If you are hesitant about whether to eat hot pot or grilled dishes, then don’t overlook this unique grilled hot pot! With a simple preparation method and a combination of many appealing ingredients, it will surely make you love it. Today, let’s show off our skills in cooking right away.
1. Grilled beef hot pot with tamarind sauce
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grilled beef hot pot with tamarind sauce For 4 people
Beef 300 gr Garlic 15 gr Shallot 15 gr Lemongrass 10 gr Fresh chili 1 piece Horn chili 15 gr Onion 1/2 piece Enoki mushrooms 100 gr Chicken thigh mushrooms 100 gr Carrot 1 piece Water spinach 100 gr Tamarind juice 50 gr Unsalted butter 20 gr Oyster sauce 20 gr Fish sauce 10 ml Ground pepper 1 teaspoon Sugar 40 gr
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh carrots
- Good carrots are those with bright orange color, smooth, shiny surface, and feel firm to the touch.
- Prioritize choosing carrots with intact stems, fresh green leaves, and tightly attached to the carrot body.
- Do not choose those that are scratched, bruised, or have many black spots on the surface.
How to choose good chicken thigh mushrooms
- Choose mushrooms that have bright colors, with lengths from 12 to 15 cm.
- The mushroom cap should be round, dark gray, intact, and tightly attached to the mushroom stem.
- Do not choose mushrooms that are wilted or have an unusual dark color.
Tools needed
Meat grinder, pan, knife, bowl, plate, aluminum foil,…
How to Prepare Grilled Beef Hotpot with Tamarind Sauce
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Prepare the Tamarind Sauce
Add 15g of garlic, 15g of shallots, 10g of lemongrass, and 1 small tamarind fruit chopped into a blender. Season with 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, 50g of tamarind juice, 10ml of fish sauce, 40g of sugar, and 20g of oyster sauce, then blend this mixture until smooth.
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Marinate the Beef
Wash the beef thoroughly, slice it thinly, then place it in a bowl, adding 15g of sliced chili, and half a sliced onion, and mix well.
Next, add the tamarind sauce and mix thoroughly to ensure the beef absorbs the seasoning. Marinate the beef for 15 minutes.
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Grilled hot pot
Place a pan on the stove, cover the surface of the pan with a sheet of aluminum foil. Add about 20g of unsalted butter, gently rub until the butter melts completely, then arrange the enoki mushrooms, julienned carrots, and sliced chicken mushrooms on one side of the pan.
On the remaining side of the pan, add the marinated beef from earlier. Cook for about 10 minutes until the ingredients are gradually cooked, then add 100g of shredded water spinach, mix well and enjoy.
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Final product
The grilled beef hot pot with tamarind sauce brings a delicious and appealing flavor, with the taste of mushrooms, beef, carrots, and the sweet and sour tamarind perfectly blended together, offering you a wonderful and refreshing taste experience.
This dish is suitable to be served with bread, and you can prepare it to treat friends on special occasions!
2. Mixed Grill Hotpot
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Preparation
40 minutes
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Cooking
25 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Mixed Grill Hotpot Serves 4
Beef 200 gr Pork belly 300 gr Chicken thigh mushrooms 250 gr Tomatoes 2 pieces Potatoes 2 pieces Onions 1 piece Accompanying vegetables A little (lettuce/cilantro/basil) Ginger 1 piece Lemongrass 6 stalks Garlic 3 cloves Red onions 3 pieces Chili 3 pieces Honey 1.5 teaspoons Unsalted butter 2 teaspoons Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Fermented soybean paste 2 tablespoons Oyster sauce 1 teaspoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Soy sauce 1.5 teaspoons Seasoning powder 1 teaspoon Sugar 1 teaspoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh and safe pork belly
- Good pork belly typically has a balanced ratio of fat and lean meat, with the lean part being bright red and the fat part being opaque white.
- You can check by pressing with your hand; if the meat feels firm and bouncy, it is a good choice.
- Avoid pieces of meat that have turned dark and have an unpleasant smell.
