Chapter 135: The Upper Path
Yuan Sinian built Rongxuan Academy, although many students have heard him lecture, strictly speaking, there are only three of his personal disciples. Now, those three disciples, one is one of the elders, the other is the priest of the country, and the other is not in the court, but he has become a university scholar who is not inferior to him. can be accepted by him as a personal disciple, and he will definitely rise to prominence in the future!
Yu Xiaocao didn't know that she was inadvertently paving a road to heaven for her younger brother, she just treated everyone around her with the most sincere attitude that she thought was worthy.
"As for the recipe for the saltwater duck...... According to the three less, in the form of sharing, for a period of ten years. Ten years from now, no matter how much you make in Zhenshilou, it will be yours! Yu Xiaocao made a decision.
Originally, I thought that the big shopkeeper who had suffered a loss from the cooperation method of the young owner, but when he heard the ten-year deadline, he also felt that he could accept it. In the future, there will be more and more branches of Zhenyulou, and the number of roast chicken and salted duck sold will be a huge number that is difficult to predict. The big shopkeeper admired the young owner's vision of people even more at this time, Miss Yu was really the noble person of the third young master!
Yuan Sinian reminded "cough cough": "Yu girl, didn't you bring two ducks over just now?" Can it be done at noon? There are so many people sharing those ducks just now, it's not enough to stuff their teeth! ”
The rest of the people looked at him with disdain: You ate most of the plate of duck, and it was not enough to stuff your teeth? How big is between your old teeth?
Yu Xiaocao smiled and said, "The production process of saltwater duck is complicated and time-consuming. The time for marinating and marinating alone takes three or four hours. If you start making it now, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until the evening to eat it! ”
"Slow work makes fine work, well, the old man can understand! That...... Eat here at noon and have a big meal in the evening! Yu girl, I wonder if the old man can have the honor to taste the roast chicken you made himself? ”
Everyone covered their faces: Dean Yuan! Yuan Daru! Prime Minister Yuan's father!! You're so shameless, does your son know? Yuan Yunxi's fair face was hot, and she looked at Yu Xiaocao with apologetic eyes.
Yu Xiaocao was quite kind to Dean Yuan like this, nodded and smiled: "Okay!" I have nothing to do today, in the spare time of pickling salted duck, I will help Chef Wang do some kitchen work! Wednesday is less, remember to give me a salary! My hourly wage is very high!! ”
Zhou Zixu saw her smile mischievously at herself, and cooperated: "No problem! With everyone's craftsmanship, no matter how high the hourly wage is, it is worth it! ”
Teaching the process of making salted duck naturally does not need to be repeated. Chef Wang and his most proud disciples Yang Feng and Liu Bi have turned into the best students, their eyes wide open, their ears straightened, and they can't wait to keep in mind every detail of Xiaocao's movements and every word of advice. Chef Wang was afraid that his memory would not be able to keep up, so he took charcoal and paper and carefully recorded every step.
In the process of marinating and marinating, Yu Xiaocao did not forget to guide Yang Feng and Liu Bi, who had not yet graduated, while helping to make roast chicken. Her explanations are more concise and vivid and easy to understand. Many of the confusions between the two suddenly became clear at this time.
Yang Feng and Liu Bi thought that a little girl who was less than ten years old would be so respected by their master, and they didn't understand it. At this time, he had already admired her so much that he treated her like a teacher in terms of attitude and action.
Under the guidance of Yu Xiaocao, the roast chicken made by Yang Feng and Liu Bi has reached the standard of the master in terms of taste and appearance. Next, without anyone's guidance, both of them were able to make fragrant and delicious roast chicken. That's one of their takeaways today.
The production process of salted duck can best reflect the original taste of duck, and the practice is back to basics, filtering greasy, repelling fish, leaving freshness, and staying fat and tender. To put it bluntly, it is just a little difficult in the process of frying salt and marinating. The most precious thing is the secret recipe for stir-frying salt and marinade, as long as you master these, there is no difficulty in salted duck.
In the evening, after the re-marination, when Yu Xiaocao boiled the water in the pot, put the ginger, green onions, peppercorns, cardamom, etc. into the pot at the same time as the duck, and after boiling, quickly control the temperature and turn at the same time. Don't look at her small size, but her small hands are like a thousand-armed Guanyin, and she is still easy to flip seven or eight ducks at the same time.
In fact, this is nothing to Yu Xiaocao. In her previous life, she controlled the production of more than 20 ducks by herself, and she could handle it easily, not to mention only seven or eight?
When the seven or eight salted ducks in Yu Xiaocao's hands came out of the pot, in the process of natural cooling, she checked the results in the hands of the four chefs and apprentices. The most talented person I found was Liu Bi, who made saltwater ducks for the first time and controlled the production of two ducks at the same time, but he was at ease.
The saltwater duck he made, in terms of appearance and taste, did not look like a novice who was making it for the first time. I believe that if you do a few more skilled hands, you can become a teacher!
The second is Chef Wang, after all, he is a veteran of cooking for decades, and he still has a certain advantage in the process of making salted duck.
