Practice and formula of Spicy Hot Pot

Release time : 06/11/2025 09:30:01

Hotpot originated in Sichuan, originally a simple meal for migrant laborers to sustain themselves and keep warm.

Later on, this kind of eating method was inherited and developed, and now it has become the hotpot that we can see everywhere in our streets and alleys.

Hot pot, with its irresistible spicy and tangy flavor, is a staple that satisfies the cravings of most people.

What are the unique flavors of this spicy and hot chili oil? The preparation process for spicy hot chili oil includes four major steps: making the soup base, preparing the ingredients to be boiled, boiling the ingredients, and seasoning the cooked ingredients. How to eat healthy when eating spicy hot chili oil? The main steps for cooking spicy hot chili oil include four main parts: making the soup base, preparing the ingredients to be boiled, boiling the ingredients, and seasoning the cooked ingredients.

The most important step is the preparation of the spicy hot pot broth, also known as making the soup base. The green water is made from a variety of spices and seasonings.

The quality of halogenated water directly affects the flavor of spicy hot pot.

Let's take a look at how to make spicy hot pot.

1. Place the pot of sesame sauce on a high heat and add vegetable oil to it until it has reached a medium-high heat. Then, add minced pepper paste and fry it until it becomes critical. Quickly add ginger and Sichuan peppercorns to fry until they release their fragrance. Next, quickly pour in fresh broth.

Then, add the minced bean paste, finely ground rock sugar, lard, rice wine, cooking wine, refined salt, pepper powder, dried chili peppers, and other seasonings.

After boiling, skim off the foam to create the brine.

2. Wash the ingredients when preparing the food to be boiled, cut the meat ingredients into small pieces, and cut some larger vegetables and fruits into slices. Then use washed bamboo sticks to tie the food into strings.

(Food can be mixed according to personal preferences, but you should pay attention to hot food and choose food that is easy to cook.) 3. Place hot food in a brine pot on a high heat to keep it boiling. Use a string of bamboo sticks to burn the dishes and make them mature according to the heat of different dishes.

4. Season the ingredients and eat the hot and mature dishes. Place them on a plate filled with chili noodles and stir-fried salt, dip them in the chili and salt according to your taste and serve them.

Whether to dip or not, it is more or less up to you.

Tips: 1. The main ingredients used in Malatang should be relatively easy to mature.

Do not use chicken wings, chicken feet, duck feet and other ingredients that are not easy to burn.

When processing raw materials, avoid excessive shaking and rapid movements. Master the right cooking temperature, and you won't have a problem with incomplete cooking.

2. The preparation of hot pot isn't complicated at all; the most crucial step is the cooking of the ingredients, as the base flavor becomes more aromatic and visually appealing only after the ingredients have been cooked well. Then, top-quality medicinal herbs are used to enhance the fragrance, and the soup base is so tempting that one can't help but beg for more!

The key to enhancing the flavor lies in the preparation of the oil dipping sauce, which is a hallmark of spicy hot pot. The distinctive feature of spicy hot pot is that it requires more than ten types of ingredients to prepare the oil dipping sauce, with a taste primarily characterized by saltiness and aromatic flavors.

How to make spicy hot pot Spicy Hot Pot Recipe The process of making spicy hot pot is quite complicated and the ingredients are also relatively large. It's necessary to master the technique to cook out a delicious spicy hot pot.

How to make Hotpot? Ingredients selection: Currently, many fragrant spices in the market are mixed with some other things, which makes the taste of the Hotpot much worse.

The aromatic spices used for making spicy hot pot base are available in traditional Chinese medicine shops across major cities, and the quality is absolutely assured. However, they tend to be quite expensive.

When it comes to buying things, you must choose the right ones; price is secondary.

When making hot pot soup, there are some scientific principles to follow. Here are a few points to keep in mind during the preparation process: 1. All kinds of bone materials must be washed and cut into pieces in advance, otherwise they will waste heat and result in less nutrients being released.

2. Choose stainless steel cooking utensils, which are fast to heat up and ensure the quality of the soup color.

You can also use a pressure cooker at home, which produces lots of oil but has less broth.

3. During the soup making process, the bone raw materials should be blanched with water, the blood foam should be skimmed, and the pan should be put into cold water. The water should be added enough at one time. You should not add it halfway. Add onions, ginger, cooking wine and a small amount of vinegar (for convenience. The calcium inside the bones is easier to dissolve into the soup). Don't put salt and monosodium glutamate in advance. At high temperatures, sodium glutamate will produce special chemical changes, and the delicious flavor will disappear immediately.

4. Bring to a boil over high heat and simmer over low heat (keep the soup noodles slightly open and turn over the small blisters).

The milky white soup is made by using a large flame, while the clear soup is made with a small flame. The principle behind this difference lies in the protein emulsification effect caused by the different heat sources.

When making hot pot base, pay attention to the following: 1. When frying sugar in a small fire, it must be melted and bubbled on top of the oil. (The bubbles should be golden yellow. If it's burned, then you can't use it again because the soup will be bitter.) This way, the color of the soup will be red and bright without any sweetness.

2. It is best to use rapeseed oil (i.e., unrefined oil) for making the base sauce; it produces a better color, aroma, and flavor compared to refined oils like salad oil.

What are the hazards of hot pot? We all know that street vendors often have no guarantee about the quality of their food, and whether it's safe is uncertain.

The risks associated with consuming street vendors' spicy hot pot are definitely present. Firstly, the ingredients used by the vendors are a major concern.

Secondly, because Malatang's cooking methods are to quickly boil the food directly with the soup base, it is uncertain whether the food is thoroughly cooked.

Malatang soup base is greasy and eating too much is bad for your health.

Therefore, it is generally recommended not to eat Malatang from roadside stalls, and not to eat Malatang frequently.

