Rebirth: I Raise a Husband in Another World

When Grandma Li saw her granddaughter coming back, she asked her as usual: "You are back. How was your day? Did you have a good day?"

When Li Xingfang saw Grandma Li, she was about to tell her. Anyway, Lin Han didn't ask her to keep it a secret, and she believed that Grandma Li would not tell anyone else.

Li Xingfang: "Hey, don't mention it. All these days are a waste of time. Grandma, Lin Han has a sweetheart."

Hearing this, Grandma Li almost dropped her jaw in shock: "Huh? When did this happen? How did you know?"

Li Xingfang leaned over to Grandma Li and whispered, "Oh, Lin Han saw that I liked him, and he told me so himself in order to make me give up the idea."

Grandma Li: "Is it true?"

Li Xingfang: "Oh, it's true, how could it not be true, he really thinks about his sweetheart all the time.

Anyway, I think his feelings for his sweetheart are much deeper than mine."

Grandma Li: "Fangfang, aren't you sad?"

Li Xingfang acted nonchalant: "Hey, what's there to be sad about? Three-legged frogs are hard to find, but there are still good two-legged men.

Lin Han is not the only man in the world. With your granddaughter's intelligence and beauty, are you afraid that she won't be able to find a suitable husband?"

Grandma Li looked at Li Xingfang's face carefully and indeed did not see a trace of sadness, so she felt relieved.

She also agreed: "Yes, yes, our Fangfang is so outstanding, she can get any good man she wants."

Li Xingfang: "Grandma, let me tell you, Lin Han hasn't caught up with his sweetheart yet?"

Li Xingfang has now given up everything and turned into a spectator.

Grandma Li was shocked again: "Really? Could his sweetheart be a fairy?"

Li Xingfang: "Who knows? I only know that his sweetheart is studying in town."

Grandma Li: "I see, those who can afford to go to school are from well-off families.

Everyone in the village thinks that Lin Han has good conditions, but maybe in the eyes of his sweetheart, his conditions are just average.

......"

--Dividing line

Lin Han, who was in Shengshan, had no idea that Li Xingfang and Grandma Li were discussing him behind his back. He was hunting seriously.

Today he shot a pheasant. He was tired of eating pork every meal, so this pheasant came at the right time.

Lin Han carried the pheasant down the mountain, thinking of a hundred ways to cook the chicken.

What about cloth bag chicken, green onion and pepper chicken, chestnut chicken, chestnut stewed chicken, spicy chicken, golden and silver hoof chicken, braised chicken, soft fried stone chicken, double flavor stone chicken, five-spice sauce chicken, paper-wrapped chicken, pepper and salt eight-treasure chicken...

Haha, actually there are not a hundred kinds.

Not long after, Lin Han arrived home. He put the chicken in a basket and went to boil a pot of hot water.

After the water boiled, he took out the only kitchen knife in the house and sharpened it to kill the pheasant. He killed the chicken so quickly that it was killed before the chicken could even make a sound.

Lin Han quickly plucked the chicken feathers while the hot water was still running. He originally wanted to make salt and pepper eight-treasure chicken.

However, the salt and pepper eight-treasure chicken requires ingredients such as mushrooms, water chestnuts, scallops, lilies, lotus seeds, and cooked ham, and Lin Han had almost none of them at home, so he had to give up.

Lin Han looked at the only ingredients and seasonings at home, wondering what else he could make with the chicken.

Suddenly, Lin Han had an idea. "Braised chicken doesn't require many ingredients. I have them all at home. I can make braised chicken."

Lin Han started to act as soon as he said it.

There are three essential side dishes for making braised chicken. Lin Han washed the potatoes and cut them into small pieces.

Wash the green and red peppers, ginger, etc., cut into shreds, put them in a bowl and set aside. Then use a wooden barrel to soak the mushrooms.

Coincidentally, he found these mushrooms at a dry goods store when he was buying seasonings last time, and bought them thinking that he would need them in the future.

