The palace servant of the Imperial Food Department said, "You are truly amazing. How did you know they still wanted to eat?"
This palace servant should have been transferred from the South Kitchen, and now he is being addressed with a respectful title.
The main reason was that the attitudes of the mages who were eating the food changed too quickly, and the food smelled too good.
It would be fine if other people didn't know, but everyone in the palace who worked in the Imperial Food Department knew that the director of the Imperial Food Department had temporarily changed the ingredients, and many of the previous ingredients could not be used.
This is the menu that Su Wan changed temporarily, and she was able to make such delicious food. Who wouldn’t think it’s amazing?
Su Wan listened and laughed: "Did you do what I said?"
"Of course I did. I said, I'm afraid it won't work today. It's almost five o'clock. I'm afraid the Grand Master has already prepared it. I don't think I'll make it in time." The palace servant replied immediately. "Then the mages nodded and went to work."
The saint gets up at five o'clock in the morning to offer sacrifices, and the great wizard, wizard, and minor wizards naturally follow suit.
The monks below got up even earlier than them.
So it’s definitely not a good idea to eat another round, you should just wait until lunch.
Su Wan had thought about this, so she instructed the palace servants in advance to reply.
The main reason is that Su Wan doesn’t want to cook too much, just a few meals will do.
Anyway, I have to go back to the palace tomorrow, so I am too lazy to do any more work.
Su Wan didn't have a very good impression of these mages. Although she cooked carefully, she was too lazy to be thoughtful and just wanted to make sure they looked good.
On the way to the Winter Festival, Su Wan got to know a little about these wizards.
The saint is surrounded by two great wizards on his left and right.
Each great wizard has a great apprentice, who is called a wizard.
The wizard has five little apprentices, also called little wizards.
This is for the convenience of distinction, so it is called like this.
But when there is no distinction, it is definitely right to call them all mages.
Of course, no one will care if you curse bald donkey in secret, as long as no one else hears it.
What if you heard it?
I'm afraid I'll go straight to jail.
Only after coming into contact with these people did I realize how brazen they were.
Su Wan subconsciously thought of the person who wanted to disrupt the Winter Festival that day.
The winter festival was disrupted in order to allow the saint to stay a little longer, but this part of the winter festival was also the responsibility of the monks.
So who is this aimed at?
Su Wan just guessed and was not interested in these things.
After taking a short break in the small kitchen of Shangshisi, we will start frying mushroom oil.
There are many kinds of oil, some with strong flavors, some with light flavors, some with extra fishy flavors, and some with extra fragrant flavors. Anyway, all kinds of oils have different flavors and uses, and can be eaten in different ways.
I mentioned before that if you use animal oil to stir-fry vegetarian dishes, or use vegetable oil to stir-fry meat dishes, the taste will be better if you mix the oils together.
But vegetarian food only has vegetarian oil, so the taste is naturally not that fragrant.
In this case, if you want to increase the flavor of the food, you have to start from other aspects.
For example, mushroom powder is made by using mushrooms instead of shrimp powder, chicken powder, etc. It also has a fresh taste. It would be good if it contains kelp. However, it is just a seasoning after all. Sesame powder, five-spice powder, and shacha powder can also be used.
The oil is still vegetable oil.
However, Su Wan knew a way to make vegetable oil more fragrant, and that was fried mushroom oil.
Fry the mushrooms in oil until all the juice inside is reduced. The resulting oil is mushroom oil, which has the unique flavor of mushrooms.
Not to mention vegetarian meals, even ordinary meals are good with mushroom oil.
And in preparation for today's lunch, Su Wan had fried mushroom oil in advance.
I found half a pound of mushrooms, used half a pound of tasteless vegetable oil, and added a little soy sauce for color.
Directly put the cleaned mushrooms into the hot oil, watch them get fried until dry and the aroma slowly comes out, then take them out.
The mushrooms at this time can also be stir-fried or steamed, and the base oil in it is full of fragrance. You can just put it aside and use it to stir-fry. No matter what you stir-fry, it will be very fresh and fragrant.
Li Rongrong, who was standing next to her, took a look at the fried mushrooms. The mushrooms looked dry in body, but covered with oil on the surface, and she had an idea.
Sure enough, Su Wan said, "If we use the same method to steam red vegetables to steam these mushrooms, do you think it will work?"
Of course!
The fried mushrooms look like crispy pork no matter how you look at them. Such a greasy thing will be absolutely delicious as long as it is steamed in a pot.
Su Wan added: "You can add some taro in it, don't just steam the mushrooms."
After Su Wan finished speaking, Li Rongrong's eyes brightened. Yes, you can also stuff some soft taro in it and let the taro absorb the mushroom soup. Both will gradually become soft when steamed.
The softness of mushrooms is a bit tough, while the softness of taro is soft and fluffy.
This bowl of steamed dish will definitely make people love it and it will definitely taste delicious.
Not to mention Su Wan, even Li Rongrong has discovered the preferences of these mages.
Although they cannot eat meat, they love delicious meals.
Just look at the eggplant pancakes and lotus root porridge this morning and you will know.
This time's steamed taro with mushrooms will definitely satisfy them.
Li Rongrong started cooking immediately without any hesitation, she is best at steaming dishes!
Xi You, who had just returned from dealing with some matters, looked at Su Wan with a smile, "Little rascal, no matter who works with her, they will not suffer any loss and will be very happy."
Not everyone has this ability.
Su Wan scooped out the mushroom oil and was already yawning. Whenever she got up early in the morning, she always felt that the morning passed especially long.
Fortunately, I can listen to gossip about the winter festival when I have nothing to do.
