Chapter 41: Three Tests Full Score!
Because the intensity of the boiled fruit and the pepper are different, Chen Yuan can only try the taste himself, if it is too spicy and destroys the original aroma of other ingredients, Chen Yuan's next plan will be in the soup.
Picked up the burning fruit and tasted it a little, and a hot feeling immediately spread in Chen Yuan's mouth, and a burning sensation that was not weak filled Chen Yuan's mouth. Chen Yuan's color changed slightly, the intensity of this burning fruit is about ten times that of ordinary chili peppers on the earth, no wonder it is so unpopular in this world.
However, Chen Yuan is still sure to handle such a strong degree, and I saw Chen Yuan blanch the scorched fruit with boiling water, cut some into thin strips and some into powder, and put it aside for later use. Then we started to process the other ingredients that I had bought.
First of all, he shredded the pork meat and soaked it in cold water to achieve the purpose of soaking the blood. After that, blanch the red reed and other accessories and cut them into shreds for later use. Drain the soaked flesh, add a small amount of cooking wine, salt, and starch and marinate for about two quarters of an hour. Then add water with salt, soy sauce, sugar, vinegar starch and other seasonings to make a sauce.
Remove the head of the processed Qingxi fish, change the knife, and slice the fish. Cut the fish into butterfly slices, cut it one by one, marinate it with salt, soy sauce and other seasonings for about two quarters of an hour, cut the auxiliary materials such as fragrant grass and matsutake mushroom into hob pieces, blanch it in the water and set aside······
After dealing with all the ingredients, Chen Yuan saw that there was still some time before the lunch start, so he came to the study to step on it leisurely, as for Xiao Wanqing left when Chen Yuan was dealing with the ingredients, she couldn't help here, not to mention that she was a city lord's mansion, although she liked food, but she couldn't help a cook because of this.
In Chen Yuan's planning, eating at noon is the best time to do it yourself. Due to the special reason of the new dish, the city lord's family's meal time of about twenty-five minutes would be extended by about a quarter of an hour. In this way, Chen Yuan was given plenty of time to commit the crime. Chen Yuan calculated that it would take about five minutes to get from the study to the nearest side door of the City Lord's Mansion, and excluding the time for Chen Yuan to explain and introduce the dishes, Chen Yuan had nearly thirty minutes to steal the Blue Fire Seal, and with Chen Yuan's skills, such a long time was enough to succeed.
At noon, Xiao Lie's family had already sat down at the dining table, and looking at their expectant looks, they knew that the news that Chen Yuan was going to make a special dish called Sichuan cuisine had reached the ears of the whole family through Xiao Wanqing's mouth. Chen Yuan didn't let everyone wait for a long time, only to see that he was followed by six attendants holding this plate, and he was carrying a basin of crystal clear rice. These six people are the people who Chen Yuan specially asked Xiao Wanqing to serve dishes before boiling the pot and cooking. However, everyone could not see the appearance of the dishes, because Chen Yuan specially put lids on all the dishes in order to ensure that the temperature and the aroma of the dishes did not volatilize on the way from the kitchen to the dining room.
Tatsumoto asked the six of them to line up and stand at the table. He put the rice on the table, came to the first attendant, took the tray from the attendant's hand, put it on the table, and opened the lid.
The rich aroma mixed with this spicy flavor diffused throughout the restaurant, and the appearance of the first course was completely presented to the eyes of the castle lord's family. "This dish is called fish-flavored shredded pork, is the most widely spread home-cooked dish in Sichuan cuisine, although it is called fish-flavored shredded pork, but the main material is not fish meat but pig and animal meat, in Sichuan cuisine, fish flavor is a unique style of flavor, you can taste it. Tatsumoto explained the name and features of the dish to everyone while motioning for everyone to try it.
Xiao Lie is an elder, so naturally he is still the first. He smelled this somewhat spicy dish, and he was still a little hesitant in his heart, because he had already heard his granddaughter say that Tian Sheng wanted to use the burning fruit as a seasoning this time, and he still had some resistance to the burning fruit. But the family looked at them with eager eyes, and it was not easy to retreat, so Xiao Lie had no choice but to frown, and put a piece of shredded meat in his mouth.
When he chewed for the first time, Xiao Lie's expression changed! A unique fragrance formed by the mixture of spicy and fresh fragrance immediately conquered his taste buds, the pig meat was soaked in cold water, and the meat became firm and smooth and tender after being stir-fried on high heat, but the taste was essentially different from the pork meat made by ordinary techniques, Xiao Lie actually ate the fragrance of fish. No wonder it's called fish-flavored shredded pork, it really lives up to its name! Xiao Lie secretly praised in his heart.
After adding the scorched fruit, this dish has four levels of taste sensation of salty, sweet, sour and spicy, and under the strong taste stimulation, Xiao Lie suddenly felt a trembling feeling. If he had to describe this dish in one sentence, he could only describe it as unique.
Looking at the changing expression of the city lord, Chen Yuan smiled and asked, "How is it?" After a few seconds of aftertaste, the city lord laughed and commented: "Unique, rare in the world!" The eight words fully affirmed Chen Yuan's first dish, and also made Xiao Yu and others on the side light up, and couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks and taste it. After tasting it, they were intoxicated and agreed with Xiao Lie's evaluation.
Next, Chen Yuan introduced the boiled fish, kung pao chicken, husband and wife lung slices, mapo tofu, and back pot meat to everyone one by one, and the city lord's family was very happy to eat. "Huhu, it's so spicy, but I don't know why, the spicier it is, the more I want to eat it. Xiao Wanqing said without image while fanning the wind to her mouth with her hand, and the family nodded thoughtfully. Now each of them is sweating profusely, because it is the first time to eat spicy, so they are a little unbearable, but for some reason, the dishes made by Chen Yuan are the spicier and more fragrant, which makes people want to stop.
