How to make delicious Chinese skewers hot pot at home

Prepare
45 Minutes Processing
20 minutes For
3-4 people

Hotpot is no stranger to many Vietnamese families in general and young people in particular, but surely Chinese-style skewered hot pot is still new to many people. The seemingly sophisticated dish that can only be enjoyed outside is now completely possible to make at home. Let’s follow the steps to make this delicious dish.

Ingredients for making Chinese skewers hot pot

• 3 liters of chicken broth or bone broth
• 250g squid
• 250g shrimp
• 500g beef
• 200g tofu
• 200g assorted fish balls
• 100g shiitake mushrooms
• 200g broccoli
• 200g cabbage
• 4 baro onions
• 150g dried chili
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 piece of anise
• 3 cloves
• 1 cardamom
• 1 piece of dried cinnamon
• 3 pieces of land
• Half a teaspoon of anise
• 2 teaspoons wine
• 1 teaspoon of cumin seeds
• 5 teaspoons pepper
• 3 teaspoons Sichuan pepper
• 5 tablespoons Sichuan sauce
• 12 cloves of garlic
• 3 gingers
• 150g beef fat
• 100 ml cooking oil
• 1 pinch of common seasoning (pepper/sugar/salt/seasoning)

Some basic ingredients

Good tip
– When choosing to buy fresh shrimp, you should choose those with intact, glossy and smooth shells. Straight or slightly curved. The head and legs are fastened to the body. Avoid buying animals with black legs and broken bodies because they are damaged.
– For squid, you need to check the elasticity and firmness of the body. Fresh ink has a light, shiny emulsion color.
– For meat you should observe carefully
– The color of the meat should not be bought with dark-colored meat, when touched, there is no slight elasticity.
– You can buy hot pot spices such as: Xuyen pepper, Sichuan soy sauce, Sichuan pepper at e-commerce sites or Northern drug stores, stores specializing in the sale of cooking ingredients.

How to make Chinese skewers hot pot

Step 1Prepare hot pot sauce

Chili Garlic Sauce

Puree chili, pepper, garlic

Softly soak 130 grams of dried chili, 3 teaspoons of trans-pepper seeds and 3 teaspoons of Sichuan peppercorns in boiling water at about 70-75 degrees Celsius for 40 minutes. Then filter through a sieve to remove the water. Puree a mixture of chili, pepper with 10 garlic cloves and a few slices of ginger, we have a burst of garlic chili sauce right away.

Herb Sauce

In a small pan, roast herbs including: cinnamon, anise, cloves, cardamom, dried cinnamon, fennel, cumin and 1 tablespoon pepper until fragrant. Then puree the mixture and add 2 teaspoons of wine to it, and you will have a fragrant herb sauce right away.

Add alcohol to the herb mixture

Step 2Make hot pot sauce

Melt the prepared beef fat with a little cooking oil under low heat. Add 1 piece of baro onion for aroma. Then immediately add the prepared garlic and chili sauce and herbs with 5 tablespoons of Sichuan sauce, remember to stir well, then cook for another 15 minutes and take out the onions.

Add Szechuan Sauce to the Sauce Mix

Step 3Prepare ingredients for dipping hot pot

First, blanch the skewers with boiled water.

For vegetables, you need to wash them thoroughly with water and then dry them.

For meats and seafood such as beef, shrimp, squid, when you buy them, you need to wash them with water and salt, then thinly slice the meat, peel the shrimp, so that when dipping the hot pot will cook faster and more convenient in the cooking time. skewering them.

For fish balls, you also need to wash and dry them, then skewer them into bite-sized sticks.

Skewers of hot pot dipping ingredients

Step 4Cooking hot pot

Put the pot on the stove, about 2 minutes to heat the pot, then add the cooking oil. Add in aromatic spices such as garlic, onion, ginger and pepper. Add the prepared hot pot sauce.

Next, add the whole chicken broth or you can replace it with bone broth to create sweetness. Season to taste with 2 tablespoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of seasoning to reduce according to family taste. Continue to cook with medium heat until it boils, then you can dip the ingredients in and enjoy.

Cook delicious, rich hot pot

Finished product

Spicy but attractive Chinese skewers hotpot

Spicy taste tearing the tongue, fragrant with herbal scent, the attractive color of Chinese skewered hot pot makes you unable to stop chopsticks.

The above article has detailed instructions on how to make Chinese skewers hotpot at home that is both spicy and unstoppable delicious. Hopefully after this article you will successfully make this Chinese skewered hot pot at home without having to go far. Wish you success!

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