Chapter 430: Beggar Chicken
"How is it possible? There are many delicious wild fruits in front of them, such as mulberries, wild cherries, peaches, plums, apricots... There are those in our orchards, and they all exist in this mountainous area. The survival of the fittest and can survive are all special. Some things have a taste several times stronger than those specially grown. Of course, some are too sour and astringent to eat."
In front is a dense forest, with many bamboos and mulberry trees. Purple-red mulberries hung on the branches, and layers of them fell on the ground. Several hedgehogs hid behind the raised roots, enjoying the delicacies given by nature.
When Zeng Yue saw the mulberries hanging on the branches, she immediately became active and shouted: "Wow, God, this is simply a natural orchard, how come there are so many wild fruits? Brother-in-law, please help me pick them, and I will give you my treasured chocolate later."
Zeng Yue was afraid that his brother-in-law would not want to pick these wild fruits for him, so in order to show equality, he offered paid services or transactions.
"You can't eat too much of this thing. If you eat too much, you will get angry and even have nosebleeds..." Although Yun Tao said this, he still walked over and prepared to pick some mulberry fruits from the dwarf branches that are reaching.
Suddenly, several dogs yelled and rushed towards the grass behind a mulberry tree like lightning. Although "Lele" and "Wangzai" were young, their speed and alertness were no worse than some old hunting dogs, and they quickly chased them.
Yun Tao also subconsciously went to the grass behind the mulberry tree and saw a fat hare jumping out from behind the tree, and then he felt relieved.
As soon as the "Lele" pounced, the hare suddenly lie on the ground, rolled on the ground, and jumped in the opposite direction. However, Wangzai, who had been unable to bear it, opened his mouth and bit it.
The hare was extremely fast. "Wangzi" also bit the empty bit. He was so angry that he shouted and kept chasing. The two half-large puppy pounced in the grass like butterflies, jumping east and west, and were so busy that he could get away. However, he bit the hare's brown fur several times, but he actually let it escape.
At this time, "Xiaobai" who was waiting for the opportunity beside him roared and rushed in the direction where the hare jumped away. His body was in mid-air and suddenly bit the hare's neck and shook his head hard. The hare was like a wave drum, and his strength was shaken by this.
When "Xiaobai" landed and turned around, the rabbit in his mouth had no strength to struggle. He twitched his hind legs a few times and stopped moving.
This made "Wangzai" and "Lele" so angry. They yelled and roared at "Xiaobai". In fact, they were pounced on the rabbit in "Xiaobai"'s mouth. A dog bit the rabbit one leg and never let go. They whimpered, as if they wanted to dismember the rabbit that embarrassed them on the spot.
Yun Tao comforted the three little guys, so that they didn't need to fight for this little thing.
"Brother-in-law, I'm hungry." Zeng Yue came to Yun Tao and said.
"Are you hungry?" Yun Tao looked at Zeng Yue in confusion and asked. It was only ten o'clock in the morning, so why did he be hungry?
"Brother Tao, I'm hungry, too." Lin Qiuju also said. After all, I woke up so early in the morning and hadn't had breakfast yet.
"Didn't you have breakfast?" Yun Tao asked.
"It's so early in the morning, where is the time to have breakfast!" Lin Qiuju said.
"Okay, let's make lunch in advance!" Yun Tao said after thinking about it.
"Brother-in-law, we didn't bring you guys. How do you cook lunch? Didn't you bring food?" Zeng Yue said, and Zeng Yue followed up the mountain completely empty-handed.
"Wangzi, Xiaobai, go and catch pheasants! I have a reward when I catch it, but I won't be able to catch it and I won't give it lunch! Attack..." Li Yuntao shouted loudly, pointed at the pheasants not far away, and issued an attack order.
Wangzai's "Wang" sounded, and lightning rushed towards the big pheasant flying overhead. His snow-white teeth bit one of the pheasant's claws, but the pheasant screamed and actually kicked on the head of "Wangzai" with his other claws. He suddenly struggled and escaped six or seven meters in a row, flew and jumped, and drilled through the dense bushes and disappeared.
Wangzai rolled over and stood up from the ground. He didn't stop for a moment. Before he could be depressed, he rushed to a small pheasant closer. It was time for the pheasant to be unlucky. When it landed, it was actually wrapped around the legs by the thin green vines.
With a "ah woo", "Wangzai", who had been furious, bit its neck. With a slam, the little pheasant's neck was broken several times by it.
Then "Wangzi" was excited, jumped up from the ground, stood on his legs, and stood upright, seeking credit for Yuntao.
"Very good! Wangzai did a good job! At noon today, I will reward you with a chicken leg and a bowl of spring water." Yun Tao jumped off the stone, took the pheasant out of Wangzai's mouth, and patted his head to show encouragement.
"Xiaobai" did not return empty-mouthed, chased after more than ten meters, and slapped the little pheasant with one claw, bit its wings, and brought back the little pheasant that was still twitching and struggling.
"Brother-in-law, are we pheasants and hares at noon?" Zeng Yue asked curiously.
"Yes!" Yun Tao said.
