Hot Pot, Day 2
Another day of hot pot. I wasn't kidding when I said we'll be eating this all week. No fresh shellfish today, but I did find some tiger prawns in the freezer.
But let's talk sauces today, since hot pot is nothing without a few great sauces. The first is a simple ponzu dip. A Japanese restaurant would have plenty of grated daikon in this, but I didn't have any. I also cut the ponzu with about half as much water and a splash of sugar syrup.
The second was sesame sauce. This brand is pretty watery, I'm not sure I'd recommend it at all. I mixed about an eighth of a cup of it with a tablespoon of Trader Joe's unsalted, unsweetened peanut butter and two tablespoons of sesame seeds. The peanut/sesame combination is especially good with pork.
On the non-food front, the sweater is progressing swiftly. This is definitely not a cursed project.posted by Pei at
8:56 PM
2 Comments:
mmm...sounds good.
i'm finishing my 10 day master cleanse detox this thursday and shabu shabu sounds like an excellent post-detox meal rather than the recommended veggie soup.
do you know how i should make the broth?
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greengelato, At
4/17/2007 01:19:00 AM
If you go to a Japanese shabu shabu place, the broth is usually just water with a chunk of seaweed in it. I really don't see how the seaweed even gives any flavor, but that's how they do it.
Chinese restaurant hot pot has a lot of stuff in the base.
At home, I just use whatever flavorful stock I have on hand. I use a can of chicken stock in a pot of water, boil down some leeks, boil the inedible end of a napa cabbage, or whatever combination of the above strikes my fancy.
How did your master cleanse work? I've never been able to imagine going on a liquid diet for 10 days.
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Pei, At
4/17/2007 08:22:00 AM
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