Reunion on The Tip of The Tongue------------------------chongqing Hot Pot Base Material
1.
Soak dried chilies in warm water for 20 minutes
2.
First cut all kinds of spices into 2 inches long, soak them in warm water for about 20 minutes, (cloves, grass fruit, white cardamom, nutmeg, cumin, cinnamon, star anise, three nai, amomum, gansong, bay leaves, Row of grass)
3.
Prepare more pepper
4.
Cut the ginger and garlic into minced pieces and set aside
5.
Soak the soft spices and drain
6.
Roughly break it up with a food processor to form sawdust
7.
The soft soaked peppers are also crushed with a food processor to make glutinous rice and sea peppers for later use.
8.
Pixian watercress, oily chili, and dried tempeh are crushed into a puree with a cooking machine for later use
9.
Pour all 500ml of oil into the pot, then pour the crushed dry spices in
10.
In a cold pan, turn on a low heat and boil for about 15-20 minutes
11.
When the spice pieces become brown and dry, use a strainer to filter the boiled spice oil into another pot
12.
In another pot, add the spice oil that was just fried, pour the mixed sauce in step (8) that was mashed into the spice oil, and fry the zaba sea pepper in step (7).
13.
Add minced ginger and garlic, dried Chinese pepper, and boil a tablespoon of chicken fat over low heat
14.
After 15 minutes, add about 25 grams of white wine and continue to fry until the moisture of the ingredients is fast dry. Add the fried dried spices and continue to fry until the ingredients are dried for 9 minutes, then dry the pepper and dried chili, and fry for 5-10 minutes. can
Tips:
1. Soak the spices, break them up, and then boil them to extract the most flavor.
2. Breaking the sauce into puree is also to avoid large particles of impurities affecting the taste. If you don't mind, you can just chop the dried tempeh.
3. The whole process requires a low fire, accidentally scorching the spices or sauces will make the finished product bitter
4. The key to the taste of the hot pot base lies in the selection of ingredients, the proportion of spices, and the control of the heat. If the proportion of spices is not good, it will affect the taste of the hot pot and the fragrance will not be correct.
If the temperature of the hot pot base is not well controlled, the flavor of the hot pot base will not be good.