Chapter 320: Pot Stickers Eel Back

Stepping into Su Ji's back kitchen, this moment seems to be reversed in time and space, and Shi Jinbin vaguely seems to have returned to more than 30 years ago.

"Hahaha, Shitou, although you are old, you are the latest to get started, so you can only be a junior."

"That's right, hurry up and call Senior Brother."

"Call me brother, call me brother..."

"Shitou, you can't do this, the master will scold you when you see it."

"That's right, Shitou, you can't peel the shrimp."

"Junior Brother Shitou, your hands are slow again. The master said that it must be dismantled in one minute. You have more than one point, and you can't do it."

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In a trance, back to the most lively period of Suji, the brothers in the back kitchen studied together all day long, and at the same time made trouble together, and competed and competed with each other.

Su Ji at that time was really unforgettable for Shi Jinbin.

"Shi Jinbin, what are you doing in a daze? Waiting for the master to arrange tasks for you? Are your eyes panting? Everyone is busy, and you are alone there to supervise the work? Are you going to be a master? Do you want to be a master? live?"

In a daze, as if he heard the scolding from his master back then, Shi Jinbin suddenly woke up.

"Yes, Master, let's do the work."

Responding subconsciously, Shi Jinbin came to his senses again and realized that everything was different.

Although the back kitchen is still that of Su Ji, almost all the layout of the kitchen has not changed. But the people from back then are no longer there, the master is no longer there, and neither are those fellow apprentices.

To Shi Jinbin, Su Ji's current kitchen is really different.

However, although people are no longer the original people, all these are necessary for inheritance and the continuation of craftsmanship.

If there are always those old men busy in the back kitchen of a restaurant, how can we continue this craftsmanship? How can it continue the taste of Su Ji for a hundred years?

Thinking of this, Shi Jinbin formally stepped into the kitchen, and first seriously put on an apron in the bathroom next to the kitchen door, then washed his hands inside, and even took out the specially prepared shoe covers and hat to put on.

This is not because Shi Jinbin likes to be clean, nor is it just to ensure the hygiene of the dishes in the back kitchen.

The most important reason is that Shi Jinbin clearly remembers Master's teachings, and has always strictly followed what Master said. When entering the kitchen, he must ensure that he is neatly dressed, and the kitchen must also be cleaned.

This is a habit accumulated over the years, so Shi Jinbin maintains it very strictly.

After officially entering the back kitchen, I saw Feng Yifan leading the young apprentices busy.

The young apprentices, who were on the sidelines, could only help the master. This scene made Shi Jinbin seem to see that their brothers were also a little clumsy to help the master back then.

Looking at Feng Yifan again, his movements are smooth and smooth, and the dishes are also served very quickly.

Especially seeing that Feng Yifan will personally finish the process of arranging the dishes every time he serves them.

Shi Jinbin stood watching from the side, feeling as if he saw his master in a trance.

The person in charge of Su Ji back then, Shi Jinbin and his master, the old man Su did the same every time he made dishes. At the same time as the dishes are prepared, they will arrange the dishes well, and when they are handed over to the disciples, there is almost no need to move them.

Today's Feng Yifan turned out to be the same, which made Shi Jinbin a little bit impressed.

Then look at the various preparations on the cooking table, most of which are mainly made of various eels.

There are prepared eel shreds, as well as eel backs that have been deboned and belly removed. The eel bones and eel belly are also placed aside separately, and even eel blood is also prepared.

Seeing this, Shi Jinbin smiled and asked, "Is this a long fish feast today?"

Hearing the sound, Lin Ruifeng raised his head and was surprised to see a strange fat old man, wearing an apron and a chef's hat, coming in.

What surprised Lin Ruifeng was that the fat old man had special shoe covers on his feet.

Feng Yifan greeted Shi Jinbin with a smile after serving the dishes: "Master, you don't need to be so neatly armed when you come in. As a cook, you must be a clean person."

Shi Jinbin responded with a smile: "You still have to bring what you should bring. The key in the kitchen is to ensure hygiene."

Hearing this, Feng Yifan was a little embarrassed: "Master is right, I usually let Ruoruo run around, it's really wrong."

Shi Jinbin suddenly became happy: "So you are still waiting for the uncle? Isn't the first thing your daughter does when she comes home is to wash her hands and change her shoes? Don't think that the uncle didn't see it."

In fact, many restaurant customers may not notice that Feng Ruoruo seems to have to go upstairs to pack her schoolbag every day when she comes back from kindergarten, but in fact, she has already changed a pair of shoes when she goes downstairs.

