The ingredients were prepared and washed, laid out neatly on the wooden table.
The stone pot was quite large, something an ordinary person would inevitably take a second look at.
Even plucked, the chicken was still about the size of an ostrich, so the stone pot had been specifically created by Law to match its volume.
Creating a cooking utensil specifically to match the ingredients was something only possible with the convenience of Nen Ability, allowing for such whimsy.
Of course, to avoid wasting precious ingredients, any preparation was worth it, even if it required significant effort and time.
Encountering the Pearl Flower, which provided all three types of ingredients, might have been destined by fate.
The fruit and rice seeds didn't require any processing, and they just needed to be washed. Only the chicken required more detailed preparation.
The dish Law intended to make was [Stuffed Chicken]… a recipe where various ingredients are sewn into the chicken's abdomen before being stewed or steamed.
However, Law's version was slightly different.
Typically, Stuffed Chicken requires over a dozen auxiliary ingredients, or at least seven or eight. A version with eight ingredients is also called Eight Treasure Stuffed Chicken.
Law, however, was only using three main ingredients: one vegetable, one fruit, and one type of rice. But he would also use Fire Pattern Eggs and Monkey Wine.
The key to this dish was absolutely not the quantity of main ingredients, but ensuring the flavor profile didn't create too many complex conflicts, coupled with extremely stringent requirements in the handling of the whole chicken.
Furthermore, in Law's plan, the Monkey Wine was the key to elevating this dish, so it required a lot of Monkey Wine.
Fortunately, he had obtained the Restarite from the Slu Tribe, so he didn't need to worry about the quantity. Otherwise, such a rare and excellent wine really couldn't be extravagantly used for a single dish.
Being capable of cooking a top-tier Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, he naturally didn't need to worry about constructing layers of flavor, especially with the spices and seasonings created by Linne using her Nen Ability.
Law placed the whole chicken on the stone platform, ready for processing.
Here, the ability he had created back then could be displayed to its fullest.
To make a good Stuffed Chicken, one must ensure the seal of the whole chicken during the subsequent cooking process. The opening cannot be too large, while the internal organs must be removed and cleaned without damaging the chicken's integrity, and the final suturing must be handled carefully.
These stringent requirements were the first key to forming the Stuffed Chicken, but they became trivial matters before Law's Nen Ability.
Using his Nen Ability, he easily removed the internal organs and cleaned them.
The whole chicken didn't have a single incision and wouldn't require suturing later. He could use the same method to stuff the prepared main ingredients into the chicken's abdomen.
This handling technique was absolutely impossible on Earth.
Only Nen abilities in the Hunter x Hunter World could achieve this. Like Linne, as a Gourmet Hunter, she also used Nen Ability as one of her irreplaceable skills, hence her ability to create so many top-tier spices and seasonings.
"All the Pearl Flower's fruits and rice seeds can go in. As for the Pearl Flower's leaves, after chopping them, using a little less is fine," Law muttered to himself, placing the ingredients one by one into the chicken's abdomen, causing the slightly concave chicken to show signs of swelling.
"I have ready-made spices and seasonings. I just need to follow the previously matched sequence. But I also need to separate some spices to infuse into the chicken meat. This isn't roasting, after all, so I don't need to infuse too much."
"After this, only the Fire Pattern Eggs remain."
He took out appropriate amounts of Linne's specially made spices and seasonings, evenly stuffed them into the chicken's abdomen, and separated some to directly infuse into the chicken meat.
Whether it was the technique to evenly distribute the seasonings inside the chicken's abdomen or the ability to infuse spices into the chicken meat, these were things an ordinary chef could not accomplish.
One key technique was manageable, but two, three, four... would give birth to a dish an ordinary chef could never touch in their lifetime.
After completing these steps, the chicken was already swollen. It could not only be used for Stuffed Chicken but also adopted for roasting methods.
However, having been in the wild for years, where cooking methods often involved fire roasting, and with more preparation now, Law didn't want to use these rare ingredients for roasting.
