Among these fairy ingredients, the one that Qi Yuan valued most was the blood eel.
When he was in the East China Sea, he had cooked fish, shrimp, crab and other ingredients many times, and even the fish demon at the level of the demon fairy had cooked it more than once.
So although he also likes the golden-scaled arowana and green-shell crab very much, blood eel, an ingredient he has never cooked before, can improve his cooking skills even more.
As for the old loach, relatively speaking, it was the ingredient that Qi Yuan paid the least attention to.
I don’t know what kind of skills this old loach is practicing. Even though he has become a demon immortal, there is still a strong earthy smell in his body. Just dealing with it requires a lot of effort and wastes a lot of spiritual wine.
Moreover, because this old loach has a huge body and strong and tight bones, it doesn't have much meat on it. It would take more effort on his part to cook it.
Compared to the old loach, the blood eel is much better.
Although there are some similarities between the two bodies, the body of the blood eel is soft and boneless, without thorns, and the blood in the body has a faint fragrance, as if it has been fed with elixirs for many years.
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Qi Yuan was overjoyed when he saw him.
This is truly the best ingredient, it is more nourishing to the body, and the meat quality is also excellent. After it is made, the taste will definitely be much stronger than that old loach.
He thought of a Han Palace recipe where loaches were drilled into tofu, but unfortunately there was no such big tofu to match the loaches, so he had to give up.
Qi Yuan cleaned up the loach, blue crab, blood eel and other ingredients and put them aside to marinate, and then used the golden-scaled arowana to cook first.
This big carp is more than thirty feet long and wide, second only to the green-shell crab.
Qi Yuan held up the kitchen knife in his hand, and the knife light rotated and danced to scrape off the golden scales on the fish. At the same time, he did not forget to give Qi Yi instructions on how to deal with such a big fish that has become a fairy, and how to scrape it off more effortlessly.
Scales, how to use a knife to break open the belly of the fish and take out the internal organs and other things inside.
After cleaning it, cut the fish diagonally into slices with a few swipes of the knife.
Then he used his magic power to transform into a big hand of true energy, lifted the fish tail up, put the prepared spirit wine, onion, ginger, seasoning and salt into it and marinated it for a while, then mixed the flour, egg liquid and other ingredients into a paste, evenly
Apply it to the golden carp.
Then, using the true energy as a guide to stimulate the dragon blood in the golden carp, he heated the oil in the pot until it was 70% hot, and then he used his big hands of vitality to hold the fish tail and move the golden carp, which was dozens of feet in size.
The carp is put into a dragon-patterned Ruyi pot that looks only two feet in size.
Now, as his Taoism has grown, this dragon-marked Ruyi Pot has been refined by him to become more and more powerful, and it is easier to use.
There is no need to make the pot bigger as before, now just put the fish in it directly. With the space inside the dragon pattern pot, not to mention such a carp that is dozens of feet in size, even a dragon that is thousands of feet long.
Whales can still fit in.
When both sides of the fish body are fried until slightly yellow and the fish meat is cooked, take it out and let it dry for a while, then return it to the pot and fry it a second time over low heat until it is deep yellow all over. Qi Yuan then
Take it out and put it into a plate with the tail upward.
Then leave a little oil in the pot, first sauté the minced garlic until fragrant, then add shredded ginger, sugar, vinegar and other seasonings, then add various elixirs, blend the elixirs into the sweet and sour sauce, and wait until the soup is cooked.
When the sauce becomes thick, pour boiling oil into the pot, sprinkle with scallions, drizzle with sesame oil, and pour the sweet and sour sauce over the fried fish.
Originally, the spiritual energy in this golden carp had been sealed within the fish flesh by Qi Yuan using the spirit-sealing magic, and even its thin dragon bloodline was not revealed at all.
Therefore, when this fish was taken out of the oil pan, not to mention any strange phenomena, even the aroma did not escape.
But the moment the sweet and sour sauce was poured on, the elixir in the soup connected with the spiritual energy in the golden carp's body, immediately triggering a chain reaction. The mixture of the internal and external spiritual energy actually formed a carp leaping over the dragon's gate above the plate.
