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my mala xiang guo must-have ingredients: instant noodles!!!, potato slices, crab sticks, enoki mushrooms. seriously guys instant noodles and potatos soak up that sauce real good u gotta tryyyy
You know who's my stress reliever? You guys videos! My bf and i religiously watch your channel, i already tried so many recipies and they always came out perfect
There are so many ingredients in this dish that I haven't had the chance to use, and some that I haven't even heard of. I'm excited to try to hunt all this down in the future. 😁 Everything looks so beautiful and welcoming. 😋 Thank you! 💜💚
Oh wow this looks amazing. I still haven't tried dried hotpot but love Chinese flavours so will have to try and find the sauce! Love wood ear mushrooms and those tofu sticks too!
The Ma La Xiang Guo sauce you have is from Hai Di Lao, which is the largest hot pot chain in the world. Their hot pot soup base is readily available in all Chinese markets over the world so this shouldn't be difficult to find. Also, you can use the Ma La sauce for the hot pot for the Ma La xiang guo as well (they are interchangeable). The main difference is that the hot pot version contains beef fat as the oil, so it comes as a solid instead of a liquid. I actually find this version to be easier to use for MLXG because the sauce is easier to portion (it's solid so you can cut it up with a knife and use as much or as little as you want). I would personally skip adding oil to the pan to fry the garlic and ginger, and just add the sauce right away since there's already so much oil in the sauce. Your version looks great!
I've never tired using the Hot Pot Version for MLXG but I'll have to try! Actually, will try it this weekend, as I do have the Hot Pot ones left over... I usually run out of the stir-fry ones rather quickly... Much appreciated!
@@FutureNeighbor No problem! I'm not really sure why they even have separate versions for ma la hot pot or MLXG, they are exactly the same except the oil is different (beef fat vs vegetable oil). Personally when I make MLXG, I add tofu skin (some people call it dried tofu), sliced potato, beef/fish balls, and chinese cabbage. I also recommend you try different brands of ma la hot pot soup bases in your MLXG, some of them taste pretty different.
Very good info. I've looked but I was not able to find the solid version of HaiDiLao hot pot soup base. Can you help? Not the liquid version but the solid version that I can cut into sizes as necessary.
@@sarendranakarmi2149 you don't need to buy the Hai Di Lao version, just look in the hot pot soup base aisle in your Chinese grocery and you'll definitely see other brands of sauce that are solid. They often have clear packaging so it's easy to see.
Future Neighbor! Hey! I randomly remembered you from when you first started out and you asked me for some recommendations. I don't know if you will see this but I'm so happy to see your channel grew so much when I was busy. You did the budae jjigae and kimbap suggestions, so cool. Best wishes.
Yum! Daniel! That looks so much better than my steel cut oatmeal and eggs lol. I've wanted to try lotus roots forever... but they only sell frozen ones or already cooked ones at my local hmart and 99ranch. Definitely a bucket list meal!
one of my favorites - that sauce packet is great but very spicy if you use the whole thing for those who are planning to make it! make sure you have enough ingredients for the sauce.
In the mala restaurants here, they usually have 5 levels... we've never passed level 2... I dont which human are eating level 3, 4 and 5... it's a ridiculous level of spice heh!
@@FutureNeighbor I worked at a ramen shop with 5 levels of spice too. I never go past level 2 but I know only 2 people who regularly get level 5 because they like it lol. everyone else does it for a challenge and hates it
Add some black Chinese vinegar(if available) at the end of cooking for the additional flavour. Btw this is my clear fridge dish, u can throw in anything u have, popular ingredients to throw in are luncheon meat & blanced instant noodles!
Yesssssss.....I definitely like ingredients that sing to my tastebuds. I'm glad that you showed us the noodles you used. When it comes to buying Asian noodles I'm confused and lost sometimes on what to choose. Love your recipes....I will be adding some of these ingredients (like the tofu skin) to my shopping list. Super happy that my local market has fresh wood ear mushrooms(something about that crunch.....i can't quit it)🤤. Thanks again for always adding delicious flavor inspiration to my week.
