Lu Yanzhou nodded and started stirring quickly again according to Lin Yunchu's instructions. After about a cup of tea, Lin Yunchu thought it was almost done, so he told Lu Yanzhou to stop.
"Stir it with your hands and give it a few thrashings. It's okay to use a little more force."
This step is to make the fish balls taste chewier later.
Lu Yanzhou nodded and got busy following Lin Yunchu's instructions. The two of them had been working in the town together for so many days that they had already developed some tacit understanding.
As long as Lin Yunchu roughly expressed her idea, Lu Yanzhou could guess her general intention, and soon he had finished doing what Lin Yunchu said.
The next step is to make fish balls. The water in the kitchen has been heated. Zhao Chunxi followed Lin Yunchu's instructions and did not boil it. The water temperature was just right.
Lin Yunchu poured some cold water into the pot, turned his head and instructed Pan Xiuxiu to reduce the heat to low.
Lin Yunchu found a spoon and smeared some oil on his hands to prevent the fish paste from sticking to his hands later.
He grabbed a handful of the mixed fish paste in the bowl, tightened his grip slightly, and squeezed out a small meatball from his palm.
Then use a spoon to gently take out the meatballs, put them into the hot water in the pot, shake them gently, and the fish balls will fall into the water, all in one go.
Seeing that the last step was similar to the pork meatballs he made in the past, Zhao Chunxi also found a spoon and started working with Lin Yunchu.
We made quite a lot of fish balls today, and it would be faster if there were more people.
With Zhao Chunxi's help, they soon made all the fish paste in the bowl into fish balls.
Zhao Chunxi quickly washed his hands, added firewood to the stove, and turned the low fire to medium fire. After a while, all the fish balls in the pot were cooked and floated.
Lin Yunchu took a bamboo strainer and quickly skimmed off the foam in the pot, then let the fish balls continue to cook for a while.
Seeing that it was almost done, he told Zhao Chunxi to put out the fire in the stove, then washed the bowl, scooped a few scoops of water, and took out all the cooked fish balls from the pot.
Let the fish balls soak in cold water for a while, which will make the fish balls more chewy and taste better.
The finished fish balls in the bowl looked white and plump, with a cooked aroma, which immediately whetted our appetite. I cooked some in the evening for everyone to taste.
"Yun Chu, these fish balls look so delicious!"
Zhao Chunxi looked at the fish balls in the large bowl and couldn't help but praise them sincerely. She had made all the pork balls in the snack shop before.
Shiitake mushrooms are also added in it, and the taste is indeed good, but it is not as beautiful as the white and plump fish balls.
Lin Yunchu's lips curled slightly. These fish balls are also meatballs, but there is a difference between fish and pork. Not only the appearance is different, but the taste is also different.
"I'll cook the fish balls tonight and let everyone have a taste."
Upon hearing Lin Yunchu's words, Zhao Chunxi was delighted and nodded to Lin Yunchu. He was looking forward to the nightfall so that he could taste the fish balls.
Lin Yunchu looked up at the sky, then looked at the fish bones and heads that had been removed today and placed in the yard. He supported his chin with one hand and thought that it was almost time to prepare dinner.
Looking at the sky, by the time dinner is ready, my eldest brother and the others should be back home by then, just in time for dinner.
There are quite a lot of fish today, and there are also many fish bones and fish heads that have been removed. It looks like we won’t be able to finish eating them in two or three days.
Lin Yunchu thought secretly about it and thought that he might as well use the remaining fish for the whole fish banquet today, because these would go bad if left for too long.
There is still a piece of tofu left from the one I bought in town yesterday. I will make some fish head stewed with tofu since there are quite a few fish bones.
Make steamed fish bones with black bean sauce, crispy fish fillets, spicy fish bones, steamed fish belly, and cold fish skin, which will be perfect as a side dish for Lin's father and Lin Qingshan.
After thinking it over, Lin Yunchu didn't stop and started to get busy.
Lin Yunchu put the fish heads, bones and belly to be eaten in the evening into a wooden basin, planning to clean them later so that he could start cooking dinner.
The remaining food was put into buckets and hung in the well to be eaten tomorrow.
Lin Yunchu scooped a few scoops of clean water into the wooden basin, cleaned the fish heads and bones one by one, then picked them up and placed them in a bamboo basket to drain the water.
Seeing Lin Yunchu clean the fish heads and bones and then go into the kitchen, Zhao Chunxi knew that it was time to prepare dinner, so he followed him into the kitchen to help.
She saw that what was in Lin Yunchu's bamboo basket was either fish heads, fish bones or fish belly. How could she eat it?
Fish usually have a lot of bones, and now the fish meat is used to make fish balls, and the remaining fish heads and bones are all there.
Only the fish belly was edible, and she had questions about the rest in her mind. She really didn't know what Lin Yunchu would do.
Lin Yunchu chopped the ginger and garlic, added a spoonful of fermented black beans and chopped the coriander into pieces, and planned to steam the fish bones with the fermented black bean sauce first.
Grab a handful of fish bones, add salt, sugar, cornstarch, sauce, minced ginger and minced garlic, drizzle some soy sauce, and sprinkle the chopped fermented black beans and coriander into the bowl.
Mix it with your hands until every piece of fish bone is coated with the sauce, then set it aside and wait for it to marinate for a while before steaming.
Then cut the fish belly into pieces, shake off the water on it, brush a layer of oil on the surface of the fish belly, and then sprinkle a thin layer of salt.
After all these are done, sprinkle the chopped ginger on top and set aside.
Taking advantage of this free time, I started making crispy fish fillets.
Put the fish bones in a bowl, pour in white wine and starch, mix well, then pour in a little oil and continue stirring.
When Lin Yunchu saw Zhao Chunxi standing aside and watching seriously, the corners of his mouth kept rising. While doing it, he explained to her in a low voice.
"Put some oil in it and mix it well so it won't stick to the pan when you fry it later."
Although Zhao Chunxi didn't know why Lin Yunchu suddenly wanted to explain to her, she listened very carefully and nodded continuously.
Lin Yunchu is a good cook. She would follow him whenever she had free time and learned a lot. Now when she cooks, everyone in the family praises her for her improved cooking skills.
The next step is to fry the fish fillets. Pour oil into the pan, light the fire and wait for the oil to heat up.
At this time, the marinated fish bones were almost done. Lin Yunchu took a bowl, put the marinated fish bones into the bowl, scooped two scoops of water from the pot, put a rack on it, put in the marinated fish bones and started steaming.
While helping to light the fire, Zhao Chunxi stared at Lin Yunchu intently.
Seeing that the oil in the pot was already heated, Lin Yunchu put the marinated fish fillets one by one into the pot and started frying them.
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