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Lin Shen heard someone knocking on the door and subconsciously shouted "Come in!"

Lin Shen looked and saw that it was Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru. Lin Shen asked, "Why are you two here?"

Lin Yueru said, "Don't forget, we can be on the same team for tomorrow's chicken dish competition. I'm here to discuss countermeasures with you."

Zhao Linger said, "Brother Anos, do you have any ideas?"

Lin Shen thought: I do know a few chicken dishes, but I think I should ask them first. If they really don’t have any good ideas, I can use modern dishes to decide the winner.

But there is a problem. Some ingredients used in modern cooking may not be available at this time. What should I do?

So he asked, "Ling'er, Yueru, what kind of chicken dishes do you two usually eat?"

Zhao Linger said awkwardly, "We in Shuiyue Palace practice Taoism, so we don't eat meat. But we often help the senior sisters in the kitchen. If it were a vegetarian dish, it would be fine, but making chicken this time is a bit..."

Lin Shen slapped his forehead and complained in his heart: I actually forgot about this. Zhao Linger grew up in Shuiyue Palace and practiced Taoism with the Palace Master of Lingyue Palace. So her eating habits should be the same as those old Taoists, not touching meat.

Lin Yueru, she is the eldest daughter of the Lin family. She wouldn’t be the kind of person who would never touch women.

Lin Yueru said, "Sister Ling'er, you are better than me in this respect. Although I have eaten a lot of chicken in the past, I have never done odd jobs, let alone cooking."

Lin Shen said, "Yueru, do you usually eat chicken dishes?"

Lin Yueru thought for a moment and said, "It's just steamed or boiled chicken. Nothing special."

Lin Shen thought: Looks like modern cooking will decide the outcome. While spicy chicken and Kung Pao chicken are delicious, the problem is there's no chili left at this time, and the locals might not be used to it. Chicken... chicken, what can I do with it?

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru saw Lin Shen scratching his head and thought that he might have no idea this time.

Lin Yueru said, "Anos, are you having a headache about what to do?"

Lin Shen said, "Indeed, although I know a few famous chicken dishes, the problem is that some ingredients are not available here and cannot be made. Even if I force myself to make them, the taste will be different."

Zhao Linger asked curiously, "What dish do you think you can't cook?"

Lin Shen said, "Kung Pao Chicken."

Zhao Linger looked at Lin Yueru, as if to ask her if she had heard of it. Lin Yueru shook her head, meaning that she hadn't heard of it either.

Lin Shen didn't notice their expressions and continued, "This dish requires chicken breast, peanuts, and chili peppers. The problem is, there's nowhere to get peanuts and chili peppers."

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru were already confused. Zhao Linger asked, "Brother Anos, we have never heard of these Kung Pao Chicken, peanuts, and chili peppers you mentioned."

Lin Shen said, "This is a famous dish from my hometown. But I don't have enough ingredients to make it. Why don't we go out for a walk? Maybe we can get some ideas."

Meanwhile, Li Xiaoyao, Anu, and Han Mengci were discussing the dishes for tomorrow's competition. Li Xiaoyao asked, "Anu, do you usually cook?"

Anu said, "I will cook it, but I cook Miao cuisine. Anu is worried that people here won't be used to it, and it will be bad."

Li Xiaoyao said, "That's true. After all, this is the Central Plains. Don't go back and make some poisonous insects and scare the judges away. Miss Han, do you have any ideas?"

Han Mengci said, "It's not difficult actually. I usually help my father take care of the villagers, and it's common for me to stew chicken soup for them. I can make a medicinal chicken soup tomorrow."

Li Xiaoyao slammed the table and said, "That's a good idea. I don't know what Anos and the other two will do. This guy is always talking nonsense."

Anu said, "Aren't you afraid that Brother Anos will hear you and kick you when he gets back?" Li Xiaoyao rolled his eyes at Anu.

Lin Shen and the other two came to the market in Baihe Village. After the disaster caused by the corpse demon, there were fewer people in the village, but the market was not deserted.

