Chapter 68 Another approach

   Just in case, Mrs. Shen made them all drink a large bowl of hot **** soup.

   "Thank you, sister-in-law."

  Shen Yao and Ji Zhao said in unison.

   "We are all a family, why are you being polite?" Shen Dalang laughed quickly, "By the way, why did you come to the county seat? Is there something wrong at home?"

   "Brother, don't worry, everything is fine at home." Shen Yao smiled slightly, raised his finger and pointed to the pannier that he placed in the corner, and explained softly, "I accompanied A Tao to the county seat to deliver goods at Hongxing Restaurant."

   "I see!" Shen Dalang nodded lightly, "But it's still raining heavily at the moment, when the rain stops, I'll accompany you to the restaurant."

   "Thank you, brother!"

   "We are brothers!" Shen Dalang patted Shen Yao's shoulder with a hearty smile!

   "A Tao, can you accompany me to the kitchen?" Mrs. Shen thought for a while, then walked up to Ji Zhao and begged softly.

   "Okay, what does sister-in-law need me to do?"

"Let's go, let's chat while walking." Mrs. Shen took her arm affectionately, and happily walked to the small kitchen in the backyard, "The thing is like this, when Chunyan went to the market to buy vegetables this morning, by mistake I bought the pork belly into pig's knuckles, and when she went back to find the stall owner, the stall owner had already sold out the pork belly, and the stall owner was also an honest person, and he didn't overcharge Chunyan."

   "It's just that your elder brother never likes to eat pig's trotters," said Mrs. Shen with some distress, "So A Tao, can I ask you for a favor? You helped to deal with this pig's trotters?"

  Ji Zhao didn't respond immediately, but asked curiously, "Sister-in-law, why doesn't brother like to eat pork knuckles?"

   How delicious the pork knuckle is!

   Besides, it is full of collagen!

"Your elder brother said that pig's trotters always smell like pig urine, and he really doesn't like it." Mrs. Shen sighed helplessly, "To tell you the truth, before I got married, my favorite food was pig's trotters. It's a pity that your elder brother doesn't like it at all."

   "How does sister-in-law usually handle pig's trotters?"

   "Braised in brown sauce or directly added soybeans to make soup," Mrs. Shen quickly replied, "Unfortunately, no matter how I do it, your elder brother still thinks that the pig's trotters still taste good..."

   "Then let's do it differently!" Ji Zhao snapped his fingers, and soon had an idea.

   "Sister-in-law, help me prepare ginger, green onion, jujube, star anise, grass fruit, clove, and wine." Ji Zhao asked with a smile, "Also, where is the pig's trotter?"

   "Here, in that wooden basin, I have cleaned the pig's trotters."

   "Success, then I will teach you how to cook this dish now!" Ji Zhao nodded, rolled up his sleeves and started working.

  First, add the cleaned pork knuckles to the pot and stir fry gently.

   "A Tao, don't you need to drain the oil?" Aunt Shen asked curiously as she watched the movements of her hands.

"Yes," Ji Zhao nodded immediately, "Don't put any oil, first stir-fry both sides of the hoof with low heat, then pour wine on it, wait until the skin turns slightly yellow, then add the prepared scallions, Ginger slices are fried together with star anise, grass fruit, and cloves."

   Not long after, a fragrance filled the air.

   Mrs. Shen's eyes widened in surprise, "It seems that there is no urine smell that comes with pig's trotters?"

  Ji Zhao smiled slightly, and continued to stir fry the pork knuckles in the pan. When the skin was completely burnt yellow, he added an appropriate amount of soy sauce, continued to stir fry, and then put a spoonful of brown sugar into it.

   "Sister-in-law, the key point of this dish I want to teach you is here. Look, after adding brown sugar, is the color of the pig's trotters different?"

  (end of this chapter)