Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhan Zhao glanced at it and knew it, "The chicken thief, or an associate of the chicken thief."

"Chicken thief?" Zhao Hu immediately reflected on the last time he ate chicken, "I said, how can the little cook be so blind and only prepare a chicken for five of us, it turned out to be a thief. Who dares to be so bold , order our cook from Kaifeng Mansion!"

Zhao Hu was very upset, so he told Zhao Hanyan not to worry, and he will stay here from now on to help catch the thief.

Zhan Zhao smiled lightly, "He's kung fu is far superior to yours, so he can sleep at night when he should, and I'll just stay here."

"Guard Zhan should go and rest. I can deal with this kind of petty thief by myself." Zhao Hu raised his head and said stubbornly.

Zhan Zhao was stunned for a moment, Zhao Hu originally obeyed his orders very much, but today is strange.Turning his eyes, he saw Zhao Hu staring at Zhao Han without a glance, and he probably knew in his heart that he was trying to save face in front of his new friends.

"It's fine if you want to stay, but there may be more than one person on the other side, I can't take care of everything." Zhan Zhao took a step back and took advantage of the situation to give Zhao Hu face.

Zhao Hu appreciated it very much, he smiled and responded to Zhan Zhao, and gave him a "thank you" expression.

"Excuse me, you two are troubled, so it's going to be all night?" Zhao Hanyan's eyeballs moved, "It just so happens that I will make some skewers for you two as a supper, and I should treat it as a reward."

"That's great, as long as it's your craftsmanship, we will not be polite!" Zhao Hu was even happier, and it was indeed a wise decision to stay.

Zhao Hanyan went to get the leg of lamb, cut it into half-inch cubes and soaked it in the cold water of the freshly dug deep well.After half a stick of incense, move it to another pot of cold water with less water, beat two eggs and stir, the mutton is easy to fall off when roasting, the function of the egg is to have the effect of tender mutton, Zhao Hanyan does not have this point Seen in the ancient recipes, it was a coup she learned from a Xinjiang chef when she was traveling.Add salt, pepper, ginger, garlic, onion, etc., and let it pickle.Counting from now to late at night, there are about six hours, which is enough to taste.

Zhao Hanyan shaved the remaining lamb leg bones and put them directly into the pot, added water to make soup, and grabbed a handful of black beans and soaked them in a bowl.Wait a while for the bone broth to boil, add the soaked black beans, and then add minced mutton. After an hour, it will be boiled into black bean and mutton bone soup.

It is too simple to only eat mutton for barbecue, and then prepare crucian carp, chicken legs, chicken wings, etc., which are also marinated with salt, green onions and other condiments. When these ingredients are marinated, there is no need to add eggs.If you eat meat, the taste will be boring, so Zhao Hanyan asked Chunlai and Chunqu brothers to prepare eggplant, leeks and seasonal fresh mushrooms.

In the dog days, there are the most mushrooms in the mountains.The people here call the wild mushrooms "fungus", there are many types, and the names are very interesting, there are lilac, big white'e, egg yolk, gourd roll, chicken leg's, gray big head, medicine's, gray bubble'e , Cao'er and more than a dozen kinds.Especially Dahong'e, Jileg'e and Dabai'e, which are very common and have the largest number.Fresh wild mushrooms usually cost three renminbi a catty. Regardless of whether these wild mushrooms have red caps, white caps, or light yellow caps, they all taste delicious.

Zhao Hanyan separated the mushroom caps from the legs, blanched the tender and chewy mushroom caps for the fried mixed mushrooms for dinner, then cut the chewy mushroom legs into strips, wrapped them in thin slices of ham, and used them for late-night barbecue use.

The first batch of early rice in the south was shipped yesterday, and the Kaifeng government got the first batch of new rice today.When the taste of new rice is ground, the aroma of rice is the strongest, and this kind of rice is more fragrant than ever when cooked.Even in midsummer, it is still necessary to use the most casually picked big lotus leaves in midsummer, wrap the freshest rice, put it in a pot, boil it with mountain spring water, and then you can get the most fragrant and delicious white rice.

In midsummer, not only the lotus leaves are at their peak, but also the grouper fish in Dongcai River are at their fattest and tender.Zhao Hanyan peeled the grouper fish to remove the viscera, simmered it in chicken broth over a slow fire, and when the fish meat can be pierced with chopsticks, add salt, add a lot of ginger juice and green onions to remove the fishy smell.Grouper fish meat is delicious and nutritious, while chicken soup has another kind of umami taste. When the two are mixed together, they just complement each other, and the smell is more fresh. When combined into a soup, it is delicious, moist and delicious. It is suitable for men, women and children. It has the effects of nourishing yin and invigorating the spleen, moistening the lungs and replenishing qi.The combination of these two ingredients is already exquisite, and there is no need to add anything else to disturb the taste.

As for the combination of ingredients like this, Zhao Hanyan mostly summarized from his previous experience of eating, and this "before" includes past life and present.

Not to mention the previous life, almost every chef is a foodie. Although Zhao Hanyan is not a professional cooker of traditional dishes, he has eaten them, and he has also eaten many high-quality dishes.And now more than three years of court life, she has also gained a wealth of experience in the combination of traditional ingredients. After all, there are imperial chefs in the palace, and their cooking skills are top-notch in the entire Song Dynasty.Zhao Hanyan regrets that he can only eat but cannot learn from these masters, so he simply memorizes the taste and ingredients of each dish he has eaten in his daily life.

