Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

Yu Xiaowei quickly used a long knife to cut apart the unusually large reticulated python, then cleaned it, cut it into pieces and put it in order.

"These will be put into the stew pot and cooked slowly, so that we can enjoy hot snake soup in the morning."

"Uh...snake soup..." Upon hearing this, Liu Peng couldn't help but stick out his lower lip. Although he had never tasted snake, the courage in his heart was obviously eroded to a certain extent by the terrifying scene in front of him.

"Don't worry, once it's cooked to perfection and the meat and soup are integrated, you can just eat it as any other ordinary ingredient. There won't be any trace of the snake! Remember," she said with a chuckle, "the snake has been dealt with. Now, you can all go back to your room and rest. I'll cook the soup before going to bed. Don't worry too much, go back to your room. This will help you enjoy peace."

When everyone had gone to bed and Yu Xiaowei confirmed that there was no one in the room, she took out an important item - a well-treated old hen. Before that, when she lived in the first farmer's house, a chicken shed and duck cage separated the small yard. During this time, Yu Xiaowei accidentally caught one. Although there was a deformed rooster in the yard, the old hen was temporarily left in the different dimension.

The taste of the scaly snake stewed alone was naturally inferior, but if it was cooked with the hen, the taste would be completely different. She would not take out the old hen in front of them, so she did it when they all checked into the room and went to sleep.

"Oh! It would be great if there were some seasonings at this time." In memory, Yu Xiaowei used some secret seasonings when trying to make snake chicken pot. The golden and rich soup, the tender and fragrant snake meat and the soft and tasty hen soup meat. Although the chicken is not suitable for direct consumption, the essence of the whole chicken and its unique fragrance are thoroughly stewed into the thick soup.

However, this was not the right time to be particular about the food. Yu Xiaowei continued to process the snake meat that had been cooked for several minutes, scooping it out of the thick sauce and cutting it into long, evenly spaced strips. He then prepared a frying pan, put a little rice wine in it and quickly fried the strips of snake meat until cooked, and then set it aside to prepare for the next step of the dish.

Yu Xiaowei cut the old hen into pieces and put them into the big pot that was used to stew snake soup, so that the chicken flavor and snake soup can blend better. Then he put a few slices of ginger and a piece of cut snake meat into the pot. He turned the fire in the stove to the lowest and slowly boiled it aside. At this time, Yu Xiaowei returned to his room to rest.

When the first rays of light at dawn penetrated the cabin in the woods, the sound of birdsong could be heard outside. If Yu Xiaowei had not experienced the alertness brought by five years of doomsday survival, he might have thought that he was still living in a peaceful society.

She turned over to check what time it was, but found that the bed opposite Xiaobao was empty. She was immediately surprised and quickly got up and called out, "Xiaobao?"

The one who responded to her was Xiaobao's voice coming from the bathroom, "Hmm? Sister, what's the matter?"

Hearing Xiaobao's answer, Yu Xiaowei felt relieved. It was getting late, and the fire on the stove must have been extinguished. The stew pot used was scientifically designed and had good heat preservation properties. Even if only ashes were left, the heat could be maintained for a long time.

After putting on his coat and going downstairs, he saw Zhang Sheng and a group of people gathered around a stew pot, seemingly concentrating on something. He couldn't help but ask the people around him, "Second Master, Brother Yun, what are you guys gathered around for?"

Chapter 160 Dragon and Phoenix Taste Very Suitable

Seeing that it was her, Zhang Sheng stood up and said to her, "Xiaowei, the fire in the pot has been off for a long time. I want to know what happened to the food in the pot, but I dare not open the lid rashly. According to Lao Wu, if a little bit of the smell leaks out, the taste may change."

Hearing this, Yu Xiaowei couldn't help but laugh. Recently, she was basically responsible for the catering work alone, which made these people who were obviously much older than her feel afraid of it. However, this was a good phenomenon. Not all chefs were willing to have their dishes touched casually, because to some extent, the perfect presentation of a dish sometimes only depended on a little more than a minute.

Skilled cooking requires the control of the heat, the characteristics of the cooking utensils and the freshness of the ingredients. The fact that she stewed the soup a little longer yesterday does not necessarily affect the taste. The key is whether the time is enough to achieve perfection. The worry often lies in whether there is enough time.

Everyone turned their eyes away from her, revealing the bright yellow soup in the stew pot. The color was unexpectedly beautiful. The seemingly inconspicuous old hen turned out to be an absolute secret hero.

"It smells so good! I didn't expect snake soup could be so appetizing!" Liu Peng, who had been afraid of eating snakes before, couldn't resist getting closer to smell it and admired the taste of Yu Xiao.

