Mapo tofu is a very common dish in the Sichuan-Chongqing region, which can be said to be an authentic home-cooked dish.

Just cook the peppercorns and peppercorns in cold oil, add the minced garlic and bean paste and stir-fry for a while, and then add the minced meat and stir-fry. Then put in appropriate boiling water and boil for a while, put in the tofu cut into cubes and stew, use starch water to increase the thickness of the soup, after reducing the juice on high heat, sprinkle the chopped chives after serving to increase the color.

Usually when people make this dish, the tofu they buy is washed and cut into pieces and then put into the pot, although the tofu produced in this way does not have much effect, but people with a keen sense of taste can often eat the unique beany smell of tofu.

Although this taste is light, it is faintly drilled into the bones, and even if the dish is made with a rich flavor of bean paste, it is difficult to hide such a beany smell.

Therefore, before Shen Xiangmiao made this dish again, he put the tofu in boiling water and simmered for a while.

First, it can remove the beany smell of the tofu itself, and secondly, the more the tofu is stewed in water, the more tender the texture will be.

In this way, after a small amount of processed tofu, when it is made into mapo tofu, it is really refreshing and tender, and there is nothing to find fault with.

Mapo tofu came out of the pot, and together with the saliva chicken that had just been made, Shen Xiangmiao handed it over to Shen Wentao.

At this point, Shen Xiangmiao roughly calculated the dishes she had just made.

At this time, the ruyi rolls, mushroom sauced pork, shredded yam, saliva chicken and mapo tofu have been prepared, three vegetarian and two meat dishes, and the rest are boiled pork slices, steamed loofah with garlic vermicelli, peacock Kaiping and a hot and sour soup and rich mushroom soup.

Shen Xiangmiao wiped the sweat from her forehead, washed her hands, and prepared to cut the catfish for steaming.

The meat of catfish itself is slightly fatter than the usual sea bass, and it is usually made into a stewed fish, which has a fragrant taste.

But today's Shen Xiangmiao wants to challenge the extremely difficult steamed catfish.

First of all, you must prepare garlic and shiitake mushrooms, which are the artifacts of fattening and oil absorption, and then chop the catfish into segments of the right length and smear them with salt......

Suddenly, there was a "bang" knock on the door, loud and urgent.

Shen Xiangmiao washed her hands in the wooden basin on the side, wiped it on her apron, and came over to remove the deadbolt.

Outside, Shen Wentao's face was sweaty, and he was out of breath because he was running too fast: "Xiangmiao...... Sister ......"

"What's so urgent?" Shen Xiangmiao raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Young Master Lu......" Shen Wentao gasped for breath, then straightened his waist and said, "Young Master Lu asked Sister Xiangmiao to hurry over, saying that he was looking for you for something......

After saying this in one breath, Shen Wentao bent down again and continued to gasp for breath.

"Young Master Lu called me? But this dish ......" Shen Xiangmiao hesitated slightly.

She's still cooking.

"Young Master Lu said, this dish will not be cooked for the time being, let Sister Xiangmiao go and see him first." Shen Wentao replied.

Shen Xiangmiao pursed her lips, took off the apron on her body, received all the knives and spices she used just now into the portable kitchen, and walked to the front hall with Shen Wentao.

"What can Young Master Lu say for?" On the way, Shen Xiangmiao asked.

Shen Wentao shook his head: "He didn't mention ......"

"However, Sister Xiangmiao doesn't have to worry, I don't look like Young Master Shen's face is angry, there shouldn't be anything wrong." Shen Wentao said with relief.

Even if something happens, he, Shen Wentao, will definitely protect Sister Xiangmiao.

Shen Xiangmiao smiled slightly.

She wasn't worried about her cooking skills, she just didn't quite understand what kind of things would happen if Lu Zexuan called her over at this time.

When he got to the door, he knocked on the door softly, and after getting the answer, he pushed the door and entered.

Shen Xiangmiao took a step in, and when she saw the scene in front of her, she couldn't help but be stunned.

Lu Zexuan was eating vegetables at this moment.

Actually, it's not so much about eating vegetables as it is about swallowing them.

In his left hand, he held a milky white porcelain bowl full of various dishes, and in his right hand, he took bamboo chopsticks, and frantically picked vegetables into his mouth until he couldn't stuff it in his mouth.

Among the few dishes that came up, mapo tofu, saliva chicken, etc. are all spicy foods, and although it is past the beginning of autumn at the moment, there is still some heat at noon, and a layer of fine sweat beads appeared on Lu Zexuan's head.

The beads of sweat gradually gathered together and became a large bead of sweat, which finally fell down the cheeks.

When Lu Zexuan fought with Huang Yue and the others, he suffered a lot of injuries, and there were some scars on his face, even if he had smeared the medicine, there were still a lot of bruises and redness.

At first glance, it looks like a big pig's head.

Although it was really impolite to laugh at Lu Zexuan at this time, this person was really the most unsophisticated person Shen Xiangmiao had ever seen.

Such a "bold" and informal style doesn't look like a young master of the Lu family who is used to living a life of brocade clothes and jade food and is very wealthy.

Shen Xiangmiao almost laughed out loud, secretly pinched herself, and barely held back.

"Young Master Lu called the little girl to come, what is the so-called?" Shen Xiangmiao was blessed and asked politely.

"You made all this dish?" Lu Zexuan stuffed a piece of chicken in his mouth, and his words were vague.

"Exactly, there has never been a fake hand." Shen Xiangmiao replied lightly.

While Lu Zexuan was biting and chewing, he looked at Shen Xiangmiao for a long time, and finally spit out a chicken bone from his mouth: "These dishes are really delicious, Young Master Ben has never known such delicious dishes in Fucheng, you have such attainments at such a young age, it is commendable!" ”

"Then Young Master Lu thinks that this dish is worth twenty taels of silver a piece?" Shen Xiangmiao smiled slightly and asked rhetorically.

"It's nature." Lu Zexuan scooped another piece of tofu and put it in his mouth.

The tenderness and smoothness of the tofu and the spicy aroma that stimulate the taste buds are perfectly combined, and it blooms in the mouth, making it a wonderful delicacy.

What's more, because of the pursuit of spicy and fresh flavor, the mapo tofu made by others is heavy, and there is a slight choking or greasy feeling when entering the mouth, but this dish made by Shen Xiangmiao seems to be the same as others, but it tastes spicy and fragrant, but it is very smooth, and there is no too heavy burning and spicy feeling after eating, but it feels just right and very comfortable.

Lu Zexuan couldn't help but praise again: "Great value for money." ”

Although Shen Xiangmiao often hears such praises, but for a rich young master who can be said to have tasted many delicious dishes, he can say such a heartfelt compliment, Shen Xiangmiao feels that this is a recognition and affirmation of himself, and the corners of his mouth can't help but float a faint smile.

The willow eyebrows and cherry lips are full of a shallow smile, just like the hibiscus flowers that bloom just right, pleasing to the eye.

Smiling and smiling......

That's about it.