Baozi Xishi's Struggle

Chapter 416: Fragrant Radish Stewed Rabbit

Shen Yu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's not think about it here. Let's quickly buy some food and go back to make lunch. After we go back, we can ask everyone if anyone knows how to fish."

The three of them then drove a mule cart to buy food. Shen Yu thought that rabbit meat was too lean, and since he had earned extra money from selling rabbit skins today, he specially bought a piece of pork belly to take back.

Back at the construction site, first take out the rabbit meat soaked in the basin and drain it.

While the water was draining, the three of them divided the work to wash the radishes and cut them into large pieces, cut the pork belly into thin slices, and chopped some onions, ginger and garlic.

Shen Yu asked Liu Shun to light the fire in the stove and start cooking stewed rabbit meat with radish.

When the iron pan is heated, pour a little oil into the pan to lubricate it, then add the sliced ​​pork belly into the pan.

When the pork belly slices become transparent and curled and a lot of lard has been fried out of the pan, add the chopped ginger and peppercorns into the pan.

After stir-frying until fragrant, pour all the rabbit meat in and stir-fry with a large spatula.

The three hares looked fat, but in order to resist the severe cold in winter, the rabbits had thick fur, and their food was scarce, so they consumed their own fat. After being skinned, they became skinny and small.

After the three rabbits were fried in the pan to remove the moisture, the large pieces of meat shrank a lot.

Qi Xi leaned over and looked over, thankful and said, "I was wondering why the girl bought pork when she was shopping just now. She already had rabbit meat, so why did she buy more pork?"

"Then this pot is all meat, right? I didn't expect the rabbit meat to be so much smaller after frying, and there's no oil left."

Shen Yu said as he stir-fried the meat: "Rabbit meat is very lean in winter. It will be even leaner if you stir-fry it further."

"Have you ever noticed the rabbit skewers sold in the market?"

"The skewer looked like a big piece of meat before it was fried, but it became a little tighter once it was taken out of the frying pan."

"That's why I bought a piece of pork belly to go with it. This way the dish has more meat and some oil."

"It's a rare opportunity to eat meat, so of course I have to make it taste better."

As he was talking, he saw that the meat in the pot was almost cooked, so he added some rice wine into it, stir-fried it a few times, and when the wine smell evaporated, the meat in the pot began to smell fragrant.

Add a tablespoon of sweet soy sauce and a large tablespoon of bean paste to the pot and stir-fry until the sauce flavor comes out.

After adding the chopped green onions, Shen Yu asked Qixi to use a small basin to scoop hot water from the large soup pot and pour it into the pot.

After adding enough water, cover the pot and simmer it on low heat for about an incense stick of time. When the meat in the pot is fully flavored, you can add the radish and stew it together.

After the dishes were prepared, Shen Yu and Qi Xi started to make pancakes.

Because there were many people eating, the wheat flour Shen Yu bought was inferior to the wheat flour used for steamed buns in the restaurant. In addition, the weather was cold, so the dough was always difficult to ferment.

Shen Yu steamed steamed buns made with leavened dough once and found that the taste was not good, so he never made pasta that required leavened dough again.

In addition to noodles, we always make some hot dough pancakes, fried pancakes, or vegetable dumplings, sweet cakes and other foods that do not require leavening.

By the time two pots of pancakes were cooked, the aroma from the pot of stewing rabbit meat became stronger.

Shen Yu opened the lid of the pot, scooped up a piece of meat with a soup spoon and pressed it with a bamboo chopstick. When he felt it was almost done, he added all the chopped radish in.

After adding the radish, stir it, then ask Liushun to add some firewood and bring to a boil over high heat.

When stewing radish, keep the lid open and stew until the soup boils to allow the unique pungent smell of radish to dissipate.

Shen Yu waited for a while and saw that the vegetables in the pot started to boil again. He used a large soup spoon to stir it a few times to allow the radishes in the pot to be heated more evenly.

When the radish starts to change color, add some salt to season it, cover the pot again, and let the Liu Shun simmer on low heat.

When serving, just sprinkle some chopped garlic on top.

Because there was meat to eat today, the servants were a little absent-minded when working.

During the journey, several people came to ask for water.

On weekdays, everyone always takes half a bowl of boiled water and drinks it slowly after dinner, and they can also warm themselves by the stone stove.

When we are working on the embankment, we are always busy and few people come to drink water.

Some people started coming to drink water, but Shen Yu didn't think too much about it, thinking they were really thirsty.

Later, when more people came, they squatted by the stove, sipping water while looking at the big pot stove that was emitting fragrant aroma and making gurgling sounds, and then they understood what was going on.

She couldn't help but laugh. These people weren't thirsty at all. They just came to see if the food was ready.

Therefore, as soon as today's lunch was ready, although it was still some time before the usual lunch time, Shen Yu urged Liu Shun to ring the gong.

Everyone's expression today is joyful, as if they had not just done physical work for the morning, but had come from afar to attend a long-awaited feast.

Shen Yu looked at those joyful faces and felt a little sad.

Because there are many mountains, forests and hills around the county town, wild rabbits are very cheap here.

In the summer when wild rabbits run around everywhere, you can sometimes buy a fat rabbit for thirty or forty cents.

That's how it is. Ordinary farmers can't often buy one to eat.

After the food was served to everyone, everyone happily went to the straw hut to eat, holding a big bowl of rabbit meat stewed with radish and two pancakes.

Liu Shun did not eat lunch here. He helped distribute the food and then drove the mule cart back to the county government office to eat with the yamen runners who were on shift change.

Shen Yu brought a small soup dish reserved for himself and Qixi to the table. There was only radish but no rabbit meat.

Shen Yu looked at the soup plate and said to Qi Xi apologetically, "I'm so sorry, there's too little rabbit meat and pork, and I wanted to give everyone a similar amount of meat in their bowls, but in the end, in the end..."

Qixi was aroused by the aroma of stewed rabbit meat and was already hungry.

Seeing Shen Yu apologize at this time, he hurriedly smiled and said indifferently: "My father once said that when stewing radish with rabbit meat, the flavor is in the soup. If it can be stewed well, the radish is more fragrant than the meat."

"Girl, how do you know I like the stewed radish in this dish?"

Shen Yu burst out laughing at these words, and could only smile and say, "After this busy period, you can go to the restaurant and I will make a good stew of rabbit meat for you to eat as much as you want."

Qi Xi smiled and nodded, and then the two began to eat.

Qixi's father was right. If the dish of stewed radish and rabbit meat is cooked to the right degree, the soup will be rich and fragrant, and the radish will be sweet and meaty.

The radish is soft and chewy and tastes really good.

Although I didn’t get to eat the rabbit meat in the dish, I think it must have been delicious.

The two had just finished their meal, with Shen Yu still having the last piece of pancake in his hand, when Wang Dazhuang and others came to return their bowls, their mouths greasy and they looked very satisfied.