Food starts with Mapo Tofu

Because in their impression, studying is the only way out, and Chen Nian actually has such contacts and talent, why not go to study, but come here willingly to be a low-level cook?

Even though the food culture of the Tan Mansion is relatively strong, they still haven't given up on obtaining fame from generation to generation.

Now Mr. Tan is an official in the court, and he is only in his 30s now.

There is also the opportunity to train the third generation, so the second generation is allowed to go into business.

After all, the Tan family has so many mouths to eat.

But Chen Nian obviously has a choice, but he chooses this line.

"Son, what do you think? Tell us?"

"Old man, I think it's good for people to live freely in this world. Although the status of being an official is relatively high, it is not the life I like. Compared with being an official, I still prefer to spend most of my time on Study the dishes."

"Then you also have to think about your child?"

"Son, if he wants to get ahead, it depends on his own ability. If he has the ability, I can give him corresponding conditions to let him go to school. Can become a dude."

"makes sense."

Peng Changhai nodded.

"But don't you still work in the palace now? You can be regarded as an official."

"Master, I'm only in the palace to learn how to cook. It doesn't matter if the person who eats the food is His Majesty or Your Majesty, or ordinary people like us..."

Chen Nian wanted to say that there was no difference, but before he finished speaking, Song Qingzhou hurriedly chopped the cutting board heavily.

"You can't talk nonsense."

Only then did Chen Nian realize that he shouldn't have said these words.

But it's good that everyone understands what it means.

I felt that Peng Changhai appreciated Chen Nian's attitude very much. After seeing Song Qingzhou cast a stern look at Chen Nian, he immediately became unhappy. He stood up and came behind Song Qingzhou, and raised his hand to shine a big blow on Song Qingzhou's neck. Neck tumor.

"Hey, what are you doing? Scared my grandson!"

Song Qingzhou was stunned by this slap.

"Master, I am..."

"Are you still talking back?" Then again.

Song Qingzhou was completely dumbfounded, what happened to Master?How come you have been so strict with yourself since you were young, but you seem to be a different person when you come to Chen Nian?
"My disciple is so outstanding, if you don't teach him well, he is still here to scare people. What if he doesn't learn from you? Do you want to break the inheritance of the master's craftsmanship?"

Song Qingzhou couldn't hold back this big hat.

"Master, I know I'm wrong."

Seeing his master speak up for him, Chen Nian thought to himself that his master's temper is not very bad, at least he is good to himself.

But Master was said, he still had to say a few words: "Master, my master is also for my own good."

Song Qingzhou was a little depressed at the moment, but at least Chen Nian still spoke to himself, not the kind of white-eyed wolf.

In this way, Chen Nian and Song Qingzhou cooked a lot of dishes in the morning, and their master chefs also sat here chatting and drinking tea while watching the whole process.

"The age is good, the hands and feet are nimble, and it also shows kung fu."

"That's right, but I heard that this kid is making snacks for His Majesty and those nobles in the palace. It just so happens that I'm also doing white cases. Otherwise, let him learn from me."

"Oh, what's the point of learning the white case? It's better to follow me and learn the cold meat. We will also use the things that are used in the red case. Besides, Chen Nian can do the white case. Doesn't his sister open dim sum in the capital?" A shop? I remember that Chen Nian and his sister opened it together, besides, would you know how to make those things that Chen Nian made in the palace?"

This question left him speechless.

Baian Chennian is indeed not very interested now. At the beginning, he made dim sum by himself, and later in the last dream space, Chennian specially learned Shanxi pasta.

It’s just that there’s not much interest in aging on cold meat, as the other party said, many things used in the red case are also available in cold meat, but conversely, some of the techniques used in cold meat are also used in the red case .

Although Song Qingzhou's main work is red cases, he also has some research on cold meat.

It's just that this kind of rejection is not suitable for him, and it's not his turn to say it.

Sure enough, Peng Changhai patted the table after hearing this: "You old guys have crossed the line. This is my disciple and grandson. What are you here to grab? Don't you have your own disciples and grandchildren?"

"Can that be the same?"

