Chapter 127 Lotus Root Feast
Xu Qing dreamed of what Shen Jinwen said, and always felt that it was somewhat similar to what is said in modern times, that it was caused by changes in hormone levels in the body, physical discomfort, psychological pressure, etc.
She then smiled and said, "Men and women think differently. Maybe Mrs. Shen has something on her mind recently. So, Boss Shen and Rongrong will have dinner at home today. I'll go deliver dinner to Mrs. Shen and talk to her by the way. After all, we are both pregnant."
He also felt that this was a safe approach.
"That's right. There are some things that women understand, but men don't understand. Let Meng Niang go and take a look."
Shen Jinwen still didn't understand. What kind of worries couldn't be told to the person closest to him, but He was an experienced person after all, and he didn't have any other good ideas now, so he nodded and agreed.
The basket of lotus roots was not light, so He didn't let Xu Qingmeng carry it, and she carried the basket into the kitchen herself.
Today the butcher gave her a few ribs. She swung the knife with force and chopped the ribs into small pieces in a few strokes. After washing them, she put them in the pot and blanched them with onion, ginger and rice wine.
Since Xinting was not at home, He started a fire.
Xu Qingmeng started to process the lotus root, peeling it, and then chopping it into small pieces similar to pork ribs and setting them aside for later use.
Thinking that there were still a lot of lotus roots, Xu Qingmeng planned to make a lotus root feast today. He took out some lotus roots and cut them into slices (that is, the first cut did not cut them, and the second cut cut them, forming lotus root slices that could be used to hold stuffing) and put them aside.
After blanching the ribs, take them out and wash them. Then add the ribs, green onion, ginger and rice wine into the casserole again. Simmer on low heat for half a quarter of an hour, then add the lotus root.
After she prepared the casserole, she left it alone and started making lotus root dumplings.
There is no shortage of pork stuffing in the family every day. Xu Qingmeng made some minced meat, added chopped green onion, chopped ginger, chopped garlic, a spoonful of rice wine, two spoonfuls of soy sauce, and an appropriate amount of salt, and then began to stir evenly in one direction until the minced meat was firm.
After the meat filling was prepared, Xu Qingmeng began to prepare the batter.
Take a large bowl, put in appropriate amount of flour, appropriate amount of starch, beat in two eggs, add appropriate amount of water, and stir into a batter of moderate thickness. (The batter should flow down slowly when you lift the chopsticks.)
After that, you can make lotus root sandwiches. Take a piece of lotus root sandwich, put an appropriate amount of prepared meat filling in the middle, and press it gently to fill the gaps in the lotus root sandwich.
Put the stuffed lotus root boxes into the batter one by one, coat them evenly with batter, and make sure the surface of the lotus root boxes is covered with batter.
Pour enough oil into the pot and heat it to 60% hot. Put the lotus root boxes with batter in one by one. Turn them over constantly during frying to ensure even heating and avoid burning.
Fry until the surface of the lotus root box is golden brown, remove from the oil and drain. The fragrant fried lotus root box is ready.
Rongrong is a little girl who loves sweets. Lotus root made into glutinous rice lotus root is also very good, but it will definitely not be ready for lunch. But you can make it and save it for them to eat in the afternoon.
Because the restaurant makes siu mai every day, there is ready-made soaked glutinous rice, which can be cut into slices using the same method as before.
Use chopsticks to stuff the soaked glutinous rice into the holes of the lotus root. Make sure it is stuffed tightly so that the glutinous rice does not overflow during the cooking process.
After stuffing with glutinous rice, cover the cut lotus root head again and secure it with something.
Add appropriate amount of water to the pot, put in brown sugar, rock sugar, red dates, and then put the lotus root that is as good as glutinous rice into the pot. The water should cover the lotus root.
Then bring to a boil over high heat then turn to low heat and simmer. After Xu Qingmeng finished doing all this, she left it alone and then made sweet and sour spare ribs.
Finally, they stir-fried the remaining lotus root with black fungus, and also stir-fried some sweet and sour lotus root, then some shredded pork with green pepper, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and finally mixed some lotus root and cold cucumber. Of course, their braised food platter is indispensable at the end.
Mainly because He likes to eat pasta and eats mostly pasta, Xu Qing dreams of eating rice today, so the staple food today is white rice.
After the food was served, the table was full. Xinting and Xunger would not come back for lunch, and three of the seven of them were children, so it should be more than enough.
But Shen Jinwen didn’t stop after taking a bite.
"Madam Gu, your meal is so delicious. I feel like what I cooked before was not considered a meal, it was just to fill my stomach. My wife will definitely like it."
Xu Qingmeng smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'm ready."
After listening to what her father said, Rongrong asked, "Dad, what did you eat before? It was pig food!"
“Hahahahahaha!”
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Shen Jinwen glanced at his girl: This girl really is!
Shen Jinwen smiled embarrassedly and started to eat in silence.
Rongrong often eats at Gu's house. She, Yun Sheng and Yun Mo sit in a row, feasting on sweet and sour spare ribs and sweet and sour lotus root. The sauce is all over their faces, and they don't even bother to wipe it off.
Xu Qingmeng didn't have a big appetite to begin with, but fortunately because of her pregnancy, she had eaten a lot more before. However, she only ate a small bowl of rice with these dishes and drank a bowl of lotus root and pork ribs soup before she put down her chopsticks.
Gu Yunyi's eyes fell on the bowl in front of her and he said nothing.
After being together for such a long time, Xu Qingmeng naturally understood Gu Yunyi's hidden meaning, then lowered her head and said softly: "I'm really full."
This bowl of rice is enough to eat, not to mention so many dishes, two lotus root boxes, and pork rib soup, it is really a lot.
Gu Yunyi picked up two pieces of meat and said, "Eat two more."
Xu Qingmeng had no choice but to lower her head, picked up the chopsticks and finished eating, then pushed the bowl away, indicating that she really couldn't eat it anymore. Only then did Gu Yunyi stop staring at her.
“You guys eat first, go see Madam Shen, mother, keep an eye on the glutinous rice and lotus root in the pot.”
"good."
Shen Jinwen suddenly remembered that Xu Qingmeng had not been to his house yet, and said, “Let Rongrong go with you.”
Rongrong is a girl, and she has a small stomach. She has already eaten her fill and is playing with Yunsheng and Yunmo. After hearing what her father said, she stepped forward and held Xu Qingmeng's hand: "Sister-in-law, I'll take you."
Xu Qingmeng touched her head and said gently, "Okay, but wait a minute, I'll pack the food first."
The pork rib soup was fragrant. She didn't put too many seasonings, just a little bit of salt. She packed everything and put it in a basket. When she walked out of the kitchen, she saw Yun Sheng and Yun Mo waiting there.
The two little guys are the type that can't sit still. Now that they have eaten and drunk their fill, they just want to play.
With no other choice, Xu Qingmeng had to take all three little kids with her.
(End of this chapter)
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