NOVEL NEXT Chapter 206 Roast Duck with Sour Plums
"Shopkeeper, the coconut drink shop has lowered the price again. Their drink is 2 cents cheaper than ours."
Early in the morning, Shui Xi came to the candy shop, and Atang, the waiter, told Shui Xi the news he had just inquired about.
It will be June soon, other shops are moving quite quickly?
"Where are the other sugar water shops and tea houses and drink shops?"
Those who imitate Shu Xi and open specialty tea shops, they feel inferior to Shu Xi in terms of service.
Their waiters are all handsome young men, and these shops are supported by Mrs. Beidu. If Shui Xi follows suit and blindly lowers prices, he is afraid that his shop will be dragged down to the point of closing.
Since the price and service cannot be compared, we can only put more effort into the ingredients and taste.
Fortunately, the freight boy Ma Baili delivered the fruits in time. Mao Xi made a lot of transparent fruit jelly using agar-agar and fruits. He changed the pattern every day and mixed it with tea to sell.
Just when she thought everything was fine, Liuxiang Snacks in Lihua Town encountered sales difficulties again.
She had just returned to the snack shop, and the assistant cook Xiao Qing had a troubled look on her face: "Shopkeeper, the meat dishes in the shop have not been selling well recently. Many restaurants in the town have recently started selling roast duck."
"Don't we have beggar chickens?"
"But the people were tired of eating. First, the cook from Zuixianju started selling roast duck. Later, Qingxianglou and other large and small shops also started selling roast duck. The business was very good. Some bought half of them home, and some directly sold them in the shop. I’m making a duck rice set here.”
Roast duck is no stranger to Mao Xi, but these people just followed the trend and started a roast duck craze in the whole town, which was beyond her expectation.
Of course Liuxiang snacks also require roast duck, but they have to be cooked differently.
Brother Ying often peddled in various alleys in the afternoon, so Mao Xi asked him about it.
"Brother Ying, which shop sells the best roast duck recently?"
"Sister Ah Shu, I think the restaurant with the most customers is Qingxiang Restaurant. They have launched a new roast duck feast. The chef will slice the duck meat for diners on the spot, and also use a kind of dough to wrap green onions and sweet sauce to eat."
Huh! Isn't this roast duck with sliced skin? When did Shopkeeper Hu know this method? Did it come from the north?
Without any time to think about it, Mao Xi continued to ask: "Which of these street food stalls sells the best roast duck?"
Brother Ying thought for a while and said: "I took a look and found that the roast duck leg rice at Aunt Wu's house in the south of the city is the best-selling one. She only sells one duck leg, puts it on the rice and sells it to the coolie laborers. The price is not expensive, only 10 yuan.”
If you take the high-end route like a restaurant, the environment of your own shop will not be able to keep up with it for a while.
If you only sell one duck leg to make a set meal, the profit will be lower.
Mao Xi looked through the various food plates of Liuxiang Snacks, and when he saw the Green Plum Banquet, he suddenly had an idea.
The roast ducks all taste the same, and the best quality is the roast duck made with fruity aroma.
If you can create a unique taste in terms of dipping sauce and taste, you can raise the price and attract some old customers to come back to eat.
"Xiao Qing, do you still have the sour plum powder?"
"Yes, the shopkeeper, the shop makes sweet plums and sweet potatoes, and always has sour plum powder on hand."
"You take some sour plums and make some sour plum sauce."
Summer is hot and people tend to be irritable. It is perfect to make "Sour Plum Roast Duck" with sour plum sauce and duck. It is sour, sweet and refreshing.
Mao Xi took a duck and began to prepare roast duck.
First, adjust the duck skin water: five spoons of boiling water, two spoons of white vinegar, one spoon of red vinegar, one spoon of grain distilled wine, and two spoons of maltose. Stir evenly and set aside.
The skin of the duck is thick, so you must first scald the duck skin several times with boiling water in the pot.
Then use the prepared skin water and pour the duck evenly.
After drizzling with skin water, prepare the marinade. You need to use three teaspoons of salt, sugar, bean curd, five-spice powder, sweet noodle sauce, and three tablespoons of sour plum sauce. Stir into the marinade.