Shadow.
At the same time, an extremely tempting sweet and sour aroma wafted out from afar.
It's just that the noise made during the previous battle was too great. Not only did it scare away the fish and shrimps in the river at the mouth of the river, but also all the birds and beasts in the nearby mountains and forests. I'm afraid they won't dare to do it in a short time.
came back.
So this time Qi Yuan was cooking, he didn't encounter any unsightly things coming to grab his food.
Princess Longji smelled the aroma coming from the front, and an appetite that she had never felt before arose in her belly, which surprised her very much.
You must know that she was born with a Taoist body, and she grew up in an environment rich in spiritual energy such as heaven. She has been accustomed to meditating and refining her energy since she was a child. Even if she occasionally eats some elixirs and spiritual fruits, it is not for the sake of healing.
Abdomen, but to increase the advancement of cultivation.
Therefore, until now, she has never experienced the feeling of hunger, but now she just smells the smell of Qi Yuan's dish, and she actually... feels hungry?!
This shocked Long Ji.
She didn't know how far Qi Yuan's dish had gone so far that it could make an immortal like her feel this way.
Then I looked at the phantom of the carp leaping over the dragon's gate on the plate, and I was even more surprised.
You must know that even many immortals may not necessarily have visions when they are refining elixirs, but Qi Yuan only cooked a dish, and the visions on this dish actually persisted for a long time.
This... was truly unheard of and unseen by her.
In fact, the main reason why this dish aroused such a strong reaction from her was because the ingredients were good enough.
Otherwise, if Qi Yuan is asked to cook with ordinary monster ingredients, although the taste may not be too different, it will definitely not cause such a strong reaction from an immortal like Princess Long Ji.
Princess Longji couldn't help but took two steps forward, came closer, and looked at the dish carefully. It turned out that because the distance was too close, the sweet and sour fragrance was really tempting, and she was attracted by it.
I couldn't help but swallowed.
"hehe……"
Qi Yuan chuckled: "I still have a few dishes that need to be processed here. If the princess is hungry, it doesn't matter if she tastes them first."
Long Ji's pretty face turned red and he shook his head quickly: "I'm just a little curious. Fellow Taoist is really good at it. I never thought before that a mere dish can have such an alluring taste."
"The princess is too praised."
Qi Yuan smiled and modestly said: "It's just some cooking skills. After all, it's a means of assisting cultivation, and it's nothing."
"Brother Taoist, there is no need to be humble."
Princess Longji asked curiously: "I wonder what the name of this dish is?"
"Sweet and sour carp."
Qi Yuan said: "I mobilized the thin dragon bloodline in the golden carp, combined it with elixirs such as dragon-inducing grass, calming lotus, soul-washing flower, etc., to connect the spiritual energy and bloodline power in the fish flesh. Only then can this be achieved.
Wait for the vision to happen.”
Long Ji nodded and did not disturb Qi Yuan anymore, but stood aside and continued to watch Qi Yuan cooking.
She was very curious about whether there would be any strange phenomena in the next few dishes.
Qi Yuan's next dish is stir-fried crab with ginger and scallion.
Originally, he wanted to change the way of cooking it. After all, he had already cooked this dish for Yunhua and others when he first came to Guanjiangkou some time ago.
However, the big green-shell crab was dismembered by Yang Jian and Long Ji when it was about to die. The steamed pieces didn't look good, so Qi Yuan simply gave it a few more cuts and cut it into pieces.
Something went wrong in the pot.
Although it is still fried crab with ginger and scallion, the ingredients this time are better and the taste is different from last time, which is enough to satisfy everyone.
Then Qi Yuan began to clean up the big loach.
When he was soaking this big loach, he used magic power to shock it, allowing the smell of spiritual wine and seasonings to penetrate into the body of the loach. At this time, there was almost no earthy smell at all.
But after all, the marinating time was not long enough, and it was not like ordinary small loaches that could be poured with water and soil, so Qi Yuan decided to make this loach by stir-frying.