How to choose delicious potatoes
- Choose tubers that are bright yellow; they are usually tastier, sweeter, and contain more nutrients than white ones.
- Good-sized tubers are typically medium-sized, feel firm in hand, and are slightly heavy.
- Avoid tubers that have sprouted, or have unusual dark spots on their surface.
How to prepare Mixed Grilled Hot Pot
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Prepare vegetables
Peel the garlic and shallots, wash them clean, and chop finely. Similarly, cut off the roots, old stalks, and leaves of the lemongrass, wash it clean, crush it, and then chop finely.
Peel the ginger, wash it clean, slice it thinly, crush it, and also chop finely. Remove the stems from the chili, wash it clean, cut it in half, remove the seeds, and chop finely. Peel the onion, wash it clean, and cut it into wedges.
Wash the tomatoes, remove the stems, and cut them into wedges. Peel the potatoes, wash them clean, and cut them into sticks about 1/2 finger thick.
Divide the enoki mushrooms into small bundles, wash them clean. To eliminate the odor, soak them in salt water for about 5 minutes and then rinse with water.
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Prepare and marinate pork
To remove the unpleasant smell of pork, rinse the meat with salt water and soak for about 5 minutes. Then, take it out and rinse with water several times.
Next, cut the meat into small slices, place the pork into a bowl, add 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1.5 teaspoons of honey, 1 teaspoon of oyster sauce, 1 teaspoon of minced onion, 2 teaspoons of minced lemongrass, and 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, mix well, and marinate the meat for 30 minutes.
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Prepare and roll beef
Wash the beef and cut it into thin slices, marinate with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of minced ginger, 1/2 teaspoon of minced lemongrass, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, and 1.5 teaspoons of soy sauce, mix well, and marinate the meat for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, you can start rolling the beef. Lay the beef on a cutting board, place the base of enoki mushrooms on the beef, and slowly roll it up. Do the same until all the prepared beef and mushrooms are used.
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Making the dipping sauce
To prepare the dipping sauce, add 2 tablespoons of fermented soybean paste, 1 teaspoon of sugar, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, all the finely chopped chili, and 1 tablespoon of chili sauce into a bowl, then stir well to combine all the ingredients together.
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Making the mixed grill hotpot
Place a pan on the stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and 2 teaspoons of unsalted butter, and rub evenly to melt the butter completely. Then, gradually add the rolled beef, potatoes, tomatoes, pork, and onions.
Cook for about 5 minutes, until the ingredients are cooked, you can enjoy them with fresh vegetables, dip them in the sauce, and savor!
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Final Product
Mixed grilled hot pot is a dish with quite simple preparation but the flavor is not inferior to a restaurant dish. The seasoning is just right, the meat is rich and tender. Delicious beef rolls and mushrooms soaked in spices.
Especially when served with fresh vegetables, it makes the dish lighter and much less greasy.
How to choose delicious, quality beef
- Good pieces of beef usually have fat and lean meat interwoven, with the fat being opaque white and the lean meat bright red.
- You can check by pressing it; if the beef feels firm and has good elasticity, you should buy it!
- Do not choose pieces with a slimy surface or that have an unpleasant odor when smelled.
How to choose delicious enoki mushrooms
- Good enoki mushrooms are usually packaged in bunches, and have a bright white color.
- Fresh enoki mushrooms have intact caps that are firmly attached to the stems.
- Do not choose mushrooms that are bruised, with a soft base, or feel slightly slimy when touched.
How to choose fresh, delicious onions
- You should choose bulbs with smooth, even-colored skin that tightly hug the bulb inside.
- Good bulbs will feel dry on the outside, a bit heavy, and firm to the touch.
- An onion with many long roots indicates that it is still fresh. Therefore, if you choose bulbs with many roots, the onion will taste better and have a longer shelf life.
- Do not choose bulbs with rough skin, sprouting, or with some parts hard and others soft, as these onions are not fresh and may be bitter.
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With the detailed instructions above, you will surely successfully make 2 ways to prepare grilled hot pot at home, which is very simple, easy to make, and very flavorful. Quickly save the recipe and show off your skills now!
