Married the Tough Guy After Transmigrating-Chapter 210 - 211 Hot Pot
Chapter 210: Chapter 211 Hot Pot
Chapter 210: Chapter 211 Hot Pot
Fried Fish Balls, Braised Fish, pickled fish, sweet and sour fish, Fish Hot Pot…
Just thinking about so many kinds of fish, Xu Ying couldn’t help but swallow.
Fish Hot Pot, in the cold winter weather, if you could have Fish Hot Pot at home, how comfortable that would be.
“Mom, wait for me at home, I’m going out for a bit, we’ll have grilled Fish Hot Pot later,” said Xu Ying before riding her bike to the closest meat and sundry goods shop.
“Excuse me, do you have tripe?” Xu Ying ran inside and looked around but didn’t see any.
The sales clerk looked puzzled, “What’s tripe?”
Xu Ying regretted it for a second, realizing that the information gap was too great. Hot pot hadn’t arrived on their side yet, let alone tripe: “I mean beef offal, pork offal, do you have any of those?”
The clerk sized up Xu Ying after hearing this, noticing the bike parked at the door; indeed, appearances can be deceiving.
Dressed not too badly and riding a bike, she looked like someone from a decent home, why buy such cheap beef and pork offal? That stuff smells awful and tastes terrible.
Xu Ying sensed her astonished gaze but didn’t feel ashamed. Pork offal and beef offal were delicious; it’s just that these people didn’t know how to enjoy it.
She’d leave them drooling once she unlocked the secret to marinated pork.
Thinking of the hot pot base, Xu Ying directly bought one yuan worth from her special space.
The clerk reluctantly brought over the beef and pork offal, and taking them, Xu Ying smiled and said, “Also, give me a jin of beef, two jin of lamb, two and a half jin of pork belly, and one chicken. Do you have any seafood like shrimp?”
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The clerk looked at Xu Ying with surprise again; beef and lamb weren’t cheap, and with the New Year coming, these items were more available.
This girl had money yet still ate offal, the clerk was speechless.
“We have shrimp, just shipped in from out of town, still fresh.”
Xu Ying loved big shrimp. She examined the shrimp the clerk presented and, seeing they were indeed good quality, immediately took three jin.
Her family didn’t eat blood, so Xu Ying didn’t buy any, but she did buy some duck intestines.
With the meats purchased, she ran to get some vegetables. You couldn’t have hot pot without lettuce, and she also bought lotus root, winter melon, some soy-based products. They had mushrooms at home, as well as some greens and kelp, and that was plenty for the vegetable ingredients.
Once she had everything, Xu Ying rode her bike home, laden with all the ingredients.
“Why did you buy so much stuff, eh, and this pork and beef offal smells terrible, such a pain to clean,” Mrs. Xu said, finding the two large items distasteful.
“Mom, can you help me wash them? I promise you they’ll taste great once I get to them,” pleaded Xu Ying, hugging her mother’s arm.
Unable to resist her daughter’s plea, Mrs. Xu nodded and agreed.
“Sister-in-law, is there anything I can help you with?” Eldest Sister-in-law Xu came over.
Xu Ying glanced at her sister-in-law’s belly, which at five or six months was not small.
She smiled, “Eldest Sister-in-law, you just rest. I’ll have Big Brother and Second Brother do the work.”
“Big Brother, dig out our family’s old stove frame, I need two of them. If there aren’t two, just help me build a simple stove with a rotary joint. Also, get two iron pots ready for me, wash them clean. Second Brother, help me wash these vegetables, cut the lotus root, winter melon, and potatoes into slices.”
“Dad, could you kill the fish for me? I need two big ones.
Shitou, go to Grandpa and Grandma’s house and tell them to come over for dinner in an hour, and call Third Uncle Xu as well.”
Shitou, seeing everyone busy, knew little aunt was going to make something delicious and nodded happily, “Alright, little aunt, I’m going right now.”
While Mr. Xu was preparing the fish, Xu Ying made a pot of mushroom soup with chicken, which had a lighter taste suitable for her grandparents who couldn’t handle very spicy food.
Her grandparents found the chicken mushroom soup just right, and Eldest Sister-in-law Xu was pregnant and couldn’t eat anything that would upset her stomach.
Mrs. Xu was washing and complaining. The pig’s liver or whatever was easy to clean, but it was the cow’s stomach and pig’s stomach that were horribly difficult to wash.
Mr. Xu was quick at killing fish; it only took him a few moments to clean one.
Xu Ying took the cleaned fish, gave it a brief rinse, and then started cooking.
She sliced the fish, marinated it with a proper amount of white wine for a while.
Then she heated the pan and oil, being careful not to burn herself, and added garlic, ginger, chili, and other ingredients, frying until they were aromatic, then throwing in a bit of sugar.
Next, she put in the hot pot base, stirred it until it melted, added the prepared fish, then poured in clean water. Once it reached a boil, she could add side dishes for hot pot dipping.
The dipping sauce was sesame paste mixed with chili oil that Xu Ying bought from “space.”
“It smells so good!” The moment Xu Jingjing arrived at the Xu Family’s place, she caught a spicy and potent aroma, mixed with the scent of chicken, that made her involuntarily swallow her saliva and dash to the kitchen quickly.
“Yingying, what delicious dish are you making? I could smell it from far away. I’m drooling. I just saved up a little spending money and was planning to go to the State-owned Restaurant to eat your cooking, but to think you actually resigned. Are you crazy?” Xu Jingjing immediately put on a stern face like an adult and started lecturing Xu Ying as she arrived.
“Ouch,” Xu Ying cried out and winked at her, “I’m striving for my dream.”
Xu Jingjing was dumbfounded, “Working in a canteen is your dream?”
Xu Ying shook her head, a false assumption: “My dream is to have more people taste the food I cook. I’ve worked at the State-owned Restaurant for a long time, and nearly everyone has tasted my cooking there. Now, I moved to the canteen so that more people can enjoy my food. The meals at the State-owned Restaurant are so expensive, only those from well-off families dine there. By working in the canteen, I’ll allow more people to taste the dishes I make. Seeing everyone enjoying the food I’ve cooked really makes me happy.”
Xu Jingjing twisted her mouth, unable to comprehend this quirky move.
“Help me bring this out; no more lying around,” Xu Ying handed the fish soup pot to Xu Jing.
When Xu Jing smelt the aroma, her eyes lit up immediately; this was the flavor she was craving, but wasn’t the amount of fish too little for so many of them to be satisfied?
After Xu Jing left for the living room, Xu Ying followed with a pot of fish soup as well.
Upon entering the living room and seeing the big plates full of meat and vegetables, Xu Jing was astounded, “What is all this for?”
“To eat like this. It’s called hot pot. Perfect for the festive New Year. Look at this red soup – it symbolizes our next year will be booming,” Mrs. Xu answered joyfully, giving herself a reason.
Xu Ying found her mom amusing indeed.
“How do you eat this?” Xu Jingjing had never had hot pot before and looked puzzled.
“How to eat? Just like this,” Third Uncle Xu’s voice followed. He entered the room, saw the cauldron of fiery red fish soup, and couldn’t help but swallow hard. He had broadened his horizons by visiting other provinces recently and had seen others eating this.
Third Uncle Xu added a stick full of beef slices to the pot, and in roughly a minute, he scooped them out and dipped them in the sauce Xu Ying prepared.
Under everyone’s curious gazes, he gave the beef slices to his mom, “Mom, try this. It’s called hot pot. I saw it when I was out of the province.”
The base of Third Uncle Xu’s hot pot was chicken broth. Although not particularly spicy, it was definitely delicious.
