In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 717 Make Dumplings by Yourself

That day, Meiya was watching a food video on TV in the living room. The video introduced the method of making dumplings from the dumpling wrappers to the finished product.

After finishing, the host said: "Well, it's done. It's very simple and tastes very good. Ladies, you can try it with dumpling skins occasionally. Today I'm demonstrating boiled dumplings. If you want to make fried dumplings, that's fine too. Your family will look at you with new eyes~"

Meiya nodded when she saw this and said, "Start with the dumpling skin. I have never tried this before. Most of the time when I make it at home, I buy the skin, then make the fillings, and finally wrap them into dumplings."

After recalling the steps on TV, Meiya nodded and said confidently, "Yeah, it's easier than I thought."

"Aaaah." Xiaokui was playing with toys on the side. As for Mingxu and Xiaoxin, one was playing with Xiaobai in the yard, and the other was drawing a draft on the side. Mingxu glanced at Meiya and shook his head. She really does what she wants.

"Hey, Xiaoxu, Xiaokui, let's have dumplings for dinner tonight, okay?"

"Woo?"

"Okay." Mingxu did not undermine Meiya's self-confidence and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then I'll try it." Meiya walked to the kitchen confidently and took out what she needed from the refrigerator and cupboards.

"You need high-gluten flour and low-gluten flour, add some lard and salt, slowly add the hot water, stir it carefully, and when the oiliness reaches a certain level, slowly knead it evenly. That's about it." After making the dough, Meiya put the dough on a plate and covered it with a layer of plastic wrap.

"Then let the dough rise for a while. Now we're going to make the filling. We'll need some minced meat, cabbage, leeks, onions, and ginger. Okay." Meiya said and started to prepare.

Mingxu was finishing up. Xiaoxin ran back from the yard and saw this scene. He asked curiously, "Xiaoxu, what is mom doing?"

"Mom is letting the dough rest." Mingxu said casually.

"Oh~" Xiao Xin nodded, then turned his eyes, ran to the kitchen, took out the dough, put it aside, and covered the dough with a towel: "Come on, go to bed, sleep well~"

"Xiao Xin, what are you doing?" Mei Ya prepared the stuffing, turned around, was stunned for a moment, and asked in confusion.

Xiao Xin didn't even turn his head and said, "I'm letting him sleep, good boy, good boy~"

"Hey, that's not how you let the dough rest." Mei Ya said with a smile, then took the dough from Xiao Xin's hand and threw it back into the bowl: "Let it rest for a while. Today we're going to start with the dumpling wrappers."

"It's a headache. You must have been distracted by the TV show again." Xiao Xinwen spread his hands.

"If you keep talking too much, I won't let you eat!" Meiya said angrily.

"Okay, Xiaoxin, come and help." Mingxu packed up his things, walked into the kitchen and smiled at Xiaoxin.

"Hmm~"

"Okay, you guys stay here and watch the dough while mom will prepare the filling. Once the filling is ready, I'll start making the dumpling skins and then make the dumplings." Meiya looked at the two of them and nodded.

"Good~"

After Meiya left, Xiaoxin was quiet for a while, then saw Mingxu sitting aside flipping through a cookbook. He moved his eyes and took out the dough.

"Hey~"

"Wow~ This touch feels like Kyoko Fukada's earlobe~ So comfortable~"

"Xiao Xin, put it back." Mingxu said without even raising his head.

"Oh~" Xiaoxin nodded and was about to put it back.

"Aiyaya~" Xiaokui walked in.

"Ah? You want to touch it too. Come~" Shin-chan put the dough next to Xiaokui's ear.

Then suddenly his eyes moved, and he divided the dough into two balls and placed them in front of his chest: "Hey, that's right! Look, this is what mom wants~"

“…” Mingxu’s mouth twitched. Good boy, he is really good at association. However, looking at Meiya behind Xiaoxin, Mingxu lowered his head again.

Meiya looked at Xiaoxin dangerously and asked softly, "Who do you think wants this~"

"No, I also forgot what I said just now..." Shin-chan subconsciously denied it, but Misae didn't care and walked up to him and punched him.

"boom!"

"Don't treat food as toys!"

"Ah~"

Mingxu took the dough and put it back into the bowl.

"Okay, let's make the dumpling skins now." Meiya looked at the dough and thought it was almost ready, so she kneaded the dough into long strips and then cut it into pieces.

"Wow, I want to do it, I want to do it too." Xiao Xin immediately shouted when he saw this.

