In the face of several of them's initiative to ask for help, Li Yitou did not return to the order: "Mai Mai go to pick garlic, Xiaolei go to boil pot water."

Brother Xiao Ming, you go get some chili peppers, wash them and give them to me, it's the kind of thin-skinned green peppers I asked Xiao Lu to buy. ”

"I know."

Huang Xiaoming responded: "I've eaten it, and the soul of Zaozhuang spicy chicken is that thin-skinned chili pepper." ”

After assigning tasks to them, Li Yi also grabbed the rooster that Xiao Lu bought back from the cage.

"Giggles!"

The rooster is full of energy and is still crowing after being caught.

Li Yi grabbed the root of its wings with one hand, then freed his thumb and index finger to pinch its cockscomb, so that its neck was exposed.

Then, Li Yi plucked the hair under its throat, revealing the chicken skin underneath.

He took a small bowl, then a knife, and as soon as he slashed it, he wiped the rooster's neck.

Putting down the knife, he grabbed the rooster's struggling claws and lifted it upside down, letting the chicken's blood flow into the bowl.

Wu Lei filled the pot with water and turned on the stove.

Looking back at the rooster in Li Yi's hand, Wu Lei joked: "Brother Yi, are you trying to make a bloody alliance?" ”

"What kind of blood, aren't you afraid of infection?"

Li Yi smiled and didn't explain.

Rooster blood is a good thing to replenish yang and blood, he plans to make half of it for blood and half for chicken blood noodles, and send it to Liu Yifei later.

"It's this pepper, right?"

Huang Xiaoming found the chili pepper in the storage room, but he was a little unsure, so he took it out and showed it to Li Yi.

Seeing Li Yi nodding, he took the chili pepper back to the vegetable sink and cleaned it.

"Finally cooking from my hometown."

Huang Xiaoming swallowed his saliva while washing: "The fried chicken in our Lu Province is really delicious, and every family can make it." ”

Zhao Jinmai picked garlic on the side, and joked when he heard the words: "Brother Xiao Ming, isn't your home from Qingdao?" Shouldn't seafood be eaten from a snack? ”

"We don't eat seafood every day, do we?"

Huang Xiaoming explained with a smile: "We also often eat chicken, and there is a dish called crispy chicken, which is to marinate the chicken first and then fry it."

Order one when you drink beer, especially with the drink. ”

"No wonder you drink so well, it's because you ate crispy chicken."

Zhao Jinmai joked.

"Of course."

Huang Xiaoming smiled, and then signaled: "Next time I have a chance, I will take you to my hometown to Ha Beer." ”

"Ha beer, eat clams!"

Zhao Jinmai imitated the accent of Qingdao.

"It's a gara."

Huang Xiaoming corrected it and said with a smile: "Gala is also very drinkable." ”

Zhao Jinmai smiled and asked: "So all the dishes in Qingdao exist for drinking?" ”

Huang Xiaoming was slightly stunned, and he laughed himself: "Haha! It seems to be true! ”

As he spoke, the boiling water was already boiling.

Li Yi put the chicken in the basin, scalded it with boiling water, and plucked all the hair.

Chicken feathers are much easier to pluck than duck feathers, except for more feathers on the head of chickens, and after the feathers in other places are scalded, they can be plucked off with a light plucking.

And the hairs on the chicken's head can also be picked with your fingernails and plucked off little by little.

Seeing Li Yi carefully plucking the feathers on the chicken's head, Wu Lei stepped forward and asked, "Do you still have to pluck the chicken's head?" Wouldn't it be nice to just lose it? ”

"Why did you lose it?"

Li Yi didn't raise his head, and asked casually.

"Why don't you lose it?"

Wu Lei asked, "Do you still want to eat?" ”

"Of course."

Li Yi also picked off the hairs on the holes of the chicken's ears: "The chicken head is so delicious, why don't you eat it?" ”

As he spoke, he dialed the fat cockscomb: "Such a thick cockscomb tastes great." ”

"Huh?"

