Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 522 Mobile Restaurant

Seeing the lotus leaves, Hualei had an idea and came up with a recipe for the evening. She asked a few people to kill all the chickens and ducks she bought in the morning.

I thought they were live animals and could be kept for a few days, but I don't know if it was because the weather was too hot or the mule cart was too bumpy. The chickens and ducks all looked a little limp after a day.

Hualei was afraid that they would not survive the night, so she simply killed them all and cooked them. If they were cooked, they should be able to sell. Because after the carriage of the Marquis' Mansion stopped, many carriages of aristocratic families came behind.

First, cut the throats of all the chickens to drain the blood, remove the feathers, dig out the internal organs, and clean them. Use the back of a knife to break the bones of the chicken legs so that they can be folded into shape.

Add knotted shallots, ginger slices, minced garlic, salt, sweet potato wine, spices and other seasonings to the chicken, then massage the seasonings into the chicken.

Fry the peppercorns until fragrant, crush them, and add them to the chicken for pickling. This peppercorn was a rare commodity in the Great Sheng Dynasty and was mostly used for medicinal purposes.

Before leaving, Hualei went to the pharmacy under the Imperial Hospital to buy it. It is still rare in pharmacies outside. Of course, the price is also high.

After all the chicken was marinated, it was placed in a deep pottery jar and marinated for more than half an hour, taking it out and turning it over. A few guards were asked to go to the river to pick a lot of lotus leaves and wash them clean.

I asked someone to dig some more soil and diluted it with water. I took out the marinated chicken and carefully wrapped it with lotus leaves so that the soil would not get into the chicken.

Then evenly spread the mud on the outside of the lotus leaf, about an inch thick. Dig a pit, light it with picked branches, put in thicker wood, and bury the mud ball wrapped with the chicken in the charcoal fire.

After a while, turn the dough over so that the chicken inside can be heated evenly. After baking for more than an hour, it is almost done.

After the roasting is completed, take out the beggar's chicken and remove the mud and lotus leaves on the outside. A delicious beggar's chicken is ready.

The chicken is steaming hot and tender, with the fragrance of lotus leaves and the original flavor of native chicken. It is really fragrant. Hualei also adds some extra chopped green onions and soy sauce, which are a bit light.

When the first beggar chicken broke out of the soil, the rich aroma immediately attracted people around. In the past two days, people who had bought flower buds for cooked food had already gathered around.

But in just a quarter of an hour, only three chickens were left on Hualei's side. It was only because Zhenzhu saw that the situation was not right and asked Qinghe to put the three chickens on her own carriage that they were not snatched away by others.

For seven or eight ducks, the flower buds were added with dried bamboo shoots to make a big pot of old duck and bamboo shoot soup, which was then divided into portions in ceramic bowls and sold quite a few.

The vegetables that had lost too much water became juicy again after being soaked in the river water. Hualei took the bacon, sausages and other ingredients from the carriage.

They cooked a lot of seasonal vegetables, some of which were half meat and half vegetarian, and sold some of them. But there were still many people who didn't buy any, and asked Hualei if he had anything else to sell.

Hua Lei had an idea. She soaked bean curd sheets, dried tofu skin, dried black fungus, and vermicelli in warm water until they were soft and glutinous. After blanching them, she added various seasonings and made them into cold dishes in different ways and sold them.

Looking at the people around her eating so happily, and then looking at the small cloth bag filled with silver in Zhenzhu's hand, Hualei raised the corners of her mouth with satisfaction.

If I had known earlier, I should have brought more ingredients and more people to make it a mobile restaurant. This business is really good, and the price of each dish is not low.

Oh, I made another mistake! Before I knew it, Hualei's appetite was getting bigger and bigger. After breakfast the next day, Hualei and his group set out again.

In the next few days, Hualei continued with her pattern. When she came across farmers, she would buy some fresh vegetables to replenish her stock, and would also buy some chicken and duck eggs from those who were willing to sell them.

He added the bacon, sausages, bean curd and other ingredients from his carriage and made various delicious dishes in different ways. He also made extra when he cooked and sold some of them.

In this way, they walked for several days, stopping and starting. That night, Hualei and her friends were lucky enough to be the first to arrive at the post station. The post station was built at the foot of the mountain and was relatively small.

However, the stationmaster was also quite smart. He built a large shed behind the station, which was separated by a fixed bamboo curtain in the middle.

They made it look like several large bunk beds, which could be used by people passing by to rest, and they took the opportunity to charge an extra fee.

Hualei asked for several rooms, one for herself and Rongjin, one for Zhenzhu and her husband, and the rest for the maids and servants to sleep on the floor. She also asked for a large bunk room at the back of the post station for the guards and coachmen to squeeze in.

Although Hualei was the first to arrive at the post station and had plenty of money, she was embarrassed to book the entire post station. There were many carriages following behind. Leaving a way out for others was Hualei's principle.

The journey ahead is still long, and we have only traveled about half of the way so far. What if I need help from others on the way?

However, perhaps because he was the first one to enter the inn, the ingredients in the inn kitchen were very rich. He had been consuming the ingredients in the carriage for the past few days and was a little tired of them.

At this time in the kitchen, Hualei saw several freshly killed rabbits and pheasants, as well as some fresh wild vegetables picked from the mountains. Hualei picked out what she needed without hesitation.

Rong Jin praised the pickled fish highly after eating it, so Hua Lei prepared to make him a spicy rabbit meat with a stronger flavor tonight.

Wash the fresh rabbit meat, cut it into even thin slices, soak it in clean water to remove the blood, drain the water, add sweet potato wine, table salt, eggs and sweet potato flour to marinate.

Heat the pan and add oil. When the oil is 40% hot, add the rabbit slices and stir-fry until cooked. Remove from the pan and drain the oil. Add the dried red chili segments to the same pan and fry until fragrant. Remove from the pan.

Add the pepper powder and stir-fry until fragrant, then add onion slices, ginger slices, cucumber slices and other vegetables. Pour the rabbit slices back into the pot and add salt, wine, soy sauce, chili oil and MSG to taste.

Stir-fry evenly, sprinkle with chives and coriander and serve. Of course, the rabbit head is not wasted, it is also made into spicy rabbit head, which is perfect for drinking.

Spicy rabbit meat is fragrant, spicy and numbing, and with the fresh and tender taste of the rabbit, it is really a delicacy that makes people unable to stop. Hua Lei took out another jar of sweet potato wine and gave it to Rong Jin and Jiang Yunqi to drink.

I and Zhenzhu drank slightly sweet rice wine. We were still not satisfied with the meal.

Of course, I made spicy fried chicken with pheasant, boiled chicken soup, and added some mushrooms I brought with me. Several fresh wild vegetables were also stir-fried with flower buds or mixed with cold dishes, all of which were made into dishes.