Sichuan Spicy Rabbit Hot Pot

Sichuan Spicy Rabbit Hot Pot

Ingredients

• 2 rabbit meat
• 4 pieces young ginger
• 1 small bunch celery
• 1 small bunch Erjingtian green chili
• a little xiaomi chili (bird's eye chili)
• 1 egg
• 1 piece mature ginger
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 tbsp chili bean paste (doubanjiang)
• 2 tbsp soybean soy sauce
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tbsp salt
• 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorn oil
• appropriate white pepper powder
• appropriate sweet potato starch
• appropriate cooking wine
• appropriate cooking oil

Instructions

1. First, prepare all the ingredients you will need.
2. Cut the rabbit meat into small pieces and rinse clean with water. Then add cooking wine, white pepper powder, sweet potato starch, salt, and egg white.
3. Mix well by hand and set aside.
4. Cut the young ginger into julienne strips, celery into segments, Erjingtian green chilies and bird's eye chilies into small sections, and mince the mature ginger and garlic.
5. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then add the marinated rabbit meat to blanch. Stir occasionally with chopsticks to prevent the pieces from sticking together and keep each piece separate. This step sets the starch coating on the surface, locks in moisture for a tender texture, and prevents the broth from becoming cloudy during cooking.
6. Remove the meat once it turns white. Restaurants typically use oil to separate the pieces, but for home cooking, you can use water instead — it's healthier!
7. In a separate wok, heat oil over high heat. Add minced ginger and garlic plus 2 tbsp chili bean paste, and stir-fry until fragrant.
8. Add an appropriate amount of water and bring to a boil over high heat, then add the blanched rabbit meat and cook for 2-3 minutes.
9. Add the julienned young ginger and cook for 1-2 minutes.
10. Add the celery segments to the pot.
11. Add the Erjingtian green chilies and bird's eye chilies.
12. Keep the heat on high the entire time. When the pot is bubbling vigorously, turn off the heat. Before serving, add 2 tbsp soybean soy sauce, 1 tbsp Sichuan peppercorn oil, 1 tbsp sugar, and 1 tbsp salt to season.
13. Transfer to a serving bowl. Finished dish.
14. Close-up shot — the rabbit meat is incredibly tender, with a numbing, spicy, savory flavor that's absolutely addictive!
15. Doesn't this make you hungry?
16. Absolutely delicious, right?