Chapter 302 Magical pickled fish

Now, he has actually traveled to this place where he has no idea what chili peppers are. Doesn't that mean there is a huge golden mountain placed in front of him?

A chili market that can be completely monopolized! What a great opportunity to make a fortune!

Qiao Ran suddenly became more and more excited as she thought about it. She couldn't help but sit up straight and said to Shopkeeper Chen:

"Pepper is a very spicy vegetable. It can be cooked alone or used as a seasoning for other dishes. The resulting dish is fragrant and spicy, making it unforgettable and making you want to eat it again."

"Spicy thing? Isn't that ginger?"

"It's not ginger, it's not the spicy taste of ginger, but a very appetizing taste. Well, even if I tell you, you don't know what it tastes like. Otherwise, you can lend me a pot and I'll make a dish. I’ll give you a taste of the spicy food and you’ll know.”

"You still carry that thing with you? Isn't that a vegetable? Where did you buy it? Have you been to the market just now?"

"No, you probably have never seen this kind of pepper. When I was in my hometown, I accidentally lost my way into the mountains and walked into the deep mountains and old forests, and I discovered it accidentally."

Shopkeeper Chen asked nervously: "Huh? The ones found on the mountain are not poisonous, right?"

Qiao Ran shook her head: "No, my family and I have all eaten it. Although it makes our tongues burn off when we eat it, it feels really good! Especially in winter, when cooking, put it on A few chili peppers are so spicy that I’m sweating all over my body and my stomach is warm. It’s so comfortable that I’m not afraid of the cold at all.”

The family members Qiao Ran mentioned were naturally family members from her previous life.

Grandpa also likes spicy food. In winter, grandpa and grandson often cook spicy hot pot together.

She also wanted people of this era to give it a try, the refreshing feeling of holding onto a pot and eating sashimi until she was sweating and the top of her head seemed to be smoking.

"So magical?"

Shopkeeper Chen was immediately curious.

He has only eaten vegetables stir-fried with ginger, and ginger is only used to remove fishy smell and seasoning. Not many people like to eat ginger.

He couldn't help but become very interested in the addictive chili pepper that Miss Qiao mentioned.

Therefore, shopkeeper Chen didn't even bother to eat, and immediately took Qiao Ran, who was already full, to the kitchen and asked someone to free up a stove for Qiao Ran.

It was the peak lunch hour, and more and more guests were coming to Juxian Restaurant for dinner. The kitchen was very busy, and the chefs were a little unhappy because they had to make room for a pot.

But when the shopkeeper came in person, they had no choice but to give up the pot on the side to this peasant girl who ran out of nowhere.

Qiao Ran looked at the kitchen floor, where there were a lot of fresh ingredients piled up.

She didn't need anyone's help, she just did it herself, picked out the ingredients she wanted to use, and quickly washed and chopped them.

While the chefs were busy cooking, they kept glancing at the little girl from the corner of their eyes, trying to see what the shopkeeper was going to do when he brought this person to the kitchen.

Seeing that the little girl was even more skilled at chopping vegetables than them, some people admired her, while others sneered secretly. What's so great about being able to chop vegetables?

Since they became chefs, they are only responsible for stir-frying and making soups. As for the processing of ingredients, there are specialized vegetable washers and cutters who will handle the ingredients according to their requirements. They don't have to do anything at all.

Could this little girl who came from nowhere be a vegetable cutter? The shopkeeper wants her to try cooking and promote her to be a chef?

How ridiculous! Just because you know how to wash and cut vegetables doesn’t necessarily mean you know how to cook! If everyone can learn to cook so easily, what are the chefs hired with high salaries doing?

Just as everyone watched with interest as the little girl cleaned up a big grass carp and cut pickled cabbage, ginger, onions, and garlic, everyone guessed what she was going to do.

Isn't it pickled fish? In fact, many people can make this dish, so there is nothing surprising about it.

It would be ridiculous if shopkeeper Chen evaluated this little girl based on this dish and asked her to become a chef.

However, everyone saw that she was not in a hurry to put the prepared ingredients into the pot, but instead took something out of a cloth bag hanging on her waist.

I saw her taking out a handful of unknown red stuff from the inconspicuous little cloth bag, as well as several large and small bottles and cans.

