Home-style cooking of Maocai (how to make Sichuan Maocai)

Maocai is a spicy hot pot with Sichuan characteristics. It is characterized by rich spiciness, fragrant aroma and various ingredients. It is very popular. Here is a simple way to make maocai:

Ingredients:

Main ingredients:

• 200g Beef slices
• 200g mutton slices
• 200g duck intestines (you can choose other meat or seafood according to taste)
• 200g soybean sprouts
• 200g Enoki mushrooms
• 200g Tripe intestine (optional)
• 200g luncheon meat (optional)

Base dish:

• potato chips
• potato vermicelli
• sweet potato vermicelli
• Black Fungus
• white fungus
• onion slices
• Chinese cabbage
• Tofu
• straw mushroom
• Green vegetables and other vegetables

seasoning:

• Maocai base (can be purchased ready-made or homemade)
• chili sauce
• sesame oil
• Chicken essence
• salt
• soy sauce
• soy sauce
• cooking wine
• sugar

Production steps:

1. Prepare ingredients:
2. Prepare various meats, vegetables and base dishes and cut them into appropriate chunks or slices.
3. Boil the bottom of the pot:
4. Boil enough water at the bottom of the hot pot, add potato slices, potato vermicelli and sweet potato vermicelli, cook until cooked, take out and set aside.
5. Cooking base:
6. In a large pot, add enough oil, heat it up, add the maocai base ingredients, and stir-fry until fragrant.
7. Add seasonings:
8. Add chili sauce, sesame oil, chicken essence, salt, soy sauce, light soy sauce, cooking wine and sugar and stir evenly.
9. The cooking process:
10. Add the cooked vegetables and base dishes to the pot one by one and stir-fry evenly to ensure that the ingredients are evenly coated with seasonings.
11. Add meat and seafood:
12. Add beef slices, mutton slices, duck intestines and other meats and seafood one by one, and stir-fry quickly until they change color.
13. Seasoning:
14. According to taste, you can add salt, chicken essence and other seasonings in appropriate amounts.
15. Enjoy:
16. Arrange the maocai on a plate and sprinkle with some minced garlic or coriander leaves as a garnish. When eating, you can dip it in the spicy base and choose the spiciness according to your personal taste.

Maocai is a very appetizing hot pot, and you can choose the ingredients according to your personal taste. Hope you enjoy this spicy and delicious Sichuan dish!