roccoschili Chapter 121 Making Cured Meat
Chapter 121 Making Cured Meat
It was already mid-afternoon when he got home. Lu Chuan hurriedly took his tools to the backyard and started building a donkey shed for the donkey.
Xu Han drank glass of water and immediately started to get busy.
I have washed the meat yesterday, but I haven't started marinating it yet! I will marinate the meat while it is still early.
I went to the kitchen, took out salt from the space, and started preparing the ingredients needed to marinate the meat.
Today Xu Han plans to make three flavors of cured meat, one original flavor, which is directly pickled with salt, one spiced flavor, and one spicy flavor.
Pour salt into the pot, add Sichuan peppercorns, Sichuan peppercorns and bay leaves and start stir-frying. When the salt turns yellow, the spices are already fried crispy. Take out some of them directly and use them to make the five-spice dish.
Then add some chili peppers into the pot and continue to stir-fry until the aroma of the chili peppers comes out. Then start serving them out. These will be used to make spicy dishes.
Put the seasoning on the chopping board and crush the spices with a rolling pin so that the marinated food will be more flavorful.
After the seasoning had cooled, Xu Han took out the large wooden barrels and began to marinate the meat, putting each type of meat into three different wooden barrels to prevent the odors from mixing.
Apply a layer of white wine on the meat so that it can be preserved longer.
Be sure to apply it inside and outside, and to every corner.
Then add appropriate amount of seasoning to the meat, spread it evenly, and massage and rub it to make it more flavorful.
Xu Han pickles the four kinds of meat, chicken, duck, fish and rabbit, in three different flavors, but only pickles the beef in its original flavor. It tastes great if you just cut it into slices and eat it cold.
Wait until the weather gets colder after a while and then marinate some steaks or other parts of meat into different flavors.
After evenly coating all the meat, cover the wooden barrel with the lid and put it in the main room to start marinating. Turn it over every day so that other parts can also be covered with brine and marinate evenly.
After marinating for about seven days to half a month, you can take it out and air dry it. This can be decided according to the condition of the meat.
After the pickling, it was already dark, and Xu Han went to the backyard to see if the donkey shed was built properly.
When we arrived at the backyard, we saw that a new donkey shed had been built, and Lu Chuan was doing the final cleanup work.
The donkey shed was built next to the chicken coop, with one side against the wall and the other two sides blocked by bamboo. The roof was covered with thatch.
The support is made of bamboo buried in the ground. The selected bamboo is very thick old bamboo, which is strong and durable.
In order to facilitate dripping when it rains, the top is made into a slope that extends directly to the outside of the yard. When it rains, the rainwater flows directly outside.
The bamboos on both sides are stacked neatly and buried one by one in the ground, so they are not afraid of falling down even in windy or rainy weather.
Seeing Xu Han coming over, Lu Chuan said, "In a few days, when the weather gets colder, add a layer of straw curtains on the front, which can be rolled up when not in use. You can also hang some warmth on the walls on both sides, otherwise the donkey will definitely freeze to death."
"Okay, this is very convenient. We don't have to worry about wind or rain. The thatch outside has turned yellow. We can cut some more and weave them into curtains to hang up." Xu Han agreed.
"Our new member doesn't have a name yet! Let's give it a name! What should we call it?" Lu Chuan asked.
"Look how much it likes to eat corn! Why don't we call it corn!" Xu Han said, pointing at the donkey that was eating corn with a look of enjoyment on its face.
Lu Chuan smiled and said, "That's fine. The puppies are also named after food, so they just match up perfectly."
The donkey next to it was also snorting and grunting, seeming to be very satisfied with the name.
So the name of the new member was decided. Xu Han touched Yumi's head and called her "Yummi". Yumi also enjoyed the touch of the hostess and was very well behaved.
After cleaning up the things in the backyard, the two went back to the front yard together. It was already completely dark and it was time to cook dinner.
Xu Han wanted to eat barbecue today, so she started preparing.
First clean the meat and marinate it with the secret sauce for fifteen minutes.
Then prepare some lettuce to wrap the meat later, and then take out some fish, shrimps and so on.
Take out some of the vegetables that can be used for barbecue and prepare more. This will make it easier to eat them later and you don’t have to cook them on the spot.
In addition, Xu Han also washed some fruits and got some fruit wine, under the pretext of celebrating the addition of a new member to the family.
After everything was ready, Lu Chuan also lit the charcoal fire and brought everything into the main room. He then took out the baking tray that Xu Han had asked Lu Chuan to specially make, which was a round piece of iron with a slightly curved shape.
Put the meat on the charcoal fire and start grilling. Although she is very busy every day, Xu Han has put a lot of thought into the food.
In years of disaster, the other thing we do is to eat well besides to fill our stomachs.
Otherwise, why would we go into the mountains to look for food every day? Of course, we should not treat our stomach badly if conditions permit.
Add some oil to the baking tray, brush it with a brush, and then put the meat directly on it. It will change color instantly due to the heat.
The meat Xu Han cut wasn't very thick, so it was cooked in a short while. He dipped it in the sauce and took a bite. "Hmm! This is the taste. It's really delicious. You should try it."
Lu Chuan also quickly ate a piece according to Xu Han's method, sucking his lips while eating. "It's delicious. It tastes different from the ones roasted in the summer."
"Yes! In the summer, we grill it directly with charcoal fire. This one is grilled on an iron plate, so there is no charcoal smell." Xu Han said as he put some more meat on the grill.
He added, "The charcoal we use at home now is from cooking. As the weather is getting colder, should we buy more charcoal?"
"No need to buy it, I can make it myself!" Lu Chuan said while eating barbecue without raising his head.
Now it was Xu Han's turn to be surprised! "What? You can make charcoal."
Although Xu Han had seen a short video about charcoal burning, she had never been exposed to it and had no knowledge of it. She only knew the general process, but she didn't know how to do it!
But Lu Chuan actually said he could do it. This is such a pleasant surprise! How many skills does this man have that I don't know about?
"My home is too far from the foot of the mountain. We need a lot of charcoal for winter, and it is troublesome to buy charcoal. It is too tiring to carry it up bit by bit.
When my father was alive, he found a family that knew how to make charcoal and spent money to learn the craft from them. However, they promised that they would not make this a living and could only use it for their own family. Only then did they teach him.