CHAPTER 374: CHAPTER 127: ROUGE GOOSE BREAST_2

"You just noticed?" Compared to Ke Lian’s astonishment, Ke Xing was much calmer. He touched the wrinkles on his forehead, stepped inside, and while turning his body, pointed to several mecha soldiers acting as bodyguards beside him, "Miao Miao follows Rob in calling Miss Xi Xi, and it was Rob who first accompanied Miao Miao. Do you think Miao Miao sides with you or with Your Majesty?"

Ke Lian choked up and suddenly understood who Miao Miao’s familiar look resembled. That kind of smugness, that disdain, and those subtle details of slightly raised corners of the eyes were exactly like Chen Yin, who was busy with official duties in the Military Department!

Simply put, their look was the same as a pig looking at their own cabbage being taken. Du Xixi was the tender cabbage, and Ke Lian was the pig that had gotten the tender cabbage.

Shaking his head helplessly, Ke Lian could only walk alone at the end, pitifully looking at his son, who was trying hard to attract his attention, while he gazed at Du Xixi ahead of him.

Unfortunately, since Du Xixi had a "new" companion, she didn’t turn back to look at him, the "old" one.

Ke Lian: Never just hear the new laughing, who listens to the old crying...

No matter how tearful Ke Lian was behind her, Du Xixi went straight into the kitchen with Miao Miao. It was unclear whether the years in the Military Department had worn her down, or if 2569 had refurbished the kitchen again. But upon entering the kitchen, which she hadn’t been to in ten days, Du Xixi felt a sense of wistfulness.

"Miss, what’s wrong?" Miao Miao obediently followed behind Du Xixi, but seeing Du Xixi suddenly stop and look at the kitchen with a very nostalgic expression, she curiously furrowed her brows and softly asked.

Du Xixi snapped out of it, shook her head at Miao Miao, then walked to the sink, letting 2569, who hurried in, put an apron on her while she carefully washed her hands.

After drying her hands and taking the cleaned and gutted goose that 2569 handed her, Du Xixi finally felt grounded, as if the feeling of cooking returned to her.

"Miao Miao, you’ve read a lot of books. Are there any books about Blue Star?" Du Xixi gently inquired, and behind her, Miao Miao gave a vigorous nod. Seeing this, Du Xixi’s smile deepened slightly, "The dish I’m going to make for you today is a very traditional delicacy from Blue Star—Rouge Goose Breast."

Rouge Goose Breast is a dish that uses Qingyuan goose as the main ingredient, with red yeast rice, loofah-wrapped cucumber, and apple as main accompaniments, and Shaoxing wine, honey, and laurel leaves as main seasonings.

"Yi Ya’s Legacy" says: "A whole goose, not cut, first salted, then steamed in a soup pan, with three to five duck eggs sprinkled inside, cooked until done, and glazed with apricot nectar, named Apricot Flower Goose."

The Apricot Flower Goose referred to here is actually Rouge Goose.

The authentic Rouge Goose Breast is prepared by cleaning the goose, salting it first, then cooking it until done, with the goose meat turning red, hence the name Rouge Goose. And the goose breast is actually the goose’s breast meat.

Goose breast meat is tender and plump.

Using a knife, Du Xixi gently tapped the goose meat a couple of times, then sliced into the neck of the goose, deftly splitting it in two, before placing it in a hot pot to boil the blood out with hot water, then removing it.

Once removed, the whole goose body was white as jade. Another pot was started with salt, Shaoxing wine, chopped green onions, ginger slices, laurel leaves, and apples, cooking until the meat fell off the bone, at which point the bones could be removed, but great care was needed to maintain the integrity of the goose.

Afterwards, the goose breast was seasoned with clear broth, sugar, honey, salt, and red yeast powder. A pot of clear red broth emitted a strong aroma, and as the steam rose, the scent of goose meat filled the air, enchanting Du Xixi and Miao Miao while the intact goose meat in the pot was dyed a beautiful rouge red.

Before serving, Du Xixi dripped a few drops of sesame oil into the pot, and the cucumber on the side was quickly sliced into a loofah shape, not having had time to pickle it. Du Xixi thought the fresh taste of loofah-wrapped cucumber paired with the sweet Rouge Goose Breast would be a unique combination.

After draining the broth from the pot, the Rouge Goose Breast was sliced into uniform thick pieces by Du Xixi, neatly stacked together, with a slice of loofah-wrapped cucumber placed beside it, the red and green contrasting beautifully.

"2569, serve it." Du Xixi said to 2569 on the side, watching as 2569, who hadn’t served her lady in a long while, responded eagerly, then carefully carried out the Rouge Goose Breast.