After time travel, I became the general's exclusive cook

The big kitchen was extremely hot tonight. Aunt Yu, who was in charge of the spoon, held the spoon in one hand and shook the big iron pot with the other. Send it to the dining table in the main hall.

The big log table was full of people, Mu Guichen sat at the head of the family as the head of the family, beside Chu Qiu and the baby-faced Anan with squirming eyebrows, Adong, Axi and Abei sat next to Anan, and Lumei sat next to him. Chu Qiu sat next to him.

This is a reception banquet to celebrate the safe return of the young master who has been living outside the General's Mansion. All the important people in the mansion are required to attend. Of course, this is also a family banquet. The four brothers and sisters in the southeast, northwest and north grew up together with Mu Guichen. and the gentle and intelligent Lumei was left by Mu Guichen's mother to take care of the trivial things in life. Now to take care of Chu Qiu, the people on the table are all direct family members of the general's mansion.

Being a general is not that particular, and the people in the mansion don’t abide by the rules of those high-ranking nobles’ families in the capital. They just come as comfortable as they can. After Mu Guichen said “Dining”, several pairs of chopsticks stretched out to the most central place. Tao Eight Treasure Gourd Duck.

Aunt Yu is not from the Northwest. She came to the Northwest with a caravan in the early years to find a living. She has done everything, and then entered a restaurant. Because of her sharp knife skills and careful attitude, she was favored by the chef of the restaurant. She made an exception and accepted her as an apprentice. , and became the only female apprentice under the chef. Later, the chef sealed the spoon and stopped doing it, and Aunt Yu became the head of the restaurant with her superb cooking skills.

If it weren't for the war and turmoil, the owner of the restaurant fled with the money, and Aunt Yu would not have entered the General's Mansion and became a little cook. This eight-treasure gourd duck was one of the specialty dishes taught to Aunt Yu by the old chef.

Choose a young duckling. At this time, the duck has less fat under the skin and the meat is tender and smooth. Carefully remove the bones of the duckling, cut off the claws and small wings, and leave the whole duck body.

Since it is eight treasures, it must need eight kinds of ingredients with different flavors. Select the red and oily bacon and cut into cubes, the refreshing small bamboo shoots into cubes, the fresh prawns peeled off the shell and cut into small cubes, and then choose a handful The most tender peas and corn kernels, soaked lotus seeds to remove the core, and a small handful of dried shrimps to add umami taste.

The last ingredient is soaked glutinous rice.

Put the above ingredients into the pot and stir-fry until half-cooked, add salt, soy sauce and other seasonings for seasoning, stir-fry well, put it out and let it cool for later use.

Marinate the ducklings with scallion and ginger cooking wine for a while to remove the fishy smell, and sew up the openings of the wings and thighs with thin cotton thread. Every gap in the duck body is filled with stuffing, and finally the duck head is reassembled, and the final opening is tightly closed with threads.

Tie a clean thick hemp rope on one-third of the duck's breast, drizzle red soy sauce on the duck skin and spread evenly, put the whole duck in high-temperature hot oil and fry it to shape, and the boneless duck tightly wraps the ingredients inside.

Finally, it is put into a stew pot with countless spices and stewed. All the ingredients should be combined inside and outside, and the various flavors interpenetrate with each other to form a more attractive fragrance.

The porcelain white shallow bottom plate on the dining table is based on tender green rapeseed, and on it is a gourd-shaped plump baby duck. The body of the duck is slightly curved, and the strength of the thick hemp rope makes the plump duck look like a gourd with a small top and a big gourd. , the fried skin is extremely firm, and the oily brown color stimulates everyone's appetite.

Cut off with a single knife, the outer skin is broken, revealing the soft and smooth filling inside, and the strong fragrance hovers around the tip of everyone's nose along with the curling heat.

"Well, it's delicious. I haven't eaten Aunt Yu's gourd duck for a long time. Mingmingming..." Abei stuffed a big mouthful of stuffing into his mouth, and the fresh and sweet taste of the duck had already melted into the glutinous rice. , It was a feast for the taste buds, and Ah Bei was about to cry. The eight-treasure duck had cumbersome steps, and Aunt Yu hadn’t made it for a long time.

Even Lumei, who has a moderate appetite, ate a few mouthfuls, not to mention those guys who were struggling at the border. If it weren't for Mu Guichen's quick hands, he would have picked up a bowl for the children waiting around him in advance. With Chu Qiu's strength and speed, I'm afraid he can only lick the soup.

"Tsk, the general loves Qiuqiu. We've been with him for so many years, but we haven't picked up any food once, but he ate a lot with his fists. Tsk tsk tsk."

After Anan gnawed a duck leg, he licked the oily smell on his hands and teased him. As a result, he was first scratched by Lumei, and then Asi stuffed a dish with chopsticks into Anan's mouth, complaining: "You can't stop your mouth even if you eat it." !"

Although Ah Dong didn't move, his posture and expression seriously showed that he didn't want to accept me. The whites of Ah Bei's eyes almost turned to the sky. All in all, Anan was disgusted by everyone.

Chu Qiu gulped down the duck meat that reached his mouth with a whimper, and opened his shiny round eyes, salivating so much that he didn't even notice the "bloody rain" on the dining table, and only looked eagerly at the man beside him holding the chopsticks.

"More?"

Mu Guichen shook his chopsticks with a smile, and Chu Qiu's eyes moved back and forth following the direction of the chopsticks. If there was a tail behind him, he would have swayed to the sky long ago.

"I want to eat shrimp."

The table is too big, and everyone can only pick up a few dishes in front of them. If it is further away, they need to stand up to pick up the dishes. Chu Qiu is short and his arms are not long, and the stir-fried prawns he wants to eat most are at the farthest place. place, I can only look at it with greedy eyes.

