Food: Random stalls, customers chase me all over the country

Chapter 60-Attack, Crab Roe Buns

Wang Fan is a bit rich, but not that rich.

The main reason was that he had discovered that there were not many hairy crabs left, and the boss had given all the remaining stock to Wang Fan, which was only about 200 in total.

But just for these 200 or so pieces, Wang Fan spent nearly 1500 yuan, and the boss gave him a % discount because he bought them all.

Although about 200 hairy crabs may seem like a lot, they actually only weigh about 70 kilograms.

These crabs are not oxygen-deprived crabs. They are very active, waving their big claws.

The meat yield of crabs is at most 40%, so only about 28 kilograms can be used as stuffing.

Wang Fan usually makes 1 buns with 40 jin of stuffing. Including other side dishes, that’s about 1500 crab roe buns at most.

Looking at the pile of crabs in front of him, Wang Fan rubbed his chin and thought.

I finally made up my mind to spend a lot of money this time, so I'm just going to make crab roe buns. If I make anything else, the taste might be mixed.

As for pricing, it definitely cannot be the same as the 160 yuan for 6 pieces. Firstly, they are famous and the rent is expensive. It would be too unfair to set the price like this.

But the cost of this thing is really high. If you set the price too low, you will lose a lot of money.

I spent 1500 yuan in total, which is equivalent to buying 1500 kilograms of meat, which is less than 28 yuan per kilogram...

Got it!

Wang Fan's eyes lit up and he made a decision immediately.

It costs 10 yuan each, but the buns are bigger than usual, about half the size of the usual xiaolongbao.

This way you can make some money and it can be considered good quality and low price, after all, what you use are all real things.

After buying the crab roe buns, Wang Fan went to buy 10 old hens and a big bag of pork skin. The broth made from these two ingredients is the key factor for the crab roe buns to burst.

Wang Fan knew that he could use Hextech to save costs in this step. For example, by buying gelatin soaked in water and adding chicken essence soup, he could completely save the cost of the old hens, so that he could make more money.

But Wang Fan now feels that what he enjoys most is the process of making delicious food, rather than making more and more money. That is ancillary value and cannot be put before making delicious food.

After buying some onions, ginger, garlic and other ingredients and seasonings, Wang Fan drove back home.

No one knows how to deal with the Crab King.

This little thing was a luxury item in his previous life. Not only had he never eaten crab roe buns, he had also only eaten hairy crabs a few times.

Fortunately, although he doesn't know how to eat it, he knows how to steam it.

Wash the hairy crabs and put them into the steamer with their bellies facing up. Stick a few slices of old ginger on each hairy crab, sprinkle some Huadiao wine evenly on it, and then turn on the fire.

With his nose that can detect smells, he would take out the steamer immediately after a basket of crabs was cooked.

The hairy crabs in the steamer have all turned red, and some of them have even had their roe seeping out.

It was not until he saw these hairy crabs that Wang Fan finally understood why the system recipe specifically instructed that the crabs should be steamed lying down.

It only took half an hour to steam all 200 crabs in his big steamer, and all the hairy crabs were put into the bug prop, the food preservation box.

Wang Fan then kneaded the noodles and waited for them to rest. He also boiled the broth and simmered it over low heat. The fire for stewing the broth was very low and there was enough water in the pot, so there was no risk of the pot getting burnt even if it was stewed for seven or eight hours.

The water in the soup pot gradually boiled. After clearing away the foam, Wang Fan took out all the pig skin.

Taking out a kitchen knife, Wang Fan pressed the pig skin with his ruthless iron hands and gave it a clean massage.

There is usually some grease left in the pig skin, and Wang Fan’s massage is to scrape off this grease.

After scraping the oil, the pig skin was put back into the pot, and Wang Fan lay on the bed and took a nap for a while.

About two hours later, Wang Fan opened his eyes. He lifted the lid of the soup pot, and a rich, delicious aroma wafted out along with a cloud of mist.

The old hen was stewed beyond recognition, the pork skin was stewed to be extremely soft and glutinous, and the bright yellow broth looked even more tempting.

After taking out the old hen and pork skin, Wang Fan removed the meat from the old hen and put it together with the pork skin taken out of the broth.

These are all good things and should not be wasted. These two things can be made into pork skin jelly and eaten.

Wang Fan sprinkled a handful of salt into the soup pot, then covered it with a lid and carried it to the yard.

With the outdoor temperature at several degrees below zero, cooling and solidifying the broth is more effective than using a refrigerator.

All preparations were ready. Wang Fan breathed a long sigh of relief, pulled open the quilt and crawled into the bed. He thought about how pleasant it was to take a nap.

……

"Ding, the hang-up system has been activated."

The system is always on time.

Wang Fan regained consciousness after hearing the prompt sound in his mind. This was a mental hint he gave himself before going to sleep. He didn't want to miss the scene of the system showing its operation.

Wang Fan opened the food storage box and took out a steaming hairy crab from it.

With his nimble fingers, he pinched the crab and gently lifted it up. With a "click", the crab shell was opened, and the crab roe was exposed in front of Wang Fan.

After removing the reproductive system and heart of the hairy crab, Wang Fan pressed down on the crab's head with his thumb, and a whole crab roe was pressed out.

Then pinch the hairy crab's teeth and tear them gently, then pinch it down one centimeter and tear it again, and the teeth and the hairy crab's stomach will be removed.

The whole set of movements was smooth, quick and accurate, which made Wang Fan very impressed.

I am still far from it!

Wang Fan processed the part of the crab's body that was idle quickly. The meatless legs, crab gills, and lungs were all picked off by Wang Fan in one go.

With a few "clicks", several thick crab legs were removed and placed aside.

Take out a pair of scissors and cut the crab legs into two pieces. Use the thinner crab leg to gently push under the thicker one, and a complete crab meat leg will be pushed out.

It only took about twenty seconds to devein a whole crab.

Wang Fan's consciousness carefully looked at the removed crab shell in his mind. After seeing it, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "With this level of cleanliness, even a dog would shake its head if it saw it."

There was really nothing useful left.

After Wang Fan finished dismantling one crab, he started dismantling the second one, then the third, and the fourth...

Even at Wang Fan's speed, it took nearly two hours to dismantle more than 200 crabs.

All the crab roe and crab meat were put into a basin, and the delicious smell filled the whole house.

Wang Fan got up and walked outside the house, bringing in the soup pot.

When I opened the lid of the pot, I saw that the broth inside had frozen into a light gray jelly.

When it was put on the chopping board, the soup jelly kept making "duangduangduang" sounds, showing how chewy it was.

Wang Fan took out a kitchen knife and quickly cut the soup jelly into small pieces, and then put them into the bowl containing crab roe and crab meat in a one-to-one ratio.

Wang Fan just added a little bit of salt to the filling and nothing else. After all, high-end ingredients often only require simple seasoning.

(End of this chapter)