Chapter 118: The Dishes Are More Seasonal
The seven dishes she is going to do with lotus root as the main ingredient are not complicated, firstly, considering the problem of time, she does not want to waste too much time on the powerful and bullying big man, in her opinion, such a person will not understand the true meaning of food at all, so she is too lazy to spend extra thoughts on such a person, secondly, it is to take into account the weather, now that the weather is hot at this time, making too complicated dishes will make people lack patience to wait not to say, which will affect the objective judgment of the other party's dishes, considering these two points, This time should be short, the taste should be refreshing, and the dishes should naturally be more natural, simple and more appropriate.
Therefore, this first cold salad lotus root, the speed is extremely fast, after the lotus root is cut, directly blanched with boiling water, scooped up and drained, mixed with salt, sugar, white vinegar, monosodium glutamate, so that it can be served on the table.
The characteristics of this dish, the color is light and elegant, and the water that rustles, crisp and appetizing, and blanching the lotus root can also add some sugar, which can be drunk as tea, and also has a nourishing effect. In this way, Xiao Qiqi didn't waste it, added some sugar to the blanched lotus water, poured out three cups, one cup to treat himself, and the other two cups were handed to the two fire maids.
"You two little girls, come over for a drink to quench your thirst."
"Mrs. Xiao, can we drink it too?" The two fire-burning maids were a little restrained and uneasy, as if such a valuable thing should not be drunk by someone of their status.
As for Xiao Qiqi, he stuffed them into their hands one by one.
"If there's anything you can't drink, of course you can drink it, we're busy in the kitchen, no matter what kind of food we eat, we have to taste it ourselves, we can eat and drink it, and then we can serve it on the table, right? Come, try this cold lotus root silk too, how about it taste? Xiao Qiqi prepared more portions, so the leftover part of a plate was reserved for the people in the kitchen to taste.
The two fire maids were a little embarrassed at first, it can be seen that Xiao Qiqi is so kind and kind, and they have delivered the chopsticks to them, they are not good at refusing Xiao Qiqi's kindness, but they also lifted the chopsticks and ate two bites, and this time, the two of them immediately bent their eyebrows and laughed.
"Mrs. Xiao, this dish you make is really delicious, not to mention crisp, it's quite comfortable to eat, it's just right to eat on such a hot day." One of the fire maids said with a sweet smile.
"That's right, that's right, and this, I never knew that this blanched lotus root water can also be turned into tea with some sugar, which is really good, very thirst-quenching." After the other fire-burning maid drank it, she echoed.
"Really? In this case, the dish can be served. Xiao Qiqi smiled and nodded, and instead called the guys outside to come in.
"Come, let's serve this cold lotus root on the table."
"Yes, Mrs. Xiao." I didn't expect Mrs. Xiao's first course to be finished so quickly, and after the guy happily served it, another guy hurriedly told the good news to the young owner Jiang Rufeng.
And the war king Shu Jing, who was staring at this qiē in the dark room, didn't seem to be very satisfied, his phoenix eyes moved slightly, beckoned the dark guard beside him, and gave a faint command in his ear, and when the dark guard heard it, he left the dark room and went to do something.
Soon, Xiao Qiqi saw Jiang Rufeng appear in the kitchen, and the first time he saw him, Xiao Qiqi's first feeling was that there was something wrong with the cold lotus root?
"What's wrong? Young Master Jiang, is that person not like that cold lotus root? ”
"That's not it, I'm here to hear from the guy, saying that when you made this cold salad, did you make anything else to drink? Since you still have a drink, shouldn't it be better to serve it together? "That master, you are really a good accountant, can't you just make you seven lotus root dishes that are different from Chu Fengci? Why bother with so much detail? Who knows if this is Mrs. Xiao's own casual drinking, it is not suitable for the table at all.
Jiang Rufeng secretly complained in his heart, but he complained and complained, he still didn't dare to carry out the things that the master commanded.
As for Xiao Qiqi, when she heard Jiang Rufeng's words, she felt a little confused at first, and then she was reminded by the fire maid beside her, pointing to the sugar water she had just drunk, and she finally understood.
"Young Master Jiang, do you mean this? This is just the three of us are thirsty, just get some drink, there is no way to serve the distinguished guest on the table, you can rest assured, with something to drink, I will prepare it carefully, this, please don't worry. ”
"So that's the case, since you've prepared carefully, that's okay, that's okay, then you keep busy, I'll go out and won't disturb your work." Jiang Rufeng already knew that this would be the case, you said that if it was really one of the dishes, how could this Mrs. Xiao forget to serve the dishes, obviously, she was not going to serve the dishes, which meant that it was not one of the seven dishes. Before, he had mentioned this possibility to the master, but the master just didn't believe it, so he had to let him come and ask, now it's okay, the master should die.
