How to Make Hot Pot Broth

Ingredients

• 1 to mato (cut into wedges)
• 1 long green onion (cut the white part into small sections)
• 1 small bunch of bean sprouts
• 2 celery sections (cut into 1 inch sections)
• half of a corn (cut into 2-3 cm thick piece s)
• 3 shiitake mushrooms (remove the ends)
• 3 L light stock
• 2 tsp. salt
• 3 tbsp. beef tallow
• 2-3 slice sof ginger
• 4 long green onion sections
• 5-8 garlic clove s
• 3 L light stock
• 3 tbsp. Doubanjiang
• 3 tbsp. chopped chili pepper (糍粑辣椒)
• 1 tsp. Sichuan peppercorn
• 1 star anise
• 12 to 25 dried chili peppers (depending on how hot you want the soup base to be.)
• 1 tbsp. light soy sauce

Instructions

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2. Bring to a boiling and skim any floats on the surface.
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6. Season with 2 teaspoons of salt and load with 3 L light stock.', 'name': 'In your serving pot, add tomatoes, 2 3 shiitake mushrooms, red dates, scallion sections, celery and 3 sections of corns.
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