Chapter 499 - Chapter 499: Fried Chicken
Chapter 499: Fried Chicken
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After Chen Shitou left, MO Ruyue noticed that many people in the room were looking at them. She simply asked Chun Hua, Qiu Shi and the others to pour a cup of water for everyone present. She then added a spoonful of honey into each cup and mixed it evenly.
“Come, everyone try it.”
Those veterans had originally thought that this sweet honey water was not something that rough old men like them could drink. It was simply a waste of God’s gift.
However, MO Ruyue had already asked Chun Hua and the others to prepare it for her. They happily and gratefully accepted the honey water with both hands.
It tasted extremely sweet in their mouths. They had never tasted such delicious honey water in their lives.
“Uncle, what’s your name? Who’s in charge of your kitchen?”
MO Ruyue used to come here often to check the pulse of these veterans. However, because there were so many of them and many of them were of similar age, she only remembered a few of them who were seriously injured and had lost their arms and legs. However, she did not know their names.
“Doctor MO, you flatter me. I don’t dare to take your name. This old man, Liu Yushan, has no strength and can’t do heavy work.”
MO Ruyue didn’t expect that she would ask about the main character.
“That’s good, Uncle Liu. I came here today to discuss something with you.”
When Liu Yushan heard that MO Ruyue had come to discuss something with him, his excitement immediately turned into nervousness and he stood up.
“If there’s anything, Doctor MO can just instruct us.”
As long as he could do it, he would definitely do it for MO Ruyue. Even if he couldn’t do it, he would try his best to think of a way.
“Uncle Liu, don’t be nervous. It’s a simple matter for me to look for you.” Liu Yushan knew that he had gone overboard, so he quickly sat back down and waited for MO Ruyue to tell him what to do.
“Look, I’ll teach you how to make delicious food today. In the future, you can eat it yourself) and you can also make and sell it.”
“Look, our village is developing better and better now. People come and go. If you learn this dish well, you can definitely make money.”
“Uncle Liu, do you want to learn?
“Can I do this?”
Liu Yushan didn’t know if what he did could be sold for money, and whether he could learn it well was another matter. But since MO Ruyue wanted to teach him, he was surprised.
Everyone in the village knew that Doctor MO was not only good at medicine, but also good at cooking.
Usually, her family’s cooking skills would not be taught to outsiders. Now that she wanted to teach him, he thought about it and understood.
There were really many people in their courtyard, and many of them could not go out to work. Just relying on those who could go out, they were also tired.
Everyone would grow old one day. What would they do then? Who could they rely on?
“As long as you want to learn, there’s nothing you can’t do. The dish I’m going to teach you is very simple.”
Seeing the old man like this, MO Ruyue knew that he was tempted.
“Let’s go to the kitchen now. Those who are usually busy in the kitchen with Uncle Liu and are interested can come and learn together.”
MO Ruyue motioned for Chun Hua and the others to pick up the two baskets with the chickens and ducks on the table and follow her to the kitchen.
In the end, eight people followed behind them. They were all old men. Some were limping, some had broken palms, and one had broken an arm.
Although these people were old, the oldest was only in their early forties.
Tang Tang and Si Bao followed Mo Ruyue and the others into the kitchen. The two children were especially interested in the delicious food that their mother had mentioned earlier.
When she entered the kitchen, she found that none of the old men came to help. The kitchen was actually very clean and neat. It was even cleaner than some of the families in the village who had wives.
However, MO Ruyue still could not find the condiments she wanted after searching for a while. It seemed that these people did not know how to use condiments.
“Xia Yu, go home and get a portion of all the seasonings in the kitchen. Bring some of those spices and some flour.”
Xia Yu quickly brought the condiments over while MO Ruyue was holding a sharp bamboo skewer that Qiu Shi and the others had specially prepared for her. Now, she and Qiu Shi were pricking the skin of the two chickens and ducks with many small holes.
As she was pricking, MO Ruyue noticed Granny Rong standing beside her. MO Ruyue raised the bamboo stick in front of Granny Rong.
“Granny Rong, why don’t you do it for a while?”
“Yes. ”
Granny Rong hurriedly took the bamboo stick from MO Ruyue.
Granny Rong had long wanted to take the bamboo stick from MO Ruyue.
This kind of rough work should indeed be done by their servants. How could they let the princess do it herself?
After Granny Rong took the bamboo stick, Dong Xue took a handkerchief and wiped MO Ruyue’s hands.
MO Ruyue allowed Dong Xue to wipe her hands. She was used to being served by them in the capital and was already used to it.
MO Ruyue was staring intently at Granny Rong, who was holding a bamboo stick and stabbing it into the duck skin. Then, she looked at Qiu Shi beside her. In comparison, Granny Rong was indeed Granny Rong. Even though she had crossed time and space, her actions were still the same.
Granny Rong remembered MO Ruyue’s words. She had to pierce through everything. She checked to make sure that she didn’t miss anything. Then, she turned around and asked MO Ruyue carefully.
“Madam, do you think this is good?”
“That’s enough.
Granny Rong, did you feel happy just now?
Granny Rong?
“Cough!’
“Chun Hua put some of the seasonings and flour into a plate.”
Chun Hua went to do what MO Ruyue wanted, while MO Ruyue explained the steps to Liu Yushan and the others.
“I’m going to teach you how to make fried chicken.”
This was well made. It was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. Whether it was an old man in his sixties or a child as young as three years old, everyone would definitely love it.
“Stick it on the skin of the chicken and duck so that it would be more flavorful when you apply the paint later. That way, the fried meat would be more delicious.”
“First, rub them with onions and ginger to remove the fishy smell.”
Actually, it was best to sprinkle some white wine, but thinking that this thing was expensive in this era, it was fortunate that there were two flavors that could remove the fishy smell of herbs, so that step was saved.
When MO Ruyue was speaking, not only were the veterans listening, even Granny Rong and the four maidservants were listening to every word.
Si Bao and Tang Tang stood on their tiptoes, watching MO Ruyue’s movements and listening to her detailed explanation.
MO Ruyue didn’t want to make it too complicated. She was afraid that they wouldn’t be able to remember it and learn it. She added some pepper powder, two other spices to remove the fishy smell, and salt. Finally, she brushed a thin layer of honey on the skin and covered it with flour.
Some seasonings were also added to the flour to make it taste better.
“This flour is too little to wrap once. It won’t be crispy when fried. We can pat a little water on it and then go through it again.”
“In fact, if you want it to taste better, it would be better to use egg liquid instead of water.”
Because time was a little tight now, it was best to marinate the chicken for more than an hour when the seasoning was applied to the chicken. Only then would the fried chicken taste better.
“Start the oil pan now.”
The one with a broken leg heard MO Ruvue’s words and quickly limped over to
the stove to fill the fire. The other one with a right hand poured oil into the pot.
The two of them were so nervous that they were afraid that MO Ruyue would not like them doing a bad job.
However, when everyone saw them like this, no one went forward to help.
This made them feel that they were still useful..