Food: Taking the twins to kindergarten to be chefs

In the days ahead...

Compared with the complicated and busy work of teachers who always have to worry about everything, Huang Jun's life can only be described as comfortable.

His main task every day is to prepare delicious lunch, breakfast and snacks. After completing these tasks, the rest of the time belongs entirely to him. He can relax and enjoy the tranquility and beauty of life.

Moreover, with the addition of good helpers like Zheng Yaohua this semester, his work has become a lot easier, and he no longer has to handle many trivial matters personally.

In this way, time passed day by day. Although daily life was very ordinary, it was particularly fulfilling and happy.

During this period, he, like other parents, actively participated in paying the spring outing fees.

But since he is a staff member of the park, he and his two children are entitled to participate in the spring outing for free.

No payment required!

Faced with Liang Yinqiu's thoughtful arrangements, Huang Jun naturally would not refuse, but accepted this special care with joy.

As for what parents can expect from the upcoming spring outing, that is still unclear.

But the children are full of infinite longing and eager anticipation for the prospect of traveling with their teachers, friends and families!

As in previous years, the spring outing was scheduled on Friday, which allowed the children to fully enjoy the fun of the outing and also gave them enough time to rest and recover their strength at home after the outing.

On the eve of the spring outing, parents all threw themselves into various preparations, busy organizing and packing necessities and snacks, and Huang Jun's family was no exception.

This is not.

After school, he dived into the kitchen, not only preparing dinner, but also carefully preparing the ingredients and preparatory work for various snacks for the spring outing.

After dinner and cleaning up, he continued his "cooking" mode in the kitchen.

He took out the pork bones, pork tenderloin, ham, old hen and scallops that had been stewed for more than an hour one by one, then filtered the original soup used to cook these ingredients and poured it back into the stainless steel bucket.

He added some spices and Chinese medicine bags into the soup and continued to simmer it over low heat.

In order to make the marinade more mellow, he added rice wine, Huadiao wine, rock sugar, as well as some light soy sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce and dark soy sauce into the soup for seasoning.

In order to make the braised food more fragrant, he also added some salad oil that had been prepared in advance and continued to cook.

That's right!

He wants to make some braised food to enjoy during the spring outing tomorrow.

After finishing all this, he did not stop but started preparing potato chips.

He checked the potato slices soaking in the basin. After soaking for a period of time, the potato slices had become more transparent.

"Well, good, it's time to move on to the next step."

As he muttered to himself, he scooped all the potato slices out of the water with a colander and washed them carefully again.

Considering the large number of potato chips, he chose a large pot to blanch them.

This step is absolutely essential for the delicious potato chips.

Because it can maximize the removal of starch in potato chips.

of course.

Simply blanching is far from enough, you also need to master some skills.

So, he waited patiently for the water to boil...

When the water boils...

He added half a spoonful of peanut oil and a handful of salt to the pot, stirring gently with a spoon to make sure the oil and salt were evenly dissolved.

Then he poured all the washed potato slices into the pot.

He turned up the heat and continued to cook until the water in the pot began to boil again. About two minutes later, the potato slices became transparent. He quickly turned off the heat and took out the potato slices.

If they are cooked for too long, the potato chips will become too soft and sticky, which is not conducive to subsequent frying.

Huang Jun had already prepared a large basin, which was half filled with clean water. He quickly scooped the blanched potato slices into it.

This operation not only quickly lowers the temperature of the potato chips, but also makes them more crispy.

After deep frying, the potato chips will reach crispy perfection.

At this moment, Huang Jun started the most critical frying process.

He set up a wok, poured in peanut oil, and turned on high heat.

While waiting for the oil temperature to rise, he did not stop, but turned around to check the situation inside the dryer.

He bought this dryer at a huge cost in order to make the unique seasoning required for potato chips.

At this moment, the tomato slices, onion shreds and garlic slices in the dryer have been completely dried. Even if you pick up a slice and look closely, there is no softness at all.

Everything is ready for grinding.

Huang Jun first took out the onion shreds, placed them on the chopping board, then picked up a kitchen knife and started cutting them.

Then, put it into the grinder, add two spoons of pre-fried salt, and start the grinder.

By the time the seasonings are almost ground, the oil in the pot has heated up to about 50%.

He used a colander to scoop up the potato slices in the basin one by one, put them into the basket, and then shook them gently a few times, trying to completely remove the remaining water droplets on the potato slices. Then he put them all into the oil pan and started frying.

When frying potato chips, it is crucial to control the oil temperature, and it is best to keep it at 50% to 60% hot.

If the oil temperature is too high, the hot oil will quickly dry out the outer skin of the potato chips, causing the moisture inside to be unable to be discharged smoothly, thus affecting the taste and quality of the potato chips.

In addition, too high an oil temperature can easily cause the potato chips to burn.

Frying potato chips is a job that requires patience and must be done slowly.

