After the salted fish is married

Chapter 15

18. Crispy Spicy Fish

Hearing that the fish in the lake are edible, Bai Tao drooled: "Brother Ning, shall we have fish for lunch?"

Yan Xining glanced at the koi carps under the bridge who were so crowded that they were about to jump ashore and nodded: "Yeah!"

He likes Wenzhang Garden more and more. After he has his private plot, he also has a fish pond!

The koi are fat and big, and they look silly, but how to catch them is a technical job.

Yan Xining first thought of fishing with nets, but where can I find fishing nets in Zhangyuan?Besides, he is not very good at using fishing nets.

Then he thought about spearfishing.The structure of the harpoon is simple, as long as you have a handy bamboo pole and a forked iron fork tied to the pointed end, you can throw the harpoon at the fish when you use it, and you can bring the harpoon from the bottom of the water to the shore.

To the northeast of Pinmei Garden, there are a few thin bamboos, which grow sparsely and have good toughness but not hardness. The harpoon made of it may not last long.There is also the most important iron fork. I don't know if the blacksmith of Chu Liao can make it the way he wants.

Just when Yan Xining was seriously thinking about the possibility of a harpoon, she heard Bai Tao happily say, "I'm going to dig earthworms!"

Yan Xining didn't realize it: "Huh? What are you doing digging up earthworms?" Feed the ducklings?

As soon as he finished speaking, he smiled and patted himself on the head. He was really stupid. He only thought of a simple and quick fishing method, and even forgot the most traditional fishing method - fishing.

Fishing is the easiest, just take a fishing rod and a little bait, and wait quietly for the fish to take the bait.

The reason why Yan Xining did not put this method as the first choice is because fishing takes too long.In his previous life, his leader was obsessed with fishing, sometimes squatting by the river for a whole day, only to catch a few catfish.

However, what he is facing now is not a small river that lacks fish resources, but a school of fish that have been hungry for a whole winter and are waiting to be fed!This means that whenever bait is dropped, the fish will flock to it.

Bai Tao took the initiative to invite Ying, and he quickly picked a thin bamboo branch from Pinmei Garden, and found a thin thread from the room.He bent the sewing needle into the shape of a fishhook, and saw that he wrapped one end of the thin thread around the bamboo branch, and wrapped the other end around the fishhook with the earthworms on it.After a while, a simple fishing rod appeared in Bai Tao's hands.

When Bai Tao stood in front of Yan Xining with a fishing rod and smiled with white teeth showing, Yan Xining was in a trance: Could it be that Bai Tao is the legendary - fishing master? !

Bai Tao looked at the school of fish under his feet with great interest: "Master, which one shall we catch?!"

After thinking for a while, Yan Xining said: "Catch fish with normal color, try not to catch fish with color on it."

Bai Tao didn't understand: "Why, young master? Look at that red and white one, it's big and fat!" He rolled his eyes, "I understand, young master! Are you afraid that people in the palace will say us? Don't worry, young master. , so many fish, they can't see if one or two are missing!"

Yan Xining never thought about the possibility of being caught by the people of the palace. He was thinking about another problem: "It doesn't necessarily taste good if it looks good."

When she saw koi in the park's lake in her previous life, Yan Xining was thinking about this question: Is koi really delicious?They look so good-looking and have so much meat, the taste must not be bad, right?

However, according to the reaction of colleagues who have eaten koi: the thorny meat of koi has no umami taste, and it is far worse than ordinary fish.

He was very disappointed when he heard about it: such a fat fish was in vain, and he didn't like it!

After thinking about it, he was relieved, carp was already thick in meat.As a variant of carp, koi carp are developed towards the ornamental direction, and the taste is naturally not as good as normal fish.

God is fair to most creatures. When a door is opened, a window must be closed.What looks good doesn't necessarily taste good!

Bai Tao felt that what his young master said was very reasonable, so he threw his hook at the fish that looked normal: "Okay, young master, I'll listen to you!"

However, the fishing process was not smooth, Yan Xining listened to Bai Tao yelling while cutting the vegetables.

"Master! The hook caught the duckling!"

"Ahhh, why is this yellow koi so annoying! It ate three of my earthworms!"

"Ouch, my hook! Master, the hook has been dragged away by the fish!"

In the end, Bai Tao caught a normal big carp at the cost of ten embroidery needles and half a jar of earthworms.He wiped the sweat from his brow: "Master, do you think this is okay?!"

Yan Xining looked at the fat and strong carp and gave Bai Tao a thumbs up: "Amazing!"

To be able to catch such a big carp with such a simple fishing rod, Baitao's fishing skills can no longer be summed up in two words.However, in order not to turn the remaining sewing needles into fishhooks, it is better to arrange the harpoon earlier.

The carp that Bai Tao caught weighed more than a dozen catties, with a bulging body, and it was heavy to hold in his hand.Yan Xining just glanced at this fish, and a series of fish dishes popped up in her mind.

He wants to eat boiled fish with sauerkraut, boiled fish and grilled fish...but he doesn't have an oven, no sauerkraut, and he doesn't even have bean paste!

The meat of carp is thick, so it needs to be served with strong seasonings to taste good.After thinking for a while, he decided on the menu for today: "Shall we eat crispy spicy fish?"

Bai Tao's eyes were sharp: "Good!"

Bai Tao not only knows how to fish, he can also kill fish.Such a big fish was clearly arranged in his hands.He picked up the stick and pointed two sticks at the carp's head, and the jumping carp immediately lay upright on the ground.

Then he carried the fish to the edge of the pier and skillfully removed the scales and ripped open the belly. Yan Xining couldn't help but praise the smoothness of his movements: "Bai Tao is good at killing fish!"

