Chongqing hot pot

Chongqing hot pot (simplified Chinese: 重庆火锅; traditional Chinese: 重慶火鍋; pinyin: Chóngqìng huǒguō), also known as spicy hot pot, is usually eaten at restaurants, but otherwise is similar to roadside malatang. Chongqing hot pot is similar to the dry stir-fried mala xiang guo (麻辣香锅) which is also eaten in restaurants.[1][2][3][4]

This article is about the dish. For the 2016 film, see Chongqing Hot Pot (film).

A Chongqing hot pot

The way of eating hot pot is put food in hot pot, wait for the food to cook, when the food is ready, dip them in sesame oil and eat. People can eat various kinds of food with Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, duck intestine.[5]

General recipes

As one of the most spicy types of hot pot, Chongqing hot pot uses different ingredients when making the hot pot base. The spicy Chongqing hot pot base is mainly red chili oil which made with beef fat and different kinds of spices, such as bay leaf, clove, cinnamon and so on.[6] People can put various kinds of food into the Chongqing hot pot, such as seafood, meat and vegetables. Bean products are also an important option that people would choose.

History

The history of Chongqing hot pot started in the 1920s in Jiangbei District in Chongqing. At the beginning, the peddler who works on the wharf at the time buy the beef trip, cleans and boils it, and then cuts the beef liver and stomach into small pieces, places a clay stove with iron basin divided the stove into different divisions that with different taste. And when the spicy and salty soup boiled, the labor workers begin to eat, each people choose their own food and own area divided in the stove, so they only eat and pay for what they put in that division, which is cheaper. It was not until the 23rd year of the Republic of China that a small restaurant in Chongqing turned the hot pot into a high-grade one, before that, there is no restaurant that serves Chongqing hot pot.

Culture of Chongqing hot pot
A Chongqing hot pot with slices of beef and lamb

Chongqing hot pot is not only a local delicacy, but also represents the connotation of Chongqing's food culture. When eating the hot pot, families and friends gather together and surround by the steaming hot pot, talking with each other, which is warm and harmonious. It is the perfect food choice for the traditional Chinese culture of reunion.[7] Also, people would hold Chongqing hot pot Festival for celebrating and learning more about hot pot, the representation of Chongqing's food culture. Nowadays, hot pot has become an important types of food. In Chongqing, there are total of 26,991 hot pot restaurants in 2019.[8] That means, Chongqing hot pot not only represents a food culture, but also a life culture of people who live in Chongqing, which has been passed down for thousands of years in Chinese history.

homemade Chongqing hot pot

See also

References
  1. Khoon Choy Lee 'Pioneers of Modern China: Understanding the Inscrutable ... 2005 981256618X- Page 209 "- Chongqing Hotpot Chongqing is famous for its “Chongqing Hotpot”, a kind of pot where meat, poultry, fish, prawns and vegetables are put together for cooking. The Japanese call this dish Shabu-Shabu. But in the Chongqing Hotpot, the soup ...
  2. Lonely Planet The World's Best Spicy Food: Where to Find it & How to Make it 2014 - 1743604211 Chongqing Hotpot * CHONGQING, CHINA Think Swiss fondue, but replace the bread with raw meats and Chinese vegetables, then swap the melted cheese for a boiling broth of chilli-laced madness."
  3. Kartikeya Kompella The Brand Challenge: Adapting Branding to Sectorial ... Page 286 074947016X- 2014 "In a very enlightened move to protect its brand equity in hot pot, Chongqing city government got Heyongzhi to form the Chongqing Hotpot Association to train and certify restaurateurs all over China – for little or no fee – in how to prepare ..."
  4. Chinese Hotpots: Simple and Delicious Authentic Chinese . Martha Stone - 2014 "On the other hand, the Chongqing hotpot, famous in the northern mainland region, uses a lot of Sichuan pepper and spices. Decidedly spicier than the average hotpot, the Chongqing style makes use of the plentiful Sichuan peppers in the ..
  5. "This is what happens when you try China's spiciest food". The Independent. 2017-12-11. Retrieved 2019-06-30.
  6. "Chinese Hot Pot Guide & How to Throw a Hot Pot Party at Home". Omnivore's Cookbook. 2018-12-23. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  7. 明春晓美食客本尊 (2018-03-15). "火锅不仅是美食，而且蕴含着饮食文化的内涵|火锅|饮食文化|内涵_新浪网". k.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
  8. 徐晶. "打卡重庆火锅节！千人同烫共享味觉盛宴". news.cctv.com. Retrieved 2020-02-07.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.