Chapter 53: Careful Preparation

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She plans to make three dishes and one soup. If only one person eats, you don't have to do anything to make a full banquet!

First of all, she wants to make a plate of Sichuan famous food - saliva chicken.

Saliva chicken is a cold dish, set spicy, fresh, fragrant and refreshing, has always had the reputation of "famous Bashu three thousand miles, taste pressure Jiangnan twelve states".

Zhu Nian put water in the pot, and after the water boiled, she carried half of the processed Sanhuang chicken on the edge of the pot, and poured the boiling water on the chicken again and again with a spoon.

It can be clearly seen that the skin of the three yellow chickens began to tighten, and the color began to slowly turn yellow.

Three or four times back and forth like this, the three yellow chickens were a little golden, and Zhu Nian scooped it up and put it into a basin of cold water on the side for later use.

Then, Zhu Nian chili pepper, green onion and coriander are chopped, and the cooked peanuts are crushed with a knife.

She then mixes chili oil and other ingredients to make a secret seasoning, and adds peanuts and sesame seeds to it

Finally, Zhu Nian chops the soaked three yellow chickens into slender pieces, neatly and artistically placed them on a pure white plate, and pours the secret sauce.

"What a fragrant smell!" Lian Zhou ran over, staring at the saliva chicken tightly and couldn't take his eyes off it.

"Lian Zhou, can you help me pick some roses?" Zhu Nian asked Lian Zhou.

"Oh, good. Lian Zhou didn't know why, but he still went to the back garden to pick roses as Zhu Nian said.

After a while, Lian Zhou ran back to the imperial dining room with a sheepskin blanket.

"I don't know if you want to make it whole or have petals, so I picked the whole flower. If you need petals, I'll tear them off for you. ”

Lian Zhou placed the entire sheepskin blanket on the table in front of Zhu Nian.

"No, thank you, Lianzhou, I need to use the whole thing. Zhu Nian took a rose, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it.

"That's good. Lian Zhou smiled reassuringly and said, "Is there anything else I need to do?"

"Not for the time being, you better control the heat. ”

"Good. ”

Zhu Nian put the black tea leaves and roses that Lian Zhou had brought earlier into the pot and boiled them together with water.

After a while, a rich floral fragrance and a fresh tea aroma wafted out of the pot, and the two intertwined flavors made Lianzhou feel amazing.

After boiling, Zhu Nian sprinkled a small amount of sugar evenly in the pot, then poured in the milk, covered the pot and boiled.

Soon, the milk tea in the pot came out of the pot.

Zhu Nian used a delicate royal blue long cup to hold milk tea, and picked up a few broken rose petals to wash and put them on top of the milk tea to decorate.

"Wow, what is this?" asked Lian Zhou in surprise.

"This is milk tea, can you come and smell it?" Zhu Nian explained with a smile.

"Good. Lian Zhou stepped forward, put the tip of his nose close to the quilt and sniffed, and then his eyes lit up.

"It smells so good!"

Zhu Nian just smiled, didn't answer, and continued to prepare other things.

Lian Zhou has been watching intently from the sidelines, and he can't take his eyes off the novelty.

With spicy dishes, Zhu Nian plans to make another refreshing dish, so let's have a unique Longjing shrimp in Hangzhou cuisine.

Zhu Nian had already asked Lianzhou to peel the shrimp shells, pick out the shrimp lines, and stir them repeatedly with water until the shrimp became snow-white.

Zhu Nian smashed the green onion and ginger and soaked them in rice wine.

Next, she puts the shrimp in a bowl, adds a little rice wine and starch, stirs until sticky, and lets sit for half an hour.

Zhu Nian took out Longjing tea, soaked it in boiling water at about 90 degrees for about a minute, then threw away a little tea leaves, and set aside the remaining tea leaves and tea juice.

Lian Zhou looked at Zhu Nian's movements, and felt that the five bodies he admired were thrown to the ground.

When Zhu Nian asked him to prepare different varieties of tea just now, he still felt that it was a waste, but now it seems that he is only shallow and lonely.

