Fifteen Minute Fire Pot Food

MONGOLIAN FIRE POT BEEF FILLET

Steps:

• Combine the beef broth, ginger, star anise, garlic, chili peppers, dark soy, salt and pepper in a pot large enough to hold the beef. Bring the broth to a boil and reduce to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes.
• Season the beef with salt and pepper and add to the simmering broth. Return to the boil and reduce to a slow simmer and cook for 20 minutes.
• When the beef has reached medium rare, 135 degrees on a food probe, remove the beef to a platter and cool slightly before serving sliced.
• While the beef is cooling, strain the seasoning out of the broth, return the broth to the fire and add the carrot and celery to the broth. Simmer the broth for 10 minutes and serve with the sliced beef. Serve the scallions, coarse salt, chili paste, sesame oil and soy sauce as condiments.

CHINESE FIRE POT WITH FISH BALLS

Steps:

• For the table, jars/small bottles of the following to make your own dipping sauce:
• Thread beef, chicken, shrimp, fishballs and scallops on wooden skewers and set aside. Combine water and chicken stock in an electric wok and bring to a boil. Add mung bean noodles, cabbage, bok choy and shiitake mushrooms. Place skewers in pot and cook according to individual taste. Ladle broth into bowls with skewered meats and seafood and serve with condiments.
• Fish Balls:
• In a food processor, puree fish with egg yolks until smooth. Add pepper, salt, sesame oil, fish sauce, and chilies; pulse processor a few times. Transfer mousse to a large, chilled bowl and fold in the scallions. Using a mixer, lift the egg whites to a stiff peak. Gently fold in the egg whites with the mousse. Cook a very small portion either in boiling water or in a microwave oven to verify seasonings. Using wet hands, make small balls (1-inch in diameter). Quickly blanch in salted boiling water for only 2 minutes. Drain and set aside to cool.

FIRE POT

Steps:

• Butterfly the shrimp.
• Arrange it and the steak on a platter.
• Place the bean curd, spinach and chinese cabbage on small platters.
• Cover the bean thread noodles in 3 cups hot water and let soak for 15 minutes.
• Drain thoroughly and arrange on a platter.
• Alternatively you can give everyone a bowl of rice.
• Mix sha cha sauce and soy sauce and pour evenly into six small bowls (one for each person).
• Bring chicken broth to a boil, add crushed red peppers, green onion and tomato.
• Cook briefly until boiling and transfer to a fire pot or a fondue pot in the serving location.
• Heat until boiling again, then reduce to a medium simmer.
• Place all the platters around the fire pot or fondue.
• Each person cooks their meat, shrimp, veggies, etc by using a fondue fork or chopsticks and cooking in the simmering broth until done.
• They then dip the items into their bowl of sauce and enjoy.