Chinese Fire Pot
Ingredients
- 1 lb Boneless beef sirloin, or beef round
- 1 lb Boned chicken breasts
- 1 lb Fish fillets
- 1 lb Medium shrimp
- 1 lb Chinese cabbage
- 0.5 lb Fresh forest mushrooms, or Cultivated mushrooms
- 2 each pk Enoki mushrooms (3 1/2-oz packages)
- 0.8 lb Chinese pea pods
- 2 each bn Green onions
- 2 each bn Spinach
- 8 oz Canned water chestnuts drained and sliced
- 8 oz Canned bamboo shoots drained and sliced
- 4 each cn Chicken broth (13 3/4-oz cans)
Instructions
- 1
Prepared hot Chinese mustard 1/4 lb Fine egg noodles; cooked Cilantro or chives; chopped (optional) It is not necessary to use all ingredients listed here as long as you offer an interesting blend of meats, fish and vegetables.
- 2
Other meats and vegetables can be substituted, if desired.
- 3
Place beef, chicken and fish in freezer and chill until firm to touch but not frozen.
- 4
Slice beef and chicken in strips 1/4-inch thick and about 2 inches long.
- 5
Cut fish into 3/4-inch cubes.
- 6
Shell and devein shrimp.
- 7
Chop cabbage into bite-size chunks.
- 8
Clean mushrooms.
- 9
If using forest mushrooms, remove and discard stems.
- 10
Slice mushrooms and sprinkle with lemon juice.
- 11
Cut off and discard root portion of enoki mushrooms and separate clusters as much as possible.
- 12
Wash, trim ends and string pea pods.
- 13
Clean green onions and cut in halves lengthwise, including green portion.
- 14
Cut into 2-inch lengths.
- 15
Clean spinach and discard thick stems.
- 16
To serve, arrange beef, chicken, fish, shrimp, cabbage, forest mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, snow peas, green onions, spinach leaves, water chestnuts and bamboo shoots in individual rows on large platters or serving plates.
- 17
Bring broth to boil.
- 18
Place heating unit under Chinese hot pot and pour boiling broth into hot-pot bowl.
- 19
Using Chinese wire ladle and chopsticks or fondue forks, each person places whatever ingredients are desired into hot broth to poach.
- 20
When cooked (this will take only a few moments), ingredients are then dipped into sweet-and-sour sauce, soy sauce or hot