Ostensibly, the dish's arid name comes from an unspoken comparison to its culinary cousin, another Chinese classic: hot pot. These two adjacently-named dishes marry sweet, sour, spicy, savory ...
So, a group of reader-monitors were asked a “this or that” question: “Which do you prefer to add to a hot pot dish to finish it off, rice or noodles?” The broth of a communal hot pot is ...
“Tara-chiri,” a hot pot dish with cod, was often served in such cases. So much tofu went in the pot that one could mistake it for a tofu hot pot. The scene of people gathering around the table ...
Heat a large casserole dish until very hot then add the oil and ... the heat to 200C/400F/Gas 6 for 30 minutes. Serve the hotpot with buttered boiled greens and the remaining red wine.