Chapter 29 Sweet Potato Pancakes
He said quickly, "My dear, it's really not necessary. The shop is able to make money now, thanks to Qing Meng."
Although Xu Yongfu knew how to make money, he felt that it was hard-earned money. He didn't want her daughter Guaiguai to work too hard, so he insisted on keeping the money.
Finally, Gu Yunyi said, "Father-in-law, it's really not necessary. Now the store sells buns in the morning, set meals at noon, and braised food in the evening. The daily income is at least one or two taels. You really don't have to worry about money."
"Restaurant business is really good right now, and we are too busy to handle it. If you guys don't come today, I will ask Yun Yi to take Qing Meng back to see if there is anyone in the family who is suitable to help?"
Xu Yongfu, "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true."
Xu Yongfu stopped talking, took the money silently, and talked to Gu Yunyi about some matters related to the imperial examination.
Yun Sheng and Yun Mo helped Xu Qingmeng to make a fire, each taking charge of one task.
Xu Qingmeng cooked two pots at the same time. The big pot was the braised beef. She cut the beef into pieces, blanched it in cold water, and then took it out and washed it with hot water.
Add cold oil to the pan, and when the oil temperature comes up, pour in the beef and stir-fry, then add soy sauce, star anise, and finally add the chili segments, and pour in boiling water to blanch.
Add a spoonful of sugar to enhance the flavor, a little salt, cover the pot, bring to a boil over high heat, and then simmer.
Soak the dried mushrooms in advance, chop the chicken into small pieces, put them in a pot with cold water, add rice wine and ginger slices, boil over high heat, skim off the foam, and set aside.
Heat the pan with cold oil, stir-fry the scallions first, stir-fry until fragrant, add the chicken and stir-fry for a while, add appropriate amount of soy sauce and rice wine, and then pour in enough boiling water to cover the chicken.
Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer for half a minute over low heat, add the soaked mushrooms, and simmer for a while. Stir-fry a few other dishes in a small pot, cut the beef into small strips, beat an egg white, add appropriate amount of light soy sauce, mix well with your hands, and set aside to marinate for a while.
Pour oil into the pan after it is hot, add the marinated beef, stir the beef quickly with chopsticks, and serve after it changes color slightly.
Put the scallions, ginger, garlic and some dried chilies back into the pan. After the aroma comes out, add the chili segments and coriander roots. Pour in the fried beef, stir-fry over high heat. Add the chopped coriander before serving, stir-fry quickly and serve.
Wash the pork belly and cut into thin slices. Slice the green pepper, onion, ginger and garlic. Wash and dry the pot. Add a proper amount of oil, pork belly and rice wine, and stir-fry over high heat.
Stir-fry the pork belly until it is slightly charred, add ginger, onion, garlic, peppercorns, and soy sauce, stir-fry quickly until the pork belly is evenly colored, pour in green peppers, add appropriate amount of salt and continue to stir-fry until the green and red peppers are 80% cooked, add a little soy sauce and water starch to thicken, then remove from the pan and serve.
Remove the roots of the cabbage, cut it into thin strips, add salt to remove the moisture, add water to wash off the excess salt, add dried chili peppers, minced garlic, peppercorns, soy sauce, salt, sugar, and aged vinegar, and finally pour hot oil on it. After mixing well, the cabbage salad is ready.
I also bought fresh spinach in the morning. I was tired of eating fried eggs with chives every day, so I replaced the chives with spinach and made fried eggs with spinach.
I also made a crispy tofu with braised sauce. Xu Qingmeng first prepared a soul sauce, three spoons of soy sauce, one spoon of balsamic vinegar, one spoon of sugar, and one spoon of starch, mixed them evenly, and set them aside for later use.
Cut the tofu into pieces and coat them with starch. Heat the oil and fry them in a pan until both sides are golden brown. Remove from the pan and leave some oil in the pan to sauté the minced garlic.
Pour in the prepared sauce and cook until bubbling, add the fried tofu and stir-fry evenly, finally sprinkle some sesame seeds and green onions, stir-fry evenly, and serve.
Of course, there is also the very popular braised pork, but this time it is a little different from the past. Xu Qingmeng first boiled the eggs, peeled them and set them aside, and cut the pork belly into pieces.
