There is a difference between hot pot sesame oil and ordinary sesame oil.

The hot pot sesame oil used is actually a kind of special sesame oil added to the base, most of which is made of spices modulated oil. Ordinary sesame oil is sesame oil and refined, encountered high temperature hot pot will quickly evaporate, so ordinary sesame oil in eating hot pot is only used as a dipping sauce seasoning, and will not be poured into the pot.

Eating hot pot with sesame oil

In fact, the use of sesame oil but there is a big reason, definitely not a gimmick oh! First of all, sesame oil can lower the temperature, we eat hot pot, from the boiling hot pot to fish out a variety of ingredients, the temperature is very high, this time in the flavor of the flavor plate rolled on a trip, cold sesame oil can immediately reduce the temperature of the food, to maintain the food flavor, but also not to hot mouth.

Secondly, you can adjust the taste, generally eat hot pot will have spicy pot bottom and clear soup pot bottom, we cooked in the spicy pot food can not be put into the clear soup pot bottom, then if you do not want to eat too spicy, you can have sesame oil in the flavor plate for dipping, you can reduce a little bit of the spicy feeling, not to mention that the sesame oil itself has a refreshing texture and a unique sesame flavor, which can improve the appetite.

Whether it's the sesame oil in the hot pot base or the sesame oil in the flavor plate, it's just a kind of auxiliary hot pot seasoning. Eat hot pot is still the main ingredients and flavor, of course, health is also very important, nowadays there are a lot of friends will fry their own hot pot base, there are also merchants will be hot pot base for sale, so that you can enjoy the delicious and assured hot pot at home!