Blue Moon Farm

This is a really fun way to visit with friends.   Look on line for real Chinese  hot pots or use your fondue pot to heat broth used for cooking.  Prepare broth, dipping sauces and chop veggies and meats you will eat in advance.

• Prepare a vegetable or chicken broth with a generous or possibly even excessive amount garlic and ginger.  I add in some MEMMI noodle soup base, shoaking cooking wine, and light soy sauce.  Top with chopped green onions, cilantro.
• Cube tofu, set rice vermicelli noodles in a bowl,  clean and slice shiitake mushrooms, separate white oyster mushrooms
• Clean and separate leaves that are hand sized (4-6 inches) napa cabbage leaves, bok  choy, any type of greens including spinach and arugula, quarter and slice carrot, leeks, potatoes
• Very thinly slice eye of round steak, pork or chicken
• Chopped cilantro and green onions

Red chili sauce

In a food processor blend until smooth:

• 2 cloves garlic
• ¼ cup garlic bean paste
• ¼ cup red chili sauce
• 3 tablespoons Chinese sesame paste
• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup Shaoxing (rice) wine or sake
• 3 tablespoons imported, roasted sesame oil
• 1-2 tablespoons water

Garlic dipping sauce

• 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 1/2 tablespoons finely grated garlic
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar