Chapter 163 boiled cabbage
Because this time the cooking was a competition, and the supreme ruler of this decadent empire made her request, every chef who entered his own kitchen was carefully searched to ensure that these people did not carry any prohibited items, that is, various meat-related foods or ingredients. If you like to play, come and watch them.
If you are taken in and found out after being found, it means that you are deceiving the monarch and will implicate the serious crime of the nine tribes.
The others were nervous, but Huang Jinglin looked calm, as if he didn't put this matter on his body at all, which also surprised the guards who searched and guarded.
The stoves are all in the food, and the ingredients inside are also placed in different categories. Of course, they are all vegetarian dishes, which are all prepared according to the requirements of each chef before.
Huang Jinglin was not in a hurry inside. He did nothing, but picked out a cabbage from the pile of vegetables, then tore off all the cabbage gangs, revealing the yellow cabbage core inside. Then he lit the stove, poured a large pot of water, and started boiling water.
Then he did nothing, just placed the peeled yellow and tender cabbage core neatly in a soup bowl.
Then Huang Jinglin was like a stool, sitting on a stool bored and counting the ants on the ground. Time passed slowly until the water in the big pot burning on the stove boiled. After hearing the gurgling sound, Huang Jinglin stood up from his seat, stood in front of the boiling big pot and took a look, and then nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he shook his body and took off the hood he was wearing, revealing a wrinkled vest inside.
Huang Jinglin took off the wrinkled vest, and then swung the dry and wrinkled vest into the boiling pot. A strange smell immediately emerged from the boiling water in the pot. The smell was very light, but a faint trace was produced when Huang Jinglin's vest just entered the water. Then as time went by, this extremely special and extremely fragrant taste disappeared.
He just held his vest in one hand and sang the boiling water. The boiling water was still steaming with steaming heat, and the color of the water did not change at all. It was still clear and transparent.
After almost for a quarter of an hour, Huang Jinglin felt that it was almost done, so he took out the vest and put it in front of the stove and dried it. Then he took a spoon and sucked a spoonful of clear and transparent hot water from the pot, sniffing it. He took a sip and savored it carefully. He nodded, and his face showed a look of extreme satisfaction.
Huang Jinglin no longer hesitated and directly scooped a large spoonful of "clean water" from the pot and poured it directly into the soup plate of the tender yellow cabbage core he had arranged before.
After pouring two spoons of "clear water" in this way, the whole soup plate was full.
Looking at the cabbage that was so simple that it could not be simple, Huang Jinglin nodded with satisfaction. He picked up the lid beside him and covered the whole dish. Then he looked at the wet vest on the side, without even disliked it being too wet. He put it in it directly, and then he picked up the leftover stove pot and poured the remaining "clean water" in the pot clean.
After doing all this and cleaning up the scene again, he opened the door and shouted at the guards patrolling and surveillance nearby, signaling that his dish was finished.
Huang Jinglin finished the work not the fastest or the latest, so he did not attract the attention of others.
When the eunuch who was responsible for handing over the dishes came to serve the dishes, he might have known that Huang Jinglin was the new Sichuan chef, so he asked curiously: "What kind of delicious taste does Master Huang make?"
Hearing the words of this little eunuch, Huang Jinglin just smiled, showed an embarrassed smile, and said ashamedly: "It's just a very ordinary vegetarian dish. The topics that Lao Fu this time were too confusing. I am a talented person and I really can't think of any good method. I can only use a dish that my mother at home made to satisfy my cravings when she was a child because she was poor. "
Huang Jinglin said very respectfully and answered very appropriately, and did not arouse suspicion from this little eunuch. Because the dishes served before were not satisfied with the food, there were many experts in the major cuisines such as Shandong cuisine, Huaiyang cuisine, etc. Since these people were not good, let alone the insignificant Sichuan cuisine chef in front of him. Therefore, the little eunuch just nodded and signaled, and then took the dish that Huang Jinglin called very simple vegetarian dishes, and ran towards the place where Cixi's imperial carriage was.
After the little eunuch left, Huang Jinglin immediately left the imperial kitchen, returned to his room, picked up his luggage that had been packed long ago, and without saying a word, he left a letter and left the capital.
