Meal Sweet Home: Farm Lady

Chapter 10 Yangzhou Egg Fried Rice

With the eggs in hand, the next steps can go smoothly.

Nan Yan carefully put the eggs she brought back from Aunt Zhang's house into her egg basket one by one, and planned to return the basket to Aunt Zhang's house tomorrow.

Egg fried rice, egg fried rice, don't you need eggs when you fry them?No, if you think so, you are wrong, it is not carefully prepared, it can only be called ordinary fried rice with eggs.

Nan Yan cracked four eggs, took the egg whites, and put the egg yolks aside.The egg white is viscous and translucent, with a few small air bubbles mixed in, which is very beautiful.

She brought over the white japonica rice that had just been soaked next to it, and poured out the soaking water until the rice remained somewhat dry.

The next thing to do is to soak the washed white japonica rice in the egg white.How long should it be soaked?It would be best for one day and one night, but Nan Yan plans to cook it for Qi Yuhao at noon the next day, so one night is enough.

The purpose of soaking white japonica rice in egg white is to make the rice grains separate during the frying process, and the rice feels smooth and delicate in the mouth. This is the most important part of high-quality egg fried rice.

Nan Yan fiddled with the rice grains immersed in the egg white back and forth with chopsticks to make the grains soak evenly.

"What are you doing?" At this time, Qi Yuhao, who had just finished taking a bath, saw that the candlelight in the kitchen was still on, so he came over curiously to have a look.

"You don't care!" Nan Yan replied angrily without raising her head, "By the way, I'll have egg pancakes tomorrow morning." She pointed to the egg yolk in the bowl next to her and gestured.

Qi Yuhao didn't speak, turned around and left the kitchen, letting Nanyan fiddle around on her own.

It was another sunny morning. In the spring of March, there are always more good weather than cloudy and rainy days, which makes people feel happy and comfortable.

Qi Yuhao was the same as in the past, this day he finished eating the omelet pancakes made by Nan Yan that were only salty and nothing else, and after criticizing her cooking skills, he went to the street market.

This was done on purpose by Nanyan, "I want you to think my cooking is unpalatable, and I want you to always pick on my thorns, so I can show you some color."

Although Nan Yan muttered like this, in fact, what she thought in her heart was that this meal made him complain a little bit more. At noon, when she served Yangzhou egg fried rice with full confidence, his eyes lit up and his taste buds opened up. He has nothing to say.

The main ingredients to be prepared are not only white japonica rice and eggs, but also ingredients such as green beans, carrots, ham, garlic and shallots.

Before dawn, Nan Yan got up from the couch and steamed the white japonica rice soaked in egg white, opened the lid of the pot to cool it thoroughly.

This white japonica rice soaked with egg white overnight is different, the color is surprisingly white and bright, the grains are distinct, and the steamed rice has a strong aroma.

After washing the clothes and tidying up the house, Nan Yan couldn't wait to run to the kitchen and start preparing the ingredients.

The first thing to do is to cut the carrots and ham into small cubes, the smaller the better, but not foamy.This is the exquisite workmanship of the knife, and Nan Yan expressed that she was under a lot of pressure.Fortunately, it was still early, and she had plenty of time to slowly hone her knife skills.

At that time, there was no ham, but there was already such a thing as sausage, which was called sausage at that time.Nan Yan used sausage instead of ham and cut it into cubes.

As for lima beans, a type of so-called peas.In ancient front houses and back alleys, peas can grow wherever there is soil.Fresh peas are slightly sweet and refreshing, making them perfect as a side dish.

Nan Yan had already peeled some peas and soaked them in water for later use.

Beat the eggs well and add a little chopped green onion.The most annoying thing about Nanyan before time travel is that her mother asked her to beat the eggs when she was at home. She always felt that this was a very troublesome thing.

Thinking about it, Nan Yan couldn't help but feel sore and miss her mother.The movement of stirring eggs with hands is much more proficient, thanks to my mother's teaching.

Now everything is ready, waiting for Mr. Qi to come back, you must know that freshly fried egg fried rice is the best.

Nan Yan sat blankly in the yard, never waiting so eagerly for Qi Yuhao's return.

Because she got up too early this morning and got out of bed in the dark, Nan Yan didn't have enough sleep, so she leaned against the stone table in the yard and dozed off unknowingly.

In the dream, Nan Yan was sitting in front of a long white marble table, in front of a dozen uniformly dressed, handsome waiters holding plates in their hands, looking at her with smiles.

Nan Yan opened her eyes curiously, and saw that the dozen or so waiters placed the plates in front of her in an orderly manner, including sirloin steak, garlic oysters, Korean bibimbap, and Thai chicken rice dumplings...

There are really too many dishes, Nan Yan halazi DC.You must know that she has never been able to eat these delicacies after time travel, and she has also experienced hunger and cold...

"What about lunch?"

"Lunch is here, there are so many delicious ones, you choose!"

"Choose what?"

"Look for yourself, yes... yes... yes..."

"What are you talking about? I just want to know where's lunch today?"

Nan Yan was taken aback by the last growl, and she bounced her body reflexively, waking up from the dream of having all kinds of delicious food.

