Chapter 818 One Pot with a Spicy Flavor, One Pot with a Secret Recipe’s Flavor (2/2)

The small lobsters were separated into two groups based on their sizes. For the smaller sized lobsters, their heads were removed, and they were further cleaned. After first pouring oil into a pot and stir-frying Sichuan peppers until their flavors were released, Li Du stir-fried ginger, onion, garlic, and dried chilies to release their flavors.

The dried chilies that Li Du used were full of flavor, as this dish had to be flavorful.

In the wake of the dried chilies being stir-fried in boiling oil and having their flavors released, the entire mine was pretty much filled with a spicy aroma. As Li Du was in close proximity to the pot, he had no choice but to put on protective goggles.

Deliberately avoiding being caught alone and bullied by Ah Ow and Ah Meow, Ali deliberately stayed next to Li Du.

Following splat sounds coming from the dried chilies in the boiling oil, Ali's eyes became teary, and it hopped away.

Ali did not need to be afraid of Ah Meow and Ah Ow getting back at it. As wolves and ocelots had an even more sensitive sense of smell than kangaroos, the two furry children had already been overwhelmed by the smell and were nowhere in sight.

When the flavors of the chilies were released, Li Du poured in the small lobsters and continued stir-frying before adding white wine, soy sauce, and white sugar. After lastly adding in bright green chilies, the dish was ready to be served!

For the larger sized lobsters, whose heads did not need to be removed, Li Du planned on using them to cook a 13-fragrant-small-lobsters dish.

Due to Li Du having sorted through the small lobsters, the small lobsters harvested from the river were mostly larger sized lobsters that were large, plump, and very fresh. As such, they were definitely the best choice for making the 13-fragrant-small-lobsters dish.

Like before, Li Du first poured oil into a pot. He used more oil this time around. Having directly poured half of a four-liter bottle of olive oil into the pot, he began adding the small lobsters in batches while waiting for the oil to heat up until it gave off smoke.

As there were too many small lobsters used in the preparation of the dish, Li Du could not pour them all into the pot at the same time. Otherwise, the boiling oil could very easily splatter when the water droplets on the small lobsters' bodies came into contact with it.

Furthermore, by adding the small lobsters in batches, they were definitely better able to be covered by the olive oil and hence, tasted much better and had crispier shells and more tender meat.

After adding the small lobsters in batches and scooping them out, Li Du began the final step of the preparation, which was deep frying all the small lobsters until they were cooked.

Li Du changed the used olive oil to peanut oil and then added the garlic, onion, ginger, and green peppers that he had prepared earlier into the wok for stir-frying.

When their flavors were released, he added in the small lobsters, which he had deep fried earlier, before adding light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, white sugar, beer, and water before covering the pot to braise the small lobsters.

The 13-fragrant-small-lobsters dish required less work than the spicy small lobsters dish. Even though both dishes were the same in terms of requiring a lot of ingredients, one dish relied on stir-frying while the other relied on braising. Between the two, braising was definitely much easier.

The large metal pot was filled to the brim with small lobsters. After braising for five minutes until the small lobsters had turned bright red, the dish was more or less ready to be served.

Before the dish was served, salt, chicken stock, and sesame oil were added. The dish was best served when topped off with some cilantro. However, as the town's supermarket did not have cilantro, Li Du topped the dish off with rosemary instead.

The other condiments had been brought from home and were stored inside the black hole. The cilantro was the only condiment Li Du had not prepared.

After lastly stir-frying for a while more until the small lobsters had soaked up the flavors, the dish was ready.

As there were too many small lobsters inside the pot, Li Du did not pour them out. With a wave of his hand, Godzilla and Brother Wolf brought the large metal pot straight to the shade of a tree, where they would be eating the small lobsters directly from the pot.

Soon after, Li Du took a few pictures and sent them to his social circle. The pictures received likes from his schoolmates and friends.

Not forgetting where he had gotten the small lobsters, Li Du took the opportunity to promote Australia as a tourist spot. ”The rivers in Australia contain a lot of lobsters. A pot was unable to hold the entire large group of lobsters! The lobsters had to be divided into two pots, one with a secret recipe flavor and the other with a mild spicy flavor. Come my friends, let's travel to the ends of the earth!”

Before long, a schoolmate left a question for him. ”Are you really in Australia?”

Li Du replied, ”New South Wales, Australia. Darling River in Lightning Ridge. The small lobsters here are free of charge!”

The schoolmate messaged back, ”F*ck. When we were in school, I couldn't tell that you would become a magnate. You are traveling around the world!”

Li Du smiled and put down his smartphone. After waiting for the small lobsters to cool down a little, he told the others, ”Come come come, eat them while they are still hot. Pass me a bottle of beer.”

Blanchett, who had stayed behind to eat the small lobsters and who had brought some white wine over, said, ”Always drinking beer. What joy is there in doing that? Come, Li, we will drink vodka today! Men's alcohol!”

Li Du beamed, ”Ok, I like hard liquor!”