Chapter 134: Free Hot Pot Base
After greeting Deng Ziqi, Chen Yimin walked to a store nearby and pretended to buy a mask.
In fact, he had already opened the system store in his mind.
Seeing that masks were being sold, Chen Yimin bought a box directly. Anyway, this kind of thing is consumed very quickly.
The system will prompt you after the order is successfully placed.
[Ding! The system detects that you have successfully purchased a box of masks. Are you sure you want to receive it? ]
Chen Yimin replied after hearing the prompt.
【Received. 】
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a box of masks in his hands.
Just as he was about to open it, a system prompt suddenly came to his mind.
[We have detected that you have just purchased a box of masks, triggering the buy one get one free function of the system. We will give you the hot pot base as a gift. Please sign for it. ]
As soon as the system prompt sounded, Chen Yimin found that there was an extra book in his mind.
There are six big words written on the book: Complete Guide to Hot Pot Base.
As usual, the pages of paper turned into fragments and melted into Chen Yimin's mind.
At the same time, he also came up with new methods of making hot pot base.
Holding a box of masks, Evan Chan found Deng Ziqi who had been waiting for him.
He personally took one out and put it on her.
The two put on masks, held hands, and went to the cinema to watch a movie happily.
After the date ended and the two returned home, Chen Yimin said to Deng Ziqi.
"Do you still remember the Hai Lao Yue restaurant we ate at last time? I was thinking, why don't we open a hot pot restaurant together, and I'll be the boss and you'll be the boss lady."
Deng Ziqi on the side looked at Chen Yimin and said.
"I support your idea, but one thing is that the most important thing for opening a hot pot restaurant is the hot pot base. If the hot pot base is not authentic, there is no way to attract customers."
Looking at Deng Ziqi's words, Chen Yimin nodded.
Indeed, the most important thing about a hot pot restaurant is their hot pot base.
Authentic hot pot base is usually made from beef tallow.
If you want to stand out among many hot pot restaurants, you must work hard on the hot pot base and make a unique hot pot base.
Thinking of the hot pot base skill given to me by the system.
Who knows, you might be able to use this skill to make delicious hot pot.
Thinking of this, Chen Yimin said to Deng Ziqi beside him.
"I know how to make hot pot base, but I don't know if it suits the public's taste. I'll make one for you to try later. If you think it tastes good, I'm sure others will like it too."
Looking at Chen Yimin's determined look, Deng Ziqi nodded.
Do what you say.
Chen Yimin went to the kitchen and took out a pile of necessary ingredients.
The most basic ingredients are butter, chili, peppercorns, garlic, ginger, and onions.
All I saw was Chen Yimin frying chili peppers and peppercorns in butter to make chili oil.
In an instant, the whole kitchen was filled with the spicy smell of chili peppers.
Seeing that the chili oil in the pot was almost cooked, Chen Yimin added ginger, garlic and green onions from the side.
These are mainly used to remove fishy smell and enhance freshness.
Because butter is an animal oil, it inevitably has a fishy smell.
Adding these ingredients can not only make the hot pot base have that spicy and fragrant feeling, but also make it taste better and not so greasy.
After seeing that the base ingredients were almost cooked, Chen Yimin took out the bean paste.
In the encyclopedia of hot pot bases, it is specifically mentioned that bean paste can add more flavor to the hot pot base.
Hotpot can’t just be spicy, it also needs to have the flavor of the sauce.
The base cooked in this way will make people want to eat it again.
Deng Ziqi, standing at the kitchen door, couldn't help but sigh inwardly as she watched Chen Yimin skillfully stir-frying the hot pot base.
He really does know everything.
After seeing that the bean paste had already turned red, Chen Yimin took out the hot water that he had boiled in advance and slowly poured it into the pot.
Actually, you can add cold water, but since it was done at night and neither of us could wait too long, we used hot water instead.
After a while, bubbles began to gurgle in the pot.
Deng Ziqi, who was standing next to him, could already predict how delicious the hot pot would be when she looked at the ingredients in the pot.
After frying the hot pot base, put the pot in the microwave.
While keeping the pot heated, take out the cut ingredients and place them on the table.
The most indispensable thing when eating hotpot is tripe.
Chen Yimin said while looking at Deng Ziqi who was standing beside him.
"First you pick up a piece of tripe, then put it down and bring it up again, repeat this seven times, and the last time you put it down you can eat it directly."
Hearing his words, Deng Ziqi picked up a piece of tripe from the plate and put it into the pot.
After following Chen Yimin's instructions, the originally black tripe became bright.
There are peppers from the hot pot hanging on it, which looks very appetizing.
This is Chen Yimin handing a bowl to Deng Ziqi from the side.
"This is the oil sauce I prepared. I added sesame oil, coriander and chopped green onions. Hot pot tastes better with the oil sauce. You should try it now."
Deng Ziqi looked at the oil dish and put the tripe in it.
When I picked it up again, it was covered with sesame oil.
The moment she put the tripe into her mouth, Deng Ziqi couldn't help but exclaim, it was really delicious.
The tripe is cooked neither too hard nor too raw, and is crispy when chewed. The flavor of the hot pot base and the aroma of the oil sauce blend together.
Chen Yimin, who was sitting opposite, looked at Deng Ziqi and asked curiously.
"How is it? Is it delicious? My hot pot base must be delicious with this oil sauce, right?"
Hearing his words, Deng Ziqi nodded and said.
"It's so delicious. I think this hot pot is better than the one I eat at Hai Lao Yue. I have never tasted such a flavor anywhere else."
After saying that, he impatiently picked up another piece of tripe and started cooking.
Chen Yimin felt very happy when he saw Deng Ziqi eating with a satisfied look on her face.
Since this hot pot base can be approved by Deng Ziqi, it will definitely be recognized by other customers.
Thinking about how his hotpot restaurant would be packed with people after it went public, Chen Yimin couldn't help but feel a sense of accomplishment.
In fact, there is one thing he doesn't know.
Deng Ziqi never ate hotpot at night. No matter how delicious the hotpot was, he would only take two bites and then put it down, because eating too much oily food at night would easily make him gain weight.
But the hotpot cooked by Chen Yimin today was really to Deng Ziqi's liking.
So much so that she couldn't stop at all and picked up the food with chopsticks one by one.
The ingredients prepared on the table were finished by the two of them in a short while.
After eating, Deng Ziqi touched her round belly and said to Chen Yimin.
"Let's find a place to open a hot pot restaurant tomorrow. I can't wait any longer. When you open a hot pot restaurant, I can eat hot pot anytime, anywhere."