Jiang Rufeng thought about it, and made a gesture in the direction of the dark room, this news should not need him to pass on anything, that master is in the dark room, he should be able to hear it clearly, clearly.
It's just that he just took care of making a secret call to the war king Shu Jing on the other side of the dark room, but he forgot about Xiao Qiqi in front of him. I saw Xiao Qiqi staring at him strangely at this moment.
"Young Master Jiang, what are you doing here?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing, it's my hands that suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, that's it, that's it, you're busy, you're busy, I'm leaving." Jiang Rufeng was afraid that Xiao Qiqi would suspect something, so he quickly found an excuse to prevaricate Xiao Qiqi, and quickly evacuated from the kitchen.
The war king who was hiding in the dark room, just as Jiang Rufeng thought, did hear it clearly and did not miss a word.
At this moment, he was staring at the cold lotus silk brought by his secret guard.
Before he lifted the chopsticks, a secret guard came to try the dish first, but this time, Su Jing stopped it.
"You don't have to taste the food." That Xiao Qiqi's cooking process was all carried out in his line of sight, and he was not out of his sight at all, so it was impossible for her to do anything with the food, this, Su Jing was sure, besides, before he tasted this dish, there were already three people in the kitchen who had tasted it first, so what else did he have to worry about.
So he was very relieved to eat the chopsticks, when he ate, the expression on his face was faint, no different from usual, but after taking a bite, it was obvious that he paused, the cold arc of the corner of his mouth seemed to shrink a little, and then, the chopsticks he picked up the vegetables never stopped.
A chopstick, a chopstick, and another chopstick, the dark guards on the side of the food were surprised one by one, and they ate so much that several of them were greedy, constantly swallowing saliva, thinking about how delicious this must be, and even let the prince eat up a plate of dishes, and felt that he was still unsatisfied, and planned to come a little more.
Obviously, there is no cold lotus root silk anymore, and the second lotus root vegetarian soup is on the table.
This dish uses lotus root, raisins, lotus seeds, lilies, seeds, and salt.
First wash the lotus root and cut it, then wash the lotus seeds, lilies, and seeds, then boil an appropriate amount of water, put in raisins, lotus roots, lotus seeds, lilies, and seeds, boil until boiling, change to slow heat for an hour, and finally add salt to taste, the characteristics of this soup are still to clear heat, go to fat, and are suitable for drinking in hot weather.
The reason why Xiao Qiqi used lotus root vegetarian soup for the second dish was because she thought that Jiang Rufeng actually came to drink it, and she thought that the other party should be a person who likes to configure drinks or soup when eating delicious food, so she used this lotus root vegetarian soup for her second dish.
Not to mention, I just ate the cool, crisp and refreshing cold lotus root, and now I taste this lotus root vegetarian soup, but I think it is just right.
Of course, he only drank a small bowl of lotus root vegetarian soup this time, and did not drink all the bowls of lotus root vegetarian soup, so it was not because he didn't appreciate this soup, but because he thought that there were still five dishes to come, if he ate too much at this time, he was afraid that he would not be able to eat it later, so he restrained himself.
And his consideration is obviously correct, because the third fresh lotus root chicken slice is on the table.
In this dish, Xiao Qiqi batches the chicken breast into thin slices, hangs the sauce with starch and egg white, and then puts it into a clear oil pot and stir-fry it raw, and then sets it aside.
Then she cut the tender lotus root into thin slices, stir-fried it in a clear pot for a while, poured in the chicken slices to be used, added salt and monosodium glutamate, and then poured a little rice wine, stir-fried quickly, sprinkled with minced coriander and mixed well.
When served, this dish is green and white, and the chicken is tender and crispy, which is extremely delicious.
After tasting a bite, this war king didn't want to stop at all, but thought that there were delicious dishes waiting to be tasted later, so he tried his best to control it.
Of course, the next fourth dish did not disappoint him, this one called Hibiscus Snow Lotus.
Xiao Qiqi peeled and slice the washed lotus root, scalded it with boiling water and cooled, and then she beat four eggs, took its egg white, put it in a bowl, added a certain amount of water, salt, monosodium glutamate and stirred it well, steamed for a while, and then used a hand spoon to make hibiscus in the soup plate, and finally put water, cucumber slices, lotus root slices, refined salt, monosodium glutamate, skimmed off the foam after boiling, thickened with water starch, and poured on the back end of the hibiscus on the table.
When he arrived in front of the war king Sujing, at a glance he saw the color and appearance of the hibiscus snow lotus, and the prince suddenly stopped his chopsticks inexplicably.
"Master, is there anything wrong with this hibiscus snow lotus? If the master doesn't like it, then the subordinates will take it out. As soon as the secret guard below found that the master's expression was wrong, he immediately prepared to remove this plate of hibiscus snow lotus.
But Su Jing stopped it.
"Let it go, who will tell you that the king will not eat it."