A few days ago, my colleague told me in a chat how delicious the pepper duck is. As a food lover, I naturally can't miss this opportunity. I quickly asked him for advice on the method of firing, and he did not hesitate to give advice and taught them all.
Although I got his true biography, I still consulted Du Niang again. It turned out that I was ignorant. As soon as I typed in the word "Chili duck", I immediately jumped out of many ways to make Chili duck. It turns out that duck with pepper is simple and delicious to cook.
It is better to retreat and weave nets than to fish in the forest. One weekend morning, I came to the bustling food market. The food market is rich in dishes and dazzling. I came to the stall selling fresh chickens and ducks. The proprietress of the booth was very enthusiastic and asked me to buy her chickens and ducks.
There are several kinds of ducks, including white foreign duck, male duck, old duck and semi-wild duck (this is a domestic wild duck variety). White sheep duck (commonly known as dumb duck), this kind of duck is quiet, eats a lot and gains meat quickly. Because of its thick meat, many people like to use it to make sauced duck at the end of the year, and it is also used for cooking at ordinary times.
I want to buy a drake. Hangzhou people call it just jumping head. This kind of duck is more active. Although the meat is not as thick as the white duck, it is firm and delicious. Ordinary families use it as raw material for braised duck, beer duck and roast duck. Of course, my family's pepper duck is also made of it.
Speaking of male ducks, of course, we should also talk about female ducks. Mother ducks are generally regarded as raw ducks by duck farmers and are unwilling to be slaughtered. Only when they are old and don't lay eggs, they are eliminated as ingredients. You can use it to make a famous dish in Hang Cheng-old duck pot with dried bamboo shoots.
"all right." The proprietress skillfully handed me the washed duck and smiled and said to me, "Come again next time." Looking at the fresh and clean ducks and the warm smiling faces of the store, my heart is warm.
At home, according to colleagues' practice, pepper and salt are fried together and put aside to cool. Then wash the duck, sprinkle cold pepper and salt on it, wipe it evenly inside and outside, then let it stand for 20 minutes, pour in a little cooking wine and steam it in a cage.
Steamed and opened, duck meat mixed with the smell of pepper comes to the nose, making people want to drop their birthdays. I don't know when my son is behind him, but he may have noticed the smell.
Dinner is ready. I removed the pepper from the duck skin, cut it into small pieces and put it on a plate. Several home-cooked dishes were cooked, and the family enjoyed their lunch at the weekend happily. Of course, the protagonist of this table is pepper and duck.
Because it is the first time to cook and taste, of course, it has a strong sense of freshness and urgency. Looking at the duck meat is pale yellow and bright in color, which greatly increases people's appetite. At that time, everyone extended their chopsticks to the pepper duck, and I was no exception. When the duck is not in the mouth, an attractive smell of Chili comes to your nose, which makes you secrete a lot of saliva in your mouth and forces you to stuff it unconsciously.
With a gentle bite, the delicious duck meat instantly invades your taste buds, and a sense of happiness rises from the gentle chewing of teeth and the stirring of the tip of the tongue. It is neither oily nor greasy, neither salty nor hemp, light and fresh, just like Longjing, a famous tea in Hangzhou, which is fresh and elegant and has a unique flavor.
I have eaten several different kinds of ducks, such as Beijing roast duck, Nanjing salted duck, dried salted duck, Hangzhou old duck pot, braised duck and so on. But the most famous is Quanjude Roast Duck in Qianmen, Beijing. Everyone says that the quality of Quanjude roast duck lies not only in its delicacy, but also in the superb knife-cutting skills of the kitchen workers. I quite agree with this. I enjoyed the delicious roast duck in Quanjude, and I also enjoyed the wonderful knife skills of the chefs.
I think the taste of Beijing roast duck is a bit like the honest and frank true character of northerners. He rolled delicious crispy duck and Beijing onion with bread and ate a special sauce. He not only likes delicious roast duck, but also can easily fill his mouth. Moreover, the ingredients of roast duck can also alleviate the greasy duck meat, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. This is the ultimate delicious food brought by human wisdom.
The pepper duck is different, it is similar to the dried bamboo shoots in the old duck pot. Light and delicious, it also represents the eating habits of Jiangnan. As the saying goes, "one side of the soil and water, one side of the people." Indeed, it is like a gentle breeze and drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River, not as snowy or dry as in the north. I grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. I like the south of the Yangtze River, and of course I prefer the light and delicious pepper duck.
Although the pepper duck is delicious, there are many ways to eat it. The delicious taste of ducks has won everyone's love. In the past, villagers visited relatives, friends or patients. It is also given as a gift, because ducks have nourishing and health care functions, which can be eaten by patients with fever and weakness, and also have a certain auxiliary effect on patients with cardiovascular diseases. Duck meat can clear heat, dry dampness and detoxify, and it is said to have beauty function. It is a kind of food suitable for all ages.
Once, when I was still in the countryside, before busy farming, my mother would definitely kill a duck and nourish us growing up. At that time, my family had a big casserole, and my mother used ham hooves and ducks to stew in the casserole for several hours. When the duck's trotters are crisp and rotten, when the lid is lifted, it will smell the fragrance and make people drool. However, it is a bit greasy to eat like this, but in that era when there was little oil and water, the living conditions were better, and everyone put wild dried bamboo shoots into it, so that a pot of dried old duck pot was not only delicious, but also not greasy.
Food comes from the people, and the people come from people's pursuit of a better life. We should not only pursue delicious food, but also let our hardworking hands create our colorful future.