At-Home Hot Pot

Prepare all your ingredients. Wash and chop the vegetables, slice the tofu, and arrange the meats, vegetables, dumplings, fish balls, and sausages on separate plates for easy access.

Pour the spicy hot pot soup base into one side of the divided pot and the non-spicy soup base into the other. Add water to the spicy side to your desired concentration.

Place the pot on a portable burner at the center of the table and bring both broths to a boil.

Once boiling, begin adding ingredients to cook. Start with items that take longer to cook, such as tofu, mushrooms, and fish balls.

Add vegetables like napa cabbage and bok choy, and cook meats by dipping them into the broth for just a few seconds until they change color. Cook dumplings according to package directions.

While things are cooking, prepare individual dipping sauces by combining soy sauce, chopped scallions, and chili oil in small bowls.

Use a strainer ladle or chopsticks to remove cooked items from the pot. Dip them in your sauce and enjoy with a bowl of steamed rice.