Chapter 10: Salt-baked Chicken

In fact, the reason why Yang Dewen wanted to try it and make a Lailai to impress the other party was just that Jian Cao wanted to know what Boss Tong's third request was.

The kitchen of the VIP building is very large, more than Yang Dewen imagined, it is much more sweet, there is no such thing as fried Lai in this world, and the hygiene problem of the kitchen, as long as it is diligent, the problem is generally not too big.

"What is Childe going to use for the ingredients?" Boss Tong said with some expectation.

Looking at the situation in the kitchen, what spicy Sichuan and Hunan flavor Lai dishes in the 21st century, there is no need to think about it at all, not to mention that there is no nest for stir-frying Lai, that is, there is a nest, and there are no peppercorns and chili peppers available, at least Yang Dewen did not find that there are peppercorns or chili peppers in the seasonings in the kitchen.

"The younger generation plans to make a salt-baked chicken, I hope it won't disappoint Tong Lao." Yang Dewen thought for a while and said.

When he was in college in the 21st century, Yang Dewen once worked part-time for a period of time in a Hakka salt-baked chicken restaurant.

"Salt-baked chicken, I haven't heard of this name, it should be a chicken recipe, right? What materials do you need, you just ask, the old man will ask you to help you prepare. Boss Tong said.

"The ingredients are also simple, you only need to prepare a whole chicken, remove the internal organs, and then prepare salt equal to the weight of the chicken, a clay pot that can hold the whole chicken, four pieces of straw paper, the size of the whole chicken, a little sand ginger, plus a root of Xianglai, and a glass of rice wine, these are enough." Yang Dewen was not polite, and directly said his request.

In the kitchen of the VIP building, the ingredients that should be available in this era are basically available, and it is not difficult to prepare them at all.

Yang Dewen first washed the whole chicken and used straw paper to absorb the water on the chicken. Use the sand ginger that has been scraped and chopped, stir the rice wine, evenly spread it on the chicken, and then pour an appropriate amount of wine into the chicken belly.

"Does Childe need to avoid being Lai?" Boss Tong saw that Yang Dewen began to do Lai, and said busily.

In this era, many skills will not be passed on, a chef's special skills, will not be passed on to others casually, this is a person's survival of the rice bowl, sometimes, a name, can be related to the rise and fall of a restaurant.

"There is no need to avoid suspicion, so that many old chefs can point out their deficiencies and improve them, so that their cooking skills can be carried forward through mutual learning and borrowing."

Yang Dewen has neither the idea of making a career out of chefs, nor the plan to open a sprinkle building. There will be worries about someone stealing the teacher, and he doesn't think that he has anything to hide from his salt-baked chicken technique.

Half of the prepared sea salt was put into the bottom of the crockpot, and then the whole chicken wrapped in straw paper was put into the crockpot, and all the remaining salt was poured into the crockpot and spread on the wrapped whole chicken.

After the lid of the crockpot was covered, a piece of cotton cloth was brought to him, and when it was wet, it was put on the lid of the crockpot, and then it was boiled over low heat.

"Okay, half an hour later, this salt-baked chicken will be ready." After Yang Dewen washed his hands, he said with a smile.

The more Boss Tong looked at it, the more incredible he felt, this kind of method of doing Lai, not to mention that he had seen it, he had never even heard of it.

"Young Master Yang, the old man has something unclear, this chicken uses three catties of sea salt, isn't it too salty? Can you still eat the chicken that comes out of this? Boss Tong still couldn't help asking.

"That's why the whole chicken is wrapped in layers of straw paper. Tong Lao is a little restless, wait for half an hour at most, won't he know the result? Yang Dewen explained with a smile.

Half an hour later, the wet wipes on the crockpot had almost been steamed dry, and the Yangde people took the crockpot out, forgiving it for a while, and when the lid of the crockpot was opened, the fragrance of salt-baked chicken wafted out, and the whole kitchen could smell it.

"Tong Lao can try it now and see if this salt-baked chicken of the younger generation can satisfy you." Yang Dewen stretched out his hand and said with a please.

