Chinese Hot Pot At Home
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5.0
48 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
6
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Chinese
Chinese Hot Pot At Home
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A complete guide to hot pot covering all aspects of preparing this iconic Chinese meal at home. It helps you to throw a stress-free hot pot party.
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Ingredients
Hot pot broth (choose one or use both in a divided pot)
- Spicy hot pot broth homemade or shop-bought
- Mild hot pot broth homemade or shop-bought
Meat options
- Beef, lamb or pork, cut into thin slices against the grain. choose well-marbled cuts if possible
- Precooked meatballs defrosted if frozen
- Canned meat (Spam), sliced
Fish & seafood options
- Boneless fish fillet, thinly sliced e.g. halibut, catfish, cod, sea bass, pangasius, etc.
- Shrimp, with or without the skin/head
- Squid, sliced
- Fish balls
- Fish or shrimp paste shaped into balls while having the hot pot
- Other seafood such as crabs, clams, mussels, etc.
Soybean-based ingredient options
- Tofu (silken, soft or firm), sliced
- Frozen tofu, defrosted and sliced
- Tofu puffs (deep-fried tofu)
- Pressed tofu sheets, cut into wide strips
- Dried tofu skin, rehydrated beforehand
Mushroom options
- Oyster mushrooms, separated into small sections
- King oyster mushrooms, sliced lengthways
- Enoki mushrooms, ends removed and torn into small bundles
- Shiitake mushrooms rehydrated if in dried form
- Shimeji mushrooms, ends removed
Leafy green options
- Napa cabbage
- bok choy
- Choy Sum
- Gai Lan
- Crown daisy (Tong Hao)
- Water spinach
- Watercress
Root vegetable options
- Potato, peeled and sliced
- Sweet potato, peeled and sliced
- Daikon (white radish), sliced
- Lotus roots, sliced
Dried ingredient options
- Kelp, rehydrated and cut into strips
- Wood ear, rehydrated beforehand
Noodle options
- Fresh wheat noodles e.g. ramen, homemade or instant
- Fresh rice noodles
- Sliced rice cakes
- Mung bean vermicelli, pre-soaked
- Sweet potato glass noodles, pre-soaked
- hand-pulled noodles have the dough made, rested and cut into strips. Pull one noodle at a time and drop it into the broth straightaway.
Dumpling options
- Dumplings homemade or shop-brought, preferably small-sized ones
- Wontons homemade or shop-bought
Dipping sauce ingredients (mix and match based on your preference)
- Sauces: light soy sauce, black rice vinegar, oyster sauce, shacha sauce (Chinese barbecue sauce)
- Pastes: sesame paste, peanut butter, fermented bean curd
- Oil: sesame oil, chilli oil
- Spices: chili powder, ground Sichuan pepper
- Aromatics: minced garlic, coriander, scallions, fresh chilli
- Nuts: sesame seeds, toasted peanuts
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Instructions
- Place the heat source and the pot/wok in the middle of the table. Pour in the broth. Place various food items around the pot (See note 1).
- Have the dipping sauces mixed and distributed in individual bowls. Keep some extra in case you need an adjustment or top-up during the meal.
- Turn on the heat. Once the broth comes to a boil, you may start putting food items into the broth to cook (See note 2). Fish out the cooked items and enjoy with the dipping sauce.
- The water in the broth evaporates as you eat. Top up with hot water when needed.
Notes
- There is no need to include all categories. Mix proteins, vegetables and starchy ingredients to make it a balanced meal. Or make it vegetarian/vegan friendly by excluding meat, fish and seafood.
- Different ingredients require different cooking time. Always make sure they're cooked through before consuming.
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