Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

dry croquettes

Li Ku'er has been working in the back kitchen since then, following He Weiran, he can come and go freely.Moreover, Zhang Ma, who was the most difficult to serve in the back kitchen, left, everyone felt more at ease, and treated Li Kuer, a new acquaintance, with extra warmth and tolerance.

Although sweeping the yard does not require a lot of brainpower, it is tedious and tedious, and there is nothing to learn, and it is not classy to speak out.Working with He Weiran is different. Now I can watch her cook and listen to her instructions all the time. I don’t know if I can learn good cooking skills and go back. When people ask, they say that he is the servant of the chef in the palace. With face, it sounds like he is also good at cooking delicious food.

It has been seven days since I saw the river god A-Yan last time. According to her account, Li Kuer poured A-Kui with the bottle of spiritual water every night at midnight, and now it is only the last time.In the afternoon of that day, she invited He Weiran to visit her home at night to witness the effect that the God of the River did not want to disclose. Naturally, at that time, she had to stay at Li Kuer's house.

He Weiran readily agreed, and said he would make some snacks to take with him.When Li Kuer heard that there was something delicious again, he immediately asked what snacks he wanted to make.He Weiran looked at the sky and said, "This is the right time to make it. You can prepare the ingredients for me. Two scallions, half a piece of ginger, four taels of sweet potato powder, a catty of fat and thin pork belly, that's all."

Li Kuer listened to her orders, and didn't bother to ask what it was going to do, so he hurriedly prepared.He Weiran was very satisfied to see her swift and diligent hands and feet, and secretly thought that he really did not choose the wrong person.

After running in and out to prepare the ingredients, Li Kuer put the things on the table in front of He Weiran, and asked, "Sister He, is this piece of meat half-fat or thin?"

He Weiran looked at it, nodded and said: "It's about right. You go to scoop up a bowl of water, cut the scallions into sections, slice the ginger, and soak them in the water. There is also a knife there. Be careful when cutting." , and began to fiddle with the piece of pork belly, cutting it into small granular minced meat.

Li Kuer carefully cut the onion and ginger according to the instructions, and couldn't help being curious, and asked, "What exactly are you going to do?"

He Weiran didn't raise his head, and said, "How about dry croquettes? They are crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and they smell delicious. Children like you should like them the most."

At first, Li Kuer was still imagining He Weiran’s dry croquettes, and her saliva was almost overflowing. Suddenly, she was dissatisfied when she heard the last sentence: "How can you say that? I am not a child." She finished cutting the onion Soak ginger in a bowl and take it to He Weiran's side, then said: "But I also like dry croquettes. Hey, really...why do I seem to like eating everything?"

He Weiran smiled: "I like girls who are not picky."

Li Kuer was delighted when he heard this, and was about to ask, "Then do you like me the most?" He Weiran finished cutting the minced meat, and said casually, "I guess all the cooks are like me."

Li Kuer was disappointed, thinking about it was right, for a girl who loves to eat everything, which cook would not like it.Thinking of this, he swallowed the words back and obediently watched her make the meatballs.

He Weiran put the minced meat in a bowl and put it aside, then took the water soaked with onion and ginger, poured it into the four liang of sweet potato powder prepared earlier, mixed well, put it into the bowl of minced meat, and then added a spoonful of yellow sauce, A spoonful of thirteen spices, while mixing, said: "This dry croquette, if you want to make it crispy and delicious, you need to remember these points. First, the meat must be [-]% lean meat and [-]% fat meat. The proportion of the taste is the best.”

Li Kuer nodded, quickly took out a small notebook to write it down, and then asked: "Eh? There are so many fats, and they are deep-fried. Will it be too greasy?"

He Weiran replied: "In fact, it is not. In fact, when the fat is fried, all the oil will be squeezed out and melted into the oil in the pot. There is not much oil left to eat. And this The role of [-]% fat meat is to enhance the aroma of the meat on the one hand, and to make it soft and tender. If there is less fat meat, it will taste like wood."

"So this is ah……"

"Second point, remember that you must use sweet potato powder, because sweet potato powder is evenly viscous, and the fried shell is crisper than other powders. Third point, the water for mixing powder must use onion and ginger water, which is to enhance the aroma and remove the meat. The fishy effect."

"Can't you just mince the onion and ginger and mix it with the meat?"

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"Naturally not? If you add it directly, after frying for a while, the meat will be cooked, and the onion and ginger will be burnt. It will not look good, it will smell burnt, and the taste will not be delicate, and the color and aroma will be destroyed. "

"Oh, what about the fourth point?"