"Brother-in-law, do you bring a pot and a basin?"
Zeng Yue asked in confusion, "Without a pot and a basin, Zeng Yue couldn't figure out how his brother-in-law made these wild game?"
"Haha, I'll beggar chickens and beggar rabbits for you! No need for those who come," Yun Tao said with a smile.
"Beggar chicken, beggar rabbit?" Lin Qiuju looked at Yun Tao with some confusion and said.
"Don't ask too much, just wait and eat something delicious."
When Yun Tao spoke, he picked up two pheasants and a hare, peeled them on the stream next to them, washed them cleaned, and then coated the washed pheasant with homemade spices, applied a layer of rapeseed oil, and wrapped them with large mulberry leaves. But no matter how large the mulberry leaves are, they cannot wrap the pheasant, so it requires the assistance of tiny green vines. Wrap a few pieces and add new mulberry leaves until the whole chicken is completely wrapped by green mulberry leaves.
The other hare also wrapped it in the same way, then grabbed some yellow hard mud from the edge of the stream and mixed it into a suitable mud and covered the treated pheasants and hares. These yellow muds were called Guanyin soil. In the past, people ate this mud directly, but they could not digest it in their stomachs, and finally they swelled to death.
However, it is most suitable to use it as a wrap for beggar chicken. After cooking, it not only has the grass fragrance of fresh leaves, but also the fragrant fragrance of the soil, which is mixed with the fragrance of pheasant, which is definitely the best delicacy in the world.
After all, Yun Tao dug a small hole on the ground, put the wild game in, and then covered it with a thin layer of soil. Yun Tao found a pile of firewood and placed it on it, lit it with a lighter, and started burning it.
"Brother-in-law, that's all?" Zeng Yue asked in confusion.
"That's it. The method of making this beggar chicken is very simple, but the taste is definitely very delicious. You will know later." Yun Tao said with a smile.
"Will it really be delicious?" Lin Qiuju asked in disbelief.
"Haha, you will know if you taste it later. If it tastes bad, beggar chicken would not be so famous." Yun Tao said with a smile.
After about ten minutes, the smell of meat came from under the ground.
"Brother-in-law, it smells so good!" Zeng Yue said in surprise as she smelled the fragrance.
"Haha, when you eat it later, you will know that the taste will definitely smell better than you." Yun Tao said with a smile.
"Brother Tao, are you okay?" Lin Qiuju said with a saliva.
"It's almost!" Yun Tao said.
After five or six minutes, Yun Tao extinguished the burning firewood and pulled out the beggar chicken from the ground. He gently knocked it with a stick, and the soil cracked the gap, and an extremely strange fragrance emanated from it.
There is also a legend about the origin of beggar chickens. According to legend, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there was a beggar in the foot of Shuyu Mountain. One day, I got a chicken but I had no cooking utensils. I had no choice but to slaughter the chickens and remove their internal organs, coat them with hairs and mud, and took dead branches and leaves to form a fire, and put the chickens into the fire to grill them.
When the mud was dried and mature, the mud shell was knocked off, and the chicken feathers took off with the shell, and the fragrance was everywhere. The beggar was overjoyed and then he held the chicken and swallowed it voraciously. Qian Muzhai, a Grand Secretary who lived in seclusion in Yushan, passed by. He smelled the fragrance and tasted it. He felt that the taste was unique. When he went home, he ordered his family to season it with a little while, and the taste was even more delicious.
Later, this cooking method spread among the people, and people called the cooked chicken "beggar". Later, this method was learned by people in the restaurant, and they also strived for excellence in their preparation methods, and added a variety of seasoning supplements. Therefore, it won the praise of many eaters and became famous and tasted.
"Brother-in-law, give it to me!"
Zeng Yue smelled the fragrance and couldn't help but say to her brother-in-law coquettishly, "The fragrance is so wonderful, Zeng Yue couldn't help but swallow the beggar chicken immediately."
Lin Qiuju also looked at Yun Tao with his eyes. The beggar chicken and beggar rabbit smelled so fragrant. Lin Qiuju couldn't help but scream in a coquettish way.
"Haha, it's a bit hot now, wait for a while before you can eat it!"
Yun Tao said that after all, the beggar chicken that was just unearthed is very hot, and it is easy to burn if eaten at this time.
After five or six minutes, Yun Tao opened the lotus leaves on the beggar chicken, teared the chicken leg to Zeng Yue, and the other chicken leg to Lin Qiuju.
"Try it and see how it tastes!" Yun Tao said.
Zeng Yue blew it gently in her mouth with the chicken legs, and couldn't wait to put it in her mouth, and soon she was stunned.
"Zeng Yue, what's wrong with you?"
Lin Qiuju asked Zeng Yue sitting opposite him with some concern. Zeng Yue looked a little strange now.
"Too~~ too~~ so delicious!" Zeng Yue came to her senses and said excitedly. After that, she tried her best to bite the chicken legs in her hand.
"Is it that exaggerated?" Lin Qiuju looked at Zeng Yue who was eating voraciously, and put the chicken legs in her mouth.
Chapter completed!