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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Change up the flavors on the weekend with delicious American beef hot pot, featuring a broth that is mildly sweet and slightly sour from tomatoes, which will surely please your whole family. So what are you waiting for? Let’s get cooking with TasteVN to immediately prepare this enticing hot pot!
Ingredients for American Beef Hot Pot Serves 3 people
Beef 500 gr Prawns 400 gr Tomatoes 7 pieces Cherry tomatoes 200 gr Garlic 4 cloves Ginger 4 slices Shallots 2 bulbs Cinnamon 1 stick Basil/Star anise A little Beef broth 1.5 liters Tomato sauce 2 tablespoons Ketchup 3 tablespoons Annatto oil 2 tablespoons Mushrooms for serving A little (shiitake mushrooms/enoki mushrooms) Vegetables for serving A little (bok choy/broccoli/chinese cabbage/corn) Common seasonings A little (salt/sugar)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good pork belly
- You should choose pieces of pork belly that have soft, thin meat, a beautiful bright red color interspersed with white streaks and the fat should be a bright yellow.
- Press the piece of beef with your hand; if the meat feels a little firm and has good elasticity, you can buy it.
- Avoid pieces of beef that are dark in color or have turned pale green, have white spots on the meat, feel sticky to the touch, and have an unpleasant odor.
How to choose fresh shrimp
- You should choose fresh shrimp that have transparent shells and still have a slight sea smell, not fishy or have dark patches and inconsistent colors.
- Avoid buying shrimp that are slimy, have a curved body that is round rather than straight as usual.
- In addition, fresh and good shrimp usually have tails that are tightly folded together and legs that are firmly attached to the body, with the head not falling off the body.
How to choose fresh tomatoes
- You should choose tomatoes that have a light fragrance, a bright red outer skin, intact and not scratched. Generally, these are ripe and fresh tomatoes.
- When cutting a tomato in half, you will see the seeds inside are yellow, not green, and the flesh is a beautiful bright red.
- Tomatoes that are vine-ripened usually have fresh, green stems that are not wilted and are tightly attached to the fruit.
- Conversely, you should not choose tomatoes that have stems that come off easily when pulled gently.
How to Make American Beef Hotpot
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Prepare the Ingredients
Shrimp, after purchasing, wash them thoroughly with water, then trim the antennae and legs for neatness. Then use a knife to make a slit along the back to remove the vein from the shrimp.
Tomatoes should be washed clean, half of them diced, and the other half cut into bite-sized pieces. Cherry tomatoes should also be washed and then halved. Peel the garlic, ginger, and shallots, and wash them clean with water.
Types of mushrooms to accompany, such as shiitake and enoki mushrooms, should be soaked in diluted salt water for about 5 minutes and then washed clean. The accompanying vegetables should also be soaked in diluted salt water, then washed clean with water.
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Cook the tomato hot pot broth
Place a pot on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of annatto oil and bring to a boil over medium heat. When the oil starts to boil, add 4 cloves of garlic, 2 shallots, 2 bay leaves, 3 star anise, and 1 cinnamon stick, and sauté until fragrant.
Next, add 5 tablespoons of tomato sauce, stir briefly, then add 1.5 liters of beef broth, diced tomatoes, and cherry tomatoes.
Cook the broth on the stove over medium heat for about 30 minutes until the tomatoes are soft, then turn off the heat. Afterwards, strain the broth through a sieve to collect the liquid.
Finally, place the tomato hot pot broth back on the stove, then season it with 3 tablespoons of ketchup, 2 tablespoons of sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon of salt to taste.
Tip: You can adjust the seasoning to suit your family’s taste!
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Cooking Hot Pot
When you see the hot pot water boiling again, add ingredients such as corn, tomatoes, shrimp, various vegetables, and mushrooms along with American beef, then wait about 5 – 10 minutes until the ingredients are cooked and you can enjoy it.
With this delicious American beef hot pot with a rich tomato broth, you can enjoy it with rice noodles or fresh noodles, both are suitable!
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Final Product
So with just a few simple steps, you have a steaming pot of American beef hot pot with incredibly attractive colors and aromas.
The hot pot broth is rich with a sweet and sour flavor and has a strong tomato aroma that is extremely stimulating. Combined with the delicious broth, the American beef brisket is tender and not chewy, the shrimp is fresh and sweet along with various chewy mushrooms and fresh green vegetables, it will definitely make you enjoy it more and more!
Recently, TasteVN has shared with you how to complete the dish American beef fondue with delicious tomato broth that is not only tasty but also super simple. Wishing you success so that the whole family can enjoy it!
