Stop pretending, I am the God of Cooking and I am showing off my cards! - Chapter 822

c822 Babao pickles paired with lotus leaf porridge, the more you eat, the better!

“What a beautiful lotus leaf!”

When Shen Jiayue saw Lin Xu coming back with several lotus leaves, she came over unexpectedly, picked them up, smelled them, and asked curiously:

“This doesn’t taste very good. Is it really suitable for making porridge?”

Lin Xu smiled and said:

“We’ll know if it’s suitable or not. We’ll try it later. Didn’t you drink lotus leaf porridge when you were a child?”

“No, this is what the discerning people used to drink in the past. When I was a kid, I always drank noodle soup. It’s simple and easy to make, and it’s easy to pair with pickles.”

After Shen Jiayue finished speaking, she carried Dundun, who was just about to jump onto the service table and take a nap, and went to visit Aunt Sun’s house.

Lin Xu put the eel he brought in the aquarium, then went upstairs with the lotus leaf to prepare lotus leaf porridge.

This delicacy sounds quite simple. Just boil the rice porridge, cover it with a washed lotus leaf, and then wait for it to cool. But in fact, there are also certain things to pay attention to when cooking porridge.

Especially for the lotus leaf porridge in Beijing, it takes a certain amount of effort to make the porridge thick and smooth, not mushy or lumpy, but also fragrant with rice.

Lin Xu took a large casserole usually used for making porridge, put water into it, washed some Wuchang rice bought at a high price, poured it in, boiled it over high heat, skimmed off the foam and simmered it for about ten minutes, until the rice grains were boiling. The flowers bloom slightly in the water, then cover the pot, turn to low heat and simmer slowly.

While cooking the porridge, he planned to make some side dishes to go with the porridge.

Under normal circumstances, lotus leaf porridge is either paired with brown sugar to make brown sugar lotus leaf porridge, or it is paired with eight-treasure pickles. Using pickles with porridge is not only more appetizing, but also makes the porridge more fresh.

However, the eight-treasure pickles commonly eaten in the capital generally require about a week to be pickled, so it would be a bit late to eat them today.

Lin Xu planned to make some quick eight-treasure pickles so that he would not delay eating them for dinner.

The so-called quick eight-treasure pickles actually save the pickling step. Mix the semi-finished pickles and other ingredients together, then pickle them briefly before serving.

Lin Xu went to the warehouse to search around and found the ingredients he needed.

One package of cooked kelp, one package of sea cabbage, one package of dried Xiaoshan radish, one cooked soy sauce pimple, one tablespoon of hand-peeled pine nuts, one tablespoon of cooked white sesame seeds, half a small bowl of peanuts, half a small bowl of peas, and one package of platycodon. Half a small bowl of soybeans…

Although there is an eight in the name of Babao Pickles, it does not require eight ingredients. In fact, there are many versions of Babao Pickles, and there are no particularly strict requirements on the ingredients. It only requires a variety of ingredients to be mixed together to make the sauce. .

In the past, these were eaten by the poor, and it was not until later that they became more sophisticated.

Lin Xu washed the cooked kelp, blanched it together with the sea cabbage in hot water to remove the fishy smell on the surface of the kelp, then poured it in cold water and chopped the kelp and sea cabbage into small pieces.

Put the cut kelp aside for later use. Then Lin Xu put the soybeans into the pot, added salt, star anise, cinnamon and bay leaves and other marinades, and started cooking.

By the way, set up another pot and put the green peas into the pot to cook.

However, you don’t need to overcook the peas, otherwise they will become soft and rotten and lose the unique taste of green beans.

After doing this, Lin Xu put some five-spice powder and light soy sauce into the water-controlled kelp and sea cabbage, and marinated them in advance to prevent them from being tasteless when eaten later.

Then wash the soy sauce dumplings, cut them into slices, open the dried radish and platycodon, and put them all into the kelp.

Take out the green beans after they are raw, rinse them with cold water, wipe the surface moisture with kitchen paper, put them into the kelp together with the fried peanuts, cooked white sesame seeds, and hand-peeled pine nuts, and add a few chopped millet peppers. Add some spiciness to the pickles.

Wait until the soybeans are cooked until soft, take them out, control the water and pour them into a basin, then pour some dark soy sauce, some light soy sauce, sprinkle a small spoonful of sugar, and pour in peppercorn oil, mustard oil, and sesame sesame oil.

Stir evenly, cover with plastic wrap and put in the refrigerator. When you take it out for dinner, these pickles will be ready to eat.

Because quick pickles use pickled dried radish and other ingredients, they can be made and eaten immediately, but strictly speaking, pickles that have only been pickled in miso soup for about seven days are the original Babao pickles.

