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Chapter 109 Ye Xuan’s newly developed delicacy, beef hotpot!

Inside the palace.

"That's great!!"

"I can go see Teacher Ye Xuan~!!"

Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, Zhu Gaoxu and other small groups couldn't help but cheer.

They felt that it was a wise choice for Zhu Xiongying to ask Grandpa Huang.

As expected, Grandpa Huang allowed them to leave the palace.

Ye Mansion.

Ye Xuan is preparing lunch.

The fish he caught asked the cook to transform it into sweet and sour fish, while he and several cooks were busy in the corner.

Shen Rong and Qiuyue returned to the kitchen and saw Ye Xuan and others working on a pot in the corner, and the copper seemed a little strange.

"Uncle, what are you doing?"

Qiuyue asked doubtfully.

Chun Chan said without looking back:

"My uncle said he would make us a different kind of hot pot."

“A different hotpot?”

Shen Rong and Qiu Yue looked strange.

Although the Shen family is a merchant family and does not have much power, it is rich in the world and can eat any delicacy they want, including hot pot.

However, Ye Xuan wants to make a different hotpot?

What exactly is the difference?

They looked expectant.

After all, Ye Xuan can make delicious food that surprises them every time.

Hot pot has a long history. According to research, its prototype appeared in the Warring States Period.

In the Bronze Age, people used cauldrons for cooking.

At that time, people "struck bells and set tripods" to eat.

Everyone sat around the cauldron, putting food into the ball and cooking it before eating.

This is somewhat similar to modern shabu-shabu.

The true origin of hot pot must be traced back to the Eastern Han Dynasty. Modern archaeologists discovered a utensil called a "dou" among the unearthed cultural relics of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The bucket is used by the military for cooking and for calling police.

With the development of the times, people also used it to heat soup, porridge and hot wine, and it was the predecessor of hot pot.

During the Three Kingdoms period.

The hot pot is basically taking shape.

"Book of Wei" records that Emperor Wen of Wei used a "five-cooked pot". The "five-cooked pot" is the predecessor of modern mandarin duck pot. The pot is divided into many grids and can cook different foods.

During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, hot pot became popular.

In the Song Dynasty, hot pot immediately became a trend. Henan's famous dish "Boxia Gong" is the rabbit meat hot pot handed down from the Southern Song Dynasty.

Yuan Dynasty.

Kublai Khan, Emperor Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty, was a big fan of hot pot. It is said that during a march during a battle, Kublai Khan wanted to eat mutton.

However, there was no time to cook, so the military chef could only cut the mutton into thin slices, blanch it in boiling water, add chopped green onions and other ingredients, and present it to Kublai Khan.

Unexpectedly, Kublai Khan was full of praise after eating it.

Even after he became emperor, he never forgot this dish, and later named it "Shabu-boiled Lamb".

During the Qing Dynasty.

Emperor Qianlong also held the "Qiansou Banquet", which is a hot pot banquet. There were more than 1,500 hot pots at the banquet for thousands of people to taste.

Ye Xuan ordered the cooks to work on the side.

Soon, a charcoal fire ignited in the Datong copper hotpot fire seat.

"Okay, it's lit!"

The cooks said happily.

This Datong copper hotpot was customized by Ye Xuan not long ago.

During the Ming Dynasty, copper casting crafts in Datong were already very prosperous, so there was no problem at all if you wanted to create such a Datong copper hot pot.

Datong copper hot pot is like a volcano, consisting of a pot body, a pot lid, a fire cylinder, a fire seat, a cylinder lid, a bottom plate and other parts. The lower part can be lit, and the upper part is the pot body, which can be cooked and eaten at the same time.

Legend has it that Datong Copper Hot Pot was developed by Zhu Gui, the thirteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, who gathered craftsmen.

Ye Xuan has been in Daming for a while, but he has not seen the Datong Copper Hot Pot made yet, so he guessed that Zhu Gui had not come up with this thing yet, so he asked someone to make the Datong Copper Hot Pot first.

But think about it, the vassal king Zhu Gui, thanks to Ye Xuan's gift, is now busy attacking other small countries and developing vassal states, so there is no chance of making Datong copper hot pot.

In addition, the body of the Datong Copper Hot Pot was specially made into a mandarin duck pot by Ye Xuan.

Make the clear soup pot on one side and the spicy pot on the other.

In case the girls can't eat spicy food.

Ye Xuan has already prepared the soup base.

Clear soup base and spicy soup base.

