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Chinese Hot Pot at Home
Chinese hot pot is a warm, comforting, and social meal to have with close-knit family or friends. Learn how to make hot pot at home!
- Prep time
- 40 min
- Cook time
- 28 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- Hot pot soup base (with water) or stock
- baby bok choy ((thoroughly washed))
- napa cabbage ((washed, cut into 1-2 inch pieces))
- choy sum ((thoroughly washed))
- spinach ((thoroughly washed))
- pea tips ((thoroughly washed))
- watercress ((thoroughly washed))
- AA Choy/Cai ((washed, trimmed))
- Chrysanthemum Leaves ((washed, trimmed))
- lotus root ((cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons))
- potato ((cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons))
- sweet potato ((cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons))
- pumpkin/kabocha squash ((cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons))
- daikon radish ((cut into 1-inch chunks))
- tomatoes ((sliced into wedges))
- corn ((whole ears, cut into 1-inch pieces))
- winter melon ((cut into 1-inch chunks))
- Enoki mushrooms ((slice 1/2-1 inch of the base off, and separate the bundle of enoki’s into smaller more manageable bundles)
- Wood ears ((soak to reconstitute, rinse any dirt or sand off, and remove any woody ends))
- King mushrooms ((trim the ends, thinly slice))
- Shiitake mushrooms ((trim woody stems, slice, and add to the pot early))
- Oyster mushrooms ((thoroughly cleaned))
- Shimeji mushrooms ((separated into individual pieces))
- Beef ((brisket, short rib, ribeye, sirloin, flank steak, thinly sliced against the grain))
- Pork shoulder or loin ((thinly sliced))
- Pork belly ((thinly sliced))
- Lamb shoulder or leg ((thinly sliced))
- Boneless chicken breast or thighs ((thinly sliced))
- Fish fillets ((such as tilapia, bass, fluke/flounder, thinly sliced))
- Shrimp
- Scallops
- Squid or cuttlefish
- Beef balls
- Pork balls
- Fish balls
- Squid balls
- Mixed seafood balls
- Fish cakes
- Fish tofu
- Mung bean vermicelli ((soak in warm water for 10 minutes))
- Rice vermicelli ((boil to par-cook, rinse in cold water, drain))
- Thin fresh white noodles
- Fresh spinach noodles
- Shirataki noodles ((add directly to boiling broth, cooks in seconds))
- Rice cakes ((the thin ovals are best; the thick Korean-style rice cake logs take too long to cook) )
- Frozen dumplings ((smaller is better; cook time 7-10 minutes))
- Bean threads ((AKA dried bean curd sticks; soak in warm water for 3-4 hours, cut into 2-inch pieces))
- Soy puffs ((left whole or cut in half))
- Frozen tofu ((cut into 1-inch pieces))
- Firm tofu ((cut into 1-inch pieces))
- Dried bean curd rolls
- Fresh tofu sheets/skin
- Pressed tofu
- Chinese sesame paste or sauce
- Peanut butter or peanut sauce
- Soy sauce
- Sha Cha sauce
- Sesame oil
- Sichuan peppercorn oil
- Chili oil/sauce
- Chili garlic sauce/sambal oelek
- Chinese black vinegar/rice vinegar
- White pepper
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Minced garlic
- Chopped scallions
- Chopped cilantro
- Fried shallots or garlic
Instructions
- 1
Place boiling soup base or stock in a wide, shallow pot the center of the table on a portable electric burner.
- 2
Place individual plates of raw ingredients on the table, along with dipping sauce ingredients.
- 3
Have each diner mix their own dipping sauce while the pot of soup comes to a boil. Once boiling, begin adding ingredients to the pot. Be sure to cook ingredients through before consuming, and allow the pot to boil for at least 30 seconds to 1 minute after adding any raw meat or seafood.