Name: Easy Chinese Hotpot Recipe
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1L chicken stock (liquid) salt reduced; 1 1/2 L water; 1 bunch bok choy; 1 block tofu; 300 g beef thinly sliced; 2 packets fresh egg noodles; 200 g prawns; 1 packet shirataki noodles; 1 bunch enoki mushrooms; 1 packet chicken meatballs; 1 packet frozen dumplings; 1 carrot sliced; 1 pinch salt and pepper *to taste; 4 serves hoisin sauce; 4 serves soy sauce; 4 serves sweet chilli sauce; 4 serves sesame sauce; 4 serves sesame oil

by waffles99 Last updated on 05/05/2025

A Chinese hotpot is great for social gatherings. It's easy to prepare and you can choose a combination of your favourite ingredients. Plus the ingredients add to the flavour of the stock - making it doubly delicious!

- waffles99

Ingredients

1L chicken stock (liquid) salt reduced
1 1/2 L water
1 bunch bok choy
1 block tofu
300 g beef thinly sliced
2 packets fresh egg noodles
200 g prawns
1 packet shirataki noodles
1 bunch enoki mushrooms
1 packet chicken meatballs
1 packet frozen dumplings
1 carrot sliced
1 pinch salt and pepper *to taste

Individual dipping sauces

4 serves hoisin sauce
4 serves soy sauce
4 serves sweet chilli sauce
4 serves sesame sauce
4 serves sesame oil

Method

Step 1

Wash and cut the vegetables. Arrange them on a plate.
Step 2

Prepare your choice of meat/s. Add a small dash of sesame oil, soy sauce and salt and pepper to season. Set aside.
Step 3

Prepare your dipping sauces and set aside until needed.
Step 4

Place your portable stove in the middle of the dining table. Combine the Massel Liquid Chicken Stock and the water in an earthenware pot and bring to a boil. Turn it down to a simmer.
Step 5

Let each guest add small portions of their favourite ingredients into the stock at a time. (Place ingredients that take longer to cook in first). Let the ingredients simmer until cooked.
Step 6

Each guest can use their chopsticks, wire baskets or slotted spoons to dish out the cooked ingredients.
Step 7

Enjoy the cooked food with the dipping sauces.
Step 8

Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
Step 9

At the end of the meal, enjoy the delicious stock!

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

You can add whatever meats, vegetables and noodles that you like to the hot pot: pork, chicken, fish, Chinese cabbage, choy sum, udon, rice or glass noodles, button mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, pork balls, fish balls etc.

You can add more broth if needed.

The noodles should be cooked towards the end of the meal because the stock is more flavourful.

If you don't have a portable stove, you can use an electric wok or a rice cooker for your hot pot instead.

If you like the sound of this recipe, you might also like this Vietnamese Beef Pho.