The hot pot in Qiqi stall has a good reputation. They are not quite the same as traditional hot pot, and they are fried by the younger brother of the shop assistant.

Hot pot, called "antique soup" in ancient times, is named after the "splash" sound when food is put into boiling water. 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 utensil, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and water or soup is boiled to cook all kinds of food, and it can also refer to the pots and pans used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the effect of heat preservation, and the food is still steaming when eating, and the soup is integrated.

There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are especially popular in East Asia. Hot pot is hot when eaten, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, and suitable for the climate of mountains and rivers. Today, it has developed into a mandarin duck pot, spicy and light, each with its own needs, and different soups and foods are added according to personal preferences, which are suitable for all ages and best in winter.

hot pot eating method:

boiling: that is, putting the ingredients into the soup to cook. First of all, we should choose the materials that can be cooked, such as hairtail, meatballs, mushrooms and other raw materials that are relatively tight and must be heated for a long time before they can be eaten; Secondly, we must master the heat, and some of them should be boiled for a long time.

the experience of eating hot pot should be meat first, then vegetarian: when scalding, the soup must be rolled away, and all of it should be immersed in the soup for scalding; Secondly, I like spicy taste and adjust spicy taste.

the method is: those who like spicy food can eat hot food from the oil beside the hot pot; On the contrary, hot food is cooked from the middle boiling place; Once again, when eating hot pot, you must have a cup of tea to stimulate appetite, help digestion, relieve oil and get tired, change your taste and reduce the spicy feeling.

Put Chinese herbs in the hot pot and fry together: use Chinese herbs Dendrobium, Radix Scrophulariae and Radix Ophiopogonis, 11g each, and wrap them in gauze. Put it in a hot pot and cook it for 1.5-21 minutes, then remove the gauze bag and serve. It has the function of nourishing yin, reducing fire and promoting fluid production, and can prevent the phenomenon of "getting angry" induced by eating hot pot.