Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/Spicy Sichuan/Spicy hotpot

Ching He Huang/Chinese Food Made Easy/ Spicy Sichuan Spicy hotpot www.chinghehuang.com www.mogu.com.tw Ching makes a mouth-tingling Sichuan hotpot with a spicy broth in which fresh ingredients are poached. Ingredients For the spicy soup stock base 2 tbsp groundnut oil 3-4 long dried Sichuan chillies or long dried chillies 50g/2oz whole Sichuan peppercorns 1 tbsp chilli bean sauce (available from Asian grocers) 1 tbsp chilli sauce 1.7 litres/3 pints hot vegetable stock 2 whole star anise 6 dried Chinese mushrooms 1 small handful dried tangerine peel (available from Asian grocers, or subtitute with the zest of 1 orange) 1 large spring onion, roughly chopped 250ml/9fl oz chilli oil 2.5cm/1in piece fresh root ginger, peeled 2 red chillies, de-seeded, sliced 250g/9oz ready-made fish balls (available from Asian grocers) (optional) 1 small handful Chinese cabbage, thickly sliced 1 small handful deep-fried tofu 1 small handful fresh tofu, cut into 2.5cm/1in chunks For the vinegar, chilli and soy dipping sauce 3 tbsp Chinkiang black rice vinegar or balsamic vinegar 3 tbsp light soy sauce 1 red chilli, de-seeded, finely chopped For the Taiwanese dipping sauce 1 free-range egg, yolk only 1 tbsp oriental satay or barbecue sauce (available from Asian grocers) 1 tbsp light soy sauce 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh coriander 1 tbsp finely sliced spring onion To serve lamb fillet, thinly sliced raw prawns, shelled and de-veined firm tofu, cut into chunks enoki mushrooms baby sweetcorn ...

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