"Xubao, what's the secret to steaming dumpling wrappers?"

Shen Jiayue opened the memo on her mobile phone and planned to write it down so that she would not forget it later. A good memory is not as good as a bad pen.

Lin Xu turned the car to Yingchun Street and said:

"The trick is to use hot noodles. You can't use high-gluten noodles for flour, you have to use low-gluten noodles. If you want high transparency, you have to add clear noodles to it. The more clear noodles, the more transparent the dumpling skin will be."

Transparent dumpling skin?

Shen Jiayue quickly wrote it down, but soon had a new question:

"What is Chengmian?"

"It's the starch component in the flour... The gluten can be washed out by repeatedly kneading the dough in water. Once the water for washing the gluten is clear, the excess water is poured out, and then dried, it will be clear noodles without a trace of gluten. Liangpi

, shrimp dumplings, and paper buns, etc., are all made with Chengmian noodles..."

Shen Jiayue hurriedly remembered:

"Speak slowly, speak slowly, I can't remember it..."

Lin Xu smiled and said:

"You don't need to remember these things. You will understand it after you do it again. It is very simple."

Come to the store entrance and park your car in the parking space.

Lin Xu hugged Dundun and got out of the car, while Shen Jiayue held her mobile phone and insisted on writing down the entire process in the memo.

When they arrived at the store, Dundun got into the cabin angrily and continued to sleep. Before she woke up, she was taken to the store to work. The kitten was naturally in a mood.

"There are only baby eels left in the aquarium. When you wake up, I will steam them with bullfrogs and make you full."

Lin Xu patted the cat house and asked the little guy to sleep in his cage again.

"Meow~~~~~"

As soon as he heard that he wanted to eat eels and bullfrogs, the angry kitten immediately chose to forgive, turned over, hugged a small blanket and fell asleep.

When I came upstairs, the master from the morning shift had already arrived.

When Ma Zhiqiang saw Lin Xu, he said:

"All the ingredients for making steamed dumplings are ready, shall we start now?"

"Start!"

Lin Xu ordered:

"You chop the meat first, and I'll scald the noodles."

Go into the kitchen, put a clean pot on the stove, and start boiling water.

Taking advantage of this time, he poured some low-gluten flour into the basin, and added some clear noodles into it, which was about half the size of the basin. He sprinkled a little salt into it and stirred evenly.

Wait for the water in the pot to boil, pour it in with a ladle, and stir with chopsticks while watering.

Shen Jiayue stood aside and filmed the steps with her mobile phone. She thought the flour was very interesting. It was originally white, but when boiled with boiling water it became transparent and looked like glue.

Stir all the flour in the basin into dough, then put down the spoon and chopsticks and start kneading the dough with your hands.

"Xubao, why don't you use hot noodles for boiled dumplings, but steamed dumplings?"

Lin Xu said while rubbing:

"Dumplings are cooked, and the noodles are slightly less gluteny. The cooked dumplings are soft and have no texture. In order to make the dumpling wrappers chewy, ingredients such as eggs or gluten are even added to them...

But when steamed, ordinary dumpling skins will become dry and hard, so you need to scald the noodles to keep them as soft as possible, so that they will be smooth and delicious when steamed."

Steamed dumplings are actually divided into two categories, one is steamed dumplings with dead noodles, and the other is steamed dumplings with hot noodles. Compared with the two methods, the steamed dumplings with dead noodles are more hungry. You won’t feel hungry after eating them for a long time, but the taste of hot noodles is better.

Good, it looks better too.

Today's steamed dumplings are eaten by oneself, so Lin Xu will naturally choose the method that tastes better.

Knead the dough, place it in a basin, cover it with a damp cloth to relax, and then prepare the filling.

The car boy brought half a basin of chilled shrimp:

"Everything has been processed just now, and the shrimp threads have been pulled out one by one... How do you prepare these shrimps, boss?"

Lin Xu looked at it and said:

"Make one third of it into shrimp paste, and cut the rest into large pieces of diced shrimp."

When making shrimp dumplings, you can't just use the whole shrimp, but also smash a part of the shrimp into a paste. Not only will the umami taste be richer, but the shrimp paste can also make the fillings hold together and taste better.

All meat-filled dumplings require the fillings to be in a ball. Even if the skin is torn, it should still be a meatball, not scattered everywhere after taking a bite.

In addition to shrimp paste, when adding corn to the filling, it is also best to separate out a part of the tender corn, use a food processor to make corn juice and pour it into the filling. This will make the flavor richer and more delicious.

Che picked out some shrimps, took a kitchen knife and patted them one by one. After a while, he chopped them a few times and beat them until they were glued, and they turned into the indispensable shrimp dumpling paste in shrimp dumplings.

Lin Xu saw that he had nothing to do, so he picked up two prepared tender corns and sliced ​​the corn kernels off with a kitchen knife.