That will not only taste better, but also completely cover up any trace of earthy smell that may remain.
Put the oil in the pot and heat it up to 70% heat. Qi Yuan waved his hand to remove the green onion and ginger used to pickle the loach, put the cut loach into the pot, fry it until golden, take it out and set aside.
Then heat the oil in the pan at the same time, add shredded ginger, minced garlic, spicy polygonum in turn, add a little salt and stir-fry until fragrant.
Then put the fried loach into the pot, add seasonings, add some spirit wine and sauce, and stir-fry.
After a while, the small amount of soup inside had dried up and turned oily. Qi Yuan estimated the heat, stir-fried a few more times, and then directly put it on the plate. A plate of fragrant stir-fried loach was ready.
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Finally, Qi Yuan took the blood eel and prepared it for stew.
The blood eel had been cleaned and cut into small pieces by him before. After being marinated for a period of time, it had already absorbed the flavor. After thickening, he deep-fried it for a while, took it out and drained the oil.
The reason why these eel segments are first put into the oil pan and fried briefly is to increase the toughness of the eel skin.
In this way, the skin will not break when stewing, and the meat will not be easily boiled apart. Moreover, the stewed soup will be white and thick, and the color and taste will be richer and more delicious.
Then sauté the onion and ginger until fragrant, add mushrooms, eel segments, spirit wine and other seasonings, pour in the broth, and after boiling, Qi Yuan adds a sprig of ginseng of sufficient age to it, along with some angelica, astragalus, and ganoderma.
, longan, jujube, etc., begin to stew slowly over low heat.
During this period, while watching the heat in the dragon-patterned pot, he occasionally cast a few spells to adjust the aura inside. At the same time, he asked Qi Yi to set up the pot next to him and ordered him to cook a few more dishes.
It's not that he can't do it himself, but he deliberately lets Qi Yi show his face in front of Yang Jian Longji and others, so as to accumulate some contacts for him, so that if anything happens in the future, he can come to him.
In any case, these few people have eaten the food cooked by Qi Yi himself, and they are their juniors. If they really need help, they would be embarrassed not to help.
Qi Yi's movements are also very agile. He has been learning cooking skills from his master for some years. After making various spiritual meals, both the taste and efficacy are quite good.
Even though the magic power in his body is now less able to control the heat because he doesn't have the spiritual fire with him, he can't deny that the dishes he made are still delicious.
After Qi Yi prepared more than ten dishes, Qi Yuan's eel soup was also ready.
Lift the lid of the pot, and as the steam rises, there are faint figures of eels moving back and forth. They gradually disappear until the heat dissipates.
At this time, Yang Jian had returned, and the big demons followed his instructions and joined forces to subdue many of the water tribe demon soldiers, without him following them personally.
Everyone sat down in the bamboo building, and together with Deng Chanyu and others, they brought out all kinds of dishes and arranged them. Suddenly, the bamboo building was filled with all kinds of alluring aromas.
He Ling'er smelled the fragrance and looked at the delicious food in front of her, and couldn't help but salivate in her little mouth.
But everyone hadn't started yet. Although she was a little greedy, she didn't dare to be unruly, so she bit her fingers and stared at the plates of delicious food in front of her, drooling.
Qi Yuan pretended not to see it. He coughed lightly, took out a pot of spiritual wine, tilted the pot slightly, and immediately dispensed several streams of wine. He filled the wine glasses in front of him and distributed them to everyone.
Then he picked up the cup and said: "In today's battle, not only did we kill those evil demon kings, we also subdued many water tribe demon soldiers.
From now on, with Erlang stationed here, no water monsters will dare to cause floods to submerge the village again. This is a blessing for the people.
If Erlang brings benefit to a party, he will also have merit and merit, which is worthy of celebration. Come, let us drink this cup to the full."
Everyone nodded in praise, especially Yang Jian, who was even more happy.
Protecting a group of people will indeed allow him to gain some humane merits. Although it is far less than Qi Yuan's ability to directly induce the way of heaven, it is still much better than nothing.
