Chapter 32 - Farmhouse Fried Pork
Chen Xiayue brushed a layer of egg yolk on the custard pastry and baked it in the kiln. Because the kiln is relatively large, twenty custard pastries can be baked at one time.
Chen Xiayue covered the custard crisps that had not been baked in time, then covered them with gauze, then washed her hands and waited for the custard crisps to be cooked.
The custard she made was different from what the book said. It was probably similar to the round egg yolk cake, and there was no other stuff besides the custard filling.
However, Chen Xiayue still believes that the custard cake she made tastes good, with a crispy skin and a filling that is full of milk flavor. She hopes that the custard cake she bakes in this earthen kiln will not fail.
“What would you like to eat at noon today?” Chen Xiayue asked Zhang Chengchuan while waiting for the custard in the kiln to be cooked. Her husband made a lot of money today, so of course he wanted to celebrate.
“What’s delicious?” Zhang Chengchuan saw that his kitchen didn’t have any ingredients, so what delicious food could his daughter-in-law make?
“Is there anyone who makes tofu in the village? Or do you want to buy tofu in the town?” Chen Xiayue asked. To be honest, she has been here for a while, and she has never eaten tofu.
“It’s true that no one in the tofu village makes it, but there are in town.” Zhang Chengchuan said, “How much tofu do you want? I’ll buy it later.”
“If you go to buy tofu, look for other dishes, such as fish and bean sprouts. When you go to town, bring a pound of pork belly to the eldest sister.” Chen Xiayue looked at the pork belly in the warehouse of her farm and said .
Although the pig farm can only harvest every 10 hours, and she only has two pigs, she can harvest 5 catties of pork belly every time, so she doesn’t feel bad about giving a catty to my aunt.
“Okay.” Zhang Chengchuan nodded, said hello to Chen Xiayue, and took the basket to the yard to pick a basket of vegetables, beans, water spinach, leeks, a handful of pumpkin tips, and a pound of pork belly. A basket full of vegetables hangs on the handlebars of a bicycle to go to town.
Chen Xiayue watched Zhang Chengchuan go out, and also read books boredly. Zhang Chengchuan bought a lot of books, and she planned to review them.
“Achuan’s.”
Just when Chen Xiayue was reading and waiting for the custard to be cooked, Hu Xiaomei next door came over to say hello to Chen Xiayue.
“Achuan’s family, we’re going to the river to see if there are snails and clams, do you want to go?” Hu Xiaomei asked.
“I’m not going, it’s almost noon, I have to prepare lunch.” Chen Xiayue said with a smile, she also wanted to join in the fun, isn’t it that there are still custard pastries at home?
“And there’s no one at home, there’s still something cooking in my pot, I have to watch.”
“Alright then, I’ll call you next time.” Hu Xiaomei didn’t have to ask Chen Xiayue to follow her, she just came over to ask politely. Since she didn’t have time, she wouldn’t force it.
Chen Xiayue looked at the small bamboo basket tied around Hu Xiaomei’s waist. In fact, she was also very moved, but she couldn’t soak in cold water for too long if she was not healthy. The weather was getting colder this season, so she couldn’t ignore her body.
The most important thing is that there is still custard cake at home that hasn’t been baked yet, so she can’t go out.
Zhang Chengchuan on the other side went out on a bicycle, and soon arrived in the town to find his eldest sister directly.
“Achuan, why are you here?” Zhang Chengyu was still surprised when he saw his younger brother. Why is his younger brother coming over from time to time recently?
“I’ll bring you some food.” Zhang Chengchuan handed the basket to Zhang Chengyu and said, “You bring the food in, I have to use the basket to buy the food.”
“You brought me food? You still want to buy food yourself?” Zhang Chengyu looked at his brother speechlessly.
“No one in the team makes tofu. My daughter-in-law wants to eat tofu, so I’ll come to buy some and see if there are any fish to buy.” Zhang Chengchuan said.
“Don’t think about fish. When I went there in the morning, I didn’t catch up with the fish, and it was already sold out. If there is tofu, you know where there is tofu, so go ahead.” Zhang Chengyu also I didn’t say anything wrong with my sister-in-law wanting to eat tofu.
Tofu is not very expensive, where is meat so rare? Zhang Chengyu looked at the pound of pork belly in the vegetable basket handed over by his brother, and didn’t say anything bad about his sister-in-law.
She knew very well that if his sister-in-law didn’t want to give her meat, even if Achuan insisted, it wouldn’t be as easy as it is now.
“Then I’ll go first, I have to hurry, otherwise I won’t be able to make lunch.” Zhang Chengchuan said after taking the basket handed over by his sister.
Zhang Chengyu looked at her younger brother’s back, looked at the dishes he brought over, and smiled. What she was most proud of was not being married to the town, but having a good family.
Zhang Chengchuan hurriedly went to buy tofu. Fortunately, there were still about two catties of tofu, and he bought all of them. By the way, there are also bean sprouts here that sell tofu, so he bought it by the way.
There is no more fish. Zhang Chengchuan bought tofu and bean sprouts. After looking at them, he went to buy green peppers and a piece of cabbage from someone he knew.
After buying it, Zhang Chengchuan went home, otherwise he would not be able to cook in time for lunch.
By the time Zhang Chengchuan returned home, the custard pastry had already been baked, and now there is still the last oven in the earth kiln, and it has to wait for 20 minutes before it is cooked.
“Is there no fish?” Chen Xiayue asked. In this era, it is really difficult to eat meat, and it is also difficult to eat fish.
“No, it’s sold out in the morning.” Zhang Chengchuan shrugged, “Why don’t I go fishing on the farm? Isn’t there a large area on the farm that surrounds the whole farm?”
Chen Xiayue thought for a while and said, “Then go ahead, if you can catch it, you can catch it, and if you can’t catch it, forget it.”
“Okay.” Zhang Chengchuan happily gave the dishes to his daughter-in-law, then pulled out the fishing rod and hook from nowhere, and entered the farm to prepare for fishing with the permission given by Chen Xiayue.
Chen Xiayue looked at the vegetables that Zhang Chengchuan bought. She was going to make Mapo tofu, farmhouse fried pork, shredded cabbage and boiled pork slices.
Chen Xiayue washed the tofu and cut it into cubes, and washed the pork and cut it into minced meat. Pork is indeed finely cut into minced meat, no need to chop into minced meat.
Wash the green onions and cut them into chopped green onions, wash and mince the chili peppers.
Chen Xiayue washed the pot over the fire, and after the pot was hot, added corn oil, and then put the minced pork and Chaotian pepper in it and sautéed it. Pour in the cooking wine, add the tofu, and then pour in an appropriate amount of water.
Add bean paste, dark soy sauce, salt and chili powder and stir-fry for two minutes, then add pepper powder, monosodium glutamate, minced green onion and chili oil and stir-fry well before serving.
Chen Xiayue’s Mapo tofu is of course a family practice, which is not very authentic. After all, the authentic Mapo tofu is made of beef, and Chen Xiayue has not studied Sichuan cuisine systematically, so this Mapo tofu is not that authentic.
After washing the pork belly, put it in a pot and blanch for a while. Wash the green peppers, remove the stems and seeds, and cut them into strips with an oblique knife. Remove the pork belly, wash it and cut it into thin slices.
Drain the water in the pot, wash the pot, add oil and heat it up, add garlic slices and shredded **** and fry until fragrant, put the meat slices into the pot, add a little salt, stir fry for a while and remove.
Add green pepper strips and stir-fry, add chopped peppers and sliced meat, stir-fry evenly, add vinegar, cooking wine, willyou, and tempeh, stir-fry to taste, and then serve.