"Fortunately, I have the habit of drinking red bean water, otherwise the red beans would have to be soaked freshly." Gu Xiaoyou said with a bit of luck.

As a nurse, she loves health care, so red bean water and black sesame seeds are a must every day.

I usually drink some chrysanthemum and wolfberry at the medical clinic, which makes my life very nourishing.

Thanks to her daily habits, she has taken good care of her body, otherwise she would have been exhausted long ago.

"Then let me make the bean paste filling." Mrs. Zhou said with a smile. Gu Xiaoyou would also take her with her to maintain her health. Her hair had become much darker and she had lost a lot of weight after drinking red bean water.

"Okay, then I'll prepare some side dishes." After leaving the task of making bean paste to Zhou, Gu Xiaoyou went to the side to prepare a few meat dishes. After all, how could he eat a head full of meat without meat dishes?

Gu Xiaoyou picked a piece of meat, cut it into slices, and chatted with Mr. Zhou while cutting the meat.

"Xiaoyou, we make noodles of so many colors, are we going to make colorful steamed buns?" Through the cooperation during this period of time, Zhou could probably guess what Gu Xiaoyou was thinking.

"That's about it. Let's make some two-color steamed buns and some small animal-shaped bean paste buns." Gu Xiaoyou said, suddenly remembering something, and slammed the kitchen knife: "Oops, I forgot to make black dough."

How can you give the little animals eyes without black dough!

"Then I'll do it." Zhou said quickly.

"No, you can make bean paste. Just make some black dough and it will be easier to make."

As he spoke, Gu Xiaoyou took out the black sesame powder he usually eats, added flour, sugar, and baking powder, and quickly kneaded out a small piece of black dough. Wrap the black dough in a cloth and set it aside for later use.

Turning back to the chopping board and continuing to cut the meat, Gu Xiaoyou cut the meat into slices, then put it in a porcelain bowl, mixed it with soy sauce, rice wine, black pepper, and a little sugar, and marinated it.

Put the porcelain bowl aside, cut the onion into shreds, mince the garlic and ginger.

Then put the pot on the stove to heat it up. When Gu Xiaoyou saw that the beef was almost marinated, he poured oil into the pot. When the oil temperature came up, he put the meat slices into the pot and stir-fried until cooked through.

, there is still some base oil left in the pot.

Gu Xiaoyou used the base oil to put the ginger and garlic into the pot and sautéed until fragrant. Then, she simmered the onions. Considering that Liang'er might like them sweeter, she added some water to the pot and simmered the onions for a while.

time.

When the water is almost dry, pour the chopped beef back into the pot. At this time, the oil pot makes a sizzling sound, the aroma of meat and onions mix together, and bursts of aroma fill the air.

Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but swallowed. She paused while stirring the red bean paste in her hands and sniffed. This was the first time she had seen meat stir-fried like this. It was so fragrant.

Gu Xiaoyou stir-fried without any distractions, adding chili powder to the pot, and stir-frying was almost done. Gu Xiaoyou picked up a small piece of meat with chopsticks and tasted the taste. It was a bit bland, so she added an appropriate amount of salt to taste.

Fry the salt evenly. At this time, the meat slices are just cooked. Gu Xiaoyou immediately puts the pot away to prevent the meat slices from turning into wood and drying out.

Use a spatula to transfer the meat slices in the pot to a disk, and the onions and meat slices are fried.

Gu Xiaoyou picked up a piece and tasted it. It tasted very good. He picked up another chopstick and put the sliced ​​meat together with shredded onions and handed it to Zhou's mouth: "Try it."

Zhou immediately opened his mouth to eat, and was already greedy for the meat. When the meat slices entered his mouth, the tender meat taste exploded in his mouth. Because the heat was just right, he could even bite out the meat juice, plus the sweet and soft texture.

The spiciness of onions and chili powder is really unique.

The more the meat was chewed, the more flavorful it became. After eating one piece, Zhou was still unsatisfied.

"This slice of meat is so delicious." Mrs. Zhou praised it heartily.

"It's okay, if there is cumin powder, it will taste better." Gu Xiaoyou shrugged. Without cumin powder, he could only use chili powder to make up for it, which would lose a bit of flavor.

Ms. Zhou had never eaten cumin powder before, so it was no shame. She was already very satisfied with this plate of meat slices.

Gu Xiaoyou saw Zhou's eyes glancing at the pieces of meat from time to time, so he picked up a few pieces and fed them to Zhou in a funny way.

Zhou's face was slightly red, and although she was a little embarrassed, she still opened her mouth honestly and ate the piece of meat that Gu Xiaoyou handed her.

"Sorry for making you laugh." Mr. Zhou didn't even know that she was so greedy for meat.

"Hey, you like it, so I feel a sense of accomplishment when I cook." Gu Xiaoyou said with a smile: "After I finish making breakfast for Liang'er and the others, I will stir-fry another plate for you."

"Okay." Mrs. Zhou happily responded and continued to stir-fry the red bean paste.

Gu Xiaoyou put the dishes in the warm gauze cover and checked the time on her phone. She saw that the dough had almost woken up.

She opened the cloth and checked one by one. Except for the black dough, which was still almost dry, the other noodles were all ready.

Because the bean paste filling was not ready yet, Gu Xiaoyou decided to make two-color steamed buns first.

She took out a small piece of green dough, rolled it into an oval shape, then folded it in half and put it aside. Then she took out a small piece of white dough and rolled it out and folded it in the same way.

Then roll the two dough pieces into rectangles with a rolling pin, then apply some water on the green rectangular dough piece, attach the white dough piece to it, dip some water on both sides, and roll it up.

Then use a kitchen knife to cut off both ends, cut the roll into roughly the same size noodles, and set aside.

Gu Xiaoyou grabbed a small strip of carrot-colored dough from the dough bowl, kneaded it into a very thin strip, cut it into five sections, kneaded it into small strips, folded it in half, and put the five folded noodle tips together.

, arrange them clockwise to form a small flower.

Knead the discarded dough you just cut into a small dough, dip it in some water, and press it into the middle of the floret to make a flower center.

She placed the small flower on the freshly cut noodles, and then took out a small amount of green dough to make leaves and placed them next to the small flower.

A steamed bun with flowers is made.

"Sister Zhou, do you think it's beautiful?" Gu Xiaoyou held the steamed bun in the palm of her hand and showed it to Ms. Zhou.

"Mei, is this a steamed bun?" Aren't all steamed buns round? Why is this one square?

"Of course it's a steamed bun. Any dough without fillings is a steamed bun." Gu Xiaoyou gave a simple and rough definition.

"..." Mrs. Zhou smiled dryly: "As long as you are happy."

"Hey, I'll make a few more." Gu Xiaoyou excitedly turned back to the panel and continued making her square steamed buns.

I quickly made more than a dozen, green, yellow, and carrot-colored ones, which were quite interesting when paired with small flowers.

The strange-looking two-color steamed buns are ready for secondary fermentation. At this time, the black dough has also woken up.

Gu Xiaoyou walked over to the pot where Zhou was making bean paste filling, dipped a little with his chopsticks, and took a bite. The bean paste filling instantly melted in his mouth. It was glutinous and sweet. Gu Xiaoyou said happily: "You can make animal bean paste buns."
Chapter completed!