"Mammy, where is the small jar I asked you to wash the day before yesterday?" Su Li's voice interrupted her thinking. Mammy Li immediately came to her senses and bent down to take the jar from under the stove and put it on the table.
"Mammy, thank you. The jar is just the right size."
Su Li praised and put the whole chicken in it. Then she poured soy sauce, yellow wine and salt into the jar and sealed it. She turned around and found a piece of white cloth to put it.
"Mammy, the chicken needs to be marinated for an hour. Watch it carefully. I will read for a while and come back. "
Su Li told her to leave. Mammy Li hurriedly agreed and recalled nervously while counting her fingers. How long had passed just now?
While counting the time, she moved the hourglass and waited. This was a big event related to the restaurant of the Su Family. She didn't expect that the Second Miss would entrust it to her.
"I can't let the Miss down. An hour, an hour!"
Mammy Li stared at the clock. She almost counted the seconds in an hour …
Tick!
An hour later, Mammy Li cheered up and immediately got up and shouted, "Miss, an hour is up."
After a short while, Su Li yawned and came over. She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Mammy. An hour is just a general time. It doesn't matter if you marinate for a while."
"I am afraid that you will be delayed. The Old Master values you so much. You can't make mistakes." Mammy Li felt wronged.
Su Li's face glowed with a warm light. She smiled coquettishly and said, "Mammy, you are the best."
Mammy Li blushed and spat, "You are such a naughty girl … Go to cook quickly."
"Yes, yes, yes."
Su Li lifted the wooden lid of the jar and became more and more serious. She carefully took out the whole chicken and stuffed the stuffing of chopped green onion, ginger, lean pork, and diced shiitake mushrooms that were fried in lard a few days ago into the belly of the whole chicken. Then she opened the small porcelain bottle and spread the ground cloves and anise powder evenly on the chicken.
This series of dazzling operations couldn't help but make Mammy Li stunned. It was just a small chicken, but there were so many crafts. The complexity was comparable to that of palace dishes. How did Miss come up with it?
"Nanny, come and help tie the rope!"
When Mammy Li came to her senses, she saw that the whole chicken had been wrapped tightly by lotus leaves. She immediately went to tie a strong knot at the end of the rope. After finishing this step, Su Li wrapped two more layers of lotus leaves, and then brought out the yellow mud she had dug before.
"Nanny, help me smear the yellow mud on the wet white cloth. The thickness must be uniform."
As Su Li said, she smeared some of the yellow mud first, and Mammy Li immediately followed. With the two of them working together, it didn't take them long to paint the white cloth all over.
Finally, Su Li put the chicken wrapped in lotus leaves in the middle of the white cloth. She lifted the four corners of the white cloth and wrapped the chicken tightly to make the yellow mud stick. Then she removed the wet cloth and fixed it with an iron frame. Finally, she put it on the charcoal fire to roast.
"So this is why Miss wanted me to light a fire these few days." Mammy Li was suddenly enlightened. At the same time, she couldn't help but marvel that there was such a way of barbecuing meat. She had never heard of it.
Su Li's expression was very focused. She turned the iron frame every half an hour, and the time was so accurate that no machine was needed to measure it.
Although she was a heinous devil in the previous life, her attainments in food were so profound that even the imperial kitchen could not compare with her. Because her husband said, "In this world, only a wife and delicious food can't be disappointed."
Therefore, even if she lost everything and was full of revenge and destruction, she would not forget to help her husband collect local specialties and delicacies. Those recipes engraved in her soul reminded her every moment that she was not without anything. At least her husband's hope was still there.
Four hours later, Su Li put down the iron frame expressionlessly, removed the charcoal brazier, and picked up the Beggar's Chicken that had been roasted into a hard ball with her bare hands and put it on the plate.
"Mammy!" Hearing the sound, Mammy Li, who was dozing off, suddenly woke up, "Miss, I am here."
Mammy Li's eyes moved to the big mud ball on the table, and she suddenly felt strange. After working for so long, she made such an ugly thing?
"Mammy." Su Li's cold tone became gentle, "Go and call my father."
…
Su Huanli, who had slept for three hours, was hungry. When he heard Mammy Li's voice, he immediately rushed to the room. Seeing the big mud ball on the table in Su Li's room, his eyes almost popped out.
"Is this the new dish you made? It's nonsense! Even if the old hen is used to make soup, it will be much more delicious than the one you made with mud! "
Su Huanli scolded so much that his saliva sprayed out, and he felt that the sky was falling. It seemed that he had seen the arrogance of the Zhu Family and the Yang Family laughing at him.
"Daddy, don't be impatient." Su Li smiled and gently knocked on the surface of the yellow mud with a small hammer.
Crack …
The mud ball cracked a gap, and the warm and unrestrained smell came out. For a time, the room was full of fragrance. Even the guards outside the house couldn't help but swallow their saliva, and their eyes fluttered to the room crazily.
