Her Food Livestream Chapter 139: Making the Filling

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Making the Filling

The audience had strong opinions about the small portion size. Jiang Qiuqiu set the kneaded dough aside. "Once the dough is more or less smooth, we’ll cover it with a cloth and let it rest for twenty minutes."

"Since this takes a while and would affect the livestream, I’ve prepared so dough in advance."

The cara panned over to the familiar, massive bowl.

Everyone suddenly felt relieved.

#Whoa, it’s bigger than my head!#

#It’s bigger than several of my heads put together!#

#I used to love elegant little containers, but now, in Juju’s stream, I’m dying to see a gigantic vat!#

"After the dough has rested for twenty minutes, knead it a little more. The surface will beco even smoother. This is about the texture you’re looking for."

"We’ll let it rest a bit longer. This will make the dough more pliable when we make the dumpling wrappers later." With that, Jiang Qiuqiu covered the smooth ball of dough.

"While we wait, let’s start preparing the fillings."

’If she was going to make dumplings, just making one kind would be boring.’

#Fillings? What kind of fillings?!#

#Is it our good old friend, Gugu at?#

#I don’t want Gugu at. Can we have so Bibi Beast at?#

The audience all wanted different flavors. Jiang Qiuqiu glanced at the comnts, humd in agreent, and replied, "Of course. To accommodate everyone’s preferences, I’ll be making five types of dumpling fillings today. I’ll put together an assorted platter afterward so you can all pick and choose."

Without another word, Jiang Qiuqiu got straight to making the fillings.

The first filling to make its appearance was everyone’s old friend, Gugu at. "For the first one, we’ll make a fresh at filling. You can choose at with a seven-to-three lean-to-fat ratio. If you really dislike fatty at, you can opt for an eight-to-two ratio. After selecting the at, we’ll mince it."

Mince it, but don’t pulverize it completely.

When Jiang Qiuqiu made fresh at dumplings, she liked to keep the at slightly chunky for a richer texture. Her cleaver rose and fell on the cutting board, slowly blending the lean and fatty at. "Once it’s at this stage, we’ll put the at filling into a bowl."

The key to a good dumpling filling wasn’t just mincing the at, but also the seasonings. There was the standard salt and soy sauce, plus so ingredients to neutralize any gaminess. The ginger of this era didn’t have a pleasant texture when bitten into, so Jiang Qiuqiu grated it into a paste. This way, she could add it to the filling to do its job without being noticeable.

"After adding the de-gaming ingredients, we’ll pour in so purified water. Add it to the at filling in batches as you stir. This will give it a much smoother texture."

"All that’s left is the final step." After speaking, Jiang Qiuqiu walked over to the large wok and lit the fire. An orange fla licked at the large black wok. As the oil she poured in began to bubble, she casually grabbed a pinch of fine, dark-green granules from a spice box by the wok.

A SIZZLE echoed out, followed by an instantaneous burst of a spicy, slightly numbing aroma that made the people gathered around their terminals sneeze. The fans who had experienced her Spicy Blood Tofu reacted imdiately!

#It’s that spicy oil!#

"That’s right. Toast the Sichuan peppercorns in the wok to release their fragrance, then pour the infused oil into the at filling and mix thoroughly."

As she spoke, Jiang Qiuqiu scooped the oil into the small bowl. The mont the hot oil touched the at, the aroma exploded. Jiang Qiuqiu mixed the Sichuan peppercorn oil and the filling together evenly, then sprinkled in a handful of pre-chopped scallions.

The once-simple at filling had suddenly beco incredibly enticing.

Next up was the Bibi at, which had been just as highly requested as the Gugu at.

In layman’s terms, it was beef.