Chapter 29 The soup is clear as water and tastes like nectar
The Bawang chicken that had just been blanched in the pot showed a completely different attitude from the food world. A rainbow-colored light escaped from the pot, which also made Zhao Youqian's face show a little surprise.
However, he quickly calmed down and ignored the light of the rainbow. Instead, he stirred the water in the pot. After noticing that the taste and aroma of the Overlord Chicken had not changed, he almost guessed the reason for the light.
'It's the power of Asgard!'
'How long have you been raising it here? Have you already absorbed so much?'
With a glint in his eyes, Zhao Youqian then calmed down and continued to let the soup in the pot boil.
As if everything is normal.
Odin and Frigga looked at each other. They didn't know much about Zhao Youqian's cooking, but they had vaguely heard about strange cooking phenomena. They were still a little surprised to see it with their own eyes this time.
But Thor was different. After patiently listening to his parents' explanation, he roughly understood why Zhao You made this complicated dish. The key was to extend the life of his parents, which made him quite happy.
After all, even gods will grow old one day. He doesn't care about the rotation of the throne. On the contrary, it is a real good thing that his father, god and mother can live for a while longer.
At this time, he couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw the light shining in Zhao Youqian's pot.
"My brother, what do you use this for? Why does it have this kind of light? It looks like the color of the Rainbow Bridge."
He spoke his opinion carelessly, which made Odin's expression change, as if he saw something.
Zhao Youqian didn't expect that Thor, a big boss, would tell the real situation.
"That brilliance is the power of Asgard. These two dream ingredients have been tamed in Asgard for a period of time and have absorbed a lot of Asgard's power. When cooking, they are slowly stimulated with vitality to make these The combination of the power of Asgard and the vitality of the ingredients can better nourish the body and soul."
After all, the time for blanching was almost up, so Zhao Youqian didn't waste much time and directly took out the whole Overlord Chicken with a large colander.
At this time, the blanching soup was still filled with rainbow light, and there was still a faint and alluring aroma of chicken fat. Although Zhao Youqian had discarded it, it was already a soup with a unique flavor.
Zhao Youqian didn't waste anything. He took out all the green onions and ginger inside, and cooked a clear vegetable soup with some local Asgard ingredients, such as glorious mushrooms, wild forest vegetables and the like. The God of Fire was watching from the side, and there would be no problem in having an extra stove.
Just treating Vulcan as a tool, Zhao Youqian didn't feel uneasy at all. After all, after all he did, didn't he end up in the mouths of the gods of Asgard?
After the Bawang chicken has been blanched, add another pot. Boil the water first, then add onions, ginger, white peppercorns, and a few slices of astragalus and angelica. You don’t need anything else. The whole chicken is cooked. Put it in, and then simmer it at a constant temperature for six hours, by which time the semi-finished stock will be complete.
After carefully explaining the temperature to Vulcan, Zhao Youqian put the two soup pots in place, and then it was time to prepare the ham and black pig.
Naturally, it has the best ham flavor. Every part of the body of black ham pig exudes a charming aroma of oil, especially the front legs and hind legs.
Just slaughter it on the spot, bleed it, and leave it for an hour. The four legs of the ham will become the most charming ham, even the carefully smoked and cooked Iberian ham. few.
The fruity aroma formed by long-term consumption of fine plants and wild fruits will be unforgettable once you taste it once.
In the middle zone where food cells are more abundant, even ordinary plants and trees contain a lot of food cells, giving this high-quality fantasy food a unique flavor, even better than those raised in captivity in the known world.
It can be said that Zhao Youqian has just started to use the knife on this ham black pig, and the aroma wafting out has already made many Asgardian gods present secretly swallow their saliva.
Those gods who had tasted Zhao Youqian's cooking were even more disgusted, with enthusiasm in their eyes, hoping that Zhao Youqian could leave some leftovers to satisfy their greed.
You must know that Zhao Youqian has demonstrated his cooking skills to Asgard's God of Cookery and his attendants several times, and the best dishes they can restore so far are only about 40% low.
Thinking that Zhao Youqian will leave soon, how could the gods of Asgard not want to taste his dishes a few more times?
First, he removed the hind legs and continued to put them on the ham rack. Zhao Youqian knew just by the faint aroma that the essence of the wild boar ham had not been fully released. If it could be dried for a few more hours, the flavor would be even better. Intense.
There is no need to encapsulate it, just hang it like this, and slowly let the air and the aromatic molecules in the meat communicate and oxidize, and more umami amino acids can be secreted.
Zhao Youqian also cut off the remaining parts of the pig head, pork belly and other parts so that he could make some dishes later. The remaining tenderloin, ribs and backbone parts were the ingredients he needed.
The wild mushroom and vegetable soup stewed with blanched chicken stock, the pure Overlord chicken soup, and the current soup made from ham and black pig parts that are suitable for stewing, this is the base soup that Zhao Youqian will make this time!
It can be said that the wild vegetable and mushroom soup was his last-minute thought, and the rest was all arranged by him. However, the wild vegetable and mushroom soup is already part of the delicious soup base, so it is not particularly temporary.
During this time, I followed Thor to study the local ingredients of Asgard. These wild vegetables and mushrooms are the best he has mastered. It is not too abrupt to add them to the soup base of the porridge at this time.
It can be said that Zhao Youqian deliberately used ham and black pig to stew the soup, and this soup base will be the only source of saltiness in the porridge soup.
Naturally consuming a large amount of mineral salt converts it into a smoked and cured effect in the body. This is the most special thing about black pig ham. The saltiness of its ingredients is just right, and it does not have the salty problem of ordinary smoked ham. According to reality In short, it is the best natural saltiness in the ideal world.
Using this ingredient to cook the soup and finally seasoning it is the perfect harmony that Zhao Youqian dreamed of!
There is no need to blanch the ingredients. Zhao Youqian has already checked the ingredients and did a good job of bleeding them in the early stage. After wiping and washing them a little, they can just put them into boiling water.
You don't even need to add things like onions and ginger that may ruin the flavor of the soup. You just need to add a few white peppercorns to remove the fishy smell and you can start cooking.
According to Zhao Youqian's imagination, after blending the three soups constructed in this way, the soup can be as clear as water and taste like nectar.
That is one of the two most ideal states of soup stock.