Chongqing hot pot

Chongqing hot pot is mainly made of butter. Authentic Chongqing hot pot is made of pure butter, without adding any other oil. Butter has a strong flavor and sticks to the food when it is cooked.

Animal oil is heavy and can lock in the flavor well, especially in hot pots, which are meat-based, and various animal ingredients can be well incorporated into the butter and preserved.

The bottom of the pot will have about 4 or 5 pounds of butter, so when the bottom of the pot is boiling, you can smell the butter aroma wafting from the hot pot from afar.

The old oil used in the bottom of the pot, after cooking a lot of food, retains the fresh flavor in the food in the butter. Therefore, the aroma of Chongqing hot pot does not rely solely on peppercorns, chili peppers or spices.

Chengdu hot pot

Chengdu hot pot is based on rapeseed oil, and salad oil is usually added, and the proportion will be large. It is usually 2 parts canola oil to 1 part salad oil, and some will be as high as 5:5!

The aroma of Chengdu hotpot mainly comes from the base, which has little to do with the oil, so it creates a situation where there is little oil. Chengdu hot pot is also called clear oil hot pot in Chongqing.

Dried sea peppers and green peppers are also added to oil hot pots, but the flavor is much milder. Some restaurants also add Chinese herbs to the bottom of the pot, which is perfect for people who don't have a taste for spicy food.

Because of the oil, spices are added to Chengdu hot pots to add flavor and aroma. This is one of the main differences between the two types of hot pot.

Oil Dish

Chongqing people eat hot pot simply and roughly. Usually sesame oil with garlic paste. At most, add some vinegar according to personal taste, and occasionally add cilantro and chopped green onion.

Chengdu hot pot has a variety of oil dishes, sesame oil, consumed oil, sesame seeds, cilantro, scallions, and even sesame sauce. All kinds of spices can be added!

Various Dishes

The differences in the types of dishes are actually quite small. Residents of both Sichuan and Chongqing enjoy eating offal.

Chongqing's hot pot is more sloppy, with less pre-processing of ingredients. Maw, yellow throat, duck intestines and other original "dock dishes", the old sliced meat is a must-order dishes in Chongqing, the plate is basically a small ceramic bowl, do not pay attention to the appearance.

Chengdu hot pot dishes are exquisite and delicate. After the development of the dishes, a lot of dishes that are not traditional to Sichuan cuisine have been integrated. The dishes are less refined and slightly more expensive.

Service

Chongqing hot pot restaurant waiters are mostly "Fae Fae". What about these fae? You say she is also enthusiastic, you say she is crooked she is also crooked. The key is to see if you're right.

The Chengdu people are very particular about enjoyment, so Chengdu's hot pot is also about enjoyment. The waitresses choose young women with pretty faces wearing uniform overalls as waitresses. Before the meal starts, they hand out disinfected wet towels, put on oil-splash-proof jackets for the guests' clothes, and give them chewing gum after the meal.

Environment

Many fly hot pot restaurants in Chongqing are still very popular! This has to do with the character of Chongqing people. For food, we are more interested in enjoying the flavor, and the environment is secondary. Of course, there are hotpot restaurants with good environment in Chongqing.

Chengdu hot pot restaurants, with bright halls and exquisite decoration, have been moving more and more towards the theme restaurant route over the years.