A bamboo chair, a briquette stove, a bowl of egg liquid, a plate of minced meat, a focused back. Scoop a spoonful of egg liquid in your right hand, hold a pot and spoon in your left hand, skillfully turn your wrist around, clip a handful of minced meat in your right hand, and fold the egg skin in half with chopsticks, which is what my grandmother looked like when she was a child when she made egg dumplings.
For the more traditional grandmother, in the winter, she would take out the casserole pot that had been placed for a summer. Yes, Grandma is going to burn the head soup.
The three fresh casseroles in Shanghai's population, for the small editor who grew up in Cixi, Ningbo, have another name called tou soup. It is the first dish to be served in winter when entertaining distinguished guests. No matter how cold the weather, as long as a bowl of belly, the whole body will immediately warm up.
The ingredients in the three fresh casseroles are generally more casual, and only need to be combined with meat and vegetables. When entertaining guests, some winter shoots, meat balls, salted shrimp, etc. will be added. But there is no shortage of three ingredients: egg dumplings, meat crusts and fried fish. I don't know why, when I was a child, I only saw my grandmother put a pinch of salt, but the taste was so delicious.
Although the head soup is still made at home, it is not the taste of the past, more like a hot pot. When I came to Lao Zhengxing, I saw that there were three fresh casseroles and lit a pot, and I actually drank the taste of Lao Dizi.
The century-old Zhengxing is famous for its most authentic local dishes, which not only captures the stomach of the people of Shanghai, but also picks the michelin star for 5 consecutive years. Xiaobian invited The executive chef of Lao Zhengxing today, Chef Hu Bin, to teach everyone to make this three-fresh casserole at home.
Preparation of ingredients
/ Main ingredients / : Fried fish, egg dumplings, meat crust
/ Ingredients /: fish balls, bacon, winter shoots, cabbage, vermicelli, shiitake mushrooms, salt
Don't be afraid to prepare more ingredients, the more the fresher
You can also use local materials, what to add
The following units of measurement:
1 spice spoon = 15ml
Food production
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Step 1: Plating
The three fresh casseroles are actually not very difficult, just need to lay out layer by layer, and first use cabbage to lay the base.
Then the upper layer is covered with vermicelli, and then the popcorn, bamboo shoot slices, egg dumplings, bacon, and meat skin are compactly arranged around the circle, and 5 fish balls are added in the middle, and finally a shiitake mushroom cap is added.
Fried fish is best unsourced
Retain the original flavor of the fish
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Step 2: Firing
Pour the broth into the pan until it is flush with the ingredients.
The shop uses boiled broth
Just use boiled water at home
Bring the soup to a boil over high heat
Then cover and reduce the heat and cook for 20 minutes.
Add 0.5 spice spoon (8g) salt and 1 handful of green onion before cooking
As soon as the casserole is on the table, the moment the lid is opened, it can be said that the chopsticks are raining down, a little hesitation, I am afraid that I can only eat the portion of the vermicelli. The egg aroma of the egg dumplings is wrapped in the aroma of meat, and it is accompanied by popcorn soaked in soup, and the only sound of drinking soup is heard on the table, and no speaker is seen. Finally, another chopstick of cabbage, fresh and sweet, refreshing finish.
Drinking this bowl of three fresh casseroles, instantly pulling the xiaobian's thoughts back to more than 10 years ago, whenever the head soup was on the table, grandma always helped me to put out a bowl first, carefully brought it to me, and instructed a sentence: Be careful of the hot.
♥ Thanks to Lao Zhengxing for the recipe
♥ Thank you To Chef Bin Hu for his hard work
After eating, I also took a copy home and shared it with my family. The ingredients and broth are all matched, just boil and enjoy the warmth of this winter day.
Old Zhengxing
Address: No. 556 Fuzhou Road, Huangpu District