The first time Su Tang ate Bak Kut Teh was in a Southeast Asian restaurant.
At that time, I was conquered by the taste.
As I said before, Bak Kut Teh is said to be tea, but it is actually a soup base made of various medicinal materials. Because the name of medicine is unlucky, it was changed to tea. Of course, there is also tea in it, but the main taste is the fragrance of medicinal materials.
When we first sailed at sea, these health-preserving medicinal materials were boiled together to let everyone nourish their bodies.
But then accidentally added pork bones in it, and it became a delicious food.
A bowl of Bak Kut Teh and a bowl of rice.
First eat the pork ribs in the Bak Kut Teh, and then cook rice with tea soup, which has the aroma of pork and the greasy relief of tea soup.
Not too tasty.
When Su Tang took the materials to the competition site, he regretted that he didn't do it first.
It's not that she thinks she will overturn, but that she wants to eat too!
No matter, after a while, she will give herself two bites on the spot.
But as soon as Su Tang entered, he found that there was something wrong with the faces of everyone present.
She came a little late to get fresh pork ribs.
But as soon as she went out, everyone's eyes were on her.
"Su Tang, you are finally here!"
"My God, it's good that you came, we are relieved."
"It doesn't matter who gets promoted, as long as it's you."
"Yes, we are really afraid of showing our cowardice at the banquet."
Su Tang listened and finally understood what was going on.
Everyone present is thinking of a way.
They wanted to advance to the competition, but they didn't want to go to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, even though it was a chance to become famous.
But they know very little about Tubo, who knows how it compares.
Even if you want to show your face boldly, you still feel uneasy.
If there is Su Tang, it will be different. The sky is high and there is a tall man to hold it.
In their eyes, Su Tang is tall!
That's right, everyone present has now recognized that their cooking skills are really high.
Every time they racked their brains to come up with dishes, they were not as good as Su Tang's casual cooking.
Among other things, for the vegetarian meal a few days ago, the Lingyin Temple and Shangqingguan were both boasting, and they both seem to be studying food.
I heard that it was Su Tang who gave the advice.
Look at their craftsmanship.
To be honest, if she wants to make a lot of money, she can open a vegetarian restaurant directly, and the business will definitely be booming.
This is just a casual show, not showing real skills at all.
The people present were really incomparable, and probably the Imperial Dining Room could be compared with it.
Just now Su Tang didn't come for a long time, everyone was very worried. They were afraid that if Su Tang didn't come to compete, it wouldn't be interesting for them to advance!
Su Tang laughed a little and said, "Actually, it's all the same, even if you lose at that time, it's okay."
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw everyone present looking at her.
"How is this possible! Such a good day, of course we want to win!"
"That's right, our Cangqin Kingdom has innumerable delicacies. If we didn't lose a lot of recipes during the previous war, our delicacies would be even better."
"This must not be lost. Food has always been something we are proud of."
Hearing these words, Su Tang was a little dazed, as if returning to China.
She has always been proud of Huaguo cuisine, and in this ancient time, which is very similar to Huaguo, she found a sense of identity again.
Su Tang nodded seriously: "That's right, we must win, even if we are chefs from the private sector, we will definitely win."
As soon as the voice fell, people around applauded, even the guards who were stationed were excited.
Yes, they are proud of their culture and food.
This is their Cang Qin Kingdom!
So in the competition with Tubo, we must work hard to win.
Su Tang put down the basket, feeling faintly moved.
She suddenly realized that it's no wonder that Qi Tianyun attaches great importance to the competition, because he knows that the people of Cang Qin Kingdom also attach importance to it, and everyone in Cang Qin Kingdom attaches great importance to it.
If she can advance, she must try her best to make better dishes than the trial ones.
After the contestants arrived, the audience also came one after another, and it seemed that there were more people than last time.
Su Tang suspected that the audience behind might not be able to see what they were doing here, but they still came to join in the fun.
Not only did the audience arrive, but Fu Yin Pei also brought five judges over and sat in the back seats.
The meals that will be ready in a while will be served in front of them, and they will select five of the ten contestants to advance and participate in the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet.
But the judges who came, especially the Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Rites, basically had their eyes on Su Tang. After all, they knew about it before they came. That's why Lord Hou dared to let the folk team compete.
It's because Su Tang is really powerful.
However, they can also be considered to have indirectly eaten the food made by Su Tang.
Not to mention steamed Sophora japonica, they have eaten such elegant things.
There are liqueur chocolates in the back, which they still have in their pockets.
Besides, who of the wives and female relatives of their family has never been to the Mengjing Pavilion
Maybe outsiders don't know about the future Queen Sun Qiaoshan and Su Tang jointly opening a dim sum shop.
As Sun Qiaoshan's father, Minister of the Household Department, he must know.
Sun Qiaoshan often said in front of her father how wonderful Sister Su is, and today the Minister of the Household Department finally saw the real person.
Su Tang thought very differently from Hubu Shangshu.
Unexpectedly, a little cook looks so delicate, even a scar can't hide her eyebrows and eyes.
And she does things neatly, with a decent smile.
If you change your clothes and come back again, it's all right, Miss.
Hubu Shangshu felt more at ease, maybe this sugar can really bring a miracle.
