Li Qi's method was rather strange. Wanyan Sheng's side was not simple. After cleaning the wool, he broke the belly and dug out the internal organs, and then tied the sheep to the iron wire that had been prepared earlier.
On the shelf.
This bundle of sheep seems to be quite simple, but Li Qi knows that every step of this is very particular, such as where to place the sheep's head, how to place the limbs, and how to tie the wire, all of which include
Lots of tips.
Making a dish is not difficult, as long as it is cooked, but making a delicious dish is never easier. Sometimes a small mistake may cause the entire dish to be ruined.
Li Qi's delicious dish is the famous Mongolian roasted whole lamb. Among the dishes made with mutton, this roasted whole lamb is definitely among the best. Li Qi used to travel all over the world in search of dishes.
Influenced by his father, he also specially selected some ancient villages to see how the people there used ancient methods to cook the most delicious dishes, which also gave him a lot of inspiration, so his success is not all
Relying on Yaofu, his own efforts cannot be ignored.
However, how could he let go of such a unique place in Inner Mongolia? He once walked around Inner Mongolia for more than a month, specifically going to the homes of those people to eat and drink. Of course, even though he said it was a meal, he actually had to pay for it. This way
That's when he learned how to roast whole lamb, and since he introduced this roasted whole lamb dish in his father-in-law's hotel, many big bosses have designated this dish as a banquet, which has also brought considerable benefits to their hotels.
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The roasted whole lamb made by Wan Yansheng should be the oldest roasted whole lamb, or the predecessor of roasted whole lamb.
Li Qi watched for a while and realized that he had met a master. He felt quite excited. In fact, cooking and martial arts were similar. Masters always cherished each other. He did not dare to be too pretentious, so he quickly focused on himself.
First, he used a knife to make small cuts in the abdominal cavity of the sheep and the thick meat on the inner side of the hind legs. Then he started to make seasonings. These two things could have been done at the same time, but it was a pity that the two people around him were pure foodies.
If you don’t know how to cook, you have to do it yourself.
Li Qi came to the long table and made a large bowl of seasoning with green onions, ginger slices, salt, Sichuan peppercorns, good old soybean paste, a little sugar, ground cumin, salt and oil, and gave one bowl to Ma Qiao and Yue Fei.
Second, let them rub the seasoning on the openings on the lamb to infuse it with flavor.
After they finished, Li Qi went to test the temperature with his hand above the stove mouth, nodded, and put the remaining seasonings into the sheep's belly. Then he pinned the sheep's tail into the belly with an iron pick.
, hung upside down by iron chains, with the back facing down and the limbs facing up, and then brushed a layer of specially prepared sesame oil on the sheep's body.
This first stage is finally completed, and the next step is baking.
Li Qi came to the oven again and tested the temperature with his hands. After waiting for a while, he suddenly ordered: "Maqiao, take out the firewood."
"Oh——o?"
Ma Qiao nodded subconsciously at first, then was stunned again and said in astonishment: "Deputy Commander, you can't be nervous, are you? You didn't even put the sheep in, why did you have to take out the firewood?"
Li Qi said angrily: "Do I think I'm nervous? Ever since I started as a chef, I haven't been nervous when I competed in cooking skills. If I want to ask you to withdraw, just withdraw. Why is there so much nonsense? You may not want to learn it too."
kitchen?"
"In no mood."
Ma Qiao answered rather crisply. He squatted down and quickly pulled out the firewood from the oven floor.
As soon as the firewood was withdrawn, Li Qi put the sheep upside down into the oven. Fortunately, there was an iron round cover on the iron chain. The mouth of the oven was designed according to the size of the iron cover.
Cover it tightly and seal it with earth.
"Done."
Li Qi clapped his hands and let out a sigh of relief.
Ma Qiao asked curiously: "Deputy Commander, is this enough?" But he thought to himself, there is not even a piece of firewood in it, can you cook it well?
Li Qi naturally knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Of course it's not ready yet, this is just the second stage. I am using the temperature of the inner wall of the oven to bake, but this baking method cannot be completely cooked.
