This person is really bold. High-quality updates Zuo Boqing was shocked and said hurriedly: "You can't say this."
Li Qi hehe said: "I know, so I won't admit it when I leave this house."
This move came again. Zuo Boqing smiled bitterly and said: "This Mr. Hua is amazing, he belongs to Empress Zheng."
Queen? Li Qi was shocked, and then whispered: "You are not here to find me, are you?"
Zuo Boqing didn't give Li Qi any hope, and nodded: "I must be here to find you. Empress Zheng has always been very frugal, and she usually pays close attention to the imperial dining room. You have spent so much material on Wuxiang, so she naturally sees it.
But go, I also heard that the Queen and the Emperor had a dispute over this matter."
I have known this for a long time. Li Qi spread his hands and wondered: "What does this have to do with me? The emperor asked me to do it. I didn't even instigate it. I am also innocent."
Zuo Boqing said angrily: "You won't just tell the queen what you said? As a minister, you naturally have to share the emperor's worries. How can you use the emperor as a shield?"
Li Qi sighed: "I'm just talking casually."
Zuo Boqing said: "Then you have to be careful later and don't talk nonsense. If you really offend the queen, you will suffer the consequences."
"Thank you, Brother Zuo, for reminding me. I will pay attention to it."
"Then let's go out."
The two came downstairs and saw an old eunuch wearing light blue valet clothes sitting on a chair. He was at least forty years old. He was fair and slightly thin, not like a child. He could tell the clues at a glance.
I was purified at a very young age.
"Eunuch Hua, you're all right." Zuo Boqing cupped his hands and said with a smile.
"General Manager Left."
The father-in-law Hua called out loudly, and Li Qiguang shivered all over when he heard the sound.
The Hua Gonggong suddenly looked at Li Qi, pinched his orchid fingers, and chuckled: "This is the famous Golden Knife Chef King."
Li Qi endured his nausea, cupped his hands and said, "Exactly. Exactly."
Hua Gonggong smiled and said: "It would be nice if you were here, so that our family would not have to go out of the palace to find you. It's like this. The queen said that since the deputy general manager came to the royal kitchen, she had never tasted the deputy general manager's craftsmanship, and she suddenly wanted to try it at noon today.
Try the skills of the deputy general manager."
This is definitely a Hongmen Banquet! Li Qi said with a smile: "This is my mistake. I'm really sorry. I wonder what the Queen would like to eat for lunch today?"
Hua Gongzheng said: "The queen's appetite is not very good today, so you can just cook a few vegetarian dishes, oh. The high-quality update is that Concubine Wei is here, so you have to make it for two people, but don't make too much.
, The queen doesn’t like waste. And, and, when the queen asks you to make it, send it to her personally.”
It was obvious that he wanted to find fault with me. Li Qi was always depressed, but he said: "Yes. I know what to do."
"Then let's take our leave first."
Zuo Boqing said: "I'll give it to Mr. Hua."
Hua Gonggong waved his hands and said: "Our family does not dare to trouble Mr. Zuo. Farewell. Farewell."
After Father Hua left, Zuo Boqing asked: "What are you going to cook?"
This needs to be considered carefully. Cooking is my strongest point when dealing with women, so don’t waste it. Li Qi frowned and pondered for a moment. Suddenly he smiled and said: "Yes."
"What?"
“Of course it’s frugal and simple cuisine.”
"Doesn't that mean you didn't say anything?"
"Sao Lei, Sao Lei. It's Arhat Quan Zhai."
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Luohan Quanzhai, also known as Luohan cuisine, originated during the Tang and Song Dynasties. Its origin is based on the Eighteen Arhats. Originally it was generally made from eighteen kinds of vegetarian dishes, but there is not much emphasis on it. Anyway, it is just to match the Eighteen Arhats.
The taste of the dishes did not have much to do with it. Later, after continuous evolution, it was changed to eleven types. They are dried nostoc, chestnuts, black fungus, vegetarian chicken, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, day lily, ginkgo, cauliflower, and lotus root.
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All other ingredients were readily available in the imperial dining room, but Li Qi had to make the vegetarian chicken by himself. Li Qi first asked Zuo Boqing to simply process the rest of the ingredients, and he made the vegetarian chicken himself.