Su Tang didn't expect that the pressure would be so great that he hadn't compared yet.
But she's the kind of person who can turn stress into motivation.
There is no fear at all.
In fact, Qi Tianyun was also nearby, and he was still sitting in the back room. If he came out, he was afraid that there would be a commotion at the scene. Although Qi Tianyun couldn't watch Su Tang make food with his own eyes, as before, someone sent him a message.
The rules of this competition are obviously much simpler, and everyone has no objection. After all, everyone understands what this competition is about.
They just have to show their best level.
After all, being able to stand out from hundreds of players is already very strong.
Everyone standing on the stage is a famous chef in the capital.
They just have to do their own thing.
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Then look at Su Tang!
Su Tang is also being prepared.
The ingredients she prepared are not simple, the main food is fresh pork ribs and plump rice.
After washing the pork ribs, roll them in the water, and there will not be much blood foam. After all, it is a freshly slaughtered pig, so it is very clean.
These are also the ingredients that the Liu family, the butcher, specially took the time to prepare for Su Tang.
Such fresh ingredients, to be honest, roll in water and put some salt directly, they are very fragrant.
But Su Tang's ability is to make the pork ribs more delicious.
Put the boiled pork ribs aside and start frying the garlic.
Garlic can suppress the fishy smell of the ribs and make the ribs more fragrant. Stir-fry the garlic with vegetable oil. After frying the aroma, add water, and put the medicinal material package that has been prepared in the water.
This clear water was also prepared by Su Tang in advance, and it was water that had already removed impurities.
The medicinal materials in the medicinal material bag are actually not limited. Su Tang put angelica, cinnamon, star anise, clove, angelica, Codonopsis pilosula, and several nourishing medicinal materials in it.
These medicinal materials are not too much, and there is no bitterness of the medicinal materials after cooking, only the unique fragrance, wrapped in Gebu, after a while, you can take it out directly, and you will not touch the medicinal materials when eating.
After the medicinal materials are placed, it is the tea bag.
The tea used here was sent by Qi Tianyun.
Su Tang didn't even need to guess, could the tea delivered by Qi Tianyun be bad
Last time, Mrs. Zhao, who was younger brother Su Jinhang, drank her tea with the teachers and masters of Confucianism College, and asked where she bought it. Why couldn't they buy such good tea.
How dare Su Tang say that it was given by Qi Tianyun, only that he got it by chance.
I also used it for cooking today.
It looks extravagant, but it tastes so delicious after a while!
After these things are placed, the ribs just now can be placed inside.
The people next to him wondered why Su Tang made such a simple dish today, just putting a bag of things in it.
But in fact, Su Tang figured out all the combinations of medicinal materials in it. What kind of medicinal materials and how many medicinal materials are put in will make the tea soup fragrant and pleasant, not bitter, but also have the fragrance of medicinal materials.
This is a university question.
Although Su Tang didn't make Bak Kut Teh at home, he ate a lot of tea soup like this.
The proportion of tea leaves is even more accurate to a few leaves, which makes it look easy.
The Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Rites on the stage are still thinking about it.
What kind of food did Su Tang cook? It looked so calm and relaxed.
The materials are over here.
The soaked shiitake mushrooms are wiped clean with sugar, and then stir-fried in another pot with meat oil.
These shiitake mushrooms are uniform in size and moderate in size. If you eat them, you can eat them one bite at a time.
This will be soaked in water so that you don't need to cut it. After it is fried, it will be put into the soup just now.
Now that the ingredients have been put away, just cover the lid and simmer it with low heat for half an hour until the pork ribs are soft and rotten, soaked in the soup of the tea soup bag, and then season with a little pepper, salt, and chicken essence. Boil a whole veggie.
Then this Bak Kut Teh is ready.
This time, Su Tang changed the previous tedious process, as if he just made a simple pork rib
But the people around don't believe it!
They all smell the fragrance, okay
This smell is a bit too good.
On the other side, Su Tang had already started steaming the rice.
I brought this year's new rice from the grain store, and Su Tang specially bought rice that ripens once a year, so that the rice is full and steamed, sweet and delicious, and you can eat dry rice.
But Sutang is not such a simple steamed rice. It is taken out of the basket and washed in bamboo tubes that have been drying for a few days.
Now the bamboo tube not only has the fragrance of bamboo, but also removes the harsh taste of bamboo.
The rice steamed in this way is full of the aroma of rice and the fragrance of bamboo.
This is the theme of Su Tang's work this time.
All the natural aromas, are in this meal.
Bak Kut Teh with Bamboo Rice.
One has the unique fragrance of medicinal materials, and the other has the unique fragrance of bamboo.
Before eating this dish, no one would have thought that they could use their sense of taste to experience the natural taste.
But Su Tang did it with this meal.
The Minister of Hubu and the Minister of Rites are already eagerly waiting for Su Tang to bring the food over!
They all saw that Su Tang divided the meal into several portions!
But Su Tang picked up a bamboo tube of rice and started to eat!
After eating rice, I started to eat Bak Kut Teh, and poured the tea soup of Bak Kut Teh onto the rice with a spoon.
The rice is crystal clear, and the tea soup of Bak Kut Teh is bright in color.
Who doesn't drool after watching it!
Su Tang, don't eat it!
bring it to us
Chapter 76