China is a country that advocates good food. Of course, among the delicacies of hot pot, Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot is the most famous. The reason why Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot is delicious is that there are as many as 20 or 30 kinds of seasonings in the bottom of the pot. Therefore, Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot focuses on stimulating our taste buds and integrating various delicacies to make people linger. in. There are also many types of hot pot across the country. For example, in Yunnan, people especially like mushroom hot pot. In Beijing, of course, it is the authentic copper hot pot. The emphasis is on fast heat transfer. The mutton can be cooked in three seconds. Mouth.

But the real inventor of hot pot is not the above-mentioned areas, but Inner Mongolia. We must understand that although hot pot has been recorded in the Song Dynasty, the method of hot pot is different from that of today. The difference is that the real origin of hot pot was invented by the Mongolians. It began in the Yuan Dynasty. As a nomadic people, the Mongolians usually eat mutton and beef as their staple food, so in all hot pots, these two are also the main meats.

Since a single soldier does not have a high-end cooking method for food, he found a big pot, cooked vegetables, meat, etc. together, and then ate them with seasonings. , and there is also a grassland seasoning that is abundant in Inner Mongolia, and that is wild vegetables such as chive flowers. The fermented chive flower sauce is delicious when dipped in hot pot. In fact, you don’t need too many seasonings to eat hot pot nowadays. Chive flowers, sesame sauce, and Beijing’s unique fermented bean curd are the perfect partner for hot pot.

Although I personally don’t like spicy food, I still like Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot very much. Especially among the Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot, there is a kind of duck paw hot pot that tastes better. When eating Sichuan and Chongqing hot pot, you can also Put the pig brain flowers in the pot to cook. The taste is also my favorite among all hot pot meat dishes.