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How to Make Hot Pot at Home

How to make Chinese hot pot at home. Recipe listed as a hot pot party for 4 people

Ingredients

Quantities are shown as originally provided.

1 package of hot pot soup base
1000 g chicken (cut into chunks)
250 g pork bones
8-10 white peppercorn
1 long green onion (大葱, cut into small sections)
1 thumb ginger (smashed)
5 L water
1 box of sliced meat (lamb, pork belly or beef)
500 g meatballs (shrimp balls, pork balls, beef balls. You can get the frozen one from the store)
1 box of regular firm tofu or soft tofu
250 g dark leafy vegetables (bok choy, cabbage, snow pea leaves etc, choose the seasonal ones)
250 g mixed mushrooms (shiitake mushroom, needle mushroom and others)
300 g seafood (mainly shrimp or oyster)
400 g root vegetable and melons (peeled and cut into thin slices)
Sesame oil as needed
Chopped green onion
Chopped coriander
smashed garlic
Salt
Light soy sauce as needed
Vinegar as needed
Roasted white sesame seeds
200 g noodles (freshly handmade noodles or glass noodles)
Chinese fried rice for serving
corn milk
fruit juice (watermelon juice, smoothie)
tea
beer
Sichuan crispy fried pork (酥肉)
Fried buns with condensed milk (金银馒头)
Brown sugar bread (红糖锅盔)

1
In a large pot with water, add chicken, pig bones, white peppercorn, long green onion and ginger. Bring to a boiling and skim any floats on the surface. Slow down the fire and continue simmer for 1 hour.
2
Cut darky leafy vegetable into small pieces. Peel the root vegetable and melons and cut into thin slices.
3
Remove the hard ends of mushrooms and break the large pieces into smaller ones.
4
Open tofu, frozen balls and hot pot meat slices.
5
Prepare all the seasonings for the dipping sauces. Finely chop green onion and coriander.
6
Place all the content from a hot pot soup base package in your serving pot. Add light chicken stock (around 2.5L to 4L ) made in previous step. Add 2-3 sections of long green onion and continue with your hot pot party.