Name: Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Olive oil; 4 cloves Garlic (peeled and chopped); 2 inch Ginger (knob peeled and grated or finely chopped); 1 Onion (peeled and sliced); 4 tbsp Red curry paste ((we like it spicy, adjust to your desired heat level)); 1 tsp Turmeric ( dried (optional)); 64 oz Pacific Food Organic Chicken Bone Broth ((reserve 16 oz for half way during the cooking process)); 3 tbsp Fish sauce; 1 tsp Sugar (or sugar alternative ); 1 pound Shrimp (uncooked peeled (We left the tail on)); 8 oz Tofu ( Extra firm cut into cubes ); 2 cup Baby Bok choy; 1 cup Shiitake mushrooms (sliced fresh); 1 cup Spinach (fresh); 8 oz Pad Thai rice noodles (dried); 1 lime juice (fresh, sliced into wedges to drizzle over the top); 1 bunch Cilantro (roughly chopped (optional)); 3 Green onions (chopped (optional)); Chili (fresh chilis chopped (optional)); 2 tbsp Sriracha sauce ((chili sauce) ); 2 tbsp Tamari (soy) Sauce; 2 tbsp Lime juice; 1 tsp Sesame oil; 1 clove Garlic (peeled and minced); 1/2 tsp sugar (or sugar substitute)

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Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot is an easy nourishing simmering pot of Thai spiced chicken bone broth served at the dining table allowing your guests to cook vegetables, seafood and noodles as part of a communal feast or individual soup bowls.

There is nothing better on a cool day than sitting in front of a simmering pot of delicious broth. Do you like to watch, listen and feel the warmth coming in from a good crackling campfire? Watching your fresh vegetables, proteins and noodles dancing in the hot pot whilst they are cooking is sure to make you feel warm and cozy. One dip into the sauce for a spicy finish and a slurp of the nourishing broth and you well on your way to Hot Pot heaven.

LOVING Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot

You are just going to love this Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot because it is filled with warming spices and is super easy to prepare. This Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot can be made as individual soup bowls. It is great way to refuel after a hard workout with plenty of nutrient rich leafy greens, omega fatty acid shrimp and anti-inflammatory spices. You can also prepare your Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot as a communal feast and have your guests do all the cooking. In addition, we have used only ingredients that you can find at the regular grocery store. You got to love that!

The temperatures are already dipping and it has been raining here all week. After all the years of living in Asia, our blood has gone thin. Have you ever been so cold that your fingers turn white? We are seriously chilled to the bone. When the temperatures drop, our family craves hot pot. Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot is just what you need to warm up from the inside out!

What is Hot Pot?

Have you have ever had an Asian Hot Pot? Hot pot is referred to by many names such as “Thai Suki” in Thailand, “shabu shabu” in Japan, “huǒguō” in China or sometimes called Steamboat and other names. Essentially, the concept of each hot pot is the same. Spices, herbs and ingredients are added to the simmering broth. Then, family and friends gather around the kitchen table. Using either a hot pot cooker or a portable burner with a pot, you cook your own vegetables, proteins, noodles, fish balls, tofu, mushrooms and sometimes even egg. Almost always there is some type of dipping sauce. Please check out our Chinese Hot Pot Recipe for other hot pot ideas.

Why you need to make this Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot at home!

Warms you right up

Cures what ails you with anti-inflammatory garlic, turmeric, ginger and chili.

Quick and easy 10 minute Thai simmering broth

Use whatever protein, vegetable or noodles your little heart desires

Fun and interactive dinner party gathering idea for the cooler months

Can be made as individual soup bowls

All prep can be done before your guests arrive

Gluten-free, Dairy-free

Fabulous way to replenish and refuel after a hard work out

Recipe prep clocks in under 30 minutes

Family and friends do all the cooking, you still might have to do the cleaning up part. (sorry,we can’t help you with that)

Low Carb (Keto Friendly) just skip the noodles

Thai Broth without all the fuss!

Our grandmother used to make the BEST bone chicken bone broth. However, who has hours and hours to make their own bone broth from scratch. Pacific Foods Organic Chicken Bone Broth is made with organic free range chicken bones, onion, apple cider vinegar and spices and slow simmered for hours, so we don’t have to. We love the fact that each container of bone broth has just a few simple ingredients with no added salt and is free from additives like MSG. Bone broth can be used to deepen flavor and add nutrition in dishes featuring beans and grains, as well as soups, gravies or our Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot.

Hot Pot Cures whatever ails you

It is the cold and flu season friends. The best way is to prevent, rather than cure. Packing in lots of garlic, ginger, turmeric and chili in your hot pot will keep you warm and help give you that health boost to increase your immunity. This week were starting to feel under the weather with a scratchy throat, sneezing and tired so we made ourselves an Individual Simple Thai Hot Pot Soup Bowl. It is soothing on your sour throat and just what your body is craving to get back on recovery.

If you want to make Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot for just one person, just make it like a soup and serve. After you make the Thai broth, add in your veggie, proteins and noodles of choice and simmer for a couple of minutes and serve. It is simple as that!

