In today’s video, we’ll be talking about how to do Hot Pot at Home, and my dad (a Chinese chef of 50+ years) shares his hot pot recipes for Homemade Fish Balls, Soup Base, & Dipping Sauce.
This is the final video in our series on DIY hot pot.
Playlist:
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Mega Blog Post: https://madewithlau.com/recipes/ultimate-guide-to-hot-pot
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Recipes Mentioned:
Steamed Spare Ribs: http://youtu.be/rdCVFlSWCMI
Chicken Congee Recipe: http://youtu.be/t2SahnNVULA
@Chinese Cooking Demystified’s video on hot pot: http://youtu.be/88DcJkFmsUc
Woks of Life blog post on hot pot: https://thewoksoflife.com/hot-pot/
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β² CHAPTERS β²
00:00 – Intro
00:59 – What is hot pot?
02:00 – Preparing fish balls
02:32 – Cutting, mincing, flattening fish
04:21 – Can you use other tools? Blenders?
05:12 – Cutting, mincing, flattening shrimp
06:40 – Mixing fish and shrimp
07:28 – Versatility of fish balls
07:55 – Add flavors to fish balls
10:54 – Mixing and slapping fish paste
11:57 – My dadβs simple soup base recipe
12:52 – Background on soup bases and alternatives
14:24 – My dadβs dipping sauce recipe
16:27 – Equipment for hot pot
17:40 – Randyβs birthday celebration!
20:46 – Reflecting on my birthday wishes
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He never showed the hot pot bouillon recipe, he just showed Daikon and skip to the next part… sad
WTF is Shacha sauce and with what can I replace it because for sure there is not this in any store around here
Love you and your family brother. Thanks for sharing as i make dual hot pot for my girlfriend and I.
For soup base, can use miso too. In the old days of hot pot we used to crack a raw egg into the dipping sauce π₯
Thereβs so much love in this family!! βΊοΈπ ζιη is the best ππ»ππ» always wanted to learn how to make homemade ιζ» thankssss
Thanks for your sincere message at the end! Here to support!! ππ»ππ»π
I am a new subscriber and compared to the old video, the bilingual subtitles has improved a lot. The Chinese subtitle of the old video is just a direct translation from the English one, not 100% what chef Lau said. The new video has a lot better Chinese subtitles.
Beautiful family, very honored that your pops shares all of his restaurant secrets
Welcome to America. Happy to have you!!! America, the greatest country in the world! A melting HOT pot !
Hello, tomorrow I will receive a singapore steamboat, I want to learn this technique π
I"ve seen this video before; I was reminded yesterday when you asked fishballs over wontons. Yet it was especially easy and delicious today because it came up naturally on my Youtube channel after Taji-san's version of shabu-shabu.(I really enjoy Taji's Kitchen because it has the same approach as Made with Lau:food is made to be enjoyed (!), yet quick, easy, fresh ingrdients, same basic sauces in combination. Yet MwL will always be my favourite because Daddy Lau is truly the Grand Wizard, expert in all the kitchen arts of alchemy.No matter what dish he is preparing it is truly magical what he is able to create with only the best knife, best chopping board, the cheapest glass, metal mixing bow, and the best wok/iron skillet. This video was especially fine due to the massive amount of history, language, regional cuisines that I learned from………….. and especially that Mama Lau had the starring role (mama is my most loved character, as opposed to admired character in your show. When the two Moms embraced and exchanged all the yadda,yadda, yadda of birthday wishes…..both of them adding and a baby girl, I almost burst into tears of happiness at these signs of family harmony and joy!
Such a wonderful family! I love hotpot cooking! Thanks for teaching me more things to do with hotpot!
All of your videos are so well done and educational in both history, geography, culture, family, language, etc. Providing the Cantonese "lessons" for the names of various things is so interesting too! My first experience with hot pot was in Shanghai with my son who has been living there for 7 years! When you give your appreciation and gratitude to your parents, it gave me chills! What wonderful recordings of family history (all coming from food ) you'll have for your own nuclear family and generations to come! Thank you!
I am really enjoying your website! I have learned so much from just watching your dad. I can tell from the way that he explains things that he loves cooking and he loves to teach others how to love to cook as well! While I may never make zong zhi, lo mai gai, or dim sum, it is still nice to learn the mechanics and what goes into making each of them. While I enjoy each of you and the contributions that each of you make, the one I love to watch the most is yours and Kat's (Cam) son and the expressions that he makes! He just cracks me up with all of his faces and expressions! Soooo Cute!
The most surprising thing I learned in this video: That signature sound that I automatically associate with Chinese culture when I hear it IS A FLUTE!!!?!βοΈ
