Chinese Hot Pot at Home

11/30/24, 3:51 AM Chinese Hot Pot at Home - The Woks of Life
Chinese Hot Pot at Home

Chinese hot pot is a warm, comforting, and social meal to have with
close-knit family or friends. Learn how to make hot pot at home!
Prep Time Total Time

40 mins 40 mins
Course: Main Course Cuisine: Chinese Servings: 6 Author: Sarah

5 from 16 votes
Equipment
Electric Hot Pot Set or portable gas/electric burner with wide, shallow pot
Bamboo or wooden chopsticks
Hot pot strainer scoops (optional)
Small bowls
Ingredients
Hot pot soup base (with water) or stock
Leafy Greens (choose 1-2):

baby bok choy (thoroughly washed)
napa cabbage (washed, cut into 1-2 inch pieces)
choy sum (thoroughly washed)
spinach (thoroughly washed)
pea tips (thoroughly washed)
watercress (thoroughly washed)
AA Choy/Cai (washed, trimmed)
Chrysanthemum Leaves (washed, trimmed)
Other Vegetables (choose 1-2):

lotus root (cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons)
potato (cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons)
sweet potato (cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons)
pumpkin/kabocha squash (cut into 1/4 inch thick half moons)
daikon radish (cut into 1-inch chunks)
tomatoes (sliced into wedges)
corn (whole ears, cut into 1-inch pieces)
winter melon (cut into 1-inch chunks)
Mushrooms (choose 1-2):

Enoki mushrooms (slice 1/2-1 inch of the base off, and separate the bundle of enoki’s into
smaller more manageable bundles
Wood ears (soak to reconstitute, rinse any dirt or sand off, and remove any woody ends)
King mushrooms (trim the ends, thinly slice)
Shiitake mushrooms (trim woody stems, slice, and add to the pot early)
Oyster mushrooms (thoroughly cleaned)
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Shimeji mushrooms (separated into individual pieces)
Meat & Seafood (Choose 2-3):

Beef (brisket, short rib, ribeye, sirloin, flank steak, thinly sliced against the grain)
Pork shoulder or loin (thinly sliced)
Pork belly (thinly sliced)
Lamb shoulder or leg (thinly sliced)
Boneless chicken breast or thighs (thinly sliced)
Fish fillets (such as tilapia, bass, fluke/flounder, thinly sliced)
Shrimp
Scallops
Squid or cuttlefish
Beef balls
Pork balls
Fish balls
Squid balls
Mixed seafood balls
Fish cakes
Fish tofu
Staple Starches (choose 1-2):

Mung bean vermicelli (soak in warm water for 10 minutes)
Rice vermicelli (boil to par-cook, rinse in cold water, drain)
Thin fresh white noodles
Fresh spinach noodles
Shirataki noodles (add directly to boiling broth, cooks in seconds)
Rice cakes (the thin ovals are best; the thick Korean-style rice cake logs take too long to cook)
Frozen dumplings (smaller is better; cook time 7-10 minutes)
Tofu & Bean Curd (choose 2-3)

Bean threads (AKA dried bean curd sticks; soak in warm water for 3-4 hours, cut into 2-inch
pieces)
Soy puffs (left whole or cut in half)
Frozen tofu (cut into 1-inch pieces)
Firm tofu (cut into 1-inch pieces)
Dried bean curd rolls
Fresh tofu sheets/skin
Pressed tofu
Dipping Sauce Ingredients

Chinese sesame paste or sauce
Peanut butter or peanut sauce
Soy sauce
Sha Cha sauce
Sesame oil
Sichuan peppercorn oil
Chili oil/sauce
Chili garlic sauce/sambal oelek

Chinese black vinegar/rice vinegar
White pepper
Toasted sesame seeds
Minced garlic
Chopped scallions
Chopped cilantro
Fried shallots or garlic
Instructions
1. Place boiling soup base or stock in a wide, shallow pot the center of the table on a portable
electric burner.
2. Place individual plates of raw ingredients on the table, along with dipping sauce ingredients.
3. Have each diner mix their own dipping sauce while the pot of soup comes to a boil. Once
boiling, begin adding ingredients to the pot. Be sure to cook ingredients through before
consuming, and allow the pot to boil for at least 30 seconds to 1 minute after adding any raw
meat or seafood.
Notes
Prep time will vary depending on the number of ingredients you decide to serve, as well as
whether the ingredients must be pre-soaked.
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Prep Time Total Time

Course: Main Course Cuisine: Chinese Servings: 6 Author: Sarah

Leafy Greens (choose 1-2):

Other Vegetables (choose 1-2):

Mushrooms (choose 1-2):

Shimeji mushrooms (separated into individual pieces)

Meat & Seafood (Choose 2-3):

Staple Starches (choose 1-2):

Tofu & Bean Curd (choose 2-3)

Dipping Sauce Ingredients

Chili garlic sauce/sambal oelek

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