NOVEL NEXT Chapter 84 Douban Sauce
After listening to Brother Chunsheng's description, since peppers are so easy to sell, all major stores must sell pepper-related food.
Mao Xi asked Mu Zhiyuan for help. When he had time, he went to Qingxiang Restaurant and other restaurants. After some research, he found that only Qingxiang Restaurant had four signature dishes related to chili peppers.
Other restaurants don't use chili peppers much, and they usually use chili peppers for seasoning.
"So Aunt Baozhu's chili must have been bought by Qingxiang House." Mao Xi analyzed, "Brother Mu, tell me, what are the four chili-related dishes you have eaten?"
"Actually, these are not new dishes. They are also available in Beidu Restaurant. They just adjusted the original spicy condiments and added chili peppers."
"Brother Mu, please stop being so pretentious and tell me what kind of dishes are there?"
"The first course is spicy ginger fish soup, which was originally seasoned with ginger mustard, but now it has been improved by adding chili pepper; the second course is spicy tofu, which is fried tofu with spicy millet added; the third course is spicy stir-fried chicken with seasoning It used to be just pepper and Sichuan peppercorns, but now a lot of peppers are used for seasoning; the fourth dish is ginger and spicy bamboo shoots, which also uses a lot of peppers."
After Mao Xi learned about it, he confirmed that Qingxianglou currently does not use chili peppers as a dish, but as a seasoning.
This also gave Mao Xi the idea of making spicy dishes to increase the variety of the menu.
Spicy dishes require a variety of seasonings to complement each other. There are several kinds of peppers, such as pickled peppers, chopped peppers, bell peppers, millet peppers, Erjingtiao, Huangdi peppers...
At present, she has made some homemade minced pepper sauce to make fish-flavored shredded pork. The peppers grown in the field are mainly green peppers, millet peppers and Erjingtiao.
Mao Xi decided to sell two common Sichuan dishes first: Mapo tofu and boiled pork slices.
But both of these dishes require Doubanjiang, and what should I do if the virtual mall doesn’t sell it?
Then do it yourself! This is not a problem for Mao Xi.
She just happened to buy a lot of broad beans from Brother Chunsheng, and she made moldy douban in advance.
There are a lot of Erjingtiao peppers in the kitchen, so Xiaoqing helps to remove the stems, wash and drain the pepper heads.
Ma Xi took out the moldy watercress from the jar. Mrs. Chen saw that the watercress was moldy and asked, "Ah Shu, can you still eat the watercress even if it's moldy?"
Mao Xi nodded and said, "Auntie, it has to be moldy to taste. This is the soul of making bean paste."
Lou Lan'er grabbed a handful and smelled it: "This moldy douban smells so good!"
After washing the moldy watercress and draining it, the younger sister Ajiao grabbed a handful of broad beans and stuffed them into her mouth.
Chop the peppers, ginger, and garlic, mix them with the moldy bean paste, add a small amount of cinnamon, star anise, peppercorns, white sugar, white wine, and a lot of salt. Miao Xi makes a whole pot with fifty kilograms of seeds.
Luda was very strong and helped stir it evenly, then poured it into a large vat, poured cooked rapeseed oil on top to prevent mold growth, and sealed it for one month.
It will take another month to marinate, and everyone is looking forward to this vat of bean paste.
After sealing the doubanjiang, Mao Xi and his family packed up the shop and prepared to close up and return to the village.
A monk carrying a cloth bag came to the door, attracted by the aroma of bean paste.
"Master, I'm sorry, our shop is closed and there are no fast meals."
The monk held an alms bowl and said: "Amitabha, I would like to ask the donor, your shop is making sauce. This sauce is rich in bean flavor. Can you give me a spoonful of it and let it be eaten with porridge, steamed buns and tofu when you go back?"
Mao Xi remembered that there was no temple in Lihua Town, and there was only one Taoist temple in Kaitang County.
"Master, are you wandering around here?"
"Exactly, I come from Cangshan Temple in the Central Plains, and now I am settled in a deserted temple on the outskirts of Liujiacun."
Seeing his kind-hearted look, Mao Xi stepped forward and said, "Master, the front section of the deserted temple has been dug up and buried. It's in a dilapidated state, so I'm afraid it's not suitable for practice."