So what are the specific hazards of mala tang? 1. In addition to being more resilient, seafood soaked in formalin can also smell a pungent smell. After applying spicy condiments, small vendors cover up these odors and are not easy to detect.

Unfresh food raw materials or processed foods such as methylated spirits can improve the texture of aquatic products, animal blood and tofu.

2. The flavor of hot pot is primarily spicy, which can stimulate appetite well. However, due to overly hot, too spicy, and greasy, it can greatly irritate the stomach and intestines. Excessive consumption can lead to gastrointestinal problems. It's not like some women imagine that it can help with weight loss.

Hot pot and spicy hot pot, while delicious, also contain hidden dangers.

If the spiciness is too strong, it is not suitable for patients with respiratory diseases, gastrointestinal diseases and various chronic diseases.

3. Street-side Hot Pot often fills up to the brim, and if it is not boiled or cooked thoroughly, pathogenic bacteria and parasite eggs will not be completely killed. Consumption can easily cause digestive diseases.

4. The mucous membrane of the human mouth, esophagus, and stomach generally can only tolerate temperatures ranging from 50°C to 60°C. Excessively hot foods can damage the mucosa, leading to acute esophagitis and acute gastritis.

5. The spicy and greasy nature of the spicy hot, along with its exceptionally rich ingredients, can lead to conditions such as hyperlipidemia, gastric diseases, and duodenal ulcers.

6. The water used to reheat food can accumulate harmful substances over time.

This issue may exist, such as the content of nitrite and oxalic acid is constantly rising.

Therefore, the water used for sautéing vegetables should be replaced regularly.

7. Excessive saltiness and excessive use of monosodium glutamate (MSG) are not suitable for patients with high blood pressure, heart disease, and kidney disease who need to control their sodium intake.

How much seasoning can be controlled?

Producers typically tend to add more intense flavors in order to attract consumers and mask the lack of freshness from substandard ingredients.

8. Some merchants may add other ingredients to condiments, such as anti-diarrheal drugs, and the saying "a pill is a poison" applies here. Consuming them over a long period can have significant adverse health effects.

How to Eat Hot Pot in a Healthier Way Hot pot is often associated with unhealthy foods, due to its low price and frequent sales at street stalls, where the quality of ingredients and preparation are not guaranteed.

At the same time, due to certain unscrupulous merchants using spoiled food for processing and selling, causing harm to consumers' health, hot pot has been moving further down the path of unhealthy foods.

If we can control the food safety and make reasonable combinations, hot pot is also a kind of delicious but healthy snack. It is much healthier than fried or barbecued meats.

How to eat hot pot healthily? 1. Choose fresh ingredients, wash and clean them thoroughly.

When you have the time, you can do it yourself at home and be assured that everything is safe and you're eating with confidence.

2. Fearing that consuming too much spicy food might harm the gastrointestinal tract, one could reduce the amount of chili peppers.

You can also add some sesame paste, it is a very healthy seasoning with calcium and vitamin E.

Eating hot pot with garlic sauce can also have a disinfecting effect.

3. Hot pot generally contains a variety of green leafy vegetables, a variety of soybean products, seaweeds, mushrooms, tubers, fish, eggs, etc. Compared to this, plant-based ingredients are in the lead.

By reasonable combinations, it is much easier to achieve an acid-base balance than a typical fast food meal and also fits in the principle of food diversification.

During the cooking process, some of the oxalic acid, nitrite and pesticide can be removed from vegetables. Although some vitamins are lost, but also reduce the anti-nutritional factors and toxic substances.

As long as you pay attention to regularly changing the water used for slicing vegetables and reduce the amount of salt added during the slicing process, it is a very good cooking method.

5. The spices for spicy hot pot can be made healthy and low-fat.

Do not add oil when cooking vegetables, and also reduce the amount of oil when blending. Overall, since the ingredients have low fat content, the calories are lower.

Can pregnant women eat hotpot? Yes, they can. However, it is recommended that pregnant women consume it in moderation.

Although hotpot is considered a popular snack nationwide, it can be found in every region of the country. The small stalls on the streets of various regions have become a lively scene.

However, experts advise that pregnant women should avoid consuming small street stalls and hot pots as much as possible, and homemade hot pots should be eaten in moderation.

Eating hot pot at street stalls is generally not advisable, as it can lead to digestive system diseases. Professionals have revealed that the seafood sold at these hot pot stalls often comes from questionable sources.

Many seafood products are processed with industrial alkali, hydrogen peroxide, and formaldehyde to enhance their appearance and make them appear fresher.

Formaldehyde is a strong carcinogen, and ingesting it can cause discomfort and lesions in the throat, mouth, esophagus, gastrointestinal tract, etc. It also severely damages the liver and kidneys of the human body.

The hot dishes on the street are often reused, which accumulate more harmful substances.

Food sold in small stalls cannot be guaranteed to be thoroughly cooked. Without boiling or steaming, pathogens and parasite eggs will not be completely killed, which can lead to gastrointestinal diseases if consumed.

Therefore, whether pregnant women or other consumers, it is best not to consume the spicy hot pot sold at small stalls.

Homemade hot pot should be consumed in moderation, as it can irritate the stomach and harm health. Some may ask, can one eat home-made hot pot? The flavor of hot pot is primarily spicy, which can effectively stimulate appetite. However, due to overheating, overly spicy, and excessive greasyness, it greatly irritates the stomach and can lead to issues with the gastrointestinal tract if consumed in excess.

For everyone's health, it is better to eat less or avoid spicy hot pot.

*The medical information provided in this text is for reference only.

If you experience discomfort, it is recommended to seek medical attention promptly. The diagnosis and treatment should be based on the medical advice provided by a face-to-face consultation.