Datang Library

Chapter 544 Who will make the first bowl of fried noodles?
In the imperial dining room of the imperial palace, this time is not the time for meals. After all, people in the Tang Dynasty only eat two meals a day, and it is a long-standing rule for ministers to eat according to the time when they enter the court, even the emperor is no exception, so in the imperial dining room Now the imperial chefs are still resting or preparing dishes.

A gust of wind blew by, and there was already a figure in the imperial dining room, it was Bai Fan who was carrying a bag of peppers.

"Ah? Lord Marquis? What brought you here?"

Shi Dabao, the head chef of the Imperial Dining Room, exclaimed, obviously he knows Bai Fan, not only him, but also all the cooks in the Imperial Dining Room, because when the Wangjing Tower became famous, all the imperial chefs in the imperial palace specially went to learn from Bai Fan With cooking skills, they are right to say that they are their masters.

"What kind of wind can it be? An unhealthy wind!
Stop talking nonsense, Dabao, quickly call all the cooks who can turn the spoon over here, and follow the command uniformly, I want to cook a big meal for His Majesty and the ministers. "

"Really? Okay, okay, I'm going to call someone now."

Shi Dabao is overjoyed, Bai Fan is the patriarch of Datang's new culinary art, it is definitely a rare opportunity in the world for him to show his skills, who would not want to learn more from him?
In less than a stick of incense, all 120 imperial cooks from the Imperial Dining Room were summoned, and even those who were in charge of purchasing and doing chores followed.

"You don't need to prepare too complicated ingredients, just assign a few people to steam the steamed buns. After a while, it is estimated that everyone will eat steamed buns as the main food.

For the rest, send out one person to start the pot and heat the oil, and ask for good rapeseed oil (the ancient Chinese rapeseed was called Brassica, which is simplified here, and directly use the current term), and then the rest of the people start to knead the noodles and prepare To make a large bowl of noodles, the requirement is two fingers wide and as thick as a leek leaf. Boil the water and wait for the bottom. "

"Ah? Lord Hou, are you sure this is a big meal for His Majesty and all the officials? This bowl of noodles is not as good as what we cooks eat every day." Shi Dabao asked in embarrassment.

Bai Fan reprimanded: "Boy, learn a little bit. When you can make a bowl of plain noodles so memorable, you will be a teacher. The most taboo thing for a chef is to be picky about the ingredients. Hurry up!" Go, it will be beneficial for you later."

Everyone stopped talking, divided their work, and started to act soon. This means that Datang is now rich and life in the palace has been greatly improved. The emperor's family ate a few meals with the queen growing her own vegetables, so she didn't dare to be so extravagant.

And what is Bai Fan doing?Simple, processing peppers, to be honest, he was really reluctant to waste these peppers, carefully removed the pepper seeds inside one by one, and only finished work when he got almost a catty of pepper shells, fortunately, there were still a lot of them in the bag , This big bag contains almost ten catties of dried chilies, and judging by the shape, it seems that there are more than one variety.

The materials are limited, and it is impossible for Bai Fan to give more than 100 people a whole plate of spicy chicken. It is not enough chicken, but not enough chili, so he can only make a bowl of oily spicy noodles, which is also a very popular delicacy in the Guanzhong area in the future.

There is no grinding equipment, put a pinch of chili in the middle of both hands, Bai Fan has worked hard to process it better than grinding, it is definitely authentic chili noodles, find an iron pot, put a lot of chili noodles, and then put Add several common spices, add salt, and finally pour in boiling rapeseed oil directly, and a pot of perfect oily and spicy peppers is ready.

"Boys, boil the water on a high fire, and now it's time to go down. After it's cooked, put it into a large bowl and fill it with seven percent."

After a stick of incense, Shi Dabao shouted: "It's done!"

Bai Fan laughed and said, "Prepare to pass on the meal!"

Everyone was puzzled, how could the noodles be passed on just after cooking?Pass white noodles?Will he be beaten to death by His Majesty?
I saw Bai Fan asked the two to carry the spicy oil, and he took a big spoon, and quickly poured the delicious spicy oil on every bowl of noodles. Suddenly, a bowl of golden oily noodles became , Just this spoonful of oil can turn a bowl of ordinary noodles into something miraculous. Everyone in the imperial dining room was stunned, because they seemed to smell something?
No, it's not about the oil, it's about the red stuff inside. This kind of aroma, let alone eating it, just smells it and whets the appetite.

"Okay, don't be in a daze. Each person will serve a bowl on a tray. It's time to pass the meal. Those who steam the steamed buns should carry two hundred steamed buns and go together."

There is a special banquet hall in the palace, not too far from the imperial dining room. After Li Er and the others tidied up, they came here and waited together, including the injured imperial physicians, who were all waiting here. Drink a bowl of milk as tea.

