[Red Mansion] A little chef came to the Grand View Garden

Liu Mei came to the small kitchen behind Jiang Yunxuan.She knew that Qianxue didn't have much time to stay in the mansion, so she quickly started processing the ingredients.

Seeing that no one was staring at her, Liu Mei immediately raised a kitchen knife, and said "dong dong dong" several times, and cut all the winter bamboo shoots into hob pieces, sautéed them with oil, and immediately added shrimp, broth and other condiments , boil over high heat, then simmer slowly over low heat, so that the umami taste of shrimp, broth and seasonings are all slowly absorbed into the bamboo shoots.

The winter bamboo shoots were rolling on the fire, and Liu Mei had already rolled up her sleeves, and quickly started making tofu skin buns.

This tofu-skin steamed stuffed bun dish is actually a controversial dish for textual research, and there are different ways to make it. However, Mr. Cao only left six words “tofu-skinned steamed stuffed bun” in the book.The old man didn't make it clear whether the buns were made of tofu skin, or the buns were made by chopping up the tofu skin and mixing it with other ingredients.

In fact, the attacker had already given Liu Mei a hint yesterday - she once said that it would be enough for Qingwen to make a drawer of bean curd skin buns for Qingwen to eat alone.

A drawer of buns, that is to say, the tofu skin buns should be steamed.

However, according to Liu Mei's research in her previous life, the bean curd buns may actually be fried - after all, Jia's kitchen always cooks greasy dishes, and even Jia's mother has some criticisms, so fried buns are not impossible.

Liu Mei thought about it, and decided to use the oily bean curd skin that was prepared in the small kitchen in advance to wrap the tofu skin buns.

To a certain extent, she decided to use this method not for Qingwen, but for Qianxue.Turn around and wrap the tofu skin and stuffing into blanks, deep-fry them in a frying pan, cut them into rolls, and put them in a bento box. Even if it cools down after a long time, it won’t be too unpalatable, but it will look like a small cold dish You can also eat.

On the contrary, the tofu skin buns given to Qingwen did not particularly concern Liu Mei.

All kinds of ingredients in the small kitchen are full of aromas, steamed ham, chicken melon, soaked dried shrimps, fungus, day lily, blanched mushrooms, fresh water chestnut... all cut into small cubes of the same size, seasoned After that, it is mixed to become a filling, and then wrapped with oily bean curd.

For those prepared for Qianxue, Liu Mei made them into the shape of spring rolls, ready to be deep-fried.

As for the ones for Qingwen, just to be on the safe side, Liu Mei finally "tied" the mouth of the tofu skin buns with hemp thread, and steamed them in the wok immediately after the steamer was filled with steam.

After those two things are done, the Braised Winter Bamboo Shoots in Oil is also ready.

The smell of braised bamboo shoots was coming out of the small kitchen, and even the woman outside came in, wanting to see what happened.

Liu Mei spread a layer of steamed rice on the bottom of her "bento box", and then neatly stacked pieces of bamboo shoots that had been stewed into golden brown in the box.The sauce flowed onto the rice below along with the bamboo shoots, and the rice was also stained with a particularly delicious taste.

On the other side of the bento box, Liu Mei cuts the fried "tofu skin spring rolls" obliquely with a knife, forming neat pieces, with golden roll skins and colorful fillings inside, which looks very exciting.

Liu Mei looked at it, but felt a little sentimental, quickly buckled the bento box, put it aside, hurriedly took the tofu skin buns for Qingwen out of the steamer, removed the twine, put them in a plate, stuffed them Into a food box.

She was really in a hurry to make the tofu skin buns this time, and the puffed buns were not pretty, so at this time, after steaming and removing the twine, the buns were a little crooked, not as good as the ones made for Qianxue.

Liu Mei is actually such a person—she cooks and makes snacks, and she will never make a difference in the degree of seriousness of the person who eats the food because of their status or wealth.

But today Liu Mei made the tofu skin buns, but she was really in a hurry, and it only reached [-]% of her usual dim sum level.

At this time, there was some movement in Jiangyun Pavilion, and everyone had already sent Qianxue out.Surrounding Qian Xue was a group of second-class little girls, Qingwen and Sheyue were the only ones among the first-class girls.

Seeing that she couldn't wait any longer, Liu Mei quickly rushed out of the small kitchen with the lunch box in one hand and the food box in the other, and said out of breath, "Xianxue... Sister Qianxue, I haven't had lunch yet." Rice? I have something for you!"

Liu Mei has been busy in the small kitchen for quite a while, there are beads of sweat on her forehead, and one or two strands of mischievous sideburns have also fallen down, falling beside her flushed cheeks.

Qianxue was carrying a burden, and she couldn't help being surprised when she heard what Liu Mei said.But when she took the bento box that Liu Mei stuffed over and opened it, she couldn't help being stunned.

In the lightweight walnut bento box, the steaming braised bamboo shoots in oil exudes a sweet aroma, and on the other end are neatly arranged small fried rolls stuffed with soybean skin, which makes people's index fingers move.

Qianxue just stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly pulled Liu Mei aside, stared into her eyes, and said very seriously: "Mei'er, my sister accepts your favor..."

When she said this, she was a little bit speechless.

Leaving Jiangyunxuan was originally Qianxue's benevolence and benevolence.But she didn't expect that the little girl who had only known each other for a day would treat her sincerely.

Qingwen came up next to her, saw the contents of Qianxue's bento box, and immediately said coolly: "Qianxue, you are really blessed. If you can cook something like this, you will be out , you have to earn a living just as well.”