Su Huanli had long forgotten the previous abuse, and stared at the small mud ball that cracked in half in front of him with the eyes of seeing his lover.
Su Li continued to knock. After all the yellow mud shell was knocked open, the hot smell came, mixed with the intoxicating rich fragrance. This kind of fragrance was more irresistible than Zongzi!
Su Huanli even thought that the yellow mud might be delicious.
Su Li didn't seem to see Su Huanli's reaction. She slowly untied the cotton rope and opened the lotus leaf. The main character finally appeared in front of Su Huanli.
The chicken skin was golden and bright, as if it was cast by gold. It was really a feast for the eyes. The temperature in the lotus leaf was very high. After Su Li untied it, the hot steam mixed with white smoke slowly dissipated with Jinyuan Court as the center. Soon, the whole Su House could smell the fragrance.
"What's the smell?" Zhu Yan sniffed hard, and her saliva surged wildly. The dinner in front of her was instantly as difficult to swallow as chaff.
"Mom, it smells so good! I want to eat it. Who is cooking delicious food? "Su Zipei sniffed hard, and almost closed her eyes to drift away with the fragrance.
At this moment, in Jinyuan Court. Su Huanli's mouth was already full of oil, and he didn't even bother to say a word.
When the chicken entered his mouth, the taste buds exploded. The crisp, fat, tender, and original taste almost made Su Huanli go to heaven.
"There is such delicious food in the world. It's really delicious!"
Su Huanli's eyes were wet and blurred. He even cried because of eating, but his hands didn't stop. He still kept stuffing the chicken into his mouth.
In less than a quarter of an hour, there were only lotus leaves and mud on the plate. Su Huanli burped contentedly. The whole chicken was eaten up by him alone.
"Daddy, you eat too much. You should go to the courtyard to digest. "Su Li reminded him with a smile.
Su Huanli woke up from a dream and remembered the purpose of coming here. But the whole chicken had been eaten up by him. How could he give it to the Yang Family and the Zhu Family?
Su Huanli blushed and patted his head. It seemed that he had to find the three-yellow chicken. It was indispensable to supply the restaurant in the future. This was really a happy trouble.
"Erya, you did a good job. This dish is absolutely worthy of being the signature dish of the Baiwei Building. "
Su Huanli praised, but he was shouting excitedly in his heart. It was more than worthy. It was almost ten thousand times more delicious than the previous signature dish of the Baiwei Building!
The Baiwei Building might become the first restaurant in the world with Erya's cooking skills. At that time, he would become the richest man in the world. He could even enter the palace to meet the emperor and get a golden plaque!
Thinking about it, Su Huanli almost laughed out.
After a while, he woke up from the daydream and coughed twice. His voice was more gentle, "Erya, I will send another three-yellow chicken in a few days. It will be sent to the Zhu Family and the Yang Family for evaluation. Once it is done, you will be the biggest hero of the Su Family!"
Su Li bowed slightly and said modestly, "I dare not ask for credit. But I will follow your arrangement."
"Good! You are really my good daughter. Ha-ha … "
Su Huanli laughed and walked away with a sense of elation. "After I offer this dish, who dares to say that I, Su Huanli, am dim-sighted and impulsive?"
After Su Huanli left, Mammy Li, who was waiting outside the door, immediately came in to clean up. She asked while cleaning, "Miss, how is the new dish?"
Su Li shook her head helplessly and said, "Daddy ate it all alone. I also want to know what it tastes like."
"Ah?!"
Mammy Li's eyes widened. It was such a big chicken. Was the Lord not afraid of eating too much? But … she also wanted to eat it! Just the smell alone was enough to make one unable to stop.
"Well, Mammy, hurry up to cook. I haven't eaten anything for a long time. "
Su Li reminded Mammy Li. She clapped her hands and said, "Ah! Miss, you must be very hungry. The Lord doesn't leave anything for you. I am going to cook now. "
Su Li nodded gently and looked into the distance. The selfish nature of Su Huanli, the old guy, had not changed at all.
With the experience of looking for the three-yellow chicken last time, the second three-yellow chicken was sent to Su Li in less than two days. After spending half a day to roast it, Su Huanli came to take it away on time and left the Su House by carriage.
"Miss, I just saw the Third Miss in the carriage."
After Su Huanli left, Mammy Li came over and said mysteriously.
Su Li smiled and said, "Mammy, are you doubting Daddy? The Third Sister was almost killed by a villain. Now Daddy takes the Third Sister with him to protect me. But the Third Sister has to bear the risk. "
"It turns out that you have long known the rumors outside." Mammy Li was surprised and said, "Why didn't I think of this? I thought the Lord would give all the benefits to the Third Miss."
"The servants are talking about it. I am not deaf." Su Li smiled lightly and turned back to the room.
On the official road, the carriage creaked all the way. Su Zipei held the Beggar's Chicken which was still a little warm on the surface and lowered her head. The jealousy and hatred in her eyes almost burned out her reason.
She couldn't wait to throw the thing in her hand out now!
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