You don’t need too many corn kernels in steamed dumplings, otherwise they will overwhelm the flavor, just a little embellishment will be enough.

Use half of the corn kernels to make the filling, and beat the other side into corn juice to mix with the meat filling.

The corn kernels and corn juice are ready, and another morning shift cook nearby has fried the chopped eggs to add to the filling, and a large bowl of lotus root chopped with the back of a knife.

These ingredients plus minced fresh meat, minced fungus, minced mushrooms, diced sea cucumbers, diced carrots, minced green onions and other side dishes, together, are the delicious three-fresh steamed dumpling fillings.

Chop the meat paste, Lin Xu puts it into a larger basin, then pour the shrimp paste in, sprinkle a little salt and stir it to make the meat gelatin, then pour in light soy sauce, oyster sauce, pepper, corn juice, and ginger juice.

, add a few more raw eggs and start stirring in the same direction.

First stir the meat filling until it becomes gelatinous, then add other ingredients and stir together.

Pork tenderloin and shrimp paste are both very delicious ingredients, so you don’t need to add too much seasoning to avoid them not being delicious.

While Lin Xu was mixing the meat filling, the side dishes were already prepared, and he ordered to Ma Zhiqiang:

"Pour everything into a basin, add some scallion oil boiled in lard, and stir it until all the ingredients are coated with grease."

As soon as Ma Zhiqiang heard this, he immediately poured the diced shrimps, chopped fungus, shiitake mushrooms, diced sea cucumbers, diced carrots, and chopped green onions into the same basin, then poured half a frying spoon of scallion oil into it, and stirred evenly with chopsticks.

By the time the meat filling is mixed, the side dishes will have been coated with a layer of grease.

Lin Xu brought it over and poured it into the meat filling, then added some salt, a little sugar, a tablespoon of chicken juice, and stirred again until the meat filling and vegetable filling were completely mixed together.

After doing this, the fillings for the steamed dumplings are also ready.

At this time, the hot dough is almost relaxed. Sprinkle some dry starch on the workbench, put the dough on it, knead it once, then roll it into strips, and finally divide it into small pieces.

Several morning shift chefs in the pastry department flattened the dough with their palms, picked up the rolling pin, and quickly rolled it into dumpling wrappers.

The chef next to him holds the dumpling skin in his hand, fills it with the prepared fillings, and quickly shapes it into a dumpling.

The whole process was completed in one go, leaving Shen Jiayue stunned.

Since everyone worked together, we quickly made several steamed dumplings.

The cart is carried to the steaming cabinet and steamed over high heat for eight minutes until the dumplings are fully cooked. To go with the dumplings, I specially prepared some pickles today, as well as a dipping dish mixed with chili oil and balsamic vinegar.

In order to prevent some employees from not liking steamed dumplings, Qi Siliang fried some fried dough sticks and sugar pancakes, and paired them with cooked millet porridge, which will definitely satisfy everyone.

Not long after the dumplings were steamed, Ren Jie and Chen Yan walked into the store together.

Seeing Dundun's tail exposed outside the small house, Chen Yan quickly ran over and gently tugged the little guy's tail:

"You're still sleeping even though the sun is shining on your buttocks. Don't go to sleep. Get up and get excited!"

Dundun's annoyed cry came from the hut, and he quickly put his tail in, and then blocked the entrance tightly with a blanket.

Two-legged beasts with no sense of boundaries are so annoying, especially my aunt!

Dundun screamed angrily and changed his position to continue sleeping, while Chen Yan and Ren Jie went upstairs to see if the steamed dumplings prepared today were ready.

When they arrived upstairs, they saw Chen Yuanyuan and Zeng Xiaoqi waiting to eat steamed dumplings.

"Hey, why did Baby Yan get up so early?"

"Uncle Sun and his wife are going on a self-driving trip today. Brother Jie and I are here to send them off and try the steamed dumplings that my brother-in-law prepared for Uncle Sun... Yueyue, how are you preparing the steamed dumplings?"

Seeing her cousin coming out of the kitchen, Chen Yan asked curiously.

I woke up so early in the morning that I didn’t even drink any water, just waiting to eat steamed dumplings. If it takes a while, then I need to add some food.

After all, adults can go hungry, but the baby in the belly cannot suffer a little injustice.

Shen Jiayue put down the camera and said:

"It'll be ready soon. I seem to have learned how to make three fresh steamed dumplings. I'll teach you later."

Chen Yan: "!!!!!!!!!!!"

He even learned how to steam dumplings. How could my cousin be a cooking genius?

Just as he was curious, Che took out all the dipping sauces and prepared them in advance, so that the dumplings can be eaten directly after being steamed, without having to hurriedly prepare the dipping sauces.

Soon, Uncle Sun drove a Tank 300 to the door of the store.

The car was packed with clothes and supplies for self-driving trips. There was also a serrated engineering shovel installed next to the spare tire. There was also a set of camping tents and matching folding charcoal bags on the roof rack.
To be continued...