As for Yang Feng, he is relatively weak. However, he is more talented than Liu Bi in the production of roast chicken. Two people can be responsible for each other, and they complement each other. I have to say that Chef Wang's eyes for accepting apprentices are still very sharp.
"How? Is the saltwater duck finished? Yuan Sinian's grandson, who smelled the fragrance, and Wu Dashao, who also relied on Zhen Yulou and didn't go back, saw a dozen saltwater ducks, their eyes were green, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva secretly.
Yuan Sinian looked at the dozen ducks one by one, stroked his beard with a smile and said: "Let the old man guess which ones are just Yu Ya's craftsmanship - this, this, and ...... These few, did the old man guess right? ”
Chef Wang clenched his fists in admiration and said, "It's still your old eyes that are poisonous!" Tell me, how do you see it? ”
"These few made by Yu Yatou have white skin and red flesh. These two are the most similar to Yu Yatou's craftsmanship, but they are not oily enough. As for these two, the color is not uniform, and it should be that when they are turned, the action is not coordinated enough. As for the remaining two, hehe! The old man won't comment! "I am a well-known gourmet, and I have not tasted it, but I can tell the strengths and weaknesses of each person just from the appearance.
Chef Wang felt like he was suddenly enlightened, and immediately wrote down his shortcomings and tried his best to correct them in private. As for Yang Feng, he was a little depressed.
No matter what you do, you must not lose faith, otherwise you will achieve nothing. Yu Xiaocao hurriedly took out Yang Feng's marinated roast chicken and asked Yuan Sinian to evaluate it.
After Yuan Sinian tasted it, he gave a high evaluation and praised: "He is worthy of being the founder of roast chicken, and his craftsmanship is really good." ”
It turned out that he thought it was Yu Xiaocao who made it! It is enough to show that Yang Feng's skills in making roast chicken have far surpassed his master.
Yu Xiaocao looked at Yang Feng, who had regained his confidence, and chuckled, "Dean Yuan, you are wrong this time!" This roast chicken is not my craft, it is the result of Brother Yang Feng! It seems that Brother Yang Feng is already better than the blue! Chef Wang, I'll have a good helper in the future! ”
Yuan Sinian nodded: "Each has its own strengths, Chef Wang's apprentice has received it well-can you start eating?" At noon, I dealt with it casually, and the old man was already hungry! ”
What a foodie, three sentences are inseparable from the word "eat"!
On Wednesday, Shao instructed the kitchen to take out the housekeeping skills and buy a table of good dishes. Of course, Yu Xiaocao's handmade roast chicken and salted duck are indispensable.
At this time, Yu Xiaolian also went to the academy to pick up her younger brother. Xiao Shi has grown up again during this time, wearing the ink blue robe of the enlightenment class of the academy, and when he greeted Dean Yuan and his senior brother, he looked like a little scholar. Yu Xiaocao looked at the sprouting little stone, and couldn't help but stretch out his claws and wreak havoc on his head.
Xiao Shi complained that the second sister had messed up his hair while hiding!
"Wu Gongzi, Wu County ordered you to go home!" The guy from Zhenyulou, who was so busy that he was sweating, came up to say.
Wu Gongzi Wu Zifan covered his face, didn't he make people go home to show his father? said that Zhen Yulou was about to launch a new dish, and he stayed to help evaluate it, why did he still find it? Wait a minute! Could it be that my father heard about the new dishes in Zhen Yulou...... I didn't see that my usually strict father was also a glutton.
However, looking at Dean Yuan's appearance staring at the saltwater duck, he was relieved again - there was a gluttonous ghost living in the body of a gentleman who was dignified in front of everyone!
When Wu Xianling came in, he was still holding a strict father's shelf, and after glaring at his son fiercely, his eyes were immediately attracted by the fragrant roast chicken on the table and the tempting salted duck. He has always been rigorous, but this time he didn't greet Dean Yuan first. However, Yuan's courtyard is now full of food, and he didn't find that there was one more person in the private room. Alas! Enough of you, too!
Needless to say, the abundance of food on the table, especially the fresh and delicious saltwater duck, was a good deal. Wu Xianling and Dean Yuan are two foodies with similar interests, and they are also competing to add fun to their favorite dishes.
After the meal, Dean Yuan put his mind on the remaining saltwater ducks, he didn't know how to write the word "polite", and said bluntly: "Yu girl, I have to take two of the saltwater ducks you made later." Zhou family boy, let people pack it for me! ”
When Wu County heard the order, he asked Miss Yu how many ducks she made. After getting the answer, he hinted at Wednesday Shao with his eyes: Xiao Xu, you and my son are still close friends, should you express it?
In desperation, Wednesday Shao had no choice but to have blood in his heart, and took out four of the remaining seven ducks, packaged them and sent them to the two of them.
Yu Xiaocao looked at all this funny, and mentioned it in passing: "The saltwater duck around the Mid-Autumn Festival every year has the best color and taste, because the duck is made in the osmanthus blooming season, so it is also known as: osmanthus duck." ”