Chapter 9 The first braised pork in the Tang Dynasty
Soon Liu Hai rinsed the pork and then brought it to Li Chengqian.
"Now after the pork meat is washed, you marinate the pork meat with salt and crushed green onion and ginger to remove the fishy, otherwise the pork meat will be fishy and smelly in a while, and that won't work" Li Chengqian saw that the pork in the bangs was washed, so he told him what to do next.
got the method given by His Royal Highness the Prince, and Liu Hai ran to get busy again.
But seeing that the bangs were busy there, Li Chengqian felt bored after doing it for a while, so he walked around the kitchen a few times.
"Ma Dan, it seems that those authors who wrote back to ancient times really didn't lie to me, there are too many things that he didn't have in ancient times, this is a person who traveled back to ancient times, as long as he doesn't do it, he lives better than his previous life, there is no problem at all" Li Chengqian thought secretly in his heart after turning around a few times.
At the same time, Li Chengqian also thought that there are so many things in the kitchen, so if he wants to live a better life, is there a lot of daily necessities in his previous life that he has to make by himself, otherwise it is not him who suffers, for example, brushing his teeth is a thing that makes him very sad, after all, brushing his teeth with a willow branch dipped in green salt, brushing once hurts, he wants to die, and with green salt in his mouth, the taste is not pleasant.
However, there is one thing that is still very good, and it is also something that Li Chengqian didn't expect at all before, that is, in the Tang Dynasty, the tuba actually wiped his ass with paper, although I don't know if everyone is like this, or only the royal family is like this, but it still makes him sigh that the Tang Dynasty is really good.
After all, this one is a good start to not let his ass suffer, although there are still many shortcomings, but since he is here, then he has the confidence to make it better.
And the direction Li Chengqian chose is the field he is most familiar with, eating, a topic that China will never be able to avoid for thousands of years.
And if you do this well, you can not only satisfy yourself, but also bring yourself a lot of income, so why not do it.
And just when Li Chengqian was thinking nonsense, the pork meat (that is, pork) on Liu Hai's side was almost marinated, and Liu Hai had come to ask several times, was it okay.
"Bangs, add water to the iron pot, boil the pork meat in it and add the rice wine, after the blood water is boiled, take out the pork meat, put it in clean water and wash it, and then I'm teaching you how to do it" After speaking, Li Chengqian didn't care about the bangs, let him do it himself, and Li Chengqian thought about his own business.
Thinking about it, Li Chengqian thought about how much money he had as the prince, because the unlucky ghost of his predecessor rarely used money, and even if he did, Zhang Gao, the general manager, paid for him, so there was no memory of how much money he had in his memory.
"Zhang Gao, you tell this king, how much money I have in this huge East Palace" Since he had no memory, Li Chengqian called Zhang Gao on the side.
"Back to Your Highness, our East Palace can receive ten pieces of money and five horses of silk from the queen mother every month, and now there are five pieces of money and ten horses of silk left in the East Palace" Although Zhang Gao didn't know why the prince asked, he still said it honestly.
"I'll go, what kind of prince is this, it's just so much money, and I don't have any real estate or land deed, this doesn't mean that I don't have money for my two younger brothers who have been crowned kings, although they get less every month, but they have real estate and fiefs" After listening to Zhang Gao's report, Li Chengqian complained in his heart very unpleasantly.
"It seems that I have to find a way to make some money, otherwise I don't have as much money as a minister's family, so what else do I mess with, and if I want to make money, then I have to cultivate my bangs well" After complaining for a while, Li Chengqian thought secretly, and at the same time glanced at the bangs who were busy.
"Zhang Gao, let me ask you, if someone buys a cup of ice water for ten cents on the street in this hot summer, will you buy it" But because bangs are not good yet, Li Chengqian thought of ice water, and then asked Zhang Gao.
"Your Highness, don't say ten wen, if someone really sells it, the twenty wen old slave will also buy it and drink it, your highness, you don't want to sell this ice water, this thing is absolutely impossible."
"Why can't it, it's not me to sell, you go back and find a few smarter and loyal people in our East Palace, take advantage of the hot weather, go to a shop where the king buys a small shop in the East Market, buy me ice water, the ice water is ten Wen, and the juice is twenty Wen, this matter is so decided" Li Chengqian didn't care about kneeling on the ground to persuade Zhang Gao, and directly settled the matter.
"Yes, the old slave knows" Zhang Gao saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and directly decided, plus he thought about it carefully, His Royal Highness was right, so he responded, turned around and went out to find someone.
At this time, Liu Hai also processed the pork, and waited for Li Chengqian to teach him the next steps.
"Bangs, you first prepare some of the spices I said, cinnamon, star anise, grass fruit, pepper, bay leaves, green onion and ginger, after you are ready, you put oil in the pot, wait for the oil temperature to be hot, you pour those spices and green onion and ginger and stir-fry, wait for a little fragrance to come out, pour the previously processed pork meat into it, add soy sauce and caramel and stir-fry evenly, then add salt to taste, and then add water that is no more than pork meat, boil over high heat and simmer over low heat, until the soup is dry and can be out of the pot, do you understand what I said?"
"Xiaguan, I understand what I heard, but there are some places I don't know much about," Liu Hai thought about it and said to Li Chengqian.
"If there is anything you don't understand, you do what this king said first, and when you're done, I'm telling you that what you did was wrong"
"Yes, then the next official will start" agreed, Liu Hai didn't think much about it, and started the cooking of the first braised pork in the Tang Dynasty according to the steps Li Chengqian said.
"Bangs, you are very talented in cooking, not bad, but this braised pork is a little too sweet, and your oil is a little too much, pay attention next time, now you are making two portions of braised pork, and let Xia Ju send it to this king in a while" Waiting for the braised pork to come out of the pot, Li Chengqian said to Liu Hai after tasting it.
Because it was the first time to do it, and Li Chengqian didn't tell Liu Hai how much oil, how much soy sauce to add, and how much caramel to add, so the braised pork made in the first part was a little too sweet.
However, it can be done like this for the first time, and the performance of bangs makes Li Chengqian quite satisfied.
After instructing Liu Hai and Xia Ju, Li Chengqian didn't stay in the kitchen for long, and left the kitchen directly and walked towards the previous yard.
As for the bowl of braised pork, of course, it was also packed in a food box by Li Chengqian, and he was going to take it to his queen and wife to taste, although it was sweet, but overall it was good.