0p0 Chapter 276 Zhajiang Noodles
Chapter 276 Zhajiang Noodles
Chu Fang pretended not to hear Song Ning's refusal and walked into the kitchen. "Nothing, just tell me what you need to do. We have so many mouths to feed, we can't let you do it all by yourself."
As soon as Chu Shisan entered the kitchen, he squatted at the stove to watch the fire. Seeing the noodles already cooked on the stove, he asked, "Madam, do you want noodles for breakfast today?"
"Yes, once the water in the pot boils, you can put it in and cook." They insisted on coming in, so Song Ning had no choice but to let them do so while she used another pot to prepare the fried sauce.
Seeing that they had gone in to help before him, Hang Shuheng was happy to have some free time. He turned around and couldn't help but look at Chu Er one more time.
Chu Er looked at him quickly and then looked away, saying seriously, "There's no room left."
Hang Shuheng curled the corners of his lips slightly. Did he ask him why he didn't go in to help?
In the kitchen, Chu Fang looked at the prepared ingredients such as minced meat, diced mushrooms, onions, ginger, garlic, etc. He couldn't figure out what to do with these things. "What are these for?"
"Oh, fried soybean paste. Have you ever eaten noodles with soybean paste?" In Song Ning's impression, the people here didn't seem to eat it this way, but they came from places like the capital, so maybe they had this way of eating it there.
However, the two of them shook their heads when they heard it. It was the first time for them to hear it, let alone eat it.
Song Ning gave another explanation, "Similar to dry mixed noodles, noodles with gravy..."
They still shook their heads. Chu Shisan scratched the back of his head and asked in confusion: "Aren't all noodles soup noodles?" They only knew about various kinds of noodle soups, such as Yangchun noodles, dragon beard noodles, and longevity noodles, and had never heard of fried soybean paste noodles or mixed noodles.
Song Ning was slightly stunned. It turned out that there was really no such way of eating here. She smiled and said, "Then you can try this new way of eating later!"
As he was talking, another pot was already heated. Song Ning poured oil into the pot, added the minced meat and stir-fried it until the moisture was dry, then added various seasonings and side dishes.
In this episode, Song Ning ordered them to do things without any hesitation, asking them to put this down and hand over that, which made Chu Fang and Chu Shisan a little flustered.
The aroma of sauce gradually wafted out from the kitchen, and even the people sitting in the yard were tempted by the smell. Chu Er glanced in the direction of the kitchen, wondering if it was too late for him to go in and help.
Even Yangyang, who was feeding rabbits in the backyard, was attracted by the smell and ran to the kitchen on his short legs, "Wow! It smells so good, what delicious food is mom making?"
After the aroma was fried out, Chu Fang and Chu Shisan completely forgot why they came into the kitchen and didn't even notice that the pot of water had boiled.
Song Ning couldn't help laughing and poured the meat sauce into a bowl. "Help me take the meat sauce to the dining room first! Then we can cook some noodles and eat it."
Chu Fang took the mouth-watering meat sauce without hesitation and walked all the way to the dining room.
Song Ning asked Chu Shisan to wash the pot, and she moved to the pot of boiling water and put the noodles into the boiling water one by one. While the noodles were boiling, she prepared to cut some cucumber and radish shreds.
Chu Shisan washed the pot and saw Song Ning cutting cucumbers, so he volunteered, "Madam, let me do it. Just tell me how you want it cut."
"No, this kitchen knife is too light, you won't be able to use it properly." Song Ning didn't dare to let him cut it. She was afraid that he would draw his sword again if she disagreed with him. Then she continued to work fiercely, "Well, look at the noodles in the pot."
"Haha! Okay!"
Chu Shisan laughed dryly twice. It was obvious that he also remembered the embarrassing experience last time.
After Song Ning had cut the cucumber and radish into shreds and the noodles were cooked, she put the noodles into a bowl and asked Chu Shisan to take them out one by one.
Song Ning didn't cook much, just one bowl for each person. "This noodle should be cooked and eaten immediately. If you cook too much, it will get lumpy. Keep some fire in the stove. If anyone doesn't want to eat enough later, we have ready-made noodles and can cook more."
Xiao Yun and the other four sat at the dinner table, waiting for Song Ning, the great contributor, to take a seat, and also waiting for her to teach them how to eat.
On the table, in addition to a bowl of white noodles in front of each person, there is also a pot of delicious meat sauce, a plate of shredded cucumbers, a plate of shredded radishes, and a plate of fried peanuts. How should one start?
Several people looked in Song Ning's direction at the same time, but Hang Shuheng beside Song Ning took the first step.
He took the bowl of noodles in front of Song Ning, scooped a spoonful of meat sauce on it, added a chopstick of cucumber shreds, a chopstick of radish shreds, and a spoonful of peanuts. After all the side dishes were ready, he mixed them together and put them in front of Song Ning, "Thank you for your hard work, eat quickly!"
Afterwards, he repeated the same action, adding meat sauce and side dishes to Yangyang's small bowl, mixing it well, and placing it in front of the little guy for him to eat by himself.
Xiao Yun and others followed Hang Shuheng's instructions and finally got to eat a bite of noodles.
This was the first time they had seen this way of eating. Not only was it new, it was also very delicious.
Xiao Yun was fine. He ate in a very polite manner and stopped eating after finishing one bowl. However, after the other three finished eating, they ran to the kitchen with their bowls to cook noodles.
Forget about Chu Er and Chu Shisan, they are all working men with big appetites and don’t care about their table manners. Chu Fang, on the other hand, is a young man, and he eats noodles in a very generous manner, without caring about his image at all.
Soon, three people came out with a bowl of freshly cooked noodles. While Chu Fang was mixing the noodles, he suddenly said to Song Ning, "Mrs. Hang, could you please fry some more of this meat sauce? I want to bring it back to the capital for my grandparents to taste. They are old and picky, and they should like this fried noodles with soybean paste."
As he spoke, he winked at Xiao Yun secretly. Xiao Yun glanced at him and knew what he was thinking.
So, Xiao Yun also looked at Song Ning, "We will set off for Beijing early tomorrow morning. If it is convenient, I hope you can take the trouble to go."
"It's convenient, but not too hard." It's just making some sauce, what's the hard part? "It's just that the weather is hot right now, so I'm worried it won't be easy to store."
"How can we store it longer?" Xiao Yun asked.
Song Ning pondered for a moment, raised his head and said, "Why don't I write down the recipe and steps for you, and you can ask the cook to make it when you get home."
Chu Fang shook his head, "That's different. The same recipe and steps will always produce different things in the hands of different people."
What a joke, what he wanted was what she made herself. If he took it back and let his grandfather eat the meat sauce made by his granddaughter, he could imagine that his grandfather would be happy for many days just by imagining it.
In the end, it was Hang Shuheng who came up with a solution: put it in a jar and seal it. As long as it is not opened and does not come into contact with water, there should not be any major problems.