Chapter 51: Strings of incense
"Qingzhu, have you sorted things out? Your young lady, I'm going to make a move! ”
Before entering the yard, Xia Qian shouted excitedly, she couldn't wait for others to taste her craft, and her whole eyebrows danced.
"My eldest lady, you can't come in." Qingzhu came out of the small kitchen and saw Xia Qianxin running with a white thing in his hand.
"Miss, what are you holding in your hand?"
"Masks, this is our secret weapon, you'll find out later." Xia Tian's heart tightened, and the small kitchen was stunned.
Oh my God, the palace is really the richest place in the world, and you can find so many out-of-season vegetables and fruits this day, it's really a cow. This Qingzhu is really thoughtful, the fruits have been brought, and it can be used as an after-dinner meal after eating, which is good.
"Qingzhu, come here, let's cut these things first, I forgot to tell you just now, find some bamboo sticks, it's the kind of sugar gourd, but it has to be very thin."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
After a while, Qingzhu came to the small kitchen with a group of people, each with their own tools.
"Little Lizi Xiao Xiezi, you two sit outside and sharpen bamboo sticks, and the rest come in with me."
"Mama Zhang, Mama Li, come over and help Niangniang chop vegetables, Xiaoqing, Xiaokong, Xiaoyi, the three of you go and see what things have not been washed, all washed and tidied up."
"Yes, Sister Qingzhu." As soon as the people from the Qingzhu faction came, there was no place for Xia to put his feet down, who dared to let the queen mother work, didn't he want to move his head.
"Qingzhu, you can do it, you are getting more and more hostess, more and more like me, the queen has a style, not bad like me."
When everyone heard it, they couldn't wait to hear the queen's words, could it be that she meant to punish Qingzhu? Everyone is watching their noses and noses and carefully doing the work in their hands, for fear of being implicated.
"Niangniang can't talk well, if the two of us are busy working here, we have to work until it gets dark, don't we want chili peppers, this is one basket of dry, the other basket is fresh, which one do you want to use?"
Qingzhu picked up the chili pepper and showed it to Xia Tingxin, waiting for her next instructions.
Mama Zhang, who was chopping vegetables, was so frightened that she stopped her work, this thing was too terrifying, Qingzhu actually dared to talk back, didn't you want to live anymore, but don't bother them.
Mama Li bumped Mama Zhang with her elbow and motioned for her to continue working, what's the matter with this Mama Zhang, can't you see how much the queen likes this green bamboo, no wonder she can only work in the back kitchen.
All of their movements couldn't escape Xia Qianxin's eyes, it seemed that there were still people who understood, and took the basket of dried chili peppers Xia Tianxin said as if unintentionally: "In the future, Qingzhu will let you do whatever she wants, what she means is what the palace means, you did a good job today, and the palace will be rewarded after you go back." ”
Everyone stopped what they were doing and knelt on the ground with joy, "Thank you, Queen Mother." ”
"Get up and get on with your work."
There are a lot of people coming today, so it's just right to get all these things done, and it's a blessing tonight.
"Qingzhu, come and put the mask on for me, you put it on too, you go to the stove with me and I'll teach you how to do it."
"Okay."
"Xiaokong, you come over and light the fire, and everyone else will go out first." If it weren't for Qingzhu's reminder, Xia Qingxin forgot that someone still had to burn the fire, what if there was one less mask?
"Put it on for you." Xia poured out the mask and handed it to Xiaokong, I don't know if they can adapt to this chili pepper smell, it's not good to choke her, this looks like a fifteen or sixteen-year-old child, you have to pay attention to your growing body.
"Let's start, I'll only teach you once, you must learn." Wait for Qingzhu to learn this and send her out of the palace, it is very dangerous to stay by his side, put her outside to do business, both the protection of Baili Mingxi can also be a little more comfortable, and the two of them will not succeed in the future to see their own creation.
"The first step: when the oil is hot, put in the oil to play the role of frying, remember to stir-fry, ginger slices, garlic head 2, knife cut in two, do not cut too small, 2 green onions, cut into 3 inch segments These are the auxiliary materials in the soup to increase freshness, put in 1 beef leg bone, about 4-5 catties. Other parts of the cow's bones can also be used, but the leg bones are better;
Step 2: Fill the pot with water to boil the soup over medium heat, during the soup boiling process, pay attention to the surface of the soup at any time to skim off a layer of foam, if you want the soup to taste fresher, after the soup is boiled, you can change it to low heat and then boil it for a while, and then put in the fried ingredients, boil it over medium and low heat, and it will take about a quarter of an hour;
Step 3: Use a mesh colander to separate the boiled soup from the ingredients, and put the soup into another pot, which is the soup used to blanch vegetables and the soup added to the bowl to drink, and re-add water in the bucket containing the ingredients, which can be repeatedly boiled for about three barrels of soup. The second and third pots of soup are boiled over medium-low heat, then changed to low heat for about a quarter of an hour, and the boiled soup is skimmed with a spoon and put into another small pot for later use.