So I’ll have to bake it again later.”
Ma Qiao asked in confusion: "Then why don't you just use firewood to bake it?" As he said that, he suddenly pointed his hand towards Wanyan Sheng and said: "Look, don't you just use fire when you get home? It's so simple.
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Li Qi turned around and saw Wanyan Sheng standing next to a large grill, constantly turning the handle. The fat sheep gradually turned golden red above the flames. He smiled and said, "You think that's very good?"
Is it simple?”
"At least it's easier than you."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "What do you know? The difficulty of our two roasting methods is not much different. The only difference is." He suddenly stopped at this point.
In Maqiao, Yue Feitong asked: "What is it?"
Li Qi raised the corner of his mouth and said: "My sheep are more delicious than his."
Ma Qiao and Yue Fei looked at each other.
Li Qi smiled again and said: "You won't understand even if I tell you. You will understand after you taste it later."
Ma Qiao exclaimed and said happily: "So, Brother Yue and I also have the opportunity to try this mutton?"
"Uh no."
After waiting for a long time, Li Qi finally opened the furnace door and saw him scooping up a large spoonful of Haloxylon ammodendron wood with a long ladle and roasting the lamb body.
Yue Fei, a dignified man, saw that Li Qi's roasting method was so gentle. He felt anxious and couldn't help asking: "Bu Shuai, why didn't you just roast it over the fire?"
Li Qi sighed and said: "Using this kind of slow fire roasting can make the flavor of the seasonings in the lamb's belly gradually penetrate into the lamb. At the same time, the lamb can be cooked thoroughly without being scorched. Even if the lamb we usually roast,
No matter how good the technique is, some places will still be scorched, and smoke is the most taboo for me when it comes to roasted lamb."
Ma Qiao and Yue Fei listened with half-understanding.
.about an hour passed.
The aroma wafted from the place, but Wanyan Aguda and the others were so greedy.
"It's baked."
Wanyan Sheng wiped his sweat and spoke first, then glanced at Li Qi, his face full of curiosity.
His two assistants carefully took the sheep off the grill, and saw that the sheep had turned golden red and shiny. Just looking at it made people salivate, but after taking it off the grill
But a lot of effort was wasted.
The second person first puts the mutton on a wooden plate, then puts the wooden plate on a low table and presents it to everyone.
Wanyan Aguda laughed and said, "Fourth brother, thank you for your hard work."
Wanyan Sheng shook his head and said, "What's so hard about this? It's just that the emperor is ill now. If the emperor had been there to chat with me just now, not only would it not be hard, but it would be a different experience."
Wanyan Zongbi smiled and said: "Fourth uncle, why didn't you tell me earlier, otherwise I would go over and accompany you."
Wanyan Sheng said half-jokingly: "You're going to ruin my business if you come here."
All the Jin ministers burst out laughing.
Wanyan Agu laughed for a while, glanced at Li Qi, and said: "It seems that the Golden Knife Chef King is not ready yet, so let's try my fourth brother's roast lamb first."
Several servants came up immediately and divided Wanyan Sheng's roasted lamb into pieces in an instant.
After the roast mutton was presented, everyone started eating immediately.
I saw that all the ministers and generals of the Jin Kingdom grabbed the meat with their hands and ate it, their mouths full of oil, and kept praising the delicious meat, while those in the Song Dynasty swallowed it slowly.
As a prince, Zhao Kai had never tasted the dishes cooked by his uncle. He tore off a small piece and put it into his mouth, chewing it carefully. He felt that the sheep skin was crispy and the mutton was tender and fragrant. Especially the rich and pure meat aroma made his eyes light up.
, secretly thought, this meat is really delicious, the aroma of the meat is so pure, it seems that it does not contain any foreign smell. This is the first time in my life that I have eaten such delicious barbecue. Even the barbecue made by Li Qi may not be as delicious.
Zhao Liangsi, who was on the side, glanced at Zhao Kai and exclaimed: "Your Highness, is this meat delicious?"