When the oil temperature in the pot reaches 70% hot, Zhu Nian slipped the shrimp, and then quickly removed the pan to prevent the shrimp from getting too old.

Then, she left a small amount of base oil in the pot, added the shrimp, and quickly poured in the tea leaves and juice.

Finally, she cooks rice wine and a pinch of salt, stir-fries several times, and then removes from the pan and serves on a plate.

This time, Zhu Nian chose a small round porcelain bowl with pure white body and blue gradient staining on the upper wall, and put shrimp in it, with scattered tea leaves.

She picked out a bouquet of unknown yellow flowers to decorate the rim of the bowl.

This time, Lianzhou didn't need to be summoned by Zhu Nian, so he came over with great excitement and carefully looked at this beautiful plate of Longjing shrimp.

The shrimp is jade white, it is fresh and tender, the buds and leaves are green, exude fragrance, and the color is very elegant.

In the end, Zhu Nian simply made a plate of golden square banana pie and put it on a plate.

"Okay!" Zhu Nian clapped his hands, then pinched his waist, looking at his masterpiece proudly, feeling a sense of accomplishment.

She looked out at the sky, then shook her head helplessly.

I've been here for so long, but I still haven't learned the skill of telling the time by looking at the sky.

"Lian Zhou, what time is it now, is it time for the emperor to go down to court?" Zhu Nian gave up struggling and asked directly.

Lian Zhou also stretched out his head to look at the sun, and then said: "It's almost noon, and the emperor will probably go down in less than half an hour." ”

"Okay, then let's take care of the food and bring it to him later. Zhu Nian said.

"Hmm. Lian Zhou nodded, then got up and went to the table next to him to get the chassis.

Zhu Nian and Lian Zhou placed the four plates and bowls on a large brown wooden tray, and then put a large lid on them to prevent the food from cooling too quickly.

As soon as Zhu Nian wanted to reach out and pick up the plate, he was pushed by Lianzhou.

"Miss Zhu, you are responsible for making so many dishes, let me do the manual work of serving dishes. ”

"Isn't there supposed to be a little eunuch in charge of transportation?" Zhu Nian asked.

"Then you have to get out of the imperial dining room, I'm afraid you won't be able to serve it. Lian Zhou replied solemnly.

Zhu Nian felt both angry and funny, then glanced at Lian Zhou, and said helplessly: "Okay, then you be careful, don't spill it." ”

"Okay!" Lian Zhou straightened up and carefully carried the chassis out of the imperial dining room.

Zhu Nian and Lian Zhou followed the two little eunuchs to find the emperor of the lower dynasty.

The structure of the palace is complex and changeable, and Zhu Nian followed the little eunuchs for a long time, and finally stopped in front of a solemn hall.

The Temple of Nourishing the Heart.

Zhu Nian whispered the name on the plaque.

She asked Lianzhou in surprise, "Is this the emperor's bedroom?"

"Yes!" Lian Zhou looked at the plaque in front of the hall, nodded affirmatively, and then asked, "What's the matter?"

"No, no. Zhu Nian shook his head and replied.

Unexpectedly, in this overhead dynasty, the name of the emperor's dormitory was the same as the name of the emperor's dormitory in some historical dynasties she knew.

What a coincidence!

A little eunuch walked to the door of the health hall, reported to the old eunuch guarding the door, and then turned around and walked towards Zhu Nian.

"The emperor let us in. He said.

"Okay, take it. Zhu Nian nodded and walked forward behind the two little eunuchs.

Lian Zhou stood motionless, his hands trembling.

Zhu Nian noticed his strange appearance, turned around and asked, "Lianzhou, what's wrong with you?"

Lian Zhou shook his head, exhaled lightly and said, "No, no, I haven't seen the emperor, and I'm a little nervous now." ”

Zhu Nian chuckled, tugged at the corner of Lianzhou's clothes, and encouraged him: "You haven't done anything wrong, what are you afraid of him doing?"

"Hmm. ”

Then the two followed the little eunuch into the health palace.

In the hall, Tuoba Lei heard that Zhu Nian had prepared the dishes and was rushing to this side, and he couldn't wait to sit at the dragon table and wait.