Free Web NovelChapter 1124: Chapter 457: Steamed Bun Sandwich—What Kind of Way to Eat Is This? Zhen Wensheng: You’ll Regret It!
"I swear I won’t eat anything at night again!"
In the morning, Shen Jiayue yawned, feeling a bit uncomfortable in her stomach.
Last night, she ate too much food made with the air fryer. Even though it’s not deep-fried, overeating still burdens the stomach.
Plus, after Shu Yun and the others came over, everyone was drinking beer and adding new ingredients, making every single person overstuffed.
Lin Xu, who was brushing his teeth, spat out the foam from his mouth:
"I’ll make some porridge later, drinking porridge is good for the stomach..."
"Thanks, Xu Baobao... If only the air fryer could cook porridge, that would be great."
Lin Xu rinsed his mouth and said with a smile:
"It can cook porridge, but that kind of cooker doesn’t use hot air; it heats from the bottom. It also has another name: a rice cooker."
"Xu Baobao, you’re so bad, I thought it was real."
Shen Jiayue hugged Lin Xu’s back, rubbing her head, still wanting to sleep more.
Unfortunately, with dad and mom around, sleeping in means getting scolded.
Lin Xu finished washing up, grabbed a pink toothbrush, squeezed toothpaste on it, and handed it to the nearby sleepy Baobao:
"Brush your teeth, I’ll go downstairs to start preparing breakfast."
"Oh..."
Lin Xu pushed the door open and saw Shu Yun and Dou Wenjing, who stayed overnight, already up and cleaning with a broom and mop.
"You two don’t need to do this, I’ll clean up later."
Dou Wenjing smiled:
"It’s not tiring; it’s just a bit of exercise... Why doesn’t the boss hire a nanny?"
"Shen Jiayue and I don’t like strangers in the house, and daily cleaning and a weekly big clean aren’t that exhausting, so there’s no need to hire a nanny."
He walked to Dundun’s room and saw the litter box had already been scooped, and the little guy was lying on the Cat Castle, munching on a dried quail.
This type of dry meat not only increases satiety but also helps with teeth grinding, so Dundun gets some every morning.
Seeing the little guy eating attentively, Lin Xu didn’t disturb him, and he put on his cotton slippers and went downstairs.
Leaving the stairwell, he saw Shen Guofu and Han Shuzhen wiping the stove and dining table.
While working, Shen Guofu mumbled:
"No more eating at night; it’s too bad for health."
Han Shuzhen glanced at him:
"Last night, you ate the most. Despite drinking liquor with Professor Cui, you still had several cans of beer afterwards, along with lots of fried chicken and onion rings. That indulgent feeling must be nice, huh?"
Shen Guofu chuckled, oh, it was indeed nice.
Eating and drinking heartily, with a group of young people playing games.
Even more exciting than staying up late to watch a soccer game.
Feeling the hidden message in his wife’s words, he quickly said:
"Not nice, not nice at all, really uncomfortable, not just after eating, my stomach hurts too. Xu, please make some porridge later; the stomach needs care, or it will cause problems sooner or later."
"Alright, I’ll start making breakfast now."
Lin Xu walked into the kitchen, now determined to make porridge, but unsure whether to make sweet or savory.
He opened the fridge and took a look; there weren’t many ingredients, nor any pre-marinated minced meat, so plain porridge it is.
For stomach care, plain porridge is the best choice.
He washed the clay pot, added water, and heated it, then added a small spoon of lard.
He boiled the water in the pot, poured in the frozen rice from last night, brought it to a boil again, covered it, and simmered over low heat.
While the porridge cooked, Lin Xu washed some salted duck eggs and put them into the egg steamer.
He never thought there was a home appliance for steaming eggs, it intrigued Shen Jiayue for a long time when she bought it.
She bought the egg steamer not to steam eggs to eat, but because she thought it looked cute in pink, that’s why she ordered it.
Hmm, when girls buy things, appearance is all that matters.
If it’s good-looking, everything else is secondary.
With the salted duck eggs steaming, Lin Xu kneaded some yeast dough. To speed up fermentation, he added some caster sugar and baking powder.
He formed a slightly firm dough and covered it with a wet cloth for proofing.
In the meantime, he added some dry flour to the dough bowl, mixed with water to make a dead dough half the size of the yeast dough.
Lin Xu planned to make some buns today.
But these buns were different from the usual ones; they were hollow buns.
The reason for kneading some dead dough was to create a hollow inside for the buns; once steamed, the dead dough core is taken out, making a hollow bun ready for filling with braised pork, pickles, ham, or other dishes.
With the dead dough done, he covered it with a wet cloth to relax to the side.
Using this time, Lin Xu took some dried beans from the fridge and soaked them in warm water.
No braised pork or ham at home today, and pickles felt a bit underwhelming, given that the company’s top figure and the store’s top person were here, he decided to stir-fry some dried beans with diced meat and dried chili.
Wrap it with the bun, and it should taste good.
Eating hollow buns stuffed with dried beans, with a bit of salted duck egg and drinking plain porridge—just a simple breakfast.
With the dried beans soaking, Lin Xu took out a small piece of pork belly.
No need for oily food in the morning; a small piece will do.
The meat was frozen solid, so it had to thaw first, to cut it later.
With nothing to do, he washed two sections of lotus root brought yesterday, peeled and sliced thinly, blanched in water, and cooled to make a refreshing ginger lotus root dish.
During winter, a few slices of something tangy and sweet were refreshing and whetted the appetite.
