Watching Liu Jiaojiao wrap the chicken wrapped in unknown leaves in slimy yellow mud, Liu Shugen couldn't help but ask: "Jiaojiao, how dirty is this mud, why do you want to wrap the chicken in this?" ”

Is this thing really edible?

The yellow mud was dug back by Liu Jiaojiao before he went to the town and asked him and Niu Haoran to dig it back in the low-lying place by the river, and Liu Jiaojiao specially explained that she wanted to clean the stones and sand grains inside, so the two of them took some effort. I thought she got a stove or something, but I didn't expect that these muds were actually used to wrap chickens.

Niu Haoran was also surprised, he had never seen this kind of practice, but he was much wiser than the willow roots, so don't open your mouth if you don't understand, so as not to be scared.

Sure enough, Liu Jiaojiao glanced at the willow roots as if she was a fool, "If you dislike it, don't eat it for a while!" ”

When Liu Shugen heard that he was not allowed to eat, he hurriedly showed goodwill: "I don't dislike it, I didn't dislike it, I was wrong!" ”

In order to save time, modern chickens are called in the oven, but in fact, buried under the fire will be more delicious, originally Liu Jiaojiao wanted to go to the back of the house to dig a pit to light the fire, and then bury the chicken in the fire to cook, but suddenly found that the stove can actually be.

The stoves and iron pots in the countryside are very large, and basically the pot rack does not need to be moved, nor can it be moved, it is too heavy, let alone turning the spoon.

After Liu Jiaojiao wrapped all the six chickens in yellow mud, she let Liu Jun put them one by one under the pile of firewood in the stove and slowly roasted them with heat.

The willow root was confused, how else could the vegetable do this? But he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to stand quietly and watch.

When the clams were taken home, they were poured into a large bucket by Liu Jiaojiao, put water that had not covered their bodies, and changed the water every once in a while to let them spit out the sand.

Niu Haoran and Liu Shugen saw that Liu Jun suddenly came over with a large bucket, and immediately looked at it curiously, they still saw the creature of the clam for the first time, and couldn't help but ask what it was.

Liu Jiaojiao deliberately betrayed Guan Zi and said: "If you don't tell you, if you don't tell you, you won't tell you." ”

She directly sang a lyric from "Little Dragon Man" that she had seen as a child, and Niu Haoran and Liu Shugen were stunned when they heard such an answer for the first time.

Liu Jun couldn't help laughing, patted her head affectionately, and said, "Don't make trouble." ”

Liu Jiaojiao grimaced at him, and then began to clean the clams.

Then, cut the green onion into chopped green onions, cut the ginger into shredded ginger, cut the winter melon into thin slices, and after pouring oil into the pot and heating it, she asked Liu Jun to pour a small half bucket of clams into it, and then quickly stir-fry.

The shells that were originally closed were opened after being heated, and there was a crackling sound in the pot, Liu Jiaojiao scooped a few large scoops of water from the bucket next to her and poured it in, and after the water did not pass a certain level, she poured the winter melon slices into it, and then covered the pot.

"Brother, you look at the fire, first cook it over medium heat and then simmer it over low heat for a while." She said to Liu Jun.

Liu Jun, who was already familiar with kitchen affairs, nodded in response, and Liu Jiaojiao went to chop chili peppers herself.

You have to eat something spicy in the winter to be comfortable.

Because Liu Jiaojiao likes to eat spicy food, she made a big jar of chopped chili peppers herself a few days ago.

The method of chopping chili peppers was taught to her by a colleague in Hunan.

First, remove the stems of the selected red peppers and wash them to dry the water, then chop the dried peppers, add minced garlic and ginger, then add salt, sugar and white wine and mix well, and finally seal them with a jar and put them in a cool place, and they can be eaten in about seven days.

After tasting a delicious chopped chili, Liu Jiaojiao was once again glad that she had traveled to an ancient time and space in a different time and space, otherwise she might not even have chili peppers, and that day would be sad.

