Name: How To Make An Easy Chinese Hot Pot
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 800ml (3 1/2 cups) Homemade Chicken Stock; 1 Lemongrass Stalk, outer layers removed and thinly sliced; 1 Thumb Size Piece Fresh Ginger, thinly sliced; 2 Large Spring Onions, thinly sliced; 1 Red Chilli, thinly sliced; Dark Soy Sauce; 1 Large Garlic Clove, crushed; 2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil; 1 tsp Sriracha; Salt; Vegetables, Meat and Seafood for dipping (see note above)

Description

How to make a great Chinese-style hot pot to share at home in a fondue. Great if you’re entertaining on Chinese New Year!

Ingredients

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800ml (3 1/2 cups) Homemade Chicken Stock
1 Lemongrass Stalk, outer layers removed and thinly sliced
1 Thumb Size Piece Fresh Ginger, thinly sliced
2 Large Spring Onions, thinly sliced
1 Red Chilli, thinly sliced
Dark Soy Sauce
1 Large Garlic Clove, crushed
2 tsp Toasted Sesame Oil
1 tsp Sriracha
Salt
Vegetables, Meat and Seafood for dipping (see note above)

Instructions

Set the stock to simmer, and add the lemongrass, ginger, spring onions and chilli and and when you’ve finished preparing them.
Leave the broth simmering as you prepare the rest of your vegetables, meat and seafood and you’ve made each individual dipping sauce by combining a crushed garlic clove, the toasted sesame oil, sriracha and a pinch of salt.
Season the broth to taste with soy sauce and or salt (how much you use will really depend on the stock you started with) and transfer to the fondue to serve.