Hello guys, welcome to Amanda Tastes.
The weather has been great recently
hence we have decided to go out for a picnic today
Last night we prepared lots of food for today's picnic
I will tell you how to prepare all these food for a picnic, including sandwich, salad, and sushi
First of all, let's treat our pork chop
get these kind of pork chop,
remove any bone on it
remove any excess fat
just leave some fat
then, because pork chops often have a layer of white fascia
therefore you need to cut the fascia, otherwise pork chop will roll up once it is heated
just cut some openings around the pork chop
then beat the port chop to soften the meat
simply use the blunt side of your knife
gently beat the meat vertically and horizontally
this will break pork fiber
which will give your meat better and softer texture
this creates the same effects of using meat hammer
after you have prepared both pieces of your pork chop
you can season with some salt and pepper on both sides
evenly cover both sides
leave them for about 10 minutes
let's prepare bread crumbs for deep frying
you can use prepacked bread crumbs, but because we are going to make sandwitch today
I have some fresh bread with me, so I am going to make some fresh bread crumbs
tear a piece of toast into smaller pieces
and put into your blender
use pausing blend function to blend the toast
break it into larger grains of bread crumbs
the larger the bread crumbs are, the crispier it will be after being deep fried.
prepare oil for deep frying, pour some oil into a pan to heat the oil
let the temperature of oil rise
here we keep preparing our pork chop
crack one egg into a deep plate
beat it until it is well mixed
sift a thin layer of flour onto your pork chop
evenly cover your pork chop with sifted flour
and dip into egg mix and bread crumbs
after you have a good layer of egg mixture, cover the meat with bread crumbs
keep one of your hands dry while the other is wet
this will keep yourself clean and tidy
press gently to make crumbs stick to your pork better
oil temperature now is about medium heat
use a chopstick to test the temperature
if it is quickly bubbling around your chopstick
it means it is read for deep frying our pork chop
it doesn't take long to deep fry pork chop
it takes about 2 minutes for each piece of pork chop
your pork chop is ready when the color turns goldish
let the pork chops cool
meanwhile let's prepare some side dishes
finely slice cabbage
cut your carrot into thin slices and then slice them into thin shreds, you don't need too much carrot, they are only used to add extra colors
now we can make our sandwich
first of all, we have two slices of toasts,
I have made an episode before on how to make toasts.
spread some room temperature butter on one side of both slices of toasts, I took the butter out from the fridge before and left it in room temperature
butter not only adds flavor to your sandwich
an important reason is that we eat the sandwich on the next day
therefore if you don't spread some butter
liquid from our fillings will come out and wet our toast
which will makes our sandwich taste bad
adding butter gives our toast a layer of protection
to keep the taste of the bread
evenly spread a good layer of butter
then it comes to the sauce
you can use any sauce of your preference
mayo is however something essential
spread a layer of mayo on top of buttered bread
I have taught you how to make mayonnaise before, (scan QR code, follow and type in "美乃滋" to see the video)
you can also spread some mayo on the other slice of toast,
or if you like more flavor in your sandwich
you can also use mustard sauce
today we are using yellow mustard sauce with whole mustard seeds
it gives your sandwich a pinch of spice
with the combination of pork chop,
it will reduce the greasiness of the pork chop
when you done it,
put a layer of lettuce
and mix well the shredded cabbage and carrot that we've prepared
and place one piece of pork chop on top of our salad
if you have any pork chop sauce, you can also put some over the pork
this is a special Japanese sauce for deep fried pork chop
I had an episode called deep fried pork patty
in which I introduced how to make such sauce
it consists ketchup, chilly sauce, soy sauce, mirin and miso
mix them according to certain percentage
you can get this kind of pork chop sauce in many supermarkets
or if you like, you can make it yourself, just go back to my previous episode, and make your own
then you can lay another layer of shredded vegetables
another piece of lettuce
and place this piece of bread with butter and mustard sauce on the top
our sandwich is rather thick now, don't worry
let's use some clear film to wrap it
after you've wrapped it, you can cut it in half
which will keep its shape
if you have this kind of bread knife, it is easier to cut
slice it in half
you can cut the edges off if you feel like so
here we go, the sandwich is done
you can keep the sandwich in the clear film wrap and put it right into a container
then you can easily take the container and go in the next day
we have finished our sandwich, now let's prepare our salad
I am making prawn pasta salad
here we have some pre-peeled prawns you can buy
those prawns may have been cleaned and without sandline, or maybe not
we need to slice it from the back
and double check, if sandline is still in it, clean and remove it.