Only in this way can the moisture in the potato chips be gradually released from the inside out, and the final potato chips will be crispy and delicious and not easy to soften.

As there were too many potato chips to fry all at once, he scooped up some with a large colander and put them into the oil pan.

All of a sudden...

Layers of fine bubbles appeared in the wok, and the golden oil light danced and flickered on the potato slices, giving each slice of potato an attractive luster.

He skillfully picked up the spoon and gently pushed it on the bottom of the pot to prevent the potato slices from sticking or getting stuck. At the same time, he gently stirred to separate the potato slices that were accidentally stuck together.

After everything was done, he chose to wait and see, without intervening too much, letting the potato chips fry freely in the oil pan until they gradually curled up and hardened, and a crisp and pleasant sound would be made when lightly touched with a spoon. Only then had the potato chips truly achieved the ideal frying effect.

He picked up a colander and scooped out the tempting golden potato slices from the pot one by one. After draining off the excess oil, he placed them neatly in a basket lined with oil-absorbing paper.

In order to ensure that the potato chips taste better, he gently covers them with a piece of oil-absorbing paper to absorb as much oil as possible from the chips.

Because if potato chips contain too much oil, they will taste greasy.

After the temperature of the surface of the potato slices gradually dropped and the oil completely disappeared, he changed to a clean basket, put oil-absorbing paper on it again, and poured the potato slices into it.

He picked up the spice shaker of salt and pepper and began to sprinkle the seasoning evenly.

After sprinkling one side, he picked up the basket and gently shook the potato slices inside so that the other side would be evenly coated with the seasoning powder.

After careful preparation, the golden and crispy potato chips are finally ready.

"Qingqing and Weiwei will definitely be very happy when they see it, so why don't we give it to them to try first..." Huang Jun was just about to take the basket of freshly fried potato chips out of the kitchen when suddenly, the kitchen door was gently pushed open a tiny crack.

Immediately afterwards...

Weiwei's little head poked in curiously, and then Qingqing followed suit with a look of anticipation.

Huang Jun saw this and said with a smile: "Oh, my two greedy cats are attracted by the fragrance again..."

"Yeah~"

The two little guys were teased out of the blue, but they didn't get annoyed. Instead, they blinked their bright eyes, looked at Huang Jun, smiled sweetly, and asked curiously: "Dad, it smells so good, what delicious food are you making?"

Huang Jun's face was filled with a warm smile: "It's potato chips!"

"Wow, I love potato chips!"

Weiwei's eyes lit up instantly, and she licked the corner of her mouth unconsciously. She asked expectantly, "Daddy, can we eat now?"

Qingqing pursed her lips like a lady and whispered, "Dad, I want to eat potato chips, too!"

"Okay, Dad knows."

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Huang Jun smiled and nodded in agreement, and slowly walked towards them as he spoke: "I was planning to send it to you! I didn't expect you to be so impatient and come to my door first."

As he spoke, he handed the basket full of potato chips to Qingqing and Weiwei.

"Ah, it's really potato chips!"

The two little girls were surprised and delighted. They opened their eyes wide and stared at the potato chips that Huang Jun had fried himself.

The golden skin sparkled with an alluring luster under the light, emitting bursts of rich and charming aroma that went straight to their noses, causing their mouths to unconsciously begin to drool.

Ahhhh...

Unbearable!

I really can't stand it anymore!

The two little girls were itching to eat the chips right away, but their dad hadn’t told them to eat yet…

After all, dads are always cautious about them eating potato chips, always saying that it is junk food. If children eat too much, it will not only affect their physical health, but also their intelligence and make their little brains stupid!

Therefore, without their father's explicit permission, the two little guys could only suppress their inner impulse, swallow their saliva desperately, and stare at the tempting golden potato chips with expectant eyes.

Weiwei couldn't help but mutter a line from the advertisement in a playful manner: "Looking at me, still looking at me, why are you still looking at me? Look at me again, look at me again, and I will eat you up..."

This is a secret reminder to her father that she wants to eat potato chips!
Huang Jun looked at their cute expressions of wanting to eat but not daring to, and couldn't help laughing: "Oh, look at you two little greedy cats, you are stunned by the aroma. Okay, okay, try it quickly, this is made by Daddy especially for you, it tastes better than the ones sold in the supermarket, and it's also healthier..."

The words fell.

They stretched out their hands at the same time and each picked up a piece of potato chips, feeling how light and slightly hard they were in their palms.

When the potato chips were put into their mouths and bitten lightly, a crisp and pleasant "crunch" sound was heard. The unexpected crispness made the two little guys open their eyes wide.

"Wow, so crispy!"

They exclaimed almost at the same time, their tone full of disbelief and surprise.

Qingqing's face was filled with happiness: "This is even better than the potato chips bought from the supermarket!"

