It has a long history. According to research, there were hot pots in the Warring States period, and historians used clay pots as pots. By the Song Dynasty, eating hot pot was very common among the people. In Lin Hong's cookbook "Shanjia Qing Palace" in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was an introduction to eating hot pot with friends. In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "court dish" made of pheasants.
Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method in which a pot is used as a vessel, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and various foods are cooked with water or soup. At the same time, you can also refer to the pot used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the function of heat preservation. When eating, the food is still steaming and the soup is integrated. There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are especially popular mainly in East Asia. Hot pot tastes hot, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, suitable for mountain and river climate. Nowadays, it has developed into a mandarin duck pot, which is spicy and light, and has its own needs. Different soups and foods are added according to personal preferences, which is suitable for all ages and the best in winter.
Typical hot pot ingredients include all kinds of meat, seafood, vegetables, bean products, mushrooms, egg products, staple foods and so on. They are cooked in boiling water or at the bottom of special soup pots. Some ways of eating will be dipped in seasoning and eaten together.