Chapter 547 A Ten-Pound Cat Turns Out to Be a Nine-Pound Cat! Five-Color Chicken Porridge Comes Out of the Pot, and There’s an Unexpected Surprise? 【Please Subscribe】

"Children can't watch chickens being killed!"

Shen Jiayue saw Lin Xu holding the chicken wings with one hand and holding the chicken head with his thumb, plucking the feathers from the chicken's neck. She quickly ran over and covered Dundun's eyes, as if a child couldn't look around.

Lin Xu smiled helplessly:

"Cats are carnivores, so it's okay to look at them. Moreover, cats' eyesight is average. They rely entirely on their sense of smell to distinguish. It's useless for you to cover your eyes."

Cats’ eyes can distinguish between yellow and green, so some bloggers like to scare their cats with bananas or cucumbers to earn traffic.

In addition, cats' vision is somewhat "deformed". They can keenly capture the trajectory of moving objects a hundred meters away, but when it comes to stationary objects, once they are more than ten meters away, they are almost unable to see them.

Therefore, some mice will suddenly freeze when faced with a cat's capture.

This is not a result of being frightened, but a visual bug caused by the cat being insensitive to stationary objects.

However, the success rate of this kind of BUG is not high, because although cats have visual defects, their well-developed sense of smell can make up for this defect.

Shen Jiayue asked curiously:

"Do cats have a well-developed sense of smell?"

Lin Xu quickly cut open the chicken's trachea and blood vessels with a kitchen knife, poured the chicken blood into a bowl, and then said:

"It's super developed, basically on par with a police dog."

"Wow, that's awesome. Then why do the police train police dogs to catch bad guys, but not police cats? Cats eat less and are easier to raise."

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"But cats are very self-centered animals and will not cooperate at all. A ten-pound cat or a nine-pound cat is not just a traitor. Cats are really self-centered, and everything they do is mainly to please themselves."

Most of the hunting is for food. Only cats hunt for fun. Many prey are not eaten by them, but played to death.

Shen Jiayue held Dundun in her arms and said with a smile:

"But my son is not like this. We, Dundun, are the most well-behaved and the most obedient..."

Before he finished speaking, Dundun broke away from his arms, jumped to the ground, and came next to Lin Xu to observe the killing of chickens and bloodletting.

Shen Jiayue: "..."

Sure enough, he was born to be rebellious!

Lin Xu killed the two chickens and when they stopped struggling, he returned to the kitchen with the two chickens and a bowl filled with chicken blood.

He originally wanted to pour out the chicken blood, but thinking about how energetic Dundun was when he came over, he planned to cook it under water later to see if the little guy would eat it.

Occasionally eating blood is a good thing for cats, as it can supplement trace elements.

Well, although cats are carnivores, they cannot just eat meat. They also need to eat some of the animal's internal organs and blood regularly. Only in this way can the development of cats be more balanced.

At this time, the wild vegetable digging team was ready, and Shen Jiayue was asking Dundun if he wanted to go together.

However, Dundun quickly ran back to the restaurant and expressed his refusal with practical actions.

"Stinky Dundun, you actually didn't accompany mommy. I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

The group of people drove away with shovels, sickles and other necessary tools for digging wild vegetables.

If you want to dig wild vegetables, you need to drive around the Starry Sky Base and follow the river downstream of the reservoir to the valley on the other side of Longshou Peak.

Because this valley is on the south side of the mountain, leeward, with water flowing all year round and high humidity, it creates a warm and humid climate. Not only do wild vegetables grow earlier than outside, but also various wild flowers bloom earlier than outside. a period of time.

As soon as they left, Dundun came out of the restaurant with his head in the air, trotted to the edge of the pool, jumped to the edge of the pool, and scratched the water with his paws, trying to catch the big fish inside.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu boiled water to scald the chicken feathers, then put the bowl of chicken blood into the pot and simmered it over low heat.

By the time the chicken feathers are plucked out, the chicken blood has solidified into a tofu shape.

He stirred the chicken blood with chopsticks and broke it into pieces, then poured it out and put it on Dundun's eating plate.

When it is dry and no longer hot, you can serve it to the little one.

The chicken feathers were plucked cleanly, and the internal organs were removed.

Clean them all, remove the thick chicken breasts and drumsticks, remove the skin and bones, and soak them in cold water to further soak out the blood.

As for the remaining parts, Lin Xu planned to put them into a pot to boil some chicken soup and make chicken soup noodles at night.

These are ready, and the chicken blood is almost dry.