Weiwei nodded vigorously: "Yeah, it tastes numbing, salty, and crunchy. It's delicious!"

The two little ones tasted the chips with big mouthfuls, and the chips in their hands were soon finished. But they were still not satisfied, so they couldn't wait to reach out to Huang Jun and snatch the chips and the basket from his hands, and then stood at the kitchen door, continuing to enjoy this rare delicacy.

"Don't eat too much, it's easy to get angry..."

Huang Jun reminded him lovingly.

The two little guys responded with "hmm" with their mouths puffed out, and their hands continued to move quickly, not slowing down at all because of Huang Jun's reminder.

Huang Jun looked at their greedy appearance and shook his head helplessly, but he couldn't help but smile dotingly, muttering to himself: "Forget it, forget it, eat it, at worst I can make you some herbal tea later to get rid of the internal heat..."

After saying that, he turned back to the stove and began to fry the remaining potato chips with great concentration.

Weiwei glanced at Qingqing and saw that she was eating very quickly, and she couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

She was afraid that her sister would eat more and she would eat less, so she unconsciously increased the frequency of her chewing, trying to stay ahead in this silent "competition."

Soon, all the potato chips in the basket were cleared out by them.

Weiwei licked the remaining seasoning on her fingers with satisfaction.

Seeing this, Huang Jun shook his head helplessly and brought over the freshly fried potato chips that exuded the aroma of onions.

He gently gave everyone a few chips and said softly, "After you finish these, you can't eat any more tonight, otherwise you might get sores in your mouth tomorrow, and then you won't be able to go on the spring outing happily, and you won't be able to enjoy the remaining chips. I tell you, Daddy has prepared a lot of chips, and he wants to save them for you to share with your friends on the spring outing tomorrow."

Qingqing blinked her big eyes full of curiosity and innocence, and asked in confusion: "Dad, what is a mouth sore? It sounds like it's very serious."

Weiwei followed closely behind, and asked curiously, "Yeah, what exactly is a boil? Is it just a small bump in the mouth that hurts?"

Huang Jun looked at their eyes full of curiosity and patiently explained: "Well, a sore in the mouth is like a small wound in the mouth, which may be very painful and make us feel uncomfortable when eating. It's like a small cut on our hand, which will hurt and affect our ability to do things. So we should pay attention to eating in moderation and not eat too much, especially fried snacks like potato chips that are easy to get angry. Eat less, so that we can stay healthy and go on a spring outing with our friends happily tomorrow, right?"

After listening to Huang Jun's explanation, Qingqing and Weiwei both looked as if they understood but not quite, and nodded slightly.

Although they were still reluctant to give up the delicious potato chips, they finally agreed obediently: "Daddy is right, we won't eat any more after we finish these."

"What a good kid!"

Huang Jun smiled and stretched out his hand, gently scratching their delicate little noses: "Then you can go to the living room to play now. Dad still has some work to deal with here. When I'm done, Dad will come and call you to wash up and go to bed, okay?"

"Okay, Dad, don't work too hard and take care of yourself..." Qingqing said with concern in her childish voice.

Weiwei also quickly agreed: "Yes, Dad, you should also pay attention to rest and don't be too tired. If you are too tired, you won't be able to accompany us on the spring outing tomorrow with full energy."

Huang Jun smiled and nodded: "I see, you two are really caring little cotton-padded jackets. Don't worry, Dad will pay attention."

After watching the two little guys leave, he continued to stay in the kitchen and fry potato chips.

over time…

In the kitchen, the garlic, cumin, spicy and tomato-flavored potato chips are cooked perfectly one by one, golden and crispy.

At the same time, the aroma of the slow-cooked marinade in the pot became more and more mellow, cleverly interweaving with the aroma of freshly fried French fries, quietly slipping out from the crack in the door, slowly spreading upstairs and downstairs, causing the surrounding neighbors to become restless, and they couldn't help but wonder: Which family would poison this place in the middle of the night?
Saying.

How can I sleep when it smells so good?

It's really torturous that I can smell it but can't eat it...

Huang Jun had no idea that his neighbors were unable to sleep because of his delicious food. After stewing the duck legs, duck wings, duck necks and other braised dishes, and marinating the chicken legs and chicken wings, he gave Qingqing and Weiwei some herbal tea, then took them to wash up and go to bed.

"Haha~ We're going on a spring outing tomorrow~"

Qingqing and Weiwei were lying on the bed, their eyes sparkling with excitement, not feeling sleepy at all.

Huang Jun saw how energetic they were, so he patted them gently through the quilt and coaxed them, "Dear ones, we have a spring outing tomorrow, so you have to go to bed quickly. Only when you wake up will you have enough energy to have fun."

"Ok!"

Qingqing and Weiwei nodded obediently and closed their eyes, but they were so excited that they couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

Huang Jun kept patting them gently until they slowly fell asleep. (End of this chapter)