Traveling through the famine, I stockpiled supplies like crazy

Chapter 125 Making Sour Peppers and Chopped Peppers

After the sweet potato stew was ready, Xu Han also fried a vegetarian dish.

Today's staple food is white flour steamed buns with porridge, which is homely and delicious.

"The trees we've cut down these days are enough. Starting tomorrow, I won't go cutting down trees. I'll first deal with the bison and wild sheep at home. I estimate it will take at least five or six days to deal with them all." Lu Chuan said while eating.

"Okay, now that we have enough money at home, there's no need to rush to go hunting for money. Let's finish the housework first and then go hunting!" Xu Han said.

"Yeah! I thought so too. Since there are still two months before the New Year, let's go to the mountain to find some more food to eat later."

"You can arrange this! Don't worry about other things at home. I'll deal with the peppers tomorrow. I'll also slowly make the other things into something that can be stored. This will free up some space in the space."

"Well! You take care of the house, and I'll take care of the outside. If there's any heavy work, don't do it yourself. Leave it for me to do when I come back."

"I understand, don't worry!"

After dinner, the two went to bed early.

Early the next morning, Lu Chuan cleaned the yard, fed the poultry, and Xu Han also got up.

Following Lu Chuan, we sent today's bison to the river, and then came back to have breakfast.

After breakfast, Xu Han took out a lot of fresh peppers from the space. There were a lot of peppers planted, and it was time to process some of them and cook them in new ways.

First, pick out some of the peppers that were hit by sweet frost some time ago and take them to the backyard to wash them.

There is no need to cut off the pepper stems, just wash them directly. Drain the water from the washed peppers, and after they are dry for a while, just sprinkle salt and marinate them.

Put the pickled peppers in the cellar, and after a few days they are pickled and put into the space.

The pickled peppers can be eaten together with pickled radish, or used to make pepper stewed eggs, which is Xu Han’s favorite.

Xu Han washed two large baskets at once and pickled all of them. She first put them in a large wooden basin and then put them in jars after pickling, otherwise it would be difficult to stir them while pickling.

The peppers pickled this time are all small peppers grown outside. None of them have grown red. They are all immature tender peppers.

I also took out the peppers that I had grown in the vegetable garden, both green and red, and prepared to make sour peppers.

After cleaning, drain the water, then cut off the stems of the peppers and set aside.

Boil a pot of water and add appropriate amount of salt. Pour the peppers in and blanch them. Don't blanch them for too long, just one or two minutes will do.

After the blanched peppers have cooled, put them into a jar and add appropriate amounts of rock sugar, ginger, etc.

Let the water used to blanch the peppers cool down and pour it into the jar. Add some salt and white wine. This will allow the peppers to be preserved longer.

After everything is done, put the lid on the jar, seal it and store it for a month. The sour peppers are ready.

Xu Han had made a large jar of this pickled pepper before, but it was almost finished, so she made three more jars today and kept them for later consumption.

Sour peppers can be eaten with rice, but they can also be used in stir-fried dishes. Generally, you can add sour peppers to stir-fried spicy and sour dishes.

The main reason is that I cooked a large amount of food and used a lot, so I ate it so quickly.

After making the pickled peppers, Xu Han immediately started making the chopped peppers.

It is best to use chili peppers when making chopped peppers, as this will make the taste spicier. When the peppers in the wasteland were ripe, Xu Han specifically kept some and did not dry them, just for making chopped peppers.

Wash the chili peppers, dry them, then break off the pepper stems, put them in a wooden basin, and add a wooden board on top to chop the peppers.

After chopping the pepper, chop some ginger and garlic, then add the appropriate amount of salt and white wine. After stirring evenly, put it directly into a jar without water or oil.

Xu Han made two jars of chopped peppers, which will be used to make chopped pepper fish, which is especially delicious.

It took Xu Han a whole day to cook these few kinds of peppers. At lunch time, Lu Chuan asked Heifeng to call Xu Han to go to the river.

The main reason was that Lu Chuan needed to be with him, and what if some small animal took the meat away? He had no choice but to ask Heifeng to call Xu Han.

Xu Han was so immersed in making peppers that she completely forgot that Lu Chuan was still processing the bison by the river!

Xu Han processed all the peppers and tidied up the house. Seeing that it was getting dark, she walked out of the yard and headed towards the river.

"Have you finished making the chili peppers?" Lu Chuan asked when he saw Xu Han coming over.

"Yes! Everything is ready." After saying that, he bent down and helped Lu Chuan process the beef.

The two of them went home together to rest after dark.

When they got home, Xu Han went to the kitchen to prepare dinner first, while Lu Chuan went to the backyard to feed the livestock.

After dinner, Xu Han took out some potatoes and started peeling them. After washing the peeled potatoes, Lu Chuan was responsible for chopping them.

Put the chopped potatoes in a space to prevent oxidation. When you have time tomorrow, wash out some potato starch for daily cooking.

While washing and chatting, Lu Chuan suddenly said, "Now is the season to eat tofu. Buy more next time you go down the mountain."

"Tofu! Yes! There's tofu! No need to buy it, I know how to make it. I'll go soak some beans first, and we'll make tofu tomorrow." After Xu Han said this, she got up and went out without waiting for Lu Chuan's reaction.

Xu Han went straight to the cellar and suddenly realized that she didn't have a candle, so she called Lu Chuan to provide light.

When Xu Han stood up, Lu Chuan followed her out. Knowing that she was going to get the beans, he very tactfully went to light the candles.

The two of them went to the cellar and took out about thirty or forty kilograms of beans, soaking some of them to make soy milk.

After leaving the cellar, go to the backyard. You have to wash the beans twice first, otherwise there will be impurities and the tofu made will taste bad.

Put the washed beans into a large wooden basin, fill it with water and soak it in the kitchen overnight.

Xu Han also soaked some rice and millet and added them when grinding the soy milk, which would make the soy milk thicker and more fragrant.

After finishing everything, the two returned to the main room together.

Lu Chuan said, "You can also make tofu! How come my wife is so good at it!"

"That's right, short videos are not watched in vain. I usually like to tinker with some food at home. I always feel that the food bought outside is not as delicious as the one I make myself. What's more, the food bought outside is not clean. I feel at ease eating the food I make at home.

So I often cook various things myself, but of course I will buy them sometimes because it is too troublesome.” Xu Han explained.