As the city lord's banquet, Yu Sheng would of course have to personally handle it.
He stood on the high platform in the back kitchen and called to everyone, "New Year and new atmosphere, in order to bring good luck, tonight's dinner will mainly focus on chicken dishes."
Gui Yidao was puzzled, "What good fortune can you get from eating chicken?"
"Good luck." Yu Sheng replied without further explanation. He turned around and called his men to bring up an old hen.
The old hen had already been cleaned up. Yu Sheng stuffed the various ingredients and seasonings prepared in advance into the chicken's belly, and said at the same time: "Let's make the first dish first."
The cooks under his command had long heard that Yu Sheng’s new dishes were emerging one after another, and each dish was more delicious than the last. Now that they saw him teaching it on the spot, they immediately stretched their necks to watch.
They saw Yu Sheng wrapping the chicken in paper and tying it with string. Just when they didn't know whether Yu Sheng was steaming or boiling, the waiter brought up another basin of yellow mud.
While everyone was stunned, Yu Sheng wrapped the chicken in yellow mud and put it into the charcoal fire.
"This dish is called Beggar's Chicken. It has an unusual taste. You can make it the same way I just did." Yu Sheng said.
With blind trust in Yu Sheng, the cooks started cooking.
I will spend the rest of my life guiding them one by one.
"Don't say I haven't given you a chance. Whoever makes the beggar's chicken well will specialize in this dish, just like Mapo only makes Mapo tofu."
The cooks have become more active, which is equivalent to having a unique skill. With one new trick, they have a foothold in the Star Building.
The most impressive thing here was Gui Yidao, who took the lead in finishing the renovation and put the beggar chicken into the charcoal fire.
The other cooks also finished their work one after another, so Yu Sheng returned to the high platform and said, "Let's make the second chicken dish now."
Yu Sheng took a hen that was about to lay eggs and was killed, and soaked it in brine.
The cooks brewed it according to the law, and while it was cooking, the leaves from the front came in, telling Yu Sheng that it was ready to be served.
Yu Sheng immediately took out the beggar's chicken from the charcoal fire without removing the mud. He directly put it on a plate and let the leaves go.
So the people who were sitting in the lobby, listening to the city lord's speech, watched as the guys brought up plates of dried mud and placed them in front of them.
"What does this mean?" The wizard of the witch academy looked at the mud ball in front of him and was confused. Is the city lord planning to force everyone to eat dirt?
But don't mention it, this clay block is quite fragrant when fired, and Si Wu could vaguely smell the alluring fragrance.
"The city lord's move is telling us that the city lord's palace is too poor to take the blame, so he is taking this opportunity to ask for filial piety." said the elderly priest next to him.
Ever since Yu Sheng became the leader of the Eastern Wilderness Alliance, their life has not been easy at all. The wizard has given up on them, and now a deserter has come to lead them directly.
If Huangshi hadn't been practicing and couldn't get used to the big fish and meat at the banquet, they wouldn't be the ones here today.
Others also looked at a loss, until they saw Miss Zhao break open the clod of clay and take out the beggar chicken inside, they suddenly realized that there was a mystery in this.
"Bang bang", there was a knocking sound immediately in the lobby, and then something wrapped in paper and tied with rope fell out.
They opened it and a shiny chicken appeared in front of them.
"Hey, this is a great way to cook chicken." Zhou Dafu's uncle Zhou Baichuan was gearing up, tearing off a chicken leg and stuffing it into his mouth while others were waiting.
"Hmm, it smells good." It was Xu's first time to eat it and it was relatively fresh. Zhou Baichuan was full of praise after taking one bite.
Others were hesitant to try it at first. Seeing Zhou Baichuan's appearance, they all raised their chopsticks and attacked the chicken in front of them.
Only then did Miss Zhao open the chicken in front of her.
Immediately, an overflowing aroma rushed to Zhou Baichuan who was sitting below her, causing Zhou Baichuan to stop enjoying and stare directly at the chicken in front of Miss Zhao.
