Chapter Seventy-Eight: Cooking Dark Dishes Begins
When Naruto and his party returned, Yang Ming took the cloth bag in their hands and entered the kitchen. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Due to Yang Ming's previous request, the cicadas staying in the cloth bag were all alive, and they were restlessly moving inside, and the whole cloth bag looked like there were many raised points shaking.
Yang Ming first boiled the water until it boiled, then took out a bag and poured out the cicadas inside.
Wow!
Dozens of cicadas, black river water, suddenly fell into the boiling hot water.
Then, Yang Ming slammed the lid on the pot with lightning speed.
Smack!
Out of the instinct of survival, the cicadas are unwilling to die, and strive to survive in the boiling water, making a crisp sound.
However, they were still too fragile, like mantis arms blocking the car, and after a while, the sound in the pot gradually died out until it fell completely silent.
At this time, Yang Ming quickly lifted the lid of the pot, scooped up the group of cicadas in the boiling water, and put them into a relatively large basin.
After soaking in boiling water, these cicadas are essentially dead and have three matures, while also washing away the filth inside and outside their bodies.
After washing the dust and dirt off their bodies, they can be seen that these cicadas are very buggy, with six legs and a pointed straw at the front of their mouths.
They are brown all over and have black-and-yellow patterns on their backs, and at first glance, they are unusually unappetizing.
It's hard for ordinary people to imagine that this thing can be eaten.
In fact, some people who don't eat cicadas think their appearance is scary, while others think that cicadas are dirty.
The latter, Yang Ming really can't agree.
You know, when cicadas are hungry, they will use their sharp tools to suck the juice from the trunk, and as vegans, they are much cleaner than omnivores.
Moreover, they are also very nutritious, and can even be used as medicine, which is the best food given by nature to human beings.
As for what some people say about eating cicadas is too inhumane, and they don't know how to cherish animals or anything, it is purely a heart attack of the Holy Mother, and Yang Ming sneered at it.
You know, my big foodie nation, thousands of years ago, there was a fine tradition of eating cicadas.
The earliest record of cicada eating can be found in the Zhuangzi.
It says that Confucius saw a stubborn person sticking cicadas with a bamboo pole like a sac to pick up things, so he asked him if he was "there is a way", and the said that he practiced putting marbles on bamboo poles without falling off, starting from two, and then gradually increasing, until five were put on and not falling off, and sticking cicadas with bamboo poles was like probing bags to fetch things.
Although the story is about doing things with concentration, you can also see the deliciousness of cicadas, otherwise there is no need to spend so much effort to catch them.
The Qing Dynasty also set up a special sticky rod office, although it is closer to a spy organization, but as a minion with unique skills, it may be the original intention of its establishment to put an end to the cicada irritability and ensure the emperor's nap, right?
Sure enough, I am a big foodie, and I have already filled up the talent of eating, and I have truly become the person at the top of the food chain!
Subsequently, Yang Ming did the same, scalding the cicadas in the rest of the cloth bags with boiling water, and then removing the heads, limbs, internal organs, and wings of the fished cicadas, and serving them on a plate.
Fortunately, Yang Ming completed a hidden task before and obtained a beginner knife skills, which made him more efficient and did not take much time to get it right.
Then, Yang Ming poured out the boiling water in the pot, washed it, refilled it with water, poured in a few bags of salt, then boiled, then put in the cicadas to cook for a while, and finally took out and drained the water.
In fact, the above are all the previous efforts to make the cicada dish.
After that, different practices are developed from person to person.
Speaking of which, I have to mention our ancestors.
"Xunzi" notes: "Those who shine cicadas should know their fire and vibrate their trees." "If you make a fire under the tree and shake the tree vigorously, the cicadas will throw themselves into the fire and burn to death before they can be eaten.
In addition to this kind of hot food, it can also be steamed, soaked, and made into soup and soup.
Cui Hao's "Book of Food" is quoted in "Qi Min Yaoshu", and there is "the method of cicada breasts: pounding, fire and cooking, fine, and lower sorrel." "Sorrel is vinegar, and the processed cicada can be steamed, finely chopped coriander, and put on it." "You can also" under the boiling soup, that is, out, as above, coriander knotweed. "You can also make cicada sauce.
It can be seen that different methods have different deliciousness.
However, due to the limited materials of the Dazna family, and the fact that this is not a recipe transmitted by the system, Yang Ming had to keep everything simple.
First of all, Yang Ming beat a few eggs first, leaving only the egg whites, and served them in a bowl, while pouring half a bowl of cornstarch into another bowl.
Then, Yang Ming boiled the oil pot until it was 40% hot, and the removed head, limbs, internal organs, and wings were dipped in egg whites and corn starch, and then put into the pot.
Crackle!
Like moths to a fire, and like a mountain of knives and a sea of fire, they stir up waves in the oil pot, and even if they are intense, they will burst out with a little hot grease.
When frying, be careful not to overcook, because it is easy to overcook, which will burn and seriously affect the taste.
Since these fines are light and float on top of the oil, it is easy to distinguish between cooked and uncooked.
When the fines are fried until golden brown and crispy, a mellow and rich fragrance wafts out, and it is time to take them out and put them on the plate.
At this point in time, it is also the time when the fine ingredients are fried until the outside is crispy and the inside is close to the crispy, and it tastes crunchy and crispy, and there is a kind of pleasure of eating potato chips, which can be eaten as a snack.
Yang Ming has been frying in the kitchen and doesn't feel very fragrant, but he makes everyone waiting in the house hungry.
Naruto craned his neck and thrust his nose into the air, desperately trying to inhale the scent in the air.
Sasuke glanced at him with disdain, "Pull the hind legs, don't be embarrassed here, your face in our seventh class has been disgraced by you!"
"Who are you talking about, you!" Naruto retorted unceremoniously, skimming over the kitchen out of the corner of his eye, only to see a figure sneaking in.
After a while, he heard Yang Ming let out an earth-shattering roar from the kitchen.
"Kakashi, you bastard, who let you steal it!"
"If you don't kill anything, come over to me quickly!"
Originally, he was leaning on the sofa again, looking like he was lying in Beijing, and he was comfortable, but suddenly he heard Yang Ming's order, and suddenly rushed into the kitchen.
Then, Naruto and Sasuke, their eyes widened in disbelief, and they saw that the wall connecting the kitchen to the hall had been torn down.
Call!
Driving away Kakashi's gluttonous cat, Yang Ming moved on to the next dish.
Next, it's time to stir-fry the cicadas with garlic!
This is even simpler, Yang Ming cut the body of the cicada into pieces, pay attention not to be too broken, too broken will not taste so good.
Then heat the pan, cook the oil, pour in the chopped garlic, and make the pot fragrant until it explodes!
Finally, pour in the chopped cicada pieces and stir-fry!
In the hot pot, the flames are burning and the cicadas are flying!
Like a spirit in the flames, at the cost of his life, he dances a mouth-watering dance!