Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the game is to touch the Princess Changle

Su Chen looked on the food rack in the imperial kitchen to see if there were any other ingredients suitable for barbecue.

"Old Wang, do you have mutton for tonight?"

Wang Defa turned to look at a waiter and said, "What meals are prepared tonight? Tell the Marquis in detail."

After the waiter bowed to Wang Defa, he cupped his hands and said to Su Chen, "My Lord, the meat tonight includes mutton and pork. All other vegetables are prepared on the food rack. There are 15 dishes in total for the dinner."

Su Chen nodded after listening and said, "Bring the mutton and pork, I will teach you how to cut them."

The three waiters took out the pork and mutton preserved in ice from the jar and put them on the table.

The mutton is a whole sheep with skin removed, about 40 pounds.

"Take off the hind legs of the goat, and then separate the meat and bones."

The waiter took off the two hind legs of the goat with a knife, and then changed to a dagger and began to remove the hind leg bones.

"My Lord, the mutton has been boned." The waiter put down the knife and said.

"Okay, I'll cut it for you to see, and then you can cut it to about the same size."

Su Chen picked up the knife, cut a small piece of the mutton leg, cut it into a size suitable for skewers, and try to ensure that the mutton is fat and lean.

"You will cut it like this later, try to make it fat and lean."

"Yes, my Lord, I understand!" The waiter replied with a bow.

Su Chen nodded, looked at the pork he had brought, and said to the waiter:

"First cut the pork into small pieces, remove the pig skin, and cut it into this size with fat and lean."

After Su Chen finished speaking, another waiter immediately started to work.

After seeing that the size of the meat they cut was fine, Su Chen wiped his hands and walked to the vegetable rack next to him.

There were eggplants on the vegetable rack, but they were the purple and small variety. The thick and black eggplants should be used for barbecue.

"Cucumbers are good too!"

Su Chen picked up a cucumber, walked to the side dish counter, picked up a knife and sliced ​​the cucumber diagonally.

"You guys cut this cucumber like this later, just about this thick." Su Chen picked up the sliced ​​cucumber and said to the guys.

"My Lord, this is cucumber." A guy whispered.

Wang Defa on the side took two steps forward, raised his hand and bent a finger to knock on the guy's head.

"You little brat, my Lord said cucumber, then it is cucumber."

"Yes, yes, yes, I know I was wrong!" The guy said, touching his head in pain.

"Haha, it's okay, you can call it whatever you want, go pick a bigger potato, wash it and bring it here." Su Chen said with a smile.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

The waiter handed the washed potatoes to Su Chen, "My Lord, are these potatoes the right size?"

"It's all right. You can pick the big ones later. Cut these potatoes into slices with a thickness of half the cucumber slices.

After cutting these potatoes, soak them in cold water. It's best to sprinkle some salt on them, otherwise they will change color after being left for a long time."

"Yes, my Lord, I'll remember that." The waiter replied respectfully.

"Okay, you can start cutting vegetables now!" Su Chen said to the waiters with a smile.

"Yes, my Lord!" The waiters started immediately.

"Old Wang, are there red willow trees in Chang'an City?" Su Chen and Wang Defa came to the storage room.

This grilled lamb kebab only feels good with red willow branches. There must be willow trees in the Tang Dynasty. Tang Dynasty poets once said, "No willow, no poem."

"My Lord, there are many willow trees in Chang'an City, but this red willow... I have never seen it." Wang Defa replied after thinking.

"Forget it if there is none. By the way, Old Wang, does His Majesty not eat beef?" Su Chen asked curiously.

"Oh, Lord, the laws of the Tang Dynasty prohibit the slaughter of working cattle, so you can't eat beef!" Wang Defa reminded in a low voice.

Su Chen suddenly turned his head to look at Old Wang, and asked with a smile: "Old Wang, aren't you curious about where these things came from?"

"Aren't these brought by you, Lord?"

Wang Defa was not curious at all. Even if he was curious, he would not ask. He has been with His Majesty for so many years, and he knows what he should and shouldn't ask.

"Haha, yes, I brought it."

Su Chen turned around and looked at the so-called secret seasonings. There were four kinds of them packed in jars, and each weighed several kilograms.

There was a can of powder. Su Chen smelled it and felt like five-spice powder. The cumin particles, chili powder, and white sesame seeds that could be distinguished by the naked eye.

"Old Wang, please find someone to help me put these four seasonings in four cans, half of each, and I will take them back to the manor.

This is the barbecue skewers, which can be reused after washing each time, or replaced by bamboo sticks."

The system gave these in total, and Su Chen put them all here. The manor would not be able to do without them.

"Old Wang, find four people to carry the barbecue grill out."

"Okay, Lord!"

Su Chen grabbed a handful of barbecue skewers and threw them outside.Walking over, he wanted to teach the waiters in the imperial kitchen how to skewer.

"Pay attention, these cucumbers and potato slices need to be skewered on two sticks, otherwise they will turn when grilling."

...

A quarter of an hour later, Su Chen asked the waiter to bring charcoal and light the charcoal fire, and he wanted to teach them how to grill.

Su Chen asked Wang Defa to find four cooks.

"I will teach you how to grill first. Is there any lard in the kitchen?"

"My Lord, there is only a little lard left in the imperial kitchen." A royal chef replied.

"It doesn't matter. Heat it up and add some fine salt to dissolve it. Then use fat pork to make some lard."

Su Chen took some of the barbecue ingredients they had skewered.

"Pay attention, when grilling, try to wait until the open flame of the charcoal fire is extinguished before grilling the ingredients." Su Chen said to the cook while turning the ingredients on the grill.

The four cooks listened attentively. They were all familiar with Su Chen. Two of them were transferred back from Leshan Restaurant.

It was Su Chen who taught them how to cook.

"When roasting these ingredients, you need to turn them over frequently to ensure that they are evenly heated.

At the same time, you need to observe the surface of the ingredients. The moisture of the ingredients will be lost after being heated, so you need to brush them with oil in time.

Salt is added to the lard, so you don't need to add salt when roasting.

The cucumbers don't need to be roasted too well, just half-cooked. Now you can sprinkle the cucumbers with seasoning.

After sprinkling the seasoning, just turn them over twice in the oven." The movements were smooth and the eight skewers of cucumbers were baked and out of the oven.

Su Chen explained while doing the movements on his hands.

Next came the potato chips, pork skewers and lamb skewers.

"Just cumin and chili powder are enough for the lamb and beef skewers. Oh, no beef skewers today."

At this time, outside the imperial kitchen, there was a familiar smell from Su Chen's previous life, especially the aroma of cumin and charcoal fire.

After grilling everything, Su Chen asked Wang Defa and four chefs to taste it themselves to experience the taste and grasp the maturity of the ingredients.

"How does it taste?" After the five of them tasted it, Su Chen asked with a smile.

"My Lord, you are so skilled. I can't compare to you. We have never thought that there is such a way to eat ingredients, let alone make such delicious food."

A chef bowed respectfully. In fact, their skills are not bad, but the conditions of the Tang Dynasty limit them.

If there were no seasonings rewarded by the system, Su Chen would not have done this barbecue.

It was mainly because of beer. He didn't drink liquor, especially strong liquor.