First of all, let me explain that I only introduce southern hot pot. I don’t eat much northern hot pot. I only tried one and I was allergic to it. As a native Chongqing person, when I eat spicy food, the taste is a bit strong. I have to add a lot of extra Sichuan peppercorns to any hot pot base, otherwise it will not be flavorful enough. So just because I’m not spicy doesn’t mean you’re not spicy.

The first one, Hong Jiujiu

Comments, it is full of braised aroma, ruddy in color, not spicy, the base ingredients are ground very fine, and the subsequent taste is average. There are very few additives. It can be seen from the ingredient list of Hongjiujiu that there are no other additives except the necessary disodium nucleotide. At the same time, Hong Jiujiu is also the brand I despise the most. The reason is that in 2013, CCTV exposed the huge "gutter oil" manufacturer and seller in Jiangsu Province (now using Hong Jiujiu and gutter oil as keywords, you can't find anything at all. Baidu and Soso has no results, my butt is wiped very clean, and I can only find it by using the "gutter oil" case of Jiangsu's largest manufacturer). To be honest, this happened as soon as it happened, because everyone knows about procurement, and it was probably just a personal act of receiving kickbacks. I wouldn't blame your entire brand, right?

But why do I look down on Hong Jiujiu, which has annual sales of more than 700 million, because of this? It's very simple. After the gutter oil was exposed, Hongjiujiu did not reduce the price but increased it by more than 20 yuan per item. That’s the problem. Ordinarily, there was a scandal in Hongjiujiu and it was exposed by CCTV. You should cut the price and promote it, right? Why is it still rising? I think it can only be explained that the reason why Hongjiujiu was so low-priced in the past was because of the waste oil it had been using. So when I saw Hong Jiujiu saying that quality is the key, I found it funny. The second one is the Qiaotou hot pot base that is most loved by those with heavy tastes. It is said to be a hot pot restaurant in the Xuantong period. Unfortunately, I didn’t notice it in a hot pot restaurant in Chongqing and only saw the hot pot base. People with heavy taste basically like it.

Comments, the color is red and bright, the aroma comes out as soon as you open the pot, and you can tell it is spicy as soon as you take the chopsticks. Not enough spicy aftertaste.

You don’t even need to cook this product, you can just use boiling water to get the fragrance out of the house. The reason is that all the additives you can think of are added for you, but everyone is just confused, so it doesn’t matter if the dosage is reasonable. The third one, Dezhuang, is famous throughout the country for the big pot on the cover. He first opened a hot pot restaurant and then started selling base ingredients. It is the one with the most complete range of hot pot products, please note, it is not one of them. The best-selling hot pot bases are generally only divided into butter and clear oil. This product is not only slightly spicy, medium spicy, or extra spicy, but also differentiates between oil and butter. There is also a commemorative version of their hot pot base that was created ten years ago, which is the most expensive and best hot pot base among the regular versions. There are also various boxed products in Chongqing, so I won’t list them all.

Comments, the color is dark red, the more it is cooked, the more fragrant it becomes, and the more it is cooked, the spicier it becomes. It didn't have much spicy taste when it was boiled, but it started to get spicy after cooking. Later, I simply simmered it for 10 minutes before eating it. There are no other additives except the necessary disodium nucleotide.