Chapter 130: You Are Not In Exile You Are Clearly Traveling!
Chapter 130: A Grand Display of Skills
Well, Chen Xue was a Hakka in her past life, so she knew many Hakka dishes, but with her cooking skills, she probably couldn't replicate them.
Also, with limited ingredients, she could only make simple dishes.
Birthday banquet.
Longevity noodles were a must.
And of course, fish and shrimp.
But because all the fish and shrimp were put into the lake, Chen Yuan could only use a fishing net to catch them.
As for the fish, Chen Xue planned to make sweet and sour fish.
After cleaning and gutting the fish, she scored the body, added scallions, ginger, garlic, salt, and cooking wine, and marinated it for a while.
Then she took out the carp and deep-fried it in oil.
When it turned golden brown, she removed it and started making the sauce.
She didn't have any tomato sauce, which Chen Xue didn't like anyway, so she didn't exchange it. But for some other ingredients she couldn't buy, Chen Xue remembered to exchange them from the system.
One spoon of soy sauce, two spoons of starch, three spoons of sugar, and four spoons of vinegar.
Then she fried the ginger and garlic in the pan for a while before adding the prepared sauce.
Finally, she poured the sauce over the fried carp.
A simple plate of sweet and sour fish was done.
Chen Xue's cooking skills were lacking, mainly in controlling the amount of salt and the heat.
She didn't know when it was cooked or not, or how long to stir-fry for the best taste.
So, it was Xiao Die who reminded her on the side.
Although Chen Xue ordered her to rest, she was still worried. She ran over to watch Chen Xue and occasionally lent a hand.
Chen Xue just let her.
After making the first dish, Chen Xue was confident and decided to make braised prawns in oil.
Although it was called braised prawns, they were actually river prawns, not sea prawns, because they were not near the sea here, so all the prawns caught in the lake were river prawns.
However, they were still delicious after being fried in oil.
So, it should be called oil-blasted river prawns.
The method was similar, not very complicated.
First, remove the whiskers and feet with scissors, clean the prawns, and pat them dry. Then prepare the seasonings, such as scallions, ginger, and garlic, and heat the oil in a wok.
Once the oil was hot, fry the prawns in the pan. After frying one side, flip them over.
When they were cooked through, they could be taken out, drained of oil, and then the ginger, garlic, and chili were fried in the pan.
After the seasonings were fried, add in soy sauce, a little cooking wine, and then pour the sauce over the fried prawns, and finally sprinkle with chopped green onions.
"So fragrant!"
"When did Xiao Xue become so good at cooking?"
Chen Yuan was attracted by the fragrance and was somewhat surprised. After all, he knew that Chen Xue had never been in the kitchen before.
"I'm so smart. How could I not learn after watching Xiao Die for so many days?" Chen Xue boasted, not afraid of being seen as not the original person.
"What are you looking at? Get the dishes to the table!" Madam Chen glared at Chen Yuan obviously dissatisfied with him standing around doing nothing.
Chen Yuan didn't dare to argue back and could only pick up the plates and leave.
"Wife, let me do it!"
Xiao Die hurried over, wanting to help Madam Chen with the dishes, but was refused. "No need, Xiao Die. As Xiao Xue said, you're the birthday star today, so rest well."
"These days, you've been cooking, washing dishes, and doing laundry. You must be tired. Take this opportunity to rest."
Chen Xue also chimed in, "If Xiao Die has nothing to do, watch me cook. Otherwise, if I make a mistake, the dish will be ruined."
"Yes, Miss!"
Since it was a birthday banquet, a feast was naturally needed. Since the space had a preservation function, there was no need to worry about the food spoiling if there was too much left over.
So, Chen Xue planned to continue cooking.
The third dish was braised pig trotters with kelp, which was different from the other dishes as it was not clear soup but spicy and delicious.
However, although they had pig trotters, there was no kelp, so Chen Xue had to exchange it from the system. It was worth it, as a little contribution points could get her more than a pound of kelp.
First, wash the kelp, cut it into pieces, and sun-dry it. Then wash the pig trotters and prepare the seasonings.
First, blanch the pig trotters, then drain them, heat the oil in the wok, and braise the pig trotters.
Then add ginger, star anise, cinnamon, dried chili, and other seasonings.
After frying them together with the kelp until fragrant, add water and braise for half an hour until the pig trotters are tender and fully flavored.
Actually, there were other steps, but Chen Xue forgot them.
But... as long as it was edible.
Three meat dishes naturally required a vegetable dish.
The vegetable dish was the simplest, and Chen Xue was best at it.
Then, Chen Xue made a soup, carrot and corn soup.
Finally, it came to the most important and last dish.
That was, longevity noodles.
Fortunately, the longevity noodles exchanged from the system were already made, so she didn't need to knead them manually, just boil them directly.
Longevity noodles couldn't be forgotten.
Chen Xue fried two sunny-side-up eggs for Xiao Die and carved "Happy Birthday" with carrots.
However, after Chen Xue finished fussing, she realized that there was cake, noodles, so many dishes, what should they eat?
After discussing it, they decided to have a big meal for lunch and celebrate the birthday in the evening.
Since she made the longevity noodles in front of Xiao Die, the surprise was already known, so waiting a bit longer wouldn't make a difference.
"Xiao Xue's cooking skills are really good," Chen Yuan praised, "Indeed, Xiao Xue!"
Madam Chen also praised, "That's right, Xiao Xue is much better than me."
"The dishes made by the young lady are delicious!" Xiao Die also praised.
"Don't, don't, don't!"
Chen Xue was somewhat helpless, "Today is Xiao Die's birthday. Shouldn't we praise her? Why are you all praising me instead?"
"Here, Xiao Die, eat more meat to grow taller!" Madam Chen picked up a prawn and put it in Xiao Die's bowl.
Chen Xue directly picked up Xiao Die's bowl and piled it with several prawns, pieces of pig trotters, and kelp, filling it to the brim and even overflowing a few centimeters.
"Miss, it's too much, too much..."
Xiaodie was stunned and quickly stopped, oh my god, how could
she eat so much!
When Chen Xue put the bowl in front of her, the food almost touched her nose.
Xiao Die was somewhat helpless, but deeply moved. Actually, when she decided to follow Miss into exile, she was prepared to suffer.
Who knew she hadn't suffered at all. On the contrary, she was even happier than when she was in the mansion, especially since Miss had changed completely and treated her better.
Men die for the sake of the one they love, and women accommodate for the one they love.
This was Xiao Die's current mood.
This meal lasted for a few hours.
Before they could digest it all, it was already evening. Chen Xue dragged Xiao Die to the room and brought out the longevity noodles and birthday cake.
Although she felt uncomfortable from being so full, Biao Die's heart was filled with warmth and moved. Tears flowed down like pearls.
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