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Chongqing hot pot

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Chongqing hot pot is a Chinese communal dish in which diners cook meat, tofu, mushrooms and vegetables at the table in a simmering pot of spiced broth. It originated in the 1920s in the Jiangbei district of Chongqing, where wharf laborers cooked inexpensive cuts of meat in a spiced broth, and by 1934 a Chongqing restaurant had turned it into a refined restaurant dish. Its defining flavor, called mala, combines the numbing sensation of Sichuan peppercorns with the heat of dried chilies, carried in a red broth made with beef tallow and spices such as bay leaf, clove and cinnamon. Diners typically dip cooked items in sesame oil and garlic sauce to balance the heat. The dish remains central to Chongqing's food culture, with the city counting nearly 27,000 hot pot restaurants in 2019. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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People's Republic of China 2
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Beef, Ingredients
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Chicken, Ingredients
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Duck, Ingredients
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1. Chongqing hot pot (Wikipedia)
  • Article text
    The history of Chongqing hot pot started in the 1920s in Jiangbei District in Chongqing.
  • Introduction
    Chongqing hot pot (simplified Chinese: 重庆火锅; traditional Chinese: 重慶火鍋; pinyin: Chóngqìng huǒguō), also known as spicy hot pot or mala hotpot, is usually eaten at restaurants, but otherwise is similar to roadside malatang.
  • Uses Ingredient: Sausage, Lead paragraph
    People choose various kinds of food to prepare in Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, and duck intestine.
  • Uses Ingredient: Chicken, Lead paragraph
    People choose various kinds of food to prepare in Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, and duck intestine.
  • Uses Ingredient: Pork, Lead paragraph
    People choose various kinds of food to prepare in Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, and duck intestine.
  • Uses Ingredient: Duck, Lead paragraph
    People choose various kinds of food to prepare in Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, and duck intestine.
  • Uses Ingredient: Beef, Lead paragraph
    People choose various kinds of food to prepare in Chongqing hot pot, such as beef, pork, chicken, Chinese sausages, beef strips, pig blood, and duck intestine.
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2. Chongqing hot pot (Wikidata)
P495 (country of origin): People's Republic of China
Quote, P495 (country of origin): People's Republic of China
People's Republic of China
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