Hot pot, called "ancient style soup" in ancient times, was named after the food was put into boiling water and made a "splash" sound. It is one of the original delicacies in China, and it is also a kind of food suitable for all ages.
Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method in which a pot is used as a vessel, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and various foods are cooked with water or soup. At the same time, you can also refer to the pot used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the function of heat preservation. When eating, the food is still steaming and the soup is integrated.
There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are especially popular mainly in East Asia. Hot pot tastes hot, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, suitable for mountain and river climate. Nowadays, it has developed into a mandarin duck pot, which is spicy and light, and has its own needs. Different soups and foods are added according to personal preferences, which is suitable for all ages and the best in winter.
How to eat hot pot:
Boiling: it is to put the ingredients into the soup to cook. First of all, we should choose materials that can be cooked, such as hairtail, meatballs, mushrooms and other raw materials are relatively tight and must be heated for a long time before eating; Secondly, we must master the heat, and some have to cook for a long time.
The experience of eating hot pot should be meat first, then vegetarian: when scalding, you must roll the soup away and soak it all in the soup for scalding; Secondly, I like spicy taste and adjust spicy taste.
The method is: people who like spicy food can eat spicy food from the oil on the edge of hot pot; On the contrary, hot food is cooked from the middle boiling point; Thirdly, when eating hot pot, you must drink a cup of tea to stimulate appetite, help digestion, relieve greasy, change the taste and reduce spicy feeling.
Hot pot decoction: Dendrobium 10g, Scrophularia 65438+ Ophiopogon japonicus 10g, wrapped in gauze respectively. Boil in hot pot for 15-20 minutes, then remove the gauze bag and serve. It has the effects of nourishing yin, reducing fire, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst, and can prevent the phenomenon of "getting angry" induced by eating hot pot.