52 Pickled Vegetable Dumplings (1/2)

The recipe he got was actually the dumplings made by Auntie Li on the last night.

[Pickled Vegetable Dumplings Grade E]

Made by: Li Sanya

Dish Details: A plain and common dish in terms of both ingredients and taste, the production method is poor as well. It is the most ”difficult” dish Li Sanya had made in her life. Practice makes perfect, and because of the kindness it encompasses, it became the first taste of warmth Jiang Weiguo tasted upon coming to Shanghai for the first time. Eating it can greatly increase his satiety.

It can be made 10 times a day. （0/10）

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So the biggest advantage of Auntie Li's vegetable dumplings were... to fend off hunger?

It was indeed substantial in terms of size.

When Auntie Li was making the vegetable dumplings, Jiang Weiguo was cooking for Sir Huang in the kitchen next door. Jiang Feng had been paying close attention to Jiang Weiguo and hadn't seen the process of how Auntie Li had made the vegetable dumplings.

Jiang Feng opened the video guide and tried to figure out the nuances of the dish.

It was proficiency.

Her actions were very natural when making the vegetable dumplings. Her movements were continuous and flowing, just like a pastry chef with decades of experience.

Auntie Li's steamed white Mantou were always small in size. In addition to being a little stingy when adding the ingredients, there was another reason. Her flour would not rise successfully, and it would always be dead and flat. The steamed Mantou she made were always hard and tough. However, the quality of the Maize Bread she made, other than the poor quality of the ingredients affecting the taste, was much higher in quality than the steamed plain Mantou.

Her Maize Bread was better than plain Mantou, her rice paste better than her congee, and her gruel was prepared better than her rice paste, because she was more familiar with coarse grain than fine grain.

Because she was proficient in it, she was in her element.

She was stingy when adding the ingredients, it was the same for the congee. She would always sprinkle small handfuls of rice when adding it. She would feel the pain of loss with each handful of rice. It was not her rice that they were using, and she could not eat a grain of rice either.

Steward Wang didn't care about Auntie Li and the others eating the rice paste and Maize Bread, but if they dared to eat and steal the finer grains, they would be chased off the ship.

The rough corn dough that scratched at throats as they were eaten was kneaded soft, smooth, and delicate under Auntie Li's hands. She mixed in the gruel that she had snuck out from the pot into the dough bit by bit, and kneaded it for nearly an hour before adding the pickled vegetables.

The way she added the pickled vegetables was also very special, she did not put the stuffing in the middle but kneaded it into the dough. A small spoonful of pickled vegetables would be scattered and kneaded into the dough. Although it took time and effort, it saved on the pickled vegetables used, and the pickled vegetables could be tasted with every bite. It was a vegetable dumpling filled with the stingy characteristics unique to Auntie Li.

After that, it was easy. He just had to put it in the steamer to steam it.

And Jiang Feng realized that Auntie Li didn't let the dough rise.

She had used the flat dough for this dish.

With such dense portions, how could it not stave off hunger?

Jiang Feng was not going to make this vegetable dumpling, putting aside its taste, six of the vegetable dumplings would be made following per portion. Because of how filling they were the old master wouldn't need to cook at night. One vegetable dumpling split between the two of them could last them until dawn.

His top priority right now was to hone his culinary skills for next year's competition and try to earn some extra money as well.

In the end it all came back to the renovation costs.

Jiang Feng's dream as a child was just to be a millionaire.

However, he was rich in debt now.

He shut his eyes and slept until the sun rose.

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Today was Sunday, a day of relaxing and slacking. It was 11 o'clock when Jiang Feng woke up. Wang Hao was still sleeping. The whole dormitory was quiet.