Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

Chapter 144 Fish and Lamb Stew

Qian Huairen let Yang Anzhang walk around the fields and even looked into several households' warehouses to confirm the feasibility of the dry seedling cultivation method.

Chunni fell into deep thought when she learned that Old Master Chu happened to bring back a few native crucian carp and a row of lamb chops when he went to the market in the commune.

Since the last time she parted ways with Lao Ma, Chunni had not opened the system for several months. She even forgot about the "Treatise on Febrile Diseases" she studied every day. She admitted that she was a little angry! Even a clay man would have some anger, not to mention Chunni who already had complaints about this so-called time travel. She did not deny that the system brought her a lot of convenience. At the same time, she felt that she was forced to move forward. This feeling reached its peak after opening the bookstore.

Therefore, Chunni was angry! She was unwilling to follow the system's rules. However, the scar on her stomach was still there, and the current scar removal technology could not help her solve her troubles. She urgently needed the legendary scar removal book.

Chunni hesitated and hesitated until she saw the ingredients her grandfather brought back. Then she made up her mind. Forget it, this time she would just make this fish and lamb stew that she had never heard of before! Then she went to the bookstore to buy the scar removal book and shut down the system without eating.

Chunni decisively took out a piece of pork belly and the hard-earned beef ribs from the refrigerator.

Fish and Lamb Stew

Ingredients: lamb chops, beef ribs, pork belly, native crucian carp, white radish, fish maw

Seasoning: Pixian bean paste, ginger, onion, garlic, Wuliangye, star anise, cinnamon, rapeseed oil, second-grade red soup, dried chili

Production Method:

1. Slice the pork belly and fry it until it becomes oily. Add the roasted beef ribs and beat into a sauce for later use.

2. Cut the white radish into cm thick oval shapes, simmer with Level red soup over low heat, and set aside the fish maw after it has been expanded.

3. Cut the lamb chops into -centimeter-long pieces, rinse off the blood, add ginger, green onion, and Wuliangye and soak them repeatedly to remove the fishy smell, then remove and set aside.

4. Add cooking oil into the pot, fry the slaughtered crucian carp until golden brown, then remove from the pot, add lard, add lamb chops and stir-fry until fragrant, then add Pixian bean paste, ginger, onion and garlic and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the fried crucian carp, add red soup and the prepared sauce to season, and simmer over low heat until fragrant and soft.

5. Put the lamb chops and fish maw into the pot, add the beaten sauce and season. Serve on the plate with the radish and pour the sauce on top.

Chunni looked at her watch and quickened her movements.

"Are you going to make fish and mutton tripe stew?" Old Mrs. Chu looked at Chunni busying herself, and a dish she had eaten in Chengdu when she was young emerged in her mind, and the words came out of her mouth.

Chunni took a break from her busy schedule and glanced at her grandmother. "Yes! The ingredients are suitable today, so let's try making it."

"Hmm, I didn't know you had this ability." Mrs. Chu originally thought that Chunni only knew how to cook some home-cooked dishes, but she didn't expect that her newly recognized granddaughter was so capable that she could even cook these kinds of dishes that were about to be lost. Yang Andang's wife said that Chunni was self-taught and went to a real agricultural university to study for several years. As soon as she returned to her hometown, she led the villagers to grow dry rice seedlings, which greatly increased the yield of every household. This skill is incredible.

"How can I help you?" Old Mrs. Chu knew that there were guests coming today and wanted to share the burden with her granddaughter.

"In addition to this fish and lamb stew, I'm also going to stir-fry some green peppers, dry-fry some cauliflower, and stir-fry some green vegetables. For soup, I'll have pickled cabbage and vermicelli soup. Grandma, do you think this is okay?"

Old Mrs. Chu was very satisfied. Although Chunni had already thought of the dishes, she was willing to ask her opinion. This was a respect for her, making her feel that she was an indispensable part of the family! However, a family can only have one mistress, so that there will be no chaos. She is not one of those bad mothers-in-law who compete with their daughters-in-law and granddaughters-in-law for the right to manage the house!

