Yipinguo is a very special dish originating from the Anhui region, 16th century, that has been highly appraised by the Chinese Emperor back then. Nowadays, Anhui is known as one of China’s 8 greatest culinary traditions. Try & find out why!

This dish has 3 special features:

• The ingredients have been carefully selected according to the rules of compatibility of Chinese medicine.
• Unlike other hot pot dishes, Yipinguo is layered according to the cooking time of the ingredients. Therefore, the lower layers have a longer cooking time than the higher ones. It is not allowed to stir the pot or change the layering.
• Unlike other hot pot dishes, Yipinguo is cooked before being served to customers.

Try this majestic dish now to impress your table guests!

Preparation time 3 hours
Type Hotpot
Origin Anhui, China
Servings 4-5

Preparation
Step 1
Fill the hotpot according to the following layers:

LAYER 1: Chinese herbs & hard vegetables

• ½  sliced daikon*
• 1 sliced carrot
• 150g bamboo shoots
• handful of dried almonds
• handful of dried wolfberries

LAYER 2: Meat

• 1 sliced chicken fillet
• 10 meatballs (beef)

LAYER 3: Seafood

• 10pcs prawns*
• 2pcs sliced abalone*

LAYER 4: Mushrooms

• 10 dried shiitake mushrooms
• 10 dried black fungus
• handful of dried lily buds

GARNISHING LAYER: Tofu

• 8 fried tofu cubes*
• 1 sliced tofu block*

*Available in the fresh department of our physical stores. Check the locations of Amazing Oriental stores here.

Step 2
Fill the pot with chicken stock until it is just above the ingredients.

Step 3
Bring the pot to boil. Once it boils, simmer on medium heat for 2 hours, and add stock every once in a while to refill until the original level.

Step 4
Ready to serve.

Let’s dig in and discover this tasty sensation layer by layer!