The clear soup base and spicy soup base are added to the hot pot. Half of it is red and oily, very shiny, and the other half is clear soup, with only the color of the ingredients themselves and the water.

The hot coals under the fire seat kept burning the soup base on the pot, and the soup gradually became hotter.

Ye Xuan let the hot charcoal under the hot pot roast the broth in the pot and ignored it. Instead, he and the cooks prepared the seasonings and ingredients.

Ye Xuan asked the cooks to cut mutton, pork, beef and other ingredients into thin slices.

The thinner, the better.

In this way, you can cook it after rinsing it for a few times.

The dipping sauce for hot pot is the most important, it is related to whether the ingredients can be combined deliciously.

Ye Xuan personally prepares many kinds of dipping sauces.

All the ingredients from the north and south are available.

Northern dipping sauce:

Prepared with chive flowers, sesame paste, sugar, light soy sauce, vinegar, fermented bean curd, etc.

Southern Dip:

Prepared with minced garlic, sesame oil, coriander, chives, oyster sauce, etc.

In addition, Ye Xuan also prepared other dipping sauces, which can be chosen according to Shen Quan's preferences.

"Uncle, how should we deal with this?"

At this time, the cook looked embarrassed and pointed at the stinky cow in the water not far away.

He really didn't understand why his uncle asked him to buy such a thing.

Almost no one eats this stuff.

So stinky.

Ye Xuan saw the expression on the cook's face and knew what he was thinking.

Cows going into water are despised in this era.

It's because no one will handle it.

In later generations, it was a good ingredient for hot pot.

Beef louvers, tripe, beef intestines, etc. [are all highly praised by hotpot hotpot lovers.

Ye Xuan taught the cook how to clean the cow waste.

The cook was reluctant in the end.

But who made Ye Xuan the master?

He could only obey Ye Xuan's instructions.

The cook could only run to clean the cow's water carefully over and over again.

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The ingredients were prepared one by one and placed on the table, including meat and vegetables. The dishes looked very beautiful. The hot pot was placed among the ingredients. The soup base in the hot pot was already boiling hot.

Shen Rong and the other girls were quite curious.

They have never seen these dipping sauces before.

And the shape of this hot pot is a bit strange.

And these cow wastes, after cleaning them up, actually turned into good-looking food, at least they won't make you stomach-churning.

Shen Rong and the girls also eat hot pot.

After Ye Xuan gave them several plates of dipping sauces, he asked them to choose what they liked.

Then they feasted.

“The flavor of these dips is so delicious.

Shen Rong couldn't help but marvel.

"Miss, these tripes are also delicious. I didn't expect such smelly cow offal to be so delicious. It's crunchy and has a particularly good texture!"

"it's actually very good.""

Chun Chan and Qiu Yue affirmed.

Ye Xuan couldn't help but think with a smile:

This is a dipping sauce that people of later generations have accumulated for many years. Could it not be delicious?

Moreover, cows in the water will be very popular in the future.

At this time, suddenly, Mao Xiang came with a team of royal guards, surrounded by Zhu Xiongying and other emperors and grandsons.

"Teacher, we are here to visit you."

"Meet sir."

Ye Xuan was stunned when he looked at these chattering little puddings.

what's the situation?

Why did these royal grandchildren come to his house?

Will Zhu Yuanzhang give in?

Zhu Xiongying told the situation that they had not seen Ye Xuan for a long time, so they came to visit and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for instructions.

Ye Xuan glanced at Zhu Xiongying a few times.

understood.

Zhu Yuanzhang's most doting grandson spoke, could Zhu Yuanzhang not let him go?

"smell good!"

"Did you smell a very fragrant smell?"

"It smells really good!"

This group of little puddings sniffed and stared blankly at the bubbling and steaming hot pot, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

"Teacher, are you using your lunch feet?"

"Is it tasty?"

These little puddings were almost drooling as they ate their claws, their faces full of desire.

Ye Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

This group of little puddings came by chance.

Just when they were about to eat, these little puddings came.

"I have prepared a lot of hot pot ingredients. If there are just a few of us, we may not be able to finish them all. Do you want to come together?"

Ye Xuan invited.

When the little puddings heard this, they nodded quickly and were very happy.

“I want it, I want it!!”

“It smells so good!”

"I want to eat!"

They had never eaten such delicious food in the palace.

"Prepare more dishes and chopsticks."

Ye Xuan ordered the servants.

Later, a group of people including Ye Xuan, Zhu Xiongying and other royal grandchildren gathered around and started eating hot pot.

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