A mouthful of fried rice at a sky-high price, Old Tang apprenticed on the spot

Chapter 473 Stir-Fried Pork and Pepper
"Old Liao, you are so boring!"

Shen Han was very helpless: "You are purely arguing."

"Then don't argue with me, go find someone else!"

Liao Wendong waved his hand, and chased him away in disgust.

"..."

Shen Han felt helpless when he heard this, and could only look back at Li Yi.

Li Yi looked at Liao Wendong who folded his arms and squinted at him, shook his head with a smile, and asked jokingly, "Master Liao, do you want to try my dishes?"

"That's right, tell me if you dare or not?"

Liao Wendong looked at him impatiently.

Li Yi glanced at Shen Han who was staring at him eagerly, and nodded with a smile: "Okay then! It seems that Master Liao is not at ease about my level! Then I will make fried pork, and Master Liao will comment on it." alright!"

He took 100 million from Shen Han, so of course he couldn't just sit back and watch Shen Han be made things difficult for him.

"Small fried pork?"

Liao Wendong was stunned when he heard the words, he couldn't believe it: "Did you do it on purpose?"

"Yup!"

Li Yi spread his hands: "Manager Shen said that you are best at fried pork, so you must have a good understanding of fried pork.

Then I will definitely make a dish that you are best at. Let's communicate with each other to confirm it. Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of such a precious communication opportunity? "

"..."

Hearing his words, Liao Wendong was a little confused.

He thought Li Yi was teasing and provoking him.

But judging from Li Yi's expression and tone, it didn't look like he was joking.

For a moment, Liao Wendong didn't even know whether he should be angry or laugh.

Hearing Li Yi's words, Shen Han thought he had heard wrong.

Although there is a clear gap between Liao Wendong's overall level and Li Yi's, fried pork is his special dish. If Li Yi wants to cook his best dish in front of him, are you sure he's slapping him in the face?
Seeing that Liao Wendong's expression became strange, Shen Han hurriedly came to Li Yi, and whispered: "No, can't you say goodbye? Do you have to make fried pork?
If it doesn't work, you can cook that crispy twice-cooked pork. Isn't that dish also very good? "

Li Yi just wanted to speak, but Liao Wendong laughed: "Haha! Alright! Just fried pork! You make it quickly! I have all the ingredients here, you can do whatever you want! Haha! I really want to try your fried pork Taste it."

Hearing his laughter, Shen Han knew that his temper had come up.

Friends of stubborn donkeys are often stubborn donkeys, and Liao Wendong has the same temper as him, otherwise he wouldn't be able to be friends.

But this time, Liao Wendong is probably going to hit the iron plate.

Sighing, Shen Han explained to Li Yi: "Old Liao is not a bad person, he doesn't have a heart."

The meaning of what he said was that he wanted Li Yi to strike lightly.

Liao Wendong still smiled happily, and called a Dutch worker to help Li Yi.

After hearing that someone was going to make fried pork in front of Liao Wendong, everyone in the back kitchen gathered around and watched the excitement curiously.

And at this sight, someone soon recognized Li Yi, and they were all whispering.

"Isn't this Brother Yi?"

"That's right! In the Chinese restaurant, his cooking skills seem to be quite good."

"It's more than amazing! His frying skills and knife skills are too good! It looks like special effects."

"Didn't he cook court dishes? How could he make stir-fried pork?"

"Who doesn't know how to cook fried pork? It's all about whether it's fried or not."

"No matter how good he is, it's a little too arrogant to cook fried pork in front of the boss?"

"Not to mention other dishes, there seems to be no one in Xingcheng who cooks fried meat better than the boss?"

"Didn't you see the boss laughing? I have a specialization in art, and I don't know what he thinks when he cooks fried pork in front of Hunan cuisine cooks."

Hearing the whispers behind him, Li Yi didn't take it seriously. He just checked the materials that He Gong brought, and then ordered: "I'll replace the meat with tenderloin."

When He Gong heard his words, he couldn't help being stunned: "Small tenderloin? The fried pork is fried with pork belly?"

