Chapter 432: It smells good!
When General Xie and Yun Gan arrived at the dining hall, their meals had already been served on the table.
Everyone had a serving of stewed rice with beans and bacon, and a bowl of seaweed egg drop soup.
Yun Gan looked at the beans and bacon rice in front of him and said, "It smells so good. Is this bacon rice?"
When he was in the capital before, he had tasted bacon and sausage with General Xie.
I also tried the Chinese sausage clay pot rice.
But the rice in front of me doesn’t look like clay pot rice.
General Xie also stared at the food in front of him. At first glance, he thought it was clay pot rice.
After a closer look, I realized it was not the case because there was no rice crust.
The waiter at Yipinlou has emphasized that rice crust is the soul of clay pot rice.
If there is no rice crust, it is not considered clay pot rice.
Xie Yanqing swallowed his saliva: "This is beans and bacon stewed with rice, and seaweed egg drop soup."
Just by looking at the appearance and smelling the aroma, you can tell it must be delicious.
After a day's journey, everyone was hungry.
At this moment, smelling the tempting aroma of the food, my stomach started to growl.
General Xie picked up the chopsticks and said, "Come on, let's eat."
Finish your meal quickly, wash up and rest if you need to, and get busy if you need to get busy.
Everyone has other things to do.
The people at the table with General Xie were waiting for him to speak, and when they heard this, they all picked up their chopsticks and started eating.
General Xie picked up a piece of bacon and brought it to him.
The bacon is composed of fat and lean meat, and the fat part is translucent and as crystal clear as amber.
The lean meat part is rosy in color, shiny and firm, and looks very tempting.
General Xie put the bacon into his mouth and chewed it carefully.
The meat is fatty but not greasy and melts in your mouth.
The lean meat part is tough and elastic, and has a certain chewiness when eaten.
After chewing it, your mouth will be filled with the aroma of meat.
If you taste it carefully, you can also smell the slight aroma of wine in the meat, and it tastes moderately salty and sweet.
Xie Yanqing, who had been very greedy for a long time, picked up the largest piece of bacon with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
As soon as you take a bite of the bacon, you can taste a light sweetness on your tongue.
As you chew, the salty and fresh taste of the bacon is slowly released, and the combination of salty and sweet is just right.
It doesn’t feel too sweet, nor too salty.
The fat part is soft, tender and delicate. When you chew it, it turns into fragrant and mellow juice and blends with the lean meat.
The lean meat absorbs the fat from the fat, making it sweet and delicious, lean but not dry.
Yun Gan was also chewing the bacon in his mouth happily. Bacon, like sausage, tasted like a light aroma of wine.
The taste of this wine is not too strong, but it can remove the fishy smell and enhance the fragrance, adding a unique flavor to the bacon.
The more you chew it, the more fragrant and delicious it becomes.
Yun Ruo put down her chopsticks, picked up the spoon and started drinking the soup.
The seaweed itself has a soft texture and a smooth taste.
When cooking soup, put the seaweed in first.
The eggs are first beaten and then slowly poured into the soup to form delicate egg flowers.
Nori is usually black and dry, and looks a bit ugly.
I didn't expect it to become soft and smooth when cooked into soup.
The egg flowers dotted in between look like floating clouds, which is very beautiful.
Yun Ruo scooped up a spoonful of soup and put it into her mouth.
The refreshing soup slides down your throat, delicious and sweet.
Yun Ruo squinted her eyes with pleasure, scooped up another spoonful of soup and put it into her mouth.
The seaweed and egg soup is fragrant and delicious, but it does not make people feel greasy. Instead, it gives people a refreshing taste, which can well alleviate the greasy feeling brought by the bacon stewed rice.
The seaweed is smooth and tender, and the egg drops are delicate, the two complement each other perfectly.
After swallowing, you can still feel the unique seafood flavor between your lips and teeth, which makes people linger on the taste.
Princess Lejia ate the bacon stewed rice with gusto: "The bacon and these side dishes are delicious, and the rice is also fragrant."
During the stewing process, the rich aroma of bacon, the sweetness of potatoes and the fresh fragrance of beans all seep into the rice.
Every grain of rice is moist, fresh, fragrant, dense and delicious.
It tastes rich and layered, and every bite is a pleasure.
Zhou Ying: "Zheng'er, you asked someone to dry the beans so that you could take them with you on the road, right?"
When in the capital, Zhou Ying had seen Shen Huazheng asking someone to take the beans away to dry.
At that time, she thought that the dried beans would be used to make soup or steamed meat just like the dried winter melon.
Unexpectedly, these dried beans were what Shen Huazheng had planned to take with her to eat on the road.
