Ma La Xiang Guo (Spicy Dry Hot Pot)
Coming in a huge bowl! Soupless hot pot with all your favorite ingredients
Description
The 'soupless stir-fried version' of Ma La Tang. Dozens of raw ingredients chosen by the customer (meat, seafood, veg, fishballs) violently stir-fried on high heat with Hot Pot base and massive spices. A massive junk-food hit among youth.
Restaurants serving Ma La Xiang Guo (Spicy Dry Hot Pot)
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Recipe
Ingredients
- Any chosen ingredients(Meat/Veg/Seafood)
- Hot Pot Base(Ma La Di Liao)
- Chili
- Sichuan peppercorn
- Garlic
- Soy sauce
Instructions
- [Authentic Recipe]
- Customers pick their favorite ingredients (lotus root, broccoli, spam, beef, shrimp, yuba, quail eggs) from a display case into a bowl.
- In the kitchen, hard veg and meats are quickly blanched (or flash-fried) separately and drained.
- Heat oil in a wok, slow-fry garlic, ginger, scallion, massive dried chilies, and Sichuan peppercorns to create fragrant 'Hong You' (red oil).
- Add 'Ma La Di Liao' (Hot Pot base), Doubanjiang, soy, and sugar to complete the sauce base.
- Dump all prepped ingredients into the wok, blasting on high heat, tossing violently to coat everything evenly in the spicy oil.
- Serve dumped into a massive bowl (or mini iron pot), garnished with white sesame and cilantro.
Learn more Spice, substitutes, tips
Key spices
Complex spices of Hot Pot base、Sichuan pepper numbness
Substitutes at Japanese supermarkets
Stir-fry favorite ingredients with store-bought Hot Pot base
Pairing
White Rice / Wang Lao Ji / Boba Milk Tea
Trivia
[Trivia] The soupless version of Hot Pot. Without broth, the roasted spices and umami oil cling directly to the food, making it arguably a more devilish rice-thief than actual Hot Pot.
Eating tips & etiquette
[Unique Eating] Arrives at the center of the table in a massive, basin-sized bowl. Everyone dives in with chopsticks, using the spice-oil-soaked veg and spam to shovel down endless white rice.
Allergen
Depends on selected ingredients