NFBE Chapter 208: What on earth are you rolling about every day?
Chapter 208: What on earth are you rolling about every day?
While the soup was boiling, Zhao Xiaojing used the quick module to process the vegetables that Su Yuchen needed to wash and a small portion of the prepared dishes, and then began to slowly prepare the braised side dishes.
Su Yuchen arrived at the store just after nine o'clock. Zhao Xiaojing briefly told her about the soup that was simmering on the stove, the pancake batter in the refrigerator, and the rice porridge in the pot that she had left for her, then she hurriedly set off on her bike to the supermarket to buy flour.
When I came back from shopping, the store had been tidied up. Yun Yongyuan, Ouyang Yidan and Wu Kaile had all arrived at their posts and started to work on their own things. The three of them worked harder than the other, and their early arrival every day seemed like a competition, which made Zhao Xiaojing quite amused.
Zhao Xiaojing secretly took a look at the operating profit calculated by Xiaozhi, and while smiling, she decided to go back and discuss with Su Yuchen about giving everyone bonuses this month!
"Sister Jing! Are we having shepherd's purse dumplings for lunch?" As soon as Zhao Xiaojing came in with flour, Ouyang Yidan ran over excitedly.
"Huh? Who said that?" Zhao Xiaojing was confused.
"I guessed! There are so many shepherd's purse in the kitchen, and you bought some flour. I guess you are going to roll out the dough to make shepherd's purse dumplings!"
Ouyang Yidan trotted in front and helped Zhao Xiaojing open the door curtain. Zhao Xiaojing walked sideways into the kitchen and first took a look at the pressure cooker. The pressure cooker was still on the stove, and the fire had been turned off as she had instructed.
"The flour is for making soup dumplings, little glutton! But if you want to eat dumplings, it's not difficult. We don't get off work at noon. We start kneading the dough and rolling out the dough at two o'clock. By four o'clock, we can always make a few dumplings to eat. You don't have to run home and can go to the night shift directly!" Su Yuchen smiled and teased Ouyang Yidan, who was staring at Zhao Xiaojing with stars in his eyes.
"Really? Then I can help you make dumplings. I have learned how to make northern dumplings." Wu Kaile, who was helping to wash rice, looked up and said blankly.
Zhao Xiaojing burst out laughing, and the other three couldn't hold it back either, and they all burst into laughter. Wu Kaile then realized that he was serious again. His eyebrows and nose wrinkled exaggeratedly, and he buried his head and continued to wash the rice.
"Making soup dumplings is great! I haven't eaten shepherd's purse soup dumplings yet. Sister Jing is so amazing. She can make it!" Ouyang Yidan was still in high spirits. She turned around and put the rice that Wu Kaile had washed into the rice steamer.
There were only a few dishes on the menu. Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen would buy some fresh vegetables from the market from time to time. Except for the seasonal vegetable rice that few people ordered, they all went to their own stomachs. Therefore, for the extra shepherd's purse and flour today, they subconsciously thought that Zhao Xiaojing was making them for her own family.
However, since it was a rare opportunity to make soup dumplings, Zhao Xiaojing was indeed planning to make a few more for everyone to try.
She just bought a lot of shepherd's purse and was going to fry it with eggs, but it seems that it would be better to make it into soup dumplings? Speaking of which, she has never eaten shepherd's purse soup dumplings.
"I'll listen to you and make shepherd's purse soup dumplings today! And water chestnut soup dumplings together!
Everyone should eat less at noon, and come to the store early in the afternoon to eat soup dumplings! "Zhao Xiaojing organized the process quickly, poured the soup and ingredients in the pressure cooker into the soup pot, added dried shrimp, brought to a boil over high heat, simmered over medium heat for a while, and then simmered over low heat.
"There are also water chestnut soup dumplings? Great! I'll come at three o'clock!" Ouyang Yidan immediately responded with cheers.
"Junior sister, can I not go home at noon? I want to see you make soup dumplings." Upon hearing this, Yun Yongyuan immediately turned his head to look at Zhao Xiaojing with a thirst for knowledge on his face.
Before Zhao Xiaojing could answer, Ouyang Yidan's eyes widened. "Then I won't reply either! I'll help my sister wash shepherd's purse and peel water chestnuts!"
"I won't go back either, sister. I can also make dumplings!" Wu Kaile glanced at Ouyang Yidan and said behind her.
Zhao Xiaojing and Su Yuchen looked at each other and laughed. Su Yuchen looked at the three people with amusement. "What on earth are you doing all day? We are just a small restaurant, why are you still exploiting yourself?"
"That's right, we are just a small restaurant. I'll stay and you go back, Xiao Wu!" Ouyang Yidan said shamelessly.
"Both of you should go back. I want to learn how to make soup dumplings from my junior sister. There is no need for you to sacrifice your rest time here." Yun Yongyuan advised kindly.
"But I can really help my sisters. I really know how to make dumplings." Wu Kaile muttered in a low voice.
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After lunch, not only Ouyang Yidan, Wu Kaile, and Yun Yongyuan did not leave, but even Lu Hongwen, who heard that Zhao Xiaojing wanted to make soup dumplings, stayed behind. He said that he had no classes at school and he had to come over in the afternoon, and staying in the store would make it more convenient for him to continue delivering food in the evening.
Zhao Xiaojing was helpless, and felt that the employees being too enthusiastic at work was also a problem. After the meal, a group of people stopped Zhao Xiaojing from cleaning up and held her down to let her rest, after all, she would be the main force in making the soup dumplings later.
Zhao Xiaojing did not insist and let them clean up the dishes and clean the house. She leaned back in the chair behind the cash register and pretended to close her eyes and rest. She quietly projected the kitchen and entered the virtual space.
I have never made soup dumplings with new flour or shepherd's purse filling, especially the new flour. I only know that it is chewy, but I don't know how chewy it can be. I need to experiment a few more times to find the most suitable resting time and kneading degree of the flour.
After five hours of repeated experiments in the virtual space, Zhao Xiaojing opened her eyes. She knew the chewy and strong feeling that Wang Jiandang was talking about.
I didn’t understand it before because I didn’t compare it. I thought the crust of the unbaked bread made with cold water was quite chewy. Anyway, I ate it while it was hot and the crust hadn’t started to get hard yet, so it felt good.
But this time, when I used the flour specified by Wang Jiandang, I found that some ingredients, no matter how you play with them, can never beat the good raw materials.
The flour and noodles produced in Henan Province are very tough and need to be boiled in 60% boiling water and then mixed with 40% cold water to make the noodles look best.
The dough made in this way is very chewy but not hard at the same time. It is very soft and chewy, and you can taste the wheat aroma.
Before everyone had finished cleaning up, Zhao Xiaojing went straight to the kitchen and started kneading the dough.
It will take another two hours for the dough to rest, and since everyone is here at the same time, the shortcut module cannot be used, so many steps have to be done more slowly. In addition, she also wants to chop the stuffing herself to bring out the taste even more.
When Yun Yongyuan and Lu Hongwen saw that Zhao Xiaojing had already started working, they immediately sped up their work.
After a while, two heads appeared next to Zhao Xiaojing, one on the left and one on the right.
"Junior sister, your way of kneading the dough is too strenuous. Although it can make it smooth, it is not labor-saving and takes longer time." Yun Yongyuan stood and watched for a while, staring at Zhao Xiaojing's dough with a frown. Zhao Xiaojing was stunned and turned her head to look at him.
"I watched the chef in the restaurant knead the dough for a long time and learned from him. I will show you how."
As Yun Yongyuan was talking, he went to the side to wash his hands again, dried them, and stood up.