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Chapter 841 Crispy Hump

After about half an hour, Song Qingzhou took a look at the deer tendons, and estimated that the heat would be almost ready in a while, so he took Chen Nian to make another crispy hump.

Looking at this large hump, I went up to the old age and touched it left and right, it is extremely rare.

As far as he is concerned, he has never been to the desert before, and the only time he saw camels was when he was attending a temple fair in the county town 20 years ago.

An old man pulled a camel over.

Take a group photo and ride a camel for 5 minutes and ten yuan.

It's just that the other party's business was not that good. After all, five or ten yuan was quite a lot at that time.

It's just that Lao Chen hadn't passed away at that time. When he saw his son wanted to ride a camel, he immediately took out ten yuan and asked Chen Nian to ride it for 5 minutes.

But nearly 20 years have passed, Chen Nian only remembers this incident, and has long forgotten what it feels like to ride a camel.

But this time, he actually saw the hump that was cut off alive.

First, it was scalded with boiling water, and after the outer skin was removed, the meat inside was exposed.

Immediately after Song Qingzhou's request, Chen Nian cut the hump into hob pieces of about an inch or so, cut the green onion into sections, and cut the ginger into slices.

At the same time, Song Qingzhou boiled the chicken soup on the other side, and poured the hump and the seasoning into the boiling chicken soup.

Although in the imperial dining room Song Qingzhou would not tell Chen Nian clearly how long it takes to cook each dish and the amount of seasoning, but Chen Nian himself would silently remember the number and observe in his heart.

After a while, the other dishes were almost ready, and Song Qingzhou asked Chen Nian to go to the side of the deer tendon to fish out the ingredients, let it cool and then cut it into long strips.

Immediately after that, pour an appropriate amount of broth into the frying pan, boil it, then add rapeseed heart, shiitake mushrooms, magnolia slices, ham and corresponding seasonings and wet starch to make a thick sauce, then put the deer tendons in, wait until it boils and pour chicken oil He took it out.

Afterwards, he went to the hump again, took out the hump that had been boiled until it tasted delicious, and heated two catties of peanut oil in another pan, sprinkled cornstarch on the surface of the hump, dipped it into the oil pan and fried it until it was golden brown on the inside and outside. , also remove it and put it on the plate and sprinkle with salt and pepper.

"Take it away."

The Zhengjiupin Chuanshan, which belongs to the imperial dining room, puts all the prepared dishes into the food boxes of each palace, and then takes them outside to the eunuchs and maids who have been waiting for a long time, and then they send them to the palaces.

After cooking meals for the palaces in the imperial dining room, they had to make some food for themselves.

Song Qingzhou wanted to show Chen Nian his hands, so he directly arranged for Chen Nian to cook for everyone.

The other imperial chefs were more healthy and relaxed, so they went outside to chat and wait.

"Master Song, you really care about this newcomer."

One of the imperial chefs said to Song Qingzhou with a smile.

"Yeah, this kid is quite smart, and he came with cooking skills. I think he's pretty good, but I don't have anyone who can work hard, so I plan to turn around and take him as an apprentice.

"Master Song is going to take Chen Nian as his apprentice?" The royal chefs all looked sideways after hearing this.

"That's right, my skills are always to be passed on, so I can't bring them into the coffin, right? I took in two apprentices before, isn't this being sent to the Prince Jin's Mansion?"

"That's true, but Master Song, why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted to take an apprentice? I can be your apprentice."

"Hahaha, what are you talking about with me here? If you become my apprentice, you won't be afraid of your master beating you?"

"Afraid! Why aren't you afraid? But we call each other master and apprentice in private, so I just don't tell my master."

"What good things are you thinking about? If you don't hold the apprentice ceremony, don't respect tea, and don't even call out to the master when you go outside, why should I accept you as an apprentice?" Song Qingzhou said angrily.

The relationship between everyone here is still good on weekdays.

And although they are of different grades, they are not much different in age, and if they look down all day long and don't look up, they will naturally become friends after a long time.

In a colleague relationship like theirs, as long as you don't try to steal from me all day long, it's okay for everyone to chat and laugh, and they will help each other with anything.

They chatted outside for a while, and the aging inside also made the meal they wanted to eat at noon today.

The meals they eat themselves are different from the real staff meals.

In reality, they usually do what the store sells. If there is a banquet, they will also use some leftover ingredients from the banquet to make staff meals.

But there are many specialties in the palace.

Even if these royal chefs want to eat, they can't use whichever they want, even if it's leftover from previous cooking.

Because those things can only be eaten by the emperor and empress.

Others are guilty as long as they eat it. Of course, it doesn't count if the chef tastes the food while cooking.

So Chen Nian first made braised pork, then fried a dish of mushrooms and rapeseed with mushrooms and rapeseed, and made a soup with dried shrimps, the remaining chicken soup and ham, and put some rapeseed.

Finally, stir-fry the leftover magnolia slices for a vegetarian dish.

After eating, everyone was full of praise, and now they finally knew why Song Qingzhou was in such a hurry to accept Chen Nian as his apprentice.

The level of a chef, of course, depends on whether he can cook high-end dishes, but more depends on whether the other party's basic skills are solid. In terms of basic skills, home-cooked dishes are the most skillful.

The home-cooked dishes made by ordinary people and the home-cooked dishes made by professional chefs are actually two flavors, which can be tasted by a knowledgeable person.

And Chen Nian's skills in these few dishes are very strong, it's not like what he can cook at this age.

Just like what Song Qingzhou thought before, many of them are at this age, not to mention cooking like Chen Nian, most of them are still helping Master.

"Chen Nian should be able to stay in the palace for a long time, I plan to turn around and give him all I have learned all my life." Song Qingzhou said and looked at Chen Nian who was working hard to cook, "When the time comes, you should study hard and don't humiliate me. It has ruined the reputation of our Tan family cuisine."

Hearing this, Chen Nian tried hard to swallow the food in his mouth: "Don't worry, Master, I will definitely carry forward your craftsmanship!"

"Hahaha, you are not a big boy, but your tone is not small, and you still carry it forward.

Although our Tan family cuisine is not like Huaiyang cuisine and Shandong cuisine, there are many types of our cuisine, which is not so easy to learn, but it is good for you to have this kind of heart. Of course, you must be steady when learning cooking, but it’s okay if you don’t have any drive It can't be a great climate. When I learned cooking with my master, I was just like you, vowing to carry forward the Tan family's cooking. "

"Master, haven't you fulfilled your original promise now? You must be very pleased to be serving as the imperial cook in the palace, right?"

"What's the relief, every time I go back he has to scold me for a long time, but just say it, your master is getting older now, I hope he can talk more about me."

(End of this chapter)