Chapter 317 Looking forward to today's lunch

As soon as the lid of the pot was opened, a rich and complex aroma slowly drifted into the air along with the rising white smoke.

For a moment, the whole house was filled with fragrance, which aroused the appetite of everyone present.

Everyone in the busy kitchen couldn't help but stop and look towards the casserole.

Zhou Ying and Princess Lejia smelled the fragrance lingering around their noses and looked into the casserole.

During the braising process, the fat in the chicken has been released and perfectly combined with the bean sauce spread on the outside of the chicken.

At first glance, the fragrant baked chicken has a golden appearance.

It looks like it is wrapped in a golden coat, which is very tempting.

The surrounding flower mushrooms are soaked in chicken fat, making them thick and shiny.

It makes people salivate just by looking at it.

Princess Lejia couldn't help but say, "It turns out that dishes made with fermented bean paste and chicken are so delicious. I used to think that fermented bean paste could only be cooked with vegetables and eggs."

I always feel that this baked chicken with bean paste is a bit similar to the beggar's chicken I ate in Weichang at that time. Both are cooked with a whole chicken.

But if you think about it carefully, there are many differences.

For example, the cooking method, ingredients, side dishes and so on.

The only similarity is that they both taste good.

Although she has not yet tasted the baked chicken with bean paste, Princess Kelejia has a mysterious confidence in Shen Huazheng's cooking skills.

As long as it’s made by Shen Huazheng, the taste will definitely not be bad.

The chicken looks delicious, and the flower mushrooms must taste delicious too.

Chen Huazheng smiled and said, "Bean paste is a very good condiment. It can be paired with both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. Not only can be cooked with chicken, but also with crabs and fish."

As she spoke, she asked someone to take out the baked chicken from the casserole and cut it into pieces.

"In fact, bean paste goes well with seafood and river fish. I'll make bean paste baked crab, bean paste steamed fish and bean paste boiled fish for you to try some time."

"Okay, okay, Zheng Zheng is the best. I will definitely eat a few more bowls when the time comes."

Princess Lejia agreed without hesitation, smiling from ear to ear with joy.

She likes to eat all kinds of seafood and river fish the most.

The bean paste fried with eggs was so fragrant, she couldn't imagine how delicious the bean paste baked crab and bean paste steamed fish would be.

But that's for the future.

The most important thing right now is this golden and tempting baked chicken with bean paste. It seems I have to eat more today.

Hehehe~~~

Zhou Ying didn't say anything, just stood aside and looked at the two of them with a smile.

Besides cooking and running a business, her favorite thing to do now is to spend time with her family and friends.

Even if you don't do anything, just watching them chat and interact is fine.

Although the chicken had already been baked, the cooks were asked to cut it into pieces.

But the original soup in the pot cannot be wasted, it is the essence.

Apart from the part absorbed by the shiitake mushrooms, there is still about a small bowl of bean paste in the pot, mixed with oily chicken juice and fat from the meat.

These can be drizzled over the chicken or used as a dip.

The cooks did as they were told, chopped the chicken into pieces and placed them on a porcelain plate.

Chen Huazheng used long chopsticks to pick out the flower mushrooms and fatty meat from the casserole and placed them in a porcelain bowl beside her.

Then add appropriate amount of oil into the pot, stir-fry and thicken, pour it on the chicken, and garnish with coriander.

Princess Lejia stared at the chicken in the porcelain plate and felt that her saliva was about to flow out.

Not to mention the chicken, she can eat two bowls of rice in a row just by dipping the rice in this sauce!!

Well, forget it, I’ll just have one bowl.

Zhou Ying's eyes were also sparkling, looking forward to today's lunch! !

[If anyone wants to replicate this dish, you can try it.

Just follow the steps to marinate the chicken, or you can marinate according to your own preferences.

After putting it into the casserole, boil it over high heat for about fifteen to twenty minutes, then turn to medium heat, then to low heat, and finally to simmering bean sprouts.

Never add water during the process and do not open the lid.

It is recommended to use Puning bean paste for baked chicken or baked fish and crab with bean paste. Others can also be used, but the taste may be lacking.

In addition to seasonings, fat can be added or not, but the chicken will be more fragrant with it.

Mushrooms can be added or not, just to make the taste richer. 】