Roll the Ingredients! Come to Chongming to Try 'Stone Hotpot'
In Deying, Sichuan, every household prepares a pot of earth hotpot. Families gather around a rustic earth hotpot, savoring the delicious ingredients bubbling in the pot, and the rising heat brings a sense of warmth.
Now, Haxian New River Town's Shenjia Courtyard has brought the unique 'captivating taste' of Sichuan to Chongming, let's go with the editor to explore the charm of 'earth hotpot'~
Earth hotpot originated in Gaoxian High County, Sichuan. Its main ingredient is a special earth hotpot mud, this mud needs to be collected deep underground in special caves in the local area, tens of meters deep, the collected mud needs to be mixed with other sand materials and processed into hotpot mud for use. This special 'earth' contains various beneficial microelements and minerals to the human body, and the 'earth hotpot' made with it has obvious characteristics of freshness, fragrance, and crispness.
Tea enthusiasts know the charm of Yuzhou pot, the charm is in its breathability and flavor absorption, one pot one tea, cultivated for a long time. The charm of earth hotpot is also in this way, aged earth hotpot, the soup flavor is like drinking Buddha jumping over the wall, which is what no other hotpot dishware can possess.
Earth hotpot also pays attention to the selection of ingredients, mainly divided into meat and vegetarian dishes, meat dishes include pig trotters, chickens, crispy meat, sword clams, and vegetarian dishes are paired with kelp, yam, fungus, fried tofu, and vegetables, and then seasoned with cuttlefish, gold hooks, old ginger, Sichuan peppercorns, and salt. The charcoal fire first burns red, and then sequentially arranged in the furnace. When ingredients are placed in the pot, a layer of vegetables and a layer of meat are layered, and then the lid is covered to simmer. Before presenting to guests, it needs to be simmered for at least 2 to 3 hours. Therefore, earth hotpot needs to be booked in advance to eat.
Eating hotpot is enjoyable with a group of people, the more lively with ten or eight people. A group of people sit around a table, eating and chatting, warming the stomach and soothing the mood, and also strengthening relationships. Families gather around the earth hotpot, their feelings are like this earth hotpot, slowly simmering with low heat, and it doesn't dissipate easily.
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Contact phone (booking earth hotpot): 021-59687717, 13472681532
Reporter: Wu Xiong
Photography, video: Wu Xiong
Editor: Lu Haihua
