Chapter 562 Stir-fried Sandworms
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Naturally, the Jian'an soldiers saw the scene of Mr. Xu and Xu Guoxu fighting for food. They knew that the old ship craftsmen were not something they could blame. They were the treasures in the little boss's heart, so they sent a few big and plump greens over. This finally made Xu Guoxu interested again and generously kept the Jian'an soldiers: "When your little boss's fry, one serving per person, but you have to help someone guard against those old men, so they can't let them snatch them again. *.**/*" I can't beat four legs with both fists, so I'll pull some strong people around. Let's see how you can grab them, hum. Xu Guoxu glanced at Old Man Xu and the others proudly.
When Old Man Xu saw it, he was no longer the chance. Even General Wang was not easy to command with Jian'an Marquis, so he would not be able to help others. If Jian'an Marquis was not here, he would have to rely on his seniority and let them stay aside. Now it won't work. Fortunately, there is already a piece of cooked by Jian'an Marquis himself, which should be satisfied.
"Little Dongjia, is there any new way to eat this?" One of the Jian'an soldiers carefully brought a small wooden basin and pointed to the things in the basin to ask Wang Kuang.
The sky had already darkened completely, and the last ray of sunset had disappeared. Although there were many bonfires and torches on the open space, they were only illuminated from bottom to top, and could not be illuminated from top to bottom like the sun. Wang Kuang saw the dusty area in the wooden basin and couldn't see clearly what it was, so he went out to touch it. This touch made him jump up happily: "Okay, this is good."
When Xu Guoxu heard Wang Kuang applaud, he reached out to touch it, and then retracted his hand: "What's this? It's sticky, soft and can move." Huang Dayi, who had already reached out to try to touch it, quickly pulled his hand back when he heard this, looked glad that he didn't put his hand in so quickly.
In fact, Wang Kuang had already guessed a rough idea when he was watching it, but he really didn't believe that people ate this at this time. There were not so many oysters, and fewer people dig clams. There were many fish in the sea alone. Can anyone eat this? But when he reached out and touched it, he confirmed that this was the sandworm that was increasingly sought after in the future. Its nutritional value was not lower than that of expensive seafood such as sea cucumbers. Not only was the nutritional value not inferior to that of expensive seafood, but it was better in taste, but the price was much cheaper. So later, more and more fishing people were catching. The price was also rising all the way. Wang Kuang knew that when he first saw it, he bought it only more than ten yuan per catty. By the second year, it had soared to more than 30 yuan, and it was still difficult to see it in the market.//**//
Like sandworms, they prefer to reproduce on mudflats at the mouth of fresh water. Dongzhigang just meets this condition. There are also clams on the mudflats. No wonder soldiers dug them. They should have dug them together when digging clams. Of course, compared with sandworms, sandworms are much inferior in nutritional value, but their taste is much better than sandworms. They are also easy to cook, just stir-fry or cook soup.
The fried sandworm meat is crispy and has a strong umami and aroma, which is much better than sea cucumbers that have no taste at all. However, before this, people basically didn't eat sandworms. One is that the sandworm itself eats sand and then digests and absorbs the microorganisms in the sand, so the intestines are covered with sand; the other is what Wang Kuang guessed before, there are many fish and shrimps in the sea, who eats this sandy thing? Only those who have no labor to fish at home, relying on the relief of their neighbors alone is not a solution. If they encounter more time to go to sea, they will have to cut out some food, so they will think of ways to dig out some food from the mudflats.
Even so, they had no choice but to eat sandworms. They still had to keep them for a few days and then cook soup to eat. The way to cook was brought by Wang Kuang, who had never cooked any seafood before, and there was no way to make them. Moreover, there were not so many chefs in the world who could learn from one example and learn from others. In addition, sandworms were not on the table, which made everyone thinks ugly, so there were not many people who could cook, that is, they could cook soup to eat.
"You know how to eat people still care so much about appearance?" Wang Kuang glanced at Xu Guoxu. The sandworms were not actually sticky, but the Jian'an soldiers took out the mud and then felt sticky. Wang Kuang could tell that it was a sandworm. It was because the sandworms were touched by external objects and would suck their body like pufferfish. The difference was that the pufferfish used air to bulge their stomachs, while the sandworms sucked enough water to bulge their stomachs. Before sucking water, the sandworms only had one stroke longer, slightly thicker than chopsticks. After sucking water, it became thicker than the thumb, and the length could be extended by nearly half.
Wang Kuang just touched it for a moment and felt the sandworm in his hand bulge up, so Wang Kuang judged that it was undoubtedly a sandworm.
Those Jian'an soldiers were kept by Xu Guoxu, so naturally they could not be idle, so Wang Kuang let them go.
