Chapter 742: I don't count if it's delicious or not
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After returning to the camp, Cheng Yanjin, who was the boss of Zuo Wuwei, drove all irrelevant people away from Li Anran's territory.
In order to be able to taste the taste of potatoes with a production capacity of hundreds of stones per mu as soon as possible, the two veterans directly rolled up their sleeves and started automatically.
One person chops wood, one person makes fire, and even Li Chengqian was dragged by Yun Ye to peel the potato skin together.
As for Li Anran, he picked the most suitable bull from a batch of live bison caught by "good luck" when he was hunting outside two days ago and slaughtered it.
The best beef brisket with tendon is cut into pieces of meat that are slightly larger than mahjong, and set aside after removing the blood foam with warm water.
Naturally, the rest of the beef is not wasted, and the best sirloin, filet, and naked eye are unloaded early and thrown into the freezer to drain the acid.
This freezer is not much different from modern freezers except that the materials are different and the inability to refrigerate themselves.
The large wooden cabinet that is almost one person tall is divided into three layers, and the outermost two sides are insulated, and because there is no thermal insulation material, the inside is directly stuffed with ice cubes.
Inside, there is a refrigerated space that can almost lie side by side for two people, and now these spaces are already filled with ingredients such as steaks, lamb chops, and other essences.
During this time, when he took Li Chengqian to reclaim the farmland, in addition to planting local grain, Li Anran also planted some wild onions, wild garlic, and coriander.
Plus some spices that come with it. It didn't take long for the brisket to be stewed in the pot.
As the strong and tempting aroma of meat spread in the air, Li Chengqian and Cheng Yanjin couldn't help but swallow their saliva directly.
Finding that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in front of him threw his eyes to the big stove of stewed beef from time to time, and after the efficiency of potato cutting slowed down significantly, Yun Ye, who was sitting face-to-face with the other party and cutting potato slices, said with a smile:
"Don't worry, the beef stew is delicious, but trust me, the potato beef stew tastes even better!"
"It's been a long time since I've eaten this dish, and I think of this dish. I couldn't stop my saliva from pouring out. ”
Saying this, he swallowed in a very exaggerated motion. The gluttony on that face almost didn't write the word gluttony directly on his face.
Seeing his small movements being discovered, Li Chengqian, who was the crown prince, felt a little embarrassed.
However, when I saw the undisguised greed of my second senior brother. It's a little funny in my heart. The original embarrassment was gone.
"Second Senior Brother. Is this beef stew with potatoes really that delicious? Temporarily leaving the face of being a prince behind, Li Chengqian, who was playing with the potatoes in his hand, asked curiously.
"Hey, hey, how did you say it before. Didn't you say don't call me Second Senior Brother, you have to call me Senior Brother Yun! Rolling his eyes angrily, Yun Ye said dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, it's Senior Brother Yun, not Second Senior Brother." I like this way of speaking without the slightest utilitarianism and hypocrisy, Li Chengqian said with a smile.
"That's pretty much it." Raising his hand and throwing the peeled potatoes into the bucket next to him, Yun Ye said, "Potato beef stew is delicious or not, I don't count if I say it, you will know if you eat it yourself." ”
"Although this thing is used alone to make dishes, it is a bit oil-intensive, otherwise it will not be delicious, but it can play an irreplaceable role when used for side dishes, especially when accompanied by meat dishes."
"As the saying goes, potato stew, eat potatoes and don't eat meat, I believe that the meaning of this doesn't need me to say, my junior brother can understand it."
"Beef stew with potatoes, just potatoes and no meat?"
Li Chengqian, who was convinced that he had never heard of this proverb, could naturally easily understand the meaning of the words.
But the more he did, the more curious and surprised he was at the deliciousness of the potatoes in his hands.
On the other side, after Li Anran unloaded the three best places of sirloin, filet and naked eye, he only left two corbels and a bullwhip.
The remaining more than half of the beef was directly sent to Cheng Yanjin and Niu Jinda.
The leg bones of the two beef legs were directly removed and cut off, and then thrown into the pot to boil a large bone soup.
After washing the large pieces of uncut beef leg, they are also thrown into the beef bone broth and cut raw.
