Chapter 266 He should have come to this food street a long time ago
Emperor Jingning and others looked at the bottom of the porridge pot in front of them, feeling confused.
Isn't it said that the base of the pot is made of special rice porridge? Why does it look so much like white porridge?
The prince blurted out: "Isn't this just white porridge?"
It didn't seem to be anything special, which made him a little disappointed.
The waiter was trained and answered the questions of the people present at the right time: "Dear guests, the soup base of the porridge hotpot is not white porridge. It is a soup base made from rice juice and chicken soup."
"We first remove the bones from the chicken and boil it into a broth. Then we filter out the broth and add the best fragrant rice. We simmer it over high heat until the rice grains are invisible, and then filter out the rice residue. At this point, the rice juice and chicken broth are integrated into one, which is the real porridge base."
The prince suddenly realized: "So that's it."
No wonder it is called "wu mi zhou" (wu rice zhou), it turns out it means "without rice".
I didn’t expect that such a simple-looking pot base could contain so many clever ideas.
It seems that he just took it for granted.
But then again, how could the food imagined by County Lady Yinghua disappoint people?
Hehehe, luckily my father brought him out of the palace today.
Otherwise, I don’t know when I can eat such a different kind of hot pot again.
Emperor Jingning and the other two also had smiles in their eyes. No wonder they said that porridge-based hotpot is delicious and healthy.
So much effort has been put into making the base of the pot, it will definitely be more delicious after adding the hot pot ingredients.
The waiter then brought all the ingredients they ordered to the table: "Dear guests, we will first serve the meat dishes, then the vegetarian dishes. There is also an order for serving the meat dishes, first the fish and shrimp and other seafood, then the meat dishes."
Because of the special nature of the soup base, the order of boiling porridge-based hotpot is also very particular.
All ingredients have a set order for being put into the pot. The meat dishes must be blanched first, followed by the vegetarian dishes.
Only in this way can the characteristic of porridge-based hotpot, which emphasizes "freshness", be reflected.
Otherwise, there will be too much water in the vegetables, which will affect the flavor of the porridge in the pot.
Among the meat dishes, seafood and river fish are ranked first.
In order to absorb the fresh flavor of the ingredients, they must be put into the pot early and let them boil together with the porridge water.
After all kinds of seafood and river fish are cooked, it is time to eat other meats.
When putting ingredients into the pot, it is important to put them on high heat and let them soak on slow heat.
In addition to maintaining the original flavor of the food, the beauty of porridge-based hotpot is that it makes the ingredients more crispy and chewy.
Emperor Jingning and his entourage listened very carefully and wrote down all the things that needed attention.
"Okay, let's start eating. Just eat whatever you want."
As soon as the waiter left, Emperor Jingning took the lead in picking up the colander and put the shrimps on bamboo skewers into the bottom of the boiling porridge pot.
Everyone else also picked up the colander in front of them and started to rinse the ingredients they liked.
The prince looked at the ingredients on the table and decided to eat the white clams first.
He poured the white clams into a colander and placed it in the pot.
Thinking that the time was about right, he took out the colander.
White clams are all very large, and their flesh is white and plump.
After being washed in the porridge water, rice juice is still hanging on the shellfish meat.
The sticky and smooth porridge wraps around the ingredients as you put them in your mouth. It is smooth and has the fragrance of the bottom of the pot, and has a rich taste.
The prince chewed the white clam in his mouth carefully, his eyes full of amazement.
It’s so delicious!!
He should have come to this food street a long time ago!!
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The Xie family was sitting at the table waiting for the soup base and hot pot ingredients they ordered.
The Xie family has both old and young people, and considering that everyone can tolerate different levels of spiciness, they specially ordered a shabu-shabu hotpot.
One side is a spicy hotpot base, and the other side is a lighter mushroom hotpot base.
Soon, the waiter brought the steaming hot pot to the table: "Dear guests, this is your yuanyang hot pot."
Except for General Xie, Xie Yanqing and Yun Ruo, the rest of the Xie family had already eaten the shuangyuan hotpot during the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.
General Xie looked at the pot in front of him that was split in half and felt excited.
Xie Mi had taken him to eat spicy hotpot once before, but this was his first time eating shuangyuan hotpot.
No wonder it is called a shuangxiang pot, one side of the pot is filled with bright red soup, and the other side is filled with clear white soup.
One red and one white, forming a sharp contrast.
General Xie smelled the fragrance and couldn't help swallowing.
Smells so good!!
Even before the meat and other hot pot dishes were served, he was already starting to feel hungry.
Xie Yanqing and Yun Ruo were also staring at the pot that was bubbling with a "gurgling" sound, and their hearts were filled with joy.
Now it’s just on the bottom of the pot and it smells so good.
What will happen if you add meat and other hot pot ingredients into the pot later?
Not long after, the waiter brought the ingredients they ordered to the table one by one.
In addition to fresh rabbit and mutton, there are also fish, shrimp balls, fish balls, tripe, various intestines and various blood...
In addition to meat dishes, there are also vegetarian dishes such as mushrooms, vegetables, yuba and tofu.
After the rabbit meat was processed, it was cut into thin slices.
Xie Yanqing stood up, put a whole plate of rabbit meat into a large colander, and then put the colander into the mushroom soup pot.
The rabbit meat was sliced very thinly, and soon after being put into the boiling pot, the color of the rabbit meat in the colander changed.
Xie Yanqing was concentrating, his eyes fixed on the boiling hot pot.
As soon as the meat was done, he immediately brought up the colander.
Then use serving chopsticks to distribute the cooked rabbit meat to family members, and pour the rest into your own bowl.
General Xie picked up the rabbit meat with chopsticks, dipped it in the fermented bean paste, and blew on it.
The white rabbit meat turns yellow after being dipped in bean paste, which looks very tempting.
General Xie put the rabbit meat into his mouth and his eyes widened immediately.
The rabbit meat is tender to begin with, and it absorbs the sweetness of the mushroom base during the hot pot process, and is then served with bean paste.
It smells so good!
As General Xie chewed the salty and fragrant rabbit meat, his reluctance to leave the capital (for the delicious food) became even stronger.
I don’t know if County Master Yinghua has any idea of opening a branch in the northwest, even if it’s just a few shops.
After hearing that Mo Zhishan had tasted County Lady Yinghua's cooking, he personally persuaded County Lady Yinghua to allow the Food Street to provide lunch for the Imperial College.
He also had to find some time to inquire about it, in case Princess Yinghua also had the idea of expanding her business outside the capital.
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