The correct order and method of eating hot pot

Hot pot is not only food, but also contains the connotation of food culture, for people to savor times add interest. Eat hot pot, men and women, young and old, family and friends around the steaming hot pot, arm **** words, a big mouthful, warmth ripples, overflowing with a warm and cordial atmosphere, suitable for the family reunion of this traditional Chinese culture.

In the Northeast, people entertaining guests, hot pot dishes placed quite a rule: before the fly after walking, left fish right shrimp, around lightly sprinkled cauliflower, that is, the flying bird meat in the hot pot on the stove in front of the mouth, walking animal meat put in the hot pot at the back of the left side of the fish, the right side of the shrimp, all kinds of shredded vegetables a little bit to put some, as if the "stars are cupping the moon," to show respect. If the treatment of uninvited guests, the two oversized meatballs on the front of the hot pot, behind the animal meat, signaling you to leave.

In Sichuan, eating hot pot also have to pay attention to, seasoning is generally the most basic selection of onion, ginger and garlic and sesame oil, so that you can eat out of the original flavor of the hot pot. Hot dishes have rules, first eat tripe duck intestines a class of ingredients, hot method is: seven on eight down, so hot out of the dish is the most tender. Entertain guests or get together with friends, a hot pot with beer and white wine, the most in line with the character of Sichuan hospitality.

Taiwan more in the seventh day of the Lunar New Year to eat hot pot, hot pot ingredients have seven is indispensable, namely, celery, garlic, green onions, coriander, leeks, fish, meat, which respectively means: "hardworking, can count, smart, good relations, long-term happiness, surplus, rich".

Hot pot eating method is different from Chinese cuisine, not the dishes have been cooked on the table can eat; but some semi-finished dishes to the table, by their own hand operation (cooking), since the hot self-food; dishes hot (cooking) food heat, in the hands of the diners. Therefore, diners must understand how to eat hot pot in order to eat well.

1. hot, cooked in the pot.

The key is: first of all, to distinguish between various materials, not all kinds of materials are hot food. Generally speaking, the texture of the tender and crisp, instantly cooked ingredients shabu shabu: that is, the ingredients clip good for hot (shabu shabu) food, such as duck intestines, sliced cashews, sliced liver, pea shoots, spinach, etc.; and the texture of the texture of the slightly dense, instantly not easy to cook, to be more hot for a while, such as maw, fungus liver, sliced beef, etc.; second, we should observe the soup halogen changes, when the soup halogen boiling, rolling, and soup halogen oil on the sufficient, hot food taste and heat preservation; again, to control the fire, too much fire, the fire is too long, the heat is too short. To control the fire, the fire is too much, the food is old, the fire is not, it is raw; fourth, hot food must be clamped firmly, or fall into the pot, it is easy to cook old, boiled.

2. Boil: that is, put the ingredients into the soup to cook.

The key is: first of all, to choose the ingredients can be boiled, such as scallops, meatballs, mushrooms, etc. These texture is more compact, must be heated for a long time in order to eat the raw materials; secondly, to master the fire, some of the boil for a long time to be boiled loose, boiled.

3. The experience of eating hot pot should be meat first and then vegetarian.

Hot food soup must be boiling, to be all immersed in the soup hot food; followed by like spicy flavor, adjust the spicy flavor, method is: like spicy, can be hot from the hot pot side of the oil at the hot food; conversely, from the middle of the boiling at the hot food; once again is to eat hot pot, you must be equipped with a cup of tea, in order to appetizing and digestion, to relieve the oil to get greasy, to change the taste, to alleviate the feeling of hot and numb.

4. Hot pot with Chinese medicine in the frying

With Chinese medicine dendrobium, ginseng, maitake 10 grams each, wrapped in gauze. Put in the hot pot with cooking 15-20 minutes, go to the gauze package, can be eaten. There are nourishing yin and fire to promote the role of the body, can prevent eating hot pot induced by the "fire" phenomenon.

5. Hot pot put some vegetables or tofu

Vegetables such as spinach, celery, oatmeal, green beans and so on. Tofu and its products such as old tofu, Bai Ye. Vegetables contain a lot of vitamins and chlorophyll, tofu contains gypsum components, sex are cool, all have heat diarrhea fire in addition to the effect. Can prevent eating hot pot "on fire".

6. hot pot add a little beer

In the hot pot add 2 spoons of beer, can make the hot pot soup mellow flavor, because the beer is rich in a variety of nutrients, not only can balance the nutrition, but also to prevent the hot pot "on the fire" method.

7. After tasting the hot pot, eat some fruits

After eating hot pot, every 20-30 minutes, eat some cool fruits, such as pears, apples, oranges, etc., to prevent "fire", but do not eat hot oranges.