Feng Yifan discovered that when he returned to the country, his daughter was taken by many people every day, and there were friends like Yue Qihao to play with, so he didn't need to accompany his daughter every day.
Although this has given him more time to study the dishes, the absence of his daughter's chattering and opening of the small chat box by his side also made him feel a little bit disappointed in his heart. However, thinking of the interesting things that his daughter said to herself every night when she came back, made him feel very happy.
In any case, as long as the daughter is happy, then Feng Yifan will also feel very happy in his heart.
"Cough cough cough, Yifan, pay attention, don't always think about Ruoruo, if Ruoxi is with him, accompanied by grandparents, and a brother like Yue Qihao, I believe he should be able to play Very happy."
When Feng Yifan heard what his father-in-law said, he looked up a little embarrassedly: "Dad, I know, I'm sorry, I'm distracted."
Su Jinrong went on to say: "Your current situation, my dad is touched. When Ruoxi was young, I was like this too. I thought about her every day, especially when she went to university outside the country. During that time, I When a person runs a restaurant, he will always be distracted from time to time."
Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "Dad, what you said is that I can't help but think about Ruoruo recently, so I always lose my mind when cooking."
Su Jinrong nodded and said, "This is normal. During your return, you have a good relationship with Ruoruo's father and daughter, so you will both miss each other. Maybe if Ruo went to the vegetable garden to pick in the morning, you would also think of Dad. Maybe They will be back soon."
Almost as soon as the father-in-law's voice fell, the daughter's voice came outside.
"Dad, grandpa, Ruoruo is back."
Hearing Feng Ruoruo's call, Feng Yifan and Su Jinrong smiled at each other in the kitchen. Weng and Son-in-law had a tacit understanding that both were waiting for the little girl to come back.
Before long, Feng Ruoruo ran into the kitchen holding two large eggplants and put the eggplants in front of his father.
"Dad, take a look. This is Ruoruo picked today. Ruoruo specially picked the two biggest ones and brought them back for Dad to make delicious dishes for Ruoruo."
Feng Yifan looked at the two big eggplants in his daughter's hand, and was also a little surprised, because these two eggplants were really big.
"Well, what kind of dish Ruoruo want Dad to serve Ruoruo with this eggplant?"
Feng Ruoruo thought for a while and said, "You have to make delicious dishes, if you want to eat delicious dishes."
Feng Yifan took the eggplant in his daughter's arms, put a weight on his hand, and then looked at his father-in-law. There were quite a few eggplant dishes in his mind, but he was a little unsure of what to do for a while?
Su Jinrong smiled and gave his opinion: "If these two eggplants are so beautiful, if they are picked by themselves, then they should be cooked a very special dish. Before my father came back, he made a lot of dishes from the Dream of Red Mansions. Dad will make Ruoruo the most famous red house dish."
When his father-in-law said so, Feng Yifan probably also thought of what kind of food his father-in-law said.
Eggplant.
According to what is written in the book, the egg carp has to be steamed and dried for nine times, and it is also steamed with chicken broth. The whole production process is very tedious and complicated. It can be said that such a dish reflects the extravagance of a big family like Jia's house in the Dream of Red Mansions.
Now the father-in-law proposed to let Feng Yifan cook such a dish at home, but he was a little embarrassed.
Feng Yifan felt that it was too extravagant and a waste of a lot of ingredients to completely reproduce the method in the book.
So he fell into deep thought, thinking about how to make a little improvement to make this dish simpler and not too bad in taste.
While Feng Yifan was thinking, Feng Ruoruo leaned in front of his father, hugged him and asked, "Dad, what kind of food does grandpa ask you to do?"
Feng Yifan looked down at his daughter, smiled and replied, "The dish my grandfather said is called'Eggplant'. It is a dish made with eggplant, and it is a very famous dish in the book "Dream of Red Mansions". If you still remember "Dream of Red Mansions"? Remember the Red Mansions dishes?"
Feng Ruoruo thought for a moment and said, "Remember, it's a very good book. Then Dad, you go to Fujinglou to teach them the dishes, which are the dishes in that book."
Hearing his daughter remembered clearly, Feng Yifan touched her daughter's head and said, "Well, Ruoruo has a good memory."
Feng Ruoruo smiled and asked, "Dad, are you going to be the eggplant in the Dream of Red Mansions that grandpa said?"
