Hot Pot

HOT POT

     Hotpot is the traditional Asia food. In Asia hot pot sought after by many people. For me, cold and 

windy weather means one thing: It's hot pot season. The concept of hot pot is simple. There are 

different styles of hot pot around Asia, and even within a given country, each household will do it a 

little differently. Today I want to talk about Chinese hot pot. There are many regional versions of hot 

pot throughout China. What makes one different from another is the broth and the specific meats 

used. In my hometown, colder Northern China, lamb is a common choice.

    

Besides the delicious flavor, there are other important reasons for Chinese liking hotpot: that it is a

great way to socialize. People gather around the pot, chatting, eating, drinking, and having fun. The 

other is that hotpot is a "healthy meal". Boiling is better than frying.

Well! Now let's feel the charm of the hot pot! Now I will teach you how to make the hot pot!

Let’s start making hot pot broth (soup base). Generally, there are two types of broth for hot pot, one is 

spicy version and the other is clear version. Today we will eat spicy version. First, we need to buy a 

Hotpot sauce, every Chinese market you can find this. Prepare a broth in a large pot or wok that will

 be used to cook the hot pot ingredients. 

Hotpot sauce

Hotpot soup

Heat the sauce into water to dissolve

Waiting for the soup to boil

Choose any proteins (meat, a variety of fish, or tofu) that you enjoy. Some common choices for Chinese hot pot include thinly sliced beef, pork, lamb...You can make your hot pot using the more traditional method of using the meats and seafood that are local to you.

Beef meatballs

Lamb

Select and prepare some vegetables.

Wash and prepare some leafy greens. Popular options include watercress, bok choy, tong ho, spinach, Napa cabbage...Mushrooms of all varieties are also common to Chinese hot pot preparations: king oyster mushroom, shiitake...

Mushrooms Napa cabbage

Potato

shiitake

Have enough noodles for all of your guests alongside the hot pot to eat with their selections as a side dish, or simply use the broth to cook the noodles at the end of the meal. The noodles will be infused with the flavors of all of the ingredients that everyone has cooked in it.

Chinese noodles

Place a variety of condiments on the table where you are dining and create their own sauce to dip their ingredients. A common Sacha sauce recipe includes soy sauce, black vinegar, chopped garlic, chopped scallions, parsley.

Sacha sauce

Ok, please enjoy now!