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After eighteen delicacies were presented in a row, Zhang Chun'er and Li Qi from Fanlou were left.

Zhang Chun'er is the only woman at this crab roe banquet, and at this point, she has naturally received a lot of extra points, after all, in this patriarchal society, it is not easy for women to come this far.

The dish presented by Zhang Chun'er is very simple, it is a bare hen, and it is steaming.

It is white and tender, and there is no appearance at all, and it cannot be compared with the crab yellow jade fan and jade pearl in front of it.

However, Fan Lou is the first restaurant in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the guests who go to their dinner are naturally some dignitaries, Cai Jing and his son and the rest of the guests are also Fan Lou's old customers, and they have naturally tasted Zhang Chun'er's cooking skills, and they know that this dish is definitely not simple.

Cai Jing smiled: "Zhang Niangzi, what is the reputation of your chicken?" ”

Sure enough, Zhang Chun'er first saluted everyone and said, "If you go back to the Taishi, in fact, this dish of the little woman is not about eating the chicken itself. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all surprised.

But seeing Zhang Chun'er's assistant come forward, he broke open the chicken belly, and with a bang, a stream of soup accompanied by a strong fragrance poured out of the chicken belly and flowed into the plate.

"It turns out that there is something inside." Zuo Boqing nodded.

Zhang Chun'er saluted again: "This dish is called 'Hundred Sons and Thousand Grandchildren', which means to congratulate the Taishi's children and grandchildren. ”

When Li Qi heard this, he thought to himself, he couldn't see that this woman was more powerful than Lao Tzu. The name of her dish. Obviously, it was for Cai Jing's grandson's first birthday banquet.

"Good, good, good."

When Cai Jing heard the name of this dish, he was overjoyed, and he said three good words in a row, and without asking too much, he immediately asked someone to present it. If you want to taste it, it's a pleasure.

Zuo Boqing tasted it and exclaimed: "Sheepskin dumplings? ”

Although Zhang Chun'er didn't know who Zuo Boqing was, judging from his evaluation just now. Know that this person is definitely a master. He said: "Uncle Zuo is right, this dumpling skin is made of mutton, and the filling inside is made of crab roe, crab meat, and mushroom grains." ”

Zuo Boqing nodded and said, "The dumpling skin is chopped from mutton." Steamed with chicken, the mutton absorbs the essence of the chicken, and the crab roe absorbs the essence of the chicken and the sheep. ”

Cai Jing heard Zuo Boqing's praise like this, took a bite, and the juice was overflowing. The fragrance was full of mouth, and he nodded and said, "Well, this lamb dumpling is really fresh and sweet enough, and it is the first time for the old man to eat such delicious dumplings, haha." Mrs. Zhang is not the first chef of our Song Dynasty, which is amazing. ”

Zhao Ye laughed and said: "It seems that Zhang Niangzi's golden and jade hall should abdicate." ”

The rest of the people also nodded in praise.

Zhang Chun'er heard everyone's praise, but there was not much joy on her face, as if this qiē was in her expectation, she glanced at Li Qi with her spare eyes and saw his calm appearance. Secretly frowned.

"Brother Li, this time we're really finished, look at the dishes they make, all of them are finely crafted, let's just have a piece of tofu, nothing, what can we do!"

Wu Xiaoliu looked panicked, and stood behind Li Qi and muttered quietly.

"You kid don't talk nonsense here, go and prepare, it's our turn to play." Li Qi urged

"Bang."

When Wu Xiaoliu put the big stew pot on the table, it was indeed amazing enough, and it had already overwhelmed Zhang Chun'er and the others in terms of momentum alone.

Zuo Boqing glanced at Li Qi with a smile in his eyes, looking forward to it in his heart.

Cai Jing looked at the big stew pot and asked, "Li Qi, what kind of dish are you cooking?" Why use such a large stew pot? ”

"If you go back to Taishi, the name of this dish made by the grass people is as simple and unpretentious as the character of the grass people, and it is called stewed tofu."

Li Qi stepped forward and smiled slightly.

"Stewed tofu?"

Everyone looked at each other, can tofu be stewed? And how much tofu has to be in it?

It was the first time Cai Jing had heard someone introduce his dishes like this, so he couldn't help but smile dumbly and shook his head slightly.

Everyone was curious, thinking that Li Qi's 'stewed tofu' was the same as Fang Cai's "Hundred Sons and Thousands of Grandchildren", which was internal, and maybe it wasn't tofu at all.

Sure enough, when Li Qi took out two lotus leaf buns from the big stew pot, everyone was more sure of their thoughts and looked forward to the things wrapped in the lotus leaves.

Because there were so many guests, one piece of tofu was definitely not enough to eat, so Li Qi deliberately made two pieces.