Oh you have fresh wood ear mushrooms in your neighborhood supermarket? I'm pleasantly suprised! It's actually hard to source here in Korea as well. Are they grown locally in your area?
@@FutureNeighbor I'm not sure. The market is called Sanwa. They are located in Florida and they are known for carrying a lot of Asian, Spanish and European vegetables. I am currently experimenting with trying to make maesil from the green plums I found at the market.
I keep having this spicy mala xiang guo with chicken, seafood, fresh tofu, dry tofu, tofu skin, enoki mushroom, black fungus, potato and cauliflower garnished with spring onions and sesame seeds. The flavour is an explosion in your mouth! It is so so good but I need to learn making this at home! Thank you for the recipe!
I was making a version of this at a "make your own" hot pot place, just missing a few of the ingredients from here. Its amazing, wish I could go back to it.
Hello sir, Thank you si much for sharing the lively ma la xian gua . i tried twice with the readmade sauce from china . onexe in kuala lumpur mala mala restaurent . it was amazingly tasety . i am tanking you for sharing .
Love your video tutorial! I’m gonna cook MALA CING GUO for the first time tonight! Instead of rice I’m gonna use instant noodle. I’m definitely gonna slice of garlic slices for extra fragrance! Thanks for making this video exciting!
Hi From Indonesia. I loooove your videos. Very nice commentary going on.. Just like chatting with a neighbor. I have 1 question. I can't eat spicy food but would love to try More korean food. Any not spicy recipe?
I'm Chinese, and your mandarin pronounciation is pretty right! Great recipe, and that sauce packet is produced by the most popular hotpot chain restaurant in our country, super authentic!
A bit light on the x and the g, otherwise it's nice of you showing this. In Singapore, it's also quite a craze! Except I'm a bit tight on money and the current condition of the world right now, and the fact there's hardly any friends to eat with and the inability to eat on spot is definitely limiting... Those are the two conditions MXG would taste good! Anyway, nice work!
HI!! Really awesome video and I love your content. You have the pronunciation very close...it's shiang goo [it's just the second word you are off a tiny bit on]. Shiang goo means mushroom in Chinese. Keep up the awesome work! Love to Katie!
Its called 비타민 채소 in Korean, but not sure what its called in English. This one is local to Korea - so will be hard to source outside. Bok Choy or Spinach works just as good :)
Future Neighbor Daniel, can you just use the oil from the packet instead of the 건대기? I had to pick out every herb from the packet cause I didnt like chewing the herbs 😣
Hey Neighbors, we've just opened up our podcast! Over the last few years, we've been itching to find a space where we could chat in long-form. We wanted to chit-chat about those formative childhood stories as well as current reflections on coming-of-age! We also wanted a relaxed environment where we could open up about issues that are happening now. As well as the obligatory rants/tangents/lost-in-translation moments! If you want to join us beyond the kitchen... come grab a seat and listen to our first few episodes here on TH-cam 😛: th-cam.com/channels/5a02S9fzzMCRnAlr_POGZw.html Or iTunes here: podcasts.apple.com/kr/podcast/future-neighbor/id1516244220
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my mala xiang guo must-have ingredients: instant noodles!!!, potato slices, crab sticks, enoki mushrooms. seriously guys instant noodles and potatos soak up that sauce real good u gotta tryyyy
And lotus rootttt
It tastes better with luncheon meat in my opinion:-)
are u from singapore
I was looking for the sliced potato 😋🥔
Grilled or fried spicy meat goes well with belly peppers in this
i never saw him happy like that :)
You know who's my stress reliever? You guys videos! My bf and i religiously watch your channel, i already tried so many recipies and they always came out perfect
Glad ya'll are cooking along with us 😘
Just found this channel and am so happy I did! You guys are awesome hosts and the videos are shot very well. Thank you and keep it up guys!
Lotus roots are a MUST 😍 could you recommend us your fav mala sauce? 🙏
Hai di Lao!!
There are so many ingredients in this dish that I haven't had the chance to use, and some that I haven't even heard of. I'm excited to try to hunt all this down in the future. 😁
Everything looks so beautiful and welcoming. 😋
Thank you!