Because this chili oil is more fragrant, numb, and spicy, if you don't put it aside and put it directly in the soup, you will not be able to stand it when you eat it for customers who can't eat spicy; Of course, if you can eat spicy, you can add it directly to the bowl according to the taste before the spicy hot bowl, or if it is scalded to the end, there is no taste in the soup, you can also add a little of this chili oil.
Step 4: Put the flavored soup into the stove and keep it boiling to a low boil.
When scalding, according to the length of the blanching time of various dishes, put them into the scalding spoon successively, generally put the ones that are not easy to cook first, and put the ones that are easy to cook later, so that the delicious is done!
Wait a minute, I'll let you taste this beef when it's cooked. ”
Xia Qianxin finally boiled the soup, which is more strenuous than making hot pot, hot pot is freshly made and eaten first, this can also be pushed out and sold, and it is no problem to walk the streets and alleys.
"Miss, are you okay, the slave can feel the refreshing taste of this chili pepper while wearing a mask." After saying that, he sneezed.
Xiaokong choked so much that tears came out, it seemed to be very painful to look like that, Xia Tianxin couldn't help but laugh when she saw her appearance: "Xiaokong, you go out to breathe." ”
"Yes, sneeze! The queen forgives her sins. In the end, Xiaokong couldn't hold back, and was so frightened that he hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.
"It's okay to get out quickly, tell them to come back in later, it's too choked in the house."
"Yes, thank you." The little empty girl who got up from the ground ran outside, the smell of physics was so intoxicating, she would have tears and snot flying all over the sky if she stayed for a while.
"Hahahaha, does this chili pepper smell so big, there were still people around the window when I first made it, and everyone ran away after the smell of chili pepper came out, it seems that this method can be used to rectify Baili Mingyu in the future, not bad."
"Miss, be quiet, there's someone outside."
"Okay, got it, housekeeper. Come and taste it, this beef is already cooked. Xia poured into picking up a piece of beef in the pot, blew it cold and put it to the celebratory mouth, Qingzhu saw her cautious appearance, her eyes were full of tears, Miss always treated herself like this, how could she repay her.
"Eat quickly, what are you doing in a daze." Xia Qianxin felt that there was nothing worth touching about this action at all, in another world, it was just an action of tasting vegetables, and he didn't notice Qingzhu's emotions at all.
"Okay." Qingzhu took the beef into his mouth and savored it.
"Miss, this beef is so fragrant, it has a faint spicy taste, tender and smooth, it's really delicious."
"Are you sure it's just a faint spicy taste?" Xia poured a malicious smile, and she will know if it is spicy or not.
Before he finished speaking, Qingzhu covered his mouth and laughed: "It's so spicy, why didn't you eat it just now, Shuishui!" ”
Xia Qingxin looked at Qingzhu's mouth that wanted to burst into flames and laughed, picked up an apple from the table and stuffed it into Qingzhu's mouth and said, "Don't drink water, it's useless to drink it, eat some fruit, and you'll be fine in a while." ”
Sure enough, Qingzhu didn't feel spicy after a while, and swallowed his saliva as he looked at the hot red oil water in the pot, "Miss, can I take another bite?" ”
After eating it just now, I feel like I don't eat it in my mouth, and the spicy feeling is too enjoyable, and I always feel that I shouldn't stop.
"Okay, let them skewer all the vegetables and meat on bamboo skewers and put them in the bucket, put all these soup ingredients in it, put them on the fire and simmer slowly, and we can eat them in the evening, I'm afraid this pot is not enough, I'll make another pot of chicken-flavored soup in a while, you can see it."
"I know, as long as Miss makes me enjoy it, I can do anything." I have to say that every woman is born a natural foodie, as long as she is full, she will be in a good mood, this is an eternal law.
"Qingzhu, when did you become so greedy, or did you say that the things made by your young lady are too delicious." Xia looked at Qingzhu with a metaphor.
Qingzhu was made red-faced and looked at her helplessly: "Qingzhu is not greedy, it's not that Miss makes the best food, Miss always likes to make fun of Qingzhu, I hate it." ”
"Okay, okay, no kidding, now pack up and get ready to call over without tears at night to be lively and lively." Eat something spicy on this not too cold day so that it can still warm up.
"Okay, Miss will definitely be able to learn to be a slave again, and this kind of work will be handed over to the slave and maid in the future, and Miss will do it whenever she wants to eat slaves and maids."
"Okay, that's what you said, don't talk and don't count."
The kitchen was full of laughter, and the finished products were placed in the kitchen, and the yard was full of fragrance, and everyone was curious about who was doing what was so fragrant, but no one dared to enter the Phoenix Palace to inquire, so they could only stand outside secretly and smell the smell.