Each of them took a chopstick, washed the sandworm first, then poked one end of the chopstick and stuffed it into it, and then turned out the inner liner of the sandworm. The sandworm was a rectal intestine and was a mollusk of the coelenterology. By turning it over, the sand in the intestines was very easy to clean.
Since we wanted to send Master Gongsun and the chef to Jian'an, Wang Kuang reported the purpose of cultivating them. When Jian'an soldiers dealt with sandworms, Wang Kuang asked them to stop their work and came to help them. No one could eat sandworms, but if they changed the knife method and stir-fryed, no one could recognize them. When they were eaten, they felt delicious, no one would dislike their ugly appearance. Wang Kuang had a deep understanding. When he was a child, he refused to eat stone scales (as mentioned earlier, it was a type of frog, which looked a bit like a toad.
But the color is darker. I like to live with snakes in mountain streams. Usually there are snakes in the cave and stone scales. Hakka calls it stone frozen. It is considered warm and tonic in western and northern Fujian. No matter what food taboos you have, you can eat it.), but I just dislike the stone scales that look ugly and are extremely ugly. Later, after my sister bought them home, she hid her from Wang Kuang. After peeling the skin of the stone scales, she carefully removed the bones and told Wang Kuang that it was chicken soup and chicken. Wang Kuang then ate the first bite of stone scales in his life and no longer refused to eat them.
After Jian'an Bing and his friends had all the sandworms processed, Wang Kuang also fryed the green on the carbon stove. In this pot, Wang Kuang fryed five of them, and each of them was cut into four pieces, enough for him to eat with those Jian'an Bings.
The crabs will need to be stewed for a while, so Wang Kuang will demonstrate that the sandworms are broken into pieces with a knife, and then cut them one inch long. If a sandworm is cut into three pieces, it can be cut into three pieces.
The three of them cut quickly. This time, the helper was a little braver and asked, "What ingredients do the little boss need? I'll get it."
"Maybe there are some ingredients, just ready-made ones. You can see that you can use the white sandworm with color. This is a light taste, not a heavy taste." If you add something like pepper to the sandworm, the taste will rise, and instead cover up the fragrance and sweetness of the sandworm itself, it is a taboo.
The chef didn't think much about it, so he brought a plate of green peppers and ginger and garlic. Wang Kuang nodded. It's good, I know how to match it. Green and white are also a good combination. In many places, green peppers are used to fry squid. The taste of the pepper will not conflict with the taste of the squid, and the color combination is also a reason.
"High fire!" Wang Kuang said, and the fireworker saw that the little boss was going to cook again, so he was already eager to try it out. The fine and thick firewood that had dried firewood had already been moved to the edge of the stove. When Wang Kuang said that the fire was hot, he stuffed the fine firewood into it one by one. In a short while, the fire started, and everyone next to him could hear the sound of the tongue of fire.
The pot soon became red. Add oil and salt, add the cut sandworms, shredded ginger and garlic slices into the pot, turn it a few times, add wine, and continue to turn it over a few times, pour a spoonful of mixed friend powder (i.e. water starch) and then turn it twice and then start the pot.
Wang Kuang's hands flew up and down, and the speed was very fast. He didn't have time to talk to them while talking. If that was the case, with Wang Kuang's cooking skills, he would be in a hurry, and the sandworms on this plate would be useless. If the sandworms were not stir-fried, if the speed was not fast enough, it would be easy to stir-fry them old. Once they were old, they would be hard and tough. Even if people with a bite of steel teeth would feel tired when they were eaten. To put it bluntly, stir-frying sandworms is not fried thoroughly, and no one can chew them anymore. Many seafoods have this characteristic: either you don't cook them, or you have to cook them for a few hours. Only these two can you taste it, and what just cooks them is unpalatable.
It was not until the pot was started that Wang Kuang said: "The fire should be strong and the hands should be fast, otherwise it would be easy to get old." This sentence is enough. Whether it is Master Gongsun or the chef, you can understand the meaning of this and the meaning outside the words.
At this time, the crabs were almost fried. Wang Kuang drizzled some oil in it, simmered for a while, and then started another pot. Xu Guoxu was so happy now. Okay, another plate was added. Don’t worry about being snatched away now. Several Jian'an soldiers were staring at Old Man Xu, and finally they could taste the delicious food slowly.
After taking a pair of chopsticks, Xu Guoxu picked up the sandworm of the large chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. Although the sandworm was a little disgusting just now, after Wang Kuang changed it to sliced and frying, it became beautiful. As soon as he entered the mouth, the crisp sound of the crackling sound could be heard by anyone next to him.
"How?" Huang Da was still a little psychologically ill. Seeing Xu Guoxu take a taste first, he asked.
"Well, it's not big, it's not big, it's not big." Xu Guoxu responded in a vague way and picked up another chopstick.
Chapter completed!