Chinese Steamboat / Hot Pot 火鍋

Before CNY ends today as "Chap Goh Mei" celebration, let me share with you the steamboat (similar to Japanese shabu-shabu)  that i prepared on Chinese New Year Eve..And I believe many of the Chinese family also like to serve steamboat as Reunion dinner 团圆饭on Chinese New Year Eve. Every family members get together, sit and surround the table, chit-chat and enjoy the steamboat, feel so good!

Two must have items- chili dippping sauce and shallot oil

This is how i serve the steamboat, no exact measurement could be provided, all ingredients are subject to individual preference..We enjoyed this steamboat at our favourite patio area..

In normal day, usually we don't serve abalone in steamboat except Reunion dinner..

Chinese Steamboat / Hot Pot 火鍋
(recipe source: by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)

Chili dipping sauce (blend and mix together)
150g fresh red chili
1 lemongrass (white part only)
2 shallots
3 cloves garlic
½” ginger
1/2tsp salt
1tsp sugar
Lime juice
2tbsp ground roasted peanut

Stock (boil for 1 hour)
4 chicken carcasses
1 yam bean /Jicama
1 carrot
Salt to taste
water

Deep fried shallots with oil

Steamboat Ingredients
“Thang O” green leaf vegetables
Any other type of green vegetables
Chinese Long cabbage
Needles mushroom
Fish
Prawn
Fish maw
All types of fish balls and meat balls
Yong tau fu
Fried beancurd skin
“Yi Mee” noodles
Clamps
Canned abalone
Dumplings

Method
1. Pour stock in metal pot at the center of the dining table.
2. While the hot pot is kept simmering, ingredients are placed into the pot and are cooked at the table.
3. Once ingredients are cooked, put few spoons of fried shallots with oil, serve with chili dipping sauce. Enjoy!

After the steamboat, two kids from neigbour's house came to our house and playing fireworks with my kids. And I noticed they love the dragon cookies and Pork Jerky Bak Kwa that i prepared and even for other kids who visited my house too..i have updated the dragon cookies post as I added a recipe which i saw in a newspaper for your reference.

Happy Chap Goh Mei to all my Chinese readers..