flstandardbreds Chapter 164 Is this hot pot?
Chapter 164 Is this hot pot?
Qian Fulai looked puzzled. In his understanding, he really didn't know what was so delicious about hot pot.
It doesn't have any other significance besides eating a hot pot.
Tian Tian couldn't explain it to him clearly, so she could only...
"In a few days, I'll make a hot pot and invite you and your godparents to come and try it!"
The reason for the wait is that various varieties of chili peppers are being harvested one after another.
Erjingtiao chili peppers have a moderate spiciness, thin skin, thick flesh, and a fragrant flavor. After being picked and dried, they become dried chili peppers.
Beauty peppers are made with fresh peppers, and their chili content is relatively low. They are mainly used to complement green peppers for color.
Starfish has a medium level of spiciness and color. Its advantage is that it won't fall apart or cloud the broth even after long-term heating, making it ideal for stir-frying hot pot base.
Bird's eye chili peppers are small, thin-skinned, thick-fleshed, and highly spicy. They are excellent whether fresh or dried.
Long green peppers are usually made with fresh peppers, and they are not very spicy but have a rich flavor.
Seven-star chili peppers, red millet peppers, even spicier!!
Bullet chili peppers can be used to make pickles and red soups, or they can be dried and ground into chili powder.
Wrinkled peppers are not very spicy and are suitable for stir-fries.
Shizhu red peppers are suitable for stir-frying hot pot base or making chili sauce.
The new generation is suitable for stir-frying hot pot base or making chili powder.
Chili peppers were the most common condiment in Tian Tian's time, and different varieties of chili peppers had very different flavors.
Their uses are also different.
Among them, Starry Sky, Stone Pillar Red, and New Generation are most suitable for stir-frying hot pot base.
Tian Tian notified the fields, and the freshly picked baby's breath, stone pillar red, and new generation were delivered to Baiwei Restaurant.
She then went to the spice shop and bought spices that existed in this era, such as Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon, and bay leaves.
Everything is ready, let's start stir-frying!
Instead of butter, use lard and vegetable oil, and slowly fry it in a pot... Add white wine during the process to remove any unpleasant odor.
Turn the heat down to low, then add the ingredients with a high water content, such as ginger slices, garlic, onions, and scallions, along with half of the spices. Spray the wine in several batches, let it simmer for a while, and then remove the solids.
Reheat the oil in the pan, then add minced ginger and garlic and fry until golden brown. Add fermented bean paste and stir, then add rock sugar...
Next, while it's still hot, add all kinds of chili peppers, then add the remaining half of the spices, stir well, and then add the cooked and mashed chili paste.
Once small bubbles appear in the pot, add ground Sichuan peppercorns, white pepper powder, and various seasonings...
Simmer slowly...
The shop assistant, whose store was being renovated in the front yard, sniffed the air...
"A chirp!"
"Achoo~~"
"What's this smell?"
"smell good."
"so spicy."
The aroma is rich and oily, with multiple layers of fragrance created by the combination of various spices and oils...
Delicious...
Spicy...
"What is the second young lady fiddling with?"
"This smells so good!"
"It still smells like mom."
Is this a new dish?
"It must be a new dish, my mouth is watering."
The waiter exaggeratedly gasped for breath...
"Me too..."
But he wasn't the only one who exaggerated.
People walking past the entrance of Baiwei Restaurant couldn't help but stop and ask, "What's that smell? It smells so good..."
"It seems to be those chili peppers that Tian Er's daughter grows. Fu Lai Restaurant has many new dishes made with chili peppers."
"Oh, the smell of this dish makes me crave the spicy blood curd from Fulai Restaurant again."
"Let's go to Fulai Restaurant."
They went to Fulai Restaurant, but Qian Fulai, Qian Haiduo, and Mrs. Qian from Fulai Restaurant went to Baiwei Restaurant instead.
"Godfather, Godmother," Tian Tian greeted at the door.
Today is the day to test the hot pot.
Based on her memory of how to make it, Tian Tian created a lard-substitute version of beef tallow hot pot base.
She knew, of course, that her haphazard attempts could not compare to the wisdom of her time.
It can only be considered a... 40% replica.
But for someone who wasn't born in a place where hot pot is popular, the smell of the broth already...was very enticing.
And the ingredients for hot pot...
She could only prepare a very small portion.
Vegetables include spinach, garland chrysanthemum, lettuce slices, corn, and cabbage.
Soy products include tofu, frozen tofu, fried tofu skin, crispy fried tofu rolls, and fried tofu puffs.
Meat includes pork belly slices, ribs, bones, kidney slices, etc.
Fish and shrimp, including shrimp, shrimp paste, fish balls, and fish slices.
There were also freshly made potato noodles.
We used a modern electric hot pot with two separate compartments; we prepared two.
One side of the pot contains lard hot pot base, and the other side contains mushroom base.
The other pot has a tomato broth base on one side and a sour soup broth base on the other side.
"Is this a hot pot?" Qian Fulai was completely dumbfounded after sitting down.
In his memory, hot pot consisted of prepared soup and dishes placed on a charcoal fire...
But in the pot in front of me... the broth is boiling, but the vegetables are all on the outside.
Qian Haiduo considered himself to be quite knowledgeable, but he had never seen a hot pot like this before.
"This isn't a hot pot, is it?" Mrs. Qian asked.
Lu Tao, Liu San Niang, and Tian Xiang had never eaten hot pot before, so they didn't know what it was like.
All they know is...
They arrived earlier than Qian Hai and the others, and had been smelling the alluring fragrance for quite some time.
"Godfather, godmother, let's eat first, and talk while we eat."
Tian Tian invited everyone to sit around the table. Two hot pots were placed in the center of the table, and the power cords under the hot pots dangled down beside her and were plugged into a power bank.
She has already instructed the workers who renovated the shop to lay wiring underground according to her blueprints.
Once the restaurant officially opens, the wiring for the hot pot and the power bank will be buried underground.
Qian Haiduo picked up his chopsticks, but didn't know where to start.
After a long pause, he asked, "Daughter, how...how do you eat this?"
The vegetables were all raw, and the pot was boiling hot but empty.
Tian Tian first put the shrimp paste, fish balls, ribs, and bones into the pot, saying, "Just put whatever you want to eat into the pot."
Distribute evenly in four pots...
"It's ready to eat once it's cooked."
The ribs and bones were blanched beforehand, and the shrimp paste and fish balls cooked very quickly.
In a short while, the pot boiled again, and the shrimp paste and fish balls floated to the surface...
"It's ready to eat."
"Everyone can try all four pots and see which one they like best."
The lard hot pot broth has a rich and mellow aroma, is spicy but not dry, and has a lingering numbing sensation.
The tomato broth is sweet and sour, with a rich tomato flavor and delicious taste.
The mushroom broth hot pot is incredibly fragrant.
Sour soup hot pot is sour and spicy, and it whets the appetite.
After listening to Tian Tian's description, Qian Fulai felt it was too troublesome.
They spend money to eat at restaurants, isn't the point to have convenience?
As a result, you have to manually pick the food out of the pot and put it in yourself...
We still need to wait for the vegetables in the pot to cook...
Then eat.
Isn't that too much trouble?!
Qian Fulai frowned subconsciously and reluctantly picked up his chopsticks...