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Chapter 58 Ye Xuan, the fisherman, makes gourmet beggar’s chicken!

Ye Mansion.

Ye Xuan and Shen Rong were sitting on stone chairs playing chess, while Qiuyue and Chunchan were watching.

Ye Xuan pushed the "car" forward.

General.

He won.

On the chess board.

The "cars" and "horses" besieged the enemy, and the opponent's "handsome" was blocked.

There is no way out.

You can only accept the sanctions obediently.

The dappled sunlight shone on Shen Rong's cheeks, her fair skin was like the white snow in winter, and the fine sweat on her forehead was as clear as water drops.

The hot weather made her cheeks turn red, like white dumplings covered with a thin layer of powder.

She stretched out her fingers as slender as white jade and held a few strands of black hair on the side of her face behind her ears. She smiled gently and helplessly, "My husband's chess skills are too exquisite, and I am far behind."

"It seems that there are still many things I want to teach you."

Ye Xuan deliberately emphasized the word "teaching".

The tips of Shen Rong's fair ears were dyed red, and she was shy and timid.

Ye Xuan thought:

My wife is so cute.

"Madam, do you want to eat beggar's chicken?"

Ye Xuan suddenly said on a whim.

“What is a beggar chicken?”

Confusion appeared on Shen Rong's face.

"It's a delicious treat."

"There is another rumor about the beggar chicken, which is related to the current emperor."

Ye Xuan's words immediately aroused Shen Rong's interest.

Food related to the emperor?

Beggar's chicken?

Shen Rong couldn't guess the connection between the two.

Qiuyue and Chunchan next to them heard Ye Xuan's words and became curious in their hearts.

What does the emperor have to do with the food of the beggar's chicken?

In the curiosity of the three women, Ye Xuan began to talk about the 26th floor.

"Legend has it that when the emperor was not yet the emperor, he led his troops into battle and was defeated. He ran for three days and three nights, with the enemy chasing him. The emperor was exhausted and hungry."

"At this time, he saw an old beggar warming himself by the fire."

"There's a ball of mud in the fire."

"The emperor was very strange and asked the beggar what he was doing."

"The beggar said he wanted to offer delicious food to the emperor."

"He took out the mud ball inside and opened the mud. Inside was a golden roasted chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, with a fragrant aroma."

"The emperor was full of praise after eating it."

"It seems that thanks to the beggar's chicken, the emperor won successive battles and finally became emperor."

"Later, the emperor called this chicken the rich chicken."

Shen Rong and the three girls listened with great interest.

"I didn't expect a food to have such an interesting origin."

Shen Rong sighed.

Chun Chan swallowed secretly.

"Uncle, is the beggar's chicken really so delicious?"

Although Qiuyue and Shen Rong didn't say it, they also wanted to try the delicacies that even the emperor praised.

They looked at Ye Xuan expectantly and longingly.

Ye Xuan smiled.

"I just wanted to give it a try to you.

He called a few cooks in the kitchen and began to teach them how to make beggar's chicken. The advantage of teaching the cooks to cook is that you don't have to do it yourself, you can just let the cooks cook whatever you want to eat in the future.

Ye Xuan selected a young hen that had suffered from heatstroke and asked the cooks to kill it, peel off the feathers, and then marinate the young hen with a sauce made of fine wine, salt, oil, sugar, and ginger.

The hens are slowly getting their color from the sauce.

The cooks are making it as Ye Xuan said.

Shen Rong and the other three girls looked on curiously.

"Let the tender hen marinate for a period of time to absorb the flavor and remove the fishy smell. Next, prepare the auxiliary ingredients."

"Cut the chicken, lean pork, shrimp, ham, and mushrooms into pieces."

"Peel the shrimps, remove the strings, and then dice them."

"Just put this together."

"You also need to prepare a few lotus leaves, wine jar mud, and wash the lotus leaves with clean water and set aside."

"Also, you guys, come with me to build a kiln."

Ye Xuan said.

The traditional beggar's chicken is a chicken wrapped in earthy lotus leaves and roasted directly on the fire.

In this way, most of the chicken's nutrients and water will be absorbed by the lotus leaves and soil.

So in order to make the chicken more tender and juicy, he uses kiln chicken.

The kiln is built like a hemispherical snow house, but the roof is not covered with snow, but with pieces of mud and rocks.

"Fire the fire in the kiln. The bigger the fire, the better. The clay in space and time will burn red."

"Stuff the freshly prepared ingredients into the marinated tender hen belly.