I saw Qi Yuhao, who was dressed in a blue forged robe, bowed his head and stood in front of him at some point.

"You, you're back?" Nan Yan finally got rid of the greedy dream, and rubbed her pink face with both hands.

"Yes, I'm back. I want to ask you what you did this morning, and you were so tired that you fell asleep lying on this stone table." Qi Yuhao asked angrily.

"Wash clothes, fetch water, clean up the house, and cook!" Nan Yan replied without thinking.

"Oh? Cooking? Where is the meal?" Qi Yuhao went straight to the kitchen after he came back. Seeing that there was no sign of a fire in the kitchen, and there were a few pots of chopped side dishes on the stove, he felt anxious. is dissatisfaction.

Nan Yan got up, stretched lazily, and walked past Qi Yuhao, "Just wait, it will be ready soon, I just waited for you to come back before lighting the fire."

Qi Yuhao was puzzled, and followed Nan Yan into the kitchen in doubt, and stood aside to see what tricks she was playing.

In the past few days after time travel, Nan Yan has become very proficient in such trivial matters as lighting a fire.Seeing thin green smoke rising from the surface of the cleaned pot, she poured some chicken fat from Aunt Zhang last night into the pot.

When the chicken oil is [-]% hot, put the diced carrots, diced sausage and green beans into the pot, and add minced garlic at the same time.It only takes a few seconds, and when the aroma rises, pour the well-mixed eggs with minced green onions into the pan and stir fry.

At this time, the heat needs to be increased, because the eggs will be soft and not easy to scramble.When the eggs are scrambled until golden brown, transfer to a plate and set aside.

Qi Yuhao saw the gods from the side, and felt that Nan Yan, who was cooking at this time, looked good, so he continued to pay attention intriguingly.

At this time, the oil has penetrated into the ingredients just now, so there is not much left in the pot, and some chicken oil needs to be added.The reason why Nan Yan thought of using chicken oil instead of rapeseed oil is because chicken oil itself is easy to smell and can play a role in freshening.

In such ancient times, there was no so-called chicken essence, so chicken oil not only replaced rapeseed oil, but also played the role of chicken essence.

Also heat the oil to [-]% heat, soak the egg white overnight, and steam the rice that has been cooled down in the morning, pour it into the pan and stir fry.At this time, you need to add an appropriate amount of salt to the rice.

When the rice grains are separated and can jump up in the pot, pour the fragrant ingredients and golden soft eggs that have just been fried into the pot and fry them all until the rice grains are soft and do not stick to the pot.

With such a minute-by-minute production process, Qi Yuhao's eyes lighted up a little.

Nanyan poured the fried rice with eggs into a bowl. It was golden in color and attractive in aroma. With the greenness of peas and the ruddy color of sausage, it was a successful dish.

"This is... Broken Gold Rice..." Qi Yuhao naturally felt like it from the samples, "No, why does Broken Gold Rice have so many side dishes and complicated processes?"

Ordinary fried rice is to pour oil and scramble eggs, and then pour in the rice and stir fry together. How can it be as complicated as Nanyan's cooking.

"That's right, this is Broken Gold Rice. But it also has a name, Yangzhou Egg Fried Rice. I added these side dishes, so they look pretty good, right?" Nan Yan boasted.

Qi Yuhao didn't show too much surprise on his face, but with a cold face, he took the bowl of Yangzhou egg fried rice that he had never eaten from Nan Yan's hand.

He took a bite out of his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, pursing his lips to savor it carefully.

Nan Yan stood aside. Although the whole process was successful, Nan Yan was not sure about how much salt she added.

She carefully stared at Qi Yuhao's face, paying attention to every subtle expression on his face.

But Qi Yuhao is not the emperor of expression, his cold face seems to be born with him.Nan Yan couldn't see the slightest expression change on his face at all, she only knew that Qi Yuhao was eating every bite of food as usual.

Nan Yan should have known that this would be the case. She was expressing her vowed mood, but it suddenly cooled down.

Whether you think it is delicious or not, the most important thing is not to starve yourself.

She picked up another clean bowl on the stove, scooped in the remaining fried rice with eggs in the pot, and ate it on her own.

Nan Yan herself thought the taste was good. After all, fried rice with eggs was also her forte before time-traveling.It's just that the bowl of homemade fried rice she is eating now is learned from the cooks in the five-star hotel.

Selected rice grains are soaked overnight in egg whites.Chicken oil is used instead of rapeseed oil and chicken essence, and the heat is also controlled just right.

Nan Yan had just eaten half a bowl, while Qi Yuhao had already eaten one.He dropped the bowl and was about to leave.

She thought to herself, although she didn't get any compliments, at least Qi Yuhao ate a bowl of food cleanly, without throwing chopsticks and leftovers, which is already pretty good.

"I've made progress..." Unexpectedly, Qi Yuhao turned his back and dropped these three words, his tall and straight figure gradually disappeared.

Nan Yan froze for a moment, then smiled contentedly.It is hard-won to be able to get these three words from Qi Yuhao's mouth.

(End of this chapter)