Liao Wendong laughed again: "Haha! You can tell if you know how to cook. It's the first time I've heard that fried pork tenderloin is used."

The chefs and kitchen workers in the rear were also discussing, some laughed, some questioned, and some were puzzled.

Listening to their whispers, Li Yi smiled and explained: "The origin of Hunan fried pork can be traced back to the Qianlong period. It was modified by an imperial chef named Zhu Erguan based on fried tenderloin. The first one was small tenderloin. Meat.

Later, when an imperial chef from Hunan Province returned to his hometown, he changed to stir-fry pork belly with local sea pepper and tempeh. This practice gradually spread with the expansion of the pepper planting area in Hunan Province.

Many local people in Hunan Province have also learned this method of frying, and gradually changed it into the common fried pork. "

"gab!"

Liao Wendong laughed disdainfully: "Small fried pork appeared in the Tang Dynasty, how could it only appear in the Qianlong period?"

Li Yi smiled and explained: "If you're talking about roasted pork and fried pork without chili, then it was indeed available in the Tang Dynasty.

But chili was introduced into the country in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, so it was impossible to have chili in the Tang Dynasty, and fried pork was not fried pork. "

"..."

Liao Wendong hesitated.

He wasn't sure if what Li Yi said was true, but he remembered seeing that chili was introduced into China in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.

After hesitating for a while, he said: "That was also passed down in the late Ming Dynasty."

"At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Qinjiao from the north was brought in, and it was first brought in from Lu Province, but the Haijiao eaten in Hunan Province was introduced from the east of Zhejiang Province during the Kangxi period."

As Li Yi said, he took out the green pepper that He Gong brought, and ordered: "Swap the pepper for me with sea pepper, the most authentic stir-fried pork must be made with sea pepper."

He Gong looked at Liao Wendong hesitantly, but found that Liao Wendong was frowning and thinking.

Seeing this, Shen Han waved his hand and ordered: "Hurry up and change."

As he said that, he took another picture of Liao Wendong, and said with a smile: "Old Liao, don't think about it. You will know how professional he is after watching a few feature films."

Liao Wendong was not convinced, looked up at Li Yi and asked, "Why do you say that the sea pepper in Hunan Province is later than that in Lu Province? Have you seen it with your own eyes?"

"I didn't see it with my own eyes, but it was recorded in the books."

While handling the sea pepper, Li Yi explained: "The earliest record of pepper in the literature is in the Ming Dynasty's agricultural masterpiece "Quan Fang Pu".

It records: Panjiao, also known as Qinjiao, has white flowers, the seeds are like bald pen heads, the color is red and fresh, the taste is very spicy, and the seeds are seeds.

This name is common in North China, Northwest China and even Northeast China.

However, in the county annals of various parts of the south, the earliest record of pepper is in the "Shanyin County Chronicle" in Shaoxing, eastern Zhejiang, in the tenth year of Kangxi.

The name recorded in it is spicy tomato, which is red in appearance and shaped like a water chestnut, which can replace pepper.

It can be seen from the appearance description that this kind of pepper is obviously different from the pepper in "Qunfangpu", and it is obviously a different variety.

In the 23rd year of Kangxi, that is, 13 years after the county annals of Zhejiang Province recorded peppers, peppers were recorded in "Baoqing Mansion Chronicles" and "Shaoyang County Chronicles" of Hunan Province.

This is the first time the name Haijiao appears in a book.

The so-called sea pepper is the pepper imported by sea.

Hunan Province is not a coastal area, and the nearest area where it can get in touch with imported goods by sea is Zhejiang Province.

Therefore, it can be inferred that the sea pepper in Hunan Province should have been introduced from Zhejiang Province, and the time of introduction should not be earlier than ten years of Kangxi. "

After listening to Li Yi's series of analysis, everyone including Liao Wendong was dumbfounded.

As a province that eats spicy food and professional chefs, even they don't know that people in Hunan Province started eating spicy food during the reign of Emperor Kangxi.

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