Chapter 29: Chapter 29 Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles
Translator: 549690339
They didn’t have to wait long. A car sped up and screeched to a halt at the roadside, tearing through the tranquil night with the piercing sound of its brakes.
A woman in a long dress got out of the car and started looking anxiously towards the park.
“Is that your mom?” Qin Lang turned to ask Su Zhi, who was beside him.
Su Zhi pursed her lips and nodded.
Looking at the familiar figure not far away, her heart was filled with apprehension and unease.
Once he checked that the figure was indeed her mother, Qin Lang led Su Zhi out of the shadows, waving at the woman, “Over here!”
“Zhi Zhi!” As soon as the woman saw Su Zhi, she ran over and hugged her tightly, “Do you know how worried I’ve been about you!”
The woman was young and beautiful, her pretty face full of maturity. Her eyes radiated a gentle, warm quality. Right now, her face was full of concern and worry, even her voice was trembling slightly.
Seeing her mother, Su Zhi released the emotions she had been suppressing all this while, like a bursting dam. She held her mother tightly, breaking down in loud sobs.
Qin Lang and Dan Bao exchanged a smile, preparing to turn around and leave.
“Wait a minute.” The woman called out to Qin Lang. She then turned to arrange her look, tugged Su Zhi along, and walked towards Qin Lang, “Sorry for the trouble that my daughter has caused you.”
“No problem, 1 just happened to be passing by.” Qin Lang replied with a smile, not minding at all.
“Mummy, I used brother’s money just now to buy a bag of Daisy Ripple Cakes.” Su Zhi suddenly tugged at her mother’s dress and whispered.
“Thank you. Let me pay you back for her.” The woman immediately reached for her wallet.
“No need, it’s fine…”
Qin Lang wanted to reject, but he could see the steadfastness on the woman’s face under the dim street lights. So he reluctantly accepted the money.
After another round of appreciation, the woman left with Su Zhi.
Qin Lang watched their car grow distant, and only then did he turn and head home.
On the way back, Dan Bao seemed very happy.
On one hand, they had helped the runaway Su Zhi connect with her family, which felt like a good deed, on the other hand, Dan Bao was delighted because it could soon eat Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles after getting home.
“You worked hard in today’s Spirit Battle.” Qin Lang said with a smile while stroking Dan Bao’s big ears, “After we get home, 1’11 put more beef brisket for you!”
Dan Bao’s eyes lit up at once.
More beef brisket!
Does Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles have an egg in it?
“Gurgle?”
“Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles doesn’t have eggs in it, but 1 can fry some eggs to add to it.”
“The white part of the fried egg is very fluffy and absorbs all the delicious soup after it soaks in it…”
“Gurgle!”
Dan Bao quickly interrupted Qin Lang.
Stop making me drool, let’s go home fast!
Qin Lang chuckled and sped up their journey home.
His own stomach was starting to feel empty with all the food talk.
Upon returning home, Qin Lang and Dan Bao quickly signed for the various ingredients delivered from Food Material Market.
Seeing Qin Lang panting with exhaustion as he carried the bags of ingredients, Dan Bao looked at him with concern.
“Gurgle?”
Are you tired?
“I’m fine.” Qin Lang placed the bags on the kitchen counter, and then began to talk, “Speaking of which, one of the three types of Combat Skills is known as the ‘Mind Type’.”
“There’s a mind-type skill called ‘Thought Wave’ in Combat Skills, which can remotely control objects with thought power. If you can acquire this skill after your promotion, it will be much easier for us to move things in the future.”
“However, the new combat skills obtained after promotion are random, so we can only fantasise about it.”
As Qin Lang spoke, he had already sorted out all the ingredients and set aside those that were required to prepare the Tomato Beef Brisket Noodles.
“Thought Waves, huh…
If I possessed this skill, 1 could surely assist Qin Lang even better, right?
Dan Bao quietly noted the name of this battle skill, then quickly stepped forward to assist Qin Lang with the food preparation.
“There’s no need to process the tomatoes,” Qin Lang said with a smile. “In Tomato Beef Brisket, frozen tomatoes are easier to draw juice from during cooking, so I specifically bought frozen ones.”
“If you were to use Fresh Full, they would simply revert to their pre-frozen state.”
So, there were ingredients that cooked better after being frozen?
Dan Bao nodded thoughtfully, feeling enlightened.
While attending to other ingredients, it observed Qin Lang’s actions.
Fresh beef brisket was cut into chunks the size of knuckles, then placed in cold water with scallions, ginger, and cooking wine.
As the water was heating up, Qin Lang took the frozen tomatoes, scoring a cross on the surface, loosened the skin with boiling water, peeled it off and cut the tomatoes into small pieces.
Onions were diced, and ginger was sliced and set aside.
Just as the water in the pot began to boil, the preparation of the other ingredients was about to be completed.
Dan Bao seemed excited as it eyed the thick scum forming in the cooking pot.
It had noticed that Qin Lang followed a similar process whenever he dealt with meat ingredients.
Next, he should skim the foam and remove the beef brisket!
“Gurgling sounds!”
“Exactly, Dan Bao, you’re very smart!” Qin Lang praised Dan Bao lavishly and, after taking out the beef brisket, his tone shifted. “However, there’s a little difference this time.”
Saying this, he placed the beef brisket into a pressure cooker.
“Beef brisket has lots of sinew, which lends it a loose structure.”
“Therefore, many dishes cooked with beef brisket aim to render it more tender, to better bring out its unique texture.”
“After blanching, the beef brisket should be kept warm throughout the cooking process. Otherwise, the meat could shrink, affecting its texture.”
In the meantime, Qin Lang had already added the prepared tomato chunks, diced onions, and sliced ginger to the pressure cooker, filled it with hot water until the ingredients were submerged, and then added a spoon of cooking wine and dark soy sauce.
Seeing Qin Lang close the lid of the pressure cooker, Dan Bao knew it was time to wait again.
“Half an hour.” Qin Lang smiled.
Time sailed by and, when Qin Lang opened the pressure cooker half an hour later, a rich aroma enveloped the kitchen with the rising steam.
The aroma bore the unique sweet and sour taste of tomatoes, subtly tinged with a hint of onion that, like green leaves cradling blossoms, lent an irresistible allure to the aroma of beef brisket hanging in the air.
Dan Bao swallowed and was already drooling just from the smell.
Checking on the beef brisket which had been tenderly stewed in the pressure cooker and the tomatoes that had virtually disintegrated, Qin Lang nodded in satisfaction, and then transferred the Tomato Beef Brisket from the pressure cooker into a wok.
If one desired the dish to have discernible chunks of tomato, they could add freshly cut tomatoes at this stage, but Qin Lang preferred adding chunks of potato instead.
After adding salt, sugar, and pepper for seasoning, he covered the wok and simmered it on low heat.
Then, Qin Lang turned his gaze to the fresh chicken eggs, which had been laid on the table much earlier.
Seeing Qin Lang’s gaze, Dan Bao felt excited.
Finally, it was time for eggs to take the spotlight?
“Next, we’re going to fry some eggs.” Noticing Dan Bao’s eager expression, Qin Lang gave its giant ear a little rub. “It’s another way of cooking eggs.”
“Gurgle!”
Dan Bao’s eyes sparkled.
Anticipation!
Content for the end-of-chapter novelty egg:
[Tomato Beef Brisket]
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