Dreaming of Lion Rock: Recipe in Hand

"I happened to know someone who worked in Taiping Commune. Since there were too many things to fit in one car, I borrowed a bicycle from him," He Yanqing explained, moving all the beef onto the back seat of his bicycle.

He's quite good at reading people's expressions, Chunni thought to herself.

The two men rode their bikes away from Taiping Commune with the beef, leaving behind a group of people talking about the matter.

By the time we got to the restaurant, it was already busy.

"Qianjin, come and wash these beef offal. First, clean the dirt on the surface, and then rub it vigorously with flour. You are not allowed to eat at night if you don't wash it clean." Chunni said with a smile.

"I guarantee to complete the task!" Qianjin took the beef offal with a smile.

"Shuhua, you help move forward."

"it is good!"

Children in rural areas are not afraid of working, because only the land watered with sweat can produce fruits.

"Shufen, separate the beef. I'm going to use the shanks for braising, the brisket and belly for roasting, the cucumber strips for stir-frying, and the rest for cutting into pieces. I'll have great uses for them!"

"Okay, boss."

After assigning the work, Chunni hurried out the door again. As soon as she turned around, she bumped into someone.

Chunni looked up, her face full of shock, "Why are you still here?"

It turned out that she bumped into He Yanqing.

He Yanqing felt quite aggrieved and whispered: "I have been here the whole time!"

After Chunni finished speaking, she realized that her tone was wrong. People were helping her, but she didn't offer them a drink of hot water, and she even complained about it. She smiled embarrassedly, and unconsciously stroked the tassels on her shoulder bag, saying: "Thank you so much today. I'm going to make a new dish tomorrow, and I'll save a portion for you when you come."

"Okay." Seeing that Chunni had to go out for something, He Yanqing said hello to her and went straight back to the hospital.

Chunni hurried out of the door. She was going to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things.

Chunni had already made plans. The beef shank, heart, tongue and tripe were used to make Fuqi Feipian; the rest of the beef offal was made into Qiaojiao Beef; the beef head and feet were braised and then made into a cold dish or eaten directly; the steak was made into cumin steak; the beef brisket and belly were braised; the cucumber strips were used to make boiled beef; and the rest of the beef was used to make Dengying Beef!

Chunni looked at a store's reserve of spices and discovered that a lot of them were missing, so she hurried to the supply and marketing cooperative.

"Comrade, give me one pound each of white peppercorns, dried tangerine peel, licorice, and cardamom. Give me five pounds of white wine. Wait, what is this?" Chunni pointed at the seasoning packet with surprise, as if she had discovered a new continent.

The saleswoman's surname was Zhao, Zhao Hongjun. She had become familiar with Chunni because she often came to make large purchases. Seeing Chunni pointing at a seasoning and asking in surprise, she curled her lips and smiled, "Why, Boss Yang has never tasted MSG?" She picked up a packet of MSG and handed it to Chunni, saying, "Here, this is Lotus MSG, a good thing that just came from Henan. Let me tell you in secret, this thing is very useful. The taste of my cooking is very ordinary, but once I use this MSG, the taste of the dish is different. To describe it in one word, it's fresh. Isn't there a new restaurant across the street from your restaurant? I tell you, if you buy some and put it in your dishes, customers will come in droves!"

How could Chunni not know about MSG? She knows it too well.

She couldn't complete her crappy tasks perfectly every time, because she lacked MSG! If she completed the previous tasks again, she could get countless points!

Chunni was very excited! But she didn't expect that Lotus MSG would be available in 1984.

"Give me ten packets!" Chunni waved her hand and bought ten 500-gram packets of MSG.

This move shocked Zhao Hongjun.

Chunni returned to the hotel carrying a big bag full of things.

Qianjin had soaked the bull's head in water for a while.

Chunni first soaked fennel, licorice, tangerine peel, white peppercorns, cardamom, pepper, nutmeg, bay leaves and other spices in water to stimulate the aroma, then packed them in bags for later use.

Then put the cow's head and cow's feet into a big pot and blanch them. Chun Ni did not forget to add some old ginger, green onion and rice wine to remove the fishy smell.

The big pot that Chunni specially made last time came in handy. She put the cow's head and feet into the pot, added appropriate amount of water, onion, ginger, salt, MSG, red yeast rice, soy sauce, rock sugar, rice wine and spice bag, and simmered it on low heat with honeycomb coal.

There was no need to worry about Niutou anymore, and Chunni started to make the Fuqi Feipian that she had been longing for.

Couple lungs

原料

Beef tongue, beef heart, beef shank, beef tripe, beef bones

seasoning

Salt, MSG, star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves, fennel, cardamom, ginger, rice wine, soy sauce, chili oil, cooked peanuts, cooked sesame seeds

Production Method

1. First, blanch the cleaned tripe, heart, tongue and bones;

2. Put star anise, cinnamon, cardamom, bay leaves, fennel, white cardamom and other spices into a cloth bag for later use;

3. Add beef bones to boiling water, then add spice bag, soy sauce, salt and MSG and cook for half an hour; put beef tripe, beef tongue, beef heart and beef tendon into the braising pot and cook until cooked through, then remove and set aside;

4. Take out the cooled ingredients and cut them into thin slices one by one;

5. Put the chopped beef offal on a plate, then add the marinade, soybean oil, MSG, pepper powder, red chili oil, sesame seeds, peanut powder and celery, mix well and it is done.

While the ingredients were being marinated, Chunni found the small blackboard in the store and wrote with chalk: "Tomorrow we will have a special offer of beef head and husband and wife lung slices. Welcome to the store to taste them." She also drew a cute beef and a pot of spicy and delicious vegetables with chalk. This flyer was ready.

Chunni nodded with satisfaction, and arranged for a few people to move the two large pots used for braised beef to the entrance of the restaurant and stew them slowly.

It was fine at the beginning, but the smell became stronger as time went on, attracting many people to stop and watch.

The news that Chunni Restaurant would provide special beef tomorrow spread quickly, and even He Yanqing heard about it. He just smiled, and when a friend asked about it, he patiently explained how soft and tasty the beef head and feet were, and how spicy and delicious the husband and wife lung slices were, which attracted many hospital staff to secretly decide to go to Chunni Restaurant to taste this special delicacy.

Chunni and her employees worked until late at night, and then they returned to Lion Rock with each other's support.