Cheat: Only children make choices! I want them all

"Uncle He! Let me help you..." Ye Lingtian put He Yushui down and walked to the stove.

He Daqing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, frowned, and showed some hesitation: "Xiaotian! It's okay, just watch!"

He Daqing still didn't want Ye Lingtian to interfere with the cooking, for fear that the food would taste bad. Moreover, he had promised Ye Lingtian before that he would show off his cooking skills, but he hadn't shown his skills yet, so how could he have the nerve to ask for help?

Ye Lingtian smiled and said, "Uncle He! I think you are too busy to handle it all by yourself. It just so happens that I have learned a little cooking before, so I think I can help you." Ye Lingtian

He Daqing looked at Ye Lingtian in surprise and said, "You can cook too? Does the army teach this?"

Ye Lingtian shook his head: "There's no such thing in the army. I learned it back home..."

"Oh..." He Daqing nodded, took a look at the remaining ingredients, wiped the sweat from his head, and said, "Alright! I'm really a little overwhelmed. If you're really capable, you can help me out and make a few side dishes..."

"Haha! No problem..." Ye Lingtian tied on an apron with a smile, then went to the small stove next to him and started to make a fire and set up the pot.

He Daqing made braised lamb. For a dish with a strong flavor, it usually requires the chef to personally cook it to control the taste.

As for Ye Lingtian, he started cooking pork!

And it’s the secret recipe of Tan meat from the Tan family cuisine!

Secretly Recipe Tan Rou is a dish made with pork belly as the main ingredient, green onion, ginger, and garlic as the auxiliary ingredients, and aniseed, tangerine peel, licorice, etc. as seasonings.

Choose thin pork belly, cut into 3cm squares, and score with a cross-shaped cut to make it easier to absorb the flavor...

Marinate the pork belly with cooking wine, onion, ginger, licorice, aniseed, tangerine peel, sugar, salt, and soy sauce for 2 hours...

Finally, pour the marinated meat and soup into the pressure cooker, add appropriate amount of hot water, and simmer for half an hour after it starts to steam.

The characteristics of this dish are fresh, salty, soft and tender, with unique flavor.

He Daqing has already completed the first two steps, and it can be seen that he also wants to make Tan meat.

So now Ye Lingtian is ready to do it according to his ideas.

Seeing Ye Lingtian pick up the marinated pork belly, He Daqing said, "This dish is already marinated. Just get a pressure cooker and stew it for half an hour..."

Ye Lingtian nodded. He had also bought a pressure cooker, which came in handy now.

After finishing the Tan meat, Ye Lingtian started to prepare the next dish! This time it was the pig's hind leg meat.

There are many ways to cook pork hind leg, and the most common one in Tan family cuisine is steamed pork with rice flour.

However, Ye Lingtian prefers Sichuan cuisine, so he plans to make some fried meat with salt!

Pan-fried pork with salt is typically prepared by thinly slicing the skinless pork hind leg, chopping garlic sprouts or green onions into sections, and cutting green bell peppers into rings. Then, add a little oil to a pan, add the meat, and stir-fry until the fat is released. Once the meat is golden brown and slightly charred, set the meat aside and sauté the garlic slices, fermented black beans, and broad bean paste until fragrant.

After frying until fragrant, stir-fry evenly with the meat, add the prepared sweet noodle sauce, half a teaspoon of sugar, half a teaspoon of chicken essence (MSG is also OK), and finally add garlic sprouts or green garlic leaves. At the same time, stir-fry the chili peppers until cooked and then serve.

Thinking about this, Ye Lingtian started to light the fire...

Seeing that Ye Lingtian had set up another stove, He Daqing was stunned. What was this kid doing?

But Ye Lingtian had no intention of explaining. He simply peeled and sliced ​​the pork hind leg, took some garlic leaves and green peppers, and started to work.

"Shh!"

The pan is hot and the oil is cold. The sound of the fat exploding can be heard from the pan.

When the oil temperature is right, Ye Lingtian puts the cut meat slices directly into the pot!

"Fuck!"

As the meat slices came into contact with the hot oil, a burst of meaty aroma immediately spread out, drifting with the wind, and could be smelled throughout the entire courtyard.

As a master chef of Tan family cuisine, He Daqing naturally has some knowledge of Sichuan cuisine. When he saw Ye Lingtian's side dishes and skinless pork hind legs, he knew what dish Ye Lingtian was going to cook.

Although it wasn't a Tan family dish, he didn't stop him. After all, the dishes were all bought by Ye Lingtian, so he could cook them however he wanted. He just didn't know what the final taste would be like...

He Daqing didn't say anything and continued to busy himself with his dishes.

……

Half an hour later...

"??!"

As Ye Lingtian scooped the last bit of food out of the pot and put it on the plate, the dishes were officially served!

"It's time to eat!"

He Daqing shouted, and upon hearing that, Yan Bugui and Yi Zhonghai also hurried over here.

Because Ye Lingtian didn't buy a table, the dining table he used was from He Daqing's house.

Today we have a total of ten dishes and two soups. The dishes look very rich, almost comparable to those during Chinese New Year!

Several people sat around the table. There were six of them in total: He Daqing and Yan Bugui, the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai, Ye Lingtian, and He Yushui...

Originally, according to He Daqing's idea, He Yushui should not be allowed to sit at the table. After all, it is not customary to invite guests with guests. Ye Lingtian did not ask his family to come and eat together at the beginning, but only invited him.

But then Ye Lingtian said that Yushui, a little girl, couldn't eat much, so it was okay to let her sit at the table. He Daqing simply followed Ye Lingtian's advice. After all, he was eager for his girl to come and eat...

As for Sha Zhu, I had already saved some food when I was cooking, so it was enough for him to eat alone. He should just stay in his room...

"The dishes today are delicious! Braised lamb trotters, braised pig trotters with soybeans, pork stewed with potatoes, pork, tofu and cabbage soup, and this Tan meat! Oh my god, these are things that can only be eaten during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. I didn't expect to see them all together today..." Yan Bugui couldn't help smacking his lips when he saw the dishes on the table, and swallowed secretly.

This meal alone is worth more than a month's salary for him...

"Yes! They are all delicious dishes! And these few, I've never seen Lao He cook before..."

Yi Zhonghai pointed at the salt-fried meat and stir-fried meat on the table. Looking at the grease seeping out, he secretly swallowed his saliva and suddenly felt his appetite grow...

These days, this kind of oily dish is really rare...

"Hey! These dishes really weren't made by me!" He Daqing smiled and shook his head. Then he looked at the Sichuan dishes made by Ye Lingtian and was secretly amazed. They looked really good. He didn't expect this kid to have some skills...

"You didn't make it?" Auntie was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Aren't you the only cook here? If not you, who did it?"

"Look! Over there, that's what Xiaotian made!" He Daqing looked at Ye Lingtian, raised his neck towards him, and then praised: "I didn't expect that Xiaotian had this skill. Look at this dish, it looks no worse than the ones made by me, a master chef!"

"Oh! Xiaotian cooks it himself? Then I must try it!" The third aunt exclaimed in surprise, and then laughed.