Tomato hot pot base

Onion Appropriate amount	Ginger Appropriate amount
Garlic Appropriate amount	Pickled pepper or millet spicy Appropriate amount
Zanthoxylum bungeanum Appropriate amount	Star anise Appropriate amount
Cinnamon Appropriate amount	Dried chili Appropriate amount
Fragrant leaves One piece	Salt Appropriate amount
sugar Appropriate amount	Ketchup Appropriate amount
Tomato 5	Stock (optional) About 800 ml
Chicken Essence Appropriate amount

How to make tomato hotpot base

Step 1

I prepared some ingredients (some of them were not in use and I grabbed a photo on the counter. I didn’t find out until after the photo was taken).

Step 2

Use a juicer to smash the tomatoes and pickled peppers. Here I put 5 pickled peppers. If you don’t like peppers, you can leave them out.

Step 3

Some people here may ask why you don’t peel them. Since most people at home prefer to eat tomatoes cooked in a soup, there is no need to peel them. Anyway, we have to cook and slice the tomatoes later. If you don’t like to eat them cooked, you can peel them and cut them easily. You can tear it off by scalding it with a small sip of boiling water^_^ After talking a lot of nonsense, let’s get back to the topic. Here I left a tomato, cut it into pieces without breaking it (^○^)

Step 4

Ready to cook

Step 5

The oil at home is all Sichuan peppercorn oil that I prepared in advance. It is already cooked, so I didn’t put Sichuan peppercorns, star anise or the like in the pot. Fry the raw oil at home in advance and add some green onions and peppercorns. It will also be delicious when stir-fried later o(^▽^)o

Step 6

Add all the seasonings to the pot and sauté until fragrant. If you can't eat it too spicy here, you can omit the chili pepper. I brought this back from Chengdu, so it's very spicy. I suspect that I was a Sichuan girl in my previous life.

Step 7

ThenPour the squeezed tomatoes into the pot and continue to stir-fry. Be careful of scorching the pot.

Step 8

Pour in the tomato sauce. If you like it more sour, add more. If you don’t like it, add less.

Step 9

Pour in about 800 ml of stock. You can also use water if you don’t have stock. I don’t like thick soups at home. I just put water in this one. After all, stock is not easy to store.

Step 10

Add salt, sugar and chicken essence to taste Sugar increases the taste and freshness. A little bit is ok. Don’t add too much. It will destroy the acidity of the tomatoes.

Step 11

After the pot is boiled, you can take out all these ingredients and put them aside for later use.

Step 12

Finally, add the whole tomatoes from the beginning

Step 13

Sichuan peppercorns, star anise, cinnamon and bay leaves are placed in the bag Anyone who loves hot pot knows the feeling of depression when you pick up the vegetable leaves and they are filled with peppercorns.

Step 14

Put the prepared ingredients into the Yuanyang pot and it’s ready to serve

Step 15

Put a few corns in the clear soup, tomato, sour and spicy mandarin duck pot

Step 16

You can have a bowl of soup before you start the meal. It tastes sour and spicy just right. Sprinkle some green onion and coriander on top. It is best to put some cooked beef cubes. I think the bottom of the pot will be eaten up (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎) Cooking tips for tomato hotpot base

You can add less salt, after all there will be dipping sauce later Pickled peppers or chili peppers? If you don’t eat chili peppers, you can make a pure tomato base. I used a Yuanyang pot, so I didn’t cook too much. If the pot is big, add more water and tomatoes. It is troublesome to add soup to this base later. It is recommended to make more soup for convenience, or just add the stock if you have it