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Chapter 19 Mapo Tofu

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    In the afternoon, Du Qi had nothing to do, so he prepared to cook and eat.  The wok is ready-made, just use the wok used to fry tea.  With his hands behind his back, Du Qi looked like a grown-up, and led Liu Jian, who followed suit, to the back kitchen.

    Liu Jian looked puzzled and asked, "My lord, what are we going to do in the back kitchen?"

    Du Qidao: "Look for something to eat."

    "Looking for something to eat?"

    Liu Jian didn't understand even more.

    The food in the mansion has always been excellent, and there is even meat at noon, there is no shortage of food, why does the young master have to go find food.

    Liu Jian said: "Could it be that the young master is not full?"

    "I'm not full!"

    Du Qi answered directly.

    Liu Jian frowned suddenly, with a look of incomprehension, and asked: "The chef in the house has excellent craftsmanship and excellent taste. How can you not be full?"

    Du Qidao: "If you can't eat enough, you can't eat enough. There's nothing else to say. As far as the taste is concerned, you actually say it's good. I'm afraid it's for you to eat pig food, but you also said it tastes great."

    Du Qi really didn't want to complain about his taste in doglegs.  With his hands behind his back, he entered the back kitchen not long after.  The kitchen is clean, there are some wild vegetables, mutton, etc., and there is not much other food.

    After Du Qi looked around for a while, his eyes finally fell on the only piece of tofu left.

    Seeing this piece of tofu, Du Qi smiled.

    For food, use tofu.

    He took out the remaining tofu, cut them into small cubes, and soaked them in salt water.  After finishing all this, Du Qi began to prepare ingredients such as onion and garlic, because there was no chili and bean paste in this era, but there was a specially made cornel sauce.

    This cornel sauce was specially used to replace chili before chili was introduced.  There is cornel sauce, with pepper powder, green onion, garlic and other condiments, you can already make mapo tofu.

    Du Qi did what he said.

    He took the prepared ingredients to his yard.  After all, the wok is in his yard, not in the kitchen.  Today's food is mainly steamed and boiled, and there is no wok in the kitchen.

    When Du Qigang was about to leave the kitchen, he found a pot of rice.

    This is very rare in the north.

    After all, the food in the north is mainly noodle cakes, hu cakes, soup cakes, steamed cakes, etc. Although rice and rice are also available, they are not the mainstream.  Du Qi didn't expect to see rice in the back kitchen, which is his favorite.

    Du Qi said: "Bring the rice and two eggs."

    "yes!"

    Liu Jian responded immediately.

    Du Qi and Liu Jian, one with tofu and various ingredients, and the other with rice and eggs, went straight to their yard.  When he returned to the yard, Du Qi asked Liu Jian to bring firewood to light the fire.

    A fire broke out in the simple stove, and the temperature in the pot gradually increased, and Du Qi began to pour oil.  For Du Qi, although he is young, in fact, things like cooking are not complicated and can be done easily.

    As the oil temperature rises, the vegetable oil gradually clears up and is already 80% hot.  Du Qixian poured cornel paste, chopped ginger, garlic, and a little peppercorns.

    The smell of oily smoke is strong, but the aroma of this kind of stir-fried ingredients has been tangled in a short time.

    Liu Jian sniffed lightly with his nose, smashed his mouth, with a look of surprise on his brows, and said: "Master, this smell is really delicious!"

    "Nonsense!"

    Du Qi smelled the ingredients he was frying, waited for the ingredients to be fragrant, picked up the bowl, scooped up half a bowl of water and poured it into the pot.  After the water was poured in, Du Qi asked Liu Jian to add firewood, and the fire burned fiercely.

    In a short time, the pot was already boiling.  The red red oil boils and flips on the surface, especially the aroma of garlic, and the smell of dogwood, the aroma is tangy.

    Du Qi added salt, adjusted the taste, and poured the tofu that had been cut into small cubes into it.  As the broth reduced, this taste also soaked into the tofu cubes.

    Although in this era, there is no seasoning of chicken essence, monosodium glutamate, etc., it is enough for Du Qi.

    At the end, Du Qi added kudzu root powder for thickening.

    Pueraria root powder, similar to the sweet potato starch of later generations, can play a thick and lubricating role.  This kudzu root powder is starch granules made from kudzu root as raw material.

