of ten big brothers!"
"That's why I like dealing with fat people the most! They are broad-minded and open-minded!" The big man saw that her eyes were frank and she spoke humorously without any hesitation, so he couldn't help laughing: "Then I'll try it!"
Su Pangluo: "..."
He took a bite of shredded chicken with chopsticks. A few people nearby were attracted by the aroma and looked at his reaction eagerly.
"Hmm!" The big man's eyes lit up: "Oh my god, what kind of stew is this? I almost fainted from the smell!"
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