The rice porridge was not ready yet, so Lin Xu had nothing to do, so he cut some Xinmei radish and marinated it with sweet and sour sauce, which he would also use with the porridge later.

But it’s not enough to just eat these pickles and pickles, as that may not be nutritious enough.

Lin Xu made some more noodles, mixed lard residue, dried shrimps, vermicelli, leeks and other ingredients into stuffings and steamed them into steamed buns. Then they were eaten together with the porridge. Added with various side dishes, it was perfect to eat with the porridge. .

After another half hour, the rice porridge in the casserole became much thicker and the rice grains bloomed completely.

Turn off the heat, lift the lid of the pot, and cover the porridge with washed lotus leaves. In order to prevent the temperature of the porridge from not cooling down during dinner, Lin Xu specially brought the porridge to the cold storage.

The casserole cools down relatively slowly, so it will probably be just warm by dinner time.

Neither cold nor hot, it tastes the most comfortable.

After the buns were steamed, Shen Jiayue also returned from a visit with Dundun. Dundun also wore a small cowboy hat on his head. Aunt Sun bought it for her grandson, but the little guy didn’t seem to like it very much, and neither did Aunt Sun. Reluctantly, when he saw Dundun coming to visit, he directly slapped it on the head.

In this way, the originally majestic little blue cat turned into a western cowboy cat.

Dundun was very satisfied with this cowboy hat. After coming back, she couldn’t wait to go to the mirror and take a serious look at her handsome appearance wearing the hat.

Shu Yun also turned out his red triangle scarf and tied it around his neck.

Now, he is more like those Western cowboys in movies and TV shows who draw their guns when they disagree and find someone to fight at every turn.

“My son is so handsome!”

Shu Yun scratched Dundun’s chin and praised him with a smile.

The little guy rubbed Shu Yun’s hand and returned to the mirror, looking as if he was impressed by his handsomeness.

While they were boasting, Chen Yan and Zeng Xiaoqi walked in. When they saw Shu Yun, they happily started to show off the state banquet they shot today:

“That Tokyo Bomb was so delicious, I couldn’t even get enough of it.”

“Me too, it tastes very enjoyable, especially when paired with rice. It’s sour, sweet and salty, which made me eat an extra bowl of rice… By the way, what are you having for dinner in the restaurant today? Let me look forward to it. one time.”

Chen Yan has completely let herself go now, thinking about eating all day long to ensure the nutrition of her fetus.

Shu Yun smiled and said:

“Tonight we have porridge and pickles.”

Chen Yan wanted to go back as soon as she heard this:

“Really or not? Aren’t Lin Ji’s employees usually very good at meals? Why did they suddenly stretch their hips?”

I thought I would be able to eat something as good as a banquet today, but I didn’t expect it was just porridge with side dishes. Isn’t this a big gap?

Zeng Xiaoqi was more thoughtful and asked:

“What kind of porridge is porridge? And what kind of pickles are pickles?”

I have to ask clearly, maybe they have cooked some unusual dishes.

“Today, the boss went to the ginkgo garden to see the location of the school, and picked some lotus leaves by the way. What is being cooked upstairs right now is the lotus leaf porridge that Mr. Tateyama mentioned last time, and there are also eight treasures that the boss himself mixes. The pickles should taste good.”

Upon hearing this, Chen Yan, who was looking for a reason to go home to eat, immediately gave up her thoughts:

“Since it’s lotus leaf porridge, I’ll stay and try it. I heard that eating lotus leaves can relieve heat and reduce internal heat. I just happened to be a little angry.”

While chatting, Shen Jiayue held a cup of sour plum soup and asked while drinking:

“I heard some people shouting and yelling upstairs… What do you mean by bombing Tokyo?”

Shu Yun smiled and said:

“It’s crispy pork slices. Chef Xie made it for the Japanese delegation once in the past. They enjoyed it very much, but they were criticized by the boss afterwards and said they couldn’t serve such controversial dishes.”

People who come from Diaoyutai know the names of many dishes very well. After all, diplomacy is no small matter.

Shen Jiayue was not curious about the crispy rice dumplings, but she was quite interested in the name. She planned to let Lin Xu make some to try later, lest some people get their tails raised.

Lin Xu finished his work and came downstairs, looked at Shu Yun and asked:

“Now that the company has a car purchase quota again, can we get you a car? It’s hard for a store manager of such a big store not to have a mobility scooter.”

Shu Yun is not interested in cars, and with the transportation in Beijing, driving is really not as fast as taking the subway.