"Satisfied, satisfied, so satisfying, although I haven't eaten it yet, but with this shape and appearance, as well as this color value and fragrance, it makes people appetizing when they smell it! It's terrifying! Boss Tong commented happily before he tasted it.

After finishing speaking, Boss Tong looked at the salt-baked chicken in the middle of the plate on the table in front of him, which was simply lifelike, and it made him droop, but he had nowhere to start.

Boss Tong finally reached out and tore off a chicken wing from the chicken's body, and took a bite, feeling that although the taste was a little salty, it was very fragrant, crispy, and chewy. A salty aroma.

"Tong Lao might as well try to drink a sip of wine and eat a bite of chicken, the taste is different." Yang Dewen reminded.

Salt-baked chicken is inevitably a little salty, and the salty flavor is also its specialty, but it is best served with beer.

Although there is no beer in this era, the degree of rice wine and beer is actually about the same, and it is of course a good choice to use salt-baked chicken to drink.

Boss Tong drank a few sips of wine and ate a few bites of chicken, so he asked the salivating chefs on the side to taste the taste of salt-baked chicken.

The two of them returned to the box and sat down again.

"The old man is very satisfied with the dish made by Childe, but the cost of this dish is not cheap! Just three catties of salt cost 300 yuan, and it is strictly restricted.

Our VIP building, how much salt needs to be used every month, there is also a record, although the up and down slightly floating, but it will not be too big, so this Lai, not easy to promote! Boss Tong said with some regret.

Yang Dewen never thought of this, but he couldn't change the fact that this world is expensive, and it is difficult for Yurong to make Lai, which is always light and tasteless.

"In fact, less than one-third of three catties of salt can be used at most, except for the bottom layer of burnt salt, which can no longer be used, and other salts can still be recycled." Yang Devin said.

"Hmmm! Now the old man will talk about the third condition, do you know why the old man will be willing to talk to you about the transfer of the restaurant? Boss Tong suddenly said with a smile.

"How does this junior know, you always want to transfer the restaurant, the junior wants to take over the restaurant, isn't it normal for the two of us to sit down and talk?" Yang Dewen was a little puzzled.

"That's good! You tell me the truth, the old man's restaurant, in addition to the annual rent of 1,000 taels of silver, not to mention, the signboard of the old man's VIP building, as well as these decorations, let you take over, you don't have to invest in anything, just sit and wait to collect money every day, do you think you should pay the old man, how much transfer fee? Or the old man's shop, in addition to paying the annual rent, how much deposit are you prepared to pay the old man. Boss Tong said.

"Does this have anything to do with the third condition you said?" Yang Dewen felt that he still didn't understand, what did the other party mean?

"Yes, and it has a lot to do with it, if the old man is not bad, don't say that you take out 10,000 taels of silver, I'm afraid 1,000 taels may not be able to take it out, but these are not important to the old man.

As I told you earlier, the old man has no children under his knees, but only one daughter, and he is already sixteen years old this year, and he has reached the age of marriage.

Sooner or later, her husband's family business will be handed over to her, but he is a woman after all, and he is not suitable for showing up.

The old man's condition, the reason why you want to make a dish that satisfies the old man, is to see if you are suitable, inherit this family business, and pass on the ancestral business of the VIP building, do you understand what the old man means? After finishing speaking, Boss Tong looked at Yang Dewen with confidence and hope.

Hearing this, how could Yang Dewen not understand what Boss Tong meant? Isn't this a typical Lalang match? This is the rhythm of wanting to recruit a son-in-law!

Although Yang Dewen is not averse to being a door-to-door son-in-law, he has never seen Boss Tong's daughter, what does it look like? How could they agree to him? Besides, he is nominally married, and with his own lady Yurong, it is even more impossible to be a door-to-door son-in-law.

"Sorry! Although the younger generation has understood what you mean, the younger generation has already married, and the younger generation's wife has always been very good to the younger generation. So the younger generation can't agree to Tong Lao. Yang Dewen decisively refused.