[How To] – 10+ irresistible homemade hotpot recipes

Among the most popular hot pots enjoyed by Vietnamese people at every party or gathering, Thai hot pot is the one that stands out. The sour and spicy taste of this type of hot pot from the “land of golden pagodas” is also perfect for the winter season in the northern region.

Not only is it at the top of the list of delicious hot pots, but Thai hot pot recipes are also extremely simple and easy to make:

Preparing the ingredients

1 kg of beef bones

2 fresh chili peppers, 2 ginger roots, lemon leaves

5 lemongrass stalks, 1 onion, 3 tomatoes, cinnamon, satay sauce, etc.

1kg of beef

1kg of shrimp

1kg of squid

1kg of octopus

1kg of squid

1kg of clams

Mi thả lẩu, bánh đa, miến, bún, etc.

Accompanying vegetables: water spinach, mustard greens, morning glory, enoki mushrooms, etc.

Accompanying spices: onion, garlic, satay sauce, salt, sugar, broth powder, fish sauce, etc.

Cooking Thai Hot Pot

After preparing all the necessary ingredients, wash them thoroughly, drain the water, and cut them into bite-sized pieces.

The soul of delicious hot pots is the broth. You can refer to the recipe for cooking Thai hot pot by Nguyen Kim below:

Step 1: Place the beef bones that have been prepared into a pot, cook for 30 minutes with 3-4 liters of water. Then add all the spices, including lemon leaves, cinnamon, lemongrass, etc., that have been pounded into the pot and continue cooking. Season with spices right from this step.

Step 2: Sauté fragrant shallots, add minced garlic, diced tomatoes, stir-fry the onions until cooked, then pour them into the boiling broth

Step 3: Season with spices again, you can add satay sauce if you like spicy food. Cook for another half an hour and the broth is ready

2. Snakehead fish hot pot

Ingredients

– 500g of snakehead fish

– 300g beef bones

– 200g of sour bamboo shoots

– Pineapple, tomatoes, chili peppers, lemongrass, purple onions

– Vegetables for dipping: any vegetables you like

– Noodles

Preparing

– Clean the fish and cut it into bite-sized pieces

– Cut the tomatoes into wedges, cut the pineapple into bite-sized pieces

– Finely chop the purple onions, lemongrass, and chili peppers

– Wash the vegetables, cut them into pieces

How to cook

– Soak the beef bones in a diluted saltwater solution for 15 minutes, then rinse them clean.

– Put the bones in the pot

– Sauté the shallots, add minced garlic and tomatoes, then add the onions, lemongrass, and sour bamboo shoots. Add the seasoning and pour into the boiling broth.

Arrange the ingredients on a plate and enjoy them with the hot pot.

3. Wild crab hot pot

Wild crab hot pot is a familiar dish to many people in the northern region of Vietnam, especially on cold days. Unlike other delicious hot pots mentioned above, it has a sweet and unique flavor. Let’s find out how to cook wild crab hot pot right now!

Preparing the ingredients

Cooking delicious hot pots with pond crab is not as difficult as you might think. To make delicious hot pots with wild crabs, you need to prepare:

1kg of wild crabs

1/2kg of beef bones

Ingredients: Shallots, lemongrass, garlic, tomatoes, salt, broth powder, fish sauce

Dipping ingredients: Beef, pork belly, tofu, bacon, etc.

Hot pot vegetables: Morning glory, water spinach, cabbage, etc.

Noodles, rice cakes, vermicelli, etc.

How to Cook Wild Crab Hot Pot

Before processing, what you need to do to ensure the quality of the dish is to focus on the preparation and preparation steps:

Pick vegetables, wash them clean, and drain the water

Clean both the crabs and the beef bones, and place them in a strainer to drain the water

Use crab shells to prepare a separate dish, crush the crab meat

The secret to making delicious hot pots is the bone broth. The steps to make bone broth and prepare the crab shells are as follows:

Boil the beef bones with salt and water for 3 hours

Sauté the onions, add minced garlic, and stir-fry the tomatoes until they become a thick paste. Then add the pineapple and sour bamboo shoots. Add seasoning and continue to cook for another half an hour

Next is the step of cooking the wild crab hot pot:

Step 1: Heat the pot, sauté the onions with oil, then add the tomatoes and continue to stir-fry

Step 2: After the tomatoes are cooked, add sugar, fish sauce, and lemongrass to stir-fry

Step 3: Add the bone broth and crab broth to the pot, add salt, broth powder, satay sauce, etc.

Step 4: Wait for the broth to boil, season to taste, and turn off the heat.

