Spicy hotpot in China can be described as a household name, becoming a new generation of “national cuisine”, whether it is the gentle and introverted southerners, or the passionate northerners, the love of spicy hotpot is the same.
China’s most popular snack, spicy hotpot, why is it so popular? What is its “charm”?
The main feature of spicy hotpot is that anything can be cooked and any flavor can be had, thus being loved by the majority of consumers.
Why is spicy hotpot more popular among young women? In spicy hotpot restaurants, they usually do not serve rice, so it is suitable for women who eat less. Men are different, they are more focused on eating to the fullest, so most of them choose food like rice, but there are still many men who like spicy hotpots.
The Origin of Spicy Hotpot
Spicy hotpot has a very long history in China, originating as a local specialty snack in Sichuan, called spicy hotpot in Chongqing, and Instant Spicy Steampot in Sichuan. It is the most characteristic of China’s Sichuan and Chongqing regions, and also the most representative of the Sichuan taste of food culture.
The prototype of a spicy hotpot was created by the boatmen and boat tracker on the riverside. As they were poor and backward at that time, they worked hard every day and did not have much money to eat in small restaurants. In the rest of the fiber drawing, pick up a few pieces of firewood, set up a tile pot, and add pepper, dried chili, ginger, garlic, salt, and other seasonings, into the home-grown vegetables, or the wild vegetables picked on the way to work in the morning. It can be shabu-shabu and boiled, which is not only delicious but also can drive away the wind chill and dampness in the bodies of boat trackers and boatmen.
The hawker on the riverside pier thought this way of eating was very characteristic, thinking that this way of eating should be able to make money, so the production of the stove was modified, the pot on one end of the stretcher, the dishes and seasonings on the other end, pick up the stretcher around the riverside pier shouted up, the nearby boat trackers and boatmen heard, gathered around the stretcher to enjoy up, this way the simple spicy hot pot was developed, some businessmen with brains on the Spicy hotpot spread to various places.
After the spicy hotpot spread from Sichuan to various places, local people adjusted the seasoning according to local tastes, so that the spicy hotpot developed into a variety of flavors and eating methods. Nowadays, the spicy hotpot is much more advanced than before, with all kinds of dishes, not only meat but also fish, shrimp, balls, and a series of other dishes. Some resourceful businessmen, not only the traditional spicy hotpot but also the spicy hotpot innovation, casserole spicy hotpot is one of them.
Home cooking of spicy hotpot
The winter weather is cold, and spicy hot pot and hot pot is the most popular, eat such a portion of spicy, hot food, and all body is instantly warm.
Today, I would like to share with you how spicy hotpot is made. It tastes almost the same as what is sold outside, come and see how it is done!
Materials used:
Spicy hot pot base, sesame sauce, soy sauce, salt, vinegar, hot pot balls, crab stick, enoki mushrooms, longkou vermicelli, small sausage, lettuce, bean sprouts, cilantro, small onion, garlic, milk, water.
Preparation Method:
1. Finely chop the green onion, garlic, and cilantro. Dilute the sesame sauce with water. Scoring small sausage and set aside. Remove the plastic film from the surface of the crab stick.
2. Pour a little oil into the pan, add minced garlic and small onion and pop it, add a piece of hot pot base and stir fry it to melt away.
3. Pour a bottle of 250ml of pure milk into the pot, and add 500ml of water, For this ratio of milk soup, eat it very fragrant and not greasy, and cook with high heat.
4. Cook until the broth in the pot boils, strain out the detritus inside with a colander, season with soy sauce and salt, add the hot pot meatballs, enoki mushrooms, crab stick, and small sausage, and cook.
5. When the small sausages are boiling, finally add vermicelli (or instant noodles), lettuce, and bean sprouts, then add three spoons of well-diluted sesame sauce, drizzle some vinegar to enhance the flavor, stir well and you are ready to serve.
6. Put the cooked spicy hotpot into a large bowl, sprinkle some chopped cilantro on the surface and you’re done. Have a bite, this taste is too fragrant, like to eat spicy hotpot friends quickly try it!