Mao Xi poured another half a spoonful of distilled grain wine on the duck to remove the fishy smell, smeared the marinade all over the duck, and mixed it evenly with his hands.
The duck needs to be marinated for an hour and a half.
While waiting, Mao Xi and Xiaoqing made some more sour plum jam together.
"Sister, this sour plum sauce smells so good. Ajiao wants to eat it." The greedy sister Ajiao smelled the fragrance and grabbed the hem of Mao Xi's trousers to make a fuss.
The plum sauce has an attractive sour aroma and is golden and translucent in color, just like the maltose used to make sugar paintings.
Mao Xi took a small spoonful of the prepared sour plum sauce and gave it to her sister.
"Wow, sister, this is more delicious than sugar paintings!"
Mao Xi suddenly remembered the sour plum lollipops she had eaten when she was a child. Seeing that there was still some maltose in the kitchen, she used a wooden cake mold to make some petal-shaped sour plum lollipops.
A sour plum blossom is put into the translucent amber flower-shaped maltose and inserted on a bamboo stick. It looks very pleasing to the little baby.
Mao Xi made a dozen of them to sell together with the sugar paintings. Ajiao licked the sour plum lollipops and happily ran outside the shop to show off to the local dog preserved egg.
"Pidan, look, this is plum candy that my sister made for me~"
Put the marinated roast duck on a large plate, place a green onion on the bottom of the plate, add half a bowl of water, and put it in the kiln to bake for half an hour.
During the baking process, take it out and change positions to continue baking.
Pour the baking soup into a bowl, use a spoon to remove the oil floating on the surface, add half a spoonful of sugar and mix well.
Cut the roast duck into sections and put it on the plate, then pour the soup on it and it's done.
The roast duck was ready, and Mao Xi cut half of the duck for everyone to taste first.
Lu Da and Lou Lan'er, who had the most say in meat eating, had already picked it up eagerly with chopsticks.
This roast duck is not roasted hanging like other roasted meats. Instead, some water is added to the roasting pan, so the skin retains the crispiness of the roast, but the duck meat inside is not old at all.
The skin also has a hint of sour plum sweetness, which is appetizing and relieving, and very fragrant.
Luda finished chewing one duck leg and couldn't wait to pick up another piece: "Ah Shu, your roast duck still tastes sweet. I have only had soy sauce roasted duck before, and it doesn't taste as refreshing as this."
"I have only eaten braised roast duck. This sour plum flavor is quite appetizing and not greasy at all!" Xiao Qing was also impressed by the taste of this dish.
"Shopkeeper, are we going to sell it by dish or by dish in the future?" Zhang Xiucai asked. He had already started writing a new food label.
"We sell it in half portions. If diners need to keep it intact to take away, we won't cut it into pieces. If they are eating in the shop, we will cut it and put it on the plate."
At this time, several diners came to the shop and asked the waiter: "Waiter, does your shop sell roast duck?"
As soon as the Sour Plum Duck was ready, diners came. Ah Xing hurriedly greeted him: "My dear guests, you two are in for a treat today. The shop has a new Sour Plum Roast Duck. It tastes great, sweet and sour." Nen, want one?"
There is a sweet aroma of sour plum sauce floating in the shop, which makes people salivate.
"Boss, I heard that this restaurant is famous for its delicious food in Lihua Town. Why don't we order some roast duck with sour plums?"
The leader was also greedy, so he called out: "Second servant, as you said, I'll bring you two more pots of good wine and a portion of pot-roasted meat."
Ah Xing went to the kitchen to report the menu: "Shopkeeper, here is a customer. I want a roast duck with sour plums."
"Okay, Ah Xing, I'll give customers a 20% discount on this dish later. I'll say it's a new dish for an event. It's a 20% discount today."
The first diner arrived, and Mao Xi went into the kitchen and got busy.
"Ding~" The virtual mall's prompt sounded in my ears.
＜The system update has been completed, please receive the update gift package＞
Mao Xi clicked "Receive" and received the update gift package. She opened the update gift package curiously.
System prompt: ＜Obtain system compensation shopping coins, which can be used in the mall＞
The shopping interface of the mall has been updated. In addition to seeds, ingredients and kitchen utensils, tableware is also available for purchase.