💜💚
Oh wow this looks amazing. I still haven't tried dried hotpot but love Chinese flavours so will have to try and find the sauce! Love wood ear mushrooms and those tofu sticks too!
i tried cooking with this brand's mala stir fry sauce too. the taste is super amazing and i've been buying it since. :)
ah I love mala xiang guo! I've only had it in restaurants before. definitely gonna try making it at home!
The Ma La Xiang Guo sauce you have is from Hai Di Lao, which is the largest hot pot chain in the world. Their hot pot soup base is readily available in all Chinese markets over the world so this shouldn't be difficult to find. Also, you can use the Ma La sauce for the hot pot for the Ma La xiang guo as well (they are interchangeable). The main difference is that the hot pot version contains beef fat as the oil, so it comes as a solid instead of a liquid. I actually find this version to be easier to use for MLXG because the sauce is easier to portion (it's solid so you can cut it up with a knife and use as much or as little as you want). I would personally skip adding oil to the pan to fry the garlic and ginger, and just add the sauce right away since there's already so much oil in the sauce. Your version looks great!
I've never tired using the Hot Pot Version for MLXG but I'll have to try! Actually, will try it this weekend, as I do have the Hot Pot ones left over... I usually run out of the stir-fry ones rather quickly... Much appreciated!
@@FutureNeighbor No problem! I'm not really sure why they even have separate versions for ma la hot pot or MLXG, they are exactly the same except the oil is different (beef fat vs vegetable oil). Personally when I make MLXG, I add tofu skin (some people call it dried tofu), sliced potato, beef/fish balls, and chinese cabbage. I also recommend you try different brands of ma la hot pot soup bases in your MLXG, some of them taste pretty different.
Very good info. I've looked but I was not able to find the solid version of HaiDiLao hot pot soup base. Can you help? Not the liquid version but the solid version that I can cut into sizes as necessary.
@@sarendranakarmi2149 you don't need to buy the Hai Di Lao version, just look in the hot pot soup base aisle in your Chinese grocery and you'll definitely see other brands of sauce that are solid. They often have clear packaging so it's easy to see.
@@Koenigg99 thank you
Future Neighbor! Hey! I randomly remembered you from when you first started out and you asked me for some recommendations. I don't know if you will see this but I'm so happy to see your channel grew so much when I was busy. You did the budae jjigae and kimbap suggestions, so cool. Best wishes.
Shit, it's been 3-4 years already.
Yum! Daniel!
That looks so much better than my steel cut oatmeal and eggs lol.
I've wanted to try lotus roots forever... but they only sell frozen ones or already cooked ones at my local hmart and 99ranch.
Definitely a bucket list meal!
one of my favorites - that sauce packet is great but very spicy if you use the whole thing for those who are planning to make it! make sure you have enough ingredients for the sauce.
In the mala restaurants here, they usually have 5 levels... we've never passed level 2... I dont which human are eating level 3, 4 and 5... it's a ridiculous level of spice heh!
@@FutureNeighbor I worked at a ramen shop with 5 levels of spice too. I never go past level 2 but I know only 2 people who regularly get level 5 because they like it lol. everyone else does it for a challenge and hates it
Add some black Chinese vinegar(if available) at the end of cooking for the additional flavour. Btw this is my clear fridge dish, u can throw in anything u have, popular ingredients to throw in are luncheon meat & blanced instant noodles!
Ppl love korean foods .. And koreans love Chinese foods 🤣💕
Amen!
@@FutureNeighbor ♥️ i love both as a foreigner
You are my favorite channel!!! Love the recipes and all the work that goes into filming ! Keep up the awesome work!!!
Yesssssss.....I definitely like ingredients that sing to my tastebuds. I'm glad that you showed us the noodles you used. When it comes to buying Asian noodles I'm confused and lost sometimes on what to choose. Love your recipes....I will be adding some of these ingredients (like the tofu skin) to my shopping list. Super happy that my local market has fresh wood ear mushrooms(something about that crunch.....i can't quit it)🤤. Thanks again for always adding delicious flavor inspiration to my week.
