From interstellar refugee to marshal's wife

Glutinous rice lotus root is relatively simple. The key lies in choosing the type of sugar.

KFC had already placed the three sweet flavorings sent from the warehouse on the side of the cooking table. The huge wooden bucket was half a person tall, which made Zhizhi unable to get rid of it for a while. "KFC, is this red mangrove syrup?"

【Yes. The wooden barrel is filled with red mangrove syrup, the beige and slightly pink powder in the metal box is the powder crystal extracted from the Luo Luo fruit, and the colorless and transparent jar next to it is the sweet crystal crystal extracted from the fruit. 】

Fruit crystal boxes and Luoluo fruit powder glass jars were stacked on top of wooden barrels by KFC. Adhering to the principle that true knowledge comes from practice, Zhizhi planned to try their differences.

Luoluo fruit powder is sweet, but it has a little bit of a special plant flavor. It’s not that it doesn’t smell good or taste bad, it’s just that the plant smell is too overwhelming, and it’s easy to transfer the smell if added to food. So Zhizhi only pinched a few pieces and tasted them before asking KFC to store them, at least not for today.

The sweet crystals extracted from fruits are more similar to rock sugar on earth. In addition to being regular cubes in appearance, the sweetness is also purer. Different from the fruit candies made by Zhizhi and others, this sweet crystal extracted from fruits does not have a trace of fruit flavor, but simply retains the sweetness.

"What kind of fruit are the sweet fruit crystals like KFC extracted from?" According to Zhizhi's understanding, Pluto Galaxy cherishes natural fruits so much that it is impossible to waste fruits to extract sweet crystals. Could it be that this is another scarce experimental product that KFC dug out from somewhere?

It's not surprising that Zhi Zhi would think so, because the Planting Association, including several intellectuals from top to bottom, was almost always responsive to his requests. Materials that ordinary people need to apply for numerous times are everywhere here. This is how a lot of the flavorings in the storage space of his bracelet came from.

[It is the fruit of a perennial tree plant on the remote planet 7-51XXC. This fruit is also called a tree fruit. Its structure is divided into an outer hard shell, pulp and a hollow core. The whole fruit is hard and inedible, and the sweet fruity crystals can only be obtained through crushing and extraction. 】

"Is the output large?" Zhizhi heard, isn't this a natural substitute for rock sugar? And in terms of taste, it is purer than the sugar commonly used in the Pluto System, and has no other taste.

[7-51XXC is an undeveloped remote planet, 80% of its ground is covered with this kind of fruit trees. Just because 7-51XXC has no settled residents, the annual output is not very large. Residents of nearby planets have also thought about developing it, but it has been put on hold due to transportation and route issues. Currently, the only way to purchase it is by ordering. 】

Zhizhi nodded: "How many of these did we buy this time?"

【0.5 tons】

"Ha...?! It's 0.5 tons!" So much!

[KFC has said before that this sweet fruit crystal has not been developed because of transportation and shipping problems. So 0.5 tons is already the smallest purchase unit. 】KFC said that although Zhinao has priority, people from remote planets will order at least 0.5 tons before they will ship...

"What about the price? Compared with ordinary sugar."

[If you buy in large quantities, you will get a discount. If calculated based on the current minimum purchase unit, it is 2.5 times the price of ordinary flavored sugar. 】

Just saying this made my heart clear. Write this down secretly, and then mention the tree fruit rock candy to him when you have more money and have some free time.

The last red fructose syrup is really as its name suggests, the red color in the white bowl is very attractive. It is a pure red color similar to a berry, and also exudes a light fragrance.

"Is red mangrove syrup made from red mangrove sap?" Stir it twice with a spoon. It's thicker than honey, but thinner than maltose.

【Yes. 】

"Scoop out three more portions according to the size of this bowl." Zhizhi estimated the amount of glutinous rice and lotus root to be made today and asked KFC to take some more syrup from the barrel.

The preparation of glutinous rice lotus root is actually relatively simple.

Put the lotus root knot horses filled with rice one by one in a large pot, and pour in water that has not covered the lotus root knots. First put in a bowl and a half of tree fruit rock sugar, then pour three bowls of red mangrove syrup, look at the color and taste it, the sweetness is about the same. "KFC doubles the pressure and simmers over medium-low heat for an interstellar hour."

[Okay, double the pressure, simmer over medium-low heat, and finish after an hour. 】

A huge plate of hand-chopped minced meat is already in place. Zhi Zhi directly picked up the lotus root seeds, chopped green onions, minced ginger, and shiitake mushrooms on the side and sprinkled them directly on top of the rice.

Cooking wine, salt, umami, soy sauce, a whole Cugu egg liquid the size of an ostrich egg, plus an additional soup bowl of ice water and a soup bowl of flour. "KFC stir in one direction for 25 minutes."

I started preparing fried lotus root clips and meatballs. Pour enough oil into the big pot. I still remember that Zhi Zhi, who was digging around, was still worried about the star coins to buy rice, but now he pours the whole bucket of oil into the pot without blinking.

When making a new dish for the first time, you have to do the whole process yourself. So I only let KFC help control the oil temperature to prevent it from being too high.

The lotus root clips that have been placed before are held between chopsticks. They are put into the batter bowl one by one and rolled around before being cooked in the hot oil that looks calm but is actually scalding hot. Wait until they float to the surface of the oil one by one, then toss for a while, then pick them up and wait for a while to fry them again before serving.

"Ahem...KFC circulation ventilation was changed to one-way external ventilation, and the smoke filter was turned on at the same time." I didn't feel it at the beginning, but the smell of oily smoke became stronger after more frying.

[As ordered, the smoke filter is turned on and one-way ventilation is provided. 】KFC is much busier than Zhizhi at the moment.

Watching the lotus root stewed with pork ribs soup, watching the glutinous rice lotus root and lotus root meatballs being mashed at a rapid pace; the whole process was recorded here, recording Zhizhi making lotus root clips. By the way, he has to complete the small tasks assigned by Zhizhi at any time and control the operation of various machinery in the third laboratory.

Fortunately, the quantity of lotus root folders was not made in large quantities, so soon all the lotus root folders were piled up in a frying pan. But because there were too many, Zhizhi had to let KFC control the robotic arm to take over the re-explosion process of the lotus root clips.

The quiet oil surface was broken by the sudden appearance of the lotus root clips, and all the lotus root clips once again experienced the experience of oil and fire. "KFC, it's time to pick it up."

At this time, the lotus root sandwich is already golden and crispy on the outside. The minced meat sandwiched between the two lotus root slices is only a thin layer in order to make it cooked well, so there is no need to worry about it being undercooked.

Click, bite down and your teeth come into contact with the crispy batter layer, followed by the slightly tough lotus root slices and the salty minced meat. "Huhu..." While blowing, he kept putting it into his mouth, and a piece of lotus root clip was quickly "tasted". Zhizhi, who still had more to say, picked up another piece and continued.

"KFC puts these into plates and divides them into five portions. There should be oil-absorbing material underneath." Black technology benefits mankind~ With the blessing of Pluto Galaxy's black technology, the lotus root folders can always maintain the crispiness when they come out of the pot. It's simply awesome. Except for the ones that will be served later, Zhizhi only plans to keep one of the five portions, and the other three will go into the space of his bracelet.