Sauce is needed to make braised chicken. Generally, the ingredients of the sauce are light soy sauce, oyster sauce and soybean paste.

But Lin Han looked around and saw that there was only soy sauce at home, so he had to make do with it.

After these preparations are done, the next step is to actually cook.

Lin Han put the processed pheasant on the chopping board, chopped the chicken meat, washed it, blanched it in cold water to remove the blood foam, and then put it aside.

The next step is very important. Lin Han lit the fire, waited for the pot to heat up, put in a large lump of lard, and after a while put rock sugar into the pot.

He controlled the heat, melted the rock sugar over low heat, and stirred it constantly with a spatula.

When the time was right, Lin Han poured the chicken he had prepared earlier into the pot, stir-fried it evenly, and colored the chicken.

Then add firewood to the stove, increase the heat, and pour in soy sauce, ginger and garlic.

Stir-fry over high heat until the sauce aroma comes out, then pour in the hot water that was not used when plucking the chicken feathers.

Just by looking at the word "braise" in the dish of braised chicken, you can know how important braising is. Generally, braised chicken is cooked in a casserole.

But Lin Han's family didn't have a clay pot, so he had to simmer it in an iron frying pan.

Lin Han put some salt into the pot to season it, and after it boiled, poured in the previously prepared mushrooms, covered it with a wooden lid and simmered it for a while.

When the chicken is completely absorbed by the mushrooms and sauce, pour in the potato cubes, cover with a wooden lid and continue to simmer.

There were no watches in ancient times, so it was difficult to tell time, and Lin Han could only rely on his feeling.

When you feel it’s almost done, add the previously chopped green and red peppers, cover with a wooden lid and continue stewing.

Finally, Lin Han felt it was ready, so he opened the lid, picked up a piece of chicken with chopsticks and put it into his mouth.

Hmm~ It’s cooked. It’s worthy of being a pheasant. The meat is firm, the chicken is tasty, and the taste is excellent.

Lin Han scooped up the prepared braised chicken and put it on a plate. He was a person who paid attention to the combination of meat and vegetables when eating. Now that he had a meat dish, the next step was to make a vegetarian dish.

He cleaned the iron pot and made a vegetable soup with the vegetables at home.

As for the rice, he had already cooked it in a clay pot when he was making the braised chicken, and it was now cooked.

One person couldn't eat much food, so Lin Han stopped cooking and started enjoying his dinner as he looked at the delicious braised chicken and vegetables.

After dinner, Lin Han cleaned up the dishes and went to wash up. Then he lay on the bed and started his daily activity - reading.

Although Lin Han was reading, he never stayed up late to read. As he was reading, he yawned.

He knew it was almost time, so he put away the book, extinguished the candle on the bedside table, and then closed his eyes to try to fall asleep.

It wasn't long before he fell asleep.

The next morning, Lin Han woke up from his dream accompanied by the clear and melodious sound of birds singing.

He now has more than 400 taels of silver on him. He doesn't want to go hunting today and plans to stay at home for the day. After all, hunting is not a long-term solution.

The tradition of pastry making in this world has been interrupted, and only a few pastry recipes have been passed down.

Lin Han didn't dare to say that he remembered the recipes of all the pastries, but he had at least dozens of them in his mind.

The profit margin of pastries in this world is so high that making and selling pastries is no easier than hunting.

Although hunting can earn a lot of money, it depends on luck. As mentioned earlier, Lin Han returned empty-handed three or four times out of ten times he went hunting.

The other times we only shot some small animals like pheasants and rabbits. Large animals like wild boars and black bears were seen tonight.

At least since Lin Han traveled through time until now, he has only killed a wild boar and a black bear.

Therefore, compared to making and selling cakes, hunting is indeed not a good livelihood for Lin Han.

I wrote this recipe for braised chicken based on the steps and scenes I remember my mother making. Worried my mom's recipe wasn't authentic enough, I also researched it online and wrote it down. Braised chicken is truly delicious, and if you're interested, you can try making it at home.