The Dish: Chinese New Year

Recipe:

Start with your hot pot and build the broth:

You may use a regular chicken stock, or Mongolian broth

Ingredients for Mongolian broth

-- chili pepper
-- cilantro
-- ginger
-- garlic
-- scalion
-- bay leaf
-- black pepper
-- herb, .. bring to boil in a pot
-- then add whatever you like
            Prime rib/beef
            lamb
            seafood ( Cod, shrimp, squid, calamari)
            vegetables (mushroom, carrots, broccoli, watercress)
-- Cook until desired tenderness
-- serve with condiments of your choice (soy sauce, mustard or ginger)