Chapter 199 Pot Pork
Everyone took a boat together and waited for the old sister-in-law to arrive. She took everyone back to Kaitang County and settled down Xiao Yun and Luo Li. Then Mao Xi returned to Liuxiang Snack Shop.
At dinner time, Shu Xi told Lou Lan'er what happened that day.
"What?! You went to Wulao Mountain to look for people, and... you even ate wild bitter melon!"
Lou Lan'er exclaimed loudly, attracting everyone's attention.
"Shh! Keep your voice down, Sister Lan'er, don't scare the guests. They have been brought back safely. It's okay."
Lou Lan'er pursed her lips and complained, "Okay, you and Brother Mu went out to explore the mountains. It's such a good thing, but you didn't take me with you."
"We were also looking for someone temporarily. We asked about Luo Li's whereabouts along the way and asked the old lady who was punting the boat to take us there."
Lou Lan'er likes to run outside on weekdays, so she was slightly regretful that she couldn't go out to explore today.
"Then tell me, what fun things are there in the mountains? You didn't pick some mountain wild mushrooms and only ate a few bitter melons?"
"The climate in the mountains is changing. If we hadn't started a fire, I would have frozen to death in the mountains. If you can't go down the mountain in the afternoon, I have to ask you to go to the mountains to save people. Sister Lan'er, don't go to Wulao Mountain either. , If you want to dig wild mushrooms, you can go to the mountains behind Liujia Village to find them."
Xiao Qing and Yaomei were on the side, listening to Ma Xi talking about today's adventure, and they were a little envious and said: "Shopkeeper, next time you go to dig wild mushrooms in the mountains behind Liujia Village, take us with you."
These wild mushrooms are not always available. On weekdays, whenever it rains, Mrs. Chen will go up the mountain to pick some and bring them to the shop to fry and sell them.
"Did grandma bring some wild mushrooms today?" Shu Xi asked.
Xiao Qing took some yellow boletus and milk mushrooms from the kitchen: "Shopkeeper, Aunt Chen brought these mushrooms today. Do you want to eat mushroom stir-fry tonight?"
Time flies so fast and it's dinner time.
Mao Xi touched her belly. She was a little hungry after spending a lot of time hiking today.
At this moment she wanted to eat meat, especially hard vegetables.
"These mushrooms will be used together with the meat skewers to make barbecue skewers at night, and I will make some hard dishes to eat at night."
Mu Zhiyuan's stomach also growled. It seemed that they were really hungry.
He smiled awkwardly: "Ah Shu, please give me some hard food. I'm also hungry after hiking today."
After saying that, he grabbed two fruits and ate them first.
Lou Laner smiled and took a large piece of pork tenderloin: "Shopkeeper, the tenderloin in today's market looked fresh and affordable, so I bought a few more pieces. Look at whether we will eat fried tenderloin or fried tenderloin tonight. Meat?"
Mao Xi touched this large piece of tenderloin. The strips of meat were smooth and the texture was clear.
"Let's make "Guobao Pork" tonight, I promise to fill everyone's stomach. "
Cut the pork loin into slices first, cut it slightly thickly, add salt and onion and ginger water to marinate.
"Xiao Qing, help me get some potato starch and adjust the paste."
Xiaoqing took some potato starch from the kitchen and cooperated with it quickly.
Mix potato starch and water in a ratio of one to one, and use your hands to form a white paste.
Xiao Qing brought the starch water over and said, "Shopkeeper, the starch water is ready."
Mao Xi put the marinated tenderloin slices into the starch water and spread them evenly with his hands.
Until every piece of pork tenderloin is covered with white juice.
Add more oil to the pot, first turn it on high and cook until it is six-cooked, then turn to low heat, use chopsticks to put the meat slices into the oil one by one and fry them.
Be patient in this step, don't put the meat down all at once, put it into the pan one piece at a time to avoid the meat pieces sticking together.
"Zizzizi~" The pork tenderloin was put into the oil pan, making a pleasant sound of frying. Mao Xi's stomach growled again, and the smell of fried meat made her even hungrier.
After two minutes, the meat slices will take shape and turn light yellow. Remove and filter.
Heat the oil in the pan again until it is eighty-cooked, pour all the fried meat slices into the oil, and fry again for 30 seconds. Fry the meat slices until red and take them out of the pot immediately.
This process of frying meat is simply too difficult for Mao Xi!
Ignoring the burn, Ma Xi grabbed a piece of freshly fried tenderloin, put it in his mouth and ate it first.
The original fried tenderloin is also good.
"Ah Shu, you've already eaten it?" Mu Zhiyuan, who smelled the aroma of fried meat, also entered the kitchen, grabbed a piece with his hands and ate it secretly.
Mao Xi fried two plates of pork tenderloin, and then fried them with sweet and sour sauce.
Use sugar, white vinegar, soy sauce, salt, and water to dissolve the sweet and sour juice in advance, then add a small amount of water starch to prepare it.
Pour the sauce into the pot and cook until thickened, then add the sliced meat, shredded onions, ginger, and carrots.
Quickly stir-fry and take it out of the pot and put it on a plate. The pieces of meat wrapped in the pot are golden and translucent, and the sour aroma is alluring.
"It's time to eat!" Mao Xi brought out two plates of pot-roasted meat and called the cooks to have dinner together as usual.
Xiaoqing brought a bucket of firewood rice to the table. Yaomei and Lou Laner also cooked a few dishes of stir-fries, as well as cold vegetables and braised vegetables.
Today, Mao Xi and Mu Zhiyuan's dinner was delicious, not to mention how delicious it was.
"Ah Shu, eat slowly." Lou Lan'er has never seen Shu Xi eat so fast.
"You guys also want to try it. How do you like this pot of pork? Compared with fried vinegar pork, which one is better?"
Luda: "This is stir-fried with sweet and sour sauce, and the meat is still so crispy. Boss, this pot of meat is more delicious. It's sour and sweet, so it goes well with rice."
With everyone's approval, Mao Xi tastes more delicious.
She not only loves to eat herself, but also loves everyone. She has a smile on her face when she eats every dish she cooks.
Ajiao couldn't put down the pot of meat. She had already grabbed the meat slices with her hands and started to eat them.
Mao Xi could only come to her sister and take the meat from her hand.
In order to get rid of the bad habit of Ajiao, a greedy little cat, who likes to grab food with her hands, Mao Xi really tried her best, but after all, she had no experience in raising children, so she could only coax her sister to learn to eat with a spoon.
The local dog preserved egg seemed to smell the aroma of meat and ran under the dining table and walked around the corner waiting to be fed.
Mao Xi made some rice mixed with a few pieces of pot-roasted meat, and took the local dog's rice bowl to the back kitchen yard.
The sweet and sour Guobao Pork goes very well with rice. There was not a bit of rice left tonight, and there was only half a plate of meat slices.
Mao Xi took some green plum wine and ate all the remaining meat slices with everyone else.
"Hiccup..." Mao Xi burped. After the meal, she came to the door of the food shop and took a few steps back and forth.
Mao Xi touched her belly and murmured to herself: "I can't make two plates of pot-wrapped pork next time. I couldn't help but eat too much."
She walked alone to the corner of the street under a willow tree.
There was a faint fragrance floating in the air, which seemed to be the smell of the sachet on Zhemei's body.
Mao Xi turned around and saw Zhemei and Yu Xiaochuan walking towards her together.
Are they two together?