latelenovela Chapter 120: Braised Wolf Sausage and Braised Wolf Tripe (1)
Chapter 120: Braised Wolf Sausage and Braised Wolf Tripe (1)
"Okay, okay, I'm really looking forward to it. I wonder what the wolf's intestines and stomach will taste like when they are braised!" Zhang Shengjin nodded and smiled.
"You are good at everything, girl. I believe the wolf intestines and wolf tripe you braised will be good and taste great!" He was very confident in Song Cenyue.
"Uncle, since you said that, I must make sure the stew is delicious. I'll go and stew it." Song Cenyue said with a smile, and then went to the kitchen to stew the offal.
The women in Zhang's family were curious about how she cooked the stew, so they followed her to the kitchen and helped her.
When the woman from the Zhang family found out that Song Cenyue was braising offal, she specially made a bag of marinade, which included peppercorns, star anise, cardamom, onions, ginger and garlic.
Where did Song Cenyue get the peppercorns, star anise, cardamom, onions, ginger and garlic? She asked the Zhang family for them.
In addition to pepper, star anise, cardamom, onion, ginger and garlic, the marinade also requires licorice, sand ginger, amomum, cloves, cumin, black pepper, red cardamom and jasmine.
But when she asked the Zhang family for seasonings and asked them to take out all the seasonings they had, she found that there were only peppercorns, star anise, cardamom, onions, ginger and garlic, and they were still missing licorice, sand ginger, amomum villosum, cloves, fennel, black pepper, red cardamom and jasmine.
But there was no other way. She couldn't ask the Zhang family to make it, and she couldn't make it herself. She could only make the marinade with the pepper, star anise, cardamom, onion, ginger and garlic used by the Zhang family.
Fortunately, the marinade made with pepper, star anise, cardamom, onion, ginger and garlic is not bad, and the braised offal will also be delicious.
"Girl Cen Yue, your way of braising is really different from ours. We don't make special braising seasoning packages. We just put some peppercorns and salt, and some onions and ginger to remove the smell. We don't put star anise, cardamom and garlic. If we hadn't seen you do it this way, we would never have thought of braising this and adding star anise, cardamom and garlic." Dong Jinhua laughed at the side.
"Yes, yes!" Zhao Xiaomeng and Zhang Xiaoyun nodded in agreement. Zhang Xiaoyun added, "Now I have finally opened my eyes!"
"For braised food, no matter it's braised offal or braised meat, the more condiments the better. The more condiments, the more fragrant it will taste. In our place, we usually put some star anise and cardamom in braised dishes, stews, or braised dishes to enhance the flavor and fragrance." Song Cenyue said with a smile.
"Oh, hearing what you said, it seems that people in your place like to put star anise and cardamom in everything. We only put some when we make braised pork here. The cardamom and star anise in my house were specially got when I made braised pork last time." Dong Jinhua was a little surprised, and thought to herself that she should try putting some cardamom and star anise in stews and braised dishes in the future to see how it tastes.
"Aunt, do you have any sugar? If you have some, you can stir-fry some sugar color to make the wolf intestines and wolf tripe bright red. They will look nice and tempting, and will look good." Song Cenyue suddenly remembered that the braised wolf intestines and wolf tripe could also be stir-fried with some sugar color.
"Oh, there's no candy at home. We just finished eating all the candy yesterday. I'll go out and ask if anyone in the village has candy to borrow some, and then return it when I come to buy candy." Dong Jinhua shook her head, but quickly thought of a solution.
In rural areas, borrowing sugar, salt, or even soy sauce and vinegar is a very common thing.
"No need, it's okay not to stir-fry the sugar color, it won't affect the taste." Song Cenyue reached out and grabbed Dong Jinhua. It wasn't something absolutely necessary, so why did she ask Dong Jinhua to borrow it?
In fact, she already had some candy, but it was in the space and she couldn't take it out.
When Dong Jinhua heard that it would not affect the taste, she listened to Song Cenyue and decided not to go, and gave up the idea of borrowing candy from others.
After Song Cenyue prepared the marinade, she asked the women of the Zhang family for a pot, put some water on the fire to boil, then threw the garlic into the water. Once the water was warm, she put the wolf intestines and wolf stomach into the water to cook.