It is also interesting to say that after this incident, these people actually drink milk whenever they eat spicy food, and gradually spread this habit to the people. It seems that chili and milk have become a combination. The common people thought, after all, the emperor and It must be reasonable for all officials to eat like this. How could they know that it was because they were cheated.

"Boy, you have been busy for a long time, and you just give us a bowl of noodles and two steamed buns?" Li Er thought that Bai Fan was perfunctory.

"This is the best noodle in the world that uses fairy food treasures. It's called Youpo Spicy Noodles. Not to mention eating, you can tell it's good just by smelling it."

Everyone leaned over to smell it. Not only did they not feel delicious, but they were once again aroused by the burning memories of the red and swollen eyes. For a while, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one moved.

"What? No one moved? Don't dare to eat?" Bai Fan asked with a frown.

Hou Junji pushed Wei Chigong and said: "Old Hei, you have a big appetite, you should eat first."

"Monkey, didn't you say that you eat less and get hungry sooner, you eat first..."

"It's okay, it looks very hot. I'll put it aside and eat it when it cools down."

……

Listening to the conversation between the two, everyone couldn't help but shut their mouths tightly and trembled with laughter. Bai Fan said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, you are the Son of Heaven, you should dare to be the first in the world."

this……

Li Er cursed secretly in his heart, it is right to dare to be the first in the world, but I can't trust you anymore, boy, I was tricked by you just now, who knows if you still have a backup?

But all the officials looked at him, and it seemed that it was not good to refuse. With a flash of inspiration, Li Er stood up holding the noodle bowl, and said sadly: "How can I come to eat this first bowl of immortal food? This is what many soldiers use. In exchange for my life, the first bowl of such delicacies should be sacrificed to the heroic spirits of the soldiers, come, send this bowl of mine to the Requiem Hall where the ashes of the soldiers are stored, and make a good offering."

The Requiem Hall was Bai Fan's idea. The ashes of the soldiers were temporarily placed in the palace to be enshrined. After the martyrs' cemetery was completed, they were sent for burial.

Everyone was stunned by Li Er's behavior. Is this still His Majesty who is fearless?Why is it so, so unbearable?Tired of a bowl of noodles?

In fact, half of Li Er was afraid of chili peppers, and half of it was because he sincerely couldn't eat what the soldiers had sacrificed their lives for.

Qin Qiong yelled, "Isn't it just a bowl of noodles? I just ate all the pure chili peppers, let alone the topping slices now, a certain one will come first."

Everyone praised him in unison, Shubao deserves to be the number one brave general in the three armies of the Tang Dynasty!But if you eat noodles, you can eat noodles. Why do you look like you are dying?

Qin Shubao took the first bite bravely, eh!
It was the same expression, the same voice, and the same movement as in the side hall an hour ago, and everyone knew in their hearts, how could this be delicious food?This is obviously a fraud!

Just when Baiguan was about to curse again, Qin Qiong moved. Instead of closing her mouth and eyes tightly, she picked up the big bowl, moved her chopsticks, and pulled the bowl into her mouth with a piercing mouth. noodle.

Within a few breaths, Qin Qiong swept away a bowl of oily and spicy noodles in everyone's surprised eyes.

With a bang, he slapped the big bowl on the table and shouted: "Enjoy it! Another bowl!"

At this moment, the ministers finally reacted: "It's not a trap, hurry, hurry, hurry..."

And what Li Er thought in his mind was: "I..., where's my face?"

A quarter of an hour later, Li Er appeared in the imperial dining room of the palace. What did he see?A group of cooks are queuing up to eat noodles in front of a large pot. Yes, they are eating noodles in front of a pot, even a bowl is useless.

"Wait, what is this? Where's Bai Fan?" Li Er stared at the cauldron and asked.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, after Lord Hou sent a bowl to the empress, he brought back home with the remaining oily and hot peppers, saying that he wanted to make some for his wife and children.

Our brothers saw that there were still some leftovers in the pot, so we put a pot of noodles in and dipped them all in. Your Majesty, this oil-splashed noodles is really unique in the world. I have never eaten such delicious food.

Do you want to...

No, how can His Majesty share the same pot with us vulgar people?Little slip of the tongue, damn it! "

Li Er was speechless, should this cook be replaced? Why are you talking so much today?Hey, Bai Fan ran away with his things, and he couldn't chase him to his house to make his niece laugh.

I thought to myself, should I go to the Requiem Hall to see the old brothers?

Shaking his head, Li Er laughed loudly at the royal chefs: "What are you talking about? Is I so unreasonable? I think I was a fire-headed army in the army back then. Today we eat together with the emperor and his ministers." What's wrong with a pot?
Quick, serve me a big bowl! "

"But, Your Majesty, we have already eaten half of this pot, and there are still leftovers..."

"Why are you so particular? You can eat as much as you want, and I will eat as much as you want. Today we don't distinguish between each other, so hurry up..."

"So, well, here are your chopsticks, don't use a bowl, this thing will be more exciting if you eat it in a pot!"

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