Taiwanese Hot Pot
It all starts with a rich bone broth, and once you add homemade sauces, lots of fresh vegetables, meat, and noodles, you’re ready to throw a hot pot party.
- Sue Chan
Apr 14 2017, 6:00am
Servings: 8
Prep: 30 hours
Ingredients
1 Electric Hot Pot
2 quarts Henry Chan's Hot Pot Broth (recipe below)
As many dipping sauces as you want, like ginger scallion, garlic dipping sauce, hoisin, raw egg, and XO sauce
for Henry Chan's Hot Pot Broth:
(makes 2 quarts)
2 pounds beef bones
1 pound pork bones
1 pound lamb bones
1 pound daikon, peeled and cut into 4-inch segments
2 unpeeled carrots, cut into 2-inch pieces
two inch piece of ginger, skin on and lightly smashed
1 medium onion, quartered
½ cup rice wine
1 garlic head, halved crosswise
2 celery stalks, cut into 2-inch pieces
2 bay leaves
½ cup dried shitake mushrooms
3 tomatoes, quartered
2 tablespoons black peppercorns
12-14 cups water
salt, to taste
for the peanut sesame dipping sauce:
1/4 cup sesame seeds
juice of one lime
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
¼ cup peanut butter
2 garlic gloves
2 tablespoons peeled ginger, chopped
1 tablespoon honey
1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes
for the Sha Cha dipping sauce:
¼ cup of Sha Cha (Bullhead Barbecue Sauce brand preferred)
1 raw egg
scallions, to taste
Directions
1. First, make the broth. Preheat the oven to 450° F degrees. Put the bones, daikon, carrots, onions, and ginger on a roasting pan. Feel free to split the mixture between multiple pans if you need. Roast for 30 minutes or until the meat is a dark, caramelized brown. Stir 2-3 times as it's roasting.
2. Toss the bones and vegetables into a large stock pot. Deglaze the roasting pan with rice wine. Add the liquid to the pot, then add garlic, celery, bay leaves, dried shitake mushrooms, black peppercorns, and tomatoes. Cover the bones with water, about 12 cups.
3. Cover the pot and bring to a gentle boil. Reduce heat and simmer with the lid slightly ajar for at least 6 hours and up to 12 hours. Add more water if necessary.
4. Once you feel like the broth is ready, remove the pot from the heat and let cool slightly before straining the broth through a fine mesh sieve. Discard all vegetables. Feel free to save the meat for later! You might have to skim fat or foam as well. If properly sealed, the broth can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days and in the freezer for up to 4 months.
5. Next, make the peanut sesame dipping sauce. Mix all ingredients in a food processer. Set aside. The sauce keeps for a week and can also be used as a dressing for noodles or salad.
6. Now, make the Sha Cha dipping sauce. Mix all ingredients together in a bowl. Set aside. The sauce keeps for a day.
7. Warm up the hot pot and add the broth. When the broth is hot and ready, add your various mix ins like thinly-sliced beef, pork, chicken; fried tofu; any kind of seafood, fish, shrimp, crab, mussels, squid; beef balls, beef tendon balls, shrimp balls, fish balls; oden. Don't forget your starches: dumplings, taro, cellophane noodles, Udon, Chinese noodles, and ramen. And last but not least, your vegetables: Napa cabbage, watercress, spinach, bok choy, bean sprouts, enoki mushrooms, pumpkin, or tomato. The sky is the limit.