Lin Shen passed by a vegetable stall and looked at the pitifully few varieties of vegetables there. He complained in his heart: Yes, many vegetable varieties have not been introduced yet.

I remember that potatoes and corn were introduced in the late Ming Dynasty. Although we had the cooking skills at that time, there were not many dishes that could be used, and they were not very popular.

At this time, he looked at the cabbages on the vegetable stall, as if something had occurred to him. He then picked two cabbages that looked decent, paid for them, and went back.

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru didn't know what Lin Shen wanted to do, so they followed him back to the clinic.

After Lin Shen came back, he peeled the cabbage into several layers and removed the tender part in the middle.

Then I got an old hen, plucked the feathers and removed the internal organs, added onions, ginger and cooking wine and started to make soup. While making the soup, I chopped the chicken breast.

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru watched from the side. Zhao Linger asked, "Brother Anos, have you thought of something?"

Lin Shen was busy not looking at Zhao Linger and said, "I remembered another dish that is served at our state banquet. Although I can't make it that exquisitely, I can consider using it for the competition.

Ling'er, Yueru, come over and help. You can have a taste when it's done."

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru came over. Lin Shen didn't stop what he was doing, but just ordered, "Linger, help me keep an eye on the chicken soup and don't let it dry up."

Lin Yueru said, "What about me?"

Lin Shen took out the long needle he had borrowed from Han Yixian, handed it to Lin Yueru, and said, "See those cabbage leaves I broke off? Just poke the tender leaves."

The two of them didn't know what Lin Shen wanted to do, so they had to do it.

After half an hour, Zhao Linger saw that the chicken soup was almost done, so she called Lin Shen.

Lin Shen walked over, took a look at the chicken soup, and said, "It's okay."

So Lin Shen poured the chicken soup into a basin, then added the chicken puree into the soup and began to stir.

Lin Shen stopped stirring when he saw that it was almost done. Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru didn't know what he meant and asked, "Anos, what are you doing?"

Lin Shen said, "I am waiting for the floating oil and impurities in the chicken soup to be slowly absorbed by the chicken paste.

Yueru, go find some gauze or something to filter it, I'll use it later."

Lin Yueru searched for a long time and only borrowed the gauze that Han Yixian used for bandaging. Lin Shen took a look and said, "It'll be fine."

So I put a layer of gauze on another basin, poured the settled chicken soup into the basin through the gauze, and then repeated the operation several times until the chicken soup became as transparent as white water.

Lin Yueru and Zhao Linger looked at the chicken soup that was as clear as water. Both of them were stunned, not knowing what Lin Shen was trying to do.

Lin Shen put the prepared cabbage leaves into a large bowl and poured in a large amount of chicken soup.

Lin Shen placed the bowl of chicken soup in the steamer, and Zhao Linger started to light the fire. Lin Shen said, "Turn on a high fire."

So Zhao Linger added a lot of firewood. After a while, Lin Shen took the soup bowl out of the steamer.

Lin Shen said, "It's done, you guys try it."

So Lin Shen poured a bowl of soup for Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru, with a few cabbage leaves floating in the soup.

Lin Yueru said, "Is this the dish you mentioned for entertaining foreign guests?" Lin Shen nodded.

Zhao Linger said, "Let me try it." Then Zhao Linger took a sip of the soup and was stunned and speechless.

Lin Yueru took a sip as well and was stunned. They both stared at the bowl of soup in their hands, speechless.

Seeing that the two of them were silent, Lin Shen thought that the food was not tasty, so he said, "Ling'er, Yueru, how is it? Is it not tasty?"

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru hurriedly shook their heads. Zhao Linger said, "No, Brother Anos, I just didn't expect there would be such delicious chicken soup."

Lin Yueru said, "No wonder you said this dish is used to entertain foreign guests. It really is unique."

Lin Shen said, "Then let's take this to the competition tomorrow."

Zhao Linger and Lin Yueru said in unison, "Okay!"

(Chapter 53 End)