The reason why Yu Chaoen personally went out of the palace to buy ingredients was because he often served Li Longji and understood the preferences of the current emperor, and these preferences were not well known to ordinary people, and he obviously would not tell others about these things, because letting others know the emperor's preferences would be a threat to him. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Hearing that Li An was here to offer food, Yu Chaoen grinned: "General Li, there are delicacies in this palace, what good things did the maids in your house make that General Li can't wait to offer to Your Majesty?" ”

In fact, Yu Chaoen was laughing at Li An in his heart, he felt that Li An, as a military general, should pay more attention to war and state affairs, how could he think of offering dishes to His Majesty? This is not what a general should do, and at the same time, he is also very curious about what kind of delicacies an ordinary maid can make, and he actually has to drive Li An to the gate of the imperial city in person, anxious to present this kind of delicacies to today.

"It's fried bean sprouts, the taste is very delicious, Your Majesty will definitely like it."

Ang Lee introduced truthfully.

"Fried bean sprouts? What is this? ”

Yu Chaoen frowned deeply, and he didn't quite know what the fried bean sprouts were.

"Fish to make, this fried bean sprouts is fried in an iron pot, the taste is really delicious! If you are interested, you can come to my house and try it for yourself. ”

Li An generously invited.

"Bean sprouts? What are bean sprouts, and how have you never heard of them? ”

Yu Chaoen still looked suspicious.

Li An smiled and said: "Fish to the envoy, this is a new dish made by my maid, there is absolutely no one in the market, if you know what it is, then do I need to give it to Your Majesty?" You say yes! ”

"Reasonable, reasonable, sprouts? Interesting, I'm going to have to check it out, you come here. ”

Yu Chaoen said and asked an imperial chef to come over, and ordered: "You follow me to General Li's mansion, and the rest of the people go to the West Market to buy, remember, pick up all the best ones, if you buy pickled goods that are not rotten, I will not spare you, take it." ”

After speaking, he handed the purchase list to a little eunuch.

"Fish to the envoy, please."

Li An stepped onto the war horse and went straight to the mansion with Yu Chaoen and an imperial chef.

"Yo, General Li's mansion is really magnificent! This is my first time here, but the location is too southern, and it is not very convenient to go to the palace and the east and west markets. ”

As soon as Yu Chaoen entered the door, he said casually.

"It doesn't matter if the location is south, the horseback riding will arrive soon, the fish will be given, please here."

Ang Lee walked to the kitchen with Yu Chaoen.

"Yun'er, beauty, where are the soybean sprouts you fried just now?"

Li An looked at the two Silla maids and asked loudly.

Li Yun'er and Li Jiaren hurriedly ran over in small steps, and Yun'er said: "Ah Lang, just now several of your subordinates came to the front yard, smelled the fragrance, and after entering the kitchen, they ate all the soybean sprouts in three or two clicks, and they fought in order to fight for one more bite." ”

"What, these few people who are not angry, they actually eat secretly, and they eat it in three or two clicks, and they are still fighting, it's really unorthodox."

Li An scolded Kunxiong and Feiyu on the surface, but in fact, he praised the bean sprouts for being delicious, and even Kunxiong, Feiyu and others, who were generals, couldn't resist the temptation of food, secretly ate bean sprouts, and used violent means to fight for a mouthful of bean sprouts.

Yu Chaoen originally came with a curious attitude about bean sprouts, but at this time, he heard that several generals actually ran to the kitchen to steal bean sprouts without any dignity, so he really wanted to know what this bean sprouts tasted like.

"General Li, it seems that the taste of this bean sprout must be unusual, and it is even necessary for several generals to do it, haha! I'm here today, I have to taste it myself, I don't know if there are any bean sprouts in the house? ”

Yu Chaoen is indeed a little urgent, once the bean sprouts are really as good as Li An said, he can introduce this food into the palace, so as to please the emperor, and then bring himself the opportunity for promotion.

"Rest assured, we have a lot of this stuff in our house, just wait a while."

Li An said, looked at Li Yun'er and Li Jiaren, and ordered: "Li Yun'er, you come to fry mung bean sprouts, Li Jiaren, you are responsible for frying soybean sprouts, you two go to the fire, hurry up, don't let the fish wait for a long time." ”

"Yes, Aaron."

Lee Yoon-a, Lee Ga-a, and the two male servants shouted loudly and entered the kitchen to start frying bean sprouts.

Yu Chaoen looked at the imperial chef behind him and said softly: "You haven't gone in yet, study hard." ”

"Yes, the fish will make it."

The imperial chef took the order and strode into the kitchen.

