HCB Chapter 53 Fresh Meat Wonton
Chapter 53 Fresh Meat Wonton
Chen Youyou raised her head and greeted him confidently, "Good morning, Uncle!"
That soft, sweet, and crisp voice immediately melted the boss's heart.
"Oh my, you're so cute, little one."
Chen Yuan said, "Brother, give me 10 jin of scallions. Are the scallions fresh today?"
"Fresh, fresh, absolutely fresh! And the ginger just arrived, the quality is exceptional. Would you like some more?"
"Okay, three catties will be enough."
The shopkeeper was packing Chen Yuan's bag while talking to Chen Youyou.
The vegetable stall owner said something, and Chen Youyou replied with a sentence.
She made the boss happy, and he even gave her a big tomato as a bonus.
Chen Yuan glanced at the tomatoes and noticed they were enormous, easily weighing eight ounces if not a pound. He quickly offered to pay, but the owner waved his hand and gave them a free meal.
"Oh, it's just a tomato. If the child likes it, let her play with it."
Holding a large tomato, Chen Youyou happily said to the boss.
Thank you, Uncle! I wish you happiness every day!
"Oh, my darling, thank you, I hope you're happy every day."
Because Chen Yuan is making steamed buns, soy milk and fried dough sticks, and fresh meat wontons today.
So we added 13 jin (6.5 catties) more fresh meat than originally needed, and also asked for a few pork bones.
The boss was very generous; out of respect for Chen Youyou, he gave her the pork bones for free.
These pork bones were used by Chen Yuan to make wonton soup.
For wontons to taste good, besides the wrapper and filling, the most important thing is the soup.
On his first day of selling, Chen Yuan didn't plan to make 300 bowls but instead made 100 to see how it went. He was worried that having too many items in his breakfast shop would affect the sales of the wontons.
And most importantly.
I also need to complete the side quests today.
One hundred steamed buns, eighty fried dough sticks, and one hundred cups of beauty-enhancing soy milk.
It must be delivered to the place designated by Qin Zhengjiang at 8 o'clock sharp.
Chen Yuan sighed unconsciously.
Looks like we're in for a tough battle today.
After buying everything, Chen Yuan took Chen Youyou back to the breakfast shop.
The breakfast shop was open, and Chen Youyou was still very energetic, circling around Chen Yuan, finding everything fascinating.
Chen Yuan settled her at the very back of the breakfast shop. There was no bed there, just a cotton mattress covered with thick quilts. This was Chen Youyou's temporary bed.
Chen Yuan settled his daughter here and then said gently.
"If you're sleepy, you can rest for a while. Daddy will wake you up when it's time to go to kindergarten, okay?"
"Okay~ But Youyou isn't sleepy yet."
"Okay, then come and sleep when you're sleepy, understand?"
"I know~ Hehe."
Chen Yuan kissed his daughter's forehead and then asked.
"So, for breakfast this morning, would you like some meat buns, sweet buns, fried dough sticks, or a bowl of hot wontons?"
"Mini wontons! I want to eat mini wontons!"
Children of this age are always very enthusiastic about new and interesting things.
Chen Youyou naturally had to support Chen Yuan on his first day making wontons.
After agreeing, Chen Yuan got to work.
A short while later, after Chen Yuan finished mixing the filling, he turned around and saw that Chen Youyou had already fallen asleep on the mat.
Chen Yuan sighed, feeling both heartache and sadness.
However, he quickly composed himself and got back to his own things.
The dough for the wonton wrappers has been prepared.
This dough is a little different from the dough for steamed buns and dumplings; it needs to be a bit firmer to make it easier to roll out later.
Once the dough is smooth, you can start making it.
Divide the dough into equal portions, and then knead each portion into a small dough ball.
Next comes rolling out the dough.
Chen Yuan pressed the dough outwards from the middle, first rolling it into a small pancake, letting it rest for a while, and then rolling it again. After several rounds, the dough became a relatively large pancake.
At this point, sprinkle cornstarch in the middle to prevent sticking, then stack the two pancakes together and roll them out, which saves time.
As Chen Yuan worked, he kept an eye on the thickness of the dough, stopping only when he was satisfied with the consistency.
Next, fold the dough and cut it into strips, then into pieces.
By this time, the wonton wrappers had been rolled out, but Chen Yuan wanted to make them even thinner, so he gently pressed them down with the rolling pin.
The starch-added pastry sheets can be separated one by one without any trouble.
Chen Yuan picked up a wonton wrapper.
Under the light, the wonton wrappers are as thin as paper, faintly translucent.
Next, we started making the meat filling for the meat wontons.
Although both pork wontons and pork buns are made with the same filling, they are prepared using different methods and have completely different textures.
Fresh meat buns should have thin skin and a generous filling. The fresh meat inside should be tender and chewy to enhance the texture of the bun.
But fresh meat wontons are different.
The filling should be bouncy, smooth, tender, and juicy.
Chen Yuan added a lot of ice to the meat grinder and ground it together with the filling.
Firstly, it can lower the temperature of the fresh meat, which can improve the taste and make the meat filling very bouncy.
Secondly, fresh meat can absorb a lot of water, making it juicier.
With the meat grinder provided by the system, the members saved a lot of effort.
Place a bowl of tender and bright pink minced meat on the cutting board.
Steamed buns were placed in the steamer, fried dough sticks were fried in the oil, steaming hot soy milk was served, and pork bone broth was simmering in the pot.
All the aromas blended together.
Then it gradually releases a soft fragrance.
And so Chen Yuan's day began.
Because he obtained the divine method for making fresh meat wontons, Chen Yuan's hands seemed to have developed muscle memory.
Hold a wonton wrapper in your palm and a scoop of filling in your other hand.
Every movement was extremely precise, and the weight of the scooped-out filling was exactly the same.
Place the fresh meat filling in the wonton wrapper, twist and pinch it with your left hand, and a wonton is ready.
Chen Yuan originally thought that Grandpa Xu and Grandpa Zhang would still be the first and second place winners.
Unexpectedly, the first person to enter was the chubby Lin Zikang.
Lin Zikang's chubby face was very cheerful.
"Boss, I heard you have wontons today, I have to have a bowl."
Chen Yuan had become familiar with Lin Zikang, so he didn't stand on ceremony with him. He put 10 wontons into the pot and said something.
"It's 10 yuan a bowl. Do you see that sign over there? Could you write it down for me? I've been so busy since I got here today that I forgot to write it down."
"Alright, leave it to me."
The chubby boy sniffed, the various tempting scents in the air mixing together and wafting into his nostrils.
As he wrote the sign, he listened to his stomach rumbling.
"Boss, how do you think my writing is?"
Lin Zikang flipped the sign over and aligned the words on it with Chen Yuan's.
Chen Yuan raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected this chubby boy to be so talented; his handwriting was quite good, at least much better than his own.
The handwriting on it is clear and neat, and it reads: "Fresh meat wontons, 10 yuan a bowl".
If you look closely, there's another line of small print on the side.
[Improved focus brings smiles to parents' faces]
How should I put it? It has a very high school student vibe.
Seeing that Chen Yuan remained silent, Lin Zikang asked somewhat nervously.
"What's wrong, boss?"
"Is my writing bad? If you don't like it, I can erase it."