Chapter 245 - Chapter 245: Sauced Duck
Chapter 245: Sauced Duck
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Second Sister-in-law Shen smiled in embarrassment. “Ah Tao, I won’t beat around the bush with you. Actually, I want you to help me make a duck dish.”
‘Make a duck dish?” Ji Zhao was even more puzzled. “Second Sister-in-law, do you want to eat duck?”
“It’s not me. It’s my father,” Second Sister-in-law Shen quickly explained. “My father likes to eat duck. Whether it’s braised or duck soup, he likes to eat it. Ever since I married your second brother, I haven’t returned to my parents’ house for a long time.”
‘That’s why I want to ask you to help me buy two ducks. It’s best if you can help me make them into delicious dishes.” Second Sister-in-law Shen looked at her pleadingly. “Ah Tao, can you help me?
“1 see!” Ji Zhao finally understood what she meant. She quickly patted his chest and smiled. “Of course I’m willing! Second Sister-in-law, don’t worry. I’ll definitely make the duck especially delicious!”
‘Really? Really? Ah Tao, you really agreed?” Second Sister-in-law Shen was extremely excited. ‘Ah Tao, thank you so much!”
‘Second Sister-in-law, we’re a family!” Ji Zhao grinned. Two small dimples appeared on both sides of her lips, making her look cute and charming.
‘But Second Sister-in-law, I can’t accept this silver.” Ji Zhao thought for a moment and stuffed all the silver on the table back into Second Sister-in-law Shen’s hands.
‘How can I do that?” Second Sister-in-law Shen quickly declined. ‘Ah Tao, buying ducks also costs money. Ducks don’t fly down from the sky! Besides, if you don’t accept it, how can I feel good?”
‘Second Sister-in-law, why don’t you help me make some clothes?” Ji Zhao quickly suggested with a smile. ‘You know that I can hold a kitchen knife smoothly with my hands, but if you want me to get the embroidery needle, it’ll be too difficult for me… You can help me make clothes, and I’ll help you make the duck. It’s very fair, right?”
Second Sister-in-law Shen was stunned by her words. In the end, when she came out of Ji Zhao’s room, not only did she not give Ji Zhao the money, but she also had two bolts of cloth in her arms…
The next day, Shen Dashan bought six ducks.
‘Ah Tao, according to your requirements, the ducks I chose are relatively lean and not too fat.” Shen Dashan walked to Ji Zhao, who was squatting on the ground and plucking duck feathers, with a curious expression. “But Ah Tao, what exactly are you going to cook?”
“Father, I plan to make sauced duck!” Ji Zhao looked up and smiled. “After I make the sauced duck, you’ll definitely like it!”
‘Look at what you’re saying. Is Father so gluttonous?” Shen Dashan suddenly said with a straight face. Then, he laughed. “But the dishes you make are too delicious! People who aren’t gluttonous have learned to be gluttonous.”
Pfft-
Ji Zhao was amused.
In her impression, Shen Dashan was a solemn and strict father.
However, as she got to know the Shen family better, she realized that everyone in the Shen family was super cute and interesting!
‘Don’t just stand there. Hurry up and throw these duck feathers out.” Zhao Lanhua, who was helping Ji Zhao pluck the duck feathers, looked at her man angrily.
‘Don’t throw it away!” Ji Zhao hurriedly stopped her. “Mother, this duck feather is a good thing. You can’t throw it away!”
‘Ah Tao, this duck feather stinks. Why do we have to keep it?”
‘Mother, after the duck feathers are dried, they will be very useful,” Ji Zhao explained seriously. “As for the smell on the duck feathers, I have a way to remove it!”
‘Ah Tao, this duck feather shouldn’t be edible, right?” Shen Dashan struggled for a long time before he finally squeezed out this sentence…
Ji Zhao suppressed her laughter and said seriously, “Father, don’t worry. I won’t cook duck feathers for everyone to eat..
“What are you thinking? Ah Tao isn’t stupid.” Zhao Lanhua looked at Shen Dashan helplessly. “Go to the kitchen and bring a basin of hot water over. Be careful not to burn yourself!”
‘Oh.” When Shen Dashan turned around, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law subconsciously looked up. In the end, they could not help but laugh.
The process of making the sauced duck was not difficult. The most important step was the sauce;
The sauce formula for making the Sauced Duck was very complicated. It required more than 30 types of Chinese medicine, 10 types of spices, and more than ten processes such as drying and roasting.
“It’s all thanks to the list of medicinal herbs that Master left me previously.” Ji Zhao smiled as she mixed the sauce. “1n addition, Second Brother You and the others also sent a lot of spices previously, so I could successfully make this sauced duck!”
After removing the internal organs of the processed duck, she cut off the duck’s foot and cut it open from the duck’s chest. After washing the duck, she hung it up to dry.
She didn’t have to worry about anything right on the heels of that. She just had to rub salt on it.
She sautéed the salt in the pot and added a small spoonful of fennel. Finally, she smeared the stir-fried salt evenly on the duck. Then, she neatly arranged it in a small wine jar that she had prepared in advance and took it out after spending the night.
She lifted the ducks back wings and opened its anus, causing all the salt water in the duck’s body to flow out.
After the second marination, it was marinated again. After the second marination, the duck was soaked in the secret sauce soup. Finally, it was taken out and the water was drained again. Then, it was propped in the duck’s stomach with two strips and pressed into a plate.
The last portion was to roast the duck in the oven.
However, Ji Zhao felt that if they dried it, the sauced duck would smell even better. However, Second Sister-in-law and the others would be leaving in two days, so Ji Zhao used the method of roasting it.
The Sauced Duck that was successfully made was mellow and delicious. It had both color and fragrance. The texture was not greasy, and the aftertaste was endless.
In addition to the sauced duck, Ji Zhao also made the duck foot wraps that she used to love.
First, she cleaned the duck feet, intestines, and hearts. Then, she placed the duck hearts on the duck feet. Finally, she wrapped them together with the duck intestines and soaked them in warm water for a while. Then, she placed the duck feet wraps into the steamer. She added an aniseed, two pieces of ginger, half a spoonful of white sugar, a spoonful of chicken essence, and a little cooking wine to start steaming.
After taking out the steamed duck foot wraps and waiting for it to cool down, she used the steam in the steamer to steam for another 15 minutes!
‘Ah Tao, isn’t this too fragrant?” When the Shen family tasted Ji Zhao’s sauced duck, everyone immediately praised it.
It was simply too fragrant!
‘Ah Yao, try this.” Ji Zhao picked up a duck foot wrap and placed it in Shen Yao’s bowl. She suggested with a smile, ‘Try it?”
Shen Yao agreed happily and tasted it eagerly.
‘The fragrance is overflowing and the meat is delicious. The bones are crispy.” Shen Yao did not expect that a simple duck foot could be made so delicious by Ji
Zhao.
“It’s delicious, right?” Ji Zhao raised her eyebrows smugly and smiled at Shen
Yao.
‘Exquisite and rare delicacy fit for royalty..”