From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 16 Brothers join forces

After being busy all afternoon, it was not until about two o'clock in the afternoon that I finally felt free.

Feng Zhengming sat on a small chair in the backyard of the cafeteria, basking in the afternoon sun and looking up at the blue sky above his head. It was really quite comfortable.

I can’t help but sigh that this era is quite beautiful.

After Li Huidong finished his work, he saw his junior brother sitting in the yard basking in the sun. He simply walked over with a small chair and sat down next to his junior brother.

However, after sitting down, Li Huidong hesitated to speak.

It seemed like he had something to say, but he didn't know how to speak to Feng Zhengming.

Feng Zhengming had already noticed that his senior brother was sitting next to him.

I also saw that the senior brother must have something to say.

After waiting for a while, I saw that the senior brother still didn't speak.

Feng Zhengming simply said first: "Brother, do you have anything to say?"

Li Huidong was immediately surprised when he was asked such a straightforward question.

"Huh? Oh, no, no."

Feng Zhengming said: "Master often says that we brothers should take care of each other and be honest. If we even hide something from each other, the feelings between the brothers will gradually change."

After being told this, Li Huidong turned to look at Feng Zhengming.

Seeing the pure and bright eyes of the younger junior brother.

Li Huidong decisively stopped hesitating and expressed some of his thoughts.

"I'm curious. If you say that the dry-fried large intestine tastes good, I wouldn't be surprised. After all, the intestines are fried and then stir-fried for seasoning to absorb enough of the soup. But eggplant and cabbage, especially cabbage How did you make it so delicious?"

Feng Zhengming smiled after hearing this and said, "Brother, you must be curious, how do I season the big pot?"

Li Huidong nodded: "Yes, I always find it difficult to season food when cooking in a big pot."

Feng Zhengming said seriously: "As long as you dare to cut the materials."

Li Huidong was stunned at first, but he soon understood.

"So that's it. Before I cooked big pot dishes, I always thought about some of Master's teachings, such as the ratio of salt to sugar, and how to maintain the level of seasoning. I still know how to adapt."

Feng Zhengming said: "Big pot dishes are difficult to cook. The main reason is that the pot is large and there are many vegetables. It cannot be cooked as meticulously as a small pot stir-fry. Especially when there are too many vegetables, it is difficult to ensure complete and even heating during the stir-frying process. So in fact, large pot dishes are not so much stir-fried as they are boiled, and the key to cooking is to make the dishes delicious."

Li Huidong understood it completely and said with a smile: "That's right."

Feng Zhengming then gave another suggestion: "Some dishes need to be stir-fried. Two or three people can stir-fry together, which will make it easier to stir-fry the dishes evenly."

Li Huidong was once again inspired by Feng Zhengming's words and seemed to understand how to make a big pot of food delicious.

"Hahaha, you still have more ideas. I know how to make a big pot of food delicious."

At this moment, Li Huidong suddenly seemed to be enlightened.

Apart from being happy, Li Huidong was even a little eager to give it a try.

"What are you planning to cook and sell lunch boxes at the train station tonight?"

Feng Zhengming thought for a while and said: "Let's have a hard dish tonight, twice-cooked pork, and then eggplant, but the other one doesn't use lotus white. In the evening, we use potato shreds, and we have vinegar potato shreds."

Li Huidong was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then saw two apprentices practicing knife skills with potatoes.

Then I thought about the many eggplants my two apprentices bought yesterday.

Li Huidong immediately understood that the junior brother was going to help consume the ingredients.

Otherwise, Zhang Lei and Yang Peng would have to eat a few more meals of shredded potatoes.

In this way, Feng Zhengming can make the best use of everything and reduce waste.

Li Huidong stood up and said, "Okay, let's have twice-cooked pork as an extra meal tonight."

The large pot in the back kitchen of the cafeteria was cleaned. What Feng Zhengming and Li Huidong chose was not pork belly, but the relatively fatter buttock meat.

