"For this stir-fried loach, small ones are best. Big ones are okay too, you can cut them up, but the taste will be slightly worse..." Master Wen said as he produced a basin of small loaches, "This size is just right!"
Yi Qingqing nodded. The loaches that Hu Wa and the others brought were too big and fat.
Afraid that she would not be able to learn it well, she estimated the appearance of the loaches that Hu Wa and the others had brought and made a basin of the same one.
The good thing about the skill teaching model is that all teaching aids and materials can be changed and used at will, restoring reality one to one.
"Master Wen, my loach is in this shape, what should I do with it?" Yi Qingqing asked.
Although she really wanted to eat them, she didn't know how to start when she saw these loaches that looked like little snakes and were twisting and turning.
"Okay, let's take your basin of loaches as an example. First of all, it's best to keep the loaches freshly caught in clean water for two days to spit out the mud. However, the dry-frying method requires more care than the stewing method. If the mud is not spit out completely, you can wash it twice more when removing the internal organs and cutting the meat."
"The basin you chose is a bit shallow. It would be better to use a bucket or a taller basin," said Master Wen, turning the basin containing loaches into a bucket, then taking the salt jar and scooping a few spoonfuls of salt into the bucket.
"After sprinkling salt, the loaches will jump around for a while, but after a few minutes, they will stop moving, so you can deal with them later."
Yi Qingqing was stunned. How could they do this?
She watched the loaches make their final struggle and then the water turned into a pool of stagnant water.
The next step is to process the loach. Following Master Wen's movements, first cut open the belly, clean out the internal organs, and cut off the head. For thicker loaches, cut a few more times, manually breaking the thick strip into two thin strips.
This is a delicate job. Once you become proficient at cutting, you don't have to wait until you have finished processing the entire bucket before moving on to the next step. Once you have learned how to cut, you will be fine.
Yi Qingqing felt it was almost ready, so she told Master Wen, and then the fresh loaches were turned into processed loaches and started to be fried.
The steps are simple in theory, but problems arise when you really start to try them. However, Yi Qingqing now has a level 3 cooking foundation, so she adapted quickly.
After spending an afternoon making loaches in the cooking teaching mode, she not only learned how to stir-fry loaches, but also studied with Master Wen how to cook loaches well with less oil, or increase the storage time as much as possible.
If less oil is used, the taste will naturally be worse, but it can also be economical and is more in line with the popular habits of this era.
But this step is quite difficult. For frying, you can’t use too little oil.
However, there has been a breakthrough in increasing the storage time.
Yiqing calculated the time, made a jar, and sent it home. It should not go bad by the time it arrived.
That's all that's fine. After all, she doesn't have the problem of storage time. The main purpose is to send it home for her parents to taste.
Only after feeling that he had mastered the skill of stir-fried loach did Yi Qingqing come out of the skill teaching mode and start working on the real bucket of loaches.
This time we have to deal with them all one by one.
Yi Qingqing sat on the threshold of the backyard, cutting the vegetables one by one. Sometimes, most of the time for making a dish is spent on the preliminary preparations.
Thinking about the taste of the finished product she had just tasted in the cooking skills teaching mode, and with the expectation of making the children bow down to her tomorrow, she worked extremely hard.
Because I have experimented many times in the cooking skills teaching mode, and in order to reduce risks, the stove I used during the trial cooking was exactly the same as the earthen stove in my own house.
The more you practice, the smoother it will be in real life.
When the loaches are put into the pot and stir-fried, the fragrance will still fill the air even if the doors and windows are closed.
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People in the next room had already started eating, so Qian Lailai sniffed calmly and confirmed that it was a smell he had never smelled before, a good match for the meal!
After a long time, you know what, if she didn't smell the fragrance one day, she wouldn't enjoy her meal as much as before.
After the stir-fried loaches were out of the pot, Yi Qingqing put them into a winnowing basket lined with a large piece of oil paper, planning to let them cool down before wrapping them up to prevent the taste from getting steamed.
She tasted it and it tasted better when it was cold.
As for dinner, I just took out some prepared food from my portable space and ate it.
When she finished her meal, Comrade Yun Guyuan across the street had not returned yet.
It seems that he really has something to do, otherwise he wouldn't get up so early and stay up so late.
Yi Qingqing glanced at the locked door opposite, turned around and went back into the house to continue her work.
The loach strips were basically cold. Yi Qingqing tried one. It was spicy, fresh, and chewy. It was very flavorful! Perfect!
Take out the oil paper and cut it into small pieces. Wrap a small ball of stir-fried loach in each piece and fold them neatly.
It was a small package about the size of a palm, equivalent to a 50-cent package of spicy strips in later generations.
According to the number of children in the group today, a small packet was prepared for each of them.
After packing these things intended for the children, Yi Qingqing took out more than half of the remaining things and put them directly into her personal space. These were things she kept for herself, and she would send them home from here. Of course, there might be more later.
After all, she produced a lot of oil and seasonings, and wasted a lot of time and energy, as loaches are really difficult to handle.
For the last few, he first took a slightly larger piece of oil paper, wrapped them up, and prepared to give them to Yun Guyuan later.
There was still a little bit left, so Yi Qingqing was very stingy and cut three small pieces of oil paper and two mini pieces of oil paper.
I wrapped six loach strips in each small piece of oil paper and gave them to Mengxue, Lailai and Lingling to try. After all, they are my sisters, and the ingredients are not very rare, but the food is fresh. Sharing it with them will not make them feel burdened.
There is no need to wrap the remaining mini oil paper bags tightly, just roll up three loach strips. After all, there are two of them and they do everything together. They have a normal relationship, but it is not good to ignore them. Just show your appreciation.