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Bird's nest is bird's nest, for the history of bird's nest, Li Qi only knows that there is a detailed record of bird's nest in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that the first person in China to eat bird's nest is Zheng He, who went to the West seven times, but that is just a legend.

Now it seems that this swallow dish is really little known. But this is for Li Qi, the chef who came to the next generation, it is really simple, to be honest, he eats bird's nest in fact, he eats very little, usually when he tries a dish or two, because he is so young, there is no need for this, his parents often eat, after all, he is old, since there is this condition, of course, he can make up for it, although his father-in-law has better conditions, but his father-in-law likes red wine more, drunk and dreaming every day, night and night, he really can't spare time to eat these supplements.

Eating less, does not mean that he does less, you must know that Yan cuisine for those who often go to five-star hotels to eat, it is simply commonplace, all kinds of flavors of Li Qi will do, even if it is fake Yan cuisine, he will also do, and do the same as the real thing, some people who often eat, are not necessarily able to eat, this is a necessary skill for Chinese chefs.

"Imperial Dining Room!"

Standing in front of the big room with red walls and yellow tiles, Li Qi looked up at the gold plaque on the top of the door, and muttered.

Suffice it to say that entering this door is the dream of all chefs these days. A chef can do this, his life is enough, and he can't expect too much.

Li Qi didn't want to come here, he would rather be the head of the chicken than the queen of the cow.

"Brother Li, you are finally here, but you have made me miserable."

Before Li Qi entered the door, Zuo Boqing came out with two assistants.

"Brother Zuo, don't come unharmed."

Li Qi arched his hand, looked at Zuo Boqing in an orange uniform, and quipped: "Brother Zuo, you are much more handsome in this dress." ”

"Just spare me this time, I'm dying of sorrow."

Zuo Boqing smiled bitterly, led his hand, and said, "Come inside, please." ”

Li Qi said goodbye, and walked in with Zuo Boqing, it was very spacious, a total of two floors, the front and back rooms together were about the size of a basketball court, and the equipment was naturally quite perfect, all kinds of noisy sounds were endless, knock knock, bang, these sounds were really familiar to Li Qi.

On the first floor alone, there are dozens of cooks dressed in blue, who are stirring pots, cutting vegetables, washing vegetables, and washing rice, all of whom are very skilled, and all of them are masters of masters.

I saw a long table in the middle with all kinds of precious materials, full of dazzling colors, making people dizzy.

Li Qi had never seen anything, but seeing so many treasures at once, it was like a swordsman discovering a peerless sword, and he couldn't help but exclaim three times in a row, "Wow! Wow! Wow! ”

He quickly walked to the table, pointed to the materials and exclaimed, "Wow! What a big shell. Wow! What a big caterpillar. ”

Zuo Boqing rolled his eyes and said: "Brother Li, you are playing your brother, these are clearly abalone and sea cucumbers, don't say it, you haven't seen it." ”

Abalone also belongs to shellfish, okay.

Li Qi smiled and said casually: "Of course I've seen abalone, but I've never seen such a big one, and I don't know if it's delicious?" Saying that, he took a few abalone and put it in his hand to observe it carefully, nodded and praised: "Mmmmmm, yes, yes, it's really a two-headed abalone, by the way, Brother Zuo, do you sell the abalone here, I plan to buy dozens of catties and go back to fight the tooth sacrifice." ”

There are some excellent products here, there is no sale on the market, although Li Qi is not as delicious as Wu Xiaoliu, but when he sees some precious things, he will still move his index fingers.

Dozens of pounds? Even if you can afford it, I won't give you so much. Zuo Boqing didn't know what he meant, and said with a wry smile: "Brother, you don't think about these things." ”

Li Qi glanced at him unhappily and said, "Brother Zuo, you are stingy, when did you go to our Drunken Immortal Residence, I didn't treat you warmly, I finally came to you for a trip, you treated me like this, it's really boring." ”

Zuo Boqing smiled bitterly: "It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that I don't dare to move the things here." As he spoke, he whispered in Li Qi's ear: "To tell you the truth, this place is nominally under my control, but in fact, it is basically the harem and some ministers behind the scenes. ”

"Wow! Is it so exaggerated, don't scare me rednecks. ”

That being said, Richie hurriedly threw the abalone back.

Zuo Boqing nodded, and said with a meaningful smile: "This is all silver." ”

Li Qi was stunned for a moment, and then understood, indeed, this imperial dining room is indeed an eye-catching vault, and everyone wants to get a piece of the pie, but Li Qi still thinks that Zuo Boqing is too honest, and the public things are naturally everyone's, and there is nothing that you can't get, just to see if you have the ability.

"Vice Marshal, when are you cooking? The emperor is still waiting. ”

The little eunuch who followed Li Qi couldn't help but feel a little anxious when he saw that Li Qi was not in a hurry to do anything.

Li Qi was slightly stunned, patted his head and said: "Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot about the business, it's all these abalone that are in trouble, it's a big one, oops." ”

Zuo Boqing didn't dare to dwell on this topic anymore, and suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked: "By the way, Brother Li, I just have something I want to ask you for." ”

Li Qi smiled: "You're talking about the swallow vegetables." ”

"Yes, yes, will you do it?"

"Yes, but this thing is really good, if you eat it for one year, you are guaranteed to have another big fat boy next year." Li Qi laughed.

"Go, go, go."

Zuo Boqing waved his hand and said: "Actually, I also see that that thing is not an ordinary thing, presumably you also tasted the Yan dish I just made, do you say that my method is wrong, or is it tasteless in the first place?" "Since the emperor has sent Li Qi here, Zuo Boqing knows that Li Qi must know how to cook this Yan dish.