Oh you have fresh wood ear mushrooms in your neighborhood supermarket? I'm pleasantly suprised! It's actually hard to source here in Korea as well. Are they grown locally in your area?
@@FutureNeighbor I'm not sure. The market is called Sanwa. They are located in Florida and they are known for carrying a lot of Asian, Spanish and European vegetables. I am currently experimenting with trying to make maesil from the green plums I found at the market.
Thanks again for another great instructional. Will visit the Chinese market tomorrow and make this happen. Can hardly wait.
I really like this combination of ingredients. I was wondering if Lee Kim Kee makes a version of this sauce?
This ready-made Hai Di Lao basic stir fry sauce is VEGETARIAN guys! For those vegetarians out there, you are not missing out :)
I keep having this spicy mala xiang guo with chicken, seafood, fresh tofu, dry tofu, tofu skin, enoki mushroom, black fungus, potato and cauliflower garnished with spring onions and sesame seeds. The flavour is an explosion in your mouth! It is so so good but I need to learn making this at home! Thank you for the recipe!
so glad I found your channel! great content
Wow that looks awesome🤤 venturing out to the asian market will definitely be worth it
My favourite. U can try sprinkling toasted peanuts in it too, would taste amazing
Thank you for sharing, i love these stir fry bowls I always get them when im in flushing in queens its amazing
SUBSCRIBED!!! thanks for sharing. I"m going to try this tonight
Add some spam in as well! It tastes great!
Woooow this is soooo good...thanks for sharing this love it👍😋👌😎😍
Yummmmmm I wish I can try that :) looks amazing! thank you for sharing!!
It's just seem delicious 🤤🤤 I gonna try it, hoping to find the ingredients in the only Asian market of Cork (Ireland) where I live!
This is actually my favourite kind of stir-fry, lots of crunch. I will try this!
I was making a version of this at a "make your own" hot pot place, just missing a few of the ingredients from here. Its amazing, wish I could go back to it.
This was a really great video! Thank you so much 🙏🏼
im from singapore and we have a lot of mala xiang guo here!!! u should try adding enoki mushrooms , instant ramen noodles and spam into it!!
Oh man, I love watching your videos. You sound sweet . I wish my neighbors were like you.
Excited for this!
Can you make a video on how to make the malaxiangguo paste at home
OMG, I’m Chinese and I’ve never had this. Definitely going to try this.
I use the haidilao mala paste too and omg it absolutely burns my lips off. I have to have it every week!
Can you make a video on how to make malaxiangguo paste at home?
I was adopted from Korea, but have white parents. I consider you and Maangchi my long lost Korean parents!
Try Aaron & Claire, super easy to follow!
Come sg🥰 we have mala everywhere
@@tattedd0ll48 idun think thry made a vid of mala
😂😂😂
Love to watch your videos from 🇳🇵
Hello sir, Thank you si much for sharing the lively ma la xian gua . i tried twice with the readmade sauce from china . onexe in kuala lumpur mala mala restaurent . it was amazingly tasety . i am tanking you for sharing .
That really looks very delicious.
Looks fantastic..
dude r those fresh wood ear mushrooms? where did u get those?
My favorite dish!!!
i am definitely going to try this one
replace mala sauce with small red chilli fresh ones.? Not same taste but hot
Thanks for posting this! I've been craving mala xiang guo recently :D
The best part of Chinese food, love it and miss it..
I usually add chicken to make this Mala dish...sometimes I will add some small abalone with chicken together. It’s so addictive!
Does the mala paste have MSG? Are there other store bought pastes that don't have MSG?
Looks so yummy!
My favorite food in China miss you china
Love your video tutorial! I’m gonna cook MALA CING GUO for the first time tonight! Instead of rice I’m gonna use instant noodle. I’m definitely gonna slice of garlic slices for extra fragrance! Thanks for making this video exciting!
That looks so good. I would use less spice though. Thanks.
You can tell how powerful this dish is by comparing his faces of before the dish and after the dish.