She smiled and said:

“I’d better forget it. I haven’t touched a car since I took the driver’s license test in my sophomore year. If I get scratched while driving, it will definitely affect my mood. Moreover, the community where I live has been arguing about parking spaces all day long, and those who parked in can’t get out. I wanted to park inside but there was no place, so there was no day without noisy…”

Lin Xu didn’t force anything after hearing this, and asked Dou Wenjing to give Shu Yun a bonus of tens of thousands of yuan, and an additional transportation subsidy of 1,000 yuan per month, which was considered as compensation for not having a car.

But you still have to buy the car if you need to, because after all, the quota expires.

He thought about it and felt that Zhen Wensheng was about to become the principal, and no mobility scooter was suitable. The principal’s car should not be too ostentatious and should be low-key, so it would be an Audi A6 or a Lexus, whichever one Zhen Wensheng liked to drive.

In addition, Ziqiang Shengjian cannot let Sister Yuanyuan rent a car all the time. After all, the business is getting bigger and bigger, with more than 20 branches. If she rents a car again, the price will be lower.

Lin Xu plans to equip her with a high-end Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan.

The car grade assigned to Dou Wenjing was too low, so other people’s cars could only be assigned to this grade for the time being.

But wait until next year, when there are more car purchase indicators, we can upgrade it for everyone.

At that time, the Chaoyang branch was probably officially in operation. Both store managers were assigned cars, and Dou Wenjing’s car was assigned a price of more than one million. In addition, Wang Ziqiang, Wei Qian and others also had to be assigned cars to rank the company. Pull up.

Although the roads in the capital are already congested, the company’s top executives don’t even have personal cars, which is somewhat unjustifiable.

People work not only to make money, but also to show off their cars and show off the company’s benefits, so that they can retain talents.

Chen Yan said:

“When the school is really open, it is estimated that it will need several cars. Not only personal cars, but also business cars and minibuses for picking up students. It will even have to set up driver classes. Maybe the quota is not enough.”

The problem with the indicators should not be a big one, because starting from next year, not only Pangdundun Company can draw numbers, but also Ziqiang Shengjian is qualified. As long as you are qualified, you can win 100%. After all, there is Dundun, who can do this kind of luck? Not even scared.

Just as he was talking, Chen Yuanyuan came.

She held the teapot, poured a cup of tea, drank it, and then said:

“The urban area is really congested. The Qianmen branch had good business today, but it ran out of materials. I reported it to the factory at two o’clock, but the result was just delivered, and the delivery truck was stuck on the road for more than two hours… I didn’t even call an errand boy. Woolen cloth.”

But even so, it can’t really be called errands. After all, fillings and drinks are more important, but you can’t pretend to be delivered by someone else’s hands, as that may have consequences.

Lin Xu said:

“From now on, give more in the morning. Even if it’s a little wasted, it doesn’t matter. The worst is to send it to the ginkgo garden to feed the fish and ducks.”

Chen Yuanyuan put down her teacup:

“I originally planned to get a few scooters for the elderly to deliver goods. It might be faster to walk on the sidewalk, but I found out that scooters for the elderly are banned in the city next year… I will buy a few long-range motorcycles instead. I will go to the front door during the day. Send stuffing, just ride an electric bike.”

After talking about this, it was almost dinner time.

It happened that Dou Wenjing also got off work, so everyone went upstairs to eat together.

When he came to the cold storage, Lin Xu took out the large casserole and placed it on the table. The lotus leaves were still buckled inside, but compared with before, they had become softer.

Lin Xu pinched the leaf stalk and gently lifted it up, revealing the rice porridge underneath.

When placing the lotus leaves, remember that the rice porridge inside is white, but now it has a touch of emerald green, as if some matcha powder has been sprinkled on it, which makes people feel a little cooler at first glance.

“Hey, this is indeed the rice porridge used to cool down in the capital. Looking at the color makes me feel chilled.”

“It doesn’t smell like anything. I don’t know how it tastes when I drink it.”

Shu Yun took a spoon and started to serve the rice, while Lin Xu returned to the kitchen and brought out the pickled Babao pickles and sweet and sour Xinmei radish. In order to make it easier for everyone to drink porridge, he also prepared white sugar and brown sugar and sprinkled them into the porridge. It immediately becomes sweet and comfortable.

The boy brought out the steamed buns, plus steamed silver rolls with pastry, meat dragon and other staple foods. Wei Gan also made dishes such as roasted bean curd and eggplant with sauce, and a sumptuous dinner was about to begin.

Shen Jiayue originally wanted to eat crispy pork slices, but seeing that Lin Xu was so busy, she didn’t mention it.