Zhao Kai nodded in disbelief. He really didn't expect that a prince could bake such delicious food. He said, "Doctor Zhao, have you tasted this kind of craftsmanship before?"
Zhao Liangsi nodded and said with a smile: "I was lucky enough to eat it once or twice. This roasted mutton, which is known to be very strong, is very famous among the entire Jurchen tribe. I once heard that as long as he stayed in the military camp overnight,
Then every time it was dinner time, those soldiers would come and run out of the tent."
Zhao Kai groaned and said, "Why is this?"
Zhao Liangsi laughed and said: "That's because they want to smell the fragrance. It is said that the soldiers have a better appetite when they eat at night after smelling the fragrance."
Zhao Kai smiled bitterly and said, "There are still such things." As he said that, he glanced at Li Qi again and couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Wanyan Agu finished the piece of meat in a short time, touched his little beard a few times, and said with a smile: "Fourth brother, you really never get tired of eating this roasted mutton."
Wanyan Sheng said with a smile: "Brother, thank you very much. Your good appetite is my great blessing."
Wanyan Zongbi grinned and said: "Fourth uncle, my father has eaten it a hundred times. This is only the twenty-eighth time I have eaten your roasted mutton. There are still seventy-two times to go."
Wanyan Sheng's eyes bulged and he said, "Don't talk nonsense."
Everyone laughed again.
At this moment, I suddenly heard another voice coming from the field, "Okay."
Only then did everyone wake up from Wanyan Sheng's delicacies. They remembered that there was a sheep over there, and they were filled with anticipation. They also wanted to see the strength of the Golden Knife Chef King.
After a while, Ma Qiao and Yue Fei were seen carrying a low table. On the wooden tray on the table was a golden fat sheep lying down.
The golden light is shining, the color is uniform, the fragrance is permeating, and it is extremely tempting.
Although everyone had just eaten a delicious roast lamb, it was not enough. They looked at the sheep in the middle and kept swallowing their saliva.
Li Qi stepped forward and saluted Brother Wanyan Aguda.
Wanyan Aguda laughed and said: "As expected of the Golden Knife Chef King, even this sheep is golden, haha, present it."
Are the two related? Li Qiyi raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, thank you. But before eating this mutton, I have another delicacy that I would like to invite your Majesty to taste."
"What's delicious?"
Wanyan Aguda couldn't help but take a closer look and found that it was a roasted sheep and nothing else.
Wanyan Sheng also looked at Li Qi in confusion.
Li Qi smiled slightly, Yue and Ma Er went in to lift the sheep. Li Qi first put a large bowl under the sheep's belly, then took a knife and expanded the sheep's belly. He heard a crash.
A stream of milky white soup poured from the sheep's belly into the bowl.
The crowd was not surprised.
Wanyan Sheng nodded slightly and thought to himself, it turns out there is something else going on - it smells so good, could this be the fragrance coming out of the soup?
It turns out that as soon as the soup was poured out, a very special and familiar aroma suddenly filled the air.
Everyone was intoxicated by it.
Li Qi then cut the sheep into thousands of pieces, divided the bowl of soup into thousands of small bowls, added water to make it, and presented it together with the mutton. However, because the soup was limited, only those from the Wanyan family were eligible to taste it.
arrived, and in the Song Dynasty, only Zhao Liangsi and Zhao Kai had a share.
This was the first time Wanyan Aguda had seen this kind of mutton soup. He couldn't wait to take a sip. He felt that the soup was neither smelly nor fishy, and tasted extremely delicious. What was commendable was that the soup seemed to absorb the essence of every part of the sheep's body.
, leaving me with a lingering aftertaste, I couldn’t help but sigh: “This soup is really delicious. This is the first time I have tasted the delicious mutton soup.”
Wanyan Sheng also took a sip of the soup and sighed. He felt like he had lost just because of this delicious dish. He took another bite of the mutton, stayed for a moment, and blurted out: "I lost."