Gourmets of the Heavens

"so amazing."

After Shang Xiuxun tasted Zhao Youqian's dishes, and heard Zhang Xiaofan's explanation, he seemed to be still awake.

But subconsciously, he has already started to praise Zhang Xiaofan.

"Xiao Fan, your talent in cooking is simply terrifying!"

This point, even Nu Liang Hua Piao would not deny it, otherwise he would not give Zhang Xiaofan a slight nod.

Apparently, his explanation has completely explained the smoked and grilled mei fish, which is the perfect appetizer.

This is not enough to be able to eat, you must have an amazing talent in cooking.

"You guys, just keep eating, Xiaofan finished tasting that dish, now watch me make the second recipe"

Annoyed, the two guys who swallowed it all, this dish obviously needs to be tasted slowly, but it turned out that the Nuliang slippery ladle was okay, Shang Xiuxun stuffed a third of it in one bite, even if most of the alcohol had been ignited , the remaining high alcohol will also make people drunk, okay?

After waving his hand to beckon Zhang Xiaofan to come over, Zhao Youqian started to prepare the second course with Meiyu.

Previously, he used the gap between pickled fish to clean up the other sleepy fish. This time he also took two sleepy fish, but instead of cutting them directly, he only made a small slit on the stomach.

The internal organs inside have been cleaned up, even the gills and teeth of the fish have been specially cut off, but the integrity of the fish maw has been maintained, with only a little gap, which made Zhang Xiaofan a little confused outside the kitchen.

"this is?"

Zhao Youqian is not surprised that Zhang Xiaofan doesn't understand, but the cooking he taught this time is also teaching Zhang Xiaofan some advanced cooking concepts, which can be regarded as broadening his horizons, so he didn't completely follow the step-by-step approach.

It's no surprise that Zhang Xiaofan can't understand it now, or even can't learn it at all.

"Fish belly into yellow beams."

Although Zhao Youqian is cooking at this time, he still has a little time to explain to Zhang Xiaofan.

After speaking, he stuffed the soaked Yujing rice and some millet into the fish belly. Of course, not only these rice grains, astragalus, Codonopsis pilosula, wolfberry, ginseng, and red dates were also put into the fish belly.

All of a sudden Meiyu's stomach, which was originally flat as a sword, was stuffed to the brim, as if she was pregnant.

Seeing this, Zhao Youqian felt a little pity.

It would be better if it is a sleeper fish in a later season, especially the sleeper fish in autumn. If it has roe, the flavor will be even better.

He has already tried the meat quality of Meiyu, and he can roughly guess the deliciousness of Meiyu roe. If it can be combined with rice and other ingredients, it will be a masterpiece.

Although it is a little less mellow now, the taste is still acceptable.

Use perilla leaves to plug the gap in the fish belly. Zhao Youqian found two thin slices of bamboo dustpan, put the two fish in it, and sealed it with bamboo strips.

"Fish is fragile, so it can be wrapped with something if it is not easy to cook. It can be shaped and kept intact without direct contact with the pot. Generally speaking, bamboo products are the best, and it can also bring some bamboo fragrance to the fish."

In fact, Zhao Youqian's method is nothing new, it's just a way of putting rice in the belly of a fish. A similar method has been circulated in Yaozhou a long time ago.

The most critical thing is actually the type of rice.

Mixing jade rice and millet creates an effect like the yellow rice in the story. In fact, Hong Yi and his world also have yellow rice, but it is relatively rare. He has to prepare for the scientific examination recently, so Zhao Yougan didn't bother him.

Let him prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and at the same time suppress the sale of spices, so as not to ship too many spices in Yujing City, and Hong Yi's own supply is not easy to explain.

Stop selling for a while, Hong Yi is not short of money for the time being, and after the scientific examination, he will consider continuing to sell spices. At that time, he will be regarded as half an official, and he can hire someone to represent this kind of thing.

So Hong Yi seldom comes to Zhutian Restaurant recently, and only comes to have a meal occasionally to relax, but Zhao Youqian came up with another way, always preparing soaked jade rice and millet.

I didn't expect to use it to deal with Meiyu this time.

Putting herbs together is a practice from the Northeast Xian people in Yaozhou, combined with a little ginseng chicken soup.

Sleep fish itself is delicate in texture and thick in fat, but it is a bit similar to chicken.

The water for soaking the rice should not be wasted. When the two fish and the dustpan are put into the stew pot together with the water for soaking the rice, cooking wine should not be used in this dish, otherwise it will destroy the natural taste of the ingredients. After stewing for a long time, the end rhyme will be slightly sour.

Zhao Youqian also just put a few scallions and a dozen whole white peppercorns that have not been crushed, and then heated the stew pot with medium heat to boil, then adjusted to low heat, and simmered for forty minutes.

It can be said that this is an excellent fish soup for nourishing vitality.

There are very few seasonings, and even after it is out of the pan, it can be tasted with a sesame oil salt plate with only some sea salt and crushed sesame seeds.

What you drink is the pure, unseasoned fish soup. It is also the best way to bring out the original taste and effect of sleepy fish.

Naturally, Zhang Xiaofan also noticed this trick, but what he didn't understand was that if he did it like this, why did he put rice in it, wouldn't it have the same effect just by stewing the herbs together?

"You'll know it after you taste it!"

Aware of the puzzlement in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, Zhao Youqian didn't give an answer directly, this kind of thing must be tasted in person to come to a conclusion, why are these things put in the recipe, why do they do this.

"Get ready to watch me do the third method!"

Zhao Youqian always cooks vigorously, even if Zhang Xiaofan hasn't understood the last one, he still has to do the last one.

After all, it takes at least forty minutes to stew Huangliang Meiyu, so you can't just wait and do nothing, right?

But at this moment, Tanjiro and Nezuko, who had been covered in heat waves from top to bottom, finally woke up!

'Crackling! '

It was as if firecrackers were going off one after another in Tiantian Restaurant, and even Nuliang Yulao and Tony Stark, who was having a great time tasting smoked and grilled sleepy fish, cast their gazes over.

"It seems to work well!"

Zhao Youqian also cast a look, then nodded silently.

Tanjiro, who had just woken up, hadn't recovered yet, when he looked at his younger sister for the first time, he suddenly found that his younger sister seemed to have grown up a bit.

"Brother, why do you seem to have grown up?"

Unexpectedly, just as he was about to speak, Nezuko pointed at him in surprise and exclaimed.

Only at this time did he realize that the clothes on his body had become obviously one size smaller at some point.

"Don't be surprised, this is just a normal way to make up for some of your lost vitality"

There was still a piece of smoked sleepy fish in his mouth, Tony answered next to him, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Nezuko, come here, and let me see what happened to your genes after you regained your vitality!"

So Nezuko, who has not been awake for a long time, just became a tool for drawing blood in Tony's hands