RPAGF Chapter 198 I've been wanting to eat bean sprouts for a long time
Chapter 198 I've been wanting to eat bean sprouts for a long time
With so many people, the chestnuts were peeled in no time.
Yang Fenglan cooked half a pot of it in a clay pot, poured it out to cool, and gave it to everyone as a snack.
Then start steaming the rice.
Xiao Yuanshan, who was "unsociable," brought back two pheasants.
One is still alive, the other is completely dead.
"We caught two chickens in the trap. What are we going to eat tonight?" Xiao Yuanshan asked.
Having not eaten meat for several days, Yang Fenglan said excitedly, "You came just in time! We found chestnuts, so let's have chestnut-cooked chicken. I'll boil the water."
"Then I'll pluck the feathers."
Xiao Yuanshan found some strips of cloth, tied the live chicken to the tree, and threw the other one into a basin, waiting for boiling water.
"Here, they're freshly cooked. Eat them while they're hot." Yang Fenglan grabbed a handful of chestnuts and handed them to Xiao Yuanshan.
Xiao Yuanshan washed his hands, took the chestnut, and bit into it.
The fragrant, glutinous texture spread in my mouth. "Was it found in the woods to the west?"
Yang Fenglan didn't know which way was east, west, south, or north; she only said that she found it in a dense forest.
Xiao Yuanshan then asked, "Are there two chestnut trees there?"
"Yes, you know?"
"I saw it, and I was planning to pick it up in a couple of days."
"What a coincidence! I was also planning to go and collect them all in a couple of days. Do you know where there's a bamboo forest?" Yang Fenglan added two pieces of firewood to the stove.
"There are some further on, but they're a bit far."
"That's great, I'll get a small bamboo pole tomorrow to knock down chestnuts."
Bamboo poles are long, thick, and light, making them ideal for knocking down dates, walnuts, and chestnuts.
The water boiled quickly. After Xiao Yuanshan finished eating the chestnuts and fetched hot water, he squatted down to deal with the chicken feathers.
While everyone else was eating chestnuts in the yard, Yang Fenglan called out, "Stop eating! Help me peel some raw chestnuts to cook with the chicken."
Zhou Jingwei was the first to get up and empty the chestnuts from his basket.
After Xiao Yuanshan finished cleaning the chicken feathers, he used firewood to support the chicken and put it in the stove to burn off the down feathers. After cleaning the skin, he carried the pheasant down the cliff to the pond to wash it clean before bringing it back up.
The rice was cooked, and Yang Fenglan prepared to lift the steamer. "Put it there first, I'll come and chop it in a bit."
No sooner had he finished speaking than a tall figure appeared beside him.
Before she did, Xiao Yuanshan carried the steamer out and placed it on the stove, then turned around, took out a cutting board, and started chopping the chicken.
Yang Fenglan didn't say anything, happy that she didn't have to do it herself.
After chopping the chicken, Yang Fenglan said, "Okay, you can go out now. I'll take care of the rest."
"I'll start the fire."
"No need, there are plenty of people who want to start a fire."
Xiao Yuanshan then noticed that several children were gathered around the kitchen door.
He awkwardly touched his nose and went outside.
Zhou Jingwei was the first to run over and sit by the stove to watch the fire.
"Don't stay here guarding the fields, go to the vegetable garden and watch the birds. Make sure they don't eat the seedlings. I'll call you when it's cooked," Yang Fenglan instructed the other children.
The group then shouted and ran out.
Pheasants are relatively lean and don't have much chicken fat. Yang Fenglan scooped out a little bit of lard and put it in the pot. After heating it up, she poured in the drained chicken pieces.
Fry the chicken pieces until the skin is golden brown and the moisture has evaporated. Add water to the pot, and steam will immediately rise from the bottom of the pot, carrying the aroma of chicken.
Put the peeled chestnuts into the pot, add a small piece of ginger, cover the pot, and simmer over high heat.
With so many people, one chicken is definitely not enough, so Yang Fenglan mixed another bowl of pickled vegetables.
These days, we eat mostly dried and pickled vegetables, and occasionally we'll cook a pot of red beans to improve our meals.
Yang Fenglan was so tired of life that she almost lost interest in it.
While the chicken is cooking, take out the bag of mung beans and scoop out several large bowls of water to soak them.
"Are you going to make mung bean soup again?" Xu Yingying asked as she wandered into the kitchen, grabbing a handful of mung beans.
"Let's sprout some mung beans and eat them."
"Bean sprouts? My goodness, you should have sprouted a long time ago! I'm so craving fresh vegetables!"
Stir-fried bean sprouts or boiled bean sprouts are both great dishes to eat with rice.
Yang Fenglan was somewhat reluctant to use these beans.
It's only August, and spring is still a long way off. We only have this much food stocked up, so we need to save it for winter.