After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest.
The next day, everyone was busy as usual. Grandpa Zhao stayed home tutoring his children, while Lu Chuan and the Taoist priest, unable to stay idle, went hunting in the mountains again.
Seeing that she had nothing to do for the time being, Xu Han started to study potato chips.
Making potato chips is very simple; crispiness and flavor are the key.
To make potato chips crispier, you need to test the knife skills of the person making them.
Xu Han took out some potatoes and sweet potatoes from the cellar after planting a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes at home this year. She plans to try making potato chips and dried sweet potatoes later.
In her previous life, Xu Han had made this at home many times; it was simple and delicious.
The potatoes need to be sliced very, very thinly so that the fried potato chips will taste better and be fried thoroughly and crispy.
Xu Han felt that she couldn't cut the potatoes as well as she could with a tool, so she chose to use a slicer to cut the potato slices. These slices were much thinner and more even than those she could cut herself.
Since we have tools to use, we certainly shouldn't choose to make things difficult for ourselves.
Xu Han first washed the potatoes she had taken out, then peeled off the skin, and then carried the cleaned potatoes and sweet potatoes into the kitchen.
Use a slicer to separate the sliced potatoes and sweet potatoes and place them in a wooden basin filled with water to soak them and prevent oxidation.
After slicing all the potatoes and sweet potatoes, rinse them several times with clean water to remove the starch. This will prevent the potato chips from burning easily and from sticking to the pan during frying.
After cleaning, drain the water and then pour most of the pot with cooking oil.
After preparing everything, Xu Han asked Grandpa Zhao to help start the fire.
Making potato chips requires someone to help with the fire and control the oil temperature. If you do it alone, you'll be in a lot of trouble, constantly worrying about the fire and flipping the chips in the fryer. You might accidentally burn them.
Grandpa Zhao walked in from the backyard with a smile, carrying Ze'er in his arms, and kept saying to Ze'er, "Let's go see what delicious things your mother has made for us this time."
Upon hearing this, Xu Han smiled and said, "Today I'm going to make you some really delicious potato chips and dried sweet potatoes. There are sweet, salty, and spicy ones. They're crispy and crunchy, and I'm sure you'll love them."
"Haha, that's great, I'll start the fire."
After Grandpa Zhao finished speaking, he picked up Ze'er and started a fire.
Once the oil is hot, pour the potato slices (without moisture) into the pan, and the oil will boil instantly.
While flipping the potato slices in the fryer, Xu Han said to Grandpa Zhao, "Get away from here, or the oil will splatter on you and you'll be in danger."
Upon hearing this, Grandpa Zhao quickly grabbed Ze'er and moved away. Unaware of the danger, Ze'er clapped his hands and laughed as he listened to the sounds coming from the pot.
Xu Han said helplessly, "I don't know where you got your fearless personality from."
"Haha, they're still young now. They'll learn their lesson when they grow up and suffer some losses."
After the moisture in the potato slices slowly evaporated, the oil in the pan gradually calmed down. Xu Han took out the potato slices that were fried to about 60% done, drained the oil, and put them in a winnowing basket.
First, fry the chips once, and then fry them a second time after the oil temperature rises. The chips will be crispier after the second frying, while the chips fried the first time will still be soft and mushy.
Grandpa Zhao pinched a potato chip, tasted it, and said, "Can we eat it now? It's not crispy at all!"
"We need to fry it again in a little while, and it will taste even better after we sprinkle some seasoning on it."
"Haha, I thought it was ready to eat right away. You can't rush things. I'm going to eat a lot after it's done. It smells delicious right now."
"Of course, the original flavor potato chips are also delicious, as they retain the most original taste of potatoes."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she started frying the second batch of potato chips. Because there were many people in her family, Xu Han made a lot of potato chips at once. No matter what she made, she always made a large batch.
Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator without spoiling. This also saves you from having to cook it often; one batch can last for a long time.
After frying the potato chips completely, Xu Han started frying the sweet potato chips. Since sweet potatoes are sweet, frying them first would make the potato chips sweeter as well. So, Xu Han fried the potato chips first before starting to fry the sweet potato chips.
The sweet potato chips are also fried twice, so they can be eaten directly after frying.
Since sweet potatoes are naturally sweet, there is no need to add any other seasonings.
Xu Han handed some sweet potato chips to Grandpa Zhao, saying, "Grandpa Zhao, please try these sweet potato chips and see if they're delicious."
"Alright, alright, Mu'er should finish now. I'll go call him over to eat together. Kids always love this."
"Okay, you go and call Mu'er. I'll go make the seasoning for the potato chips first."
After Xu Han finished speaking, she started grinding the ingredients again, making a spicy one, a cumin one, and then mixing in the seasonings she had at home to make a salt and pepper one.
After Xu Han finished sprinkling all the seasonings, Grandpa Zhao still hadn't returned. Xu Han couldn't help but wonder, "The potato chips are all made, why hasn't he come back yet?"
Just as Xu Han was about to go to the backyard to call them, Grandpa Zhao came over first, followed by a dejected Mu'er.
Xu Han didn't ask any further questions. It was obvious that he hadn't been paying attention in class and had been scolded.
On this point, Lu Chuan and Xu Han were quite in agreement; neither of them would interfere whether the Taoist priest was educating the children or Grandpa Zhao was educating them.
Even if Mu'er wanted to ask the two for help, Lu Chuan and Xu Han would look up at the sky and pretend not to see her.
As time went on, Mu'er realized that asking her parents for help was useless, and sometimes she would even be punished again, so she simply stopped trying to play the victim in front of them.
The two were even more satisfied with this. Of course, Grandpa Zhao and the Taoist priest would never interfere whenever Xu Han and Lu Chuan were disciplining their child.
However, despite the emphasis on education, the adults still doted on the child and were quite accommodating as long as it wasn't related to studying.
Whether it's food or clothing, Xu Han will fulfill her child's requests as long as they aren't too unreasonable.
Xu Han saw Mu'er's sullen face and ignored her. Then she took a dried sweet potato and handed it to Mu'er, saying, "Mu'er, come here quickly and see what delicious food your mother made for you."
Having just been scolded, Mu'er was clearly not very interested, but she still accepted the food that Xu Han handed her.
After taking a bite, her little eyes immediately lit up. "Mommy, what is this? It's so delicious! Sweet and crunchy, so tasty!"
"This is called dried sweet potato. We also have potato chips here. Try them and see if you like them."
As Xu Han spoke, she took Ze'er from Grandpa Zhao's arms and gave Ze'er a dried sweet potato to eat.
Grandpa Zhao freed up his hands and started eating the snacks he had just made.
"Not bad, not bad, this tastes good. Kids and you girls will definitely love it."
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