Feng Yifan hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, then dad will cook that dish. That dish is called'Eggplant'. Daddy will improve it a bit and cook it for Ruoruo, mother, grandfather and grandparents, okay?"
Feng Ruoruo immediately happily clapped her hands and applauded: "Okay, okay, dad, do it quickly, and when it's done, you can also eat with Uncle Yue's grandma, aunt, and brother Haohao."
Feng Yifan nodded and agreed: "Okay, it's done, let's eat together."
Seeing his son-in-law promised to do it, Su Jinrong asked, "What are you going to do to make that eggplant?"
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I decided to improve it a bit."
Listening to the son-in-law talk about improvements made Su Jinrong more curious: "Oh? How do you plan to improve?
Feng Yifan thought for a while and wanted to express his thoughts: "I think you can marinate the peeled eggplant in chicken broth first, then dry the eggplant, and then use the dried eggplant to cook with Babao sauce."
Such an improved method of the son-in-law surprised Su Jinrong a little bit.
Babao sauce is considered a very famous dish in Jiangsu Province, and the method is indeed similar to the eggplant in the Dream of Red Mansions.
What surprises Su Jinrong is that this approach may never have been thought of. When most people go to re-engrave the eggplant, they will try to restore the approach in the book. Some even seriously use chicken soup for nine steaming and nine drying. The method is reductive, but the taste may not be so delicious.
Su Jinrong thought about it carefully and said, "Well, your approach is bold. I think you can use chicken broth to simmer the eggplant a little bit. That way it will add more flavor. Of course, it may take longer to dry later."
Feng Yifan thought while saying: "If there is a dryer, it can be dried directly, and the effect may be better."
Su Jinrong went on to say: "You can also continue to brush the chicken soup on the eggplant when you dry it to make the taste better penetrate into it."
After hearing these methods given by his father-in-law, Feng Yifan nodded with a smile: "Okay, just do what you say, Dad."
Feng Ruoruo listened for a long time and couldn't help asking: "Dad, you and grandpa have been talking for so long, when do you want to start making it? If when can you eat it?"
Feng Yifan looked at her daughter, squeezed her little face gently and said: "If you do, it may take a few days. If you have to wait for it, you can eat it."
Feng Ruoruo pursed her mouth, a little unhappy: "Ah, how many days have to wait?"
Seeing the appearance of her granddaughter, Su Jinrong stretched out her hand and pulled her granddaughter to his side: "Ruoruo, do you want to eat the new dish that dad made with this eggplant?"
Feng Ruoruo didn't want to answer: "Yes."
Su Jinrong went on to say: "So, Dad will need some time to make a new dish. If you want to eat it, Dad will make a very delicious meal, so you have to wait for a while. If you are not willing to wait patiently ?"
The little girl listened to her grandfather and thought for a while and said: "Well, then all right, Ruoruo waits for Dad to do it."
Three generations of grandparents were talking in the kitchen, and Su Ruoxi came in again carrying a basket.
"If you want to eat eggplant, you can ask my father to use eggplant to cook other dishes for us first, while studying the eggplant in the Dream of Red Mansions. That's not enough."
While talking, Su Ruoxi raised the basket in her hand: "Mom has several eggplants here."
Feng Ruoruo saw the basket in her mother's hand and said with a smile: "Okay, dad, use the eggplants brought back by mother to make other dishes for Ruoruo to eat."
Feng Yifan listened and smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's make another dish with eggplant first."
Speaking of bringing her daughter back, two large eggplants and putting them aside, Feng Yifan took out the vegetables brought back by his wife from his wife’s basket and began to prepare lunch for everyone.
There are many ways to make eggplant, but the key to making eggplant is basically the oil.
Eggplants are very oily, so if you want eggplants to be delicious, you must have less oil.
Seeing that his wife brought back a lot of eggplants, Feng Yifan also had several different eggplant practices in his heart.
The first is to wash the eggplant, then cut the eggplant into slices with a knife, then mix a shrimp paste and meat filling, fill it between two connected egg slices, and then wrap a layer of egg paste, so It is made into an eggplant box. After that, it is fried in a frying pan.
The freshly fried eggplant box is surgically crisp and very fragrant.
Especially the egg batter that Feng Yifan hangs gives the shell a strong fragrance.
Feng Ruoruo sniffed and hurriedly approached her father's side and asked, "Dad, what are you fried? If you think this tastes like fried chicken legs, does this have fried chicken legs delicious?"