This is the method for making wild crab hot pot! When you don’t know which name to choose from the list of delicious hot pots, wild crab hot pot is a dish that you should definitely try!

4. Seafood hot pot

Ingredients

– 300g fresh shrimp, 300g fresh squid, 1kg clams, 300g fish meat (or snakehead fish), 1kg beef bones (or pork bones).

– 300g bamboo mushrooms, 300g enoki mushrooms, 300g sea mushrooms

– Dipping sauces: fish sauce, satay sauce, chili peppers, 3 tomatoes, lemongrass, cilantro, green onion

– Noodle

Preparing

– Soak the beef bones in a saltwater solution for 15 minutes, then rinse them clean.

– Put the bones in the pot

– Sauté the onions, add minced garlic and tomatoes, then pour them into the boiling broth.

Arrange the ingredients on a plate, pour the broth into the pot, and start to enjoy.

5. Oxtail hot pot

If you are still wondering which hot pot to choose that can “please” your friends and family while being nutritious, I recommend trying oxtail hot pot! The following detailed instructions by Nguyen Kim will help you have a delicious and authentic oxtail hot pot.

Preparing the ingredients

To make oxtail hot pot, the main ingredient is oxtail. In addition, oxtail hot pot is also accompanied by various vegetables and dipping ingredients:

1kg oxtail

1/2kg beef bones

Vegetables: Onion, lemongrass, garlic, tomatoes, salt, sugar, broth powder, fish sauce, etc.

Dipping ingredients: beef, pork belly, tofu, pork mince, etc.

Dipping vegetables: Ong choy, Chinese cabbage, etc.

Noodles, rice cakes, vermicelli, etc.

How to Cook Oxtail Hot Pot

First of all, you need to boil the oxtail and bones. While boiling, remove any scum that rises to the surface to keep the broth clear and flavorful. Then add some broth powder and salt to taste.

Next, prepare the oxtail for dipping by slicing it into thin slices, about 1.5cm thick, and marinating it with ginger, broth powder, minced shallots, and leaving it to marinate for 30 minutes to let the flavors soak in evenly!

For the oxtail hot pot broth, you can keep it simmering over low heat and add the desired amount of dipping ingredients. You can add vegetables like ong choy, Chinese cabbage, etc. The oxtail broth will be delicious and ready to be enjoyed.

6. Sweet and Sour Catfish hot pot

Ingredients

• 150g catfish
• 150g anchovy fish sauce
• 300g shrimp
• 500g squid
• 700g pork belly
• 1 liter of coconut water
• 1 liter of filtered water
• 1 bitter melon
• 1 purple eggplant
• Lemongrass, chili peppers, garlic
• Spices: sugar, broth powder, fish sauce

How to Cook

Step 1: Cook the broth

– Boil the beef bones and add water to the broth (you can use chicken bones if there are no beef bones available).

– Sauté fragrant shallots, add the beef bones that have been boiled once, the head, and the feet, stir-fry them together until the meat is firm, then pour in enough water according to the volume of your hot pot.

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients

– Peel and slice the bitter melon, remove the seeds, and slice the remaining 1/3 of the bitter melon into thin strips for garnish in the hot pot.

– Peel and slice the purple onions, wash them, and let them drain.

– Slice the lemongrass into pieces about 3-5cm long, soak it in saltwater to remove the sap and prevent it from turning black.

– Prepare the dipping sauces: chop the ginger, garlic, and chili peppers, add chopped anchovy fish sauce, stir well, and taste.

Step 3: Prepare the beef

– After cleaning the beef, slice it thinly and marinate it with ginger, broth powder, minced shallots for about 30 minutes.

Step 4: Cook the sweet and sour broth

Pour the coconut water into a pot, add the beef broth, bitter melon, sliced onions, sliced lemongrass, and grated coconut. Bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes. Season with spices to taste. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 5: Enjoy the delicious sweet and sour catfish hot pot

Transfer the boiled broth into the hot pot, place the beef, dipping vegetables, noodles, rice cakes, and prepare to enjoy. Adjust the heat so that the hot pot boils and starts to enjoy.

7. Vinegar-dipped beef hot pot

Ingredients

• 800g beef (Choose beef chuck, oyster blade, or knuckle)
• 1kg beef bones (If not available, you can use chicken bones instead)
• 500ml of good-quality rice vinegar
• 1 coconut water (use 1 coconut)
• Thinly shaved coconut
• 2 limes
• 1/2 green pineapple
• 1 onion
• A set of rice paper rolls
• 0.5 kg of vermicelli
• Dipping sauce: fish sauce, stock
• Vegetables: pineapple, starfruit, green banana, lemongrass, lettuce, mint, bean sprouts, carrot, cucumber, etc.
• Seasonings: seasoning powder, salt, ginger
• Optional: tofu skin, fried tofu (depending on personal preference)

How to make vinegar-dipped beef hot pot

Step 1: Cook the broth

Boil the beef bones in a pot with water to make the broth. Leave it on for about 45 minutes. During the boiling process, remove any foam that floats on the surface of the water to make the broth clear and more delicious. Add some seasoning such as seasoning powder and salt according to your taste.