Your wife is such a lucky girl.....
I try to cook at home too for my wife. It is fun:)
Don’t we have to boil the lotus root??? What should I do about it? It’s very hard to
I like to add fried potato slices and spam! The potato was a new discovery for me but so good!
That’s look so good! Slobber 🤤 here!!👍❤️
It is also know as dry hot pot where I live.
This looks very delicious. I'll have to try this out cause I'm a sucker for that Sichuan heat🤩
Looks yum
Looks delicious
My favorite!!!
Hi From Indonesia. I loooove your videos. Very nice commentary going on.. Just like chatting with a neighbor. I have 1 question. I can't eat spicy food but would love to try More korean food. Any not spicy recipe?
Our favourites are intestines, tripes, quail eggs, luncheon meat and enoki mushrooms! Yum 🤤
I use to order this all the time when living in Beijing. Really missing these flavors.
Wow! It looks so appetizing! Chicken goes well with the mala sauce too! Make sure you don’t soak the wood ear over night though!
I would love to see more wood eat mushroom recipes!
Off topic- can you guys do a chapssal donut video please. Thanks!
I really love your videos and the food… but since I’m on a diet I have no idea what I can eat 😂 Can I eat everything you cook but only half portion ?
Tip: When you add the noodles, sprinkle a pinch of sugar and it tastes heavenly. Tiny pinch 🤏 so it's not sweet but it's just good.
Thank you so much for Thai language
Must always add hot pot pork belly! It makes it even better
Is that myanmar food?
Your pronunciation is good haha, confirmed by Chinese. 👍👍
I'm Chinese, and your mandarin pronounciation is pretty right! Great recipe, and that sauce packet is produced by the most popular hotpot chain restaurant in our country, super authentic!
look so delicious... 🤤🤤🤤
A bit light on the x and the g, otherwise it's nice of you showing this. In Singapore, it's also quite a craze! Except I'm a bit tight on money and the current condition of the world right now, and the fact there's hardly any friends to eat with and the inability to eat on spot is definitely limiting... Those are the two conditions MXG would taste good! Anyway, nice work!
Add Sichuan peppercorns into this hehe. Plus I like spam and pork belly with my MLXG :D
Yes can't go wrong with those - I also like to throw in some sausage links too ;)
I hope one day I could enjoy the spicy level of this dish.
Alas my taste buds are cowards. It looks so yummy!
Often cook Korean food at home....my favourite ingredients for Mala xiangguo are luncheon meat，shrimp and lotus...
Mushroom is beautiful
dude hell yeah
What market did you get your Mala sauce from....emart...lotte mart?
You can get it from Emart! Coupang too :)
Future Neighbor AWESOME! TY!!! Going to order now 🎉 can’t wait to try it!
I will wait you release the homemade mala sauce jar recipe. Make it into 5 minute mala xiang guo recipe like sundubu jiggae lol
So good
HI!! Really awesome video and I love your content. You have the pronunciation very close...it's shiang goo [it's just the second word you are off a tiny bit on]. Shiang goo means mushroom in Chinese. Keep up the awesome work! Love to Katie!
Xiang guo (香鍋）in this sense refers to the fragrance (香) of the pot (鍋）that the food is cooking in. The most common word for mushroom is mogu 蘑菇
He actually pronounced it just right at the end... in Mandarin at least it sounds like gwoh. It also doesn't mean mushroom, it refers to the aroma
actually，vegetables like mushroom should be parboiled in boiling water first, because thirts still in the saoking vegetales
What is that Bokchoy/spinach vegetable called?
Its called 비타민 채소 in Korean, but not sure what its called in English. This one is local to Korea - so will be hard to source outside. Bok Choy or Spinach works just as good :)
Daniel, do you add salt??
No need to do so.The sauce packet has plenty of flavor :)
Future Neighbor Daniel, can you just use the oil from the packet instead of the 건대기? I had to pick out every herb from the packet cause I didnt like chewing the herbs 😣
i think something vital is missing!! the peanuts! it makes all the difference!
Wow wow wow
2:53
yay!!
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