Chapter 11 Hot Pot
Originally, Jiang Liuli wanted Huang Tianqi to sit in the living room for a while, and then come over after she had processed her things, but he didn't expect him to follow, and he had to see how the hot pot was made.
After Jiang Liuli heard his request, he didn't speak, just looked at him quietly, and he was about to be embarrassed when he saw it, so he nodded and agreed.
"Miss." As soon as he walked to the kitchen door, You Ziming walked out, and when he saw the three strange men behind him, he froze, but quickly returned to normal.
"Are you ready for what I want you to prepare?" Jiang Liuli said as she walked into the kitchen.
"It's ready." You Ziming stood behind her, took the vegetable basket in Sister Hong's hand, and naturally held her hand.
After Jiang Liuli walked into the kitchen, she saw a lot of red peppers and chili noodles on the table, she walked over and dipped a little chili noodles with her hands, put them in her mouth and tasted them, she was very spicy, she nodded with satisfaction, what chili noodles need is spicy, that is enough to taste.
She looked at other things, the materials here were limited, and it was impossible to make authentic spicy hot pot, but when she was in Liuli Palace, she found a medicinal herb that could be used as a pepper.
There are also cinnamon star anise and bay leaves here, but these names are not called here.
As for the more common things such as chives, garlic and ginger, there are also some of them, but the style and taste are slightly different from the modern ones, but they do not affect the consumption at all.
Then she went to see the mandarin duck pot that was made, the blacksmith shop here still has a very set of rules, and the mandarin duck hot pot is very standardized, which is exactly the kind she wants, and then there is the most important thing, that is, the small stove where the mandarin duck pot is placed.
This stove pot is also made by her drawings, small and exquisite, and it is just right to put it on the table for shabu-shabu, but it can only be fired with charcoal here, which is a small defect.
If you want to use non-toxic and smokeless carbon, you must buy the best, and don't be poisoned while eating the bad one, which is terrible, which is also the most expensive place to open a hot pot restaurant.
After checking it, she found that You Ziming had brought back all the things she wanted, nodded with satisfaction, and then began to make hot pot.
The big bone broth takes a long time to boil, so she first cleans the bones and puts them in a pot so that people can boil them well with wood.
After that, she assigned others to wash and pick vegetables, and she began to deal with the pigs, which was more troublesome to deal with, and if one was not handled well, it could only be thrown away.
When dealing with the pig in the water, she was very serious, and even Huang Tianqi didn't bother to pay attention to him when she stood aside and watched, and was still busy with her own affairs.
After she dealt with the pigs, she began to busily make the spicy hot pot soup base, which she could only do by herself, and she was worried that letting others come would waste the materials she had collected with great difficulty.
When the chili pepper was put in the pot, everyone rushed out of the kitchen unbearably, the smell of chili pepper was so pungent that even Jiang Liuli couldn't help but sneeze several times, in order to prevent herself from sneezing, she deliberately tied wet wipes to her face, no matter whether she sneezed or not, the cleaning measures still had to be done.
Originally, Huang Tianqi planned to stay in the kitchen to accompany Jiang Liuli at first, until in the end, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he could only leave the kitchen like everyone else, but the person who burned the fire coughed and shed tears sadly, and his eyes were spicy and slightly painful.
"Miss, this thing is so spicy, can anyone really eat it?" You Ziming stood aside and looked at Jiang Liuli worriedly.
"You'll know when it's done." Jiang Liuli said while moving.
In order to understand the whole process of making hot pot, You Ziming stood beside Jiang Liuli quite dedicatedly, even if he was sneezed spicy, he didn't plan to leave.
He learned her identity from Sister Hong, for her, he really recognized her as the master, if it weren't for her help, he and Sister Hong would not have ended up married so soon, for this gratitude, he plans to work hard for her, as long as he can do it, he will help her complete.
After the hot pot soup base was ready, everyone looked at the red soup base, and all of them stepped back timidly, and no one dared to step forward to taste it.
Jiang Liuli put the soup base into the mandarin duck pot, brought it to the living room, put it in the middle of the dining table, and asked people to put all the cleaned vegetables on the table.
Except for Mingyue and Mingxia, they all ate hot pot for the first time, so Jiang Liuli made some dipping sauces, each of which was put in a small bowl and set aside, allowing them to choose for themselves.
Originally, she planned to do so, but after he finished explaining, the others still looked dazed, and could only mix a bowl of dipping sauce for each of them according to their own preferences.
There are a lot of people in Yishui Pavilion, and every time they eat, there are three tables, and the other sisters sit at the table next to them, and Jiang Liuli's table, there are only Sister Hong, Mingyue Mingxia, and You Ziming, even if there are three more Huang Tianqi now, they can also sit.
When everything was ready, Jiang Liuli told them how to eat, and when the others saw it, they all returned to their seats in a daze, and began to try to eat according to Jiang Liuli's practice.