Chen Yuan had already prepared for this, and he motioned to the attendants who had originally served the food to bring out the fresh milk that had been prepared from the kitchen and pour it for the city lord's family. After drinking the fresh milk, everyone was surprised to find that the burning sensation in their mouths was much smaller in an instant. "It's amazing, this fresh milk actually has the effect of resisting the spicy burning sensation of the burning fruit, Tian Sheng, how do you know?" Feeling the burning sensation in her mouth decrease, Xiao Wanqing couldn't help but be curious.
"This, because the family will often take the burning fruit as a seasoning, but sometimes the dose will not be able to contain too much, after many attempts, I found that fresh milk can effectively relieve the spicy burning sensation in the mouth. Chen Yuan made up a reason and explained. It can't be said that this spicy feeling is caused by something called capsaicin in the mouth and taste buds, and the casein in fresh milk can combine and react with capsaicin, which is a good way to relieve the burning sensation in the mouth. I'm afraid I'll be arrested as a madman.
After introducing all the dishes and putting fresh milk on them, and solving the problem that everyone in the City Lord's Mansion was eating spicy for the first time and was a little uncomfortable, Chen Yuan politely refused Xiao Lie's invitation to leave him for dinner on the grounds that he had eaten, took off the uniform of the specially hired chef, and came to the door of the study with ease.
The city lord's study has a team of guards on duty all year round, but this is not difficult for Chen Yuan. Chen Yuan hid in the corner and whistled, and the two black cats jumped down from the beams of the house, came to Chen Yuan, and rubbed Chen Yuan's trouser legs affectionately. The two cats were accidentally seen by Chen Yuan outside the City Lord's Mansion, and after Chen Yuan communicated with them, the two black cats expressed their willingness to help Chen Yuan. That's why Chen Yuan will be particularly confident in this theft mission.
Tatsumoto leaned down and whispered something to the two cats. After that, the two cats quietly sneaked into the study, and then Chen Yuan swaggered out. "Brother Tian Sheng, why did you come here?" asked one of the guards in charge of guarding the study. Tian Sheng is now a little famous in the city lord's mansion, he is in charge of the city lord's family's diet, in just two days, he has won the trust of the city lord, plus he has always been kind to people, and the guards also know him.
"Oh, Brother Zuo, the City Lord's Mansion is too big, and the road is complicated, aren't I lost again. Chen Yuan pretended to be embarrassed and scratched his head and said embarrassedly. "You kid, you're lost again, it's the third time in the past two days, you better remember the way, I'll send someone to send you back to the back kitchen." The captain surnamed Zuo couldn't help crying and laughing when he looked at Chen Yuan's shy appearance, he obviously didn't meet Chen Yuan for the first time to "get lost", every time Chen Yuan came to the study to step on it, he would make an excuse to say that he was lost.
Just as the leader of the guards was about to send someone to send Chen Yuan back, there was a strange movement in the study. The leader surnamed Zuo suddenly became alert. "Who!" he shouted into the study. But the study returned to calm, and after a while, the leader felt that something was wrong, and carefully opened the door of the study, looked around, and his face darkened, and he found that the blue fire seal that had been placed on the desk was gone, but the window on the side of the study was open. The sound just now was the sound of the window opening.
With the level of the city lord's treasure of the blue fire seal, he will have to shed a layer of skin if he doesn't die this time. "Someone, chase after me, you must catch this thief! He just ran, he shouldn't be far away, little brother, please go and inform the city lord, with his old man's ability, he must be able to find some clues." After the leader of the guards finished speaking, he led his subordinates to chase out in a hurry to identify the direction of the window.
Of course, Chen Yuan did not immediately report to the city lord, but walked into the study, found the blue fire seal that disappeared on the table from behind the bookcase, and put it in his arms. swaggered out of the City Lord's Mansion and rushed towards the Awakening Hall.
It turned out that the two cats followed Chen Yuan's instructions, after sneaking into the study, they worked together to hide the blue fire seal behind the bookcase, and when they finally left, they deliberately made a noise to attract the attention of the guards outside. After luring the guards away, Chen Yuan easily entered the study and got the mission goal - the Blue Fire Seal.
Of course, all this has long been seen clearly by the old man in the awakening hall, although I don't know why the two cats listened to Chen Yuan's words, but I have to admit that Chen Yuan's grasp of people's hearts and timing is simply accurate, the whole theft process seems to be calm, the original thrilling theft task, to Chen Yuan here has become easy to capture, there is no difficulty. Chen Yuan put the Yang Yan grass powder into the dish in the kitchen, and the old man also saw it, but to his surprise, the Sichuan food that Chen Yuan made out was actually a fight with the taste of Yang Yan grass powder, but the city lord's family was clearly happy to eat it. The old man didn't understand collecting intelligence in the restaurant before, but when he saw the fake identity that Chen Yuan created for himself, the old man knew that his vision was narrow. Chen Yuan flexibly used the information collected in the restaurant to forge a false identity, and successfully passed the level of the chief butler and entered the city lord's mansion.
Since then, collecting intelligence, formulating strategies, infiltrating the enemy camp, stealing tokens and assassinating the five tasks of Chen Yuan have all been successfully completed, without a single flaw, and he has retired until Chen Yuan walked out of the city lord's mansion, and no one found anything abnormal, the old man was impressed, and he couldn't find any problems when he asked himself. Therefore, when Chen Yuan had not yet come to the Awakening Palace, the old man wrote in the score book: The third test, full score!
Since then, the first three of the six tests of the Chenyuan Military Palace have all been full marks!