Both Qianxue and Liu Mei were taken aback, they didn't think about it, but Qingwen had a quick mind and thought of it all at once.

Qianxue immediately turned her head to look at Liu Mei, and asked in a low voice, "Mei'er, can I?"

Liu Mei nodded - this is not her patent, but she learned it from others in her later life.If Qianxue can figure out this business by relying on her own skills, then, she is too happy to be in time, it can be regarded as a real help to Qianxue!

Qianxue was overjoyed, and immediately wrapped the bento box in cloth solemnly, hugged it to her chest, said goodbye to everyone, and was urged by her mother-in-law to go to the back door.

Liu Mei looked at Qianxue's leaving back from afar, and couldn't help being a little envious.After all, Qianxue was the first person she saw who left Baoyu and Jia's house voluntarily.It is amazing to have such insight and determination!

Qingwen stood next to Liu Mei at this moment, glanced at Liu Mei, lowered her head and smiled and said, "You girl, you are pretty good at making movies. How about it, what Master Bao told you, tofu skin buns, are you ready?"

Before Liu Mei could answer, Chunyan Jiahui and the other little girls were already hugging the food box that Liu Mei had brought over in advance, chattering and discussing: "What do you guys think is this?"

Qingwen gouged out Liu Mei, turned around to look at it, and Liu Mei heard her laughing: "You...you are far from the tofu skin buns made in Dongfu. Come, come, everyone come and see Look, what's going on here and there?"

While speaking, Qingwen had already taken out the plate of "tofu skin" buns in the food box.Jiang Yunxuan's little girls burst into laughter.

Liu Mei blushed a little, after all, her plate of tofu skin buns was indeed a bit "flawed".

Xiren had also come out with everyone to see off Qianxue, but now seeing Qingwen taking the lead and stepping on Liu Mei, she felt relieved at the time, and as soon as she lifted the curtain, she went in by herself.

Qingwen went to pick up a pair of chopsticks, poked Liu Mei's "buns", and said with a smile: "Buns made of tofu skin, I didn't expect that you actually used tofu as the skin to make buns!"

Hearing this, Liu Mei immediately wanted to reach out to cover her face with her hands - it can't be her fault, it can only be blamed on Mr. Cao for not making it clear.

Tofu skin buns. Tofu skin buns, after all, are buns made of tofu skin, but buns made of tofu skin mixed with stuffing-it's like a tongue twister.

And she suffers because she thinks about this dim sum too complicatedly.

Is it easier to make steamed buns with oily bean curd skin, or to make steamed stuffed buns with chopped tofu skin?She worked so hard to catch up with work, and she really made buns out of tofu, but she was still laughed at by these little girls in the movies—it was really pissing off.

Liu Mei looked at Qingwen and the little girls laughing together, she couldn't bear this tone.

Immediately, Liu Mei folded her arms, sneered at the sky, and said: "The people in Bao Erye's courtyard only have this little son's knowledge, it's really funny!"

Qingwen stopped laughing.She had seen the bento Liu Mei gave to Qianxue earlier, and she already had a general understanding of Liu Mei's craftsmanship and temperament.And she laughed at Liu Mei because of her nature, she was deliberately teasing others.

The laughter of the other little girls also fell sparsely.

"Do you think that the tofu skin buns made at the East Mansion are really buns made of tofu skin!" Qing Wen's voice was high-pitched and crisp, which was extremely pleasant to hear, but her tone was choking, and she seemed to be unreasonable. Forgiveness.

"You must know that in this world, the name of the dish is very different from the dish. It's gone. Not to mention the tofu skin buns, the tofu skin stuffing is also a tofu skin bun!" Qingwen, like Liu Mei, also hugged Arms folded, chin raised, looking at each other.

Liu Mei couldn't help being taken aback when she heard Qingwen say such a wise saying in the Chinese food industry.

Qingwen's first sentence is absolutely reasonable-after all, there are no ants in the tree when ants climb, and eating wife cakes does not mean having a wife, and the couple's lung slices are not served from the scene of a murder.

But at this moment, for her own dignity, Liu Mei had to refute Qingwen's words.

"Hehe," Liu Mei liked this word as her opening remarks very much.

"Do you think," she retorted, the same as when Qingwen opened her mouth, "there is only one kind of tofu skin bun in Dongfu? If you don't explain clearly, how would I know what kind it is?"

Hearing what Liu Mei said, Qingwen and the little girls were stunned.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mei was such an unreasonable person who refuted Qingwen's words in one sentence.

"Dongfu has stuffed buns made of tofu skin and stuffed buns with tofu skin. You only said it was tofu skin buns. How did I know that you only ate stuffed stuffed buns with tofu skin?"

Liu Mei's mouth was sharp, like a machine gun, knocking down the little girls who were listening.Everyone felt like a tongue twister when they heard it, and they almost fainted.

Qingwen was not knocked down, but frowned instead, "What a sharp-tongued little girl. You said that Dongfu also did what you did, with empty teeth, how can others believe you?"

As soon as Liu Mei heard that there was a door, she immediately smiled and said: "Sister Qingwen, you can try it, and Second Master Bao probably often praises the quality of Dongfu's drinks! Dongfu only makes delicious food. If it doesn't taste good, it's not too late for you to say I'm talking nonsense!"

After hearing this, Qingwen raised a pair of willow-leaf eyebrows upside down, poked the little bun wrapped in tofu skin with her chopsticks, picked up one with the tip of the chopsticks, and put it in her mouth.