Song Cenyue calculated the time, and after boiling the wolf intestines and wolf tripe in garlic water for ten minutes, she took them out and washed them twice with clean water. The women of the Zhang family were not curious about this process and asked why they did this. They all knew that this was to make the wolf intestines and wolf tripe free of any peculiar smell.
With the help of the women from the Zhang family, Song Cenyue quickly cleaned the wolf intestines and wolf stomach twice. Then she boiled a pot of water, put salt, soy sauce, and the marinade she had made earlier into the water, and when the water boiled, she added the wolf intestines and wolf stomach.
"Okay, now we just have to wait for it to be cooked." Song Cenyue smiled. Once it's cooked, it's ready to be braised.
"Well, let's go to the main room and sit down and play and drink some water. You haven't had any water since you came into the house. You must be thirsty... Xiaoyun, you stay and watch the fire." Dong Jinhua nodded, reached out her hand affectionately to pull Song Cenyue, and then instructed her daughter.
Someone has to stay in the kitchen to watch the fire. The fire is too small, so you need to add more firewood, otherwise it will go out.
At that time, all the villages used earthen stoves, and all they burned was firewood. No one could afford coal, and farmers were not given coal coupons.
"Okay." Zhang Xiaoyun agreed immediately. "Cenyue, how long will it take to stew? I can calculate the time and know when to start the pot." She looked at Song Cenyue.
"It will be ready in about 40 minutes." Song Cenyue replied.
"Okay, I'll take the pot down in forty minutes." Zhang Xiaoyun said with a smile.
Song Cenyue was then pulled to the main room by Dong Jinhua, where she sat down and drank some water. Zhao Xiaomeng also followed her to the main room, leaving Zhang Xiaoyun alone in the kitchen watching the fire.
Song Cenyue was chatting with the Zhang family in the main room, drinking some water from time to time. Before she knew it, forty minutes had passed. She had been estimating the time and was just thinking about going to the kitchen to see how the wolf intestines and wolf tripe were cooked when she heard Zhang Xiaoyun's excited shouting from outside.
"It smells so good! It smells so good..."
The Zhang family also heard it. They and Song Cenyue instinctively looked outside the door, and the next second they saw Zhang Xiaoyun appear at the door.
"Let me tell you that Cen Yue's braised wolf intestines and wolf tripe are so delicious. They're not even ready yet, but the aroma from the pot has already wafted out and filled the whole house. It's so delicious... Not just ordinary aroma, it's extremely delicious!" Zhang Xiaoyun laughed, "I can't imagine how delicious these braised wolf intestines and wolf tripe will be! And how delicious they will be!" Her face was full of anticipation, and she looked greedy.
She came specifically to tell her family and Song Cenyue how delicious the braised food was.
"It smells so good!" The Zhang family was a little surprised, but Song Cenyue was fine. This was not her first time braising something, so she naturally knew how delicious hers would be.
"I'll go take a look... It sounds so delicious, sister. I'm so hungry. I want to eat it!" Zhang Jianxing, the greedy cat, couldn't help licking his lips and went to the kitchen impatiently.
Looking at his back, everyone laughed. Zhang Shengjin shook his head and sighed, "You're not a child anymore, why are you still so greedy, as if you've been hungry for many days..." He looked at Song Cenyue with an embarrassed expression, "Girl, I'm sorry to have embarrassed you..."
"No." Song Cenyue shook her head. "How old is Xiaobo? You said he is not a child, but he is still a child. He is not even fifteen years old. It is normal for him to be greedy."
Hearing her words, Zhang Shengjin and Dong Jinhua both smiled and nodded, "That's right!"
Zhang Jianbo is their youngest child. As the saying goes, the emperor loves his eldest son and the people love his youngest son. The youngest child is always the most favored. Zhang Jianbo is a son, so among the Zhang family's several children, Zhang Jianbo is the most favored by Zhang Shengjin and Dong Jinhua, and is the most loved by the couple.
If Song Cenyue said something bad about Zhang Jianbo, and just nodded in agreement with Zhang Shengjin, saying that it was not good for Zhang Jianbo to be so greedy, Zhang Shengjin and his wife would definitely be unhappy.