The big sleeves were held by the little hands and shook a few times, Mu Gui's face remained unmoved, but in private, he had one hand free to grab the boy's restless little paws, and rub them in his hands for a while.

"General...shrimp..."

Chu Qiu blushed from being rubbed, and stared persistently at the prawn in front of Ah Bei. Ah Bei was also a nervous person who only cared about cooking and didn't see the longing eyes of a certain boy at all.

"Child, I'll give you the one that sounds nice."

Chu Qiu was stunned, okay? Everyone's eyes were focused on them. Their eyes were so burning that Chu Qiu wanted to find a hole to get in.

But the desire for prawns conquered everything, Chu Qiu covered his hot face, pouted his mouth, and signaled Mu Guichen to lower his head and get closer, and he called out "Brother" weakly with trembling voice.

Mu Guichen was delighted, and nodded Chu Qiu's round nose affectionately, straightened up and picked several shrimps into the bowl, then put down the chopsticks, picked up a tablecloth for cleaning hands and wiped his hands.

Isn't this for me?Chu Qiu blinked depressedly, watching Mu Guichen put the prawns into his own bowl, watching him wipe his hands and pick up the prawns which were half the size of a palm.

Although the hand that can wield a long sword is not good at using a kitchen knife, it is good at peeling shrimp. Within a few seconds, red and white Q-bomb prawns appeared in front of the eyes, and the yellow color of the shrimp was kept intact on the head. .

The stir-fried shrimp was tainted with the smell of fireworks, not only the meat was firm, but also salty and delicious, and it was even more attractive when dipped in thick soup. Mu Guichen handed the peeled shrimp to Chu Qiu's lips, and used another A hand was placed underneath to catch the dripping juice.

Chu Qiu was very satisfied with each bite, and at the same time felt ashamed of his villainous heart just now, and invisibly added a wave of favorability to the man.

The belly was round after eating, and the attendants stepped forward to remove the plate and brought tea for clearing.

Seeing that the night was getting darker and the bright stars began to twinkle, Lumei and the four people in the southeast and northwest retreated one after another. Mu Guichen also took the boy to the study, so that his subordinates could rest for a while. The official documents have not yet been corrected, and the young man, as the instigator of the accumulation of these official documents, was naturally expropriated.

"Oh, General, I'm sleepy, I need to rest."

Chu Qiu scratched at the strong arms that were strangling his waist. It really didn't feel good to just sit and wait, and as an uneducated person, he got a headache when he saw those words.

That's right, although the language here is the same as that of Huaguo in the previous life, traditional Chinese characters are used. As a semi-literate person who only graduated from high school, Chu Qiu is really low-educated here.

"Hmph, bad thing."

The man was also reluctant to let the boy stay up late with him, just to scare him. Although he still felt a little depressed when he heard the boy's rejection, in the end, when he saw Chu Qiu's little head hitting the table bit by bit, he still felt Relentless, the boy went back.

Everything was silent, even the noisy bugs fell into a deep sleep, the candles in the study of the general's mansion were still on, and the figure of a man working was reflected on the thin window screens.

Chu Qiu woke up from his sleep, and the person who couldn't see clearly appeared again. He exhaled slowly, and put on his clothes slowly.

In the birdcage in the corridor, Dabai rested with his head buried in his wings, his sensitive ears lifted up when he heard the slight sound of walking, his two mung beans stared at the passers-by, and tilted his head: "Little crying bag !"

Chu Qiu put his finger on his mouth, Dabai was also smart, and immediately stopped barking, but still flapped his wings twice to show his friendship, and fell asleep again after Chu Qiu threw him two beans.

"knocking"

"Come in."

The man in front of the desk who was propping his forehead to correct the official documents raised his eyes. His eyes softened after touching the young man who came in with a tray. He reached out to take the tray and put it on the table, pulling the young man into his arms.

The warm and soft body comforted the man very well, and the faintly hot mind also calmed down. Mu Guichen put his head next to the boy's ear and kissed his earlobe lightly: "Why are you here, can't sleep?"

Chu Qiu nodded, shed her strength and fell on the man's chest: "I'm having a nightmare, I want to be hugged by the general."

The boy's acting like a baby is always useful, Mu Guichen immediately folded his arms, and tightly trapped him in his arms, but his thoughts grew deeper. After staying with Chu Qiu day and night these days, he naturally knew that the boy would often be disturbed by nightmares, but As long as he holds him by himself, the boy will not dream.

"General, I cooked chicken porridge for you, let's have some."

The white rice grains have already bloomed after being boiled, and the fresh ginger cut into fine shreds is blanched with water, leaving only a touch of warmth. The leftover chicken legs from dinner are torn into strips, and put in , Stir with an iron spoon, sprinkle salt flowers and chopped green onion.

Mu Guichen embraced the person in one hand, and picked up a small porcelain white spoon in the other. First, he took a spoonful and put it on his lips to blow the cooling air. He used his lips to test the temperature, and then fed it to the person in his arms when he felt that it was not hot.

After Chu Qiu took a few bites, he refused to eat. Mu Guichen finished the porridge a few times, hugged the man and continued to correct the official documents, while Chu Qiu leaned against the man and squinted his eyes, drowsy.

It wasn't until the man held back his anger and slapped an official document on the chopping board that he was awakened. Mu Guichen pursed his lips angrily, patted Chu Qiu's back, and apologized, "Did I wake you up?"

Chu Qiu rubbed his confused eyes, grabbed Mu Guichen's clothes and asked in a low voice, "Don't be angry, general, is something wrong?"

"It's okay, go on to sleep."

Mu Guichen lowered his eyes, gently coaxed the young man to sleep, and said in his heart: It's just that the food and grass supplies were robbed.