How to make maocai
In the past 10 days, among the hot topics about food production on the Internet, Maocai has once again become the focus due to its spicy and delicious characteristics. Many netizens shared their experience in making maocai, and even derived a variety of innovative methods. This article will give you a detailed introduction to the preparation method of maocai based on recent popular content, and attach structured data for reference.
1. Basic introduction to Maocai
Maocai is a traditional Sichuan snack, famous for its spicy and delicious flavor, and is known as "one person's hot pot". It is based on a variety of ingredients, with a special soup base, and finally topped with red oil and seasonings. It has a rich taste and is deeply loved by the public.
2. Steps of making maocai
1.Prepare ingredients: Choose vegetables, soy products, meat, etc. according to personal preference. Popular combinations recently include:
| Food Category | Popular choices |
|---|---|
| Vegetables | Potato slices, lotus root slices, enoki mushrooms, spinach |
| Soy products | Tofu skin, yuba, bean paste |
| meat | Beef slices, lunch meat, quail eggs |
| other | vermicelli, wide vermicelli, konjac silk |
2.Make soup base: This is the soul of Maocai. The soup base recipe proportions that netizens have been hotly discussing recently:
| Ingredients | Dosage (500ml water) |
|---|---|
| Butter hot pot base | 50g |
| Doubanjiang | 1 tablespoon |
| dried chili pepper | 10-15 |
| Sichuan peppercorn | 1 small handful |
| Minced ginger and garlic | 1 tablespoon each |
| Stock/Water | 500ml |
3.Blanch food: Put the ingredients in the pot in order according to their degree of ripeness. The general order is:
- Cook ingredients that can withstand cooking first, such as potatoes, lotus root slices, etc.
- Recook meat and soy products
-Add leafy greens at the end
4.Prepare dipping sauce: Recently popular dipping combinations:
| seasoning | Recommended ratio |
|---|---|
| Garlic paste | 2 tablespoons |
| sesame oil | 1 tablespoon |
| coriander | Appropriate amount |
| crushed peanuts | 1 tablespoon |
| chili oil | Add according to taste |
3. Recent innovations in maocai
1.Tomato sprouts: Based on the traditional recipe, tomato soup base is added, which is sweet and sour and appetizing, suitable for people who don’t like spicy food.
2.Milk and vegetables: Add appropriate amount of milk to the soup base to make the taste more mellow and reduce the spiciness.
3.Vegetarian maocai: Made entirely from plant-based ingredients and catering to vegetarians.
4. Cooking Tips
1. When frying the base ingredients, the heat should not be too high to avoid burning the pot.
2. The soup base can be made in advance and the taste will be richer.
3. The cooking time of ingredients must be controlled to maintain the best taste.
4. Adjust the spiciness and numbness according to personal taste.
5. Nutritional matching suggestions
| Nutritional information | Recommended ingredients |
|---|---|
| protein | Beef, soy products |
| dietary fiber | various vegetables |
| carbohydrate | potatoes, vermicelli |
| healthy fats | Nut ingredients |
Maocai is a highly tolerant delicacy that can be mixed and matched according to personal preferences. I hope that through the introduction in this article, everyone can make delicious Maocai at home. Remember to adjust the ingredients according to the season to make this dish more colorful!
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