Bai Tao chuckled twice: "When my parents are sick, I often go fishing and cook fish soup for them."

It turned out that Bai Tao's fish killing technique was practiced at that time, it was really hard for such a filial child.Yan Xining looked at Bai Tao's frail back with distress, he knew how difficult it is for a child who lost the protection of his parents to live.

Yan Xining comforted: "Your parents must like your fish soup very much, right?"

Bai Tao hummed in embarrassment: "I'm not good at crafting, and I don't even drink the soup I make."

Yan Xining: ...

Bai Tao smiled foolishly: "It would be great if I knew the young master at that time, the young master will definitely teach me how to make delicious fish soup."

Yan Xining smiled and patted Bai Tao's head: "Okay, next time we catch crucian carp, I'll teach you how to make fish soup."

Bai Tao quickly cleaned up the whole fish, but he didn't expect that this carp's belly was full of roe, and the blue-yellow roe filled a large bowl.Yan Xining was delighted to see the fish roe: "There are so many fish roe!"

He likes to eat fish roe. Whenever he ate fish when he was a child, his parents would leave the fish roe for him.Although eating too much fish roe would make him indigestible, he still couldn't refuse the temptation of fish roe.He wants to save this big bowl of fish roe and braise the fish head and tail!

Bai Tao put the processed fish on the chopping board: "Master, I've killed it."

There is only so much he can do for the young master, he doesn't have the master's foresight, if he is asked to divide the fish, it will definitely be divided into different sizes.

Yan Xining smiled and took the kitchen knife from Bai Tao's hand: "Thank you."

When Bai Tao thought that his young master would cut off the fish, he saw that he cut the fish's neck and the front of the tail, and then he stretched out his right hand to feel for something in the meat along the neck opening.

With Yan Xining's 'hmm', he finally found the fish tendon buried in the fish.As the back of the knife patted the fish regularly, he pulled out the white tendons little by little, and soon a complete white tendon appeared in his hand.

Bai Tao was stunned: "Master! What is this?!"

Yan Xining explained with a smile: "There are two fishy lines on the back of the carp. If the fishy lines are not removed, the fish will not taste good." Pulled out.

Bai Tao was so impressed: "Young master is really amazing, you know everything!"

Yan Xining smiled and said nothing, he just followed his mother's experience in handling fish.

After pulling out the fishy thread, he chopped off the fish head and tail, and cut the rest of the fish body into evenly sized fish pieces.

After returning to Wenzhang Garden, Yan Xining mixed the fish pieces with green onion, ginger, wine, fine salt, egg white and pepper powder, and mixed them well, then he put the basin containing the fish pieces in the water tank.

The fish pieces need to be marinated at low temperature for more than an hour before they can taste. Only when they are fully fried and fried thoroughly, can the fish pieces be crispy, fragrant and delicious.

While the fish pieces were being marinated, Yan Xining was preparing a side dish for the crispy fish pieces.The bowls on the chopping board are piled with red pepper segments and dark red peppercorns. As for ginger slices, garlic slices, and shallots, these have long been regular customers.

Beside the chopping board was an open jar filled with black and red beans.When Bai Tao saw the pot, he moved away: "Master, why did you take out the stinky beans again?!"

After the young master boiled the soybeans, he covered and covered them again. The good beans became sticky and smelly, and the smell was pungent and irritating to the eyes.The young master didn't throw away such beans.

It doesn't matter if you don't throw it away, the young master will add Huadiao wine, salt, and pepper powder to the beans... After stirring, the black beans are coated with a layer of red chili powder.

When the young master was drying the stinky beans under the eaves, Bai Tao's brain buzzed when he smelled the smell.After finally waiting for the young master to put the stinky beans in the jar, he thought the young master had finally calmed down, but at this moment he saw the stinky beans that gave him a headache again!

Bai Tao stared at the beans in the jar, wishing he could throw the beans into the lake.

Yan Xining corrected, "It's called tempeh, not stinky beans."

Chu Liao's seasonings are lacking. Ever since Yan Xining came here, when he wanted to eat something, he either lacked one thing or the other.Under limited conditions, he wanted to taste familiar flavors, so he could only use the food and seasonings at hand to make his own seasonings.

Fermented soy bean is the first condiment he tried to make, which can be used as a seasoning and eaten as a dish.What a great thing to do multiple things in one fell swoop!

Yan Xining took a spoonful of tempeh and put it in a small bowl. Just as he was about to close the jar, Yan Ke strode into the kitchen.Yan Ke was holding a half-sized deer in his hand, with a half-feathered arrow sticking out of the deer's neck.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, he put the dead deer on the ground, and then he sniffled: "What smells so pungent?!"

When he saw clearly the side dishes on the chopping board, Guard Yan's head grew big: "There are so many peppers! Princess, are you finally seeing that we are not pleasing to the eye, are you going to kill us?"

Ever since the meat-stealing incident happened in Wenzhangyuan, Yan Ke would come to Wenzhangyuan for a walk from time to time, and every time he came, he would bring something for Yan Xining.Yan Xining is also used to Yan Ke's way of speaking, the more open-minded this person is, the more he trusts himself.

Yan Xining pointed to the deer on the ground: "Where did the deer come from?"

Yan Ke walked around the kitchen with his hands behind his back: "Heh, Ji Nan brought his dog to the palace to show off his power. This is what he brought."

Yan Xining blinked: "Who is Ji Nan?"

Yan Ke sneered and showed his white teeth: "The current prince is the eldest brother of the master."

Yan Xining looked at the dead deer, he understood, why did Ji Nan come to visit his younger brother, he came to tell Ji Song: If the deer is killed by me, what can you do to me!