Zhao Hanyan fried green garlic sprouts, mustard greens and shredded radish, mixed with refreshing courgette and fungus, and put the sliced ​​beef with sauce in the morning on a plate, then put the boiled black bean and mutton soup with salt, and added green onion and coriander.

Finally, with the addition of six remade lotus leaf chickens, today's small dining table is complete.

Zhan Zhao was called away by Wang Chao when Zhao Hanyan was just cooking, and Zhao Hu "guarded" in the kitchen by himself, watching Zhao Hanyan and others busy cooking.At the beginning, his eyes were all on Zhao Hanyan. Since he was a child, Zhao Hu has never seen such an attractive person who even cooks. Whether he is cutting vegetables with his head down or cooking with his arms waved, the little cook has no intention of revealing his agility and elegance. It seems that he is not cooking but sitting on the top of the mountain or playing beautiful music under the plum tree.But after a while, Zhao Hu stopped looking at Zhao Hanyan, because his two nostrils were occupied by all kinds of delicious food, which made him unable to think, let alone 'beauty', all he could think about was 'eat, eat',' Hungry, hungry, hungry'...

When Zhao Hanyan was cooking, he was used to the voices of Laiwang and Chunqu Chunlai brothers who said "eat".The main thing is that these three people are also busy when cooking, and sometimes they are very busy, so naturally they can't think too much.But today there was an extra Zhao Hu, and the frequency of his inner voice was more than three times that of those three people combined, comparable to that of Midsummer Chanming.But after thinking about it, she may encounter more serious situations in the future. If she doesn't practice now and keeps her face unchanged, she will be even more unstable in the future, so it is an exercise for her patience.However, when adding salt to the mutton soup, his hands were still shaking, and he added too much. Zhao Hanyan calmly scooped a spoonful of hot water into it to dilute it.This will inevitably affect the taste of the mutton soup, but there is no way, please contact Zhao Hu if you have any questions.

"Wow, the little cook really added more food, it's so rich! I'll help serve the food!" Zhao Hu took the initiative.

Zhao Hanyan happened to be tired of listening, so he asked Zhao Hudai to bring Laiwang, Chunlai and others to serve the dishes.As for the evaluation of the diners, just look at the plates brought back.

After two sticks of incense, the empty plates and bowls were brought back. Zhao Hanyan saw that except for the doubled amount of rice left as expected, the rest of the dishes didn't even have soup base left.

"It's so delicious, Wang Chao and the others didn't even miss the little soup left on the plate, scooped up a spoonful of rice, and ate it together." Xiuzhu exclaimed.

Zhao Hanyan smiled, took Xiuzhu and others to eat, and scooped two spoonfuls of sweet sauce and sweet and spicy sauce in the sauce jar.

The sweet sauce was made by Zhao Hanyan himself a few days ago. He used the most traditional method of making the sauce in the local area. The flour and cooked broad bean crumbs were boiled to make cakes and steamed. After cooling, they were covered with mulberry leaves.The shape of mulberry leaves is similar to that of mulberry leaves. It is non-toxic and can be used as medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, it has the effect of treating edema, hernia, and dysentery.Wait for the seven-day cake to turn yellow, move it to the sun for a day, then smash the cake and roll it in boiling water, add more salt, and soak it into a sweet sauce.Zhao Hanyan prepared another serving with chili added to make a sweet and spicy sauce.The two sauces are just right for barbecue dipping, and they will be ready in a while.

According to Zhao Hanyan's request, Laiwang built a 'barbecue oven' with bricks and yellow mud and prepared charcoal.Then he went outside to buy some Jiannanchun, green plum wine and wine, so that he could eat it with barbecue later. The money for the wine was given by Zhan Zhao, saying that he couldn't eat it for free and had to contribute.Zhao Hu also joined in the fun, and took the initiative to buy the most famous Yang Erniang's bad goose palm duck letter in Tokyo.

"Brother Han, try a piece. It's delicious. It's perfect for drinking with wine in the middle of the night." Zhao Hu opened the things he just bought and showed them to Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan took a piece of goose palm with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and spicy, not much meat but very tasty.

"Is there anything else to eat in the kitchen?" Zhao Hu suddenly remembered something and asked Zhao Hanyan.

"Why, Brother Zhao isn't full yet?" Xiuzhu asked half-jokingly.

"It wasn't me. When I came back from riding a horse, I passed the main entrance of Kaifeng Mansion, and saw a little girl wandering around the gate of Kaifeng Mansion. Her clothes were torn. It was pitiful. Before I had time to speak, she shrank her neck and ran to the base of the wall to hide. I'm hungry. I guess she might be hungry, so I want to send her some steamed buns or something." Zhao Hu added, "Children can't eat spicy food, my goose palm is a bit spicy."

Zhao Hanyan frowned, "Little girl? Pink skirt?"

"It's a bit dark, I didn't notice it, but it seems to be." Zhao Hu said uncertainly, and just as he finished speaking, he turned his head and saw Zhao Hanyan running out.Zhao Hu and Xiuzhu quickly followed.

Zhao Hanyan ran to the main gate of the mansion, searched around but didn't see anyone, and was wondering if he had left, when he heard, "I'm so hungry, I'm so hungry, I want to eat the sweet cake sent by big brother, where is big brother, that bad guy Come, to harm others, to harm others...' the voice of a girl said.

The inner voice that Zhao Hanyan heard was consistent with the voice that the corresponding person usually uttered with her mouth, so she immediately recognized the voice. It was the little girl she met before who seemed to be so frightened that her whole family was killed. .