Today is the second day of the Winter Festival. We must first watch the sacrificial ceremony, and then rush to the Shanchuan Altar on the left in the morning. There are too many sacrificial texts to be said at the Shanchuan Altar.
All the major and minor events that happened in Tianxiang Kingdom this year should be read out.
Although there were certainly some selected speeches, everyone would feel tired after listening for a whole day. The Cabinet, the six ministries, and the Censorate all had to come forward to report.
In Su Wan's opinion, this is probably Tianxiang Country's annual summary report meeting. After the meeting, they will have to summarize and conclude, and look forward to next year.
In fact, they are quite similar.
Otherwise this sacrifice would not be so important.
Xie Pei would also hear these things, which meant he had a general idea of what happened in Tianxiang Kingdom last year.
There will be no big error in these data.
Su Wan found it funny when she thought about all the civil and military officials listening to the report together.
No wonder after the winter sacrifice, the whole court entered the New Year state. It turned out that since all the reports for this year had been completed, everyone must have relaxed.
We’ll talk about next year’s plans next year!
After the morning passed, the people at the winter festival began to take turns to eat.
Food flowed from the kitchen to everywhere. While it was being prepared, Su Wan and Li Rongrong were called to the big kitchen and followed the head chef and the officials.
Let them both look at how things are arranged and see where mistakes could easily occur.
It was almost time for dinner before they let them go back.
It does seem a bit busy, but Su Wan and Li Rongrong both understand the purpose of doing so.
Of course, the purpose is to let them both learn well. Isn’t this the reason for coming out this time?
Su Wan found that Deputy Nan Cheng was no longer so awkward with her. He probably knew about the steamed mushroom dish.
That's good.
Su Wan had no intention of trying to please, but she also had no intention of making enemies.
She could see that the female officials in the Imperial Food Department were all good people. They might have some selfish motives, but that did not affect the overall situation.
Who doesn't have a little selfish desire?
As long as everyone does their job well, there's nothing to worry about. But if you keep fussing over these small details, then you won't get anything done.
Back in the small kitchen, things immediately became busy.
Su Wan was still the main person in charge. This time, after Li Rongrong finished preparing the steamed dishes, she immediately came over to help.
After all, it was a family craft, so Li Rongrong knew how to handle the ingredients without Su Wan saying much, which saved her a lot of trouble.
Order a little more food for lunch today.
After all, it’s lunch, so it should be something substantial.
Vegetarian twice-cooked pork, braised spare ribs, braised eggplant fish, mushroom and taro, sweet and sour crispy peas, and braised spicy bamboo shoots.
Six vegetarian dishes, but they look very lively, like meat dishes.
Li Rongrong also discovered that the meals Su Wan cooked were becoming more and more sumptuous.
As long as she is given time, it is probably possible for her to cook a table of 300 dishes.
The longer she spent with Su Wan, the more she admired her, and gradually her previous awkward feeling disappeared.
But these dishes don’t look difficult to make. Li Rongrong could make them with meat, but she insists on making them all vegetarian.
Putting aside other things, how do you make vegetarian twice-cooked pork?
Su Wan took out two white radishes and said seriously, "Use this to make it."
radish?
Make it into twice-cooked pork?
The taste is very different, very different.
The other ingredients are the same as those for ordinary twice-cooked pork, such as flour, bean paste, sweet sauce, and ginger.
Peel the radish, cut into slices the size of twice-cooked pork, blanch and drain.
While there is still moisture on the surface, add it to the batter made of flour and starch. Add some salt to season the batter.
The boiled radish was a little soft, but it didn't break apart directly. After all, it was just blanched. Su Wan controlled the heat very well. The radish slices coated with batter were then fried in mushroom oil until they looked golden brown, which became the imitation meat slices.
The main purpose is to increase the taste and seasoning of the radish so that it tastes better.
The meat slices for twice-cooked pork are ready, and the remaining steps are the same as making ordinary twice-cooked pork, but the movements should not be too big and the frying time does not need to be too long.
After all, it is still a radish. Now it is coated with seasonings, batter and seasoning to simulate the taste of twice-cooked pork.
The meat tastes tender and has a fresh and fragrant flavor.
Is this ok?
If you don't look carefully, you will be confused.
The main side dishes and cooking methods are the same as those for twice-cooked pork.
Many people don’t like to eat this vegetarian dish because it has no flavor and tastes bland.
But how can this vegetarian dish feel bland now?
Can vegetarian food be done this way?
But will the mages eat it?
This thought only lasted for a second or two.
How can you not eat!
Based on our understanding of them, we will definitely take action immediately.
This is only the first dish, how should we make the following dishes?
Especially there is a braised pork ribs, what should I do?
Su Wan laughed when she heard this: "We used white radish just now, so of course we'll use red radish this time. Don't forget, we have a secret recipe."
Su Wan pointed at the mushroom oil and then at her specially made shacha powder.
It’s just a vegetarian dish, but it’s still delicious!
But the carrots here are actually just the bones of the ribs, and the "meat" of course also needs the help of white-fleshed sweet potatoes.
You must choose sweet potatoes with no taste here, so that it will be easier to get the "meat" on the "ribs".
Li Rongrong has already begun to look forward to what treasures Su Wan can make.
Not to mention monks who eat vegetarian food all day long.
Even though she had been making steamed red vegetables since she was a child, she couldn't help but want to try it.
Braised spare ribs, start making it now!
Just as Su Wan was about to start, she smelled the scent coming from the steamer next to her.
She pointed out that the mushroom taro made by Li Rongrong was ready, and you could smell the aroma inside.
The fried mushrooms are already delicious enough, and after being carefully seasoned by Li Rongrong, the flavor will now fully penetrate into the taro. When steamed over high heat, the flavor will soon come out.
This smells no worse than meat!
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