And every time the little girl goes home, she will have her hair tied up again by her grandma, and her little hands must be washed.

This is done in order to be able to enter the back kitchen and not bring the dust on the shoes back into the kitchen.

Shi Jinbin can guess all these, because old master Su also asked for the same way back then.

When Shi Jinbin and the others first came to Su Ji, Su Lanxin was actually still in school, and she had to strictly abide by these requirements most of the time, even though she was not allowed to enter the back kitchen at that time.

Feng Yifan sorted out the dishes on the plate, wiped off the excess soup on the side of the plate, and adjusted the dishes in the end.

After setting them up, put them on the tray and ask apprentice Lin Ruifeng to serve food outside.

"Ruifeng, don't be dazed, hurry up and serve the food."

Lin Ruifeng could only quickly pick up the tray, and quickly ran to the restaurant in front to serve the food.

After Lin Ruifeng went out, Shi Jinbin said: "It looks pretty good, you have the demeanor of a chef, and you have maintained the back kitchen very well. Looking at it now, Jin Rong did not choose the wrong person."

Feng Yifan quickly responded humbly: "Thank you for your compliment, Master."

Shi Jinbin continued: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me, you still have to pass my test."

As he said that, Shi Jinbin pointed to the eel back that had been separated on the cooking table: "Just use this, and give me a potsticker eel back."

Hearing that his uncle had already made a request, Feng Yifan naturally did not hesitate, and quickly acted.

Shi Jinbin stood by, quietly observing Feng Yifan's every move. The more I look at it, the more I feel a little surprised, because Feng Yifan's movements are really very stable and very fast.

It is almost impossible to see his redundant movements, and he will do every step very accurately.

The key point is that Feng Yifan will break down the steps, and he will always be very clear about which step to do at what time.

So when watching him cooking from the side, there will be no fussy scenes, and the smooth and smooth process is really very interesting to watch.

If you go to the restaurant in front of you to ask about the dish of pot stickers and eel back, let alone young and new diners, even some old diners may not know it.

The recipe of this dish is very similar to the potsticker dumplings in the morning at the Lin family next door.

But this dish is not made with eel meat to make pot sticker dumplings.

This dish is a combination of eel back, shrimp paste, and a very thin piece of pig fat.

First of all, carefully select the complete eel back, put it into the pot, add onion and ginger water, cooking wine, salt, and pepper to give the eel back a base flavor.

Just boil it for a while, don't cook it too hard, and the back of the eel will be boiled.

Then, put the pig fat into the pot and boil it, and also add some green onion, ginger and cooking wine to taste.

During the cooking process, Feng Yifan quickly peeled off the fresh shrimps and chopped them all into shrimp paste.

After that, add some scallion and ginger water to the shrimp paste, and add an egg white, and beat it in one direction to form a paste.

At this time, almost all the pig fat has been cooked, take it out and cool it with ice water.

After that, a very thin piece of pig fat is tricked into the bottom.

In order to ensure a certain degree of adhesion, a layer of starch is first patted on the surface, then the shrimp paste is spread on the top layer, and finally the selected eel back is pasted on the shrimp paste.

In this way, a rectangular embryo is finally made.

Next, carefully modify the knife, and cut them all obliquely into pieces.

Before frying, Feng Yifan also made a batter with egg yolk and starch, in order to ensure that the bottom can be shaped.

When frying, Feng Yifan didn't use a frying pan, but a wok for cooking.

A little bit of oil is at the bottom of the pot, dip the bottom of the cut eel back pot stickers with a little batter, and then put it into the oil at the bottom of the pot.

In this way, enter in order, and at the same time as entering, Feng Yifan will also adjust the finalized ones.

This dish should never be flipped.

Because if you turn it over, it is no longer a pot sticker, but a pot that is fried on both sides.

Slowly fry over a low heat until the bottom is completely shaped, then cook in water like pot sticker dumplings, then cover it with a pot, and shake the pot slowly so that the bottom can be heated evenly.

In about ten minutes, the bottom is almost mature, and the moment the lid is lifted, the aroma of oil spreads over the surface instantly.

The fire was still low, because the fat from the pig fat at the bottom was fried out, Feng Yifan used a spoon to pour the hot oil from the bottom of the pan on the eel back on the surface little by little.

Slowly let the eel's back also reveal the fragrance of oil.

In the end, when almost all the oil was gone and the bottom was golden brown and crispy, Feng Yifan finally came out of the pot.

