Chapter 911 Simple and Delicious
As a veteran director, Sheridan never forgets to shoot wherever he goes. At this moment, he was filming Lao Liu handling the frogfish at close range.
In fact, when Lao Liu peeled off the whole fish skin, Sheridan was thinking in his mind: Should I try this fish later?
The frogfish's skin and appearance are truly hideous: it resembles a toad no matter how you look at it. But when Lao Liu peeled off the skin to reveal the flesh, everyone was stunned. The flesh was crystal clear, resembling lychee flesh. Furthermore, the frogfish is a cartilaginous fish, making it particularly easy to clean along with the bones. They also have an enormous liver, resembling goose liver but with some patterns. The fish weighed over ten pounds, and the liver alone weighed two or three pounds.
Moreover, Lao Liu handled the fish very carefully. He cleaned the fish belly and then sliced the fish meat off the bones of the fish tail.
"Old Liu, the porridge is ready, can't we eat it?" Xiao Peng deliberately said loudly: "This rice porridge has been boiling for a long time!"
Lao Liu laughed and said, "Boss, of course this could be eaten at any time!"
He brought out a seasoning box, added salt and white pepper to the rice porridge, and had Xiao Peng and the others stir it. Then, without prepping, he placed the fish fillet he had just sliced from the tail directly on a plate in front of Xiao Peng and the others, a small dish for each. Then, Lao Liu heated some oil and found a few small bowls. He placed chopped green onions, ginger, garlic, and chili peppers in them, and sprinkled a handful of cilantro on top. Then, he poured the hot oil into the bowls, added some soy sauce, and made a bowl of dipping sauce, which he handed to each person.
Xiao Peng picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and put it in the hot porridge. After about ten seconds, the fish was cooked. Then Xiao Peng dipped the fish in the dipping sauce, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and closed his eyes.
"Boss, how is it?" Khedira asked hurriedly. "I'm so embarrassed that tears are almost flowing from the corners of my mouth!"
"It's not like you don't have it. Just try it and you'll know!" Xiao Peng cursed when he was interrupted from enjoying the delicious food.
His words were like a starting gun. Everyone on the boat took chopsticks and, like Xiao Peng, put the cooked fish in the rice porridge, dipped it in the sauce and put it in their mouths. Then, no one spoke, but just looked at themselves enjoying the meal.
Bradley couldn't help but ask, "Is this simple cooking method really this delicious? Can I try it?"
Xiao Peng blinked: "Don't you want to eat?"
Bradley smiled and said, "Life always has its challenges, doesn't it?"
Xiao Peng blinked and said, "Try a piece."
Bradley almost fainted. "You're so stingy, aren't you? Just a piece? At least give me some porridge and some dipping sauce."
But seeing those people enjoying their meal, he couldn't help himself. Xiao Peng picked up a piece of fish for him, soaked it in the rice porridge for a while, dipped it in the dipping sauce, and placed the fish on a small plate: "Eat it while it's hot, try it!"
Bradley was not polite either. He was now very skilled in using chopsticks. He picked up a piece, put it in his mouth, chewed it twice, and then closed his eyes like everyone else, with a look of aftertaste on his face.
The people around were stunned: "Bradley, how does it taste?"
"Don't be silent!"
“Is it delicious or not?”
Bradley ignored them. After a while, he opened his eyes and said, "Xiao, I was wrong. Please give me some too. This fish is the best fish I've ever eaten! What kind of cooking method is this? Damn it, your Chinese food is simply amazing! Even an idiot can make such a dish, and it tastes so good! Isn't this delicious?"
After hearing this, Xiao Peng asked Lao Liu first: "Lao Liu, how much food do you have left? Can you give him a portion?"
Lao Liu said, "That depends on how much you eat!"
Xiao Peng sighed and said, "Okay, give him one!"
Bradley really wanted to say that Xiao Peng was too stingy, but then he thought about the taste in his mouth just now... Well, if it were him, he wouldn't be willing to give it to others, right?
He was thick-skinned and decided to pretend that he hadn't heard anything and eat more first.
Xiao Peng explained to Bradley, "This cooking method is a Cantonese style from our country, called 'tangzhuo.' It involves cutting the ingredients, adding a dipping sauce, and then boiling them in the sauce. It's a kind of 'hot pot,' and this way of eating really brings out the original flavors of the ingredients. As for what to use for boiling, there's actually no set rule. After much research, Lao Liu discovered that using white porridge is the best. The fish is coated in the porridge, which in turn has the flavors of white pepper and salt. Combined with the dipping sauce, this combination of flavors brings out the fish's freshness to its fullest. Almost any seafood can be prepared this way, but the prerequisite is two words: the ingredients must be 'fresh.' And when the porridge is almost done, taking a sip is so delicious it's almost enough to cut your tongue off... Damn!"
He couldn't continue because Bradley was already eating so heartily that he had no time to listen to him.
"You're such a big eater!" Xiao Peng looked at Bradley helplessly, "The way you're eating, this fish won't be enough for you alone!"
Bradley didn't say anything, just gave a thumbs up!
At this time, Lao Liu came over with two plates: "Boss, don't worry, the delicious food is here!"
The plate contained fish maw, which Lao Liu had cut into strips and placed on the plate. Another plate contained the flesh from the sides of a frogfish. After peeling the skin, a frogfish resembles a ray, with two "wings" on each side. Lao Liu cut the meat, along with the cartilage, into strips and placed them on the plate. The meat here was different from the meat from the tail, appearing to be more oily.
Just as Xiao Peng was about to pick up his chopsticks, Chen Cheng suddenly shouted, "Protest!"
"The protest is invalid!" Xiao Peng answered without thinking!
As a result, Hua Chong also became anxious: "Protest! Walter, you and Khedira might as well protest together!"
Walter was confused. What was he protesting about?
Hua Chong said, "Fish maw! Fish maw! That's a man's gas station! Very nutritious! The boss looks like he wants to eat it all by himself!"
"Huh?" After hearing this, Walter, Khedira and others looked at the small dish in front of Xiao Peng.
Xiao Peng's eyes widened: "Damn it, there's only this little fish maw. If you each take a bite, I'll have it all!"
"Boss, this is delicious!" Hua Chong said!
Chen Cheng nodded: "We need to make up for it too!"
Xiao Peng pointed at Lao Liu and said, "Why don't you ask Lao Liu for it? Why don't you ask me for it? If he doesn't have any hidden stuff, I'll take your surname!"
Several people turned their eyes to Lao Liu.
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