In the selection of hot pot types in Sichuan and Chongqing, spicy pot is favored, and the matching of oil dish can reduce the temperature and spicy. Sichuan and Chongqing people love spicy food, and most people's daily diet is inseparable from the word "spicy", and hot pot is no exception. The hot pot in Sichuan and Chongqing is famous for its spicy degree. The red oil pot bottom made of various peppers has a strong impact on people's taste. When eating Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot, the oil dish can effectively reduce the temperature and spicy taste. The oil dish is mainly composed of sesame oil and garlic. Sesame oil is cold oil, which can effectively reduce the temperature of food caught from the hot pot bottom, and at the same time, it can stick away the peppers attached to the food surface, and then wrap a layer of sesame oil on the surface to prevent diners from directly contacting spicy oil, which can effectively reduce the spicy degree.
In the selection of hot pot types in the northern region, from the clear water pot or mushroom soup, sesame sauce can be matched to remove the smell and increase the meat flavor. The northern region likes to eat mutton and beef, and pays attention to the original taste of meat and the nutrition of broth, so the choice of hot pot soup base is mostly water pot or mushroom pot. However, when mutton and beef are cooked in a light pot bottom, it is easy to leave a trace of smell, so northerners will choose sesame sauce as a dip to cover up the remaining smell. At the same time, the mellow sesame sauce can better set off the original delicious meat, which makes the tradition of dipping sesame sauce in hot pot spread in northern China.
With the exchange of cultural habits brought about by the flow of people in the region, it is more important to choose oil dish or sesame sauce for hot pot. Nowadays, the traffic is developed, the mobility of people between regions is convenient, and the cultural life customs of various regions are also exchanging and colliding. For the choice of hot pot dipping dish, pay more attention to personal taste. Northerners can choose sesame sauce, and people in Sichuan and Chongqing can also like oil dishes, or even combine the two. The main function of hot pot dipping dish is to reduce the temperature of food and increase the delicacy of food, and enjoy the happiness of hot pot while protecting the intestines.
When eating hot pot in Sichuan and Chongqing, the oil dish is dipped because it has a cooling effect on the local spicy pot. When eating hot pot in the north, it is dipped in sesame sauce because it can cover up the smell of meat cooked in clear water pot. The difference in the choice of dipping materials between the two places is due to the different types of hot pot. What kind of dip to choose when eating hot pot depends on the tastes of diners.