After the fire was lit, the iron pot quickly became hot, Li Jiaren and Li Yun'er, according to their previous experience, first poured in a small amount of vegetable oil, and then put in green onions, ginger, garlic and pepper, as these ingredients were poured in, the aroma immediately spread from the kitchen to the front yard, making Yu Chaoen's eyes appear a look of expectation.

"The ingredients have been fried to the aroma, and it's time for the bean sprouts to go to the pot."

As soon as Li An's voice fell, he only heard the sound of 'bang' in the kitchen, two plates of bean sprouts were poured into the iron pot, followed by the sound of clattering and stir-frying, with the pouring of salt and soy sauce, the bean sprouts quickly tasted, and the aroma of the bean sprouts also spread from the kitchen to the front yard, so that Yu Chaoen, who smelled the fragrance, couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"Okay, the fish is coming, the bean sprouts have been fried and are ready to be cooked."

As soon as Li An finished speaking, he heard the sound of cooking coming from inside.

Yu Chaoen looked at Li An suspiciously, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "Captain Li is really powerful, he actually knows which step the dish is stir-fried just by listening to the voice, which makes me think that General Li seems to be able to copy bean sprouts." ”

Li An secretly sighed that Yu Chaoen was really smart, and said with a smile: "The fish made me smile, I, Li An, have lived in the poor countryside since I was a child, and my home is very simple, every time my family cooks, I play next to me, and after a long time, I know a little bit about the kitchen, so with the sound, I can indeed judge which step the dish has reached." ”

"Haha, I see, but I misunderstood General Li."

Yu Chaoen didn't break it, and laughed it off.

"Ah Lang, the dish has been fried."

"Immediately bring it to the main hall, the fish will be given, and we will go to the main hall to taste."

Li An pointed to the main hall not far from him and invited, after all, he couldn't let Yu Chaoen stand in the kitchen or yard eating unorthodox, and it would embarrass him to be seen by his subordinates, but fortunately, the main hall was in the front yard, only a few steps.

As soon as he sat down in the main hall, two plates of bean sprouts were served, and the aroma permeated the main hall, and the eyes of the fish Chaoen were straight.

"Fish envoy, this is mung bean sprouts, here are soybean sprouts, you can taste them one by one."

Ang Lee's kind invitation.

"Just smelling this smell is very fragrant, and the taste is not bad at all, then I'm welcome."

Yu Chaoen picked up the chopsticks, first stuffed a piece of mung bean sprouts into his mouth, chewed it for a while, with an excited expression on his face, and chewed it a few more times before swallowing it.

"Not bad, not bad, crisp and refreshing, very chewy, and a faint aroma, very delicious in the mouth, good, good!"

As soon as Yu Chaoen took a bite, he was full of praise for the fried bean sprouts.

Li An knew that this would be the result, and hurriedly said: "Fish envoy, you can taste soybean sprouts again." ”

Yu nodded to Eun, picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece of soybean sprouts and put it in his mouth.

After eating the soybean sprouts, Yu Chaoen praised again: "Yes, the soybean sprouts are also very chewy and delicious, but they are a little harder, I still think the mung bean sprouts are more delicious, and it is estimated that Your Majesty will also prefer the mung bean sprouts." ”

Li An was overjoyed: "The fish envoy thinks that His Majesty will like mung bean sprouts, so is it appropriate to let this dish be added to tomorrow's banquet?" ”

"It's proper, of course it's proper, not only mung bean sprouts, but also soybean sprouts, it's just that this kind of thing can't be bought in the market at all, and the consumption of tomorrow's banquet will inevitably be huge, how many bean sprouts are in General Li's mansion, is it enough?"

Yu Chaoen noticed when he ate it, this kind of fresh food, he had never seen it, and he had been mixing in the palace for so many years, since he had not seen it, it was enough to prove that there was no such thing on the market at all.

Since Li An decided to include the bean sprouts in the banquet on the second day, he naturally made the decision after careful consideration, and he had made sufficient preparations in advance.

"Rest assured, I have enough bean sprouts in my house, in the kitchen, and in the big backyard, enough for tomorrow's banquet."

Li An said confidently.

"Okay, that's really good, General Li said the price, I'll ask the people from the imperial dining room to come and buy it."

Yu Chaoen's face was full of excitement, if the bean sprouts he was in charge of introducing could really make Li Longji happy, it would definitely be indispensable for him.

Li An smiled: "There is no need to report the price, these bean sprouts are all dedicated to the imperial dining room for free, as long as they can make Your Majesty and the ministers happy." ”

"This ......"