He came outside with the plate, and the little fat cat who was playing with the big fish by the pool immediately ran over. Before the plate was placed, he dived in, stretched out his little scarlet tongue and started licking.

At first, he was a little uncomfortable with the taste of chicken blood, but soon he became addicted.

There were bits of chicken blood all over his chin and beard. When he ate, he hummed happily, his tail waggled slightly, and he was full of happiness.

For cat owners, every time they see this scene, they feel healed.

Therefore, there is always a saying on the Internet that "I feed its life and it heals my soul."

After Dundun finished eating, Lin Xu washed the dishes and went back to the kitchen to work again.

It was still a little early to make chicken porridge. Taking advantage of this time, he planned to prepare the five colors of red, yellow, green, black and white pigments used to make five-color chicken porridge.

White is the natural color of the ingredients, so there is no need to prepare it.

He took two carrots, peeled them, cut them into strips, and put them in the steaming cabinet for steaming.

Grind it into puree later and add it when making chicken porridge. It will become orange-yellow.

In fact, it is also possible to use yellow gardenia water, but if yellow gardenia is used alone, it has a slightly bitter taste of traditional Chinese medicine and is not as soft as carrots.

As for the red color, Lin Xu chose the simplest way - red yeast rice flour mixed with water.

There are many ways to obtain red color, such as beet juice and sugar color, but these are not as direct as red yeast rice flour, and they are relatively stable and will not change color due to high temperature.

If it's green, use spinach juice. There are a lot of spinach at home. Shi Wenming also planted a lot of spinach in the small vegetable garden outside the restaurant, which is completely sufficient.

There are also many choices of black. Black sesame seeds, seaweed, nostoc, and other ingredients can all be used to make a pure black color.

But there was no seaweed at home, and the flavor of black sesame was too strong, so Lin Xu chose seaweed.

Soak it in cold water first, soak it completely and then beat it into a paste. This will not only make the color more beautiful, but also add a rich umami flavor to the chicken porridge.

In fact, in addition to these colors, purple and blue can also be used.

These two colors can be achieved with black wolfberry.

Soaking black wolfberry in different water will give you different colors.

When soaked in tap water, it will turn blue, but once it is replaced with pure water, it will become pure purple.

The reason is that the anthocyanins in black wolfberry will show blue and purple colors according to the acid and alkali of the water, and the colors are relatively positive.

In addition to black wolfberry, butterfly pea flowers are also used in Western and Nanyang cuisine to dye food blue.

The anthocyanins contained in butterfly pea flowers have a stable texture. In places such as Thailand and Malaysia, butterfly pea flowers are even used to make noodles blue.

However, when Lin Xu thought about the blue noodles, he always felt like he was in a state of intoxication in an online game.

While he was busy, Shi Wenming's voice sounded outside:

"Why is it so quiet today? Where is the person?"

Then came the voice of Shi Moli greeting Dundun:

"Dundun, why are you playing alone? Where are my cousin and the others?"

Lin Xu came out of the kitchen and said with a smile:

"Everyone has gone to dig wild vegetables in the valley on the other side of the mountain. Dundun and I are the only ones here guarding the house."

He didn't expect that his second aunt's family would come to visit relatives so early. It was not yet nine o'clock.

Shi Wenming came to the kitchen carrying a large cardboard box:

"My cousin's family grows lotus roots. Yesterday I had nothing to do and I dug some out and brought them over for my family to try. These are lotus roots, which are suitable for stews and soups, but not for cold dishes."

Noodles?

This is good, I can make some sweets later.

On the day of the banquet, I made sweet-scented osmanthus glutinous rice and lotus root, but due to lack of preparation, I finished it on the same day. Shen Jiayue, Chen Yuanyuan and others said they were not satisfied with it.

Now that we have lotus root, let’s make some later.

It just so happens that Sister Yuanyuan will go to the capital tomorrow, so today I will use glutinous rice lotus root to make her strong.

Second aunt Lin Hongxia also brought a large cardboard box, which contained several pieces of fresh beef, including beef tenderloin, beef brisket, and a piece of breast fat suitable for barbecue.

"We killed a cow in the village and asked my uncle to help me. After killing it, I shared some beef. Jasmine's grandparents had teeth and couldn't chew it, so they brought it to you."

Lin Xu was just thinking about making some barbecue. Since we have beef, we can start today.

Shi Wenming rolled up his sleeves:

"Your aunt is coming soon. Her Xiaoxun watched Shaokang's fireworks video on WeChat and almost ran over that night, but because of the snow, he wasn't allowed to come."

The two began to prepare lunch.