Li Qi smiled: "That's right. It doesn't smell good on its own, and you're not doing it properly. In fact, Yancai is said to be easy to do, and it is indeed not easy to do if it is not good, because it has no taste, if you want it to become delicious, then it is all up to you to give it a taste, unlike beef and mutton, which have a unique taste, but Yancai also has its uniqueness, it is precisely because it has a very light taste, so it can be matched with any dish, and there is hardly any material to restrain it, which is very important, coupled with its nutritional value, it can be said that it is the only one, and there is no other branch. ”

Zuo Boqing nodded thoughtfully and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"In the simplest way." Li Qi smiled mysteriously.

Zuo Boqing looked at his expression and said excitedly: "I'll help you." ”

"It couldn't be better."

Those imperial chefs stayed in the palace all day long, and they didn't know much about Li Qi, but they were very surprised to see that Zuo Boqing was willing to help him, and some people who had nothing to do came over to watch, and Zuo Boqing didn't stop them, after all, this was a good opportunity to learn.

After Li Qi made preparations, he said, "I am tired of Brother Zuo to help me prepare beef, ducks, and hens." ”

Soon, all the things that Li Qi wanted were ready.

Li Qi first killed the chickens and ducks, removed the hair, took out a copy and soaked it in water, bleached the blood, blanched the water, and then bleached the blood, then added cold water and boiled with the raw materials, removed the foam again, added green onions, ginger, cooking wine, and immediately turned to slight heat heating.

These steps could not be simpler, but the imperial chefs nodded their heads one after another, the key was Li Qi's control of the heat, he was obviously making a clear soup, if the strong heat made the soup, it would make the soup mixed or milky white; If the temperature is too low, the flavored substances are difficult to dissolve, and the soup tastes bland, but Li Qi controls it perfectly.

Then Li Qi put in the chicken meatballs to suck the dregs in the soup, this trick Li Qi had already taught Zuo Boqing when he made the boiling water song leaves last time. Then he asked for another piece of ice, and when the ice melted into a mixture of ice and water, Richie put the pot of clear soup into it, so that the scattered fat droplets in it condensed and surfaced, skimmed it, filtered it, and added salt.

Zuo Boqing was puzzled: "Brother Li, what are you doing?" ”

Li Qi said simply: "Double set of soup." ”

He said that this and the chicken thigh meat and chicken tenderloin are chopped into fine mushrooms, each into a container, respectively, add water, soak in blood water, and make a paste, which is also commonly known as red and white, and divide the refined salt equally in the red and white and stir well.

Then move the cooled soup pot to a slight heat to heat, first pour the red Qiao into the soup and use the hand spoon to rotate and stir constantly, until the soup is about to open, the pot is half away from the fire, the soup has not yet boiled, at this time the chicken thigh meat puree has all floated, take out a container with a colander and squeeze it into a cake shape for later use. Put the soup in ice water to cool it again, then move the soup pot to the fire, put it in the same way and operate it again, and then remove the dregs.

At this time, Li Qi asked Zuo Boqing to put the swallow vegetables in a bowl and add warm water to soak for about a while.

After this order, Li Qi slowly floated the red and white cakes into the soup, until all the umami was leached, and about half an hour or so, he used a colander to take out the red and white cakes.

After doing it in one go, Li Qi finally let out a sigh and wiped the beads of sweat.

The cooks on the side had long been stupid, it was the first time they had seen such a soup, but when they saw that the clear soup was light brown, there was no residue and no oil slick, they all gave a thumbs up and praised.

This dish shows Richie's ability to hang soup to the fullest, which is pleasing to the eye, especially in this year, his ability to make soup is even more visible.

Even Zuo Boqing felt incredible, and said: "Brother Li, your soup-making technique is really exquisite, every step is perfect, Zuo is an eye-opener today!" ”

Li Qi washed his hands and said with a smile: "This is nothing. ”

"Oh? Could it be that you could make a better consommé? ”

Li Qi smiled, suddenly glanced at the plate of Yan Cai and said, "Brother Zuo, let's talk about this later, let's work first." ”

He gently fished out the prepared bird's nest cabbage. Use tweezers to select the bird's feathers and the roots at both ends, rinse them with water two or three times, decant the water, and tear the bird's nest into thin strips. Put the soda into a large bowl, add an appropriate amount of boiling water to rinse, put in the swallow vegetables, stir slowly with chopsticks, and soak for about a quarter of an hour. After the bird's nest rises, decant the alkaline water, rinse it with boiling water two or three times to remove the alkaline taste, and use a dry cloth to squeeze out the water of the bird's nest.

At this moment, a eunuch walked in and asked, "Vice Marshal Ma, the emperor asked the villain to come and see, has the swallow vegetables been cooked?" ”

Li Qi smiled: "Okay. ”

Zuo Boqing was surprised: "That's good?" ”

He clearly saw that Li Qi was boiling soup most of the time, and this swallow dish was just a little water, and almost nothing was done.

Li Qi nodded and said, "Brother Zuo, the key to my Yan dish is to make soup, is one soup better than all flavors?" ”

Zuo Boqing was stunned for a moment, gave a thumbs up and said, "Okay." One soup is better than all tastes, and that's a great thing to say. ”

"Huh?"

Li Qi glanced at him strangely, laughed, and let people leave with Yancai and Shangtang respectively, in fact, what he said just now was just a perfunctory remark, he did it because Song Huizong and others had never eaten Yancai, so he wanted to force out the taste of Yancai as much as possible, but he didn't expect Zuo Boqing to be a wise saying.