Chinese Hot Pot at Home
Hot pot is a flavorful broth traditionally served inside a large metal pot. The broth is brought to a boil and left simmering for the duration of the meal. Raw ingredients, such as meat and vegetables, are placed into the simmering broth and thus cooked. The cooked pieces are dipped into dipping sauces for additional flavor. Hot pot is considered a main course and is usually served without rice or noodles on the side. Hot pots can be prepared and eaten at home or in a restaurant.
We can also make hot pot at home.
Ingredient Preparation:
- Hot pot base (choose according to taste)
- Various meats (e.g. beef, lamb, pork, chicken, etc.)
- Various vegetables (e.g. cabbage, spinach, lettuce, potatoes, lotus root, etc.)
- Mushrooms (e.g. shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, fungus, etc.)
- Soy products (e.g. tofu, tofu skin, bean bubbles, etc.)
- Seafood (e.g. shrimp, fish balls, crab sticks, etc.)
- Seasonings such as green onions, ginger, garlic, etc
Steps:
- Prepare a suitable pot and add an appropriate amount of water or stock.
- Add an appropriate amount of hot pot base according to the number of diners and taste, and bring to a boil over high heat to allow the base to fully combine.
- Put prepared meat, seafood and other ingredients that are not easy to cook in the pot first.
- Add easy-to-cook ingredients such as vegetables and mushrooms.
- Prepare the dipping sauce, which can be mixed with sesame paste, garlic paste, sesame oil, light soy sauce, etc.
- After the ingredients are cooked, remove them and dip them into the dipping sauce to eat.
- Ingredients and soup can be added as needed at any time during the period.
You can flexibly choose the ingredients and seasonings according to your own and your family’s preferences, and enjoy homemade hot pot to the fullest.