Although vegetarian chicken has the word "chicken" in its name, it has nothing to do with chicken. It is made entirely of tofu. However, a good chef can make vegetarian chicken look like the real thing, so that people can't even taste that it is made of tofu.
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Li Qi first took out several tofu skins and sprayed them with water to soften them. After spraying, each tofu skin was flattened, overlapped and rolled up tightly, placed on a piece of clean cloth, wrapped into a round stick, and tied with fine hemp rope.
Tighten; put the wok on high heat, add water, put in the tofu skin rolls, cook for half an hour, take them out, after cooling, untie the fine linen rope, remove the cloth, and cut into slices about one centimeter thick; return the wok to high heat
, add vegetable oil, heat until 80% hot, put the tofu skin slices in the pan and fry for half a minute, pour into a colander to drain off the oil; leave the bottom oil in the wok, put it back on the high heat, add the red glutinous rice and stir-fry the ginger slices,
Add some water, put down the tofu skin slices, add sauce, sugar, stir-fry a few times and it's ready. High quality update
Finally, he cut the vegetarian chicken into slices. At the same time, Zuo Boqing also finished it.
Li Qi Put the wok on high heat, add oil, and heat it until it is 80% hot. Stir-fry all the ingredients except Nostoc, add sauce, minced ginger, sugar, rice wine, fresh soup and other seasonings, stir-fry and mix evenly; add
Serve the vegetables, simmer over low heat until the juice starts to boil, thicken with wet starch, drizzle with sesame oil, remove from the pan and serve on a plate.
"Done."
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After the dishes were ready, Li Qi did not waste any time and followed the two maids towards the harem. Li Qi was looking forward to finally being able to enter the harem, but he forgot all about his worries.
Generally, men other than the emperor had to bow their heads when entering the harem, but Li Qi didn't care so much and looked around everywhere. However, the result made him very disappointed. Although there were many ponds, attics, and pavilions, they were all deserted.
He could only see the palace maids passing by in a hurry. There was no picture of them exposing their breasts, playing by the pool, or swinging on the swings as he imagined. Even though he could occasionally hear the sound of mahjong coming from the house, he didn't even see a single concubine.
At this time, he really hated this mahjong.
After a while, Li Qi arrived outside a palace. After the announcement, Li Qi was led by a palace maid to a room on the left side of the palace.
The interior is spacious and bright, but the furnishings are extremely simple. There is a couch directly above it, covered with a yellow carpet, and a red painted round table in the middle. There is a long table in front of the window, and there are several potted plants on the long table. The fragrance of flowers is fragrant, and the walls
There are some calligraphy and paintings hanging on it, which are probably the most valuable things in the house. Li Qi originally thought that the place where the queen lived was usually extremely luxurious, but he didn't expect it to be so simple.
Sitting next to the round table are two noble mature women with elegant manners and gorgeous looks. They are both about the same age. Although they are well-maintained, Li Qi, a master in love, can still see some tricks. It is initially estimated that they are over forty years old.
The one on the left is a little older. You don’t need to ask to know that this beautiful woman is the first person in the harem, Empress Zheng. But the clothes of Empress Zheng are not as luxurious as those on TV. She is wearing gold and silver. Not only that, her clothes are
She is relatively simple, with light make-up and elegant. She wears a light yellow dress with a hairpin in her hair. Her skin is well maintained, like a thirty-year-old young woman, fair and attractive. She has a plump and attractive figure, and that
Her beauty cannot be eroded by time, her temperament is more graceful and luxurious, and she exudes the charm of a mature woman. Only the few strands of white silk on her temples look a bit dazzling.
The beautiful woman on the right is not as good-looking as Empress Zheng, but she still belongs to the upper class. She has a standard face with oval seeds, willow eyebrows, and red and phoenix eyes. She has a slender figure and is dressed very simply. This is Concubine Wei. In fact, Li Qi treats her more favorably than Empress Zheng.
Familiar. Because she is the biological mother of Zhao Gou, Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty.
But the simpler they dressed, the more depressed Li Qi was, because it showed that they really hated that kind of luxury. This was actually a traditional virtue of the Song Dynasty. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were all very frugal and did not
It must be that Song Huizong is a freak. This may only be described as the opposite of everything.