First, put it in the pot and cook it directly. Add some bay leaves, star anise, large pieces of green onion and ginger, a handful of peppercorns, and a lot of rice wine, and simmer it in the pot.

While the meat was cooking, Li Huidong said to his two apprentices: "You two are lucky today. Your junior uncle will use shredded potatoes for his lunch box in the evening. This will give you two a chance to practice your knife skills. Let's cut it." After hearing this, Zhang Lei He and Yang Peng looked at each other, and then the two of them immediately seized this opportunity to practice.

Feng Zhengming and Li Huidong stood aside and watched them shred potatoes the whole time.

Li Huidong will also point out some problems to correct the two people's movements.

"Stand your waist straight, yes, but don't sag your waist. Tuck your belly in, don't hold it out, and don't hold the knife so stiffly."

Feng Zhengming remained silent, just watching his senior brother teach his apprentice.

Zhang Lei and Yang Peng also have some basic knowledge, and the potato shreds can be cut relatively neatly.

Put the shredded potatoes into a large basin of water.

The meat is cooked in the big pot, and the potatoes here are almost shredded.

Li Huidong asked two apprentices to help Feng Zhengming cut the eggplant.

And he and Feng Zhengming went into the kitchen together and started preparing dishes for the canteen in the evening.

Cook the meat until it is seven or eight times cooked and cut it into small thin slices.

Feng Zhengming first flavored the meat slices and poured a layer of oil on them after flavoring.

Li Huidong understood Feng Zhengming's approach, which would make it easier for the meat to be flavored when fried in a large pot.

The meat slices are delicious, and Li Huidong also prepared some side dishes.

Then heat up the big pot first, and then put all the meat slices in the pot directly.

Feng Zhengming and Li Huidong each took a large frying shovel, and the two brothers cooperated to stir-fry the meat slices in the pot alternately from two directions.

The advantage of pre-flavoring and mixing with oil is reflected in the process of stir-frying in such a large pot.

The two brothers took turns stir-frying, and it was easy to stir-fry the meat slices.

When the meat slices were fried until they started to curl and the fat became oily and transparent, Li Huidong poured the prepared garlic and green pepper into the pot, and the two brothers stir-fried alternately.

Not long after, this big pot of "Twice-cooked Pork" was ready.

Put it into a big basin, the smell of meat almost fills the entire canteen inside and outside.

"Oh, it smells so good. What are you cooking?"

Hearing the voice, Feng Zhengming immediately recognized the voice of his senior brother's wife.

Sure enough, I soon saw the elder brother’s wife leading the child from the backyard into the kitchen.

Feng Zhengming smiled and said hello: "Hello, sister-in-law."

Li Huidong's wife Hu Yan also smiled when she saw Feng Zhengming and said, "Zhengming is here, is it okay for your senior brother to do this? Last night, I heard your senior brother say that you went to the train station to sell lunch boxes?" "

Feng Zhengming responded: "Yes, the main thing is that I don't want to cause too much trouble to my senior brother, so I can do something by myself."

Hu Yan said: "That's right. Yanxi Tower has closed down. You brothers should also set up your own branch. You can't point your fingers at your brothers for everything."

When Li Huidong heard what his wife said, he was immediately unhappy: "What did you say? Why did you come here if you didn't go home after picking up the child?"

Hu Yan rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "I'm not your son yet. He said he wants to eat the food cooked by his father."

The boy, who was being led by Hu Yan, said immediately, "Dad, I want to eat meat. I can smell the aroma of meat."

Li Huidong first said: "When I saw your uncle, why didn't you call someone?"

The boy quickly said hello to Feng Zhengming: "Hello, uncle."

Feng Zhengming agreed: "Hello, school is out? It's easy to eat meat. You came at the right time. The twice-cooked pork cooked by your father and I has just come out of the pot. I'll give it to you later."

The boy immediately said happily: "Okay, uncle, you are so kind."

Li Huidong laughed and scolded: "You brat, just give you meat."

Seeing his wife and son coming, Li Huidong simply called his two apprentices in and asked them to have dinner together first.

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