Hot Pot Dipping Sauce Guide

Hot pot restaurants offer a wide range of dipping sauces to satisfy every taste bud. Here are some popular choices:

Classic Sauces

• Sesame Sauce: A rich and flavorful blend of sesame paste, garlic, green onions, cilantro, soy sauce, oyster sauce, vinegar, and tofu milk. Perfect for dipping anything from meat to veggies.
• Garlic Sauce: A Szechuan classic made with garlic paste, green onions, cilantro, and sesame oil. Great for spicy hot pots and especially delicious with meaty items like tripe, intestines, and brain.

Creative Combinations

• Secret Universal Sauce: A mix of millet pepper, cilantro, garlic, scallions, oyster sauce, balsamic vinegar, beef, sesame oil, chili flakes, and peanuts. This versatile sauce goes well with a variety of ingredients.
• Seafood Hot Pot Sauce: A balance of garlic paste, green onions, cilantro, millet pepper, sesame oil, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. Ideal for dipping seafood hot pot ingredients.
• Old Beijing Hot Pot Sauce: A traditional sauce with sesame sauce, chive blossoms, fermented bean curd, chili oil, green onions, and cilantro. Perfect for classic copper pot lamb shabu-shabu.
• Chaoshan Hot Pot Sauce: Based on shacha sauce, this sauce is great for bringing out the flavor of Chaoshan beef hot pot.

Other Options

• Spicy Dry Dish: A mix of salt, chili pepper, peppercorns, peanuts, sesame, and MSG. Perfect for those who love spicy flavors and want a dry dipping sauce.
• Freshness Mix: A combination of scallop seafood sauce, XO sauce, beef sauce, cilantro, scallions, oyster sauce, garlic, and millet pepper for a fresh taste experience.

Remember: These are just suggestions. Feel free to experiment and create your own unique dipping sauce combinations!

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