Put the pot into cold water, add rice wine and scallions, cook until the foam comes out and remove it.
Do not put oil in the pan, put the pork belly in over low heat and fry until both sides are golden brown, then remove from the pan, scoop out the excess oil, add rock sugar and fry until it turns caramel color, pour the pork belly in and stir-fry until it turns color, then add appropriate amount of boiling water.
Finally, add rice wine, soy sauce, appropriate amount of star anise, cinnamon, bay leaves, scallion segments, ginger and garlic, and simmer for half a quarter of an hour. Xu Qingmeng opened the lid of the pot, added the peeled eggs again, and continued to simmer for half a quarter of an hour.
"Sister-in-law, can we eat now?"
Yun Sheng looked at the braised pork in the pot eagerly, his saliva was about to flow out.
Xu Qingmeng smiled and teased her, "Does Yun Sheng like to eat meat or candy?"
“I like both of them.”
"What if you can only choose one?"
Yun Sheng bit her fingers in distress, looked at Xu Qingmeng, then at the braised pork in the pot, her little face full of embarrassment.
Yun Mo, who was standing next to him, pulled Yun Sheng and looked up. "Sister-in-law, I'll choose the meat and my sister will choose the candy. This way, we can eat together."
Xu Qingmeng was amused by Yun Mo's words. She touched the little guy's head and rubbed it hard. The little guy's brain was really smart.
"How clever! Sister-in-law will make you something delicious."
The two little guys immediately looked at her expectantly.
Xu Qingmeng brought three sweet potatoes, met the little guy's curious eyes, and said,
"I'll use this to make you a delicious dessert today, but after eating this, you can't eat too much meat, okay?"
Both of them have eaten sweet potatoes and wondered what kind of desserts they could make, but my sister-in-law’s cooking skills are extraordinary.
The little ones turned their heads and lowered them to discuss something, which made Xu Qingmeng very happy.
"Have you discussed it? If you haven't made a decision, I won't do it."
"Yes, yes, sister-in-law, we have agreed that we want to eat sweet desserts."
Yun Sheng quickly spoke after hearing what Xu Qingmeng said.
"good."
Xu Qingmeng peeled the sweet potatoes and cut them into cubes, added two spoons of sugar, and an appropriate amount of flour and water, and mixed them into a thick consistency.
Heat the oil in the pan, preheat the spoon in the pan, put the mixed sweet potato cubes into the spoon, and fry them in the pan when the oil temperature reaches 70%.
After the shape is fixed, you can demould it and fry it on low heat until both sides are golden brown.
After the sweet potatoes were fried, Xu Qingmeng asked Yun Sheng to inform He that it was time to eat.
He came over quickly, looked at the dishes on the table, and smiled.
"Qing Meng, your father is here and he wants you to cook for yourself."
"Mom, it's okay. We are all family. Besides, Dad hasn't eaten the food I cooked yet."
Xu Qingmeng said with a smile.
"Okay, I'll take these over first."
"Okay, Mom, I'll come over as soon as I make this sweet potato cake."
He asked, "Sweet potato cake, do you want sweet one?"
"Well, do it to make Yun Sheng and He Yun Mo sweet."
"You just know how to pamper them. They have gained a lot of weight in recent days."
He took one look at Yun Sheng and thought that it was the glutton Yun Sheng who had disturbed Xu Qing's dream.
Yun Sheng shrank her neck, and hid her chubby body behind Yun Mo. She snorted, and her mother just randomly put a accusation on her. She also stuck out her tongue at He.
Xu Qingmeng looked at the cute Yun Sheng and just found it funny.
Soon, Xu Qingmeng finished making the last sweet potato pancake, sprinkled it with sugar, and brought the two little ones to the table.
Braised beef, stewed chicken with mushrooms, and braised pork are some of the main dishes. Stir-fried beef with green onions, stir-fried pork with spinach, scrambled eggs with spinach, and crispy tofu with braised sauce are quick dishes. There are also cold cabbage and sweet potato pancakes, a total of nine dishes and a large bowl of rice.
(End of this chapter)
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