Chapter 526 The Beggar Chicken Reappears

When it comes to eating chicken, the first thing Yang Ming thinks of is beggar's chicken.

Yang Ming also made beggar's chicken a long time ago, but he made it randomly according to the method he had seen before.

After going to the Chinese Little Boss World, Yang Ming learned the real cooking method of beggar's chicken in Yangcheng, which is known as a paradise for foodies.

Master Mao Dun said it well: The cooking method of beggar's chicken is very unique. It comes from the folk. Like various other cultures and arts, it was created by the working people of past generations.

From the perspective of culinary history, wrapping meat in yellow mud for barbecue is an ancient thing, regardless of region or ethnicity.

For example, the "cannon pig", one of the "Eight Treasures" of the Zhou Dynasty, is a suckling pig wrapped in clay and grilled, and the XJ Luobu people's mud sheep neck is basically the same routine.

For poor people, especially beggars, who lack cooking utensils, clay-sealed charcoal grilling is a convenient and feasible method, and chicken is obviously the most accessible meat ingredient for working people in ancient times.

As for the most widely circulated legend about the beggar chicken, we have to mention that in the novel written by Lao Jin, Huang Rong used Emei steel to cut open the belly of the rooster, washed and peeled off the internal organs, but did not pluck the hair, and mixed it with water to wrap it in mud. Take the chicken pieces and make a fire to roast them. Roast for a while, and a sweet aroma will come out of the mud. When the wet mud dries, peel off the dry mud, and the chicken feathers will fall off. The chicken will be white and tender, with a strong aroma.

It is precisely because of Lao Jin's wonderful writing that more famous dishes have become more famous.

After sharpening the knife, Yang Ming chopped onions, ginger and onions and added various spices to make a marinade. He mixed the ham, dried shrimps, mushrooms and cauliflower evenly, and added a little oyster sauce to taste.

Yang Ming cut the buttocks of the chicken, then rubbed the marinade into the whole chicken, marinated it for a while, and then put it aside.

Since the One Piece world is rich in resources, Yang Ming can easily find the fresh lotus leaves he needs. He puts the chicken head up, folds the wings and thighs, and wraps it in the lotus leaves.

The lotus leaf has two functions. First, it separates the chicken from the mud, which not only reduces the loss of the outer skin but is also hygienic; second, it gives the chicken an unparalleled lotus leaf fragrance.

The previous method was to use only lotus leaves. In the world of Chinese little masters, some celebrities in Yangcheng made a little innovation. They used an iron egg-shaped container to place the lotus leaves wrapped around the whole chicken. The taste of the chicken was completely All are blocked.

Due to the lack of this tool, Yang Ming had to give up and choose a more troublesome method.

Seeing this, Nami opened her mouth in surprise, looking confused.

"Yang Ming, it turns out you weren't teasing me?"

In response to this, Yang Ming raised the corner of his mouth, showing an expression that seemed to be a smile but not a smile, "What do you think?"

Nami: "..."

On the contrary, Luffy didn't think so much. He almost laid his head on the table, staring at the beggar's chicken in Yang Ming's hand, and his mouth couldn't help but drool.

"Yang Ming, do you want to make roast chicken? Sanjishi has also made it before!"

Hearing this, Sanji couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Although he was hit many times by Yang Ming, Xiangjishi was still a little unconvinced. He smoked a cigarette fiercely, but his eyes did not move away from Yang Ming, but became more focused.

Looking at Xiangjishi's expression, he looked like a gambler who had lost all his fortune and was trying to find some flaw in Yang Ming.

Seeing this, Yang Ming just shook his head and smiled, and then continued busy with the work at hand.

Yang Ming then used a larger piece of tinfoil to wrap the beggar's chicken. This would make it safer to prevent soil from seeping in. Then came the main event.

That's covered in mud!

In the past, Yang Ming did it randomly and used the mud from the land casually. This was actually a wrong method.

The most correct method is that the mud wrapped in it is the sealing mud of Huadiao wine, which is full of wine aroma.

Therefore, the chicken absorbs the aroma of the wine and is also sealed and dense, with all the flavor inside.

Fortunately, although there is no Huadiao wine here, there are sealing mud for other wines. It is the bar opened by Xia Qi. Only the old wine with a history of hundreds of years uses sealing mud, and the wine tastes more fragrant. .

Then, Yang Ming poured water into the mud, stirred it, and spread the mixed mud evenly on the outside of the tin foil to make a huge mud ball, which looked a lot like a chocolate cake.

"Wrapped in mud?"

"I can't understand, I can't understand!"

Seeing Yang Ming's weird behavior, Xiangjishi frowned and made a Sichuan shape between his eyebrows, looking sad.

Sanjishi thought he could understand what Yang Ming had done before, but when it came to covering it with mud, Sanjishi was confused and felt that it was unclear.

For the first time, Xiangji felt like he was sitting in a well and looking at the sky. It turned out that the world was so big and there were so many great chefs, but he had never been exposed to a chef of Yang Ming's level before.

Thinking like this, Sanji couldn't help but crane his neck and observe more intently. Even if he didn't understand what Yang Ming was doing now, he still wanted to remember these things firmly in his mind.

Return to Yang Ming.

It is worth noting that the advantage of using an oven to cook beggar's chicken is that the temperature is better controlled, but the disadvantage is that the kitchen will be full of mud.

Since this is not the kitchen of Xia Qi Bar, even though it has a very good oven, Yang Ming would be reluctant to make it messy, right?

Therefore, Yang Ming decided to go outside and light a bonfire, then throw the chicken in and bake it. This was simple, classic, straightforward and rough.

Yang Ming considered that he would be in direct contact with the flames and that the temperature of the bonfire was higher than that of the oven. In order to prevent the chicken from being cremated smoothly, before that, when the beggar's chicken was being muddied, Yang Ming thickened the mud layer, which was about as thick as a little finger. thick.

In order to ensure that it is cooked thoroughly, it needs to be baked in the fire for an hour and a half. A campfire is not as convenient as an oven. During the baking process, Yang Ming needs to use fire escape continuously to maintain the stability and unity of the fire.

Yang Ming asked the employees to build a prototype of a bonfire with wood, then took a deep breath, and then opened his mouth suddenly.

"Fire Escape! Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique!"

From Yang Ming's mouth, clusters of flames spurted out, fell into the wood, and the flames instantly rose.

"oh!"

"Is it a flame?"

Upon seeing this, Pluto Rayleigh's eyes flashed with light.

He has always been curious about Yang Ming. What kind of person is he who can command a group of unruly men?

Now, the tip of the iceberg has finally been revealed.

During the process of blowing out the fire, Yang Ming did not relax at all. Instead, he had to be careful not to burn the bonfire too brightly. The flames would reach as high as a person, and the beggar's chicken could be burned out in just ten minutes. Moreover, this fire can easily cremate the chicken directly without leaving any residue.

This step is the most stringent. It won’t work if it’s too hot or too cold. It will test a chef’s vision, experience, and flexible operation.