Soon, Hu Changan presented all the ingredients for hot pot.
The small table was immediately filled with all kinds of fresh ingredients.
Lamb, beef, chicken...
All kinds of meat are available.
On the table were also placed green vegetables that had just been pulled from the greenhouse in the palace.
After Hu Changan planted potatoes last time, the greenhouse next to it was given directly to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang also lived up to expectations and soon promoted the technology of greenhouses.
Soon, the skilled craftsmen in the palace learned how to make greenhouses and built greenhouses everywhere in the palace.
Various vegetables are grown in the greenhouse.
Baby greens, cucumbers, loofah...you name it.
So this winter, there is no shortage of fresh vegetables in the palace!
Finally, the most important hot pot base is finally here!
Hu Changan specially ordered people to ride horses to his hot pot restaurant to get it.
Although the hot pot restaurant has not officially opened yet, the preparation of the recipes has basically been completed, leaving only some finishing work.
When the chef heard that it was Hu Changan's order, he naturally used all his skills to help Hu Changan fry a good butter hot pot soup base and bring it to him.
Right now, the hot pot base is packed in a large water bag.
As for the base of the clear soup, it is the stock from the imperial kitchen in the palace.
Although the chef also has stock, this stock is naturally not as good as the stock in the palace.
After all, the palace soup stock is filled with ingredients, including abalone, bear paw, etc.
Considering the cost factor, Hu Changan's hotpot restaurant cannot be so chic.
So in the end, Hu Changan chose the broth from the palace.
Coupled with Hu Changan's special toppings, a simple clear soup base is ready.
Soon, both kinds of soup were poured into the pot.
On the left is a red spicy pot, and on the right is a milky white soup pot.
Silence and movement seem to complement each other.
After burning for a while, the smell wafted out of the pot.
The taste of the clear soup pot is not obvious, but the flavor of the spicy pot is particularly prominent.
When Zhu Yuanzhang smelled the spicy smell for the first time, he choked and coughed several times.
While coughing, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Hu Changan: "Hu Aiqing, why is this thing of yours so choking? Is this thing really delicious?"
Originally, Zhu Yuanzhang still believed a little in Hu Changan's words.
But now, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't believe Hu Changan's words at all.
Can something that smells so pungent taste delicious?
When Hu Changan saw this, he also explained to Zhu Yuanzhang at the right time: "This thing is called chili pepper, and I bought it from a foreign merchant."
"It is said that this product can dispel cold, activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It's so good!"
Facing Hu Changan's praise, Zhu Yuanzhang was also hesitant to believe it.
But since he had already sat down to do it, Zhu Yuanzhang was too embarrassed to get up, so he had to sit and wait for the fire to start.
After a while, the soup in the pot began to boil.
Seeing that the time had come, Hu Changan quickly picked up a chopstick of mutton from the plate on the side, put it in the spicy pot and rinsed it.
After a while, Hu Changan picked up the piece of mutton, put it into his mouth and ate it with satisfaction.
Seeing Hu Changan eating with gusto, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little moved.
Maybe this hot pot is really as delicious as Hu Changan said?
So Zhu Yuanzhang followed suit, put a piece of beef in a spicy pot, rinsed it, then picked it up and ate it.
Suddenly, a domineering taste collided directly in Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth.
The taste was like a ball of flame, running straight from Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth down his throat.
Caught off guard, Zhu Yuanzhang was so hot that he coughed repeatedly.
Seeing this, Zhu Biao on the side quickly touched Zhu Yuanzhang's back and said worriedly: "Father, what's wrong with you? Are you choking?"
With that said, Zhu Biao quickly took a glass of iced plum juice from the table and handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang drank the sour plum juice while coughing.
Suddenly, a cool feeling rushed straight to the Tianling Cap.
After being spicy and then chilled, the taste is so sour and refreshing!
Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's slightly embarrassed look and couldn't help but murmur in his heart.
Could it be that this hot pot is actually not delicious?
Zhu Biao was not too shocked.
After all, people make mistakes and horses make mistakes.
Hu Changan has made so many amazing achievements, and it is not a big deal if he fails once in a while.
However, just when Zhu Biao was about to comfort Hu Changan with a gentle voice, Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down and said boldly: "Hu Aiqing, how on earth did you come up with such a thing? This is too delicious!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was actually a good drinker, and the excitement brought by the spicy taste was not as good as that of strong alcohol.
As an old drinker, he simply loved the spiciness.
Zhu Biao was also surprised when he heard this.
Zhu Yuanzhang was serious by nature and rarely praised others.
Zhu Biao never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would directly praise Hu Changan's cooking?
Out of curiosity, Zhu Biao also picked up a chopstick of small green vegetables and put them in the spicy pot to rinse them.
After tasting it, Zhu Biao was also shocked. He didn't expect that there was such delicious food in the world?
It's fragrant and numb, and it's simply heavenly.
After tasting a few mouthfuls, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao simply couldn't put it down, eating it with chopsticks one after another.
After a while, a large table of things was basically bottomed out.
Zhu Yuanzhang prefers spicy hotpot.
Even though he was sweating all over from the spicy food, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't stop. He still had a mouthful of ice-cold sour plum juice and a mouthful of spicy hot pot, and ate them with relish.
Compared with his father, Zhu Biao is obviously less able to eat spicy food.
Although Zhu Biao also likes spicy food, after eating a few bites, Zhu Biao couldn't stand the spiciness and had to switch to clear soup pot.
This clear soup pot also has a unique taste.
After all, this is pure chicken and duck stew soup, not some dark technology like a pot of fresh food from later generations.
Fresh meat and vegetables are rinsed in soup stock and then taken out, and they have a unique flavor.
This meal was enjoyed by everyone.
After eating, Zhu Yuanzhang picked his teeth and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Hu Aiqing, what you just said is really good."
"I think this hot pot can indeed beat 80% of other dishes."
"This spicy taste, tsk tsk tsk, is amazing!"
After hearing this, Hu Changan also smiled slightly and said at the right time: "In that case, would your Majesty want to write a calligraphy and painting to express his feelings?"
In fact, this was Hu Changan's main purpose in giving Zhu Yuanzhang this hot pot meal.
If this hot pot can be praised by His Majesty the Emperor, then Hu Changan believes that his hot pot restaurant will definitely attract the attention of more diners!