Speaking of Empress Dowager Cixi, everyone will also know a little bit from the court drama or some of the history of the wild, is the actual ruler of the late Qing Dynasty, her palace life is extremely luxurious, according to legend, when Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday, it cost about 10 million taels of silver, some of which cost about 10,000 taels of gold and silver, 380,000 taels of silver, about 230,000 taels of gold for new clothes, other expenses including the decoration of the road and the Forbidden City, etc., to use 2.4 million taels of silver, to see if this figure feels very exaggerated?
Although Empress Dowager Cixi is highly powerful, her heart is also like other women, she cares about her appearance, likes all kinds of beautiful clothes and jewelry, and sees that the cost of birthday costumes alone is so much. Cixi paid attention to her appearance, the doctor at that time used chrysanthemums to make her a "chrysanthemum trilling cream", which had the effect of clearing the liver and eyes, clearing the heat and removing the fire, Cixi was not only refreshed after eating, but also had black hair and beauty, and since then it has reached the level of obsession with chrysanthemums.
Cixi found a lot of gardeners, planted a lot of chrysanthemums in the palace, in daily life, in addition to admiring chrysanthemums, painting chrysanthemums, there are simply chrysanthemums everywhere, using chrysanthemums to make pillows to treat insomnia; using chrysanthemums to wash faces and feet, using chrysanthemums to make tea, and even using chrysanthemums to eat. The chrysanthemum hot pot that was popular in the late Qing Dynasty was carried forward by Empress Dowager Cixi, which could clear the heat and increase appetite, often eating white and tender skin, no wonder Cixi liked it so much.
Although Empress Dowager Cixi ate the taste of the mountains and the sea in the palace, but there was always a time to eat tired, one day the meal came just when the chrysanthemums were in full bloom, Cixi put an edible chrysanthemum called "Snowball" into the soup base of the hot pot, with meat slices and sashimi, as well as other vegetables, eating chopsticks, and even the attendants next to it were drooling, it seems that this chrysanthemum hot pot is really delicious and abnormal.
So how is chrysanthemum hot pot made?
Chrysanthemum hot pot is not too difficult to make, mainly the selection of ingredients is very exquisite, it is worth noting that the chrysanthemum used to make chrysanthemum hot pot is edible "snowball", after the old hen blanched, put in enough water to cook soup for 3 to 4 hours, after the chicken soup is cooked, the chicken fished out into the minced chicken breast to cook for 10 minutes, and then the chicken mushroom is fished out, and the clear soup is filtered out to make the soup base.
Pour the soup base into the container, the seasoning only adds salt to the flavor, put in the edible white chrysanthemum and yellow chrysanthemum petals, sprinkle in the fried spring roll skin, the sea bass, duck breast, chicken breast are thinly sliced, and then prepare some shrimp, it can be said that the sea, land and air are all complete, vegetables with spinach, asparagus, yellow cabbage and rape heart, this chrysanthemum health hot pot has become, delicious soup base plus the fragrance of chrysanthemums, this hot pot is the original taste of eating, both healthy and beautiful.
The fourth episode of today's headline "I am a chef in the palace", by Yang Bo, the fourth generation of the royal court heir, reproduced this chrysanthemum hot pot that Empress Dowager Cixi liked, and the show was played by Cixi's descendant Hui Yinghong, the acting skills were bursting, it is really worth watching, you can also learn some interesting historical knowledge, and continue every Friday.
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