When the little eunuch brought the dishes to the front of Cixi's old witch, Huang Jinglin had already run out of the capital.
The ingredients that had no meat and fish ate before had already made Cixi extremely dissatisfied. Although she now realized how unreliable the restrictions she mentioned were, otherwise it would be impossible for so many famous chefs with superb skills to make even a portion of delicious food for her, but she is the noble Lord Buddha and the emperor's emperor, so naturally it is impossible to say that it is her mistake. It can only be said that these imperial chefs have poor cooking skills.
When the little eunuch presented the soup plate in front of Cixi, Cixi just shouted absent-mindedly. When the lid of the soup plate was lifted, Cixi saw that there were only a few yellow cabbages floating in the clear water in the soup plate, and immediately changed color. Her face turned red in anger, and even her body shivered.
Although the dishes made by the imperial chefs before were not very delicious, it was because of their own limitations. Although they were not delicious, they were just a difference in taste. In terms of evaluating the quality of the dishes, the color, fragrance, taste, and form were just a word of taste that did not meet the standards. However, this dish was actually... just a cabbage in boiling water! It was simply outrageous!
Just when she was about to get angry, she sent an order to ask the guards to capture the imperial chef who made this dish and kill the nine clans, the extremely smart Cixi immediately had a completely different idea, and then a suspicious look appeared on her face. She was good at scrutinizing people's hearts. She knew better than anyone else how afraid of her slaves were. These people absolutely did not have the courage to fool themselves.
Thinking of this, Cixi became curious about this dish that seemed extremely simple. She thought that the chef did not focus on the color, fragrance, and spirit, so this dish must have outstanding taste?
Since thinking about this, Cixi became even more curious about this dish. She asked someone to try it out if this dish is poisonous. After confirming that it is not poisonous, people brought the cabbage soaked in the simple water to her. Although it was not very good-looking, driven by curiosity, Cixi picked up a piece of cabbage with chopsticks and put it in her mouth...
At this point, a mysterious smile appeared on Jester's face, and then stopped telling it, which made Claudia, who had been listening to him, frown. Her beautiful eyes suddenly looked at Jester, her eyes full of doubt: "Why don't you continue talking? What's the final result? How did this chef named Huang make this dish? I know the key is his clothes called Vest. Although it sounds a bit disgusting, I still don't know how he did it..."
Hearing Claudia ask him a series of questions about the story it just told, Jester still smiled and said nothing.
He just said in the mysterious tone of the previous mysterious tone: "Of course, I can't say the last place now. Now I'm talking about what you still have for this dish? Moreover, the process of this dish is very complicated and takes a very long time, and it takes at least twenty-four hours. So at this time tomorrow, before you really eat this dish, please keep a little curiosity and let me first see the cooking skills of putting yourself into the sky."
There is no need to cook too much for two dishes, so Claudia's main dish is a 70-minute cooked steak that has been made by her secret, using the tenderest tenderloin on the beef. The beef cattle I chose was also slaughtered for no more than twenty-four hours, from the Pampas Prairie airlifted from Buenos Aires. Although the UK has just finished the Battle of the Horse Islands shortly after Argentina, this cannot affect Argentina, the world's largest beef exporter, exports the world's top beef to other countries.
Other dishes include shrimp with cheese and fried bacon. Although the dishes are very ordinary, they are more convenient to make. They also use a sauce made by Claudia himself, so the taste is very delicious.
Even if Jester has a very picky taste, he will praise him endlessly.
Claudia was proud to say that her secret sauce was developed and prepared by her own hands, and was her untold secret. In addition to her father, Jester was the third person to be able to eat it except her. Jester didn't know whether Claudia's statement was true or false, but according to his understanding of Claudia, she didn't need to deceive herself in this regard.
After the meal, Claudia asked Jester a little reluctantly what the name of the dish in the story he had just said.
The name of the dish is naturally not to be hidden. This dish is very famous among the eight major cuisines in the country. Anyone who has a little knowledge of the Chinese cuisine has never heard of the immortal products in this Sichuan cuisine.
So, Jester just answered Claudia in a very plain tone.
"The name of this dish is very ordinary, it is called boiled water cabbage." (To be continued. (.))
Chapter completed!