How to make hot pot in a Chinese restaurant

There are innumerable kinds of Chinese food, but nowadays hotpot is not only popular in China, it also has many followers abroad. Now, a Chinese restaurant program has once again brought Chinese food to Thailand. This program has been loved by the general public, and it also allows everyone to see foreigners' love for Chinese food. In one episode, a hot pot base was made, which made countless people ask how to make it. Let's reveal the secrets of hot pot cooking in Chinese restaurants.

In the show, they made a double-boiled hotpot, which was divided into spicy soup and clear soup. What are the ingredients for hot pot: Pixian bean paste, fermented black beans, dried chili peppers, peppercorns, old ginger, garlic, fermented glutinous rice, salt, rock sugar, cooking wine, MSG, chicken powder, pepper

Spicy soup base method:

1. Add a large amount of oil to the pot.

2. Add a large amount of garlic, onion, ginger and rock sugar and stir-fry.

3. Add Sichuan hot pot base, chili peppers, and fermented tofu, and continue stir-frying until the hot pot base is melted in the hot oil. (You can also add some fermented glutinous rice) 4. Add a large amount of water to the base material and bring to a boil.

Clear soup base method:

1. Add pork ribs, tea tree mushrooms, conchs, wolfberries and other ingredients into the pot, add water and cook over high heat.

2. After the water boils, turn the high heat to low heat and simmer.

Instructions: After the spicy soup and clear soup are ready, pour them into both sides of the simmered pot and you are done.

Tips: Chili peppers, onions, ginger, garlic, etc. should be cut into large pieces only for seasoning and should be avoided.

Which brand of hot pot base is good? First of all, hot pot base is divided into clear oil hot pot base and beef tallow hot pot base. For health reasons, it is best to choose clear oil hot pot base; secondly, it depends on the region. Sichuan and Chongqing are preferred choices.

Clear Oil Hot Pot Base: Made with pure refined "rapeseed oil", selected premium chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, and using a hot pot base production method that combines tradition with modernization, it is carefully brewed, residue-free, refreshing, spicy and fresh.

Beef hot pot base: Boiled beef tallow or other types of animal oil, and stir-fried with spices such as pepper, chili, fennel, etc.