Chapter 323 Stir-fried Shredded Potatoes!
Lin Ye smiled and then said to all the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, “Alright. First, go wash the potatoes. This time, you’ll need to peel them too.”
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls nodded with smiles and then took the potatoes to the well to start washing them.
With over forty Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, each washing two potatoes, they wouldn’t be able to eat them all in one evening.
So, before long, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls returned to the brick house with clean, peeled potatoes.
All the peeled potatoes were piled on the dining table.
Lin Ye then taught the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls how to cut potatoes into shreds.
With only salt and chili peppers available for now, they could only make shredded potatoes to eat.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls learned very quickly. Although they didn’t have Lin Ye’s speed, the shredded potatoes they cut were at least of similar thickness to Lin Ye’s.
Lin Ye then filled several clay pots with water.
Next, he soaked the shredded potatoes cut by the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls in the water.
This was a necessary step for stir-frying shredded potatoes.
The cut potato shreds were soaked in cold water to wash away the starch from the surface.
Otherwise, if the shredded potatoes were put directly into the pot, they would all stick to the bottom.
The result wouldn’t be a crisp texture but a soft, mushy one, similar to boiled potatoes.
With so many being cut at once, all the potatoes were quickly finished.
After the shredded potatoes were all cut, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls looked towards Lin Ye with anticipation.
Lin Ye looked at the shredded potatoes in several clay pots and smiled with satisfaction.
Then, he said to the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls,
“Let’s grill a few more pieces of barbecue. We can’t just eat one dish every night, right?”
“We have fresh pork today, right? Bring me two pieces, and you guys can grill the rest after cutting them.” Hearing Lin Ye’s words, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls immediately nodded and got busy.
Soon, two pieces of excellent, freshly slaughtered pork were placed before Lin Ye.
Lin Ye quickly cut these two pieces of pork into shreds with a knife.
After the shredded meat was ready, Lin Ye called over Shi and the other little kitchen maids.
He began to teach them how to stir-fry shredded potatoes.
Up to this point, the steps were very simple.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had already remembered everything by watching Lin Ye.
But next came the stir-frying, something the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls had never encountered before.
Lin Ye first led Shi and the others to take out the shredded potatoes from the clay pots and set them aside to drain.
Then, he stoked the fire in the stove until a blazing inferno filled it before stopping.
Shi and the others watched Lin Ye’s every move with utmost seriousness.
Lin Ye demonstrated while explaining with his mouth.
Soon, the iron pot was heated.
At this moment, Lin Ye took out the pork lard he had just refined.
He poured some into two iron pots respectively.
Seeing Lin Ye using the freshly rendered pork lard, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls all turned their gazes towards him.
The pot was hot and the oil was cool. As soon as the pork lard hit the pot, it quickly began to bubble finely.
Shi and the others stood beside Lin Ye, curiously watching the pork lard in the iron pot.
Lin Ye then opened his mouth and cautioned the few Beast-eared Girls, “When using pork lard to cook, you must not stand this close.”
“If even a single splash of oil from the pot falls on you, you’ll get burned.”
Upon hearing Lin Ye’s words, Shi and the others already reacted and quickly took a few steps back.
Seeing the appearance of the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, Lin Ye couldn’t help but laugh.
Then, Lin Ye spoke to them again,
“There’s only oil in the pot now, so it’s unlikely to splash much.”
“However, if anything you put in carries water, you need to be careful.” As Lin Ye spoke, he put the shredded meat into the pot.
However, the shredded meat didn’t carry much water, so after it hit the pot, only fine bubbles emerged around the meat shreds.
Lin Ye held a specially forged wok ladle and began to stir the meat shreds in the pot.
Then, he added a few chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns.
As soon as the chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns hit the hot oil, a fragrant aroma quickly wafted out.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls sitting at the dining table and those grilling meat twitched their noses and looked over.
Lin Ye, handling two pots by himself, was a bit flustered.
Fortunately, he was making shredded potatoes, a simple dish.
By this time, the shredded meat in the iron pot was almost cooked.
Lin Ye turned to look at Shi and the others and said, “Request for fresh flowers.”
“Next, we’ll be adding the shredded potatoes.”
“The shredded potatoes have just come out of the water, so when they hit the pot, oil will definitely splash everywhere. Make sure to dodge well.” Lin Ye cautioned Shi and the others again.
The Beast-eared Girls standing beside Lin Ye nodded seriously.
Then, Lin Ye poured all the shredded potatoes from the side into the two iron pots. “Sizzle—!”
As soon as the shredded potatoes hit the pot, they made a loud noise.
However, because so much was added at once, it covered the pork lard, and no oil splattered out.
And after the shredded potatoes were in the pot, Lin Ye immediately began to stir-fry them with the large wok ladle.
… The two iron pots required Lin Ye to constantly stir to prevent them from burning.
Soon, the shredded potatoes transformed from the earthy smell of raw potatoes to a fragrant aroma.
As the aroma spread, the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls couldn’t sit still any longer.
They all gathered around.
Lin Ye ignored them, continuously stir-frying the shredded potatoes in the iron pots.
After stir-frying for about two minutes, Lin Ye used the wok ladle to scoop some salt and sprinkle it into the two iron pots.
He stir-fried a few more times to evenly mix the salt.
Then, Lin Ye reached out and took two clay pots, transferring the shredded potatoes from the iron pots into them.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, having never smelled such an aroma, stood by the side, drooling continuously.
The shredded potatoes fried in two iron pots filled four clay pots.
The barbecue was also long done and, as Lin Ye instructed, cut into bite-sized pieces.
After the four pots of shredded potatoes were served,
The sky outside had already darkened.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls, who hadn’t eaten much all day, were already very hungry.
Now, with the combined aroma of shredded potatoes and barbecue,
This dual torture made the Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls’ mouths water.
Grandma Nanrong also smelled the aroma and came to the dining table.
Lin Ye looked at everyone gathered and, after washing his hands, sat at the head of the table.
The Beast-eared Girls and Winged Girls also sat on both sides of the dining table, looking at Lin Ye with anticipation.
“Let’s eat!”
