Hot Pot
A hot pot is perfect for a group of people to meet to cook food together.
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Servings: 6
Ingredients
Hot Pot Broth (choose one or both)
- clear homemade broth chicken, beef, pork. etc.
- store-bought soup base
Meat options
- chicken, beef, pork, lamb very thin sliced against the grain
- meatballs
- tendon balls defrosted first if frozen
- fish balls defrosted first if frozen
Seafood options
- boneless fish fillets
- prawns
- squids
- baked fish cake
- fried fish cake defrosted first if frozen
Tofu options
- fried soybean curd
- tofu soft or firm, sliced
- frozen tofu sliced
vegetable options
- Chinese Leafy greens any kinds
- lotus roots
- bok choy
- cilantro
- Chinese pumpkin
Mushroom options
- enoki mushrooms trim the ends
- brown Shimeji mushrooms trim the ends
- wood ears
Rice and noodle options
- ramen
- rice cake soak it first before cooking
- rice noodle
- dumpling store-bought or home made
Dipping sauce ingredients (feel free to mix based on your preference)
- shacha sauce Chinese BBQ sauce
- sesame pastes
- soy sauce
- sesame oil
- chili oil
- oyster sauce
- Zhejiang black vinegar
- chopped cilantro
- fresh garlic minced
Instructions
- On a portable electric burner, place a wide, shallow pot of boiling soup base or stock in the center of the table. Line up all the ingredients around the hot pot.
- Mix the dipping sauce and divide them into everyone’s bowls.
- Turn on the heat. Once the broth starts to boil, add in your favorite ingredients, and cook! Turn the ingredients around and make sure they are cooked on both sides. Add extra broth or water if the water starts to boil down.
- Serving with dipping sauce and enjoy!
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