I Became the Favorite of Big Bosses

Chapter 282 North and South Dumplings and Wontons

 When you are lucky, you can buy pork skin or a place with a lot of fat when you buy meat, and you can get a lot of lard by frying or boiling it.

 Lard makes cooking more fragrant.

Gu Chao explained: "Today is the festival, and there are more people buying meat than usual."

“We usually work hard, but we only have time for holidays during the New Year.” Wei Lan said with a smile.

Even if people are generally poor now, they will consider taking out the meat stamps they have saved for several months or even half a year from their pockets, and cut off half a catty of meat to take home. The family will be happy during the festival and look forward to the future.

 It really fits that sentence, no matter where they are and at any time, the people of country Z are the country that attaches the greatest importance to integrity.

 Wash the meat and give it to Gu Chao to chop the stuffing. She takes a basin of water alone to rinse the big stick bones, and takes out the dried mushrooms that are dried in autumn and soaks them.

 The big stick bones are ready to be cooked in a large pot of soup on a small stove for a while. The mushrooms are soaked and cooked together with the soup as a side dish.

Two kilograms of meat is a bit much for four people. Wei Lan plans to wait for the mushrooms to be soaked and diced, and mix them into the stuffing before adding more stuffing. There is enough flour at home, so she can make more dumplings.

It's getting colder now, so it won't go bad if you leave it for two or three days.

Just as Wei Lan put the stick bones into the pot and simmered them, Gu Chao over there was also stamping out the stuffing.

Grandma Gu is rolling out dough. You Lan has washed her hands and is waiting to make dumplings. Wei Lan squeezes Gu Chao away and asks him to get soy sauce, salt and other seasonings.

With the help of a kitchen knife, Wei Lan shoveled the minced meat into a large bowl, cut the mushrooms and poured them in, added two drops of oil and beat an egg, then added chopped green onion, soy sauce and salt.

Scallion soy sauce and meat filling seem to be a perfect match at this time. As soon as they are mixed, you can smell a strong fragrance without getting too close.

 “It smells so good, even better than my mother-in-law’s stuffing.” You Lan shrugged her nose and rushed to Wei Lan’s side, stretching her neck to take a look.

“They are all good ingredients, how can they be delicious?” Grandma Gu laughed twice and told You Lan, “Learn from your sister Lan. No one can match her in cooking skills.”

Youlan Chicken pecked at the rice and nodded, then tilted her head and looked at Wei Lan with bright eyes, "Sister Lan, why do you put eggs in the stuffing?"

Wei Lan thought about it seriously and said, "Eggs can improve the freshness and keep the meat filling tender and smooth when cooking dumplings."

As a true northerner, Wei Lan has eaten dumplings with various fillings, including many with eggs. She can’t tell what the specific ones are.

 Judging from the fact that many high-end restaurants use sterile eggs to maintain the tenderness of beef, what she said should be very similar, right?

You Lan listened carefully and took the initiative to ask questions when she didn't understand something. After Wei Lan opened his mouth to explain, she nodded gently and took it to heart.

The meat filling was soon mixed, and You Lan took the initiative to help bring it to the table.

Youlan is very handy. In previous years, Grandma Gu had asked Youlan to make dumplings. As soon as the dumpling fillings were served, Wei Lan hadn't come over yet. She saw Youlan flipping her little hand over and over without even noticing the movements. A gold ingot was handed over to Youlan. The shape of... well, the wontons are ready.

Wei Lan blinked and quickly ran through it in his mind.

It seems like wontons are eaten during the winter solstice in the south.

Wei Lan has eaten it, but she doesn’t know how to make it.

Gu Chao saw her standing motionless and lightly touched her with his shoulder, "What's wrong?"

Wei Lan stood on tiptoes and whispered a few words in her ear. At the end, she felt a little aggrieved: "Grandma just praised me for my ability."

 It’s true, don’t slap me in the face too quickly.

Grandma Gu rolled out the dumpling wrappers quickly with her hands. She didn't hear what Wei Lan said clearly, so she asked, "What are you mumbling about?"

 (End of this chapter)