Ingredients
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- Layer 1:
- Some dried (or fresh) Bamboo shoots
- 1 Carrot, sliced and cut into decorative coins
- 1/2 Daikon radish, peeled and sliced
- Some peeled and diced winter melon
- A handful of dried wolfberries
- Layer 2:
- 1/2 chicken breast fillet, sliced
- 1/2 duck breast fillet, sliced
- Layer 3:
- About 10 minced venison balls
- Layer 4:
- 10 raw prawns
- 1 or 2 top-quality canned abalone, sliced
- 1/3 pound black cod fillet
- Layer 5:
- 5 dried top-quality dried shiitake mushrooms, heavy cracking on top and thick capped
- 1/4 cup dried wood ears
- 5 dried top-quality morel mushrooms
- handful of dried lily buds
- Layer 6:
- 1 cake very firm tofu, sliced
- 8 tofu puffs
- Top Layer:
- Leaves and yellow flowers of Yu Choy
- Others:
- 1 whole pot of Chinese Superior Stock (strongly preferred) or chicken stock (salted)
- 1/2 cup Imperial Lotus White Chiew (御蓮白酒, Yàlián báijiǔ): This is a variety of baijiu infused with twenty medicinal herbs. It was first produced for the Chinese royal family in 1790. Alternatively, you could use Chu Yeh Ching (竹葉青酒, zhúyèqīnqjiǔ, lit. “bamboo-leaf green liquor”): this sweet liquor, produced in Shanxi, is made from Fenjiu brewed with a dozen or more selected Chinese herbal medicines. One of the ingredients is bamboo leaves, which gives the liquor a yellowish-green color and its name. Its alcohol content ranges between 38 and 46% by volume. As a final alternative, use top-quality shaoxing rice wine
Instructions
- There are no ‘cooking skills’ required, just like for other hotpot dishes. The taste of the dish comes from the ingredients and the stock.
- Place your ingredients by layer according to the instructions above, but leaving out the topmost layer of greens.
- Fill the pot until your stock just covers your ingredients.
- Bring it to boil then cover and let it simmer on medium heat for 2 hours, occassionally adding more stock. In the last 15 minutes, add the greens and flowers.
- Once done, serve the whole pot on the table and let your guests discover the ingredients layer by layer.
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