Mid-Autumn Festival

Today is Mid-Autumn Festival. After getting up at noon, I started preparing dinner for today. Let’s record the dishes I made today.

Originally, the planned menu was as follows:

• Steamed crab roe
• Lemon spicy chicken
• Stir-fried green beans
• Mixed vegetables
• Stir-fried shrimp with cashews
• Jinan cornbread wrapped in pork
• Yellow croaker
• Curry beef brisket with potatoes
• Handmade noodles

In the end, I made some adjustments and simplified the menu to:

• Steamed crab roe
• Stir-fried green beans (washed but not cooked)
• Mixed vegetables (not mixed in the end)
• Jinan cornbread wrapped in pork
• Yellow croaker
• Tomato scrambled eggs
• Cola chicken wings
• Enoki mushroom and egg soup
• Handmade noodles (couldn’t eat more staple food)
• Pomegranate
• Plum

Jinan Cornbread Wrapped in Pork

Actually, Jinan cornbread wrapped in pork is quite easy to make. First, you need good pork belly with a mixture of fat and lean meat. Freeze it in the refrigerator for a while so that it’s easier to slice and won’t stick to the knife. Slice it to a thickness about the width of the little finger.

Then heat the pan, put the pork slices in and fry until both sides turn golden brown. Skim off the oil from frying and collect it in a bowl. Repeat this process until all the pork slices are done. Transfer the pork slices to a plate and set aside.

Add water, soy sauce, dark soy sauce, spices (use whatever you have, if not, skip it), sugar, salt (add according to personal taste), and cooking wine or rice wine in the pot.

Once it boils, add the pork slices and simmer over low heat for 1 hour. Finally, you can add chili and cilantro to enhance the flavor.

Yellow Croaker

Cut the fish, then use kitchen paper to dry it and set it aside.

Heat the pan, add cold oil, and wait until the oil temperature rises (you can test it by adding a clove of garlic and listening to the sizzling sound). Then add a spoonful of salt and put the fish in, frying both sides until golden brown.

Transfer the fish to a plate and set aside. Then add oil to the pan, stir-fry the scallions, ginger, and garlic, put the fish back in, add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, hot water (equal to the height of the fish), and cooking wine and spices. Start cooking.

After about 30 minutes, start reducing the sauce. Then remove from the heat, sprinkle with cilantro, and serve.

Green Beans

Enjoying the Meal