Princess Lejia widened her eyes and said, "Zhengzheng, you made so many preparations for this trip to the northwest?"
Zheng Zheng must be so concerned about this so that she and Aying can eat better on the road.
Otherwise, she would be busy with the affairs of the Forestry Bureau and have to manage Yipintang and the food court with them on weekdays, so she would not have the time to worry about these things.
Woo woo woo, where can I find such a good zheng?
Shen Huazheng smiled and said, "I didn't prepare anything, just some food."
Whether you stir-fry beans with meat or fried rice, or even simply steam them with rice, they are delicious.
But only if the beans are made into dried ones can they be stored for a longer time.
So when the sun was shining, Shen Huazheng had some beans dried, thinking that she could take them with her on her trip to the northwest.
Not only is it convenient to carry, it is also convenient to eat.
Simply soak the dried beans in warm water to give them new life.
Just like dried winter melon, there is a subtle difference in the taste between dried beans and fresh beans.
Due to the loss of water during the drying process, the texture of dried beans is firmer, tougher and chewier than fresh beans.
Princess Lejia: "Zheng Zheng, it's great to have you."
Shen Huazheng: "Okay, let's eat quickly."
Zhou Ying also said: "Yes, go to bed early after eating. We have to get up early and travel tomorrow."
Princess Lejia nodded with a smile, then buried her head and started eating again.
She tasted a piece of dried beans and it was so delicious that she narrowed her eyes slightly.
No wonder this rice is called Braised Beans and Bacon Rice. Dried beans may not look very eye-catching, but they taste the most delicious.
It can even be said that dried beans play a key role in adding the finishing touch.
If the dried beans were missing, it would lose a lot of its color.
Zhou Ying also picked up the dried beans in the bowl with chopsticks, put them into her mouth, and tasted them carefully.
Dried beans absorb oil easily, and are a perfect match when cooked with oil-rich ingredients.
Under high temperature, the rich fat in the bacon seeps out, moistening the dried beans bit by bit.
When you chew it, you can taste the fresh fragrance of the beans themselves as well as the rich meaty aroma.
Shen Huazheng chewed the bacon in her mouth with a look of satisfaction.
Not only do dried beans taste meaty, but bacon also tastes fresh like beans.
As you chew, the aroma surges on the tip of your tongue.
It's really delicious.
Shen Huazheng lowered her head and continued eating.
The others were also eating the beans and bacon stewed rice in their bowls while drinking the delicious seaweed egg drop soup.
Smells really good!!!
Lord Shen is truly a genius. He can actually make such delicious food under such limited conditions.
The accompanying officials were eating the beans and bacon stewed rice in their bowls mouthful after mouthful and they couldn't stop eating at all.
As everyone was eating, they would occasionally glance at Yang and Yin Rong covertly, with envy and jealousy flashing in their eyes.
Although they followed Lord Shen all the way and had good food and drink.
But how can they compare to Xiangyang and Yin Rong who have always followed Lord Shen and enjoyed the best food and drink.
I don’t know if there will be such an opportunity in the future.
Thinking of this, everyone lowered their heads and continued to eat with big mouthfuls.
Let’s not worry about the future for now and just enjoy the food in front of us.
After finishing this delicious meal, everyone's brows relaxed and the corners of their lips turned up.
Even the originally tense mood seemed to relax a lot.
Princess Lejia hurried back to her room and asked someone to boil some hot water for her bath.
When she was in the capital, she would take a long bath every day.
These days, every time I take a shower, it feels like I haven’t showered at all.
Today I have some free time, so I can finally take a good bath.
Princess Lejia originally wanted to take a fragrant flower petal bath, but the conditions were not met here, so she had to give up in the end.
I just asked someone to boil some hot water and bring it to her room.
The others were also busy with their own things. Some went back to wash up and rest, while others began to carry out the tasks assigned by General Xie.
That night, no one, whether sleeping or standing guard or patrolling the post station, let their guard down.
Fortunately, nothing else strange happened and everyone spent a peaceful night in the inn.
Princess Lejia took a comfortable bath and finally had a good sleep.
Everyone went to bed earlier than in the past few days. Although Chen Huazheng and Zhou Ying were still on guard, when they got up the next day, they were in much better spirits than in the past few days.
After having a hot breakfast, everyone hurriedly left the post station and continued on their journey.
The postmaster stood at the door, watching the convoy going away, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Finally, these ancestors were sent away.
He didn't sleep well last night and was very worried.
I’m afraid something might happen to these noble people here.
Now that they are gone, I can finally sleep well tonight.
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