“It looks like it’s almost done. Let’s increase the heat to make the soup richer. By the way, use the steam from making steamed buns to warm them up and eat them together.” After saying that, Yu Xiaowei took a step back. She usually didn’t have to do these daily cooking chores herself.

"Xiaowei, today we are heading directly to Haijin City, so why not take this opportunity to prepare lunch in advance. We don't plan to rest on the way to save time." Zhang Sheng took the steamed buns, placed a steamer specially used for cooking utensils on top of the stew pot, and then placed a few steamed buns in it, and then said to Yu Xiaowei.

Well, actually I had thought so before, so I prepared the snake meat early last night. We will enjoy it when the soup is almost hot. It happens that one of the ingredients needs to be slow-cooked.

This pot itself has good heat preservation properties, so the soup, which was not cold to begin with, boiled quickly.

Strange, why can't I see any snakes here! Intoxicated by the rich aroma of the soup, Li Lei had long forgotten the horror of snakes. He scooped some out of the pot with a large spoon and asked in confusion, "Xiaowei, why did you put in the chicken?"

"Well, this soup is called 'Double Dragons Playing with Pearls', which is made by stewing chicken with snake meat. This is a perfect combination, and the snake has been deboned and shredded, so when I told you yesterday that there was no trace of snake meat, you don't have to worry about this problem, you can just enjoy the delicious food with confidence." While Yu Xiaowei was explaining to Li Lei with a smile, she had already started preparing another iron pot, adding oil to it, and then put in the pre-processed snake meat and started frying. When the oil was boiling and fried to golden brown, Yu Xiaowei took out the fried snake meat and served it on the table: "This is the crispy and fragrant fried snake pieces." "Fry it like this? I saw that you didn't seem to add any seasoning!" Looking at the large pieces of golden and crispy fried snake pieces, Li Lei looked at her again and asked.

"You'll know after you eat it," Yu Xiaowei was not in the mood to talk to him in detail, as there were still some things waiting for her to do. "Okay," looking at the crispy and delicious fried pieces, Li Lei picked one up, tasted it and immediately praised it, no longer asking how it was made.

As for Wu Nan, he answered the two people who were confused. "Miss Yu should have marinated this piece of snake meat in advance. This way it will have a unique aroma and no additional seasoning will be needed when frying." "That's right, I have marinated this snake with scallion, ginger, cooking wine, chili powder, a little salt and starch before, so the meat naturally has flavor." As she spoke, Yu Xiaowei skillfully took a new plate out of the pot. In a plate of brightly colored red and green chilies, the slightly golden snake meat looked particularly delicious.

At this time, Li Lei no longer cared about the specific method of making it, and simply picked up a piece to taste.

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### We have to fight for points

It tastes really good, how is it made?" Li Lei asked after taking a bite of the delicious food. Then he asked himself, "Is it the salt and pepper flavor?"

"Yes, this dish is indeed cooked in the salt and pepper style." Yu Xiaowei nodded in confirmation.

Seeing that Yu Xiaowei was very busy, Tang Yun gestured, "Let's go in and eat first, and then we can continue working after we are full."

"Okay, let's make these two fried dishes first. The rest will take a little longer to stew, come and see when they're done." Yu Xiaowei nodded in agreement. She was already interested in cooking. Now with the bonus of redeemable points, the number of points is even more helpful to her. Therefore, Yu Xiaowei is willing to spend more time and energy to study the preparation of different dishes. "After all, each different cooking method will produce different dish bonus points. For example, the 'snake stewed chicken' we made earlier, even though the reticulated python is not a mutant creature, it still received four points for new dishes. This score is not less than the bonus points brought by mutant creatures, and this dish has brought us 260 points of value."

The crispy fried snake slices and the slightly spicy salt and pepper snake were too greasy, not healthy enough, and not very healthy, so although they were delicious, they only received a five-point rating; the same applies to the newly added dishes, each of which received one serving.

But Yu Xiaowei gradually realized that food cooked according to the recipe might score higher; and if mutant animal ingredients were added, the performance would be quite satisfactory.

However, not all innovations can bring high scores; the extra points for new dishes need to consider details such as color, aroma, taste and health factors. It seems that diners on this planet are very concerned about health.

Yu Xiaowei, who doesn't care much about these rules, is determined to use the existing ingredients to create diverse flavors in order to maximize points. It is obviously not worth it to satisfy a taste just once.

Cut the snake meat into small pieces of about 6 cm; similarly, cut the chopped red pepper and red chili into small cubes.

Start frying the snake meat; later add ingredients such as garlic and red pepper, season and heat until fragrant. Add chili sauce to make a bright red oil; then pour the preheated freshly cut snake into it. Finally, add a small amount of the broth that was reserved after stewing the snake meat. After the heat is adjusted to medium, Yu Xiaowei leaves the stove to prepare breakfast.