Li Anran, who used his divine thoughts to confirm that the beef leg meat was cooked, even saved the step of cutting it to confirm whether the meat was cooked.
Remove the freshly broken beef leg from the pan and let it cool, then use a blade directly to form palm-sized slices.
The cows that had been deliberately left behind were boiled with spices to remove the smell and foam, and then cut into thin slices as well.
Mix with minced shallots, minced garlic, minced ginger, minced chilies, salt, stir-fried sesame seeds, various spices, broth and sauce.
It didn't take long for a full number of couples to be ready.
Although the husband and wife lung slices that belong to the cold salad are far less "lethal" than the beef stewed in the pot, the red and bright soup is full of large swaths of beef leg meat, tripe, beef heart, beef liver and other offal.
From a purely visual point of view, it is also quite enticing.
Not to mention that when you get closer, the aroma of the soup alone is enough to make your mouth water.
Thanks to the fact that there were a lot of chili peppers in the spices that Li Anran carried, otherwise, with the amount that Yun Ye brought out, even if he only needed chili seeds for planting, it would definitely be impossible to use it in such a luxurious way.
Taking advantage of the beef stew, Li Anran took half of the potatoes that had been peeled and started to work again.
Considering the limited number of this thing, Li Anran didn't dare to waste it.
Crushing, pulping, fermentation, filtration, starch, molding, one process after another did not take much time under Li Anran's orderly work.
The milky white batter emerges from the colander into columns of water the size of chopsticks, and when it falls into the boiling water, it quickly solidifies into something that looks like noodles.
The one made by Li Anran is called potato flour, commonly known as potato noodles.
Although the noodles are actually closer to the vermicelli and rice noodles that you usually eat.
Considering the pitiful amount of this thing, I can only taste it if I die.
Li Anran, who finished making potato flour for later use, had to prepare two other staple foods, flour and rice.
Flour is reprocessed into fine flour, and the old noodles left over from before are made into half-baked noodles, which are directly baked into the pot to the size of a wheel.
When you eat it, you only need to cut off a piece, and this kind of dough has a very vivid name, called pot helmet.
It's just that this kind of pot helmet made by Li Anran is not the same as an ordinary pot helmet, the texture is softer, and even people who are old and have bad teeth can eat it.
As for the rice, it is the best rice bought at a high price from Lanzhou.
There is no way, during the Tang Dynasty, from the emperor's relatives to the common people, the staple food was really not rice, but all kinds of cakes.
Of course, rice is not eaten by no one. It's just that the rich people eat what is called carved hu rice, and the people who don't have money eat some millet rice.
Fortunately, no matter what era it is, except for really rare things, as long as you have money, there is basically nothing you can't buy.
The best rice is crystal clear, and after washing, it is soaked in water for half an hour, that is, after about an hour, it is steamed in the pot with rice and water.
At this time, the potato cubes, cut into a good size, were also thrown into the cauldron where the brisket was stewed.
Almost this side of the rice is completely steamed, and the potato and beef stew over there has also been completed.
Considering that several of the people present could be regarded as their own people, Li Anran didn't bother to entertain in the tent.
Directly asked Yun Ye to take out the table and put it around the bonfire.
A crockpot of potato beef stew per person, a small bowl of potato flour based on beef bone soup, a serving of hot and sour shredded potatoes, and a slice of the couple's lungs.
Although the number of dishes is not large, the portions are quite large.
As for the staple food, one person divided a quarter of a pot helmet, plus a pot of white rice that was as clear as jade.
Of course, good food naturally can't be without good wine, so the two jars of burning knives were dug out by Yun Ye from the ground.
However, this product is also bad, and the burning knife was taken out, but it only left a small pot for himself and his senior brother, and the rest was given to Li Chengqian and Cheng Yanjin.
When it came to the high-quality grape wine that was also bought from Lanzhou, the two brothers put a small barrel next to each of them.
It's not the first time that a few people have a dinner, so naturally they won't be polite anymore.
After raising the wine glasses in their hands and taking a drink, everyone, including Li Anran, put their spoons into the crockpot containing the potato beef stew. (To be continued......)