I Am A Gourmet: Just Eight And You Want Me To Start A Roadside Stall?

Chapter 76-80

After Xu Le spent ten minutes on the skipjack tuna, there was still not a single piece of scales removed. He panted heavily and said, “Stop playing for a while and help me see how I should deal with this thing.”

Lu Yuxi bounced over and seemed as though she was watching a show. “Hehe, who can stump the little Master Chef?” The system always provided Xu Le with the processed skipjack tuna while the one he had was collected by his father. Without tools, it was impossible to remove the scales.

“Do you want to buy a scaling box now?”

Lu Yuxi took out her phone and searched through the shopping app. Her eyes immediately widened as she said, “I think it’s more convenient to go out and buy the processed skipjack tuna.”

Xu Le looked at the price on the app. It cost from a few hundred to a thousand yuan. He immediately agreed with Lu Yuxi’s suggestion. “We should know what to save on. Skipjack tuna slices are the same, even their preservation method is the same, so there should not be any difference in taste.”

The two of them reached a consensus immediately. Lu Yuxi dragged Xu Tian to the supermarket to purchase some ingredients that they had not bought.

Before they left the house, Xu Le was still reading her a list of items. “Passionfruit, cinnamon, skipjack tuna, and some carrots… Remember, Tiantian is growing out her teeth now, so don’t buy her any sweet food.”

“Got it.”

Lu Yuxi held onto the railings at the porch as she changed her shoes. When Xu Tian heard that her brother did not allow her to eat sweet food, she turned around and made a face at him.

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“Bleh bleh bleh…”

“You heartless little thing, aren’t I taking care of your teeth?”

Xu Le did not know whether to laugh or cry. He turned around and walked into the kitchen to prepare the chicken feet that Lu Yuxi wanted to eat.

The chicken feet was soaked in the water for 20 minutes in advance. He washed away all the blood and dirt before taking them out to remove the nails.

Then, he boiled a pot of boiling water. While the water was boiling, he poured the processed chicken feet into it and blanched it. This step required him to boil it for about eight minutes.

Xu Le took advantage of this time to scoop half a basin of ice from the refrigerator and added them into ice water. After a while, there was mist forming outside the container due to the temperature difference.

When the time was up, he scooped out the chicken feet and placed them into the ice water, soaking them for another 20 minutes.

This step not only removed the oil on the surface of the chicken feet, but also made it more crispy. It also made it easier to remove the bones.

Coincidentally, he had bought six or seven catties of chicken feet last night. Xu Le planned to cook all of them that day and bring them to school to sell as snacks.

The sour and spicy lemon chicken feet was delicious but difficult to debone, so he only made one-third of the portion. He planned to use the remaining to make tiger skin chicken feet.

After removing all of the chicken feet nails, he cut out some ginger and dried chili peppers and mixed them with a suitable amount of black beans.

He added fresh water into the pot and poured in the chicken feet, ginger slices, and wine. After boiling it, he removed the froth. This way, he could remove most of the stench of the chicken feet.

It would be ready after boiling at high heat for about two minutes.

Xu Le scooped the chicken feet out of the ice water and used the kitchen paper to dry them.