How to make delicious, authentic beef hotpot

1. Ingredients for beef hotpot

850g beef
Half a bowl of yeast
3 tomatoes
Half a pineapple
3 cucumbers
1 carrot
3 green bananas
3 green star fruit
1 onion
Lettuce, greens
3 lemongrass stalks
2 chili peppers
3 purple onions
2 garlic bulbs
Rice paper, fresh noodles
Seasoning: Fish sauce, salt, sugar, cooking oil, seasoning powder

Ingredients for beef hotpot with fermented rice (Photo: dienmayxanh)

2. How to make beef hotpot

Step 1 : Prepare ingredients

Soak the beef in diluted vinegar for a few minutes, then rinse, dry with a clean towel and cut into thin, bite-sized pieces. Next, marinate the beef with a little salt, cooking oil and MSG.

Peel garlic and shallots, wash, crush and chop.

Lemongrass and chili, wash, chop and set aside.

Peel the onion, slice it thinly, and wash it.

Peel the pineapple, remove the eyes and cut into bite-sized pieces. Take a few slices of sliced pineapple and chop finely to make fish sauce.

Wash star fruit, remove edges and cut into bite-sized pieces.

Wash tomatoes and cut into wedges.

Peel the green bananas and cut them into thin slices. After cutting, put the bananas in a bowl of diluted salt water to prevent them from turning black.

Wash lettuce and vegetables, soak in diluted salt water, then rinse, remove and drain.

Step 2 : Cook hot pot broth

Put the pot on the stove and add cooking oil. When the oil boils, add lemongrass and tomatoes and stir-fry.

Then, mix 1 spoon of yeast with 2 bowls of water and filter to get yeast juice.

Next, add the vinegar and 1 liter of water to the pot with the lemongrass and tomatoes above and bring to a boil. If you see foam, remember to skim it off.

When the water boils, season with seasoning powder, sugar, and MSG to taste, then add onions.

Step 3 : Make fish sauce

Place the pan on the stove, add a little cooking oil, then add garlic and shallots and saute until fragrant. Once the garlic and shallots are golden brown, add the chopped pineapple and stir well.

Next, dissolve sugar with cooled boiled water, then add fish sauce and the above stir-fried pineapple mixture and chili and stir well.

Step 4 : Finish

Pour the hot pot broth into the pot, arrange the beef on a plate and the accompanying vegetables. Next, turn on the stove to boil the hot pot broth, then dip the beef in and roll it with raw vegetables, cucumber, lettuce, mustard greens, green bananas, sour star fruit, pineapple, vermicelli... then dip a little fish sauce and enjoy.

Delicious and attractive beef hotpot dish. Photo: monanngon

3. Notes when making beef hotpot

Although beef hot pot is an easy dish to make, there are still a few things to keep in mind.

To make delicious beef hotpot, you should choose the right ingredients.

You should choose beef that is bright red mixed with white tendons and bright yellow fat, the meat fibers are soft, small and not too smooth.

When pressed with your hand, the beef has good firmness and elasticity and feels supple and slightly sticky.

You should choose tenderloin or fillet. These cuts of meat are easy to cook when dipped in hot pot, and are soft and sweet, making them delicious.

If you observe the meat and see small, white cysts that come off easily, it is likely that the meat contains tapeworms and should not be purchased.

Avoid buying meat that is pale or dark red, has dark yellow fat, white spots on the meat, is soft, or has a strange odor.

You can marinate the beef overnight in the refrigerator to make the meat softer and tastier.

Choose to buy pineapples with eye-catching yellow color and even color. Avoid buying those with brown color mixed in because they are old or those that are only green because they are not ripe.

You should buy pineapples that are round, short, and have big eyes because these pineapples will have more flesh and be sweeter.

When making the broth, you should only add enough. If you add too much, the dish will taste sour and will no longer be appealing.

Depending on each person's taste, you can season and adjust the spices accordingly.

Beef dipped in fermented rice vinegar is a dish with a light sour taste, combined with the rich sweetness of beef, adding vegetables to the dish is perfect.

With the above sharing on how to make beef hotpot, hopefully it will help you improve your family meals. Wish you success!

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