He sniffed his own. Just now he thought the chicken was delicious, but now it was outclassed.
Although he had never tasted the chicken in front of the city lord, his intuition told Zhou Baichuan that the chicken in front of the city lord was extremely delicious, far better than his own.
"It seems that the chicken was made by Shopkeeper Yu." Zhou Baichuan muttered in his heart, and then continued to chew on the chicken legs, hypnotizing himself that this is what Yu Sheng did.
Yu Sheng continued to lead the cooks in the back kitchen to cook the chicken. When the chicken was soaked in brine until it was almost done, he took it out, poured out the brine from the chicken cavity, and spread a layer of oil on it.
Then take the tea leaves handed over by the waiter, throw them into the pot on the stove and stir-fry until the tea is fragrant, then sprinkle in brown sugar evenly.
After frying until yellow smoke starts to appear, Yu Sheng quickly puts the bamboo grate in, immediately puts the chicken on the bamboo grate, puts the lid on the pot and takes it away from the fire to smoke.
"This dish is called Taiye Chicken." Yu Sheng turned around and told everyone after smoking it. He saw that they had followed Yu Sheng's steps and roughly imitated the cooking.
These chefs are all the elites of the Star Building. They have talent and experience in cooking, and they only need a little guidance for the rest of their lives.
However, cooking is all about heat, and these cooks are still relatively young, so they don’t really care about Yu Sheng, and they are not for my aunt.
Soon the second dish of chicken came out of the pot. The maroon color of the chicken body was accompanied by a fragrant aroma of tea, which surprised the experienced cook and also gave him an appetite.
They picked out a portion and tasted it. When they entered the mouth, a piece of chicken was smooth and oily, the skin was fragrant and the meat was tender and refreshing.
After eating, there is still the aroma of tea and chicken, and the amla mixed with brown sugar reverberates between the lips and teeth, which is endless aftertaste.
When the Taiye Chicken arrived in the lobby, everyone had already finished eating the Beggar Chicken and were exchanging their thoughts on the delicious food with their oily mouths.
Everyone couldn't agree on which one was the most delicious. Finally, when Zhou Baichuan saw that a new chicken was coming, he waved his hand and said, "Stop arguing, the one that tastes best is the one from the City Lord."
"That was the chef cooked by Alliance Leader Yu himself." Zhou Baichuan said with envy, because just now the smell of chicken on the City Lord's table had reached his side.
Hearing this, everyone looked at the city lord together and saw a piece of the chicken that had just been served placed in front of her.
Compared to other chickens, which may be light or heavy in color, the one in front of the city lord is just right, with a mellow and fragrant aroma, far from comparable to what was placed in front of them.
Miss Zhao noticed their gazes. She hadn't finished tasting the Beggar's Chicken yet, so she waved her hand and signaled the maid to share the Taiye Chicken that was served to everyone.
As soon as the maid brought it down, Zhou Baichuan ran up to him in three steps at a time, picked up a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. After chewing it for a while, he groaned in comfort.
He lowered his head and wanted to take another bite, but he was pushed to the back by anxious but elegant people who came over. His niece Zhou Jiufeng was one of them.
After these people tasted Yu Sheng's Taiye Chicken, they all applauded, but when they sat down to taste their own, they suddenly felt a little bland.
As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison, and now they know how good Yu Sheng's cooking skills are.
The only thing that is quite different from Yu Sheng’s Taiye Chicken is the Taiye Chicken made by Gui Yidao, which shows that the reputation of Yangzhou’s Four Chefs is not for nothing.
So Tai Ye's chicken was careless. When the three cups of chicken were served, everyone regained their energy due to the overflowing fragrance.
The three cups of chicken were red in color, bright and greasy, and made people want to eat it at first sight. However, this time the girl in the photo did not share it with others, but enjoyed the dish Yu Sheng made by herself.
This made everyone taste the dish in front of them, and then looked at the city lord's dish and secretly swallowed their saliva, thinking that the dish in front of them was so delicious, but the city lord's dish must be so delicious.