"That's why I stay in the deserted temple, not only to save the souls of the dead, but also to save all living beings."
Mao Xi returned to the kitchen and poured a spoonful of chili sauce for the cloth-bag monk.
"Master, the bean-flavored sauce is not ready yet. This spoonful of chili sauce can also be mixed with tofu and eaten with rice."
Budai monk thanked Shu Xi and returned to the deserted temple in the back mountain.
Since the murder, the villagers have not dared to go to the deserted temple in the back mountain.
Out of curiosity, Mao Xi went to the field to water the vegetables the next day, took the rhubarb with him, and ran to the deserted temple to investigate.
I saw the Budai monk cleaning the deserted temple cleanly and neatly, and all the green mushrooms on the grass were removed. The holes on the roof of the abandoned temple have been repaired, and several fields have been cultivated around it, where vegetables, onions, ginger and garlic are planted.
Mao Xi went up to visit Budai monk and took two roasted sweet potatoes that he had with him.
"Master, are you here? Here are roasted sweet potatoes for you."
The Budai monk came out of the temple, took the roasted sweet potato and took a bite: "Well, it tastes so good!"
"Master, you have taken care of this place so well!"
"I didn't do it alone. Captain Zhang also helped a lot. No, he should be called Captain Zhang now!"
"Do you know Mr. Zhang?"
Monk Budai nodded: "He is the son of a good friend of mine before becoming a monk. There was a murder case here. Captain Zhang invited me to come here to save the souls of the dead. Unexpectedly, the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, so I regarded this as a place of practice."
"Master, my name is Mao Xi. I live in Liujia Village and open a snack shop in Lihua Town. We met yesterday."
"Lao Na was originally a monk from Cangshan Temple. His Buddhist name was Wenyuan. He is so good!"
After bidding farewell to Monk Wen Yuan, Mao Xi returned home. The local dog Dahuang did not follow him, but squatted by the temple, wagging his tail and watching the old monk chop wood.
A month later, the doubanjiang was completed.
After opening the sealed lid of the bean paste, the aroma emanated. Mao Xi poured the bean paste into a small jar.
It was lunch time, so she immediately turned on the fire and made Mapo Tofu.
Chen took a bite and found that the bean flavor of the tofu was supplemented by the spiciness of ginger, garlic, Sichuan peppercorns, and chili peppers, giving it a rich taste.
She took another spoonful of rice and took a bite with it: "Ah Shu, this dish is really good for rice. It's even more delicious than that Yong Tau Fu!"
"Are you really going to eat it?" Lu Da also tried a bite, but couldn't stop eating. He kept eating one mouthful of mapo tofu and one mouthful of rice.
"Amitabha!" I don't know when Monk Wenyuan was standing outside the store, "May I ask the donor, has your sauce been made?"
Mao Xi invited Monk Wenyuan into the store and asked him to try this vegetarian dish.
"Donor Ah Xiao, does this dish have a name? This is the most fragrant vegetarian dish I have ever eaten in my life."
"Sesame-flavored tofu." After Mao Xi finished speaking, he took a jar of bean paste from the kitchen and gave it to Monk Wenyuan, "Master Wenyuan, this jar of bean paste is for you. You can add some to stir-fry vegetables later to make it more fragrant."
"Thank you so much, donor!" After Monk Wen Yuan thanked Shu Xi, he was about to leave Liuxiang Snacks when he bumped head-to-head with Mr. Zhang who came to the door!
"Master Wenyuan, how are you living in that deserted temple?"
"Thank you Zhang Captou for helping with the repairs. I might as well take a step forward."
Everyone hadn't seen Zhang Captou for a long time, so Liuxiang Snacks became a lot more lively.
Zhang Cap ordered some homemade stir-fries and a pot of tea. As soon as he sat down, Lou Laner came up and asked, "Zhang Cap, you haven't been to our store for a long time. Are you still busy recently?"
Zhang Captou took a sip of tea and sighed: "I'm so busy! Recently, an old shopkeeper of a bank in Kaitang County came to the government office again and again, saying that he had lost the gold ingot on his bedside, and that he had dreamed about it. Do you think it's strange that the money flew into the air and arrived at the old shopkeeper's house in Lihua Town Bank?"