Seeing her expression of indulging in deliciousness, Liu Shugen couldn't help but take a sip and said tentatively: "Jiaojiao, what is this delicious?" Can you give me a taste? ”

Liu Jiaojiao's eyes flashed with a mischievous light, and she generously scooped a big spoonful and sent it over, saying, "You taste it, it's delicious." ”

Willow Root did not suspect him, and ate the whole spoonful of chili pepper into his mouth in one bite, and then ...... Shouting so hot, sticking out his tongue and exhaling vigorously, it's the same as a stupid Erha.

Niu Haoran couldn't bear to look at it directly, scooped a scoop of well water and handed it over, and said with a disgusted face: "Hurry up and drink some water, stupid to death!" ”

A big scoop of cold well water under the stomach, the spicy was slightly stopped, but it was so cold that he shivered several times in a row, and his teeth were fighting when he spoke, and there were still a little tears in his eyes, and he looked at Liu Jiaojiao accusatory, "You, you, you...... You lied to me! ”

Liu Jiaojiao directly scooped a little chili pepper and ate it herself, and then said innocently: "I think it's delicious, obviously you can't stand the spicy yourself, blame me?" ”

Liu Shugen felt that if he were a girl, he would definitely hide his face in shame and run out, but he was an iron-clad man, so he still stood there strongly, letting the tears flow in his heart.

Soon, the winter melon and clam soup will be stewed, sprinkled with salt to taste, then out of the pot, put into the pot and then sprinkled with green onions, the aroma of winter melon mixed with the aroma of clams, permeated the whole kitchen.

"It smells so good!" The willow root who remembered to eat or not to beat sniffed hard, greedily smelling the aroma in the air, if he was not sure that he would be beaten if he ate it secretly, he would definitely take a small bowl to do it first.

"I always thought that Brother Liu Jun's cooking was delicious, but I didn't expect you to be more powerful!" Liu Shugen praised it, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Jiaojiao, you are not Liu Jun's own sister, so you have no blood relationship with me, why don't you marry me when you grow up, then I can eat delicious food every day!" I promise to treat you well! ”

"No way!" This is Liu Jun with a dark face.

"Think beautifully!" This is Liu Jiaojiao, who directly smashed her eyes.

"Why not?" Willow Root was very aggrieved, he felt that his proposal was very good.

In order to avoid a bloody case in the kitchen, Niu Haoran hurriedly covered his mouth and dragged him out of the kitchen, apologizing for him while dragging him: "This kid has no brains, you all know it, you should think he was farting what he just said!" ”

After leaving the kitchen, Liu Shugen struggled to break away from Niu Haoran's hand, and said indignantly: "What I said is very serious, why do you say that I am farting?" ”

Niu Haoran patted his head angrily and reprimanded: "Jiaojiao will never marry you, you give me this heart to die early!" ”

"Why? I'm not bad either! ”

Where are you not bad? Niu Haoran wanted to roll his eyes, knowing that this thing was tendoned, he couldn't explain it to him too clearly, so he simply scared him and said: "If you are not afraid of being beaten by Jiaojiao every day, you will continue!" ”

The willow root immediately coaxed, drooped his head, and muttered weakly: "Why did I forget how delicate I am?" Brother Niu, you said that if I let my daughter-in-law learn to cook with Jiaojiao in the future, will she agree? ”

Niu Haoran snorted coldly: "You can find your daughter-in-law first!" ”

In the kitchen, the fire in the stove was increased again, and the fried clams had to be stir-fried over high heat to be delicious.

Feeling sorry for Jiaojiao's small body, Liu Jun simply snatched the spatula and asked her to tell him how to fry it on the side.

Because there were many people eating today, this dish can be regarded as an appetizer, so she made two whole plates.

After the pot was released, the stove pressed the fire, and continued to roast the chicken with the residual temperature of the charcoal fire, Liu Jiaojiao looked at the dishes that had been made, and asked Liu Jun: "Brother, is the dish enough?" Why don't we steam the sauce pork ribs that grandpa brought last time? ”

Where was Liu Jun willing to let her work again, and hurriedly said: "Enough is enough, you forgot that the housekeeper specially bought some braised vegetables?" Just put it on the table together. ”

That's right, there are also braised vegetables, that should be enough, anyway, if you can't eat enough and make something else, you can let her master cook something delicious.