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients

Peel the pineapple and cut it into suitable pieces to add to the boiling broth.

Peel, wash, and slice the onions.

Wash the vegetables, remove any damaged parts, and drain them.

Soak the green banana in saltwater to prevent it from darkening.

Step 3: Prepare the beef

Marinate the beef with ginger, seasoning powder, minced shallots, and leave it to marinate for 30 minutes for the flavors to penetrate.

Step 4: Prepare the vinegar-dipped sauce

Place the coconut water, beef broth, onion, sliced green pineapple, and 1/3 bowl of rice vinegar in a pot. Stir while boiling. When the pot of broth boils, cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 5: Prepare a dipping sauce

Peel the shallots, crush them, add minced chili pepper and minced pineapple. Mix well and taste. Mix the dipping sauce with the following ratio: 1 part fish sauce + 1.5 tablespoons of sugar + 1 part lime juice.

Step 6: Enjoy the delicious vinegar-dipped beef hot pot

Pour the boiled broth into the hot pot, add the beef, raw vegetables, noodles, rice paper rolls, and enjoy. Adjust the heat so that the hot pot boils and starts to enjoy.

8. Thai seafood hot pot

Ingredients

For the hot pot broth:

• Tomatoes: 3-4
• Onion: 1
• Galangal: About 2 tablespoons
• Lemongrass: 3 stalks
• Lime leaves: About 10 leaves
• Chili peppers: 2
• Dried shallots: 5
• Fresh coconut: 2
• Thai hot pot seasoning: 1 pack

How to Cook

Step 1: Cook the hot pot broth

Sauté the dried shallots, add the cooked beef bones, head, feet, simmer them together until the meat is firm, then pour in enough water according to the volume of your hot pot.

Step 2: Prepare the ingredients

Peel the pineapple, slice it, and leave 1/3 of the pineapple aside for garnishing in the hot pot.

Peel the onion, slice it.

Prepare the raw vegetables, wash them, and drain them.

Soak the raw banana strips in saltwater to prevent browning and remove the sap.

Step 3: Prepare the beef

Buy the beef and slice it into thin slices. Marinate the beef with ginger, seasoning powder, minced shallots for about 30 minutes.

Step 4: Prepare the Thai hot pot broth

Add coconut milk to a pot with the beef broth, add the onions, lemongrass, dried shallots, grated coconut. Bring to a boil and cook for about 5 minutes. Season with spices to taste. Cook for another 5 minutes.

Step 5: Pha nước nắm tỏi chấm bò nhúng.

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Step 6: Enjoy the delicious Thai seafood hot pot

Pour the hot pot broth into the hot pot, add the seafood, vegetables, noodles, and enjoy. Adjust the heat so that the hot pot boils and starts to enjoy.

9. Mushroom Beef Hot Pot

Ingredients

• 800g beef (Choose Beef 3 Layers or beef balls)
• 1 tbsp of ground mushrooms
• 500ml beef broth
• 1 pack of unflavored gelatin
• Herbs and spices: onions, spring onions, lemongrass, galangal, chili peppers, etc.
• Vegetables: mushrooms, lettuce, Vietnamese coriander, etc.
• Dipping sauce: fish sauce, soy sauce, chili peppers, lime, garlic, sugar, etc.

Cooking

Mix the ground mushrooms with the beef, season with fish sauce, ground pepper, and spices. Let them marinate for about 15-20 minutes.

Bring the beef broth to a boil, then add the beef and cook until the beef is tender.

Pour the hot pot broth into the pot, add the mushrooms, vegetables, and beef. Cook on medium heat until the vegetables are cooked but still crispy.

Enjoy the hot pot with the dipping sauce and vegetables.

10. Beef Vinegar Hot Pot

Ingredients

• 800g beef (Choose beef chuck, oyster blade, or knuckle)
• 1kg beef bones (If not available, you can use chicken bones instead)
• 500ml of good-quality rice vinegar
• 1 ball of fresh coconut water (about 1 coconut)
• Thinly shaved coconut
• 2 limes
• 1/2 green pineapple
• 1 onion
• A set of rice paper rolls
• 0.5 kg of rice vermicelli
• Mam nem (a type