    Gefen is used as medicine, which has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxifying.

    At the same time, it also has the effect of starch, which can make food tender and smooth.  In the absence of later generations of sweet potato starch, kudzu powder is the most suitable thickening material.

    ?As the pueraria starch was mixed with water into the pot, the original soup became more viscous, and the red soup was attached to the red beanOn the tofu cube, it makes the tofu more delicious.

    Du Qi grabbed a pinch of chopped green onion and sprinkled it in, turned it over twice, and took the tofu out of the pot.

    A large plate of tofu is out of the pan, full of aroma.

    The bright red color is filled with a refreshing fragrance, which can be said to be complete in color and fragrance.  Even if Du Qi watched it by himself, he was still tongue-tied and couldn't bear to take a bite.

    Du Qi is not in a hurry, he still has to make fried rice with eggs, and eat fried rice with tofu. For Du Qi today, those days are simply fairy days.

    Du Qi asked Liu Jian to clean the frying pan and start preparing fried rice with eggs.  With the golden yellow egg liquid, pour it into the pot, and under the ironing of hot oil, the egg liquid is quickly formed.

    Fried rice with scrambled eggs, the best rice, preferably overnight.

    This is the most suitable.

    The rice grains fell down, mixed with the golden fried eggs, and kept turning, all the rice grains gradually had a hint of golden yellow.  At this time, Du Qi poured a little water into the pot.  The reason for this is to prevent the rice grains from being too dry and hard. With the infiltration of this little water, the rice has a better taste.

    Du Qi seasoned quickly, and when the last chopped green onion was sprinkled, the taste of the chopped green onion was flipped between the rice grains, and the taste of fried rice with eggs was filled with a rich fragrance.

    Gudong!

    Liu Jian on the side couldn't help but swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

    It's so fragrant.

    Logically speaking, the Du family is a family of officials. Although they are not considered a family of rich and powerful nowadays, the food is quite good.  The diet of the Du family is also excellent.

    Liu Jian thinks that the food in the house is good, even for a servant like him, the food is pretty good, and there is meat for every meal.  But now, looking at Du Qi's fried food and smelling the smell, he suddenly felt a little hungry for some reason.

    Du Qi smiled when he saw Liu Jian's appearance.

    Cooking is a success.

    Du Qi gave an order and said, "Bring two sets of bowls and chopsticks. The young master is happy today. You can eat with him."

    "Okay!"

    After hearing this, Liu Jian had a bright smile on his face.  Looking at the food in front of him, he already has a big appetite. Although he is full at noon, he still wants to eat when he looks at the food.

    Liu Jian flew to the kitchen like a fly, and after a while, he brought two sets of bowls and chopsticks and placed them in front of him and Du Qi.

    There are only two bowls of egg fried rice fried by Du Qi, one bowl for each person.

    Liu Jian didn't move the dishes.

    Only when Du Qi starts to eat can he start.

    Du Qi picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of tofu and put it in his mouth.  In an instant, a trace of spicy taste pervades at the end, and the tofu itself is soft and tender under the pueraria powder, and with the smell of garlic, all the flavors burst out in the taste buds.

    "Comfortable! Really comfortable!"

    Du Qi shook his head and said approvingly: "My son is really a genius, this taste is absolutely amazing."

    "Du Erlang, what an amazing taste!"

    Suddenly, a thick and resonant voice came from outside the yard.

    Du Qi raised his brows when he heard the voice. The voice was a little familiar, how could it sound like Li Er's voice.

    The next moment, two figures entered.

    The people who came were Li Shimin and Du Ruhui.  Li Shimin originally came to the mansion to discuss matters with Du Ruhui. After the discussion was completed, Li Shimin thought of hearing that Du Qi was going to open a tea shop, so he prepared to come over and have a look, and Du Qi by the way.

    Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered, I could smell a refreshing fragrance.

    Li Shimin looked intently, his eyes fell on the tofu and egg fried rice on the table in front of Du Qi, and said: "Erlang, what kind of food is this? It's just after lunch time, why are you eating again?"

    Smelling the fragrance, Li Shimin was also a little moved.

    This smell is too fragrant.

    Although Li Shimin was born in the royal family and was the King of Qin in the Tang Dynasty, he had eaten delicacies from mountains and seas, but the smell of tofu and rice made Li Shimin swallow his saliva.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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