Nearby, Biscuit, Tonpa, and Kuro watched Law use his Nen Ability to process a chicken like this and felt that his Nen Ability was naturally suited for cooking.
In handling ingredients, it could be described as unmatched.
Especially the effortless and natural grace of his movements, which had good spectacle, made it hard to look away.
The general preparation for the Stuffed Chicken was done. Success was only a step away, but Law wanted to add one more thing.
He first set up a small stone pot over the fire, added clean water, then took out five Fire Pattern Eggs and a pot of Monkey Wine. (T/N: It's written ten in RAW, but there's only 9 eggs, so I cut it to five because Law definitely wouldn't use all the eggs at once.)
Before the water boiled, he held an egg in one hand, extracted a small amount of Monkey Wine with the other, and tapped it into the egg. He repeated this process, adding Monkey Wine into all the Fire Pattern Eggs.
Once the water boiled, he threw the Fire Pattern Eggs into the boiling water.
Considering the heat resistance of the Fire Pattern Eggs themselves, Law waited about two minutes before taking them out, then carefully peeled off the shells.
As pieces of shell fell away, a faint red light spilled out from between his fingers.
This phenomenon not only attracted the attention of Biscuit and the others, but also surprised Law.
After peeling all the shells, the semi-transparent egg whites had shimmering red fire patterns imprinted on them.
The inner layer was a mixture of clear yellow egg liquid and Monkey Wine, still in a liquid state. With a slight shake, he could even feel the liquid flowing inside.
Law had considered the heat resistance factor of the Fire Pattern Eggs and only boiled them for two minutes, allowing the outer layer of egg white to solidify while the middle layer of egg white and the egg liquid remained liquid.
"Gulp."
Looking at these Fire Pattern Eggs that resembled works of art, Kuro swallowed his saliva and said impatiently, "Is this an appetizer? Give me one first."
Biscuit, Tonpa, and even Bruna were also staring intently at the Fire Pattern Egg in Law's hand.
They had never seen a boiled egg with its own special effects before.
"This is one of the ingredients. You can't eat it." Law said.
He peeled the shells off the remaining Fire Pattern Eggs, carefully stuffed them into the chicken's abdomen, and completed the final step.
Next, he just needed to place it into the specially made stone pot.
Under everyone's expectant gaze, Law added more firewood, took out clean water and Monkey Wine, three large bowls total, and poured them into the large stone pot in a 2:1 ratio, barely covering the bottom with a shallow layer.
With so little water and wine, it would probably burn off quickly, causing the chicken to scorch.
However, if the Fire Pattern Eggs had heat resistance, the chicken naturally did too, and even more so.
The information provided by the White Smoke Font allowed Law to utilize this characteristic.
Without worrying about the chicken burning, he could completely wantonly gradually inject heat into the chicken, to his heart's content coaxing out the chicken broth to irrigate the ingredients inside its abdomen.
After placing all the prepared ingredients into the stone pot, he added a few more logs to the makeshift stove he had built.
This time, Law didn't intend to artificially increase the flame because this dish required slow, careful work in its cooking method… it needed to be done gradually.
"Will we have to wait long?" Biscuit couldn't help but ask.
"Mm," Law nodded, unafraid of the heat, staying very close to the fire. He also took out five pots of Monkey Wine and placed them on a nearby table.
Hearing Law's response, everyone felt somewhat anxious, mainly because they had seen the process of Law handling the ingredients, which had raised their expectations so high.
Time passed, and the stone pot's temperature became extremely high.
Then, Law suddenly picked up a pot of Monkey Wine and poured it over the stone pot.
Sizzle!
The wine vaporized upon encountering the heat, with wispy white smoke rising. The tree hole was filled with an intoxicating, rich aroma of wine.
Just like that, one pot of Monkey Wine was gone, which is incredibly wasteful.
Yet, perhaps five or even ten more pots would need to be poured in next!