At first, they all ate clear soup hot pot, because it was a soup base boiled with big bones, and the taste was also very good, everyone took a bite and thought it was delicious, but no one dared to eat the red spicy soup base.
It's not the first time that Mingyue and Mingxia have eaten hot pot, and both of them like to eat spicy soup base, so every time they add vegetables, they put vegetables into the red soup base, and You Ziming and Huang Tianrui who watched it were shocked.
"Don't look at the soup base is red, it's not that spicy, taste it and see, if you really can't stand it, then don't eat it." Jiang Liuli didn't dare to eat the spicy soup base when she saw several people, and she didn't force it, but she still hoped that they could taste it.
For Huang Tianqi, who saw such a strange way of eating for the first time, he already wanted to try what the red soup base tasted like, and after listening to Jiang Liuli's words, he reached out and grabbed a green vegetable that had been scalded with chopsticks.
"Brother." Huang Tianrui looked at him with a worried face, and he didn't know what he was worried about, so he could only watch him eat the vegetables in one bite, and even the sword-wielding man who had been silent on the side was worried.
Huang Tianqi looked at Jiang Liuli with a shocked face, just put the dish into the spicy pot and soaked it, it turned out to be so delicious, the spicy taste in his mouth instantly opened his taste buds and made him want to eat more.
"It's spicy, but it's enjoyable." Huang Tianqi took a sip of the water in front of him, and his chopsticks reached into the red soup base again.
"Brother, is it really so delicious?" Huang Tianrui was a little curious when he saw that he was eating so happily.
"Of course it's delicious, what Miss makes, how can it not be delicious." Mingyue, who has always talked a lot, swallowed the food in her mouth and praised it again and again.
After others saw that some people tried it, they also began to get ready to move, and finally everyone tasted the hot pot with a spicy soup base, and many people began to fall in love with this taste, even You Ziming, who has always only eaten light dishes, fell in love with that taste.
Jiang Liuli smiled confidently when she saw that everyone was sweating profusely, and she knew that no one would fall in love with hot pot.
Although a few girls couldn't stand the spiciness, but the soup base made of big bones was very fond of it, and everyone ate very happily, prepared a lot of dishes, and was almost eaten, so they put down their chopsticks and sat on the chair, unwilling to get up.
"Ouch, I ate too much again." Mingyue was lying on the table, her face flushed, this was hot.
Every time they eat hot pot in Liuli Palace, they will eat too much, although they are uncomfortable, but they are reluctant to put down the chopsticks, so that they eat more and more, until they can no longer eat, and then they are reluctant to put down the chopsticks.
"It's scary to look at, but I didn't expect it to taste so delicious." Huang Tianrui said with a sigh, he also fell in love with the spicy taste after tasting it.
"The food made by the young lady has never disappointed." Ming Xia looked at Jiang Liuli with admiration on her face, her admiration for Jiang Liuli was unmatched in Liuli Palace.
"Miss, tell me the recipe quickly, I'll find someone to study it, and when the store is decorated, it can be opened." Originally, You Ziming was still worried that no one would taste this hot pot, but now, he is not worried about this issue at all.
"Found the store?" After Jiang Liuli handed over all the things to You Ziming, he never asked again, so he didn't know anything about the store.
"I've found it, and at first I thought it was a bit big, but now I don't think so." You Ziming said confidently.
"It's better to be bigger, I'll want a bigger store." After the hot pot restaurant opened, she was going to use partitions for every table, so that even if the whole family came to eat hot pot, the woman could go out, and she would not be easily seen.
"Are you planning to open a liquor store?" Huang Tianqi on the side looked at the two curiously.
"No, it's a restaurant." Jiang Liuli shook his head, either the hot pot restaurant will not open, if it wants to open, it must be opened bigger, and there may be no one to taste it when it first opens, but after a long time, the business will definitely be hot.
"Is it really easy for anyone to accept such a novel way of eating?" Huang Tianrui raised his own question, he was a little afraid to eat it for free, if people were to spend money to eat, would anyone really dare to try it?
"I naturally have a way to deal with this problem." She had already thought about all the problems, so she naturally didn't worry.
"However, such a thing is only suitable for cold weather, and if the weather is hot, who will sit by the fire and eat?" Huang Tianqi frowned and asked, at this time, it was already about to enter winter, the weather was already a little cold, they were already sweating profusely, if it was the summer solstice, no matter how delicious it was, no one would want to eat it.
You Ziming also looked at Jiang Liuli with a worried face, he had already thought of this question, but he was too busy these days to forget to ask.
"Summer has its own way of eating in summer." Jiang Liuli smiled confidently, not planning to tell them what she thought, but wanted to sell it.
Seeing that she didn't want to speak, everyone could only endure their curiosity, and Huang Tianqi's eyes were full of inquiry when they looked at her, as if she was becoming more and more mysterious, and wanted to dig out those unknown secrets on her body more and more.