How to prepare hot pot dipping sauce? How to prepare hot pot clear soup base?

Hotpot, known as "Gudong Geng" in ancient times, is named for the "gurgling" sound made when the ingredients are put into boiling water. It is a unique Chinese delicacy with a long history. According to research, the "wok bucket" unearthed from the Eastern Han Dynasty after liberation is a hotpot. Bai Juyi's poem "Asking Liu Nineteen" in the Tang Dynasty: "Green ants and new wine, red clay stove. In the evening, the sky is about to snow, can you drink a cup?" vividly describes the scene of eating hotpot at that time.

Contents of this article

1. How to prepare hot pot dipping sauce

2. How to prepare hot pot soup base

3. Can I still eat expired hot pot base?

How to prepare hot pot dipping sauce

The most important thing about hot pot dipping sauce is to adjust it according to your own taste preferences. If you encounter coriander, garlic, onion and other ingredients that you don't like, just avoid them. The ones that suit your taste are the most suitable. If you want to try local dipping sauces or special dipping sauces, you can choose ingredients according to the characteristics of each place. For example: Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot dipping sauces are spicy, so you can put more chili peppers.

Spicy dipping sauce: Mix pepper powder, chili oil, chili powder, chili pepper, coriander and chopped green onion. It will be crispy, numb and spicy.

Garlic dipping sauce: Mix mashed garlic, sesame oil, oyster sauce, chili pepper, chopped green onion and sesame seeds. It has the right salty and spicy taste and a strong garlic flavor.

Sesame dipping sauce: Mix sesame paste, fermented bean curd juice, chili oil, sesame seeds and coriander. It is a popular classic dipping sauce that is suitable for most people.

How to prepare hot pot soup base

Clear soup hotpot base is usually made from pork ribs soup or chicken soup with ginger slices, green onions, mushrooms and other ingredients. There are many ways to make clear soup hotpot base. Different kinds of ingredients will produce different hotpot flavors. Common clear soup hotpots in life include tomato soup, pork ribs soup, and nourishing mushroom soup.

The ingredients for making mushroom hotpot are relatively rich, including a variety of health-preserving ingredients. It is usually made with chicken soup, a variety of mushrooms and vegetables, as well as red dates, wolfberries and other ingredients. It tastes delicious and is rich in nutrition.

The tomato hotpot is an innovation based on the ordinary clear soup hotpot. It uses the sour and sweet taste of tomatoes as the main flavor. It has a more unique taste, rich soup and plenty of ingredients. The original flavor of the tomato is released through heating.

Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method that uses a pot as a utensil, a heat source to burn the pot, and boils water or soup to cook various foods. Its characteristics are that the food is eaten while it is cooked, or the pot itself has a heat-keeping effect, so the food is still steaming hot when eating, and the soup is integrated.

Can I still eat expired hot pot base?

If the hot pot soup base has not been expired for a long time and has not deteriorated, tasted bad, or leaked, then it is edible. If it has been expired for a long time, do not eat it. Hot pot soup base that has been expired for a long time may have become moldy and bred bacteria.

The hot pot base can still be eaten if it has not been out of its shelf life for long, the sealed packaging has no air leaks, and the base has not grown mold or deteriorated.

If the hot pot base has passed its expiration date and has gone bad, eating it at this time may cause diarrhea and damage the stomach and intestines. It is recommended that you eat hot pot base that is within its expiration date.