Chapter 583: Cooked Eggplant with 0 Patterns

Feng Yifan found out that when he returned to the countryside, because his daughter was accompanied by many people every day, and she also played with friends like Yue Qihao, he didn't need him to accompany her every day.

Although this gave him more time to study the dishes, he felt a little bit disappointed without his daughter chattering by his side. But thinking of the interesting things his daughter told him every night when he came back home made him feel very happy.

In any case, as long as his daughter is happy, Feng Yifan will also feel very happy in his heart.

"Cough cough cough, Yifan, please concentrate, don't always think about Ruo Ruo, if Ruo Ruo is with Ruo Xi, accompanied by grandparents, and a brother like Yue Qihao, I believe you should be able to play Very happy."

Hearing his father-in-law's words, Feng Yifan raised his head embarrassedly: "Dad, I know, I'm sorry, I was distracted."

Su Jinrong went on to say: "Your current situation, my father has feelings. When Ruoxi was young, I was the same way. I thought about her every day, especially when she went to other places to go to university. During that time, I When you run a restaurant by yourself, your mind wanders from time to time.”

Feng Yifan smiled and responded: "Dad, what you said is that I can't help thinking about Ruoruo recently, so I always lose my mind when cooking."

Su Jinrong nodded and said: "This is normal. During the time you came back, you and Ruoruo's father and daughter have a very good relationship, so you will miss each other. Maybe Ruoruo will also think about Dad when you go to the vegetable garden in the morning. Maybe They'll be back soon."

Almost as soon as the father-in-law finished speaking, the daughter's voice came from outside.

"Father, Grandpa, Ruoruo is back."

Hearing Feng Ruoruo's shout, Feng Yifan and Su Jinrong looked at each other and smiled in the kitchen. Weng and his son-in-law had a tacit understanding that they were both waiting for the little girl to come back.

Not long after, Feng Ruoruo ran into the kitchen with two big eggplants in his arms, and put the eggplants in front of Dad.

"Dad, take a quick look, this one was picked by Ruoruo today, and Ruoruo specially picked the two biggest ones, and brought them back for Dad to cook delicious dishes for Ruoruo."

Feng Yifan was also a little surprised when he saw the two big eggplants in his daughter's hands, because these two eggplants were really big.

"Well, what would Ruoruo want Dad to cook for Ruoruo with this eggplant?"

Feng Ruoruo thought for a while and said, "You want to eat delicious food, Ruoruo wants to eat delicious food."

Feng Yifan took the eggplant from his daughter's arms,

Putting some weight on his hand, he looked at his father-in-law. There were a lot of eggplant dishes in his mind, but he couldn't make up his mind what to do for a while.

Su Jinrong gave his opinion with a smile: "These two eggplants are so beautiful, and Ruoruo picked them by himself, so we should cook a very special dish. Before Dad came back, he made a lot of dishes in Dream of the Red Chamber. These two eggplants let Dad, let Ruoruo cook the most famous Red Mansion dish."

When his father-in-law said this, Feng Yifan probably thought of what dish his father-in-law was talking about.

Eggplant.

According to what is written in the book, eggplant must be steamed nine times and dried nine times, and steamed with chicken broth. The whole production process is very cumbersome and complicated. It can be said that such a dish reflects the extravagant atmosphere of a big family like Jia's in Dream of Red Mansions.

Now the father-in-law proposed that Feng Yifan should make such a dish at home, which is a bit embarrassing for him.

Feng Yifan felt that it was too extravagant to completely reproduce the method in the book, and it was a waste of a lot of ingredients.

So he fell into deep thought, thinking about how to make a little improvement, so that this dish would be easier to cook, and at the same time, the taste would not be too bad.

When Feng Yifan was thinking, Feng Ruoruo leaned in front of his father, hugged him and asked, "Dad, what kind of food did grandpa ask you to cook?"

Feng Yifan looked down at his daughter, and replied with a smile: "The dish that grandpa mentioned is called 'eggplant'. It is a dish made of eggplant, and it is a very famous dish in the book "Dream of Red Mansions". If you still remember "Dream of Red Mansions"? Remember the Red Chamber cuisine?"

Feng Ruoruo thought for a while and said, "Remember, it's a very powerful book, and then, Dad, you go to Fujinglou to teach them how to cook, it's the dishes in that book."

Hearing that his daughter remembered it clearly, Feng Yifan touched his daughter's head and said, "Well, Ruoruo has a really good memory."

Feng Ruoruo smiled and asked, "Father, do you want to be the eggplant in Dream of the Red Chamber that grandpa talked about?"

