Chapter 137 Luncheon Meat
Chapter 137 Luncheon Meat
After lunch, Xu Si began to teach the two sisters-in-law how to make luncheon meat.
After all, the sooner you learn, the sooner the hot pot restaurant can launch new products.
You don’t have to buy the meat now, because you will need it to make other meatballs, so you will purchase a batch every morning and use some of it first.
Now almost half of the pork at Li the Butcher's stall has been contracted by them, which has made other old customers very dissatisfied. They have complained that they cannot buy pork. But there is nothing they can do. Li the Butcher only kills two pigs a day. If you want to buy, you have to hurry up.
Those who can’t buy it have to buy from other people. They are used to not being shortchanged, so how can they tolerate seeing others taking advantage?
An old customer immediately started a quarrel with the other party and talked about the situation of Li the butcher's family during the quarrel. There were many people around listening, and now everyone knew that his family was honest.
The things that many old customers wanted to hide were exposed, and Li the butcher's business was in short supply.
The two women put down their work and stood beside Xu Si and watched.
Xu Si took a large piece of pork, cleaned it, cut off the skin, and separated the fat and lean parts.
Before, if she wanted to eat pork skin jelly, she had to ask Uncle Li to save the pork skin for her. Now, the shop can save a lot of pork skin every day, so she can achieve pork skin freedom.
Cut the fat into small pieces. As for the lean meat, use a meat grinder to grind it into minced meat. Put the two together and mix them evenly with your hands.
The seasoning is simply salt, sugar, cooking wine, soy sauce, ginger water, and a little bit of red yeast rice to enhance the color. Stir in one direction until it becomes strong, and set aside for later use.
Put some sweet potato flour in a bowl, add ice water, beat two eggs with one hand, stir evenly with chopsticks to make a batter.
Add small amounts to the meat filling several times and stir constantly.
Seeing her hands were red from the cold, Lou Yuexin wanted to take over the job, "Let me do it, you are still young, don't catch a cold, or you will have a stomachache."
Xu Si had no choice but to step aside, feeling warm inside.
Come to think of it, in this body she will be 15 in a month, and she still hasn't had her period.
It is said that most people usually have their period at the age of 12. It seems that I still need to see a doctor sometimes, in case there are any effects.
Xu Si stopped when the meat filling became sticky and could stick to the spatula without falling off.
According to the amount of meat filling, she prepared three large bowls with wide mouths, brushed oil on the bottom, covered it with a layer of wax paper, put the meat filling in, pressed it tightly with a spatula, and then smoothed the surface.
Place a plate on the bowl, put it into the steamer, and steam for 40 minutes after steam comes up.
When the time is up, take out the three pieces of luncheon meat and demould them.
Xu Si took a piece, cut it into small pieces, and let everyone taste it.
Shen Yanchen deeply reflected on his mindless behavior in the morning and was the first to praise, "It's so delicious, very chewy."
Unfortunately, his words were immediately drowned out by other people's comments.
“This color looks very appetizing.”
"It doesn't feel starchy, it's like eating meat."
Qi Ning didn't know how to describe it, and could only say "delicious".
"And there's juice in there, so it's great to just eat it straight away, not to mention hot pot."
Xu Si smiled and said, "There are many ways to eat this luncheon meat. I'll make some with it tonight."
There were so many people that one piece of luncheon meat was quickly eaten up, and she put the remaining two pieces away amid everyone's reluctant gazes.
The others also left the kitchen to avoid crowding, leaving only Xu Si and the two women.
After asking the two to repeat the steps, Xu Si nodded.
She emphasized seriously, "The key is to make the meat filling sticky in the end, otherwise it will be loose and not formed. The two sisters-in-law should pay attention to this when making it."
"Don't worry, Miss Xu. We got it."
The reason they were hired, besides being clean and skillful, was also because they had some basic knowledge of cooking.
However, Xu Si still needed to explain the ratio of ingredients to them, otherwise, based on their usual habits, they would be reluctant to add too much seasoning and the whole dish would be ruined.
At the beginning, the two of them were worried that they could not sell all the meatballs they made every day the next day, and they had a lot of inventory accumulated. They were afraid that if there was too much inventory, they would not be allowed to come, so they both slowed down.
Although she earns less every day, as long as she works, she can eat two meals in the shop and save food for her family.
After Xu Si discovered this situation, he thought about it and started a business selling hot pot meatballs.
Guests can buy some and then go home to make soup or dishes, and she also provides some ways to eat it.
Since this was introduced, more and more customers have come to take away their soup base.
This not only ensures the freshness of the dishes, but also provides the two of them with a steady supply of work, while also bringing in extra income, which is really killing three birds with one stone.
Under her guidance, the two successfully made it in front of her and then continued with production.
Today, Li Ruicheng was extremely careful when collecting the plates. He confirmed three times that the guests had left before taking the next step.
Although it is a little less efficient, it is not wrong at all.
In just one afternoon, a lot of luncheon meat was made.
Of course, there were inevitably a few things that were done wrong, but Xu Si didn't care and comforted the two of them. As long as there was progress, it was good.
Just put the two pieces that I left for lunch aside and eat the bad ones at night.
The so-called bad processing means that there are some holes inside because of air entering. It does not affect the eating, but it just does not look good.
She thought about it and decided to have some luncheon meat and seaweed fried rice.
Take two pieces of luncheon meat, cut them into small pieces, put them in after the oil is hot, and fry them. The originally light meat aroma will suddenly become rich, and serve when the surface is slightly charred.
Xu Si counted in his mind, the 4 people in the hot pot restaurant and the 12 people in the restaurant, a total of 16 people.
Take a bowl, beat 16 eggs, one for each person, stir well and pour into the pan to fry.
Heat up the leftover rice from lunch, add chopped eggs and diced luncheon meat, add salt and soy sauce, and stir-fry evenly.
At this time, the rice in the pot already looked very appetizing. Xu Si crushed the seaweed that An Yu had made and sprinkled it on top, making it look even better.
If there were only a few people eating, she might have pinched it into the shape of a rice ball, but with so many people, forget it and just eat it with bowls.
Naturally, she taught An Yu how to make seaweed.
It's too expensive to buy seaweed alone outside, and there are only a few sheets in a package. What's even worse is that sometimes it feels heavy in your hand, and when you open it, half of the package is filled with preservatives, which really makes you want to spit out sweet words.
She searched for tutorials online and found out that she could make it with seaweed, so that no one could earn her money.
The method is also very simple. Just tear the seaweed into small pieces, then pour half a spoonful of oil on it, and stir it with your hands to make sure the surface of the seaweed is coated with oil as much as possible.
Put it in a wok and stir-fry over low heat, being sure to turn it over frequently. Generally, after about 5 minutes, the seaweed will slowly turn green.
When most of it turns green, add the sauce mixed with sugar and soy sauce, sprinkle a handful of white sesame seeds, continue to stir-fry, and after the moisture inside is fried out, the sesame seeds and seaweed will also emit fragrance and taste crispy.
She collected the remaining seaweed and could use it as a snack later.
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