Yu Chaoen hesitated.

"The fish is given, it's decided, and later, I will directly send someone to send these bean sprouts into the palace."

Ang Lee made a very generous decision.

After all, this time I can dedicate the bean sprouts to the imperial dining room, in order to make a name for the bean sprouts during the banquet, and to do a good job in advertising, since it is an advertisement, of course, you have to be willing to pay, besides, the cost of these bean sprouts is really not worth mentioning, of course Ang Lee is embarrassed, both advertising and collecting money.

Yu Chaoen saw that Li An insisted on this, so he had no choice but to agree to Li An's suggestion.

"The fish is coming, and the sprouts are still hot? Don't be stunned, eat more. ”

Li An very politely let Yu Chaoen eat vegetables.

Yu Chaoen couldn't resist the temptation of food, and ate half a plate of mung bean sprouts and a small half plate of soybean sprouts in a row.

"You...... Come here, how to fry bean sprouts, have you learned it? ”

Yu Chaoen looked at the imperial kitchen and asked loudly.

"The method of stir-frying bean sprouts is very simple, but only by trying it yourself can you make sure that nothing goes wrong."

The imperial kitchen cooks for the emperor, but don't dare to be careless, once something goes wrong, it is a felony! Therefore, it seems to be much more cautious than the average cook.

"Yu to the envoy, what he said is very reasonable, why don't you let him practice in my mansion for a while! After learning it, it is better to go back and teach other imperial chefs to ensure tomorrow's banquet. ”

"Why don't you hurry up and learn."

Yu Chaoen scolded.

"Yes, the fish will make it."

The imperial chef walked into the kitchen again, and under the guidance of Yuna and Beauty, he began to fry bean sprouts, and fried two plates of mung bean sprouts and two plates of soybean sprouts in a row, while Yu Chaoen sat in the main hall and talked with Ang Lee.

At this moment, the subordinates of Li An's Mansion had already packed all the raw bean sprouts and put them on a small cart, ready to be sent to the palace.

"I've learned all the ways to fry bean sprouts with fish, so I can make sure that nothing goes wrong."

The imperial chef walked out of the kitchen and replied confidently, as an imperial chef, learning simple fried bean sprouts could not be simpler, so naturally you can learn it quickly, and in order to ensure that the fried bean sprouts can be made perfectly, he deliberately fried four plates in a row to thoroughly master this skill.

"Okay, very good, General Li, then we'll take our leave."

Yu Chaoen clenched his fists and said goodbye.

"The fish envoy walks slowly, and a few of you follow the fish envoy and the imperial chef to transport all these bean sprouts to the imperial dining room."

Ang Lee instructed a few male servants.

"Yes, Aaron"

Several male servants pushed the cart with the sprouts out the door.

Yu Chaoen rode slowly in the direction of the palace on his horse, while the imperial chef took the male servant of Ang Lee's mansion and pushed a cart full of bean sprouts and walked in.

Watching them leave slowly, Li An seemed to see Li Longji's excited and surprised face, as well as the satisfied smiles of the ministers.

As long as the banquet is held on time tomorrow, bean sprouts, a very common dish in later generations, will become the object of pursuit by the nobles of the entire Chang'an City.

Although the method of raw bean sprouts is very simple, there are also conditions, such as when the temperature is lower than ten degrees, bean sprouts cannot be born, so the bean sprouts in Li An's mansion are all born in vegetable greenhouses, and if other people do not know this condition, in this winter, it is impossible to give birth to bean sprouts by all means.

Of course, even if some people understand the effect of temperature on raw bean sprouts, raw bean sprouts also need air and clean water, to maintain enough air, the bean sprouts need to be layered, so that the limited space can also be used to increase the yield, and to keep the water source clean, you need to change the water frequently, or directly use a hollow bucket, water on the top, pour layer by layer below, and then drip directly to the ground, so as to keep the water clean forever, and then ensure the deliciousness of the bean sprouts.

Although these techniques are not very difficult, but to find out one by one, it is still very time-consuming, the reason why the bean sprouts of later generations are delicious is that in the process of groping again and again, to find the best method of raw bean sprouts, Li An can use it directly, and people in this era, if they want to explore by themselves, they have to spend a long time.

When Yu Chaoen traveled to the Suzaku Gate, he met several imperial chefs who were just about to return to the palace, so he asked several imperial chefs to bring all the bean sprouts back to the imperial dining room and let Li An's servants return.

Then, Yu rushed to the west market towards Enzema, after all, he was still not very at ease with his subordinates, worried that his subordinates would not do their jobs well and make the emperor unhappy. (To be continued.) )