Gourmet Beast Tamer

Chapter 292 Mud Cage

"You two get started, I can't wait."

After hearing the introductions of the two people, Zhou Tianhao, who was the judge, spoke cheerfully, with a look of anticipation on his face.

Shen Qian's delicacy called "Rabbit in a Cage" used new spices that he had never tried before. It was probably not easy to make, which made him look forward to it.

Not to mention Qin Lang, just the story about the origin of "Beggar Chicken" made him particularly interested, and at the same time he felt a sense of admiration.

Both he and Qin Lang were from Tianhua Prefecture, but he had never heard of the story about the beggar's chicken. It seemed that this boy who was younger than him had more experience in food than he did. No wonder the other party's cooking skills were so good.

"No problem!" Shen Qian responded with a smile, then knelt down on the soft grass, took out a small knife and began to carefully peel off the skin of the branches.

Because it is a twig, the branch in Shen Qian's hand has no branches, is slender and tough, and can be bent easily without breaking.

After the pink skin is peeled off, the inside of the branches takes on a peculiar blood-red color, which is where the tree gets its name.

A strange fragrance emanated from the blood-red interior, making Shen Qian look satisfied.

This is the taste!

Soon, the bundle of branches just collected was processed by Shen Qian in the same way and turned into a bundle of blood-red branches.

Then, Shen Qian began to deal with the hare.

On the other side, Qin Lang was also busy.

But what he is doing is completely different from Shen Qian.

Putting the pheasants and lotus grass aside casually, Qin Lang strolled around the stream and quickly collected a large amount of moist soil by the stream.

"What are you..." Zhou Tianhao's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at Qin Lang walking towards him holding soil.

However, he soon found that the corners of his mouth were twitching too early.

Because Qin Lang casually sat cross-legged on the grass, took a small basin, and started playing in the mud.

It may be a little inaccurate to say that he was playing with mud. It should be said that Qin Lang was kneading the mud with a technique similar to kneading dough, and at the same time removing small stones and other debris.

But is it still a ball of mud? !

Zhou Tianhao was confused.

Shen Qian, who noticed Qin Lang's situation from the side, was also stunned, and the knife used to kill the rabbit trembled.

After kneading the soil thoroughly to make sure there was no debris in it, Qin Lang went up and smelled it.

What hit his face was the smell of earth, with no peculiar smell, which made Qin Lang nod with satisfaction.

The delicacy of beggar's chicken also has certain requirements for soil.

If there are too many microorganisms and odors produced by fermentation, even with the barrier of lotus leaves, it may have an impact on the chicken.

Of course, it would be better if it could have a certain special fragrance on this basis.

For beggar's chickens that are more particular about their soil, they often choose jar-sealing mud made from aged wine. After the aroma of wine has penetrated over many years, this kind of soil naturally carries a hint of wine aroma.

Qin Lang couldn't find such soil, but if it was just the smell of wine, he still had something to do.

"Dan Bao, breathe fire!"

Qin Lang handed the basin filled with soil to Dan Bao.

Dan Bao understood it and quickly controlled the soil in the basin to float in the air with the fluctuation of thoughts, and then adjusted the firepower to roast it.

The water originally absorbed by the soil by the stream evaporated quickly under the burning of the flames. The soil that could squeeze out water with a slight squeeze became dry at a speed visible to the naked eye, and finally was completely crushed into soil powder with a slight squeeze.

Zhou Tianhao and Shen Qian still didn't understand what Qin Lang was going to do. The latter simply put the hare aside and planned to see what medicine Qin Lang was selling in his gourd.

The soil powder returned to the basin, Qin Lang added stream water and a small amount of rice wine, and began to knead it again, letting it absorb water and re-condensate into a ball like kneading dough.

Burning it dry first and then kneading it again can not only incorporate the aroma of wine into it, but also use high temperature to kill microorganisms in the soil, and at the same time control the moisture level of the soil within the required range.

Kill three birds with one stone.

Of course, such a step seems even more outrageous to Zhou Tianhao and Shen Qian.

Just play in the mud, you even have to add wine to the mud.

What, seasoning?

"Um...we're not going to eat dirt, are we?" Zhou Tianhao said tremblingly.

"No, of course soil is not for eating." Qin Lang was speechless and gave Zhou Tianhao a reassuring shot.

After handling the soil, Qin Lang put it aside and began to handle the pheasant.

Bleeding, removing feathers and internal organs, cleaning the pheasant after processing, stuffing some spices, mushrooms and other ingredients into the chicken's belly, carefully wrapping it in three layers with washed shore lotus grass, and finally tying it tightly with hemp rope.

It wasn't until Qin Lang covered the lotus grass with soil that Zhou Tianhao and Shen Qian saw some clues.

It turns out that the soil is used to wrap the chicken, and there is a layer of bank grass between the two.

As a plant that can be dried and brewed, shore lotus can also be used for cooking. Not only that, Qin Lang also stuffed the chicken belly with spices and mushrooms.

In this way, if this seemingly ordinary mud dumpling is heated...

The two people, who are highly skilled in cooking, have already thought about what will happen next.

The soil cannot penetrate into the chicken through the shoreweed, but the aroma of the wine can. After the soil is heated, it dries and hardens, sealing everything inside.

In this case, the smell of seaweed penetrates into the chicken together with the flavor of various ingredients in the chicken belly...

Before Qin Lang started cooking, the two of them were almost salivating.

Even more surprising is the enlightenment this approach brings.

Since the shoregrass can wrap chicken, it can naturally wrap other ingredients. The shoregrass and spices can also be replaced with other things, and even the soil on the outside can be adjusted according to different situations.

This is a new way of cooking.

"It seems that I have to show some real skills!" Shen Qian looked serious in her eyes and quickly lowered her head to handle the half-processed hare.

There is no need to look at the remaining steps of Qin Lang. They are nothing more than controlling the heat. This is based on experience and does not have much reference value.

And the "rabbit in a cage" she wants to make requires a lot of steps.

Shen Qian put the hare aside after removing its internal organs and cleaning it. She picked up the blood-red branches from which the skin had been peeled off and weaved them neatly.

Soon, a beautiful and simple small cage made of branches was ready. The hare could just be placed in it and it was fixed tightly. There was a small hook at the top of the cage to facilitate hanging the entire cage.

Shen Qian found a hard, forked branch, fixed the cage in place, then moved it to the fire that had been lit nearby, and started to roast it with a smile, "Qin Lang, I am faster than you... you What are you doing?!"

"Hey!"

Qin Lang wiped the non-existent sweat on his head and looked at the hole dug by Dan Bao on the ground with satisfaction, "I'm going to make a fire and start cooking too!"

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