Chinese hot pot - How to make it (a spicy and a non-spicy soup base)

Chinese hot pot is a popular cooking style that involves everyone cooking their food in a shared pot of broth.
Hot pot is more of an experience than a dish itself. It encapsulates the Chinese’s communal dining ethos when close friends and family members eat together during a slow and interactive meal.
Hot pot is popular during the reunion diner on Chinese New Year eve, offering a heartwarming atmosphere for conversation during the cold winter around the table. Everyone will gather around the simmering pot of broth, poaching their food with a small ladle. That is the time when family members share their experiences and encounters, retold their childhood stories, and enjoy the moments of reunion.
There are a few other English names for hot pot. Hot Pot is directly translated from two Chinese words, 火锅, which is pronounced as ‘huoguo.’ Hence, some recipes refer to this dish as “huoguo.” Hot pot is also called steamboat in Southern China and some South East Asia countries. The Cantonese called it 打边炉, loosely translated as ‘cook and eat besides the pot.’
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Recipe:
(Please read the article and download the recipe here: tasteasianfood.com/chinese-ho... )
Ingredients for the stock (A)
1 chicken carcass
1 kg pork bones
10 slices ginger
3 stalks scallions, cut into sections
Ingredients for the non-spicy soup base (B)
1000ml soup stock A
2 pcs dong quai
2 red dates
10 pcs yu zhu
1 tbsp goji berries
1 clove garlic
1.5 tbsp salt
Ingredients for the Szechuan spicy soup base (C)
40 g dried chili, cut into short sections
Aromatics:
10g of ginger, cut into slices
4 cloves of garlic
1 stalk of scallion, cut into sections
2 stalks of coriander leaves, cut into sections
Spices:
1 star-anise
5cm cinnamon bark
1 Tsaoko
5 white cardamom
1 bay leaf
1/2 tsp cumin seeds
10 cloves
1.5 tsp green Szechuan peppercorns
Others:
25g chili bean paste
5g rock sugar
1 tbsp Shaoxing wine
5g salt
1000ml soup stock A
Method:
The pork and chicken stock:
Clean the chicken and pork bones under running water several times.
Place the bones in a pot of cold water and bring it to a boil.
After two to three minutes, discard the dirty water, and wash the bones.
Place the pork bones in a pot of cold water. Bring it to a boil.
Simmer the pork bones with the scallions and ginger at barely simmering temperature for two hours.
After two hours, add the chicken bones and simmer for another one hour.
Remove the bones. Pour the stock through a wire mesh strainer to remove any small bones and debris.
The non-spicy soup base:
Add all the herbs in B to the stock (except goji berries) and let it simmer for an hour.
Add the goji berries before serve. Season with salt.
The spicy soup base:
Soak the dry chilies with hot water for 30 minutes. Blend it to become a paste.
Prepare the spice blend by coarsely ground the spices with the grinder.
Heat the oil in a wok. Add the aromatics and fry over medium heat until fragrant. Remove the aromatics.
Add the chili paste into the oil over medium heat to stir fry until the water has evaporated and become fragrant.
Add the spices and the chili bean paste.
Add a handful of additional dried chili. (optional)
Add the rock sugar to balance the flavor and some rice wine.
Pour the homemade stock into the pot and mix well, then season with salt.
Bring it to a boil, and it's done.
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[@kathosim501]

My husband’s stepfather, who passed away in 2018, immigrated from China and on Christmas we would do hot pot. We have been missing it, and of the half-dozen hot pot videos I’ve watched, this was the best! It made it seem manageable. Thank you.

[@annstewart4542]

Perfect timing. Thanks so much and Happy New Lunar Year!

[@The7O7]

Looks delicious! Thank you for inspiration! :)

[@jammer1962]

Looks so delicious!!👍🏻

[@carolynndimmer7044]

This is so great, making hotpot tonight , I make my own wontons as well ...thank you

[@kathyfriedman571]

Can't wait to make this!

[@user-be2pe2xu9l]

Thank you so much for the recipe. I really want to try this. Though some the items are tough to find out but I will definitely try. Chinese foods are awesome!

[@jasC1933]

😋😋

[@TheTasteofChina]

Oh lecker! Das sieht super gut aus! Toll! Wenn du gerne chinesische authentische Küche magst, würde ich mich total freuen, wenn du mal bei mir vorbeischauen würdest 😋

[@michellecheng1212]

Soul is 靈魂 not 心靈 and Soup is 湯 not 肥皂 lol