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My journey to choosing a hot pot base

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This year's winter is really unexpected, rushing to the face, Nanjing actually snowed for a day, the snow is not small, the temperature drops directly to below zero, it is too fierce.

In this season of cold wind and snowflakes, is there anything more refreshing than eating hot pot at home with the heating blowing? Speaking of eating hot pot, let me take stock of the hot pot base I have bought over the years.

When I was a child, I had the impression that eating hot pot was not a hot pot base bought outside, that is, a clear soup pot was served inside, or if the conditions were better, bone broth or old hen soup was used as a soup base, and then shabu was eaten. I remember that the more famous one at that time was the hot pot dipping sauce, the name was Kawasaki, I had forgotten what the taste and what the recipe was, and I searched and found that there are still some that are sold now.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

Kawasaki Fee

Hot pot has become popular all over the country, and it feels like it has been a matter of these years, and the family's practice has gradually changed to buying ready-made hot pot base ingredients to make the pot base. I remember that in the early days, I often bought Haidilao's clear oil spicy hot pot base, mainly because of its large brand, I feel more assured, and the quality should be reliable, so as not to use inferior oil. Later, Haidilao's clear oil spicy hot pot base also came out with a slag-free version, that is, it is mainly based on oil and sauce, which can be melted all, and finally there is no base residue after eating, because it is easier to clean up, I have bought it for a while as a lazy person.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

Clear oil is spicy

Later, I learned that the hot pot base of butter was delicious and more fragrant, and I read the recommendation of my friends on Aunt Zhang to know that there were also big brands in Sichuan and Chongqing, such as Mingyang and Qiaotou.

Mingyang is the most commonly bought hot pot base brand in my family now, which is said to be a standard Chengdu taste, and the manufacturer is also in Chengdu. Its butter spicy hot pot base is on a whole piece of butter, and you can see the whole raw materials such as chili pepper and bay leaves, and you can see that the quality of the selected ingredients is very good. In addition to shabu-shabu, this hot pot base is also used for stewed dishes, such as stewed beef, stewed tendons and brains, which require a heavier seasoning, and the stewed effect is also quite good, delicious and delicious. Some people say that the famous spicy is the most delicious, I bought it once, let it go, I really can't grasp its spiciness.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

Fame

I also bought Qiaotou, which is said to be an authentic Chongqing taste. The taste is really good, its butter is also very fragrant, I even used the butter bibimbap from Qiaotou once, and the result was unexpectedly good. However, I feel that Qiaotou is more spicy, and there are not as many activities as famous, so my family still buys famous.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

The bridge head is spicy

In addition, there is a Dezhuang, I think the taste is also good, very close to the taste I ate in the hot pot restaurant when I traveled to Chongqing, and sometimes I will buy a little for activities.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

Dezhuang

Finally, I want to talk about the tomato pot, I used to disdain the tomato pot and thought that the tomato pot had something delicious. In the past year, I have fallen in love with tomato pot, and I often buy the 220g tomato soup hot pot soup stock of Prairie Red Sun. I don't know if it's because I'm too old to stand the spicy or what's going on, I always feel that the tomato pot has opened up a new world, and the beauty of it always has to be tasted to know. It is absolutely not wrong to eat a tomato pot and drink the soup first when the pot is boiled.

My journey to choosing a hot pot base

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My journey to choosing a hot pot base

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