Homemade Spicy Hot Pot Flavor Base Recipe

The weather in GZ is getting colder and colder lately. Now it is the best time for hot pot. If you want to make a good hot pot, you need a good hot pot soup base. In this video, I will show you how to make a spicy numbing hot pot soup base.

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**INGREDIENTS FOR GROUND SPICES**
- 1 big stock of cinnamon, use scissors to cut it small [桂皮]

**INGREDIENTS FOR CHILI BLENDS**

- 1.5 cup of red chilies [美人椒]
- 3/4 cup of garlic
- 1/2 cup of ginger
- 1/3 cup of face heaven chilies [朝天椒]

**OTHERS**
- 1 tbsp of sugar
- 1 tbsp of salt
- 5 cup of canola oil + 1 cup of lard

**STEP BY STEP**
- Grind all the dry spices into powder (4 pieces of bay leaves, 3 pieces of star anise, 6 pieces of cardamom, 1 big stock of cinnamon, 2 tbsp of Gancao, 1/3 cup of Sichuan peppercorn)

- Put the spice powder in a bowl, then add in 1 tbsp of fennel seed, 1 tbsp of cumin seed, 1/3 cup of chili flake. Mix everything together until well combined.

- Besides the dried ingredients. You also need to grind some wet ingredients (1.5 cups of red chili Mei ren jiao, 3/4 cup of garlic, 1/2 cup of ginger, 1/3 cups of face heaven chili)

- Put the chili mixture and the ground spices in the wok. Add 1 cup of Dou ban Jiang, 1/3 cup of fermented soybean paste. Stir this on low heat until well combined. Add 1 tbsp of sugar and 1 tbsp of salt, keep mixing everything.

- At the same time, get another pot. Heat up 5 cups of canola oil and 1 cup of lard. Traditionally this is done with pure beef tallow. But I don’t like that much animal fat so I just did a little change. You can use pure canola oil, it is fine. Bring the oil to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

- Then pour the hot oil into the wok. You should see it is bubbling a lot. That will wake up most of the flavor. And be careful, it is safer to do it in batches.

- Let it cook on low heat for about 20 minutes. Turn off the heat and wait until it cools down to room temperature.

- This is my recommendation for making the spicy hot pot: 2 cups of base + 8 to 10 cups of chicken broth. This recipe is enough for you to make 3 hot pot.

- You can save the base in the freezer for 1.5 months.

Enjoy! If you have any questions about the recipes, just post a comment, will help you out as soon as possible!

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[GoldenSun]

We've been making your recipe for years now. It became a tradition to eat Chinese Hot Pot on new year's eve, when we became a family and decided to find some traditions we want to cherish. So I always make enough to last us for a good part of the year so that we will look forward to eating our Hot Pot after the base is all eaten up. Today I made a noodle sauce with your base! I put in some more black bean paste, a little sugar and soy sauce. Sautéed some onions, minced beef, chives, lots of mushrooms and fresh tomatoes. Soo good! Thank you for your helpful videos. Even years later I am still watching them.

[maresk]

I’ve been searching for an authentic, complex, and SPICY recipe for hot pot and I’ve hit gold. All the others out on YT are not as good as this.

THANK YOU!

[ro]

I made this soup base today. Luckily, I live close to a huge Asian market so every ingredient was available. OMG this was fantastic!! Absolutely perfect. I don't have the table top burner and I eat alone so I make everything on the stove then sit to eat like a soup. It was perfect, thank you!!

[ericlee]

Just made this tonite and i had to say the taste was incredible! Thanks for sharing your passion of cooking with us.

[GuilhermeAtencio]

Thank you SO MUCH.
I love spicy hot food and I've been wanting to try hot pot since I watched Anthony Bourdain try it. Sadly, there are very few Chinese or Asian restaurants where I live, so I decided I wanted to try making it myself. Recently I found Sichuan peppercorns for sale and decided to try making it, but all the recipes I found told me to use a pre-packaged soup base, which I don't have access to. So glad to see your video, with very clear and easy-to-follow instructions.
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[alexsimonian]

AMAZING! I made this at home tonight with all the ingredients and I was in heaven. It turned out to be the right level of spicy and all the meats, vegetables, noodles were infused with it's spicy goodness. Thank you so much :)

[TheWvJACK]

You are A CLASS " A " Chef Child..You work us with your cooking!!! LOVE!!

[tonymoly]

Thank you so much Mandy for this video. It comes in handy for me as my family recently likes Mala Hotpot and we have been eating it for the past one month. :) We are using those pre-packed hotpot Chilli paste imported from China (I'm from Singapore) and I have reservations using them often. I believe there's some added preservatives and the oil used is not so ideal. There's also some synthetic taste to it. I actually fry the pre-packed paste in olive oil before putting it into the soup. Now with your recipe, I can make my own spicy hot pot soup base. yippee! 😁One suggestion as to how you can freeze them. Just scoop the amount you need for one hotpot serving and wrap it up with cling wrap before putting them into individual Ziplock bags. That's how I freeze my homemade curry paste for future use.

[lemur]

This is the real deal. Made it at home. First attempt turned out delicious. Thanks for the easy to follow instructions!

[aminasambou]

Tried the recipe since our favorite shabu shabu restaurant closed. My husband and I were craving a hot pot for month anf I found out your recipe. It was delicious!
THANK YOU😚

[DC-kiej]

Just made this today, and it was delicious!!! Huge hit. Cant wait to use it for hot pot this week.

[alexfjaklsjlslj]

Thank you for the recipe!!! Try using the silicon molds to freeze the base so you don’t have to worry about waiting for the partial freeze.

[hrushikesh]

The recipe is amazing and especially I loved the way you explained everything and your enthusiasm. Much love.

[thaibistroclub]

You never cease to amaze me with your cooking skills! Thank you!

[goodlookincookinwithcollin]

You make excellent videos. Your instructions a very clear. Awesome recipe. Thank you for sharing.

[BOONME]

Thank you for sharing the recipe with us. Love how you explain it. Everything is so clear. Thank you 😊

[happinessandlove]

The way u are explaining is so perfect

[axelj]

since i had spicy hot pot ive been addicted
Cant wait to make this recipe

[horses]

I lived with a Chinese family for three months and they made me a hotpot with half spicy and have not spicy soup. I miss them so much!

[sunflowersundry]

This is my go to recipe now. My friends love it! Thank you SO much for sharing!!