prepare two pots of boiling water, and add prawns into on of them
add some salt into the other pot
and cook the pasta, I am using spiral pasta today
you can use macaroni
this kind of pasta are very suitable for making salad
it takes a long time to cook pasta
however, prawns take shorter time to cook, about 2 minutes
once the water is boiled, you can turn off the gas
take them out and put them into ice water
or you can wash under cold running water to bring the temperature down
which will keep its crispy texture
meanwhile, leave the pasta to cook for a bit longer
the package often tells you how long it takes to cook the pasta
it is about 10 minutes in my case
my pasta at this stage is not completely cooked
it is still a little hard in the center
but because we use it for salad
it will be soft and cooked till tomorrow
do not run the pasta under cold water
you can add some olive oil when it is still hot and mix well
which will stop them from sticking to each other
now let'd prepare other vegetables
slice cherry tomatoes in half
I am using green and red cherry tomatoes
put them directly into the pasta
then some sweet pepper
chop them up and put into the pasta
then avocado
cut a circle, twist, and open
use the tip of your knife and slice the avocado, and slice across
scope avocado out and put into a bow
leave avocado out first, don't put it into pasta first because it is easy to get oxidized
squeeze some lemon juice to the diced avocado
mix well, this will prevent it from getting darken
and now we can put it into the bow
now it's our last vegetable, chop some parsley
wrap the parsley
and chop it
now let's make some salad dressing
I am using a mason jar to make the salad dressing
vinaigrette again,
here we have some squeezed lemon juice from before and we can still use it
squeeze some lemon juice into the jar,
and some white vinegar
you can also use red vinegar, or without any vinegar at all
I used vinegar and lemon juice to give it a richer flavor
then some olive oil
generally speaking the ratio of vinegar to oil is 1 vinegar : 3 oil
but I think it is too oily,
I often use 1:1 ratio
then make some garlic mash
and mustard sauce
which I used when I was making my sandwich
some sugar
salt
and freshly grounded black pepper
seal the lid
and shake well
because there is mustard in the jar, it will emulsify it
therefore after shaking, the sauce should look like this, which looks like cream or lotion
you can taste it first
you can add extra vinegar/lemon juice or salt to adjust to y our own taste
since these vegetables are basically flavorless
therefore it would be better if your sauce is slightly salty
I will add some more salt
now we can add the rest of our ingredients into the bowl
cooked prawn
some mozzarella cheese in small ball shape
which you can get easily from cheese sections in the supermarket selling imported goods
it is freshly soaked in clear liquid
which is very suitable for salad
however, if you can't get any, don't worry, you can replace it by cheddar cheese
or you can buy a regular size mozzarella cheese and break it into smaller pieces
I also add some olives
olives are salty,
so when you beat into it, it will give you an obvious flavor
then here comes the dressing we've made
because we don't have watery vegetables in our salad today
therefore you can put the dressing in first
to let them mix well
secondly, it will taste better if you leave it overnight
because vegetables like pasta and avocado takes quite a long time to soak the flavor
however, if you are making salad with lots of leaves, you should not mix them too early
for salads with lots of leaves, you should only add the sauce before serving
after you mixed it well, sprinkle some finely chopped parsley
now you can use clear film to wrap the bow
and put into the fridge
it will taste better when you leave it for one night
I hope it will be a good day tomorrow
I have taught you how to make sushi (sushi roll), you can find the video in my Weibo or WeChat account, search for "紫菜包饭", then you will see it
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