After hearing this, the cooking squad leader went to open the cage door, but it was not completely opened, only a small crack was opened, and then he beckoned Meng Chuan to come in.

Meng Chuan immediately dodged in, because pheasants generally fly, although they are not far away, they will be lost if they are not careful, so the cooking squad leader immediately closed the door when he saw Meng Chuan enter.

As for breeding, you don't have to worry about this problem, how to raise chickens, how to raise pheasants, many free-range chickens, are also able to fly low for a short distance.

Because the sky was relatively dark, Meng Chuan didn't see it very really, until a beam of light came, Meng Chuan saw clearly that there were at least hundreds of pheasants in this place, and the cooking squad leader took a flashlight and said: "Director Meng, take a look, which ones are better to catch." ”

This is simple, there is nothing to pick, Meng Chuan looked at the two fat pheasants and fished them directly, "Just these two, they are big, and there must be a lot of meat." ”

Out of the chicken pen, Meng Chuan did not waste time, and directly plucked the feathers, not to mention, the feathers of this pheasant are really good-looking, but what is more uncomfortable is that even if the hot water is scalded, it is a bit troublesome to pluck the feathers, but fortunately, Meng Chuan's hands are fast, and after a while, the two chickens will be slaughtered.

At this time, Meng Chuan saw the hot water used for scalding chicken, and suddenly thought of something, and turned his head to look at the cooking squad leader, "By the way, starting tomorrow, your cooking class will increase the supply of boiling water, and the direct drinking water equipment in the canteen can be increased." ”

There is a surplus set of direct drinking water equipment in the cooking class, but this is a spare part, which is to prevent other direct drinking water equipment from breaking down, and the soldiers have no water to drink.

And now that everything is working fine, what is the purpose of starting the backup direct drinking water equipment? Isn't that redundant?

"Director Meng, our drinking water is very sufficient, even if there are two hundred more training officers and soldiers, our drinking water equipment is enough, isn't it a bit of a waste to open an extra one."

Meng Chuan didn't explain too much to the cooking squad leader, "Just carry out the order, starting tomorrow, the soldiers' drinking water will increase suddenly." ”

Since it was an order, the cooking squad leader didn't dare to ask more, "Yes, Director Meng, I'll go to the warehouse tomorrow morning to get the spare direct drinking water equipment." ”

Everything is ready, Meng Chuan began to cook, the practice of this pheasant is basically similar to the practice of local chicken, very suitable for stewed soup, as the old saying goes, 'I would rather eat four taels of birds, not eat half a catty of beasts' This means that animals that can fly, whether in terms of nutrition or meat quality, are better than running on the ground, although this is not particularly accurate, but it is indeed suitable for most foods.

Although the pheasant can be regarded as running on the ground, it can fly a little low, and it can be regarded as half a bird, so if you don't stew one, you will really be blind to this ingredient.

Since one is used for stewing, the other is best braised again, as for the white chicken, Meng Chuan does not consider it at all, although the meat quality and nutrition of the pheasant are good, but the fishy smell itself is relatively heavy, if you eat the original flavor, the effect is far inferior to the domestic broiler.

Because the time to cook chicken soup is at least an hour, it takes a long time, so Meng Chuan came to make pheasant pot first, and the best ingredients for stewing pheasant are ingredients such as mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms, which are more suitable for stewing pheasant than other ingredients.

Meng Chuan prepared a little shiitake mushroom and king oyster mushroom as ingredients here.

Blanch the chicken first, this is a very important step, because the earthy smell of pheasants is relatively heavy, even if it is bred out, the earthy smell is far heavier than other chickens, so it is best to put a few slices of ginger and cooking wine when blanching here, after slicing ginger, it is best to pat it with a kitchen knife, so that the fishy effect is better.

As for the blanching time, it doesn't take too long, if the whole chicken is put in to blanch, five minutes of blanching is enough, if it is chopped into large pieces of blanching, three minutes of blanching is enough.

Then take out the blanched chicken, and blanch the shiitake mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms in the water, because the shiitake mushrooms themselves will also have a certain earthy smell, and the blanching effect is much better, but the blanching time is very fast, half a minute to a minute is enough, and then take it out and wash it for later use.

Then put it in a pressure cooker to stew, usually if we do it at home, it is best to stew the chicken in a casserole, but if you stew it like that, although the taste and texture will be much better, but it will take at least two hours to stew well, and there is not much time for Meng Chuan here, so you can only choose to use a pressure cooker to stew quickly.

Put the blanched and washed pheasant into the pot, put the shiitake mushrooms and king oyster mushrooms in, and then start to add spices, put in two bay leaves, three or five slices of ginger (also pat it with a knife first), and then put in a grass fruit, a white cole, and a piece of angelica. If you can't buy these spices in ordinary places, you can go directly to buy bags of stew spices, which are also these spices.

And these spices can greatly enhance the taste of chicken soup, it is best to put both, at this time put some seasonings, two small spoons of salt and a spoonful of chicken essence, and then you can add water, since it is a soup, then drinking soup must be more important, but there is no need to put too much water, put too much soup The taste is insufficient, here you can see people, such as this time it is Meng Chuan and the five of them eat.

According to the amount of two bowls per person, then at least ten bowls of water should be prepared, and the bowls here are small rice bowls, not noodle bowls. If it is a noodle bowl, five bowls of water are enough, and some people will wonder at this time, don't you want to stew soup? The water should be stewed less and less, you just make five bowls of water, and after this stew, everyone will not be able to share one bowl.

When the soup is stewed in a casserole or pressure cooker, the water does not evaporate too much, especially when the soup is stewed, some vegetables will be put in, such as this time Meng Chuan put some oyster mushrooms.

The water content of the vegetables we usually eat is quite large, and this water is enough to evaporate.

In fact, it is better to use cooking wine for cooking to remove the fish, but the taste of cooking wine is not as good as the liquor, after all, the fragrance of cooking wine for eight yuan a bottle of cooking wine, there is still a bit of a gap in catching up with the liquor.

However, this is a military camp, and there is definitely no liquor, so Meng Chuan can only retreat and put a small bottle of cooking wine in the second.

Once all the ingredients are ready, you can start the official stew, if you simmer in a casserole, the time is best more than two hours, if you are simmering in a pressure cooker, half an hour is enough, after simmering, before coming out of the pot, sprinkle in the shallots and coriander, which will make the soup taste better.

After the pheasant pot was ready, Meng Chuan immediately turned to the other side and began to make braised pheasant.

When the cooking squad leader saw Meng Chuan cooking, he didn't help himself, and hurriedly said at this time: "Director Meng, see if I can help you." ”