Homemade Medicinal Hotpot
Ingredients: 200g lean beef, 200g beef liver, 150g fish balls, 150g tripe, 150g dried tofu, 150g spinach, 5g ginseng, 10g astragalus, 15g angelica root, 15g wolfberry, 20 jujubes, 5g licorice, 100g luncheon meat, 100g soaked vermicelli, 100g rehydrated kelp, 100g green onions, 100g potatoes, 100g enoki mushrooms, 2000ml fresh broth.
Seasonings: 100g doubanjiang (fermented broad bean paste), 150g vegetable oil, 100ml laozao juice (fermented rice wine), 35g ginger, 20g garlic, 25g pickled chili, 15g salt, 5g MSG, 10g Sichuan peppercorns, 50g beef tallow, and appropriate amounts of clarified chicken oil, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and chopped green onions.
Preparation Method:
1. Remove tendons from beef, slice thinly; remove membranes from beef liver, slice similarly; clean tripe, open and cut into pieces; cut luncheon meat into 4 cm × 2 cm × 0.3 cm strips; wash dried tofu, cut into strips; cut soaked vermicelli into segments; cut rehydrated kelp into strips; crush garlic, cut into sections; select and wash spinach; tear enoki mushrooms into strips; peel potatoes, cut into slices. Arrange all ingredients separately on plates and set on the table.
2. Place ginseng, astragalus, angelica root, wolfberry, jujubes, and licorice in a clay pot or medicinal jar, add water, bring to a boil, simmer for half an hour, strain out 500 ml of decoction.
3. Mix clarified chicken oil, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, and chopped green onions into a dipping sauce, portion for each person, place on the table for dipping.
4. Heat vegetable oil in a wok until four-tenths hot, add doubanjiang and pickled chili, stir-fry until fragrant. Add crushed garlic, ginger, and Sichuan peppercorns, stir briefly. Then add laozao juice, salt, MSG, bring to a boil, add fresh broth and beef tallow, bring to a boil again. Add two-thirds of the decoction, skim off foam, pour into the hotpot. Light the stove, once the broth boils, add ingredients to cook. Serve with the dipping sauce. During consumption, continuously replenish broth and decoction as needed.