Hearing what his daughter said, Feng Yifan naturally knew that her daughter wanted to taste it.
Without waiting for Feng Yifan to give her daughter a taste, his wife smiled and said, "Feng Ruoruo, you told your father so much, do you want to eat first?"
When Feng Ruoruo heard her mother's words, she quickly said, "No, Ruoruo just ask her father."
Although she said so, the little girl's eyes never left the egg boxes that father had fried.
Seeing his daughter's appearance, Feng Yifan stretched out his hand and fry it for a while, put it in the slippery net to drain the oil, and handed it to his daughter.
"Come on, Ruoruo can help Dad taste it and see if Dad's filling and batter seasoning is appropriate."
Feng Ruoruo looked at the egg box that his father had handed in front of him, and wanted to reach out his little hand to take it, but he hesitated. After thinking about it, Feng Ruoruo turned his head to look at the mother behind him.
Su Ruoxi couldn't help laughing when she saw her daughter wanted to eat, but was worried about being told by herself.
"Okay, eat, eat, didn't dad let you taste it? Then just eat it."
Feng Yifan also took her daughter's little hand, and put the eggplant box on her daughter's hand: "Eat it, it was my father who asked Ruoruo to eat, so Ruoruo can eat it."
Feng Ruoruo suddenly laughed happily, holding the eggplant box in his little hand and putting it to his mouth to eat.
After one bite, the shell made by father with eggs and noodles is really crispy. It feels like biting a deep-fried chicken leg. The crispy shell can be separated directly.
Then there is the soft eggplant inside, and the delicious shrimp and pork fillings are sandwiched between two thin eggplants.
Especially in the stuffing prepared by my father, there is still a little bit of soup in it, which tastes really good.
Feng Ruoruo barely listened, and quickly ate the eggplant box on his hand.
After eating, the little girl couldn't help but want to lick the little bit of soup left on her hands.
Seeing her daughter was going to lick, Su Ruoxi hurriedly took her little hand: "You can't lick like this, it's so unhygienic. Let's wash our hands."
Feng Yifan smiled and said, "Hahaha, you can actually lick it. If you wash your hands clean, and dad **** on the original eggplant box, sucking on your fingers will make it taste good enough."
Upon hearing her husband's words, Su Ruoxi gave him a slight hammer: "You don't teach well here. How unfair to lick your fingers? If we are little ladies, we can't **** our fingers."
After being punched lightly by his wife, Feng Yifan hurriedly said: "Yes, mother is right. If our family is a beautiful little lady, so we can’t **** your fingers, let your mother take you to wash your hands. We have to wait until we eat."
Before Feng Ruoruo went to wash his hands with her mother, she didn't forget to say to her father: "Daddy, this eggplant is delicious, Ruoruo thinks it tastes better than fried chicken legs."
Feng Yifan smiled and bowed to his daughter and said, "Okay, thank you my little princess for the compliment."
Su Ruoxi took her daughter out and said with a smile: "You, what your father made, would you say it is not delicious? It tastes better than chicken drumsticks. That's because your father uses more expensive ingredients than chicken drumsticks."
When his wife said so, Feng Yifan also laughed.
What the wife said is not wrong. Indeed, the materials used in this eggplant box may really be more expensive than a chicken leg.
The minced shrimp and minced pork in the stuffing are very particular in terms of ingredients, and the batter wrapped around the eggplant box ~ www.novelhall.com~ is also specially seasoned.
In addition to eggs, some salt, a little baking soda, and a little sugar and pepper are added to the batter.
So when Feng Ruoruo eats, he feels that the shell of this eggplant box tastes a bit like fried chicken with crispy skin.
The eggplant box is just one method of these eggplants, and Feng Yifan will have more novel methods next.
First peel the eggplant, then put it in a pot to steam it, after it is steamed, take the eggplant out and cut it, after digging out the inside, flatten the eggplant with a knife. Put it in a pan and fry it. Use soy sauce, salt, pepper, sugar, and a small amount of vinegar to make a bowl of juice. The surface of the pan will be burnt. Pour the bowl of juice into the pan.
Finally, thicken the juice, put the eggplant out on a plate, it looks like a bit of stewed eel.
Su Jinrong sat and watched and found that the son-in-law was really able to make the best use of it.
For seemingly ordinary eggplant, Feng Yifan can make several dishes separately, and each dish is different. It is really cooking, steaming, frying, braising, stewing, and all kinds of methods can be used again.