Wu Lei tugged at the corners of his mouth: "I never eat chicken heads at home, it seems to say that chicken heads have heavy metals and can't be eaten." ”

"It's all nonsense."

Li Yi disagreed: "The ancients have eaten chicken heads for thousands of years, and I haven't heard of anyone who was poisoned by heavy metals." ”

Hearing Li Yi's words, Huang Xiaoming also raised his head and said: "I have also heard of this statement, saying that the chicken head is poisonous, and it seems that it will not be eaten after ten years, and it is said that it is ten years of arsenic in the chicken head race." ”

"That's a lie."

Li Yi explained: "In the past, people thought that chickens often ate centipedes, and some centipedes were poisonous, and toxins would accumulate on the chickens' heads.

Later, some people said that chickens often gouge in the soil, and there will be heavy metals in the body, which will also accumulate on the head.

But as long as you have studied biology, you know that the detoxification organ of most animals is the liver, such as the pufferfish.

It's the same with chickens.

If heavy metals accumulate in the chicken's body, it should also accumulate in the liver and other internal organs.

Even if it spreads into the muscles, it can't reach the head.

The head has a brain, and if the brain is destroyed, you have to die on the spot.

So if the liver can be eaten, then the chicken head is even more worry-free. ”

Hearing Li Yi's explanation, Huang Xiaoming suddenly realized: "It turns out that this is also a rumor?" ”

Wu Lei also patted his head: "That's right!" The liver is the detoxification organ, such an outrageous rumor, I actually believe it. ”

Zhao Jinmai listened on the sidelines and asked curiously: "Then why do you say that ten years of chicken head race arsenic?" Will it have anything to do with the time of breeding? ”

"The average chicken doesn't last for ten years."

Li Yi put the plucked chicken in the pool, disemboweled, and took out the chicken offal: "Chickens have no six years, dogs have no eight years, chickens are already very old when they are raised for six years, and if they are raised for 10 years, it is about the same as a human being to live 120 years old."

That kind of chicken meat is so bad that I won't eat it, but it's almost like arsenic? ”

"Haha! It seems to be too. ”

Zhao Jinmai laughed, suddenly thought of something, and asked curiously, "Eh?" Brother Yi, do you say that ancient emperors also ate chicken heads? ”

"The emperor generally doesn't eat it, but if it's a whole dish, it must be served."

Li Yi explained: "Not only in the palace, but even in the folk banquets, all the whole chickens, whole ducks, and whole fish must be complete.

The one without a head is beheaded, which is a big crime, and Lord Yama will not accept it, so it must be full beard and full tail. ”

"No wonder."

Zhao Jinmai nodded suddenly: "My previous foreign teacher has never understood why we have to keep our heads when we make chickens and fish, and I don't know how to explain it to her, so I understand, it turns out that it is because of the influence of culture." ”

"Culture is one thing, but the main reason is a lack of resources.

Now there are no more particularities, and you can leave it if you don't want to eat it. ”

Li Yi said as he cleaned the chicken and chopped it on the board.

Freshly killed chickens do not need to be blanched, and they are fried directly in the pot to be fragrant.

Li Yi took the pot to heat the oil, directly put the chicken pieces into the pot, stir-fried on a fierce heat, and after the chicken was fried until fragrant, then added soy sauce and other seasonings, and added water to simmer.

When the soup is thickened, put the chopped bee pepper cubes into the pot and stir-fry until they are broken.

Seeing that the soup had become thick and red, Li Yi turned off the heat and served the dishes.

"This smell, it smells authentic."

Huang Xiaoming can't wait.

didn't wait for Li Yisheng to finish, he put down his chopsticks and grabbed a piece, blew it twice and put it into his mouth.

"Hmmm! That's right! That's the taste! ”

He used chopsticks to point the chicken pieces on the plate, and exclaimed: "This is the most authentic Zaozhuang spicy chicken!" It's so delicious! The pot is really full of gas! ”

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