A harmonious family brings prosperity!

"Okay, I'll do whatever you want."

"Okay, grandma, go to the next room and get the vermicelli to soak, and then get some pickled cabbage from the jar." Chunni was not polite. There was no need to be so polite between family members!

Chunni and her grandmother were cooking delicious food, while Yang Anzhang and Secretary He were accompanying Qian Huairen and walking slowly towards Chunni's house.

"Comrade Qian, it's already noon. How about we go to the county town to have a meal before coming back?" Secretary He spared no effort to treat him to a meal in recognition of his contribution!

"Chun Ni has gone home to cook..."

Before Yang Anzhang could finish his words, he was interrupted by Secretary He.

"How can we go to the village to eat? It's so simple. Even if Chunni can cook two home-cooked dishes, I'm afraid Comrade Qian won't be able to get used to it! I heard that there is a restaurant called Chunni Restaurant in the county. The food there is good and cheap. It's really good."

Yang Anzhang did not say what he wanted to explain. He thought with some evil intention that if Secretary He knew that Chunni Restaurant was opened by Chunni, he wondered what he would think.

Qian Huairen looked at the smoke rising from the Shizishan Village and suddenly didn't want to leave. He recalled the time when he played freely in the countryside when he was young.

"Since I'm in Lion Rock, I want to try Chunni's cooking."

Secretary He had no choice but to follow.

The closer Qian Huairen got to Chunni's yard, the more fragrant the scent became.

"What smells so good?"

Yang Anzhang also sniffed hard to make sure he had never smelled this fragrance before.

"Hmm, it smells like fish. Wait, why does it smell like mutton? Fish and mutton are cooked together. What kind of dish is this? I've never heard of it. Is Yang Chunni messing around? She knew Comrade Qian was coming, but she still messed around..."

Old Master Chu, who came to open the door, heard Secretary He's somewhat inappropriate words and interrupted him with a fierce face.

"You haven't even fully grown your hair yet, and you're already here talking nonsense. Your mouth is for eating and talking, not for farting. If you don't understand, don't talk nonsense." Old Master Chu didn't care about Secretary He's face, which looked like it was about to bleed, and hurriedly led Qian Huairen into the yard.

Secretary He, whose hair hasn't even grown out yet, is already in his thirties, so how come he has no hair?

He looked carefully at Old Master Chu's clothes and appearance, and his anger instantly disappeared, like a deflated balloon.

Forget it. This old man is not an ordinary person, judging from his demeanor, he is just a small commune director and cannot afford to offend him. Compared with an old man in his sixties, he really has not even grown all his hair.

Feeling aggrieved, Secretary He followed the others into the yard.

"The smell becomes even more fragrant once we enter the yard!" Qian Huairen is not a person who cares too much about food, but he has to admit that one day he will be conquered by delicious food.

"Haha, you are young, you may not have eaten it. This is a classic Sichuan dish called fish and lamb tripe stew. Think about it, what word can be formed by putting the word "fish" and the word "lamb" together?" Old Master Chu also ate this dish when he was young, and he was amazed at it. After so many years, he has never met anyone who can cook this dish. He thought that eating this fish and lamb tripe stew again would be the time to collect footprints after death!

There is a saying in Lion Rock that when a person is about to die, he will go to the places where he has walked in this life to collect his footprints. When all the footprints are collected, there will be no trace of the person in the world anymore, and the person will die.

Although Qian Huairen was not a gourmet, he was a well-read scholar. He had heard of fish and mutton tripe stew, and when he heard the old man's introduction, his eyes lit up. Oh my god, he would go back to Chengdu and make that old guy Zhu Shunfeng envious to death!

Haha, isn’t he known as the number one foodie in Chengdu? You’ve never tried fish and mutton stew, have you?

Secretary He was shocked. He had just sworn that Chunni's family only had home-cooked meals, but now they revealed fish and lamb tripe stew. As a foodie, he had long wanted to try this famous dish!

