Chapter 574: Imaginatively Spicy Chicken
"Boom!" As soon as the marinated diced chicken was poured into the pot, accompanied by Liu Mang's addition of a spoonful of cooking wine, a raging flame immediately rose.
The hot oil cooks the diced chicken in the pan, forcing out the fat hidden in the fat under the skin of the chicken, making the chicken skin shrink and become elastic.
Next, add a handful of dried chili peppers cut into pieces and continue stir-frying.
This handful of dried chili peppers Liu Mang is made of Shudi's Erjingtiao and Chaotian Red, which are not only bright in color, but also full of spicy flavor and more appetizing.
In addition to the dried chili peppers, there is also a large handful of Dahongpao peppercorns, a specialty of the mountain city. This peppercorn is full of numbness and flavor, which is the best choice for cooking Sichuan cuisine.
After the dried chili peppers and peppercorns are mixed with diced chicken and stir-fried in the pot until fragrant, Liu Mang immediately puts in the various diced vegetables prepared in advance, and then cooks the light soy sauce, pepper, salt, and a small spoonful of chicken broth together and starts stir-frying over high heat.
"Ah cut~Ah cut~" The peppers and peppercorns in the pot were forced by the heat in the pot, and the strong choking smell came out, which made Liu Chang, who was sitting at the bar, sneeze a few times.
"The boss's 'spicy chicken' is really a lot of food!"
"Mom, you'll try the boss's dish later, it's absolutely delicious. Cui Nuer said.
"Hey, my mother's sense of taste is gone, and I can't taste even the most delicious dishes. I've seen you eat well. Cui Niu'er's mother sighed and said.
"Auntie, you can rest assured to taste it boldly, the boss's craftsmanship will definitely not disappoint you." ”
"Yes!" Cui Niu'er nodded in agreement.
"The dish is coming!" At this time, Liu Mang's dishes were finally out of the pot.
The three of them hurriedly looked at the plates on the bar, and couldn't help but exclaim in unison: "This ...... It's too pretty, isn't it? ”
Liu Mang's 'Spicy Chicken' does not use any gorgeous plating, but purely relies on the color of the ingredients themselves.
Red peppers, yellow corn, purple eggplant, green diced cucumbers, and fried golden dripping chicken all convey a message that I'm delicious.
Moreover, Liu Mang's heat is just right, and all the ingredients have entered a just right state.
The eggplant did not wilt, the pepper did not soften, and the corn kernels were golden and golden, as if they had just been peeled off the cob.
"Auntie, let's try it, do you see what suits your taste?" Liu Mang handed over three pairs of chopsticks and beckoned.
"Okay! good!" Cui Niu'er's mother took the chopsticks in Liu Mang's hand, picked up a piece of diced chicken from the plate and put it into her mouth.
"Mom, how is it?" Seeing her mother gently chewing on the chicken, Cui Niu'er hurriedly asked.
"Spicy...... Ma ......" Cui Niu'er's mother replied vaguely while chewing on the diced chicken in her mouth.
"Is it spicy?" Cui Niu'er immediately picked up the chopsticks, took a piece of diced chicken and tasted it.
"Wow! it's spicy!"
In the mouth, the chicken is only slightly bitten twice, and a spicy sensation suddenly rises from the base of the tongue.
How spicy is this sensation? It's like the whole tongue is soaked in chili water, like being burned on fire.
"Boss!
"Give. Liu Mang, who had been prepared, immediately handed over a glass of ice water.
Cui Niu'er poured off the ice water at once, and then opened her mouth and sighed: "Boss, really! It's really spicy!"
"Really?" Liu Chang heard this, and immediately picked up a piece and tasted it. As a result, like Cui Niu'er, he was so hot that tears and snot were all on his face together.
"Mom, what do you think?
"I think it's okay. ”
"Is that so?" When Cui Niu'er heard this, her heart suddenly sank to the bottom.
Such a numb and spicy chicken, her mother didn't react at all, it seems that the sense of taste is really hopeless.
"Boss......" Liu Chang's eyes were inquiring, he didn't understand why Liu Mang, who had always been excellent in cooking, wanted to make this substandard dish today. "Auntie, don't be busy eating, let me tell you about this dish. ”
Facing Liu Chang and Cui Niu'er's questioning eyes, Liu Mang looked confident.
"Ah, you say. Cui Niu'er's mother, who was about to pick up vegetables again, was stunned and stopped chopsticks.
"Let's talk about this first. Liu Mang smiled, unscrewed the thermos cup and took a sip of tea.
"This chicken is a small rooster that has not yet crowed about three catties. And this chicken is free-range, does not feed any feed, eats grass seeds and worms, and drinks pure mountain spring water. It runs around on the green and pollution-free mountains every day, so its meat is particularly tender. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Mang paused: "As for me, I only take half an inch of meat under the chicken skin." This part of the meat is full of fat, and after heating, it has both a plump and elastic taste, and when chewed in the mouth, it is fragrant and tender, full of freshness, far from the chicken in the restaurant outside. ”
After Liu Mang introduced the origin of the chicken, Cui Niuer and Liu Chang couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
And Liu Chang picked up the chopsticks again and laughed dryly: "Boss, I didn't taste it just now, I'll try it again." ”
"Wait, you can eat after I finish speaking. Liu Mang pressed Liu Chang's hand.
"Let's talk about this vegetable. I personally went to a farmer to pick this vegetable. The farmer, who lives in the mountains far from the city, grows vegetables using only farm fertilizer and no pesticides. ”
Liu Mang picked up the chopsticks and picked up a golden corn from the plate: "It's like this corn, I picked it in the field with my own hands." When I was picking, it was morning, before dawn, and the gnats sang happily in the grass, and the dew ** my clothes. As for the corn, I deliberately chose the one that grows at the top of the pole, which is the most sunny and the most tender. Even if you don't cook it in any way, if you just put it in your mouth and bite it, it's sweet and glutinous, and it will always be sweet to people's hearts!"
"Boss, please stop talking about it, let me taste it again. Liu Chang licked his lips and pleaded.
"Don't worry, the food is here, and no one is grabbing it from you, listen to me." Liu Mang laughed again.
"And this cucumber, I went at the right time. It was tender, with flower bones on it, and the thorns on the epidermis had not yet formed, and the color was like jadeite, so green that it could be imprinted into people's hearts! Quack, quack, and guess what! It's so crisp that you can hear the sound!" Liu Mang smacked his lips, mimicking the sound of chewing a cucumber.
"Boss, it's okay, have you finished?" Liu Chang stared at the emerald green cucumber diced in the basin, his eyes were like wolves, and a green light appeared.
"And eggplant, I'll talk about eggplant ......"
"Boss, if you keep talking, the food will be cold!" Cui Niu'er also retorted.
"Okay, Auntie, can you taste it again and see how it tastes?"
"Well, okay. Cui Niu'er's mother stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a corn kernel and put it into her mouth.
"Mom, how's it going?"
"Sweet! I tasted sweetness!" exclaimed Cui'er's mother.
Immediately afterward, she picked up another piece of diced cucumber and tasted it.
"Boss, you're right! It's so crisp that you can hear it!"
"Well, the chicken is not bad! It is worthy of a free-range chicken in the mountains, the chicken skin is chewy, and the chicken is so fresh!"
Cui Niu'er's mother's chopsticks kept clipping, and before she knew it, tears filled her eyes.
The color of the dish itself, as well as Liu Mang's description and sincerity of the ingredients, touched her.
Her taste buds, which have been numb for many years, have really been "resurrected" in her infinite imagination!