"The humble minister Li Qi is here to see the queen and the noble concubine." Li Qi was mentally prepared this time, and without any distraction, he saluted respectfully.
Empress Zheng's red lips parted slightly, she stretched out her jade arms, and said with a slight smile: "No courtesy."
The sounds are extremely pleasant, making people feel like they are bathing in sunshine. This may be the queen's unique charm.
The two beautiful women looked at Li Qi unabashedly, making Master Li feel a little shy. Li Qi has a handsome appearance and a slender figure. He is originally the kind of man who is very popular with women, but his hairstyle still makes him uncomfortable.
The two beautiful women secretly shook their heads. In fact, Li Qi is doing very well now, at least it has not been cut short anymore. The key is that Bai Qiannuo issued an order not to cut Li Qi's hair. But now the bun is too short.
Now, I can only tie a ponytail first.
Empress Zheng looked at it and said with a smile: "Although I have lived in the harem for a long time and rarely go out, in the past year, Li Qi's reputation has been like thunder. From the first stinky tofu, which is unparalleled in the world, to the later Four Kingdoms Banquet
, Golden Knife Chef King, ranked third grade, everything sounds really incredible. In fact, I have wanted to meet this rising star of my Song Dynasty for a long time, but I know that you have many jobs now, so I didn’t go.
Sorry to bother you."
"Wei Chen is ashamed. The queen understands the great righteousness, is considerate of her subordinates, and is considerate of every detail. She is a mother to the world. Wei Chen really admires her and is grateful." Li Qi nodded.
Concubine Wei giggled and said, "They say that the King of Golden Knife Chefs is very eloquent, and today I saw that he truly lives up to his reputation."
Empress Zheng smiled and nodded: "Yes, yes."
Although our Master Li is an open-minded person, especially his face has always been invulnerable to all kinds of poisons, but now being teased by two beautiful women, he couldn't help but blush a little, laughed and was speechless.
Empress Zheng didn't say much about it and asked, "I wonder what kind of delicious food you will cook for us today."
"Returning to the Queen, what I am offering today is the Arhat Quan Zhai."
"Arhat Quan Zhai? Is that Arhat cuisine?"
"It can be said that, but Weichen made some changes, so it is called Luohan Quanzhai."
"I really like this Luohan dish. Please bring it over quickly."
After hearing this, the palace maid immediately presented the dish in her hand. As soon as the cover was lifted, bursts of warm fragrance hit her nostrils, and she saw that the plate was colorful and there were six flowers carved from pears on the side. Red, green, blue and purple are so beautiful and alluring.
Empress Zheng nodded with satisfaction, stretched out her hand and said, "Sister, let's try this Luohan Quan Zhai dish from Golden Knife Chef King."
"yes."
Concubine Wei picked up a piece of lotus root and took a small bite. She felt the fragrance lingering around her lips and teeth, leaving endless aftertaste. She nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad. It is tender and refreshing, with a unique taste. It is much more delicious than the previous Luo Han cuisine." .”
Empress Zheng tasted a cauliflower and found that the aroma was pleasant and had a strong natural flavor, as if she was in the mountains and wilderness. She couldn't help but nodded and said: "What my sister said is true. Although this Arhat Quan Zhai is simple, It is simple, but has a mellow taste and is not greasy after eating. Compared with Luohan cuisine, this Luohan Quanzhai dish is more worthy of its name."
Concubine Wei suddenly stopped talking and said, "But---."
Empress Zheng asked curiously: "But what?"
"Although this dish is changed to Luo Han Quan Zhai, it doesn't seem to be completely vegetarian. I just tasted a piece of chicken."
Li Qi smiled and said, "Concubine Wei, you have misunderstood. What you are eating is not chicken, but vegetarian chicken. Is it made of tofu?"
“Made from tofu?”
Concubine Wei was shocked. She took another breath and tasted it carefully. She felt that it looked like chicken but not chicken. She nodded and said: "From what you said, it doesn't seem to be chicken anymore."
Empress Zheng also picked up a piece of chicken and tasted it. She felt that it was soft but tough, delicious and mellow. It was difficult to tell whether it was meat or vegetarian. However, she believed that Li Qi did not dare to deceive her and praised: "I didn't expect that your cooking skills have reached this level." It’s incredible that you can actually use tofu to make chicken taste like this state of mind.” (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
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