Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Chrysanthemum hotpot

Chrysanthemum hotpot


     Chrysanthemum hotpot was popular in the royal palace during the late Qing Dynasty and was introduced into Kaifeng nearly a hundred years ago. Since the city flower of Kaifeng is the chrysanthemum, the local raw material is unique and abundant. The main ingredients are fresh fish, meat slices, chicken slices, etc. When the chicken soup is boiled in the hotpot, the cleaned white chrysanthemum is shredded and put into the soup. After the aroma of the chrysanthemum is absorbed by the soup, meat slices and chicken slices are put in the hotpot to be cooked. Chrysanthemum hotpot is so special and fragrant that it is perceived as the superior hotpot.

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