"What delicious food?" Lin Yuexin was very curious.
"Let's go home and kill some chickens!" Xu Zhengyang said as he went home with Lin Yuexin.
Boil the water!
Kill a chicken!
Plucking fur!
Clean the internal organs and wash the entire chicken!
This was not a difficult task for Xu Zhengyang. His actions were clean and quick. He made a small opening at the back of the chicken's butt and took out the chicken's internal organs to clean them. This ensured that the whole chicken was very complete.
"Zhengyang, these ingredients are ready!”While Xu Zhengyang was killing the chicken, Lin Yuexin was not idle either. She was preparing some spices and ingredients.
In this poor mountainous area, spices and ingredients were limited. However, Xu Zhengyang had just obtained superb culinary skills not long ago, so he could use the existing spices and ingredients to match this chicken.
Moreover, Xu Zhengyang had cooked kiln chicken many times since he was young, so he was familiar with the steps.
"Good!" As Xu Zhengyang spoke, he stuffed the ingredients prepared by Lin Yuexin, such as garlic, millet pepper, star anise, laurel, etc., into the chicken's butt. At the same time, he touched the entire chicken's body with salt and marinated it to ensure that it was tasty.
Lin Yuexin watched Xu Zhengyang's operation seriously and asked in confusion,""Zhengyang, are you preparing to make beggar's chicken?”
Beggar's Chicken was also known as Changshu Beggar's Chicken. It was a traditional dish in Changshu. It belonged to Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisines. It was crispy and tender, and had a unique flavor. It was said that beggar's chicken was a chicken that a beggar accidentally got when he was hungry, but he could not cook it. Therefore, he used yellow mud instead of a pot to cook the chicken. After the mud was poured over the fire and dried, the chicken was cooked. Then, the shell of the mud was removed, and the feathers fell off along with the mud, revealing the cooked chicken.
At that time, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, had also eaten beggar's chicken and named it rich chicken.
Beggar's chicken had gone through different dynasties and had lasted for hundreds of years. The most primitive method was to take a live chicken, break its neck, and not let out any blood or pluck its feathers. Then, use a few fresh tender lotus leaves, smear yellow mud on it, and finally put it into the fire to roast.
"No!" Xu Zhengyang was not making beggar's chicken, but kiln chicken.
"Go and get the tin foil at home!”After Xu Zhengyang put all the ingredients into the chicken's stomach and marinated it, he prepared to wrap it in tin foil.
When he went to the county town, he happened to buy a roll of tin foil. He had not used it yet. Now, he could use it to roast chicken.
Lin Yuexin took out the tin foil and gave it to Xu Zhengyang. Then, she watched as he wrapped the whole chicken with the tin foil, but she still asked curiously,"Isn't this the way you make beggar's chicken? Is this some special way?”
"You'll know later!" Xu Zhengyang smiled and then took the wrapped chicken to the construction site at the east end of the village.
Buzz buzz…Hu hu hu…
At this moment, the excavator and bulldozer were still working.
Due to the digging of the fish pond, there were mud blocks of different sizes everywhere. These mud blocks were hard and were high-quality materials used to make kiln chicken.
The necessary part of the kiln chicken was to build a kiln.
"Yuexin, help me get some mud. I'm ready to build the kiln!”As Xu Zhengyang spoke, he began to set up the kiln.
In such a mountain village, yellow soil could be seen everywhere, so this soil was the most suitable for making kiln chicken.
The traditional method of making kiln chicken was naturally the most popular method in the countryside. Although the cooking method was relatively old-fashioned, the taste of the kiln chicken was different and left a lasting impression.
The fish pond was dug at the scene, and there was no lack of mud.
Just now, Xu Zhengyang saw these mud blocks and suddenly had the idea of making a kiln chicken to let Lin Yuexin taste this absolutely unique delicacy.
First, Xu Zhengyang began to dig a pit in the ground and then used the mud to build a kiln.
Building a kiln looked simple, but it was actually a very technical work. First, at the place where the kiln was built, a deep pit of at least 3 to 10 centimeters was dug according to the size ratio.
This was not only conducive to maintaining the high temperature of the kiln, but also to quickly cook the chicken. Moreover, the kiln was built layer by layer, and the large soil blocks were at the bottom. In this way, a pyramid shaped top kiln could be built, which was convenient.
Xu Zhengyang was using clay blocks of different sizes to build the kiln. Below them were large clay blocks. As they got higher, the clay blocks became smaller and smaller.
Lin Yuexin had never seen such a method before. Her lively and beautiful eyes were filled with curiosity. Her eyelashes blinked as she asked with curiosity,"Zhengyang, what are you doing? Build a stove and roast the chicken on it?”
All the kids in the countryside know about the roast chicken or beggar's chicken. It's the aftertaste of their childhood. It's something they would do when they return to the village…Have you tried it?
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