Korean Hot Pot Food

KOREAN HOT POT

Steps:

• To make the soup, place the broth, mushrooms and ginger in a large pot and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain. Stir in soy.
• At least 1 day ahead, toss the cabbage with the salt in a large bowl and let stand at room temperature for 3 hours. Rinse and firmly press out the liquid. Combine the ginger, garlic, 4 minced scallions, red chilies, fish sauce, water and soy and toss with the cabbage until well coated. Place in a tightly sealed container and refrigerate up to 5 days.
• For the cucumber salad, combine 1 scallion, jalapenos, vinegar, sesame oil, 1/4 teaspoon of salt and sesame seeds in a bowl, add the cucumbers and toss well. Set aside.
• Toss the rice with the chives. Place the kimchi, the cucumber salad, the rice, the scallions and the radish in separate bowls. Arrange the carpaccio on a plate. Ladle the soup into bowls. Serve, passing the condiments separately.

HOT POT AT HOME

Steps:

• For the pork broth: Fill a 7-quart Dutch oven with 12 cups cold water and bring to a boil. Meanwhile, soak the pork bones in cold water in a large bowl, to remove some of the blood, for about 20 minutes or until the water boils. Add the bones to the pot and boil until the water darkens and there's a lot of foam on the surface, about 8 minutes. Drain and rinse the bones and clean the pot of any residue.
• Return the pork bones to the pot and add the carrots, corn, daikon and 16 cups cold water. Bring to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, until the broth is very milky, about 2 1/2 hours. Skim off any dark proteins and fat, then lightly season with salt.
• Transfer the pork broth, along with the bones and other solids, which will continue to flavor the broth, to an 11-inch hot pot pot with a divider. Add the chili oil to one side of the pot. Place the pot on a portable butane burner and bring to a boil over high heat.
• For the components: Meanwhile, arrange the beef, fish, cabbage, spinach, potatoes, pumpkin, eggs, fish tofu and udon noodles on plates or platters, as you like. Set out at least two pairs of chopsticks or tongs and small strainer baskets (these are useful when cooking more fragile ingredients, such as fish, tofu and the like). As for the chopsticks/tongs, let everyone know not to use the same pair for picking up raw and cooked meat and fish.
• For the condiments: Create a "dipping sauce station" with any of the condiments, along with a bunch of small plates and bowls. Each person can mix and match them as they like.
• Once the broth is boiling, start cooking! Let each person cook their own ingredients in the broth (the side with the chili oil is spicier), being mindful not to overcrowd the pot. If the broth reduces too much and you still have raw ingredients left, add some warm water to the pot and bring to a boil. If you like, you can eat the marrow from the pork bones.
• Proteins-Thinly sliced chicken, pork or lamb, mini-pork sausages, low-sodium luncheon meat cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices, shellfish, fish cakes, tofu
• Vegetables-sweet potato, kabocha squash, watercress, bok choy, corn on the cob, lotus root, kale, chile peppers, tomato, bean sprouts, enoki, shiitake or button mushrooms
• Noodles, etc.-ramen noodles, rice noodles, konjac noodle knots, dumplings, rice cakes, dried tofu sticks
• Stir together the Pork Broth, BBQ sauce, sesame paste, oyster sauce, soy sauce, hoisin sauce, sesame oil, sugar, garlic and scallions in a small bowl until combined.

KOREAN HOT POT (SIN-SU-LO)

Steps:

• Place the following in bowl or freeze bag: ginger root,1 clove garlic, 1 tbsp oil, 2 tbsp soy, and 1 tbsp sesame seeds. Add chicken and marinate two to four hrs in cool spot.
• Combine beef, egg, 1 clove garlic, 2 tbsp each of soy, oil, and sesame seed.
• Form into walnut sized balls with a piece of walnut meat in the middle. Roll balls in cornstarch and then in the egg.
• Brown lightly in 1 tbsp oil, remove from pan and set aside.
• Heat pan to medium high, add 1/2 tbsp oil and saute snow peas 2-3 minutes; add mushrooms and continue with saute until mushrooms release their liquid. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add chicken and saute. Discard marinate.
• Blanch spinach in boiling water until just limp. Drain.
• Arrange meat and vegetables in Dutch oven or chafing dish.
• Add broth carefully and simmer to keep warm. Top with egg and green onion.
• Place rice in individual bowls. Serve mixture over over rice. End this meal with eating broth with or without rice.