Chapter 119 - Sesame Oil Chicken (2/2)

“I marinated the butter chicken last night. It’s been about 12 hours since then. Everyone can marinate it a night in advance at home. It’ll be more flavorful.”

The manager, Bai Xiaoming, exclaimed, “Oh my god, we were all sleeping last night. Yet you woke up and marinated dozens of chickens?”

“It’s alright. It only takes me about 10 minutes.” Xu Le added, “You just need to apply yellow wine and salt on the surface of the chicken and add some green onions.”

“Many spices from the previous dish can still be used. Here, I have also prepared some seasonings, nutmeg, white kernel, orange peel, aniseed, yellow gardenia, and tsaoko.”

There were many spices on the table. The last dish consisted of fragrant leaves, cloves, angelician root, ginger, grass fruit, fennel, onions, ginger, and vegetable oil.

Xu Le washed a handful of green coriander and said, “The main focus of the Sesame Oil Chicken is the spicy and numbing taste. There are two types of chili here. The two types of pepper are: Arrowhead, Starry Chili, Red Flower Pepper, and Sesame Pepper.”

Chili peppers were the soul of this dish. Sesame Oil Chicken was one of the authentic Sichuan Cuisine. It was a local delicacy. After it was prepared, it should be spicy and fragrant, refreshing and suitable for the stomach.

After pouring some vegetable oil into the pot and heating it up to 30 to 40% hot, he added scallions, ginger slices and finally coriander. After a little color, the fragrance was stimulated.

“When the condiments are golden brown, you can pour the chili inside.”

As Xu Le stir-fried, he increased the strength of the fumehood. When the chili was ready, he poured it out immediately.

“Add in the spices and two types of pepper that were prepared just now and directly stew it in the pot for half an hour. Remember to take out the seeds in advance. Otherwise, it will be bitter and affect the taste of the entire pot of sauce.”

“That sounds logical, he’s quite professional.”

Alex teased from the side.

After cooking the sauce chicken for 40 minutes, Xu Le turned off the fire and started to let the taste fuse with the meat.

“Add salt, chicken powder, and more oyster sauce to the soup base. The light soya sauce enhances flavor, and also add fermented sauce.”

As soon as the lid was lifted, the smell made Alex step back. The smell of fermented sauce was the same as the smell of coriander. Those who liked it would eat it for every meal. Those who didn’t like it would run away just by smelling it.

“What is this thing? It stinks!”

Alex mumbled to himself, but he couldn’t hold back his curiosity. He came over and asked, “Will it taste good to add this to the soup?”

“It can enhance the freshness. You won’t be able to taste it after it’s cooked.” Xu Le added another spoonful of bright yellow stuff and said, “Lastly, add some chicken oil and a little sugar. Then, the soup can be boiled with a lid.”

“Now, let’s deal with the chicken. This has already been marinated in advance. We just need to pour cold water into the pot and add scallions, ginger, and garlic to remove the fishy smell. After blanching for about ten minutes, froth will appear on the surface, so you need to remove the impurities.”

Once the time was up, Xu Le immediately brought the chicken under the tap to cool it down. After passing through cold and hot, the chicken skin would tighten and the texture would become more solid.

After the chicken was rinsed with cold water, Xu Le started to demonstrate while saying, “Get a portion of pepper and spices out of the seasoning that was made just now and stuff them into the chicken’s stomach from the back. There are spices inside and outside the chicken’s stomach and they will add

on to the flavor. After stuffing them in, break off the chicken feet and stuff them into the stomach as stuffing.”

“Tsk tsk, how cruel.” Alex interrupted at an inappropriate time. “Have you considered the feelings of the chicken?”

Xu Le was speechless for a moment. “You can ask him.”

Alex would not do something so stupid. He knew that Xu Le was mocking him. He snorted and said, “I don’t know who will be embarrassed later. Anyway, it’s not me.”

“Mmm.” Xu Le could not be bothered to argue with him, He called the people in the kitchen to help stuff the chicken’s stomach with spices..