"Why is it different? Anyway, this is my grandson. Don't try to take it away from me, or don't blame me for falling out with you."

But although the other few people really wanted to take Chen Nian into their sect, what they said just now was actually just talking.

If you really want to teach, you can teach even if you don't ask yourself to be a teacher.

"Look, look, I'm in a hurry, we're just talking casually, what's so urgent about you old guy, you can't even make jokes?"

Hearing that the two master uncles were joking, Song Qingzhou couldn't help wiping the sweat off his forehead. Fortunately, they were joking. If it was true, a good apprentice would turn around and become My own junior, who can bear this?

After finishing, it was time to eat. Mr. Tan also wanted to go home for dinner at noon. After eating, he would rest in his room for a while and go back in the afternoon.

During the meal, his two sons and daughters also talked about Song Qingzhou's return today and brought back an apprentice.

But Mr. Tan knows a lot more things than them all day long in court.

He knew that there was such an imperial chef as Chen Nian in the palace, who was highly valued by the emperor.

So someone called Chen Nian over.

After chatting for a few words, Chen Nian was asked to rest again.

It's just that Chen Nian didn't rest, he was talking with Song Qingzhou in Peng Changhai's room just now.

The other party asked Chen Nian where he was from, how old he was this year, and what kind of dishes he usually likes, and then asked Chen Nian some cooking questions.

But the old answers to these questions are fluent.

So after they came back, they went to Peng Changhai's room to continue drinking tea.

While chatting about the old age, they helped them refill their tea.

"Okay, there's nothing else to do, you two should go back and rest, you'll be busy in the afternoon, and I'll take Chen Nian to the ancestral hall to pay respects in the evening."

After entering the Tan Mansion, Chen Nian really felt that the atmosphere was much more relaxed. Although there are rules here, but because everyone respects the chefs in the mansion, they are greeted everywhere they go.

Many servants of the Tan Mansion are still secretly talking about Chen Nian in private.

Some people talked about Chen Nian worshiping Song Qingzhou's disciples.

Some people talked about those relationships that had been in the palace for a long time.

And those maids were discussing that Chen Nian was so handsome and handsome.

"I don't know if he's married or not."

"No, right? I haven't heard from other people either? What's the matter? Did you fall in love with him?"

"No, I just saw him for the first time today. What are you talking about? Besides, don't you think he is handsome? He is tall and strong, and he speaks nicely."

"I like it, but I'm afraid people will look down on me."

While talking, an older maid felt that they were too noisy: "What is there to say? If you really like him, I will go and ask you tomorrow. Don't talk, I can't sleep because of the noise. .”

"Sister Liu, let's make a deal!"

"Okay, okay, I'll ask you guys tomorrow, what's the big deal."

The maids in the mansion just fell asleep with their own thoughts.

In the early morning of the next day, Jiang Bai got up and prepared to make breakfast with Song Qingzhou.

Others usually waited until dawn, but Master Tan was different. Since he was going to court, he had to wait outside the palace gate just after five o'clock in real time.

It also takes more than 20 minutes to take a carriage from Tan Mansion to the imperial city, and after he gets up, he has to wash, change clothes, etc., which takes time.

"Chen Nian, what do you think we should do for the master?"

Chen Nian thought for a while: "Does Master like meat?"

"I love to eat."

"What about cakes and things like that?"

"Alright."

Speaking of this, Chen Nian had an idea in his mind.

"Master, I know what to do. We can make an egg-filled biscuit for the master, so that the master can eat it on the road without wasting time."

"Egg-filled pie? What is that?"

"It's just... spread the reconciled noodles into cakes, put pastry in the middle and wrap them well, then knead them evenly and roll them out, and put them on an iron plate brushed with oil...you can also put them in an iron pan, and then the dough cakes will expand Get up, then poke open the top layer of skin, beat the eggs and put them in.

After both sides are fried, brush the sauce, spread a layer of vegetable leaves, put the fried... tenderloin, and roll it up. "

Song Qingzhou thought about it and didn't know whether Master Tan liked this or not.

But he felt that the novelties that Chen Nian mentioned were usually quite delicious when made, so he nodded at the end and let Chen Nian do it.

