PNB Chapter 178 You Really Learn Everything
Chapter 178 You Really Learn Everything
Seeing that Zhao Xiaojing was still working while talking, Su Yuchen walked aside, changed into chef's clothes, washed his hands, and continued chatting while working.
"When I heard that, I thought, you want to know what Uncle Wang likes to eat, so I asked Uncle Wang which soup dumplings are delicious, and I said I like them too.
As a result, he told me that there were no delicious soup dumplings in Jiangcheng! He said that he and Aunt Chen went back to his hometown and ordered a water chestnut soup dumpling in a soup dumpling shop. Aunt Chen thought the taste was weird, but he liked it so much that he ate two baskets in one go. However, before he had eaten it a few times, the shop closed down and he said that he would never be able to taste that flavor again.
I thought you might be interested, so I asked you in detail. You said you like to study these special snacks recently and want to try making different foods. He said it was water chestnut and meat stuffing, which tasted a little sweet and fragrant.
I told him to give me some advice when you figure it out and let him try it. He happily agreed. Am I smart?"
Su Yuchen temporarily took out the pig's feet and eggs that had been soaked overnight, then heated the stew pot, put in lotus root, potatoes, kelp, chicken wing tips, chicken feet and other snacks.
"Smart, you have a sharp mind!" Zhao Xiaojing praised generously. "But I really have no idea how to make soup dumplings, where can I learn it?"
"Look for videos online? There are so many videos teaching how to cook, there should be soup dumplings as well." Su Yuchen suggested after thinking for a moment.
"It takes a lot of energy to screen. I've looked before, but there are too many people who make videos for gimmicks and traffic, and too few who can really cook. Most of them are not professional and don't even have basic common sense. They are just selling products." Zhao Xiaojing shook her head and sighed. "I'll call Master Sun to ask, and if that doesn't work, ask Master Gu."
“That’s fine, it’s certainly more reliable to ask them.
By the way, Aunt Chen and Uncle Wang also tasted your steamed buns. They each took two bites and were very happy. They said that you made really solid steamed buns. If they ate all of them, they wouldn't be hungry for the whole day. "Su Yuchen smiled.
"Don't mention it. I'm still full now. I'll probably eat less at lunch." Zhao Xiaojing laughed.
After Su Yuchen had braised all the snacks, he washed and took out the pig's feet that had been soaked in blood, and burned off the hairs on the surface of the pig skin that had not been cleaned clean. After blanching, he used a high-precision kitchen scale to prepare new marinade water according to the ratio given by Zhao Xiaojing. He then placed the pig's feet in a large steel barrel and poured the marinade water into the barrel to marinate them.
Zhao Xiaojing also moved to the pastry area and made some stuffed taro balls and pandanus, and also prepared the jam in advance.
It was just nine o'clock when everything was done, so it was still early to prepare the food. Now with Ouyang Yidan around, the two of them were freed from some miscellaneous chores.
Zhao Xiaojing glanced at the clock and pushed Su Yuchen out of the kitchen, allowing her to free herself from the heavy physical work for an hour. They would prepare the food together at ten o'clock. She then took out the 100 duck eggs she had bought a few days ago from the carton.
That day, Su Yuchen's mother said on the phone that local duck eggs would be more fragrant when pickled, but Zhao Xiaojing went around the market but couldn't find any, so she just bought ordinary green-shell duck eggs.
It is actually not difficult to pickle duck eggs, but the steps are a bit complicated. It takes a while just to clean the shells of the duck eggs. You have to soak them in white vinegar and brush them with a brush. You have to wash them several times to ensure that the duck eggs are clean enough to be pickled directly.
But these are not problems for Zhao Xiaojing. In one second, 1 duck eggs are shining with water after being processed by the module, and each breathing hole lies clean in the pool.
Zhao Xiaojing carefully wiped the moisture off the surface one by one with kitchen paper, and then placed them in the prepared dustpan.
The next thing to do was to put it in the sun to dry, but Zhao Xiaojing secretly glanced at Su Yuchen who had just sat down in the hall and started taking a computer to class, thought about it and didn't move.
It’s better to wait another half an hour before taking them out. It’s too suspicious to wash 100 duck eggs in just a few minutes.
Zhao Xiaojing put the duck eggs aside, still thinking about the soup dumplings. According to the pace of the construction site, Sun Dehai should have just started preparing the dishes. Zhao Xiaojing couldn't make a phone call, so she took out her phone and sent a WeChat message.
Unexpectedly, just after sending the message, Sun Dehai called me directly.
"Xiao Zhao, what dish do you want to ask about? Just tell me." Sun Dehai's voice sounded cheerful.
Zhao Xiaojing looked up at the time in confusion. It was 9:10. Shouldn't Master Sun be busy at the time?
Sun Dehai laughed when he heard this, "Today is Sunday! The construction site is closed for the day. Although the kitchen staff are not closed for the day, we can still slack off if we are lazy."
Zhao Xiaojing suddenly realized what was going on. When she went to the construction site, it was in the final stages and everyone was rushing to meet deadlines. There was no such thing as a holiday, and she subconsciously forgot about it.
When Zhao Xiaojing told the story, Sun Dehai laughed out loud, "Your sister Hou didn't make the dough well at the beginning, and after a few times, she made hard buns. When she saw that the workers liked them very much, she simply stopped making the dough and made them that way. The workers got used to it and thought it was economical and had a lot of meat.
Later, when she learned how to make steamed buns with leavened dough, she also made steamed buns with leavened dough, but the dough was too leavened and the filling couldn't be seen when she squeezed it. So she just made steamed buns with leavened dough and steamed buns with unleavened dough. This is because she doesn't have the skills. You really have learned everything!"
"Master Sun, I'm not going to hide it from you. I think Sister Hou's buns are ugly but very unique. After eating them on the construction site for a long time, I think they are not ugly and not delicious. So even the appearance of my buns is learned from Sister Hou." Zhao Xiaojing laughed muffledly.
After hearing what Sun Dehai said, she also felt that she was quite funny. Obviously, she could make buns well. Although she didn't reach the standard of 16 or 18 evenly beautiful folds, at least she could make 6 or 8 ordinary folds. But in order to learn how to make buns like Sister Hou, she even copied the shape that was neither round nor square.
Sun Dehai laughed even louder and repeatedly said that Zhao Xiaojing was a talented person.
"I've never made soup dumplings, but I roughly know how to make them." After chatting and laughing for a while, the two got back to the topic and Sun Dehai talked about soup dumplings.
“The skin of the soup dumplings is indeed made of unleavened flour, and should be a little thinner than the ones made by your elder sister Hou. The soup inside is made of pork jelly. The pork jelly is boiled and frozen into a solid state, chopped up, and then mixed with the meat filling. It is solid when mixed, and becomes soup after being steamed when the pork jelly melts.
First, follow your elder sister Hou's steps for making dumplings. When mixing the stuffing, make some jelly and add it in. It should work."
"Okay, I'll give it a try. From this point of view, the taste of jelly should be the soul of soup dumplings? Isn't the function of jelly similar to that of stock?" Zhao Xiaojing pondered.