I'm the Culinary God-Chapter 868 - 372: Only by Standing on a Stool Can You Truly Enjoy Sesame Flatbread Stuffed with Stir-Fried Roast Lamb!
Lin Xu looked at his cute little "tiger cub" and said:
"Aren’t you going to post the lamb kebabs you made and poison some people with it?"
"Oh, right, I forgot."
Shen Baobao took a photo with the camera and sent it to the group:
"Craving barbecue but too lazy to go out, so I just made it myself. The Executive Chef’s stir-fried lamb kebabs are even better than lamb skewers."
In a barbecue restaurant near Beijing’s Beixingqiao, Chen Yan, who was eating barbecue with Ren Jie, was instantly attracted to the photo: 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦
"Ren Jie, look, stir-fried lamb kebabs, interested? If you want, I can make some for you to try the day after tomorrow."
Ren Jie was indeed a bit tempted:
"Sure, ask if it’s troublesome. If it is, then forget it."
Since we’re family, we should consider things from each other’s perspective.
Chen Yan said:
"Yueyue posted it so quickly, it can’t be that troublesome. Just wait and see, you’ll definitely be satisfied."
As they were talking, the waiter brought some sesame seed biscuits.
Chen Yan touched them and said:
"These have been frozen and reheated; many of Beijing’s sesame seed biscuits are like this now, without any sesame paste flavor. I really miss the sesame seed biscuits I ate as a kid."
Ren Jie laughed and said:
"Make do with them for now, I can learn to make them for you later."
"Forget it, you can’t even make pancakes well. I’ll learn, my brother-in-law should be able to make it. Once I learn, we won’t crave other people’s sesame seed biscuits anymore."
In the kitchen.
Lin Xu placed the large pastry board for making pastries on the workbench, then brought over the dough that had already risen and began making sesame seed biscuits.
Compared to the all-grilling method for lamb kebabs, the method for making biscuits is relatively more complex.
The dough is taken out of the bowl, not kneaded, just rolled out, and the prepared sesame sauce is poured on top and spread evenly.
Then, from one end, it’s pulled up, rolled while pulling, making sure the sesame sauce doesn’t spill out.
Once rolled, it’s slightly rolled into a long strip and then separated into individual dough portions.
Each portion is about half the size of a fist and when divided, care should be taken not to let the sesame sauce spill out, packing it in as much as possible.
"Yueyue, plug in the electric griddle, wipe it with kitchen paper, and pour about a centimeter deep of oil."
"Okay!"
While talking, Lin Xu noticed Dundun at the kitchen door looking hungry too.
Oops, in focusing on himself, he forgot about the child.
He added:
"Take a piece of tuna from the fridge and steam it, Dundun should be hungry too, let’s give the kid a late-night snack."
"Okay! Dundun, are you hungry? Mommy will steam some meat for you, don’t worry."
"Meow~~~~"
Brought over two deeper saucers, one poured with Light Soy Sauce, the other with White Sesame.
He pulled the ends of the dough to the middle, then dipped the smooth side in Soy Sauce, followed by the White Sesame, to coat that side of the biscuit completely in sesame.
Once coated, it’s placed on the board, then the next one is made.
All done, with the sesame-coated side down, roll each biscuit into a thick round cake with a rolling pin.
Once rolled, they’re placed in the electric griddle one by one, the lid is closed, and frying begins.
"I never thought the sesame was attached with Soy Sauce. I always wondered why the sesame side of the sesame seed biscuits we ate before tasted salty, even thinking it was salty water."
Lin Xu laughed and said:
"Back then, there were fewer seasonings, so Soy Sauce was used to enhance the salty and umami flavor. Even without anything else, one could finish a biscuit."
Besides being made salty, sesame seed biscuits can also be mixed with Brown Sugar to make Brown Sugar Sesame Seed Biscuits, and they taste awesome too.
But tonight, these are mainly to accompany the kebabs, so I’m not preparing that extensively.
The house has a special small steamer, meant for steaming meat for Dundun.
The tuna was put in, and soon after, the water boiled. The little fellow on the counter by the door was probably hungry. Amazingly, he dragged his small table over, sitting upright next to it, waiting to be fed.
"Oh no, my son is so good, too bad I wasn’t prepared tonight. Otherwise, taking a picture would show how well-behaved and gentlemanly he is; wouldn’t that explode online?"
Lin Xu opened the electric griddle, and the biscuits inside had puffed up, the surface color turning a slight golden brown.
Using tongs, he flipped them; the sesame side had become golden and crispy, making a crackling sound when flipped.
After flipping and frying for two more minutes, Lin Xu took them out from the griddle, arranging them on a long white porcelain plate.
After arranging them all out, he handed the plate to Shen Baobao:
"Go ahead and post. I’ll finish frying this batch, and the fish in the pot should also be ready. We three can have a late-night snack together as a family."
"Got it, got it... By the way, Xu, how do you eat these biscuits to make them delicious?"
"Isn’t it a Beijing tradition to eat vigorously? So sit on a stool while eating, that way it’s more fun."
"Sounds good!"
Shen Baobao aimed at the biscuits on the plate, clicked a photo, and posted it to the group.
"Simply eating lamb isn’t satisfying enough, so I made some sesame seed biscuits along the way... Sigh, without even a sip of hot soup, I can only make do by stuffing the biscuits with lamb."
The tone was so smug it made people want to punch her instantly.
Especially the couple at Beixingqiao’s barbecue restaurant chewing on biscuits, the sight of the biscuits in the picture was stimulating.
Though they didn’t taste it, the greasy and crispy appearance in the photo suggested deliciousness. After seeing the picture, their recently reheated biscuits seemed much duller by comparison. Chen Yan tossed the remaining half biscuit on the table and said:
"Not eating anymore, let’s pay and go!"
Ren Jie cleaned off all the meat on the grill and asked curiously:
"Not full yet, where are you thinking of going?"
"To Yueyue’s to eat fresh-baked ones. Since she dared to post, she should be prepared for backlash."
Ren Jie: "..."
Have you two sisters been messing with each other since you were kids?
Initially, he didn’t mind the biscuit in his hand, but seeing the newly made sesame seed biscuits in the photo, the lack of sesame flavor in his own suddenly became off-putting.
Officer Ren was also a little tempted.
However, he wasn’t as thick-skinned as Chen Yan, finding it somewhat inappropriate to go over for a midnight snack at someone’s house.
"Let’s go, let’s go, while there’s fewer people, I want to pray to Dundun to protect you. They say praying to Dundun is effective; even Qiang separated because of it, so maybe praying would save you."
Ren Jie found such superstitious behavior amusing:
"Why don’t you pray during the day?"
"I’m Dundun’s aunt. If people saw me praying to Dundun, wouldn’t they laugh their heads off? When does an aunt pray to her nephew?"
Ren Jie gave her a look:
"No reason to pray to your nephew, surely there’s no sense in kissing your nephew?"
Chen Yan’s face blushed instantly:
"You cheeky nephew, always bullying your aunt... Let’s go, hurry and get those biscuits; I can’t wait to taste the flavor of lamb-stuffed biscuits..."
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Here’s the second update, if there’s no power outage tonight, expect a third. This Chapter is 5,300 words, asking for monthly tickets, brothers!
