Chapter 79 Black Chicken Soup with Red Dates and Longan
Chapter 79 Red Dates, Longan, and Black-bone Chicken Soup
"But if you cut off a cow bone, at best it can only be said that you are a good knife maker!"
Dongmenli walked to the food area, grabbed a handful of star anise, and looked at Xia Jin.
"Although these spices can increase the flavor, they also cover up the delicious aroma of the ingredients themselves. Chef Xia came here for the spices, but in my opinion, too many spices will only contaminate the taste of the ingredients themselves!"
"If you want to get these spices, I can actually give them to you directly, but what I hate most in my life are those chefs who have no cooking skills and rely on spices to make tricks! If you want to take them away, you have to see if you have that skill
!”
He walked to the live poultry area, pointed to the white-feathered black-faced black-faced black chicken in the chicken coop, and said:
"Today we will use nourishing soup as the content of the competition. We can only take one black-bone chicken, mix it with other ingredients, and cannot use any spices. We will use the most primitive method to cook the most delicious nourishing soup. If you beat me, I will
I'll give you one-third of the spices in my hand!"
"This is what you said! Chef Dongmen, don't regret it!"
Xia Jin walked to the chicken coop and chose a three-year-old black-bone chicken that had laid eggs. She slaughtered and plucked the chicken without any fuss.
After finishing the processing, I looked at Dongmenli and saw that he didn't kill it himself, but had someone kill it and put it on his chopping board. Is this a mysophobia?
Xia Jin withdrew her gaze, black-bone chicken soup, nourishing... As a woman, the first thing that comes to mind is red dates!
After all, women and red dates are a perfect match. Every month after my aunt leaves, I have to nourish myself, and braised black-bone chicken with red dates and longan is definitely a good choice!
Xia Jin went to the dry goods area and chose red dates, longan, ginger and some wolfberries, but other than that, she didn't choose any other ingredients.
In fact, what Xia Jin is best at is stewing soup. Samadhi True Fire can bring out the delicious flavor of ingredients, which is like turning on a plug-in.
For Xia Jin, stew is definitely the easiest dish!
Dongmenli chose soup as the test topic, which was simply asking for abuse.
Put the processed black-bone chicken into a casserole, add red dates, longan and ginger slices, add water to cover the chicken, and start stewing.
With a flick of the finger, a ball of Samadhi True Fire is mixed into the stove fire, wrapping the casserole to form a heating layer similar to a vacuum bag.
Next, just wait for the time to arrive.
Xia Jin looked at Dongmenli on the stove next door.
The outside world has said that the Dongmen family is amazing and is said to be the best family in cooking. As a member of a family that ranks high in the chef world, Xia Jin is looking forward to his performance!
I saw him rolling up his sleeves and using his slender fingers to massage the whole body of the chicken.
His hands should be smeared with rice wine and a little salt. This massage is to make the chicken more tender and smooth. The salt and rice wine can also remove the fishy smell.
etc!
That is……
While he was massaging, the fat under the chicken skin was extracted!
Only after there was no trace of fat under the chicken's skin did he put the black-bone chicken into the casserole, add sea cucumbers, yam...
This Dongmenli has some abilities!
It can be seen from his attitude towards every ingredient that he takes every dish seriously.
Stewing soup is no different from other cooking methods. What matters is the chef's combination of ingredients and control of the heat.
Stewing soup takes time, so the waiting time is very long. Xia Jin looked at the fire and looked at the imperial kitchen.
Dongmenli's exclusive imperial kitchen is divided into three areas, the cooking area, the food selection area, and the ingredient selection area.
The one you enter from the entrance is the cooking area. The one you enter directly from the door is Dongmenli, which is a special kitchen for Dongmenli. On the side is the imperial kitchen responsible for the harem, and the kitchen responsible for other people in the palace cooking "big pot rice".
, now it’s past the busy time.
Everyone looked over here one after another. It was only four or five at first, but as the smell became stronger and stronger, everyone in the imperial kitchen gathered around.
The sky was getting dark, and Dongmenli, who had closed his eyes to rest, opened his eyes.
"alright!"
He stood up and opened the lid of the pot.
The heat wave dissipates with a burst of fragrance!
"It smells so good! The chef of Dongmen conquered the emperor's picky mouth with a pot of soup and became the royal chef!"
"This pot of soup makes me salivate just from the smell!"
"Yeah, I've obviously already eaten!"
There were sounds of swallowing saliva one after another, and the alluring aroma aroused the greed in their bellies.
Dongmenli took out the soup and put it in three bowls.
As a witness and the only judge, Mr. Liao couldn't wait to taste it!
He picked up the bowl, picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup, and then took a bite of chicken and sea cucumber.
"The chicken is tender and smooth, the sea cucumber melts in your mouth, and the delicious flavor fills the nostrils, giving people the illusion of riding a black-bone chicken and swimming under the sea!"
"In short, just one word, fresh!"
Xia Jin saw that Mr. Li was so intoxicated by eating, so she picked up a bowl of soup. The color of the soup was light amber, with a strong smell of chicken soup. After taking a sip of the soup, Xia Jin's eyes lit up!
This pot of soup actually brings out the essence of the ingredients!
You know, the control of the heat is extremely strict. Once there is a slight mistake, there is no way to get this feeling similar to the Samadhi True Fire Extraction!
But he did it!
Seeing Xia Jin's shocked face, Dongmenli seemed very satisfied, "Chef Xia, what do you think?"
Xia Jin put down the bowl, "Do you want to hear the truth?"
"certainly!"
"The taste is indeed delicious, but don't you think the taste of sea cucumbers overwhelms the sweet aroma of chicken? If you can reduce the number of sea cucumbers and the timing of adding them to the pot, the taste will be better!"
Xia Jin analyzed it extremely seriously.
Dongmenli frowned, he picked it up and took a sip, thoughtfully.
"You actually said you were looking for Dongmen's chef? This person is too arrogant!" The royal chefs watching the excitement all complained.
"Even the emperor was full of praise for Chef Dongmen's soup! He has done enough to belittle others just to win!"
"That's right, but no matter what he says, Chef Dongmen will definitely win! After all, Chef Dongmen's signature is soup!"
"That's right!"
There was a lot of discussion around, and they made no secret of Dongmenli's exaggeration.
Xia Jin walked to her casserole and said:
"The soup I made is called 'Red Date, Longan, and Black-bone Chicken Soup'!"
After saying that, Xia Jin opened the lid of the casserole. In an instant, the heat rushed upward and then spread quickly.
For a moment, a sweet fragrance filled the entire imperial kitchen!
Everyone swallowed in unison.
"It's red dates!"
“It also smells like longan!”
"There's also black-bone chicken! The kind that's stewed just right!"
“It tastes like ginger!”
"Wolfberry!"
Everyone guessed the ingredients in Xia Jin's soup through everyone's words.
"It restores the taste of the ingredients themselves, retains them to the greatest extent, and exudes their own unique fragrance. You two, please taste it!"
Xia Jin filled three bowls of soup and Lao Lao picked up another bowl. The soup was reddish in color and fragrant, with a few wolfberries floating on it, and red dates and longans floating in the soup.
After he took a sip, he felt a wave of heat entering his stomach as the soup quickly spread throughout his body. The fatigue in his limbs disappeared, and even his spirit was lifted!
Mr. Liao squinted his eyes in comfort, feeling as if he was soaking in a hot spring.
Seeing that Mr. Liao was so abnormal, Dongmenli picked up another bowl of soup, picked up a spoonful of soup, and put it into his mouth...
