The origin of spicy hotpot: Spicy hotpot originated from the Tujia flavor in Jinyun Mountain, Chongqing. It is a common practice of local people and is characterized by the mixture of spicy, spicy, fresh and fragrant in one pot.
It is said that local people usually like to stir-fry a large pot of vegetables with various seasonings. Whenever there are important guests, they will add meat, seafood, bamboo shoot slices and semi-finished products to the usual large pot of stir-fried vegetables.
Bean curd and other ingredients.
Especially semi-finished yuba, after being put into the pot, it can absorb the umami flavor of various meats and seafood, and then add its own fragrance and mix it to create a "one pot of fragrance".
Recently, with the rapid rise in popularity, the raw materials of Mala Xiangguo have also expanded to include hundreds of types of seafood, aquatic products, poultry and livestock, fresh vegetables, etc.
Spicy hot pot is a large pot of various seasonings and ingredients mixed into one pot and stir-fried. Although eating spicy hot pot sounds a bit hot in early summer, who can resist this spicy, dry and fragrant pot dish?
What about the tangy aroma that comes from afar before it's even served on the table? Some Sichuan cuisine chefs have organized and developed this spicy hot pot on the basis of spicy and dry pot dishes, making the spicy hot pot suitable for restaurant management and operation:
In terms of raw materials, it has expanded to include hundreds of seafood, aquatic products, poultry and livestock, and fresh vegetables; in terms of flavor, it integrates the characteristics of Chongqing hot pot, Sichuan-style dry pot, and spicy cuisine, highlighting the spicy, spicy, dry, and fragrant flavors.
Characteristics; in terms of spiciness, it is further refined, using a 5-7 level grading method, a little spicy, slightly spicy, medium spicy, heavy spicy, extra spicy, which varies from person to person; in terms of efficacy, the uniqueness of the spicy raw materials of traditional Chinese medicine
Chinese herbal medicines with the functions of clearing away heat and removing dampness are added to the compatibility, and have special medicinal functions such as not hurting the stomach, not causing internal heat, and removing dampness and heat.
Therefore, it’s no surprise that spicy hot pot is so popular in summer.
Just give it a name.