Hot pot, called "ancient style soup" in ancient times, was named after the food was put into boiling water and made a "splash" sound. It is one of the original delicacies in China, and it is also a kind of food suitable for all ages.

Hot pot generally refers to a cooking method in which a pot is used as a vessel, a pot is cooked with a heat source, and various foods are cooked with water or soup. At the same time, you can also refer to the pot used in this cooking method. It is characterized by cooking while eating, or the pot itself has the function of heat preservation. When eating, the food is still steaming and the soup is integrated. There are similar dishes all over the world, but they are especially popular mainly in East Asia.

Hot pot tastes hot, spicy and salty, oily but not greasy, suitable for mountain and river climate. Nowadays, it has developed into a mandarin duck pot, which is spicy and light, and has its own needs. Different soups and foods are added according to personal preferences, which is suitable for all ages and the best in winter.

Origin:

There are two theories about the origin of hot pot: one is that there was hot pot in the Warring States period, and historians used clay pots as pots. The other is that hot pot began in the Han Dynasty, and "Dou" refers to hot pot. Hot pot was unearthed from the tomb of Hunhou in the Western Han Dynasty. Visible hot pot in China has a history of more than two thousand years.

"Shu Wei" also recorded that the copper chafing dish in the Three Kingdoms period was used to rinse pork, cattle, sheep, chicken, fish and other meats, but it was not popular at that time. Later, with the further development of cooking technology, various hot pots appeared one after another. In the Northern Song Dynasty, eating hot pot was very common among the people. In the bar in Kaifeng, Bianjing, you can eat hot pot in winter. In Lin Hong's cookbook Shanjia Qinggong in the Southern Song Dynasty, there is an introduction about eating hot pot with friends.

In the Yuan Dynasty, hot pot spread to Mongolia. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, hot pot was not only popular among the people, but also became a famous "palace dish" made of wild game such as pheasant. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, dozens of different hot pots had been formed all over the country, each with its own characteristics. During the Muromachi period in Japan, hot pot was introduced to Japan from China on 1338. Japanese call hot pot "Xi Shou Shao", also called "Hoe Shao". Today, hot pot has spread to the United States, France, Britain and other countries.