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Chapter 31 Eel Noodle Soup
After seeing off the Lin family father and son, Chen Xiangqin and her mother explained a few words, went back to the house and fell asleep, opened her eyes again, it was almost noon, after a simple wash, she was going to make lunch, and as soon as she walked into the kitchen, she saw With a few pork ribs on display, she immediately decided to make bone soup noodles for lunch.

As soon as she put the cleaned pork bones in the pot and stewed them, two uncles came in with a big wooden basin.

"Xiangqin, look what this is!"

"These things took a lot of effort from both of us!"

She probed into the basin, and there were more than a dozen thick eels in it: "Hey, they are really big! Leave it alone, I'll take care of it later!"

Pork bone and eel, these two ingredients reminded Chen Xiangqin of the signature bowl of eel noodles in the state-run restaurant, why not try to improve it today?Although she had memorized all the ingredients, she still didn't know how to handle them. She shouted outside: "Mom, go and call the master, and tell me that I want his help!"

Old Uncle Dong is here, and the little girl has been busy working in the fields these days, so she doesn't know if she has practiced well: "Girl, why did you call me here to help? Have you been lazy these days?"

Chen Xiangqin stepped forward to flatter her and said, "Master, I practice the homework you assigned every day. The reason why I invited you here today is because..." She told me about the eel noodles in the state-run restaurant.

After hearing this, Old Uncle Dong's eyes lit up, he rolled up his sleeves and eagerly said, "I've eaten that bowl of noodles before, and it tastes good. How do you plan to improve it?"

"I'm going to add eel bones to the pork bone soup and cook it together to see if I can combine the flavors of the two. As for fried eel, I remember the ingredients, but I don't know how to stir-fry, so I specially invite you Come and help!" Chen Xiangqin said with a smile.

Old Uncle Dong proudly raised his head, patted his chest and promised: "Leave the stir-fried eel to me, and you can prepare the ingredients!"

Chen Xiangqin looked at him sideways, and said softly with a cheeky face: "And... and that... that alkaline water noodles, I don't know how, hee hee."

Cooperating with this girl, she boiled a soup base, and the rest of the work was all on her own. Old Uncle Dong raised his hand and gave her a chestnut, and said angrily, "Okay, you are Lord Yan's purse bag. Ghosts and ghosts still have to play tricks!"

Chen Xiangqin hurriedly yelled: "Oh~~ Who told you to be my master! Master~~"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, let's get started!"

With an order, the master and the apprentice immediately got to work. Chen Xiangqin pieced together the recipe for stir-fried eel according to the taste in his memory, then turned around and went to cook the soup. At this time, the pork bone was already stewed in the pot When the thick white soup came out, Chen Xiangqin threw in the eel bones wrapped in gauze, and after a while, a sweet and delicious smell wafted out, which made people salivate.

She scooped out a small bowl with a spoon, and she smelled a faint fishy smell before she started eating it. Chen Xiangqin frowned and shook her head repeatedly, although the richness of the bone soup and the freshness and sweetness of the fish soup blended together , but it’s always not so interesting. Isn’t there an ingredient that can remove the fishy smell and enhance the freshness?

She drooped her head and sat dejectedly in front of the hearth with a bitter face.

When the old uncle Dong took a look, he guessed eighty-nine points in his heart. He guessed that there must be something wrong with this pot of soup: "Hey, where is the energy that is usually high-spirited and eloquent? What happened to such a small setback? Can't stop?"

Chen Xiangqin glared at him, and said angrily: "Come here if you have the ability, don't stand aside and make sarcastic remarks. I just smelled this soup, and I almost thought it was interesting, but I can't figure out where the business is! Hmph!"

Old Uncle Dong was annoyed by her: "You have a pretty temper, that's all right, let me try."

As soon as he took a spoonful of thick soup into his mouth, the little old man immediately knew where the problem was: "Oh~~ So that's the case!" He stopped halfway through the conversation, and deliberately kept it off.

"What's going on? Tell me!" Chen Xiangqin asked eagerly.

Old Uncle Dong coughed dryly a few times: "Cough—my throat feels a bit uncomfortable, old man, maybe I'm thirsty."

Before he finished speaking, Chen Xiangqin had already handed over the teacup and said respectfully, "Master, please drink tea!"

"Hahaha, okay, do you feel that the fishy smell of eel overwhelms the umami taste of pork bones? If you just add onion, ginger, garlic and cooking wine, the fishy smell will disappear, but the freshness of the bones will also go away. A lot, and it also destroys the original taste of the broth."

Chen Xiangqin looked at Old Uncle Dong with shining eyes, and said in an admiring tone: "Yes! Master, you are so right! You are really good! Sure enough, the sword is not old!" Take it out.

"Stop flattering! You go under my cupboard and bring me the fermented glutinous rice I made."

Chen Xiangqin ran away without saying a word, and soon a small black jar was brought over, the lid was opened, and a sweet smell of rice wine quickly filled the whole room: "It smells so good!"

"Girl, take a spoonful and put it in the soup for a try." Old Uncle Dong said.

Chen Xiangqin was puzzled: "Master, isn't this fermented glutinous rice all used for sweet soup, how can it be put in salty soup?"

Old Uncle Dong picked up his chopsticks and tapped her on the head: "Every ingredient changes, you can't fix them in traditional concepts, maybe one day there will be miraculous effects!"

Chen Xiangqin felt that the little old man was a little different today, and she suddenly felt admiration for this man: "I see, master!" She scooped up a spoonful of fermented glutinous rice and added it to the soup.

Chen Xiangqin took a few deep sniffs, and suddenly her eyes lit up. She found that the fishy smell in the bone soup had subsided a little, and quickly scooped another spoonful into it. The taste has also improved a lot: "Master! It's done! Our soup base is a success!"

Old Uncle Dong took a sip of the soup and said with a smile: "The rice wine in the fermented glutinous rice removes the fishy smell of the eel, and the distiller's grains highlights the fresh and sweet taste of the whole pot of soup. Most importantly, it perfectly blends the two ingredients together Together, it makes the whole soup base richer.”

"Yes! Yes! Yes! It's exactly as you said!" Chen Xiangqin looked at the little old man with sparkling eyes.

"Okay, the noodle soup is ready, let's make the rest quickly!" Uncle Dong started to stir-fry the eel according to the ingredients, while Chen Xiangqin stood aside and studied hard. After a while, the delicious eel bone soup noodles were served on the dining table.

The brothers of the Xu family couldn't sit still because of the smell. As soon as the noodles came, they each grabbed a bowl and started to suck.

"It's delicious! It's so delicious! It tastes like the state-run restaurant in the town!"

"Nonsense! It's better than state-run restaurants!"

As soon as these words came out, the rest of the people in the room looked forward to this bowl of noodle soup even more.

(End of this chapter)