She placed all the bottles and jars on the stove, then placed a handful of long, red, pointy fruits of unknown origin on the chopping board, and chopped them into pieces.

Then, I saw her start cooking the pickled fish in the same way as they usually do, except that she processed the fish more cleanly.

And when marinating the fish, they also poured in the contents of those bottles and jars and marinated them together, and even added the egg whites they had not used.

While marinating the fish, she poured the oil into the pot and heated it, then put the chopped red fruits, ginger slices, garlic cloves, green onions and some small round things that she didn't know what they were. Stir fry in the pot.

Suddenly, a very spicy and pungent smell filled the entire kitchen.

"Cough! Cough! Cough..."

Some people couldn't help but cough, and some were choked to the point of sneezing, with snot and tears covering their faces.

Some people began to hold their noses and protest: "Shopkeeper, why did you bring this little girl to the kitchen to cause trouble? Good guy! Are you going to put poison in the kitchen and poison us big guys to death? Cough! Cough! Cough! I can't breathe!"

"Ahem! Ahem! Ahem... Shopkeeper, what is this girl doing? Stop her! How can we cook like this? Ahem... there are so many customers waiting to be served!"

"That's right! Ahem! How can a little girl imitate other people's cooking? What's all this cooking? It's choking! Ahem! Isn't it poisonous?"

"Shopkeeper Chen, tell her to stop!"

Everyone was protesting, and they were all choked and couldn't continue cooking.

Shopkeeper Chen was also choked by the spicy smell and wanted to cough, but he also felt that the spicy smell was very fragrant, a smell he had never smelled before.

He still chose to trust Miss Qiao and dealt with the protesting chefs and kitchen helpers perfunctorily. He held his nose and waited for Qiao Ran's dish to come out of the pot.

I saw Miss Qiao stir-frying the red and green condiments for a while, then adding sauerkraut, and stir-frying for a while, there was a spicy and sour taste.

Then add water to boil, put the fish head and fish bones into the pickled cabbage soup and cook together. After the soup boils for a while, skim off the foam and use a slotted spoon to remove the fish head, fish bones, and pickled cabbage into a large bowl.

At this time, there is only soup left in the pot. At this time, scatter the marinated fish fillets into the soup, boil, wait until the fish fillets turn white, and then take it out of the pot. Pour the soup and fish fillets together. into a large bowl containing sauerkraut.

Then clean the pot, heat the pot, add oil, add chili pepper, minced garlic, and small round things and stir-fry them together to get the flavor. Pour the oil on the pickled fish while it is hot, and add a pinch of chopped green onion. , completed!

Amid everyone's anticipation or disgust, Qiao Ran's pickled fish is finally out of the pot!

At this time, the spicy smell just now seemed not so unbearable.

The fragrant, sour and spicy smell in the air also made other people feel that it was unusual.

They all gathered around here involuntarily.

Qiao Ran brought a bowl full of pickled fish to Shopkeeper Chen: "Shopkeeper Chen, try it and see how it tastes?"

Shopkeeper Chen looked at the large bowl of pickled fish garnished with red chilies and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

Taking a pair of chopsticks handed over by the waiter on the side, he carefully picked up a piece of white and tender fish meat, blew on it, and carefully put it into his mouth.

Everyone looked at Shopkeeper Chen's mouth at the same time.

As soon as he put the fish meat into his mouth, he couldn't help but take a breath: "Hiss!"

Everyone was shocked, what's going on? Too unpalatable? They just say this girl is fooling around!

Shopkeeper Chen slowly chewed the piece of fish a few more times and swallowed it slowly.

Qiao Ran quietly waited for Shopkeeper Chen's feedback, and everyone else was nervously watching Shopkeeper Chen's reaction.

One of the chefs was the one who was asked to empty the stove for Qiao Ran. At this time, he was complaining crazily in his heart:

"Isn't it delicious? Isn't it delicious? Shopkeeper, who told you to bring this little girl to cause mischief? I won't be able to cook in time, and I will be deducted my monthly salary later. Humph! The kitchen is such a powerful place, how can it be that this little girl is just a baby? A place where the girl can come and cause mischief?”