Frying peanuts is very simple. First, wash the dried peanuts and let them absorb some moisture, then drain them.
Heat the wok, turn it down to low heat, and pour in the slightly moist peanuts to dry-roast them. Next, pour in an appropriate amount of peanut oil and continue stir-frying until they turn slightly red. By this time, the aroma had already begun to permeate the air. Turn off the heat, scoop out the peanuts, and pour out the remaining oil from the wok.
Pour the peanuts back into the wok while it still has residual heat. Add a pinch of salt and a few drops of white liquor.
Gan Lan stir-fried the peanuts in the wok. "Adding white liquor helps the peanuts last longer. I roasted a lot and plan to stock up, so I won’t have to fry them again next time I need them."
She quickly stir-fried the peanuts to mix in the salt and white liquor evenly. Once the salt and alcohol aroma had completely dissolved into the nuts, she plated them.
Gan Lan looked at the plate of peanuts, all a vibrant red without any burnt spots, and nodded in satisfaction. She pinched one with her fingers, blew on it gently, and popped it into her mouth. It was fragrant, crispy, and delicious.
Crystal Zongzi: [The aroma is quite nice! I originally thought these peanuts tasted average, but who would have thought I wouldn’t be able to stop eating them one after another! The more you chew, the more fragrant they get!]
Have You Eaten Today: [Right! When I ate the first one, I really thought the taste was pretty average and felt like the streamer had actually messed up for once. But then I picked up another one, and then... I opened a glass of beer to have with the peanuts. It’s such a great bar snack! Beer and peanuts are really a perfect match!]
Spicy Crispy Fried Chicken Drumstick: [After hearing the comment above, I also opened a bottle of beer. It’s absolutely amazing! Hahaha! Streamer, aren’t you just finding different ways to make us drink? To think you actually made such a delicious snack to go with alcohol!]
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"Minors are prohibited from drinking! Mind yourselves, there are still many underage children in the livestream room!" Gan Lan shook her head and chuckled. How were these people so clever in this regard?
She stuffed diced apples into the cavity of the marinated Zhenzhen Chicken, sealed it with trussing needles, and tied the legs and wings with string to prevent them from shifting during the roasting process.
She added water to the high-tech steam oven, evenly brushed the surface of the chicken with a honey-butter glaze, and placed it inside to steam-roast for thirty minutes. If this were her original world without high-tech appliances, it would have taken three hours to steam, which was far too long. Midway through, the chicken needed to be brushed with the honey-butter glaze every five minutes.
The rest was handed over to the robot. She couldn’t help but marvel at the convenience of having a robot assistant yet again.
While the chicken was roasting, Gan Lan took out the prepared minced meat to make a meat sauce to add to the hot and sour noodles later.
She heated oil in a pan, added ginger slices to stir-fry until fragrant, then poured in the minced meat and cooked it until it browned. She added a splash of cooking wine and cooked it until the moisture evaporated, then added the right amount of salt, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, and sugar. After mixing everything evenly, she turned off the heat and plated the sauce.
By this time, the Zhenzhen Chicken roasting in the oven had filled the entire room with its aroma, even overpowering the scent of the meat sauce.
Gan Lan sniffed the air. Her stomach let out a loud GROWL. She was hungry and desperately wanted to tear off a chicken leg and devour it in one bite just to appease her endlessly protesting stomach!
She prepared a clean baking tray and filled it with washed and chopped vegetables—broccoli, corn, cherry tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and cucumbers. Then, she added some salt, five-spice powder, chili powder, and olive oil, tossing them evenly before spreading them flat across the tray.
DING. The chicken’s roasting cycle had finished. Gan Lan opened the oven and was instantly lured by the rich aroma inside, causing a bit of drool to gather at the corner of her mouth. Fortunately, she was wearing a mask, or else the audience in the livestream room would definitely make fun of her.
She took the whole roasted chicken out, placed it on top of the vegetable-filled baking tray, and put it back into the oven to roast for another ten minutes.
Handsome Mingyu: [Ah! Why did Junior put it back in?! I ignored the scalding heat, tore off a drumstick, and was about to put it in my mouth, but it actually disappeared! I hate this! I was about to have a spiritual exchange with that chicken leg, and now I feel terrible! My disappointing drool is already dripping down, sob~]
Hot Pot Balls: [Junior! You’re getting more and more cruel now, actually making us smell it and look at it but not letting us eat it! How did you become like this? Give me back the gentle and considerate Junior! This current one is just too evil, sob sob sob~]
My Life Is Too Hard: [My current mood is exactly like my name. I’m shedding tears of sorrow!]
Sky Blue: [Seeing that you guys couldn’t eat it makes me feel smug both inside and out, hahaha! Just now, when Junior took it out, I ignored the scalding heat and took a bite, tearing off a huge chunk of roasted chicken. This aroma and texture are just too fragrant!]
Feiran: [You could actually taste all that on top of scalding your mouth until it swelled?]
"While the chicken is still roasting, let’s cook some sweet potato noodles first. The noodles look like they’re pretty much done drying," Gan Lan said.
She heated a pot of water. When the water started to boil slightly, she slowly lowered the hardened sweet potato noodles in, using chopsticks to stir them and prevent them from sticking together. She handed this task over to her capable assistant, Gulu, while she started making the sauce.
In a bowl, she added an appropriate amount of black vinegar, light soy sauce, dark soy sauce, Sichuan peppercorn oil, Sichuan peppercorn powder, minced garlic, sugar, and the secret chili sauce she had just made, stirring everything evenly.
She placed the cooked sweet potato noodles into the bowl of seasoning sauce and mixed it thoroughly. She then poured in the bone broth she had simmered earlier, stirred it again, and topped it with the meat sauce, peanuts, sour bamboo shoots, cilantro, and chopped green onions.
A bowl of bright red, hot and sour noodles was complete. Gan Lan proceeded to make a second bowl. As for Gulu’s portion, he made it himself; after watching Gan Lan do it once, he had already figured it out.
Gan Lan sat at the table. Just as she picked up a strand of noodles with her chopsticks, the chicken in the oven finished roasting. She had her robot assistant go over and retrieve it.
She finally succeeded in putting the hot and sour noodles into her mouth. That sour, spicy, and fragrant flavor, combined with the slightly chewy noodles, was so delicious it almost made her shed tears.
Taking a sip of the broth, she was met with a savory, fiery, and aromatic kick that brought an intense feeling of satisfaction and happiness. She wished she could just bury her entire face in the bowl.
Immortal Barbecue: [These noodles are actually crystal clear! They’re completely different from the noodles in the snail noodles, beef noodles, and pork trotter noodles I ate at the South Gate Cafeteria. The texture is vastly different, but both types of noodles are delicious. I never imagined that sweet potatoes could actually be used to make noodles! Junior, you are truly a god!]
Dream Lover No. 9: [These noodles are pure torture! One bite and the scalding, sour, spicy, and fragrant sensation is absolutely amazing! I had never eaten such strongly flavored food before until I met you. No. 9, you have opened the door to a whole new world for me! It turns out food can actually have such a magical and delicious texture!]
Snail Noodles Are So Good: [I thought snail noodles were already the most special dish in my heart, but today I tasted another flavor of noodles. Both are hot and sour; the former has a unique aroma, while the latter has a rich fragrance, but both are damn delicious! I am madly in love with this. I really feel like I can’t live without you anymore. Sending you finger hearts and my confession of love~]