Because it takes some time to make the flower chicken, the soup is poured back into the cleaned iron pot, and the residual temperature of the stove is warmed, as for the two large plates of fried clams, Liu Jiaojiao is ready to wait for the chicken to be good and then heat it on the table.

By the time Liu Jun and Liu Jiaojiao brought all the prepared dishes to the table, it was already about nine o'clock in the evening, and there was no way, it was too time-consuming to call Huaji.

Lao Li Tou looked at the big black lump in front of everyone, and said with a puzzled face: "Jiaojiao, what is this?" ”

"Master, this is called Flower Chicken, a kind of food that I accidentally ate when I was a child, and I specially made it out for you to guide Master, and see if you can improve it." Liu Jiaojiao said with a smile.

Lao Li Tou has been in the kitchen for many years, but when he heard this dish for the first time, he couldn't help but be interested and asked, "How to eat it?" Peel it off? ”

Liu Jiaojiao shook her head, motioned for Liu Jun to take out the hammer at home, and then said with a smile: "Smash it open." ”

Bang - bang - bang -

After six consecutive sounds, the black lump in front of everyone shattered, revealing the lemongrass leaves inside.

Lao Li Tou was very curious, he shoeed all the mud wrapped in it, and then slowly opened the lemongrass leaves, and almost instantly, a mixed aroma mixed with lemongrass, shiitake mushrooms, chestnuts, chicken and so on came to his nose.

A good chef must have a good nose, he sniffed it carefully, and began to count the names of the ingredients he smelled: "Lemongrass, shiitake mushrooms, chestnuts, pork, no, the chicken won't be so fragrant when it's roasted, what else is added to it?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao winked at him, "Master, don't you know if you taste it?" ”

Lao Li Tou shook his head with a smile, unscrewed a chicken leg, extremely relaxed, indicating that the skeleton had been scattered, and then took a bite, the meat was fresh and tender, and there was no fishy smell of chicken at all, because of other ingredients, the taste of chicken became many layers.

He looked carefully at the chicken leg in his hand again, and when he looked at the leather, he knew that the fat had been completely retained, and it stands to reason that after roasting for so long, the skin would not be mushy or paste, at least it would become crispy, but the taste was the same as that of stewed chicken.

He was puzzled, frowned, and said, "Jiao girl, what did you do with chicken skins?" ”

Liu Jiaojiao smiled and said: "I know that I will definitely not be able to hide it from your mouth, Master, I wrapped a layer of lard oil on the chicken, and after being heated, the lard fat melted into the chicken skin, retaining the fat on the chicken to the greatest extent." ”

"Did you come up with this method in the first place, or did you come up with it yourself?"

"I didn't think so, but I've heard someone do it, so I'll give it a try."

Lao Li nodded, and then frowned again, "Jiao girl, it seems that your original ancestral home should be from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and this practice is unique to them." ”

Liu Jiaojiao pretended to be surprised and said, "Really? I don't remember exactly. "The original owner lost her memory before she was five years old, but she herself is a person from Sichuan and Chongqing, and the reason why she knows how to do it in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is because of the almighty Internet, is it okay to check all kinds of recipes casually?

Liu Jun didn't want Liu Jiaojiao to think of those unhappy pasts, so she hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Grandpa Li, you open the belly of the chicken and see that there is something in it." ”

Lao Li Tou also knew that he couldn't continue this topic, lest the little girl think of something bad, so he immediately cooperated and said with a smile: "I already knew, as soon as I smelled it, I knew that there was something in it, wait for me to taste it." ”

Only Lao Li Tou was in the mood to taste the dishes, and several other people, including Lei Zhong, who had always paid attention to his image, were already holding the chicken and gnawing on it, the most exaggerated was the willow root, just like Zhu Bajie eating ginseng fruit, and quickly killed the chicken that belonged to him, and at this time he was looking at Niu Haoran with blank eyes, trying to let him share a little bit of himself.