Chapter 250 Tiger Skin Chicken Feet, Pickled Pepper Chicken Feet
"I had hoped that Mr. Shen could stay for two more days. Yun Yi hasn't seen Mr. Shen for a long time and he has deep feelings for him." Mrs. He was already packing things for Mr. Shen.
"But fortunately, you will be staying in the capital city in the future, which is not far away. You will be alone here, so I will pack some more things for you." Then he remembered something and said:
"By the way, Meng Niang, the master likes to drink a little wine. Can you see if there is any food that can be eaten with wine?"
Xu Qingmeng agreed immediately and asked the servants to go to the kitchen. She first made simple and convenient fried peanuts and fish skin peanuts, and of course, what she thought were the best side dishes, tiger skin chicken feet and pickled pepper chicken feet.
Remove the shells from the chicken feet, blanch them in cold water, add ginger slices and rice wine to remove the fishy smell, skim off the foam after the water boils, take them out and soak them in cold water for a while.
After draining the water, brush a layer of honey water on the chicken feet and place them in a ventilated place to dry the skin of the chicken feet.
Finally, heat up some oil in a pan. When the oil is 60% hot, put the chicken feet into the pan and fry them lightly until fine golden bubbles appear on the surface of the chicken feet. Then you can take them out and quickly soak them in cold water for 15 minutes. The tiger skin pattern will immediately appear.
Then in another pot, sauté onions, ginger, star anise and other condiments, then pour in water, soy sauce, and rock sugar to make an amber-colored stew, then pour in the soaked chicken feet, bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for half an hour.
When the time is up, turn off the heat and simmer overnight. The next day, the chicken feet will have crispy skin, tender meat, and gelatinous fat, showing the aroma of the braised chicken.
After Xu Qingmeng finished this, she started making pickled pepper chicken feet. Mr. Shen also likes spicy food, and Gu Yunyi loves it especially. From this point of view, they really have the same tastes, but Mr. Shen's love is only one aspect. However, due to his old age, Gu Yunyi has been controlling himself.
The cooking methods and time of tiger skin chicken feet and pickled pepper chicken feet are different. Tiger skin chicken feet can be eaten the next day, while pickled pepper chicken feet need to wait for three days.
Cut the chicken feet in half and put them into cold water again, but this time add peppercorns to blanch them, then take them out and rinse them with cold water to keep the chicken feet crispy.
Then he took out a ceramic jar and put in shredded ginger, garlic slices, celery segments, and then the drained chicken feet. However, there was no lemon, so Xu Qingmeng added white vinegar.
The last step is to prepare the sauce. Add rice vinegar to the pickled pepper juice, then add some rock sugar and salt, stir until melted, then add boiled water to make an amber clear soup.
Pour the sauce into a ceramic jar until it covers the chicken feet, press down with a bluestone weight, and place in a cool place.
Xu Qingmeng instructed his servants to stir the soup once in the morning and once in the evening, and it would be ready to eat after three days.
While Xu Qingmeng was cooking, He was also busy and packed up a lot of things.
During breakfast, Gu Yunyi went to Elm Street to invite Mr. Shen to eat together.
Xu Qingmeng also went to the small storage room next to the kitchen, and the pickles she made last time were ready.
In addition to making kimchi with the radish peels, Xu Qingmeng also made dried radish from the baskets of radishes.
The dried radish has been dried and stored in the sun, so you can just take it out and soak it in water and season it.
Xu Qingmeng moved quickly. In addition to pickling the radish peels, she also made hot and sour radishes with fresh radishes, and of course her favorite spicy cabbage.
After Gu Yunyi brought Mr. Shen in, he saw what was on the table and raised his eyebrows.
“Can we eat the pickles?”
"Well, I just opened the jar and my husband happened to be here, so let's taste it together."
Mr. Shen looked at the big table of breakfast. Although it was light, it was not simple at all and was very richly prepared.
Everyone sat at the table. The two little guys were not interested in the pickles at all. The family hadn't made dumplings for a long time, so they were each eating a dumpling with braised pork.
Gu Yunyi sat down with Mr. Shen. Mr. Shen first picked up a piece of radish peel. The first bite felt crispy, and then it felt tough.
The crisp taste was so unexpected that he didn't pay attention to anything else for a moment, and he admired Xu Qingmeng even more.
Gu Yunyi watched and picked up a piece of radish. It was crispy, not as salty, bitter or hard as he had imagined. It had the right amount of saltiness and a hint of sweetness from the radish, which was very down to earth. Even if eaten as it was, it was a suitable side dish.
"This is delicious!" said Mr. Shen.
Xinting's eyes widened as she ate the spicy cabbage.
The bright red hot sauce wrapped around the snow-white cabbage stalks. When the tips of your teeth broke through the crispy leaves, clear juice splashed onto the tip of your tongue.
There is a hint of fruity aroma in the spiciness, because Xu Qingmeng put some fruit in it, and the fruity aroma is more intense after fermentation. When you taste it in your mouth, it has a sweet aftertaste like honey at first, but when you taste it carefully, the spiciness suddenly spreads to your cheekbones, causing a layer of fine sweat to seep out of your heart-wrenching nose.
He ate spicy and sour dried radish. The dried radish is more chewy than the radish skin, and is very appetizing and goes well with rice.
Everyone kept saying that the pickled vegetable was delicious.
After the meal, even though so much food was prepared, everyone had finished eating it all. The radish peels at the back were not enough to eat, so they asked someone to scoop out half a basin.
After everyone finished breakfast, no one wanted to move. They sat on the chairs and talked for a while. Then Mr. Shen said he had to go back to clean up. Xu Qingmeng talked to Xinting and asked her to stay at home to look after the little one today.
She and He followed with bags of things, and Mr. Shen saw that they were helpless.
"Isn't this too much? I'm just one person, how can I eat so much? It would be a shame if the food goes bad later."
"How can it go bad in the middle of winter? Just eat it, sir. If you like it, just let me know and we'll make it again later. I've made something else, so let Yun Yi take it to him when the time comes." Xu Qingmeng said to the sir with a smile.
Mr. Shen looked at her, smiled and shook his head.
"Okay, okay, as long as you don't mind the trouble, I have no objection to sitting alone and waiting for food!"
After saying that, he let Gu Yunyi help him walk outside.
There were still many things missing in Mr. Shen's yard. After sending the gentleman back to the yard, Xu Qingmeng and Gu Yunyi went to buy a lot of things.
By the time everything was packed up and ready, it was already evening. Of course, during this time Xu Qingmeng went back several times to feed the two little ones.
In the evening, the master still had dinner at Gu's house. After dinner, Gu Yunyi sent the master back to the yard, and then came back to discuss with Xu Qingmeng to help the master find a servant.
"Madam, this gentleman's legs and feet are not very convenient, and now he lives alone on Elm Street. I am really worried about him. Besides, it is not very convenient for him to come over for meals, and he will find it troublesome."
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