Seeing Lin Xu's soaked chicken, Shi Wenming asked curiously:

"What are you planning to do?"

"The chicken porridge my master made last time, I'm going to make it again for everyone to try."

"Hey, the chicken porridge last time left a deep impression on me. I'll take a look at it later. If I can learn it, I can make it for my family Jasmine. She lived with the old man in the countryside when she was a child. I have developed the habit of not liking meat and preferring to drink porridge.”

This habit is not good. Meat should be eaten. Only by eating more meat can you be in good health.

The reason why Westerners like meat, eggs, and milk is because they make their bodies stronger and have stronger resistance after eating them.

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"This is actually very easy. As long as you pay attention to the details, it's basically not difficult."

There was still some time to cook, so Lin Xu first cut the beef tenderloin into thin slices, then added some green onion and ginger water to the meat, marinated it with light soy sauce, and used egg white starch and peanut oil to slurry it to lock in the moisture.

During the Spring Festival, we eat more appetizing dishes, and stir-fried yellow beef is one of the representatives.

In addition to this dish, Lin Xu also cleaned up the chicken offal from the just-slaughtered rooster and planned to make a chicken offal with pickled peppers to open up everyone's taste buds with the spicy and sour aroma.

But these are just appetizers. Today’s main course is still two large pig heads.

The roasted whole pig head was still simmering on the stove, and the aroma attracted Shi Wenming's side glances. He wanted to open the pot lid several times to take a look, but as a chef, he also knew that the pot lid could not be opened blindly.

Stewing a piece of meat until it is tender and melts in your mouth is a process of protein decomposition from a scientific point of view.

The decomposition of protein requires constant air pressure and temperature. Once the pot lid is opened, the temperature drops, the air pressure decreases, the protein decomposition is interrupted, and the taste of the meat will also become worse.

Many novice chefs actually do the right cooking steps, but because they frequently open the pot lid to observe, the taste of the dishes is greatly compromised.

Shi Wenming quickly packed the ingredients for today.

Celery, leeks, coriander, green peppers, spinach, broccoli, purple cabbage...

Lin Xu fished out a silver carp from the pond and prepared to make it into minced pepper fish head and dry pot fish fillets. As for the fish tail and fish bones, he did not waste it and would stew it with tofu into soup later.

While I was busy, my aunt Lin Hongxin and her family also drove up.

Brought two ducks.

Compared to the geese, the ducks were no deterrent. As soon as they were taken out of the trunk of the car, Dundun ran over to them. They were not afraid of the ducks at all, which was in sharp contrast to the way they avoided the geese a few days ago.

Lin Xu greeted his aunt and uncle. When he saw that the duck he brought was quite fat, he said:

"How about adding another dish of blood duck? This dish goes well with rice, and duck meat is not irritating and is better than other meats."

Upon hearing this, Shi Wenming took a kitchen knife and prepared to kill.

Lin Xu followed over, took the duck blood, poured in white wine and stirred it to prevent the duck blood from coagulating.

At almost ten o'clock, the large group of wild vegetables diggers came back.

Chen Meijuan said:

"There are so many wild vegetables that they grow all over the valley. Thinking that the eldest and second sisters are coming, we came back first and will go back in the afternoon. Some old ladies want to eat vegetable nests, so we plan to steam some."

Lin Hongxin said as soon as he heard this:

"I'll go there in the afternoon too. My mother-in-law also likes to eat wild vegetables. She takes some back when she leaves. Now that we have wild vegetables, they are much more popular than big fish and meat."

The sun will rise and the sun will be warm.

A few people selected the wild vegetables in the yard, removed the dry leaves, pulled out the muddy outer skin of the vegetable roots, and washed them several times to remove as much mud as possible.

In the kitchen, Lin Xu mixed the noodles and prepared to steam some hollow steamed buns with grilled whole pig heads.

This kind of steamed buns made by combining dead noodles and leavened noodles seems a bit wasteful. In fact, the dead noodles can also be fried and eaten, or made into steamed buns and pimple soup, without causing waste at all.

In fact, when Chinese chefs cook, there is rarely any waste of ingredients.

A qualified chef will make the best use of everything at any time. Even the scallion roots that people usually throw away will also keep fried scallion oil or cooking oil.

After the hollow steamed buns were steamed, Lin Xu took a clean piece of pig skin, placed the soaked chicken breast and chicken legs on top, and began to pound the minced chicken with the back of a knife.

There is a lot of fascia on the chicken legs, but because it is live meat, adding it will have unexpected effects.