When Li Qi opened the bamboo and lotus leaves, everyone looked scorched and yellow, and there was nothing peculiar about it, and they felt a little disappointed in their hearts. When Li Qi cut the tofu, everyone saw that it was really a piece of real tofu, there was nothing special, except for Zuo Boqing, the rest of the people shook their heads and sighed, this stewed tofu compared with the previous dishes, the gap is too big.

Wu Xiaoliu stood aside and looked at everyone's faces, his back was already soaked.

Li Qi's dish is also very simple, that is, soak tofu in bean soup and eat it.

After the maidservant brought the food, everyone did not even have a trace of appetite.

Cai Qian was displeased, and said: "Master Li, today's crab roe banquet has been explained in advance that crab roe should be used as the ingredient, not to mention how your stewed tofu tastes, but it seems to be out of order." ”

Li Qi replied: "My lord, please see, the burnt yellow part of this tofu is the crab roe." ”

Cai Qian was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh? You say this burnt yellow is crab roe? ”

Li Qi nodded and said, "Not bad." The grass people first smeared a layer of crab roe on the tofu, then coated it with lard, burned it with fire, and then wrapped it in lotus leaves and bamboo slices, and stewed it in a pot with soybeans and river fish. ”

"I see."

Zuo Boqing listened, nodded slightly, and said: "Wrap the tofu with lotus leaves and bamboo slices, and then put it into the stew pot, in this way, there is a stewed effect, the crab roe flavor can completely penetrate into the tofu, a large number of soybeans and umami fish soup can force out the original taste of the tofu, plus the lotus fragrance and bamboo fragrance, Master Li is really ingenious." ”

A connoisseur is an expert, nothing to say.

Li Qi smiled and said, "Brother Zuo has won the prize." ”

Suddenly, I heard a person shouting: "What a strong bean fragrance, delicious, delicious." ”

It was Wu Min who spoke, he didn't have much hope for this bowl of bean soup, but he had just eaten so much food with a strong taste, and his mouth was a little dry, so he wanted to quench his thirst with bean soup, but he didn't expect this plain bean soup to be so delicious, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

When everyone heard this, they were surprised, they all picked up the spoon, tasted the bowl of bean soup, after tasting it, they didn't say a word, buried their heads and drank it, a bowl of bean soup and the tofu in the bowl were wiped out for them in an instant, and their faces were still unfinished.

The expressions on these people's faces were more tangible than any more words of praise.

I have to say that this stewed tofu is just right, if it is the first one, it may not have such an effect.

Zuo Boqing tasted the bean soup carefully, and then tasted the piece of tofu in the soup, raised his eyebrows, and said intoxicatedly: "The rich and sweet bean soup, the tender and refreshing tofu, especially the burnt yellow part, the original crab roe and the fragrant and pleasant aroma of the wine are perfect." Although this stewed tofu uses some cheap ingredients, Master Li's skillful method makes these usually inconspicuous ingredients so delicious, which really turns decay into magic. ”

As soon as the words fell, Cai Jing suddenly said coldly: "Boqing, is this true?" ”

Zuo Boqing was stunned for a moment, and nodded subconsciously.

Cai Jing glared at Li Qi coldly and said, "Li Qi, you are so bold. ”

When everyone heard this, they were all shocked, they didn't know why Cai Jing suddenly attacked.

Li Qi's face was calm, and he said, "Where did the Taishi say this?" ”

Cai Jing sneered: "The old man asked you, your dish is called stewed tofu, and the food is also tofu, but why do you only present a bowl of bean soup to the old man?" ”

When Cai Qian heard this, he hurriedly got up and came over to take a look, sure enough, Cai Jing only had soup in the bowl, no tofu, and he was very angry, and just wanted to open his mouth to ask someone to take Li Qi down, but Cai Jing stretched out his hand to stop him, he looked at Li Qi's face was flat, and knew that he must have done it for his reason.

Li Qi bowed his head and said: "How dare the grass people only present you a bowl of bean soup, you can put the spoon in the bowl." ”

Cai Jing was stunned for a moment, secretly thinking that there was another mystery in this bowl of soup? Pick up the spoon and put it in the bowl, look surprised, see a foreign object in the bowl, fix your eyes and see, isn't it a piece of tofu, but this piece of tofu is the middle part, all sides are milky white and yellowish, so put it into the bean soup, it is integrated, if you don't look carefully, it is difficult to find.

"But the old man just listened to what Boqing said, and the burnt yellow part can also be described as a delicacy, why did you kid choose this piece of tofu in the middle for the old man?" Cai Jing's face was still very unhappy, and he asked in a deep voice.

Li Qi raised his head and said loudly: "Because crab roe is harmful to Taishi, but not beneficial." (To be continued......)

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