However, this slap in the face came unexpectedly! Secretary He was so angry that he glared at Yang Anzhang, who had no tact. Yang Chunni had hidden a chef at home without telling him, and he was embarrassed in front of the leaders from the province!

Yang Anzhang touched his nose.

The group soon arrived at the dining room.

"Brother Qian, Secretary He, please come in and sit down. It's time for dinner." Chunni greeted them warmly.

Qian Huairen walked to the pot of fish and mutton stew, looked at it for a long time, and then spoke. "This dish has a good color, aroma and taste, it can be said to be a top-notch dish." This evaluation is very researcher-like.

"Come, have a try." Chunni asked everyone to sit down.

Secretary He's anger disappeared completely after seeing a table full of "home-cooked dishes". He couldn't wait to pick up a piece of fish maw and put it in his mouth. Wow, it was crispy and chewy. The lamb chops were soft and tasty, and paired with the sauce on the side, it was perfect.

Secretary He was immersed in the delicious food, so Chunni introduced Qian Huairen to her grandparents.

"Excuse me, uncle and aunt, you are such a great cook. Have you studied cooking?" Qian Huairen didn't think that Chunni, who had made remarkable achievements in agronomy at such a young age, could make the fish and lamb tripe stew, which was a complicated dish that was almost lost.

Mrs. Chu smiled calmly. "I don't have this skill."

"She can do nothing but cure diseases and save lives. This is Chunni's credit." Old Master Chu looked proud and moved his hands quickly. This time, the pork with homemade black beans and bean paste is delicious.

Qian Huairen looked at Chunni with some surprise, "Junior sister always brings me surprises. Good cooking skills cannot be acquired overnight."

"Yes! Yes! Chunni is really capable! She even opened a restaurant in the county! The business is pretty good."

Secretary He, who was busy eating, coughed a few times when he heard this, and couldn't help but raise his head and asked weakly: "Then the restaurant is not called Chunni Restaurant, right?"

"Look, the restaurant is so famous that its reputation has spread to the commune."

Secretary He suddenly felt that the food was no longer delicious. This slap in the face came too fast, like a tornado!

After dinner, Qian Huairen took Chunni to the mountainside, pointed at the rice fields, and said to Chunni: "This method of raising rice seedlings in dry land has been introduced a long time ago, and it has also been piloted in some parts of the country. It's just that no one is as bold as you, and you just do it as soon as you say it. The effect is not bad. This is a good thing."

Chunni understood what Qian Huairen meant. Individuals and government agencies have different ways of doing things. They require more rigor and pursue the combination of practice and theory. Therefore, this process will not be short.

As someone who has memories of her past life, she knew the feasibility of this dry seedling raising method, so she boldly used it in Lion Rock without any experiments. This was not a fluke.

"This dry rice seedling cultivation is being promoted well in your village, I will report it truthfully." Qian Huairen continued. "If possible, I will suggest that the higher-ups give you some room to develop."

Chunni was puzzled.

"Since you have grown dry rice seedlings in Lion Rock, I believe you will be willing to benefit the neighbors and teach them how to grow dry rice seedlings."

Chunni breathed a sigh of relief. She thought Qian Huairen would ask her to be a technician! She was used to being lazy and didn't want to be constrained. If it was just to guide the people in the neighborhood, she would be willing.

Qian Huairen did not intend to let a junior sister who was unwilling to obey the assignment after graduation to do research honestly. He squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, saying meaningfully: "It is not a waste of your ability to benefit your hometown."

Before leaving, Qian Huairen also told Chunni a good news.

"Shengda is going to open a branch in Tuo County. Maybe Brother Zhu will come too."

Chunni didn't hear the latter sentence at all. The only thing in her mind was that it would be more convenient to buy fertilizer in the future and she could get a discount. How much money would this save!

Chunni didn't care about the small profits, but the villagers needed it! She didn't feel guilty about poaching her senior brother!

After seeing off Qian Huairen and Secretary He who was reluctant to leave, Chunni became absorbed in thinking about the mushroom cultivation plan that was about to be implemented.