What is Maocai?

Maocai is a dish made with meat, soy products, vegetables, seafood, and mushrooms as the main ingredients. It originated in Chengdu and is a traditional snack with Sichuan characteristics. Maocai is a specialty of Chengdu. It is a dish cooked with a soup prepared from traditional Chinese medicine and various seasonings. The dish is packed with a bamboo spoon, usually one spoon is one portion. It is cooked in a pot and put into a bowl. Various condiments must be mixed in the bowl in advance, and a ladle of soup is added, which is called "maocai" as the name suggests, and then sprinkled with coriander, chopped green onion and Sichuan's unique black bean, it has become the most famous and unique snack in Chengdu. Instant Boiled Spicy Hot Pot". To put it simply, "Maocai is hot pot for one person, and hot pot is Maocai for a group of people." Maocai originally originated from Sichuan braised vegetables. Sichuan braised vegetables and cold dishes are delicious all over the world. Many lazy people want convenience but want to save money. , so I bought processed cooked food directly in the market. Because braised vegetables require brine, but the store owner was afraid of wasting oil and water in the brine, so he added some spices and Chinese medicine, put some vegetables in and blanched them, and found that the taste was very good. It was sold together with cold dishes and had a very good effect, so Maocai was born.