Feng Yifan hesitated a little, then nodded and agreed: "Okay, then Dad will cook that dish, that dish is called 'Eggplant', Dad will improve it a little, and cook it for Ruoruo, Mom, Grandpa and Grandpa, okay?"

Feng Ruoruo immediately clapped his hands happily and applauded: "Okay, okay, Dad, hurry up and make it, it's done, and you can also eat it with Uncle Yue's grandma, aunt, and Brother Haohao."

Feng Yifan nodded and agreed: "Okay, it's ready, let everyone eat together."

Seeing that his son-in-law promised to do it, Su Jinrong asked, "How are you going to make that eggplant dish?"

Feng Yifan smiled and said, "I decided to improve it a little."

Hearing his son-in-law talk about improving it, Su Jinrong was even more curious: "Oh? How do you plan to improve it?"

Feng Yifan thought for a while and expressed his own thoughts: "I think, you can first marinate the peeled eggplant with chicken broth, then dry the eggplant, and then use the dried eggplant to cook with eight-treasure sauce."

Such an improvement made by the son-in-law surprised Su Jinrong a little.

Eight-treasure sauce is a very famous dish in Jiangsu Province, and the recipe is indeed similar to the eggplant in Dream of Red Mansions.

What surprised Su Jinrong was that no one had ever thought of such an approach. Most people would try their best to restore the method in the book when they reproduced it. Some even carefully use chicken soup for nine steaming and nine drying. The method is restored, but the taste may not be very delicious.

Su Jinrong thought about it carefully and said: "Well, your method is very bold. I think you can use chicken broth to simmer the eggplant for a little bit, which will add more flavor. Of course, it may take longer to dry afterward."

Feng Yifan said while thinking: "If there is a dryer, you can dry it directly, and the effect may be better."

Su Jinrong continued: "You can also continue to brush chicken soup on the eggplant while you are drying it, so that the taste can penetrate into it better."

After listening to these methods given by his father-in-law, Feng Yifan nodded with a smile: "Okay, just do as you said, Dad."

Feng Ruoruo listened to it for a long time, and couldn't help asking: "Dad, you and grandpa have been talking for so long, when are you going to start making it? When will Ruoruo be able to eat it?"

Feng Yifan looked at his daughter, gently pinched her little face and said, "It may take a few days to make it, and if you have to wait, you can eat it."

Feng Ruoruo pursed her lips, feeling a little unhappy: "Yeah, how many more days do you have to wait?"

Seeing his granddaughter's appearance, Su Jinrong stretched out his hand and pulled her to his side: "Ruoruo, do you want to eat the new dish that Dad made with this eggplant?"

Feng Ruoruo didn't even want to answer: "Yes."

Su Jinrong went on to say: "So, it will take some time for Dad to make a new dish. If Ruoruo wants to eat it, what Dad cooks is very delicious, so he needs to wait for a while. If Ruoruo is willing to wait patiently ?”

The little girl listened to her grandfather, thought for a while and said, "Well, that's fine, Ruoruo waits for Dad to do it."

The three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were talking in the kitchen when Su Ruoxi came in with another basket.

"If you want to eat eggplant, you can ask Dad to cook other dishes with eggplant for us to eat, and at the same time study the eggplant in Dream of the Red Chamber. That's all right."

While talking, Su Ruoxi raised the basket in her hand: "Mom still has several eggplants here."

Feng Ruoruo saw the basket in her mother's hand, and said with a smile, "Okay, Dad, you can use the eggplants brought back by mother to make other dishes for Ruoruo to eat."

Feng Yifan smiled and nodded: "Okay, then Dad will cook other dishes with eggplant first."

Speaking of bringing his daughter back and putting the two big eggplants aside, Feng Yifan took out the vegetables brought by his wife from his wife's vegetable basket and began to prepare lunch for everyone.

There are many ways to make eggplant, but basically the key to making eggplant is oil.

Eggplant is very oily, so if you want eggplant to be delicious, you must have less oil.

Seeing that his wife brought back a lot of eggplants, Feng Yifan also had several different eggplant recipes in his mind.

The first is to wash the eggplant, then cut the eggplant into slices, then prepare a minced shrimp and meat filling, fill it between two connected eggplant slices, and then coat it with a layer of egg liquid batter, so Then make eggplant boxes one by one. Then it is put in the frying pan to fry.

The freshly fried eggplant box is crispy and very fragrant.

Especially the egg liquid batter hung by Feng Yifan, which gives the shell a strong fragrance.

Feng Ruoruo smelled it and hurriedly approached his father and asked, "Dad, what is this fried food? Ruoruo thinks this tastes like fried chicken legs. Is this delicious with fried chicken legs?"