The last time Xie Baomin did it, Lin Xu was originally prepared to use the cooking learning card to steal the teacher, but because the task was triggered in the middle, the cooking learning card could not be used, so he gave up the possibility of stealing the teacher.

But Lin Xu had already memorized the specific steps.

In addition, he can make dishes such as snowflake chicken chowder and chicken cakes, and is no stranger to this kind of chicken breast cooking.

Smash all the minced meat and cooked pig fat, add clear soup to make it thinner, and then filter out the fascia and debris to make the gravy more delicate.

Then the coloring started.

Divide the minced meat into five parts and add cooked carrot puree, cooked vegetable puree, red yeast rice flour stock and seaweed puree respectively.

Several ingredients are also filtered to increase the taste as much as possible.

Shi Wenming looked on in surprise:

"Five colors? It's better than your master's Tai Chi Chicken Soup."

Lin Xu smiled:

"It's easy to learn how to do it. The hardest thing is actually the process from 0 to 1."

The exploration process of making a dish from scratch is the most difficult, but after making the dish, it will be much easier to add the icing on the cake.

It’s almost noon when all the meat paste is ready.

Lin Xu first brought some vegetables to the table, then mixed the washed wild vegetables with dry powder and steamed them to make steamed wild vegetables, and fried another portion with eggs.

As for the rest, I will steam some steamed buns in the afternoon. I really can’t take care of it at noon.

The dishes were served, and Lin Xu started making chicken porridge with the help of Shi Wenming.

The last time Xie Baomin made Tai Chi chicken porridge, he did it at the same time as his master. Two pots of chicken porridge were cooked at the same time, and then poured into the same basin, showing the shape of Tai Chi.

But you can’t do this with Five Color Chicken Porridge.

If you want to look good, you have to rely on external help.

Lin Xu found five unused plastic pieces, cut them slightly, arranged them into five equal parts in the soup basin, and fixed them with clamps.

Next, prepare the chicken porridge one by one.

After it was done, he called Shi Wenming and Chen Meijuan to help. Each of them took a portion of chicken porridge and poured it into the basin. After pouring it in, he gently picked up the plastic sheet that acted as a partition.

In this way, five colors of chicken porridge appear in the basin.

Five colors, divided into five equal parts, look quite shocking.

But it's not perfect yet, because when you hold the plastic piece, the position of the color border is a little uneven.

Lin Xu took a chopstick and lightly drew on the color border, turning the jagged border into a straight line. The appearance immediately improved, and it even looked like a model.

Chen Meijuan looked at this scene and said with a smile:

"It looks like a fake. Hurry up and bring it over so everyone can take pictures. Yueyue is still waiting to post it on Moments."

Why post it on WeChat Moments? She is just waiting to offend people.

Lin Xu knew very well what his baby was thinking. He held the soup basin in both hands and slowly walked out.

When he arrived at the door of the restaurant, Chen Meijuan helped him open the cotton curtain. Lin Xu entered the room and put the soup basin on the table, which immediately attracted everyone's exclamation:

"Wow, the color is so beautiful, isn't it?"

"It actually comes in five colors and looks like a cake."

"My cousin is awesome!"

"Don't eat it yet, don't eat it yet, I'll take a photo first."

"I'll take pictures too..."

Everyone took photos with their mobile phones and praised their skills, but Lin Xu was a little unhappy.

Because he missed the task time, he lost the imitation vegetarian dish lottery that was rewarded by the system. Although it was just one dish, Lin Xu felt like he had lost 100 million.

If he was given another chance, he would definitely not miss this mission.

"Meow~"

Just when he was feeling annoyed, Dundun, who was lying on the cat scratching board and reading a tablet, came over and rubbed his head against Lin Xu's trouser leg.

"What's wrong, Dundun? Are you hungry?"

Lin Xu bent down and rubbed the little guy's head. Just as he was about to get up and go to the kitchen to take out the braised pig head and put it on a plate, a system prompt sounded in his mind:

"The host creatively made an innovative dish - five-color chicken porridge, and was rewarded with a perfect imitation vegetarian dish - first-grade tofu. Congratulations to the host!"

Lin Xu:? ? ? ? ? ? ?

what's the situation?

Didn't you say you missed the mission?

Why did you reward another imitation vegetarian dish?

Could it be that Dundun arranged it?

It lowered its head and glanced at the little fat cat. The guy was lying on the sofa-like scratching board again and continued to watch Tom and Jerry.

Lin Xu's heart was full of surprises at this moment, and he felt like a lost treasure had been found.

He muttered silently in his heart:

"Thank you Dundun!"

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