When everyone sat down, Lin Xu took a sip of the rice porridge. At this moment, the temperature of the porridge was just right. It was warm, neither burning your mouth nor too cold. There was a faint fragrance of lotus leaves in your mouth when you drank it. The rice porridge has a smooth and fragrant texture, and the heat caused by the high temperature disappears immediately.

“Oh, this porridge tastes so delicious.”

“I thought lotus leaves were tasteless, but I didn’t expect it to be so fragrant and delicious.”

“I’ve been busy all afternoon and my throat is almost smoking. Now that I’ve had porridge, my throat feels much better.”

Shen Jiayue tasted the porridge and immediately said excitedly:

“I declare that lotus leaf porridge will be my destiny from now on. This summer, I will drink lotus leaf porridge and not touch any other porridge!”

Lin Xu tasted the porridge and said:

“I think when the weather gets hotter, you can put some mint leaves or mint candies in it to make it taste cooler. In addition, you can also try winter melon leaves, pumpkin leaves, etc. Maybe there will be new surprises.”

Shen Jiayue squinted her eyes. You Xubao, I just said that I would like lotus leaf porridge this summer. You said that other porridges deliberately tempted me. Is there a tacit understanding? Are we supposed to be on the same page?

Lin Xu didn’t have so much inner drama. He picked up the eight-treasure pickles and tasted them. Not to mention, the aroma of the pickles was quite strong, and the texture and taste of the various ingredients were also perfect.

This kind of mixed pickles is a surprise every time you put it in. It’s hard not to like it.

Eating pickles and drinking lotus leaf porridge full of lotus fragrance will make people feel like they are in the old alleys of Beijing.

Back then, those old Yanjing people probably ate like this every summer.

After taking a few mouthfuls of porridge, Lin Xu took the bun and handed it to Shen Jiayue:

“Try, your favorite lard filling.”

Shen Jiayue, who was about to decide to have a cold war for three hours, felt warm instantly. She didn’t care that the cold war was not enough, so she took a big bite of the bun:

“Wow, this bun is delicious. It actually has dried shrimps in it, which goes well with the lard residue.”

Well, I’m just asking you to take the initiative to bring me steamed buns to eat. I forgive your lack of understanding!

Lin Xu picked up another bun and took a bite. It tasted really good, especially when paired with the side dishes and lotus leaf porridge on the table. It was a home-cooked style that a lot of money could not buy.

Although many restaurants specialize in home-cooked meals, you can feel like eating at home.

But compared to the food eaten at home, the feeling of a restaurant is still too strong. Only this kind of rice porridge side dishes with steamed buns makes people feel like eating at home.

You don’t need to worry about whether the food looks elegant or not, and you don’t need to worry about whether the combination is reasonable. Just eat.

This sense of relaxation is the essence of home flavor.

Chen Yan drank a bowl of rice porridge and then filled it with another bowl. This time, she sprinkled some brown sugar on it. After stirring, the brown sugar dissolved and the rice porridge became a little more rosy.

Take a bite with a spoon. The sweet taste combined with the fragrance of lotus leaves, plus the unique sucrose flavor of brown sugar, it feels so wonderful.

One bite, super enjoyable.

“I didn’t expect that brown sugar would be so delicious. It’s so sweet and super comforting.”

After Chen Yan finished speaking, she took a bite of the meat dragon. Rice porridge, pickles and meat dragon. This was the childhood delicacy in her memory.

When I was a kid, I didn’t like meat fillings, so I secretly threw them away every time. I still thought it was not delicious. Now I eat this delicious food again, and I realize that I was really stupid at that time. What I threw away was all the essence.

After the meal, everyone was a little stuffed.

Shen Jiayue rubbed her belly and planned to go back and do static yoga for half an hour to promote gastrointestinal motility, and then go upstairs to do some exercise to lose as much fat as possible.

Chen Yan, Zeng Xiaoqi, Dou Wenjing and others also plan to go back to exercise. If they eat like this, everyone will eat meat balls later. Several people even cheer each other in the group, and even Xiao Qing, who is far away in Shanghai, also wants to check in for fitness.

Lin Xu got up and steamed an eel for Dundun, and the little guy ate it happily.

When leaving get off work, he fished two more from the aquarium and used them as Dundun’s supper at night and breakfast tomorrow.

In the next few days, he stayed in the store, and Zhen Wensheng was fully responsible for the school affairs, so there was no need to worry about it anymore.

Soon, Sunday came. Xie Baomin came to the store early in the morning. When he saw Lin Xu, he asked:

“Didn’t Master ask me to teach you how to make peacock and shark fins? Do you have time today? If so, I will teach you.”

Lin Xu immediately became interested:

“Okay, I just want to learn!”

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