The rabbit cage at the doorstep had been emptied. Liu Xiaojun went to the room in the backyard to catch a rabbit and roast it for dinner.
Thinking that there are five people in my family: my mother, Tangtang, Shazhu, Yushui, and myself.
Tangtang and Yushui can’t eat that much, so the amount for one person is enough for four people.
For a family of four, should we choose a wild rabbit or a white rabbit?
A wild rabbit weighs four or five kilograms, and a New Zealand white rabbit weighs eight or nine kilograms.
Liu Xiaojun thought about it and decided to catch a wild rabbit.
After removing the internal organs of the wild rabbit, there are still three or four pounds of meat left, which should be enough for four people.
Soon, Liu Xiaojun took the rabbit to the edge of the pool and gutted it.
Then, according to the barbecue skills provided by the system, cut the rabbit a few times and inflate it.
The operation went smoothly, as if he had practiced it in his mind thousands of times.
Then I boiled a large pot of water on the coal stove.
These days, every household uses coal briquettes or honeycomb coal stoves to boil water, unlike later generations who use electric kettles or the like.
Liu Xiaojun's family uses a coal briquette stove.
The cylindrical coal stove is about the same height as a three-year-old child and looks like a big iron bucket.
The outer shell is made of iron sheet, and the color turns black after long use. There are two pull rings on both sides of the stove body for easy carrying. There is an open round opening on the top for placing coal balls and pots. People born in the 1980s should have seen it.
There is a rectangular button in the bottom third of the stove, which is used to remove coal ash and for ventilation.
Liu Xiaojun quickly started a fire with some wood chips, then put in some coal balls and started boiling water.
It takes a long time to boil water on the coal stove, so Liu Xiaojun took the opportunity to take a break.
After the water is roasted, take the rabbit that has been processed long ago and scald the skin.
First, pour boiling water into the sink, then pick up the rabbit in your hand and pour boiling water over it repeatedly from top to bottom.
Don't stop until the rabbit's pores begin to shrink and deform.
Then set the rabbit aside to air dry.
Then start preparing the crispy water according to the ingredients included in the system barbecue skills.
Crispy water is not difficult.
It is made by mixing water, honey, white wine and eggs.
In order to add color, Liu Xiaojun also specially melted malt sugar and added it in.
Maltose can make the rabbit skin golden in color and lock in the evaporation of moisture, which is the key to crispy skin water.
These seasonings are quite complicated and we don’t have such a complete selection at home.
But the chef, Sha Zhu, had all these seasonings at home, so Liu Xiaojun just used them directly.
In order to learn martial arts from me, Sha Zhu has recently paid for all the dinners at home.
The two families are already eating from the same pot, and there is no difference between them. Taking some of his seasonings is no big deal.
And, to speak of it.
But today I took over his job and helped him cook!
After mixing, start to serve the rabbit with crispy water.
Brush evenly one by one, so that the roasted rabbit will look good and taste good.
After brushing the rabbit with several coats of crispy water, let it dry.
The two girls, Tangtang and Yushui, have been following me since I started dealing with the rabbits.
Until the crispy water was prepared, the two girls stayed by its side.
Tangtang blinked her big eyes and said in a baby voice:
"Brother, are you going to make something delicious?"
Liu Xiaojun took the time to rub the little girl's head:
"Yes, I'll give you the first one to try when it's ready."
"Great!" Tangtang laughed as soon as she heard it.
When she smiled, her little leaky teeth were exposed.
Last night, the little girl was in the process of changing her teeth. She lost a small tooth and cried for a while.
The fallen tooth was thrown on the roof by my mother.
I was fishing for lower teeth. My mother said that when a child's lower teeth fall out, they are thrown on the roof, and when the upper teeth fall out, they are thrown under the bed. This means that the lower teeth grow upwards and the upper teeth grow downwards.
Liu Xiaojun saw the two children staring at the rabbit in a daze, so he said:
"Yushui, Tangtang, I have a task for you."
"What mission?" Four little eyes looked at him.
"Just keep an eye on this rabbit. If any part of it is too light, just brush some crispy water on it. Okay?"
"No problem." The two little girls said in unison.
Liu Xiaojun then handed the crispy water to them and went to the small kitchen to prepare the ingredients for the roast rabbit.
The ingredients are a bit complicated, and it will probably take a while to mix them.
There are many barbecue seasonings provided by the barbecue skills you pick up.
Among them, there are five kinds of roasted rabbit.
There are flavors from Sichuan and Chongqing, as well as those from Shanghai and Jiangsu.
One is the spicy food area, and the other is the sweet food area.
There is still a big difference in taste.
Considering that there were children around, Liu Xiaojun chose the sweet roast rabbit sauce.
After a lot of tinkering in the small kitchen, I was so busy that I finally prepared the seasonings around six o'clock in the afternoon.
Next comes the most important step of roasting rabbit.
That's roasting!
Roast rabbit in an oven.
This barbecue skill is very comprehensive, and even information on how to make your own grill is provided clearly.
In addition, Liu Xiaojun has strong hands-on skills and he directly modified an oven.
The thing is made in a very realistic way. There is a place to put charcoal and a place to hang rabbits. However, it is a single oven, which can only roast one rabbit, and it has a separate air outlet.
When it’s roasted later, the aroma will probably fill the entire courtyard.
These days, it’s hard for every household to eat meat. If someone smells this aroma, they might curse behind your back.
But never mind, just eat it first!
"Tangtang, Yushui, let Brother Xiaojun come and see how your crispy water brush is doing."
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