Chapter 299 Spicy Chicken (1)

Because I was really shocked after eating the crispy pork belly, it will surely make the group of students in the Imperial College and the group of servants and officials in Dali Temple "hot" for a while. I got it from Zhuangzi today. Those few pieces of pork belly are not enough to make tomorrow’s crispy pork belly, let alone the side dishes.

Ji Caimai thought about it and changed the pork belly that was originally used to make braised pork into snacks. In this way, the only ingredients for lunch are some vegetables and chicken.

Wen Mingtang also felt that the braised pork and pork belly were both made from the same ingredient. The "Second Senior Brother" was really hurt today, so it would be better to use another ingredient to share some of the pressure. So today's lunch is a meat dish. So chicken was used instead.

The ingredients delivered by Zhuangzi are naturally fresh, and this chicken is no exception. Wen Mingtang took a freshly slaughtered chicken and gave a demonstration to Ah Bing: "Cut it into small pieces. It will be smaller than when you made a large plate of chicken."

Then this chicken nugget is really not that big! Ah Bing gestured with his hands to indicate the size, turned around and winked at the glutinous rice balls peeling peanuts behind him, and said, "I'm afraid Master Wen's chicken dish today is a delicate dish. These are small pieces... Big Master Their mouths are so big that they can swallow several pieces in one mouthful!"

The glutinous rice dumpling peeled the peanuts in his hand, raised his eyelids and glanced at him, pointed to a pile of dried chili peppers aside, and said: "More than being careful, I will cut off the seeds of these dried chili peppers later, and I heard Master Wen say that all of them must be added to the chicken nuggets." It’s in the meat dishes!”

When Ah Bing heard this, his hand when cutting the chicken froze. He looked at the large plate of dried chili peppers on the glutinous rice balls and instinctively took a breath: "So many dried chili peppers went into the meat dishes?"

Tang Yuan nodded and said: "In the past few days, everyone has been clamoring that they can eat spicy food! I just happened to use this spicy chicken to see if everyone can really eat spicy food." As he said that, he took a sip of saliva. .

However, Master Wen said that compared to the authentic version, this spicy chicken is a "reduced spiciness" version. It has more chicken and less pepper, but it is spicier than the dishes that people eat at Dali Temple on weekdays.

After Ah Bing cut the chicken and washed away the blood, Wen Mingtang added onions, ginger, starch, salt, pepper, wine and other condiments, seasoned the chicken well, and finally sealed it with oil and set it aside.

While the chicken was being marinated, Wen Mingtang came to help the glutinous rice balls with the ingredients. He put the peeled peanuts into the oil pan and sauteed until fragrant. He cut the peppers and sieved them to remove the seeds. After everything was ready, Wen Mingtang walked to the pot and started Make a dish called Spicy Chicken.

First, pour oil into the pot, put the marinated chicken pieces into the oil pot to set and fry again, then remove and set aside.

Then he took the pot up again and added the peppercorns, green onions, and ginger. Wen Mingtang took the seeded dried chili peppers in his hand, looked up at A Bing and Tangyuan who were watching her movements and memorizing the steps, and suddenly pursed his lips and smiled. He smiled and said, "Are you ready?"

Prepare? what to prepare? The two of them stared wide-eyed, confused. At this moment, Wen Mingtang shook his hand and poured all the seeded dried chili peppers into the oil.

As soon as the dried chili peppers entered the sea of ​​oil, a large amount of oil bubbles instantly surged out like a tide. Along with the large amount of oil bubbles, there was also a strong and extremely fragrant aroma.

After more than half a year of "training" by Wen Mingtang, the spicy and overbearing aroma of chili pepper has become familiar to everyone. But this is the first time I have seen such a large amount of chili peppers colliding with the sea of ​​oil.

The spiciness fully stimulated by the oil is so strong and overbearing that it sweeps towards people, making them feel itchy and unbearable, and they have a vague urge to sneeze. Along with the spiciness, there is also white smoke rising from the oil pan.

The "clouds and mist" in front of the stove were like a "wonderland". Ah Bing and Tangyuan, who were originally following Wen Mingtang and carefully memorizing the recipes, were so frightened that they retreated far behind the countertop and kept holding handkerchiefs. Cover your nose and sneeze.

Even Ji Caimai, who was settling accounts behind the takeout stall, couldn't bear the pungent smell. He sneezed twice and walked to the stage to look at Wen Mingtang, who was calm and unmoving in the "clouds".

Wen Mingtang, who was frying spicy chicken with a spatula in the "Wonderland", seemed to have noticed Ji Caimai's gaze, and turned around to look at Ji Caimai. Ji Caimai raised his thumb and made a "praise" gesture towards her, and then immediately turned around. He ran out of the public kitchen to get some fresh air.

Also running out together were Ah Bing and Tang Yuan, who couldn't bear it anymore. Even with such a spicy taste, he could still remain calm and composed. Master Wen really has the "chef style"!

Seeing that everyone had retreated, Wen Mingtang could only shake his head and continued to stir-fry, adding chicken and minced garlic and stir-frying quickly. Seeing that it was almost done, he finally added salt, sugar, peanuts, sesame seeds and other ingredients and took it out of the pot.

The spicy chicken that had just come out of the pot was still steaming a lot, and there were even tiny bubbles of oil on the surface of the golden chicken pieces. With one or two "sizzling" sounds of oil coming out, the red peppers also appeared. Peanut petals are interspersed among them, and white sesame seeds are dotted among them. They are wrapped on the surface of the golden chicken pieces with fine bubbles of oil, which makes the eyes of those who look at it bright.

Because it is a dish stir-fried in a wide amount of oil, the surface of the ingredients is covered with an attractive sheen of oil. Just looking at it makes people's mouths lick, not to mention the aroma of chicken, chili, sesame and other spices that are thoroughly stimulated. .

Just now, Ji Caimai and Ah Bing were stir-frying the glutinous rice balls, which were forced to retreat outside the public kitchen by the strong and choking oil fumes. However, when Wen Mingtang was stirring the dumplings, they were lured back by the aroma.

When Wen Mingtang took the spicy chicken out of the pot, the three of them were already following Wen Mingtang and looking at the spicy chicken on the plate.

When Chef Wen made this dish, he said it was a very spicy dish. Now that it was out of the pot, it turned out to be so! The word "spicy" means "spicy" in the front and "spicy" in the back. This spicy taste really makes people salivate. Although they are afraid of the spicy taste, they are attracted by this rich spicy fragrance and want to get closer.

It was not that he didn't notice the looks from the three people around him. Wen Mingtang pursed his lips and smiled softly. He divided out three small plates of spicy chicken, put garnished coriander on them, handed them over and said, "It's still early, but today we are You can have lunch first.”

Cooks rarely eat on time, either in front of others or after everyone. Usually they eat more often after everyone. Today, everyone is greedy, and the spicy chicken tastes best when it is freshly cooked. Since the time is enough, Wen Mingtang will not treat his stomach badly.

The "spicy chicken" on the white porcelain plate in front of you is piled up into a hill. At a glance, you can see that there are more golden chickens than red peppers. The "spicy chicken" that reduces the spiciness has this advantage. There is no need to add more peppers. Looking for chicken in the pile.

Wen Mingtang raised his chopsticks and picked at the spicy chicken on the plate.

Today is the New Year, be a "prosperous" spicy chicken and wish the little cuties a prosperous new year in advance!