This Chinese Hot Pot Sauce is an integral part of the hot pot experience. It’s bold, tasty, and completes the whole hot pot experience! A lot of Chinese hot pot or shabu-shabu places offer sauce stations where you can prepare your own dipping sauce.
HOT POT OR SHABU-SHABU SAUCE
My easy homemade sauce is a rich mix of Chinese sesame paste, Chinese black vinegar, soy sauce, veg oyster sauce, sugar, chili oil, garlic, green onions, and a few other ingredients that make this sauce incredibly fragrant and tasty. Dipping pieces of cooked vegetables or tofu into this sauce is makes it so addicting.
Check out my other post on Chinese Hot Pot at home!
INGREDIENTS I USE
You can also find the full recipe for this below!
- 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1-2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar or rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar adjust to taste
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp roasted sesame seeds
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp chili oil adjust to desired heat
- 1 tbsp doubanjiang or fermented chili bean paste optional
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Chopped green onions or scallions
- Chopped fresh cilantro
- 2-3 tbsp water adjust to desired consistency
This sauce makes a generous serving, good for 1-2, depending on how much you use during your hot pot session! I love how these ingredients come together to create an irresistibly rich, tasty, and savory sauce with hints of spice, sweetness, and acidity. Let’s not forget the fresh herbs and minced garlic that take this up a notch!
Enjoy with your hot pot! Check out how to make Chinese hot pot at home here!
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Chinese Hot Pot Sauce
Ingredients
SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- 2 tbsp Chinese sesame paste
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1-2 tbsp Chinese black vinegar or rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp vegetarian oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar adjust to taste
- 1/2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 tsp roasted sesame seeds
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp chili oil adjust to desired heat
- 1 tbsp doubanjiang or fermented chili bean paste optional
- 1/2 to 1 tbsp minced garlic
- Chopped green onions or scallions
- Chopped fresh cilantro
- 2-3 tbsp water adjust to desired consistency
Instructions
- Simply mix everything together. This sauce is customizable depending on your preference! So feel free to add more or less of everything depending on what you like.
- Check out how to make Chinese hot pot at home here!
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Finally a use for the doubanjiang in my pantry 😀 I really liked the sauce, but it used up pretty much all the spoons in our flat.
Haha glad you finally got to use it! And hope you enjoyed the sauce and was worth all the spoons!
Definitely, and there was still enough sauce left over for a second round of hot potting yesterday! This time we had a 麻辣 broth, which I feel kind of requires a sesame or peanut based sauce. Worked best with the tofu skin I think.
I typically don’t leave reviews, but this hot pot sauce recipe is my new favorite :). I plan to make again!
Yay, so happy you like it Emma!! THANK YOU 🙂