What's more, after today's battle, all the demon kings in the waters of Guanjiang Estuary were killed. Even if there are still three or two demon immortals in the deep mountains, it is no longer a cause for concern.
After three drinks, everyone stopped being polite and started chatting while eating.
After all, most of the people here are women and don't like drinking very much. Relatively speaking, these delicacies that are full of color, fragrance, and flavor are more attractive to them.
Especially Princess Longji, this is her first time to eat such delicious food.
The first thing she looked at was the sweet and sour carp dish that Qi Yuan made at the beginning.
After all, the smell of this fish when it was just cooked made even her feel a strong appetite. Now that it was placed in front of her, of course she wanted to taste this dish first.
smell.
Long Ji gently picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth. He immediately felt a salty, sour and sweet taste burst out in his mouth.
After chewing it twice, I felt that the meat was tender, smooth and delicious. After eating it, a strong and pure spiritual energy arose in my belly.
At the same time, there was a mysterious aura rushing straight into the sea of consciousness, and there seemed to be a faint dragon roar, which made her soul feel clear.
Then she actually felt that the level that had been blocking her from advancing to Taiyi Xuanxian was slightly loosened.
This is a sign that your cultivation is about to break through.
After discovering this sign, Long Ji was really surprised and happy.
Only now did she truly understand why Qi Yuan was able to gain merit with his cooking skills.
Of course, not all dishes have this effect.
That is to say, this carp originally had dragon bloodline, and Qi Yuan specially inspired its bloodline, and combined it with the tranquilizing lotus, soul-washing flower and other elixirs, which formed the phantom of the carp leaping through the dragon gate.
The reason why carps jump over the dragon gate is because it is a sign that they are about to transform into dragons.
In this dish, Qi Yuan specially added those elixirs in conjunction with the dragon bloodline, which has made this dish have the function of helping people break through the realm, and has the same effect as the barrier-breaking elixir in the elixir.
Therefore, Princess Longji showed signs of broken mirror.
However, that mouthful of fish meat alone was obviously not enough for her to break through, so she took a few more bites in succession.
However, although the fish meat in the next few bites was still delicious and the spiritual energy was equally abundant, the feeling of breaking through the realm that it brought her was getting weaker and weaker.
Long Ji frowned slightly. Could it be that this opportunity for breakthrough was going to disappear like this?
Since the last time she broke free from the spell that confused her soul in Xiqi, although her soul was damaged, after returning to Qingluan Dou Que in Phoenix Mountain and practicing meditation for such a long time, the injuries above her soul
She has long since recovered, and at the same time, her realm has been further consolidated, and her magic power has been accumulated sufficiently.
And now that the catastrophe has passed, she no longer has any tribulation energy lingering on her body. She has truly reached the peak state of the immortal realm, but she still lacks a little opportunity to break through.
It was rare that I felt that kind of opportunity just now. If I couldn't take the opportunity to break through, I don't know how many more years I would have to wait.
Yunhua sensed the aura fluctuations on Long Ji's body, turned his head, and immediately saw Long Ji's current situation, and couldn't help but be stunned.
Immediately reacting, she handed the bowl of soup in front of her to Long Ji and said with a smile: "Here, how does this bowl of soup taste?"
"Thank you, aunt."
Long Ji took the small jasper bowl with both hands, gently picked up the spoon, scooped up a spoonful of white and thick eel soup and drank it.
Then, I felt an extremely gentle force begin to nourish my body, and the feeling of breaking through the realm came again.
Moreover, it is stronger than before.
"Huh?"
Long Ji looked at the bowl of thick white eel soup in his hand in surprise.
This was the soup she saw Qi Yuan made with blood eel. She didn't expect that this bowl of soup was even more effective than the sweet and sour carp dish.
"hehe."
Qi Yuan chuckled lightly and said, "I call this soup Shang eel water.
Water is good for all things. Although this blood eel is not as good as water, the qi, blood and spiritual energy in its body are extremely nourishing. I added elixir to neutralize the spiritual energy. In terms of nourishing the body, it is comparable to water.