Meiya was stunned and shook her head: "Oh, no, this requires a lot of skills."

"Since my mother can do it, then I can do it too!" Xiaoxin shook his head.

"Okay, Mom, there's no problem doing this." Mingxu also said from the side.

"Well, wait, when a child wants to help, parents can't refuse. I have to praise him and cultivate the habit of helping." Meiya thought, looked at the two children and said, "Oh, okay, then I'll let you help. Then go wash your hands first."

"Okay~" After washing their hands, they came over again. Meiya had already cut everything and put it aside. When she saw them coming, she began to demonstrate: "Now is the most difficult part." As she spoke, she used a rolling pin to continuously rotate and press the dough.

But the result didn't seem to be satisfactory. The dough didn't form a circle, but instead had holes. "Ah? That's weird. Why did it become like this?"

Xiao Xin shouted: "Mom, shouldn't the dumpling skin be round?"

"..." Meiya suddenly felt a knowing blow.

"Uh, Xiaoxin, Mom is setting a wrong example." Mingxu said with a twitch of his mouth.

"That's right, don't meddle with me. You should know that those experts usually roll the dumpling wrappers from morning to night, and it takes a lot of effort to roll them into that shape. If you don't believe me, just try it! You will know how difficult it is." Meiya said as she placed two pieces of dough in front of the two little ones.

"Okay~" The two nodded and started rolling the dough. Although they used different methods, they rolled out the dough easily.

"Hey, that's it."

"Ah?" Meiya was stunned and looked at the two little ones in disbelief.

"It wasn't all for nothing that I played with clay in kindergarten," Shin-chan said proudly.

"Yeah." Mingxu nodded. This thing was completely within his control.

Meiya immediately got serious: "But that's not how it's rolled on TV. You have to roll it bigger as you go along, leaving a thick section in the middle."

"Mom, as long as the result is good, that's enough. Why do I have to do what others say?" Mingxu spread his hands.

"That's right, then mom can make it herself, and I can make the part I eat myself." Xiaoxin also nodded.

"Sure, if you don't do it well, you are responsible for eating it!" Misaya puffed up her face when she heard what Shin-chan said.

After he finally rolled out the dumpling wrappers, Meiya began to demonstrate how to make dumplings.

"Here, wrap the filling inside the dough. It should look like this."

"Caterpillar~"

"Please wrap them carefully, okay?" Meiya looked at Mingxu and her eyes widened immediately. "Good boy, when did you learn how to wrap xiaolongbao?"

"Just make it like making dumplings." Mingxu saw Meiya's confusion and spread his hands.

"Da da da~" Xiaokui climbed up at some point, and Mingxu quickly took away the dumpling wrapper, luckily it was not torn by Xiaokui.

After wrapping the dumplings, Meiya boiled some of them and fried the rest. Overall, the process went smoothly.

"Wow, it seems delicious." Guangzhi said with some envy.

"I made everything myself, starting with the dumpling wrappers." Shin-chan boasted proudly.

"Oh. You made all of these yourselves, that's amazing." Guangzhi praised repeatedly.

“I should say that I fried it better!” Meiya rolled her eyes in the kitchen.

Mingxu brought out a plate of fried dumplings and placed it on the table: "Dad, come and try some."

"Okay." Guangzhi nodded immediately after hearing that.

Shin-chan proudly pointed at the dumplings on his plate and said, "This is Mayumi, Lina, Annie, Margaret, and Taro."

"Wow, you even gave the dumplings names. I'm going to eat them then." Guangzhi stretched out his chopsticks and casually picked up something from a plate.

Unfortunately, he was pinching Shin-chan's side.

"No! These are what I want to eat. Daddy goes to eat Mom's." Xiaoxin immediately refused.

"Ah? Aren't we going to eat together? What about you, Xiaoxu?" Guangzhi looked at Mingxu.

"Together." Mingxu spread his hands and said, "We just cooked some dumplings and my mother is still making some fried dumplings."

"Oh, okay, then I'll eat some dumplings first." Guangzhi smiled when he heard it.

"Well, it's delicious. The skin is very chewy and the filling is very good." After eating one, Guangzhi immediately praised it.

"Mom did a great job." Mingxu said with a smile.

"Yeah." Xiaoxin was too busy eating fried dumplings to bother talking.

"No way, you are exaggerating, hahaha~" Meiya couldn't hide her smile and burst out laughing.

"Hahaha~" Everyone laughed.

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