In cold weather, people always want to eat some steaming food. This is the best time for the whole family to gather around the table, or to make an appointment with three or five friends and have a pot of steaming food. Hot pot, cooking your favorite side dishes, and chatting about some happy homely things, this life is really pleasant.

Many friends like to go out to eat hot pot. In fact, if you want to eat hot pot, you can make it at home instead of going out to eat. I will introduce the method of making hot pot at home to my friends. Friends who like to eat hot pot can try it. Try it, the taste of the hot pot is no worse than that in a hot pot restaurant. The key is that it is simple to make and tastes good.

Ingredients preparation:

Bone soup, hot pot base, bean paste, onion, ginger, salt, pepper, star anise, bay leaf, cinnamon, grass fruit, dried chili

Method:

1. When eating hot pot, first prepare a pot of bone soup and set aside. Wash the green onions, cut some into sections, mince some, slice the ginger, and mince the coriander and set aside.

2. Pour cooking oil into the hot pot. The amount of oil is a little more than when cooking. Heat the oil until it is 50% hot. Add two spoons of bean paste, then add Sichuan peppercorns and star anise. Stir-fry bay leaves, cinnamon, grass fruit, green onions, dried chili peppers, and ginger slices over low heat until fragrant, and stir-fry into red oil. This step is very critical.

3. After the red bean paste is stir-fried, pour in the bone soup that has been boiled in advance, cover the pot, turn on the high heat and bring the water to a boil. After the water boils, turn to medium to low heat and simmer for a while. If not, Prepare the bone soup, you can also pour water, add the bones cut into small pieces and boil it with bean paste, and finally add a piece of hot pot base and salt.

4. While the hot pot is cooking, in a small bowl, put the sesame sauce, minced garlic, coriander, and minced green onions for hot pot.

5. At this time, put your favorite meatballs and meat slices in the hot pot base. (You can choose to put lamb chops or chicken on the hot pot base. You can also make it into a hot pot base. Adjust to your own preferences)

6. Surround the steaming hot pot with your favorite side dishes, including enoki mushrooms, meatballs, lettuce, chrysanthemum, and other side dishes that are most common in hot pot. A simple home-cooked hot pot meal is ready.