Chapter 139 I want to treat you to a meal
Lingnan people can be said to be leading the country in making soup.
If you have any objections, please see the gout and uric acid rankings in each province.
Generally speaking, soups are divided into boiling soup, clear soup and old fire soup. The cooking methods include steaming, boiling, stewing and stewing. Different ingredients and different effects require completely different methods.
It doesn’t matter what pot you use, and the casserole may not always be ready. The key lies in the materials and heat.
For example,
Chen Jingle now wants to cook a pot of chicken soup that nourishes qi and blood, and the whole chicken is put in, so the "stewing" method is suitable.
When there is enough water in the pot to cover the chicken, simmer it for at least an hour and a half.
If there is not enough time, the flavor of the meat cannot be stewed, and it will taste better than bath water at most, but it cannot be called a good soup.
The amount of water must be sufficient.
Otherwise, there may be too little soup in the middle and you need to add water.
Adding water a second time can easily destroy the taste of the original soup.
Place the whole chicken in a pot of cold water, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to medium to low heat and simmer slowly.
Clean the fresh free-range chicken, there is not much foam that needs to be skimmed off, and after the water boils, you can add the asparagus first.
Because other medicinal materials will become bitter or discolored if cooked for too long, so you can add them later. Especially red dates and Codonopsis pilosula.
When it's almost cooked, find a suitable opportunity to put in all the remaining ingredients.
If you want to make it very clear and delicious like a restaurant, you have to steam it over water.
Otherwise, after the water boils, the meat foam will boil and churn, making the soup base turbid.
There are ways to make the turbid soup base clear.
As mentioned before, use minced chicken to clean the soup.
Chen Jingle prepared a small piece of chicken breast, which he would use to chop the minced meat into the soup later.
……
"What's for dinner?"
As soon as Chen Qiyun arrived, she rushed to the kitchen as if she had installed a dog nose detector.
"Chicken soup." Chen Jingle moved a stool and sat at the door of the kitchen so that he could watch the fire while playing with his mobile phone.
"What else?"
"No more."
Chen Qiyun frowned: "Just chicken soup?"
I thought there was some big meal.
Even if it's not a big meal, it's at least similar to the big plate of chicken at noon.
Chen Jingle looked at her sideways: "You don't have to eat if you don't want to eat."
Chen Qiyun groaned angrily: "Just eat, just eat!"
Not only eat, but eat a lot!
Although she doesn't like soup very much, the soup made by Chen Jingle is an exception. The five-finger peach stewed chicken soup I cooked last time was delicious and left an endless aftertaste.
I think it will be cooked well this time.
After sending Chen Qiyun to watch a bilingual travel video, Chen Jingle washed another handful of cabbage sums.
In fact, I still have to make some choy sum for soup, but I haven’t boiled the chicken soup yet, so I have no way to start with the choy sum for soup.
An hour and a half passed quickly while scrolling through my phone.
Even without opening the lid of the casserole, the kitchen is already filled with the aroma of chicken soup. The flavors of chicken, dangshen and astragalus root are perfectly blended in the chicken soup.
At this time, pour the minced chicken and start sweeping the soup.
When the soup is finished, add some salt to taste, and you will have a perfect pot of high-grade chicken soup.
Scoop two spoons out to make a light and delicious vegetable soup, then chop the whole chicken and put it on a plate.
Dinner is done!
Tonight's rice was a little undercooked, mainly a whole chicken. Chen Jingle was afraid that he wouldn't be able to finish it, so he didn't want to leave the rice overnight.
Even the soup and cabbage are made in small portions.
No need to wait for him to shout, Chen Qiyun came over automatically when she heard the sound of washing pots.
When I saw that in addition to chicken soup and chicken, there was also a small dish of cabbage on the table, I immediately smiled.
What, there are obviously other dishes.
Wash your hands, take the bowl, and serve the soup, all in one go.
The soup has just been cooked and needs to be cooled down with a fan before you can drink it. As soon as she could eat it, Chen Qiyun couldn't wait to pick up the bowl and open it carefully.
Chen Jingle asked: "How is it?"
"It tastes good!" Chen Qiyun didn't even bother to answer.
Watching her finish the bowl in a few seconds, Chen Jingle was speechless: "Zhu Bajie eats watermelon, be careful not to get burned."
“What’s in this soup?”
After Chen Qiyun finished a bowl of chicken soup, she let out a breath of joy and asked curiously.
The chicken soup was crystal clear, but the taste was extremely delicious. It was not at all greasy like the soup made by her mother or grandma.
Feeling can be described in just two words: comfortable.
After drinking it, I felt that my whole body was warm, and the fatigue of the past few days was gone.
Chen Jingle narrowed his eyes slightly: "Want to learn? I'll teach you."
Chen Qiyun did not answer immediately, but thought for a moment: "What are the red dates and what? It feels like there are medicinal ingredients."
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"Codonopsis pilosula, Astragalus root, Angelica sinensis."
“Why can’t I see chicken fat?”
"Sweep the soup with minced chicken."
"..."
Chen Qiyun finds it amazing that chicken minced meat can actually make chicken soup clear.
Learned.
In fact, Chen Qiyun also has spleen deficiency.
You can tell from the fact that she didn't like to eat before and didn't absorb the nutrients after eating. She always looked like a malnourished little pea. Recently, after the food at Chen Jingle's side was improved, his face gradually became rosy.
In addition, the season was changing during this period, so this pot of chicken soup was really to her liking.
A bowl of warm chicken soup makes everyone feel better.
After drinking two bowls in a row, at Chen Jingle's urging, I started to eat vegetables.
A whole chicken, plus a dish of cabbage, I'm afraid it won't be finished and wasted.
If it was Chen Jingle from before, it would definitely not work. Fortunately, his appetite has increased greatly recently, so he didn't gain much meat and his appetite increased first.
In the end, through the unremitting efforts of the two, they successfully eliminated both dishes.
Chen Jingle ate most of it, almost as much as three Chen Qiyun.
It was a bit full, but he was glad that the chicken he bought was a little small, otherwise he might not be able to finish it.
Finally there was a bowl of soup left, which he fed to the tiger cub.
Chen Jingle’s cat knows how to drink soup and likes it very much.
All I can say is that it is a local cat.
……
Because he had eaten too much, all the blood had gone to his stomach, making Chen Jingle a little sleepy.
Lying on the rocking chair not wanting to move.
Chen Qiyun held her tablet and continued to watch the bilingual travel video she had just finished.
It wasn't until it got dark and Chen Jingle felt he had rested enough and was ready to water the flowers that he pushed her back.
Then prepare to take a bath.
But when he was lying down just now, he remembered something.
I had previously said that I would treat Li Beixing to a meal as a token of my gratitude. After all, I had brought him a lot of calligraphy and painting business.
As a result, it was accidentally delayed for almost a week.
I'm really embarrassed to keep putting it off, otherwise it will be regarded as a broken promise in the eyes of others.
So, he sent a message to Li Beixing and said, "Teacher Li, excuse me, are you free at noon or evening on the 7th?"
Today is the 5th. It would not be rude to invite two days in advance.
Li Beixing, who was on the other side of the network, was stunned for a moment when he saw the news, and then he felt happy and immediately replied: "I'm free, what can I do?"
I didn't expect the other party to reply so quickly.
Chen Jingle got straight to the point and said: "That's it. Didn't I say I wanted to treat you to a meal before, but I never found a suitable opportunity. I just wanted to ask if you are free on the 7th and I would like to treat you to a meal."
(End of chapter)