"Fourth, you must use yellow sauce instead of soy sauce. One is for seasoning, and the meatballs fried by the two will not be blackened. There is also the method of making the stuffing, which needs to be stacked like this." She demonstrated to Li Ku Seeing it, he said: "Remember, you need to stack the surrounding stuffing in the middle like this, layer by layer, until it is evenly mixed. Do not stir vigorously. This is also the secret to making crispy balls." At this point, the meat and sweet potato powder are also reconciled.

"Then it must be blown up?" Li Kuer guessed.

He Weiran shook his head, put the bowl of meat stuffing aside, turned around and went out to wash his hands, said: "Let it sit for two more hours, wait for it to ferment, let the ingredients be fully absorbed by the minced meat, and remove the excess Water, otherwise, how could it be called dry croquettes. After dinner, it will be almost done. Oops, I almost forgot the broth I was cooking just now..."

Li Ku'er took back the little notebook silently, it seemed that the rest would have to be finished at night.

"By the way, you should go home first, take the bowl of stuffing back home, and take a pot of oil, and fry it at your house tonight. And when you come back, bring a change of clothes, and go after bathing in the mansion today , to save you the trouble of fetching and pouring water.”

Li Kuer agreed, and went back with the food box, and went to the fields to do some farm work along the way, cutting the pigweed for tomorrow.

After dinner, Li Kuer and He Weiran went to the bathroom to take a shower together, and then went home.Not long after it got dark, every household just lit candles, and it was still lively.When they arrived at the place, Li Kuer hurriedly led him to the kitchen, lit candles, took out a small notebook and brush, and was ready to record.

He Weiran saw that she was so impatient and that she was serious about studying, so she couldn't help but patted her head and said, "Are you in a hurry to learn, or are you in a hurry to eat?"

Li Kuer squinted his eyes and looked at the bowl of minced meat that had been delivered for two hours: "Actually, I'm still in a hurry to eat. I only ate a little for dinner just now."

"Okay, okay, I'll do it now. Wash your hands first, and in a while, you and I will pull out the balls."

Li Kuer put down his pen and notebook, fetched water to wash his hands, and imitated He Weiran, squeezed the meat stuffing from between the index finger and thumb of his fist with his right hand, and scraped off the meatballs with a porcelain spoon in his left hand .At first, the balls were not very round, but after a long time of manual adjustment, the balls that were pulled out gradually became round after the technique became proficient, but the speed was really incomparable with He Weiran.

The 24 meatballs were neatly placed on two plates. He Weiran asked Li Kuer to wash his hands and get a pen to record, while he started to heat up the oil pan.

"The oil is [-]% hot, that is to say, the oil surface shows obvious signs of turning. At this time, put the balls." He Weiran said, putting the balls into the oil pan one by one, and the oil soaked the balls in just a moment. Wrapped in groups, white oil flowers appeared in the whole oil pan.

She took the colander again, flipped the balls gently, and said: "Fry until the surface is golden and covered with a hard shell, use a large colander to temporarily remove the balls, then take a spoon, press and tap on the balls, put The air inside is blown out, and the temperature of the oil below is high, and then deep-fried again in the pan. In this way, the fried meatballs are yellow in color and crispy in skin. It's out."

"Ah...it's really delicious." Li Kuer wrote down all the main points, and her stomach was already growling.She threw the notebook aside and ran over to get one, but was beaten mercilessly by He Weiran.

"Hey, aren't you afraid of scalding blisters? Bring your chopsticks and take it to the yard to cool off first."

Li Kuer quickly waved his hand: "No way, Sister He, it smells so fragrant, if you put it in the yard, it will definitely attract wild dogs."

"You're exaggerating too much. Well, let's put it in front of the hall first, and close the door so the smell won't escape."

The two moved their positions to the front of the hall, surrounded the table, and lit a candle in the middle of the table. In front of the candle was a dried croquette exuding a tempting aroma. One sat on the east side and the other sat on the south side. Stop asking, "Can I eat it, can I eat it?" He Weiran, who was sitting on the east side, was speechless seeing her in a hurry. It was just a snack, and she still ate a little food for it, and now she turned around and saw the meat. Like a wolf cub, with green eyes.

"Okay, let's eat first, and if I don't give you any meat, I'm afraid you'll eat the whole plate in a while."

The author has something to say: The whole chapter is teaching croquettes, are you eager to try?