"Breakfast is quite rich, and what delighted Xiangbei the most was a bowl of last night's popular seafood rice soup with a crispy bottom, accompanied by cold pottery noodles, which is similar to modern Northwestern liangpi—kind of rice noodle.
When Chengmo sat down and gestured for everyone to start, she couldn't wait and elegantly ate two bowls in a row.
Although there were various boiled water bird eggs, forest mountain chickens, and a variety of seafood on the table, she couldn't eat anymore.
However, as her eyes focused on the shiny golden mountain chicken, the aroma of abalone, mushroom, and chicken pot was already boiling in her mind, how could she forget about this dish? It was once her mother's signature dish, and the rich and smooth taste transcended a thousand years, still retaining the flavor of her mother.
"Well, I'm done eating. Take your time, everyone. I suddenly remembered a dish, so I'll go back to my room and write down the recipe.
The kitchen can try making a few dishes based on it and see if people like this kind of taste.
Also, Chengmo, I need to make some oyster sauce condiments to add to our secret flavor techniques. Do you mind if I use last night's stove for a while?"
"Well, Little girl, my Xiaobei, how about this? Let Cheng Hai call two stove masters, and you can explain in detail the cooking method, testing whether they can create the flavor you desire.
Here, while everyone is here, let's discuss the salt drying method and the matter of iron and stone." Chengmo's words expressed the thoughts of everyone present.
These individuals couldn't wait to kneel and cry for their master; everyone was eagerly anticipating it, and the young miss was already thinking about making food.
"That sounds good. Wait for me a moment, I'll be right back." Xiangbei ran back to her room, took out pen and paper, wrote down the recipe for abalone and chicken pot, and came back with sweet potato starch. By the time she returned, the two stove masters were already waiting.
"Hello, masters. Here are three recipes. The oyster sauce is the easiest. Just take the oysters, remove the shells, clean the intestines, and cook them in a pot until the broth is thick. Then, remove the meat residue, use the starch I gave you with salt and pepper to make a thick sauce, pour it into the pot, stir evenly to create a thick brown flavor sauce."
Xiangbei handed the recipe to one of them, and the other one received the second recipe. "On this recipe, we need to make coconut oil because we will need a lot of coconut shells. First, insert a pipe into the coconut from the white meat germ, pour the juice into the bucket for me.
After cutting open the shell, grind and cook the snowy white coconut meat to extract oil. After filtering, let it cool."
The third recipe, she handed directly to Chenghai, saying, "This dish can be a signature dish for Fuhai Tower.
Abalones can survive long-distance transportation for ten to fifteen days with some low-temperature ice water.
Stir-fry them with ginger, garlic, and shiitake mushrooms, then transfer them to a clay pot. Add oyster sauce, soy sauce, cooking wine, and boiling water, cover it, and simmer for an hour until the broth thickens.
Adding green bean vermicelli later will make it even more delicious. You may need to make a few pots for everyone to taste and provide feedback."
Once the chefs took the recipes and left, Xiangbei handed all the other blueprints to Chengshan, saying, "Uncle Shan, this sheet is a list of all the materials I need. Please take a look and mark anything unclear or unattainable.
I know there is a workshop here, and the drawings I made here are for that.
This one is for the salt drying pool. In the summer, when the water level is low, you can build the foundation on the alkali flats over there. When the autumn tide comes, you can use it to evaporate and dry the salt.
The fine white sand on the beach is all quartz sand weathered from crystal stones. After digging it out, please transport it to the glass workshop. This glass kiln renovation plan allows you to use this sand to make flat, transparent glass and dressing mirrors.
Once the materials are ready, you can start."