It's not difficult to fill eggs with noodles. The noodles are half-hot noodles. When mixing noodles, add a small amount of yeast. Put some pastry in the middle before waking up, and then fold the noodles Just get up.

As for the pastry, it is not difficult to make. The easiest way is to mix it with two spoonfuls of flour and one spoonful of oil.

During the rest of the noodles, Chen Nian made a simple egg-filled cake sauce with yellow sauce, soybean paste, salt, sugar, monosodium glutamate, soy sauce and oil.

The only fly in the ointment for Chen Nian is that there is no chili in this sauce. It seems that I have to urge the emperor to bring back more chili.

With chili, there are many dishes that can be cooked.

After the sauce is made, put it in the window to cool naturally, and then put the previously folded dough on the chopping board, and roll it into a circle with a rolling pin.

Then heat up the fire, and after brushing a layer of oil on the iron plate, put the cake on it.

At the same time, the tenderloin slices that have been cut and marinated before the noodles are fried together on the iron plate.

Flip the pancake from time to time, the naked eye can see that small bulges have begun to bulge from various places on the pancake, but the old man is not in a hurry, and still flips it every once in a while, until the small bulges are joined together and become a big bulge , Chen Nian inserted the chopsticks at a slant to open a small opening, and poured the beaten egg in along the small opening.

First lift it up to make it evenly distributed in the cake, and then turn the small opening that was opened just now down to let the egg liquid inside solidify.

After frying both sides to a slightly burnt golden brown, he took back the sauce bowl just now, brushed the sauce on the cake, and then put the vegetable leaves and fried tenderloin on one side, and rolled them up.

"Master, do you think Master Tan's side is alright?"

Song Qingzhou ran to the gate of the yard to have a look, but there seemed to be no movement there.

"Then it's not good to let this one cool down, or how about you try it?"

"also."

Afterwards, Chen Nian found the oil paper used to wrap the food in the kitchen, and handed the rolled cake to Song Qingzhou.

After Song Qingzhou took it, he only felt that his hands were warm, and the cake in front of him was still exuding the aroma of meat, sauce and noodles.

"It smells good and looks good, but it's more like folk food."

Chen Nian smiled: "Master, as long as it tastes good, isn't it all right? And this thing is very convenient to carry, even the master can eat it while sitting on the carriage road. If you are afraid of having a taste in your mouth afterwards, you can add a piece of mint The film will do."

"I didn't expect you to even think about this."

"This is all taught by you, Master."

Song Qingzhou nodded, looked at the egg-filled biscuits, found the right direction, and took a bite.

With this bite, he bit into the pie, vegetables, eggs and tenderloin.

A variety of flavors are mixed together. In fact, he can't taste the taste of the ingredients themselves. After all, the sauce is the dominant flavor of the sauce.

But he unexpectedly felt that eating this way was very delicious.

He used to know that the meat and sauce could be fried and served with some shredded cucumbers and carrots, but he never thought that it could be done like this.

Because the pastry is usually used to make dim sum, but Chen Nian actually thought of wrapping the pastry in the dough, and then making the thin dough cake that was already rolled out expand in a hollow form.

"This is not bad. Master Tan will definitely like it. I know his taste."

"That's good. Otherwise, you will be the next master. I'll go to Master Tan and ask him when he will leave?"

"Alright, I want to try this too."

Song Qingzhou couldn't help feeling a little itchy. Of course, he could do the job of rolling noodles, and he did it very well. When Chen Nian went to ask Mr. Tan, he had already rolled the noodles here and put them on the table. On the iron plate, eggs are ready to be poured into it, and the tenderloin slices are also fried on the iron plate.

"Master, Master Tan said he was leaving soon."

"That's fine."

Song Qingzhou quickly flipped the egg-filled pancake, brushed it with the old secret sauce, spread the vegetable leaves, put the tenderloin on it, and then wrapped it all up with oiled paper, but he still left a hole alive, It is convenient for Mr. Tan to easily remove the paper when he is eating.

"Let's go, let's deliver food to Master Tan." (End of this chapter)