Chapter 166 Dumplings Dumplings
“No!”
Fu Chao categorically denied!
Everyone’s expressions became a little weird.
Then I heard Fu Chao solemnly say:
"What if you two are photographed by the paparazzi? It would be impossible to wash away even if you jumped into the Yellow River!"
It actually makes sense.
Even Xie Yu changed his tone:
"Let the assistant buy it."
Nan Zhi also nodded.
"But what do you want to eat tonight?"
As soon as she asked the question, she quickly received a similar response -
"Just make something casual."
"Well, It doesn’t have to be too complicated.”
“How about making dumplings together?”
Although they said they wanted to eat Nanzhi's cooking.
But at this time, I thought about Nanzhi being tired for so many days and didn't want her to work too hard.
In the end it was the dumplings that won unanimous approval.
Fu Chao's assistant was waiting nearby. He called and within 20 minutes, the assistant knocked on the door carrying large and small bags of ingredients.
The list of ingredients was told by Nanzhi himself to Fu Chao’s assistant, and even Fu Chao didn’t hear it clearly.
When they suddenly saw a pile of ingredients, everyone was shocked:
“So much!”
“You can’t just eat casually.”
Nanzhi wrote lightly.
The original intention was not to trouble Nanzhi too much, but Nanzhi didn’t seem to think so.
She prepared three kinds of dumpling fillings alone -
The most classic and popular cabbage and pork dumplings;
Shepherd's purse and fresh meat dumplings suitable for spring;
and shrimp dumplings, which are best fried.
Qi Peier, who helped take out the ingredients, asked strangely:
"Why are there no dumpling skins?"
"The dumpling skins sold in the store have too much alkali, are not good, and have insufficient toughness."
Nanzhi shook his head and said, unwilling to compromise in this regard.
The other three looked at each other.
Hmm, did you agree to make Nanzhi feel more relaxed?
Fortunately, everyone has been working together in the small restaurant for many days. With their help, the food preparation process is not particularly troublesome.
Fu Chao and Qi Pei'er are responsible for washing vegetables, Xie Yu is responsible for cutting vegetables, and Nanzhi is responsible for making noodles personally.
Everyone was busy together, and the sounds of clanking came and went.
It seems to be a reappearance of the scene in the back kitchen of Nanjia Restaurant.
It’s just that there are no cameras here.
The cubs who had sneaked into Nan Yi's room to play after entering the door all ran out when they heard the sound.
“What are you doing?”
They opened their curious eyes.
Qi Peier told them that they were going to make dumplings.
The Zaizai's reaction was not enthusiastic, but they focused their attention on the basin under Nanzhi's hands.
brush!
The little ones’ faces instantly lit up with excitement!
They huffed and moved closer to Nanzhi, with Nanyi being the closest.
Xie An was placed second and asked curiously:
"Aunt Zhizhi, are you playing with flour?"
Nanzhi wanted to deny it.
If you think about it carefully, this idea is really interesting.
He nodded solemnly:
"Yeah, almost."
Qingxi: "Wow! So interesting!"
Qi Zhang: "We want to play too!"
Nanyi was not happy:
"Don't disturb my mother's cooking!"
Qing Xiyi He hugged Jiang Nanyi:
“Brother Yiyi, let’s play together!”
Nan Yi pursed her lips tightly, looking very reluctant.
Nanzhi thinks this is a good idea. It happened that the dough she had kneaded needed to rise, and the time in between was enough to play with the children.
She simply brought the flour again, cleared the coffee table for the children, and wiped the tabletop clean.
Then, she gave each Zaizai a small basin.
Nan Yi and Xie An'an were on one side, and Qing Xi and Qi Zhang were on the other side.
Nan Yi, who had said she was reluctant just now, now tightened her face, with a particularly solemn look on her face.
Based on his temper, he probably doesn’t want to do too badly and embarrass his mother.
“Okay.”
Nanzhi stood in the middle, like a classroom teacher.
She poured flour into each basin.
The Zaizai looked at the flour in their own basins first, and then looked at other people's basins, and they were satisfied.
Well, the portions are about the same!
Thanks to Nanzhi’s precise touch, a comparison battle between the Zai Zai was avoided.
At this time, Xie Yu and the others also came over and stood aside to watch the fun.
Nanzhi continued to instruct the children to add water to the basin. She stopped when she told them to stop, which was basically teaching step by step.
But the reactions of the Zaizai were not that sensitive. From this step, they started to rush around. Either too much water was added, or it was spilled, and the table quickly became messy.
Fu Chao, the first onlooker, could not hold back his voice. He said to Qing Xi:
"Keep your hands steady, don't shake! Don't shake! Yes, just add it!" ”
Qingxi was unhappy:
"Little uncle, you don't understand!"
"Hey! You actually say I don't understand?"
Fu Chao rolled up his sleeves and waved his hand,
"I want it too A basin! I want to knead the dough too!”
Hehe, he has been wanting to play for a long time!
Now, now that Fu Chao is taking the lead, Qi Pei'er and Xie Yu might as well join in.
Everyone was assigned their own basin and began to mix and knead the dough under the guidance of Teacher Nanzhi.
Some think calmly and perform well, like Xie Yu and Nan Yi.
There are also some that are particularly bad and make them confused, like Fu Chao and Qing Xi.
Looking around, the room was filled with excitement, and everyone was working hard.
It was just too messy, with flour all over the table, the floor and everyone's body.
However, everyone laughed happily.
Nanzhi is both helpless and funny.
She was not idle either. While everyone was immersed in the basin, she got the ingredients and started chopping the stuffing.
The pork is a whole piece of unprocessed meat, three fat and seven thin, with a beautiful texture.
Nanzhi first cuts the meat with a slanted blade, then cuts it into sections with a horizontal blade, and chops it into fine minced meat with a row of knives.
Chop finely and keep a little bit of graininess.
But don’t chop the cabbage too finely, otherwise the juice will be lost and the taste will be bad.
But break it apart first, drain it, and then chop it into pieces.
Afraid that the children would not like to eat onion and ginger powder, Nanzhi used onion and ginger water instead.
Then add fine salt, peanut oil and pepper to taste.
Stir clockwise with chopsticks, not only to make the meat filling taste even, but also to stir it vigorously, so that it will taste better and be tougher after it is cooked in the pot.
Nanzhi made a series of movements quickly and swiftly.
When the others finally finished their "battle" with the dough, she had almost finished processing the stuffing and was waiting to wrap it up.
How to roll the dough is also a matter of knowledge. If it is too thin, it will have no dough flavor, and if it is too thick, it will be hard to eat, so it should be slightly thicker in the middle and slightly thinner at the edges.
Nanzhi directed everyone to roll the dough into long strips and then break it into equal-sized balls.
At this stage, the cubs who were about to lose their patience in the dough battle once again found new fun.
Qingxi exclaimed:
“Wow! Plasticine!”
“Xiaoxi, this is food, not a toy, we can’t waste it!”
< br>
Fu Chao warned him seriously.
Qingxi looked down and saw that the dough in Fu Chao's hand was thin and shapeless.
“Tch!”
Qingxi snorted in disgust and ignored him.
Fu Chao was so anxious that he was sweating profusely. He didn’t believe that he couldn’t do it!