Why you need Bone Broth in Your Life

Did you know that for every 8 oz of Pacific Food’s Bone broth you will get 9 grams of natural occurring protein? That is more than a glass of milk with just 45 calories or less. The youngest in our family is a huge trail runner, even on those cold, wet and rainy days. Sipping warmed bone broth is a delicious way to recover post workout compared to sweet nutritional drinks, bars or yogurts. He has been heating up his bone broth before he heads up on his run and keeps it in an insulated mug for the ride home.

In addition, Pacific Food's bone broth also comes in these convenient little 8 oz packages ready to heat and sip on the go. When it is cold outside, we also love a nourishing cup of bone broth to sip. Unlike caffeinated coffee and tea, we can drink bone broth any time of the day. We like to sprinkle in a little red pepper flakes and ginger. Have you ever tried bone broth? Please tell us what your favorite way to drink or use bone broth in the comment section below.

Aromatics to add to your Thai Broth

Thai Cooking is all about the balance of four flavors; spicy, sour, sweet and savory. You can add any spices and herbs that your little heart desires. We wanted to make sure that you could find everything you needed easily at a regular grocery store. There is a nice balance of flavors with the fresh garlic, ginger, ground turmeric, red curry paste (spicy), Thai fish sauce (savory) and just a pinch of sweetener of choice (sweet). A little spritz of fresh lime juice (sour) just before serving is perfect. Do you have access to an Asian market? By all means, feel free to add kaffir lime leaves, lemon grass, galangal. If you do not have fish sauce, then you can salt and pepper to taste.

Delicious Food Ideas to add to your Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot

You can add anything your little heart desires to the hot pot. However, everything must be sliced thinly and quick cooking vegetables work best. Harder vegetable should be placed in the hot pot first as they take longer to cook.

Vegetable and mushroom Ideas

Carrot ribbons sliced with a peeler

Ultra-thin sweet potato slices

Baby Bok choy

Napa cabbage

Spinach

Broccoli or Gailan (Chinese Broccoli)

Shiitake mushrooms

Straw mushroom

Enoki mushrooms

Button mushrooms

Green onions

Leeks

Kale

Protein

Shrimp

Fish

Crab

Fish balls

Eggs

Chicken

Beef

Tofu

Tofu skins

Noodles

(We like to presoak our noodles for about 15 minutes so they don’t take so long to cook in the hot pot.)

Glass noodles

Rice pad thai noodles

Vermicelli

Mung bean noodles

Dumplings

Egg noodles

Wontons

Hot Pot Cooking Devices and Utensils

If you want to serve hot pot as an interactive dining experience, all you need is a hot pot device or a single portable burner and a pot. You can also make this recipe as delicious individual Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot Soups and serve to the table already cooked. If you like Thai recipes, you may want to try our Creamy Thai Sweet Potato Soup, Tasty Thai curry Bowls or our Thai Sweet Chili Pork Tenderloin.

Gather up cooking supplies for your family and friends such as tongs, long cooking chop sticks, strainers and such so they can drop in the items to be cooked and remove them when they are done cooking.

Dipping Sauce and Garnishes

If you like it spicy, we made a super simple dipping sauce with shriacha sauce, tamari (soy) sauce, sesame oil and lots of garlic of course. Fabulous to dip whatever you cooked in the hot pot in. We love cooking up our noodles, shrimp and vegetables and then ladle some of that magical spicy Thai bone broth over the top. The broth is the best part and it really is just what our body was craving on this cold and damp week. We then squirt a little fresh lime juice on top and garnish with chopped green onions, cilantro and a little Thai chili, if you dare.

Hot Pot Chef Notes

You can make as much as little Thai broth as you need for one up to many people. The ratio of broth to ingredients depends on the size of your pot. We have a clay pot that holds about 6 cups of broth and this was perfect for 4 people. Please note that your broth will evaporate while cooking hot pot. We always end up adding the other half container of Pacific Food Organic Bone broth to top it off half way during the cooking process.

Always, always, always cook your noodles very last or otherwise they will soak up all the liquid in your Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot.

Cook the hard vegetable first as they take longer to cook.

Adding a little extra dash of red curry paste or chilis along the way to keep the broth spicy is always welcomed by the chili heads in our family. You can make your broth as mild or as spicy as you like to suit your preference.

How can I make Simple Spicy Thai Hot Pot vegan or vegetarian?

Pacific Foods offers a wide variety of organic products, including flavorful soups, broths and stocks, as well as a broad range of plant-based beverages on the market. We would use a mushroom stock or vegetarian stock to replace the bone broth to keep it vegan. In addition, use salt and pepper to season to taste and exclude the fish sauce. Pack in the mushrooms, vegetarian dumplings, tofu and lots of leafy greens for a delicious bowl of comfort food.

More Delicious nourishing and comforting interactive fun meals to share with guests

Sukiyaki Beef Udon - Japanese

Heart of Fire Huo Guo (Hot Pot) - Chinese

Middle Eastern Party Feast

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