From selling box lunches to becoming a famous Chinese chef

Chapter 96: Make your home more refined (please vote for me)

Feng Zhengming and Grandpa Feng were chatting in the kitchen while he was making preparations for cooking.

In order to make the dish more delicious, Feng Zhengming also used eggs and some chicken puree to make some quick temporary soup stock.

Feng Zonggu was a little surprised to see the way Feng Zhengming prepared the soup stock.

"So, you can make soup stock with eggs and chicken puree?"

Feng Zhengming said with a smile: "This is a simple method because I don't have enough time. If I really want to stew the stock and prepare it according to the cooking method, half a day is not enough. Today at noon, I can't make it in time, so I can only use this simple method." Way."

Feng Zonggu said: "Your method is very good. Was it also taught by your master?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, Master taught us that when we are in a hurry to cook, we can use this method temporarily."

Feng Zonggu said: "Lao Yan really has some ideas."

Feng Zhengming prepared a temporary soup stock and poured out the large prawns brought to him by his senior brother.

When the shrimps were poured out, the large prawns, which were almost half a palm in size, were all alive and kicking.

Feng Zonggu said: "These shrimps are so fresh. Did your senior brother ask you to bring them here?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, senior brother said, I must make vinegar-cooked prawns for you, grandpa."

When the old man heard about it: "Hahaha, your senior brother wants you to show us your skills. Vinegar cooking of prawns is a dish that shows some skills. If the shrimps are not fried well, it will not work."

Feng Zhengming said, "Grandpa, do you also know?"

Feng Zonggu said: "Although I don't know how to cook, I have eaten most of the Shandong cuisine. When I communicated with your master back then, I ate many of your master's dishes."

When Feng Zhengming heard this, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Grandpa, your relationship with Master seems to be unusual?"

Seeing Feng Zhengming ask, Feng Zonggu said cheerfully: "I've been waiting for you to ask this."

Feng Zhengming said: "Grandpa, can you tell me?"

Feng Zonggu said: "There is nothing that cannot be said. If you ask your master, you will probably know that your master and I have known each other very early. When we were teenagers, your master came to Quancheng to learn cooking from his master. Our family's cooking shop at that time was right next to the restaurant where your master studied cooking.

We are two teenagers and a half. Your master worked hard every day to learn how to cook, and I also learned how to cook meat from home every day. The two families were next to each other, and the backyard was often open. We got to know each other as soon as we went back and forth. "

Feng Zhengming asked while handling the fresh large prawns.

First, use scissors to twist off the shrimp head, and also pick out a small black sandbag in the shrimp head. Then use a knife to open the back of the shrimp on the cutting board, remove the shrimp lines, and finally trim the tail of the shrimp neatly.

Looking at Feng Zhengming's handling, Feng Zonggu said: "If you eat it at home, you don't have to be so meticulous."

Feng Zhengming said: "Grandpa, when we eat it at home, we have to make it more delicate. The sandbags in the shrimp heads are very dirty and need to be picked out. The shrimps made this way can be eaten with the heads together."

Next, Feng Zonggu looked on as Feng Zhengming prepared almost all the main ingredients and ingredients.

The dishes that need to be stewed are always stewed in the pot first.

For example, braised beef, braised pork ribs, and braised chicken nuggets must be prepared in advance and stewed in a pot.

For dishes that need to be fried first, Feng Zhengming also deep-fries them in separate pots.

After a busy morning, all kinds of dishes are almost ready.

After the stew came out of the pot, because the stove in the kitchen was limited, Feng Zhengming always served it out first, thinking that he could quickly return the pot to heat it before serving at noon, and then serve it directly.

As for the dishes that don't need to be simmered for a long time, Feng Zhengming cuts and mixes the ingredients uniformly, puts them on the plate and waits for cooking.

For example, when cooking prawns in vinegar, you need to fry the prawns in advance until they are crispy.

Feng Zhengming also cleaned and washed the shrimps, added a little salt to add a base flavor, and then patted dry starch on the surface of the prawns.     First, pat dry starch on the edge where the prawns are cut open.

Then coat the whole shrimp in dry starch.

Tap off excess flour so that each shrimp is evenly coated with a thin layer of starch.

Then wait until the oil temperature is about [-]% and put it in the pan to fry.

As the oil temperature rises, the shrimp shells will become hard when fried.

Feng Zhengming fished out the shrimp first.

Because it is the stove in Grandpa Feng’s kitchen, the firepower is not as strong as the stove in the canteen’s back kitchen, so you need to wait for the oil temperature to rise before re-frying to ensure that the whole shrimp is fried enough to be crispy.

When the oil temperature increased to [-]%, Feng Zhengming put the shrimps into the pot again and used hot oil to make the shrimps completely crispy.

The prawns are fried and put aside first.

At this point, basically all preparations have been completed.

Feng Zonggu watched the whole process. When Feng Zhengming completed the preparations, he couldn't help but admire: "Looking at your series of preparations for cooking, it's like seeing your master when he was young. Your master was also like this at that time. , these should be prepared neatly before cooking."

Feng Zhengming cleaned up the kitchen counter and said, "Master taught us these. Master said that before cooking, we must be fully prepared and not rush around while cooking."

Feng Zonggu said: "Yes, your master is such a serious person. When he was a teenager, he worked as an apprentice in the kitchen. It was very hard to practice these things every day, and if he did something wrong, he would be punished by the master. Beat him."

Speaking of this, Feng Zonggu asked: "Have you ever been beaten by Master?"

Feng Zhengming said, "Listen to the brothers, they have been beaten by the master, but I have not been beaten by the master."

Feng Zonggu suddenly laughed: "Hahaha, you are indeed the youngest, and Master is reluctant to beat you."

Feng Zhengming felt a little embarrassed.

Feng Zonggu then asked: "Are you ready?"

Feng Zhengming nodded: "Yes, everything is ready. When the second aunt and third uncle come back, I can start cooking."

The old man said: "Okay, don't stand in the kitchen, accompany grandpa to the yard to drink some tea. When they come back, let them wait for you to cook."

Feng Zhengming tidied the kitchen and checked that every dish was prepared before following Grandpa Feng to the small courtyard to sit down and drink tea.

While the grandfather and grandson were drinking tea, Grandpa Feng introduced Feng Zhengming to the situation of his family.

"It can be said that your second aunt is the most like me in temperament. Like me, she is stronger. At first, she went to join the army behind our backs, and later she worked in the army with your second uncle."

"Because your third uncle is the youngest and has been pampered since he was a child, he has a restless temper. Now he is a bad guy. He spends the whole day running around, saying that he has opened some kind of trading company. I will tell you what exactly he sells. Didn't even ask.

Anyway, they all have their own careers, I am too lazy to care about them, and they don’t care about me. "

Feng Zhengming immediately said: "Grandpa, I will take care of you from now on."

Feng Zonggu laughed happily after hearing this: "Hahaha, grandpa is very happy to have you as my company."

The grandfather and grandson drank two cups of tea.

Accompanied by a rush of footsteps, Feng Suying and Feng Jiandong finally arrived.

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