If this is how a child should be born, I want to take his place.
Almost everyone fantasizes about being as powerful and invincible as Ye Feng.
Of course, those people in the immortal realm are an exception.
Only the chosen ones of their time could possibly achieve the feat of breaking through the void and ascending to immortality, so why would they envy someone from the lower realm?
However, I do envy his cooking skills.
For Ye Feng, this was just a trivial little incident, far less stressful than cooking a dish.
After dissipating the energy, I focused my mind back on making delicious food.
The third dish prepared by Ye Feng was also a substantial one.
That's the authentic Leshan pepper chicken.
A meal without chicken is soulless.
Chickens have been a part of China for at least 4,000 years.
Its meat is known for its warming and invigorating properties, replenishing vital energy, strengthening the spleen and stomach, promoting blood circulation, and strengthening muscles and bones. These properties have made this animal a staple in various soups.
Leshan pepper chicken, also known as Leshan white-slaughtered chicken, originated from the folk traditions of Leshan during the Qing Dynasty.
He was favored by modern leaders such as Marshal Zhu De and Deng Xiaoping, and was also mentioned many times by the literary giant Guo Moruo.
Choosing the right chicken is also crucial for this dish; generally, a free-range rooster weighing around three pounds is used.
The kind of chicken that spends its entire life in a small pen can't possibly have a good taste or texture.
Ye Feng was carrying a batch of clean, white, and tender chickens.
A row of pots were already filled with boiling water, along with seasonings that Ye Feng had prepared.
The main ingredients are scallions, ginger slices, angelica root for sterilization and aroma enhancement, Sichuan peppercorns to remove fishy smell, and a little bit of Shaoxing wine.
The chicken-leaf maple we need has already been processed, which means removing the feathers, blood, and cleaning out the heart and lungs.
The chicken's rear end was already very clean after being cleansed several times with the Cleansing Technique. Ye Feng had preserved this part of the chicken's body that was used the most.
After the water in the pot boiled, I took the chicken feet and dipped them in and out of the boiling water three times.
The purpose of rinsing and simmering the chicken three times is twofold: firstly, to remove the fishy smell, and secondly, to make the chicken skin firmer.
After putting all the chicken into the pot, Ye Feng began to prepare the sauce.
The soul of Sichuan peppercorn chicken lies in the two words "Sichuan peppercorn" and "numbing," and the most important ingredient is rattan pepper.
Although both Sichuan peppercorns and rattan peppercorns are peppercorns, they are somewhat different.
Sichuan peppercorns have a stronger aroma, while rattan peppercorns have a milder fragrance.
Sichuan peppercorns are rich in oil, and have a fresh and fragrant taste with a numbing sensation.
In Ye Feng's hometown, every household has one or two Sichuan pepper trees planted in front of their door.
When you want to use it, just pick it directly from the tree, wash it clean, and put it directly into the pot. It's really delicious.
After preparing the Sichuan peppercorns, Ye Feng started heating the oil.
The oil used was rapeseed oil. Ye Feng took it off the heat as soon as the oil temperature reached the point where he could smell the aroma of rapeseed.
Hot oil was poured into a bowl containing Sichuan peppercorns, and it immediately made a sizzling sound.
The aroma of Sichuan peppercorns is instantly released, followed by the preparation of chili oil.
It still uses Erjingtiao chili powder, which has color, aroma, and spiciness.
Ye Feng turned off the heat after the chicken had been cooking for seven minutes, but he didn't take the meat out.
After soaking for fifteen minutes, they were taken out and placed in the prepared ice water.
It was chopped into pieces and drizzled with the freshly made sauce. Both the taste and appearance were irresistible.
[Perfect Leshan Sichuan Pepper Chicken, rated 5 stars. This three-month-old free-range Leshan Spirit Chicken is fed Spirit Millet and drinks juice extracted from Blue Silver Grass and the freshest dew. Although the host deliberately restrained his culinary skills, this still doesn't detract from the dish's deliciousness.]
[Efficacy: After consumption, one will have a strong sense of time for 7 days, never being late, leaving early, or procrastinating in anything; if a woman conceives within three months of consumption, the probability of giving birth to a girl will increase by 25%; physical defense will increase by 15%; a wisp of a certain mysterious force can be removed.]
Ye Feng wanted to laugh when he saw the attributes.
If this dish were on Earth, it would probably sell like hotcakes.
After all, who hasn't been tormented by the phrase "it will be ready soon"?
A girlfriend's "It'll be ready soon" might make you wait from morning till night, while she might spend the whole day comparing different lipstick shades to choose from.
When you go to a restaurant and wait a long time for your food, they say it's being prepared and will be ready soon, but in reality, it's probably somewhere in the queue.
With this dish, I wonder how much time it will save for our fellow countrymen.
The second one is also very interesting.
Decades ago, China truly favored sons over daughters, a trait that would be scorned by the vast majority.
But times have changed.
After Ye Feng came of age, almost all of his friends were hoping to have a daughter.
After all, a sweet and considerate daughter is much cuter than a mischievous little devil.
Moreover, not every family has a throne waiting for its son to inherit, so naturally there is no such thing as favoring sons over daughters.
...
The people in each private room were now eagerly waiting.
Although the eggplant dish wasn't finished, that didn't stop them from wanting a third course.
The main thing is that the first two rounds were spicy, so suddenly there were no chili peppers and I was a little unaccustomed to it and actually wanted to eat it.
After looking up at the door countless times, I finally heard that heart-stirring sound.
Upon seeing the newly laid-out dishes, he smiled with satisfaction.
It really does taste better when it's that familiar flavor.
When Yuanfeng Xianjun smelled the intoxicatingly spicy aroma of Leshan pepper chicken, his eyes lit up immediately.
What made me unable to resist running down to the mortal realm was this smell.
Although it was somewhat different from that day, it was a situation with its own merits, and he did not feel disappointed.
Looking at the neatly arranged chicken on the plate, Yuanfeng Immortal couldn't help but feel a strong urge to eat.
Ningyue then spoke.
"Distinguished guests, there is a specific attribute about this dish that Junior Uncle specifically explained: if a female cultivator eats this dish and becomes pregnant within three months, it can increase the probability of giving birth to a daughter by 25%. However, it has no effect on male cultivators."
After saying this, he bowed and left.
Immortal Lord Yuanfeng sighed softly and said, "This attribute is not bad, but it is also somewhat useless."
Jiang Lu nodded in agreement, saying, "Reaching the Immortal Realm is no longer about having children, but about whether one can have children at all. If this dish can increase the chances of suspicion, I believe it will be very popular in the Immortal Realm."
Yuanfeng Immortal Lord didn't say anything more, but he was indeed a little disappointed.
He and his Daoist partner had wanted to have a child with Feng Wu for tens of thousands of years, but the higher their cultivation level, the lower their chances of having a child. No matter how hard they tried, they still couldn't conceive.
With a somewhat sad feeling, he picked up a piece of chicken.
Then that trace of sadness was thrown into some obscure corner.
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