Hearing what his daughter said, Feng Yifan naturally knew that his daughter wanted to taste it.

But before Feng Yifan gave his daughter a taste, his wife smiled and said, "Feng Ruoruo, you have talked so much with your father, do you want to eat first?"

When Feng Ruoruo heard what her mother said, she hurriedly said, "No, Ruoruo just asked Dad."

Although she said so, the little girl's eyes never left the eggplant boxes her father fried.

Seeing his daughter's appearance, Feng Yifan stretched out his hands and picked up a piece to fry for a while, put the eggplant box that was basically drained in the drain net, and handed it to his daughter.

"Come on, Ruoruo will help Dad taste it, and see if the filling and batter seasoning are suitable for Dad this time."

Feng Ruoruo looked at the eggplant box that his father handed in front of him, and wanted to take it with his little hand, but he hesitated a little, and after thinking about it, he turned to look at his mother behind him.

Su Ruoxi couldn't help laughing when she saw her daughter wanted to eat but was worried about being told by herself.

"Okay, let's eat, let's eat. Didn't Dad let you taste it? Then you can eat it."

Feng Yifan also took his daughter's little hand, and put the eggplant box on her hand: "Eat it, it was my father who let Ruoruo eat it, so Ruoruo can eat it."

Feng Ruoruo suddenly laughed happily, took the eggplant box with her little hand and put it to her mouth to eat.

One bite, the shell made by my father with eggs and noodles is really very crispy. It feels like biting into fried chicken legs. The shell is so crispy that it can be separated directly.

This is followed by the soft eggplant inside, with a delicious shrimp and pork filling between two thin slices of eggplant.

Especially in the stuffing prepared by my father, there is still a little soup in it, and the taste is really good.

Feng Ruoruo hardly listened, and quickly ate the eggplant box in his hand.

After eating, the little girl couldn't help but want to lick the little bit of soup left on her hands.

Seeing that her daughter was about to lick, Su Ruoxi quickly grabbed her daughter's little hand: "You can't lick like this, it's so unhygienic, let's wash our hands."

Feng Yifan smiled and said: "Hahaha, you can actually lick it. Ruoruo's little hands are washed clean, and this is considered a finger-licking original eggplant box. If you suck your finger, it's good enough for your father to make."

Hearing her husband's words, Su Ruoxi gave her husband a light hammer: "You just don't teach well here, how unlady is it to lick your fingers? If we are young ladies, we can't suck our fingers."

After being lightly punched by his wife, Feng Yifan hurriedly said: "Yes, mother is right, if our family is a beautiful little lady, so you can't suck your fingers, then let mother take you to wash your little hands, and the rest We have to wait until dinner time to eat."

Before Feng Ruoruo went to wash his hands with his mother, he still didn't forget to say to his father: "Daddy's eggplant is delicious. Ruoruo thinks it tastes better than fried chicken drumsticks."

Feng Yifan smiled and bowed to his daughter, "Okay, thank you my little princess for your compliment."

Su Ruoxi took her daughter out and said with a smile, "You, would you say that the food your father made is not delicious? It's better than chicken legs. That's because your father's ingredients are more expensive than chicken legs."

When his wife said that, Feng Yifan also laughed.

What my wife said is not wrong. It is true that the materials used in this eggplant box may really be more expensive than a chicken leg.

The fresh minced shrimp and minced pork in the filling are more particular about the ingredients, and the batter wrapped outside the eggplant box is also specially seasoned.

In addition to eggs, some salt, a little baking soda, and a little sugar and pepper are added to the batter.

So when Feng Ruoruo ate it, he would feel that the shell of the eggplant box tasted like the crispy skin of fried chicken nuggets.

The eggplant box is just one way of making these eggplants, and Feng Yifan will have more novel ways to do it next.

First peel the eggplant, then put it in the pot to steam, after steaming, take out the eggplant and cut it, dig out the inside, and flatten the eggplant with a knife. Put it in a pan and fry it with oil. Use soy sauce, salt, pepper, sugar, and a small amount of vinegar to mix the bowl juice. When the surface is almost charred after frying, pour the bowl juice into the pot.

Finally thicken the sauce to collect the juice, put the eggplant on the plate, it looks a little bit like braised eel.

Sitting by the side and watching, Su Jinrong realized that his son-in-law was really able to make the best use of everything.

For seemingly ordinary eggplant, Feng Yifan can make several dishes separately, and each dish is different. It can be cooked, steamed, fried, braised, stewed, and can be used in various ways.