"Wrap several layers of tender hens in lotus leaves, and cover the lotus leaves with wine jar mud."

The cooks followed suit.

With such luxurious ingredients and marinated ingredients, they thought it would be delicious even when used to bake shoes.

However, when they heard it was going to be covered with wine.

They hesitated.

"Sir, why do you need to use wine jar mud? If you use mud, won't you ruin the food?"

"Just do as you are told."

Ye Xuan didn't explain and just let them continue.

The cooks looked at each other. They felt that Ye Xuan was ruining the food, but they had no choice. Ye Xuan was the master, so they had no choice but to do it.

An egg-shaped object wrapped in yellow wine jar mud appeared.

Cooks:…………

Is this really edible?

They suspected Ye Xuan was wasting ingredients.

No matter how rich you are, you can't just be a scholar, right?

They were quite angry.

"Wow, this is the clay ball that my uncle said. It's really a clay ball. Miss, Sister Qiuyue, look at it."

(bhfh) Spring cicada’s dark eyes are full of surprise.

Really a ball of mud.

As expected, my uncle didn't lie to her.

Shen Rong and Qiuyue also felt strange.

Will food wrapped in soil really taste good?

Orange flames kept coming out of the cracks in the cave. The mud and stone on the outside of the kiln had been burnt black, and the red charcoal on the inside could be vaguely seen.

"You can take out the firewood and leave the red-hot coals."

"Be careful and don't reveal the secret.

The firewood that was still burning was taken out, leaving only black and red charcoal fire inside.

Ye Xuan took a stick and poked it at the top of the kiln, and the kiln broke open.

He asked the cook to throw the mud ball in, and then beat it against the kiln, so that the red-hot mud and stone covered the mud ball and broke it into pieces.

"Take a shovel and shovel some dirt, cover it, and don't let the heat escape."

The cook followed suit.

The collapsed kiln was immediately covered with a layer of mud.

"The chicken will be cooked in about half an hour."

Ye Xuan said.

Half an hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Ye Xuan dug out the black mud ball. The mud ball was steaming.

The cooks looked at the black and red mud balls and wondered whether the chicken inside could be eaten.

The three girls, Shen Rong, were full of anticipation and curiosity.

Ye Xuan placed the steaming clay balls on the stone table, then cracked them open, and the aroma of chicken, mushrooms and lotus leaves suddenly filled the air.

“Smells so good!!”

Shen Rong and others exclaimed.

Ye Xuan peeled off the mud balls and lotus leaves, and the golden chicken was exposed to everyone's sight.

Shen Rong and others couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"Madam, how do you like the taste of beggar's chicken?"

Ye Xuan pulled open a chicken drumstick and handed it to Shen Rong. The drumstick was still steaming.

"A little trouble."

Shen Rong tried to take a small bite. The taste of chicken and the fragrance of lotus leaves were perfectly blended. There were also the fragrance of mushrooms, ham and other accessories. The chicken was juicy and tender.

Her eyes lit up and she covered her red lips.

What's this!

Delicious!!!

"You guys should also try the beggar's chicken."

Ye Xuan looked at Qiuyue and Chunchan.

The two of them were incredible.

"Uncle, can we eat too?"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.

While Qiuyue was still hesitating, Chunchan had already taken action.

“Uh-huh……………it’s delicious! So delicious!!”

"Sister Qiuyue, please try it quickly!"

"The chicken is tender and juicy. The flavors of lotus leaves, chicken, mushrooms, ham and other ingredients are perfectly blended. The chicken has no flavor at all."

"This must be the most delicious chicken I have ever eaten. I will die with no regrets!"

Chun Chan exaggerated.

Qiuyue thought:

Is it really that exaggerated?

She tried to take a bite, and then her eyes widened.

So delicious!!

"My uncle is so amazing, he can actually make such delicious food!"

"Woohoo...it's so delicious, it's simply a delicacy on earth!"

Chun Chan praised without hesitation.

Shen Rong couldn't help but said:

"Sir, I didn't expect you to be able to cook such delicious food. If this beggar's chicken is sold in our restaurant, it will definitely be very popular."

They didn't expect that Ye Xuan was not only knowledgeable and talented, but he was also so good at cooking.

The cooks kept swallowing their saliva, thinking:

I didn't expect that the mud ball was so ugly and the food inside was so fragrant.

They were thinking about whether they should be extravagant and have a meal of beggar's chicken later.

At this time, the servant hurriedly came to report Ye Xuan.

"grown ups!"

"There is someone coming from the palace, please invite heavenly officials to come!"