Zhao Daxia, who sniffed the fragrance from the water room outside, poked her head in and exclaimed, "Wow, it's so fragrant? What kind of dish is this?"

Shi Jinbin glanced at the back door when he heard the words, saw Zhao Daxia's conversation coming in, and said with a smile, "So there are still people in the water room at the back?"

Zhao Daxia couldn't help but feel a little curious when she saw a fat old man in the kitchen: "Who are you?"

Feng Yifan had already put the potstickers on the plate, and introduced to Zhao Daxia at the same time: "Sister Zhao, this is my uncle, who learned how to cook from Grandpa in Suji before."

Zhao Daxia didn't realize at first that "grandpa" was referring to Su Ruoxi's grandfather.

She was a little surprised and said, "This old man, did he learn how to cook from Ruoruo's grandfather? No way? He looks older than Uncle Rong."

Feng Yifan was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Hahaha, no big sister, this is my uncle, he and my father are brothers, and he learned to cook from me and Ruoxi's grandfather."

Only then did Zhao Daxia understand: "Oh, it's the old man who was with me."

Listening to the conversation between the two, Shi Jinbin looked at Zhao Daxia with great interest and said, "This eldest sister is really straightforward."

Zhao Daxia was also more polite to Shi Jinbin about this matter: "Hi, old man, I'm here to help wash the dishes, I don't understand very well, please forgive me."

Shi Jinbin said with a smile: "It is a kind of luck to be able to wash dishes in Suji."

Zhao Daxia immediately said: "Old man, you are right. I used to think that washing dishes was hard work, but I think it's pretty good to wash dishes here. The boss's dishes are delicious, and the restaurant is always full of joy. "

Feng Yifan listened to Zhao Daxia's words, and he had already finished arranging the plate. He held it up in front of Shi Jinbin with both hands: "Master, please taste."

Zhao Daxia came over to take a look, and she was also very surprised that there were two dishes that looked like flowers on a long white porcelain flat plate.

"Hey, boss, this dish you made is really beautiful."

Shi Jinbin smiled and said: "The appearance is indeed very beautiful, but this is a kitchen, not a place to eat. You can give it to me, and prepare a bowl of porridge for me by the way."

Feng Yifan was a little surprised: "Master, is this all you eat at night?"

Shi Jinbin nodded: "I'm old, and look at my stomach, I can't eat too much at night."

Feng Yifan immediately agreed: "Okay, uncle, go and change your clothes first, I'll take it out for you, do you want to put it with my dad?"

Shi Jinbin had already turned around to go to the bathroom, and replied after hearing the words: "Yes, just put it next to your father-in-law."

Feng Yifan quickly filled out two bowls of porridge, prepared his chopsticks, put them on the tray with the eel with pot stickers, and thought about going outside.

Looking at the back of Feng Yifan walking out, Zhao Daxia couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "This restaurant is really amazing. I've never seen the dishes they make. That dish smells so good, I don't know what it tastes like. ?”

Lin Ruifeng, who had already returned, heard what Zhao Daxia said, and said, "It must be delicious."

Zhao Daxia turned her head and glanced at Lin Ruifeng: "Xiao Lin, it seems that you still need to study hard. Your master's skills, you can learn some superficial skills, and you can use them."

Lin Ruifeng nodded seriously: "Well, I will definitely learn from Master."

Feng Yifan came out with the dishes, came to a table next to his father-in-law, put the things down, and pushed his father-in-law to sit at the table.

Su Jinrong glanced at the dishes on the table: "Oh? Pot stickers and eel backs? Your uncle only needs this? Will you be full at night?"

Feng Yifan said to his father-in-law in a low voice: "The uncle said that he needs to eat less at night because his stomach is too big, and he is worried that eating too much will be bad for his health, so he eats less at night."

Su Jinrong laughed when he heard this, and said to his son-in-law: "You get another tiger tail, and then a plate of crystal meat, and I will have a drink with your uncle."

After hearing this, Feng Yifan immediately said, "Dad, why don't you drink alcohol? You just took the medicine."

Su Jinrong still wanted to say something, but Feng Ruoruo came over and said, "Grandpa, you can't drink, if you are disobedient, if you want to get angry, you are not allowed to drink."

Seeing his granddaughter coming, Su Jinrong could only surrender obediently: "Okay, then grandpa won't drink anymore, let Ruoruo come and eat together."

Feng Ruoruo obediently stayed by grandpa's side, waiting for the fat grandpa to come out together. In fact, the little girl is to supervise and prevent her grandfather from drinking behind her back.