Lancashire Hot Pot Recipe | Waitrose & Partners (2024)

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What is the difference between Lancashire hotpot and Irish stew? ›

* Lancashire hotpot includes kidney and Worcestershire sauce (probably a later addition), Irish stew never does. * Irish stew is cooked completely on the stove, whereas hotpot is cooked in the oven, so you don't get the layer of browned potatoes on top, rather potatoes that have stewed in considerably more liquid.

There are a few variations out there: some made without stock, some with carrots, some with oysters and/or kidneys. However, nearly every recipe does agree that this is a dish made with lamb, butter, onions and layers of potatoes.

The spicy and sometimes almost herbaceous character of Languedoc reds make them an ideal choice for this dish. Alternatively, head east to the Rhône Valley for some classic bottles to partner this traditional stew. Try Chilean syrah and carignan too.

The origins of Irish stew are somewhat shrouded in mystery, but it's believed to have originated in the 17th or 18th century. At that time, the dish was often made by shepherds and rural farmers who had access to only a few ingredients but needed a nourishing meal to sustain them through long days of work.

You can drink the broth throughout your meal or save it until the end when it's soaked up all the lovely flavours from your ingredients. Remember, it's a communal meal, so don't be greedy! Share out the food and enjoy the experience together.

The base soup, which already contains salt, is made more flavourful by adding slices of marinated pork, chicken, beef and organ meats such as liver, pork kidney, beef tripe. All of those are high in saturated fats. Even the chilli paste added to soups is sometimes fried with corn, soybean, olive or canola oil.

Hot Pot Ingredient List. Hearty and leafy, look for greens that retain texture after cooking like bok choy, watercress, snow pea leaves, Napa cabbage, Chinese spinach, gai lan and green onions. Look for daikon, carrots, small potatoes and either cut into cubes or thinly sliced.

Though all noodles are good noodles, I've recently started using mostly rice or bean-based varieties because they don't cloud the broth with starch or stick to the bottom of the pot (a pain during post-meal cleaning). My favorites include mung bean glass noodles, vermicelli, pho noodles, and egg noodles.

What to cook first in hotpot? ›

Put meat or fish balls into the hotpot first.

These will take around 5 minutes total to cook, so give them a head start before adding other ingredients. The balls should puff up and float once they're finished cooking. Always use caution when adding food to the hotpot because the broth could splash and cause burns.

Ingredients For Hot Pot Broth:

Chicken broth – We like to use chicken broth for it's light taste. You can also add beef or pork bone broth for extra creaminess. Shiitake mushrooms – I buy dried shiitake mushrooms and store them in my pantry and use them for broths and soups.

Some of the common types are shiitake, oyster, button or white, king, and enoki. Sometimes, I see beautifully yellow oyster mushrooms at Korean markets. I used them here. This hearty, steaming one-pot meal is a great way to enjoy healthy mushrooms with strong earthy flavors.

Whether it's catfish (鲶鱼), mullet (鲻形目), snakehead fish (黑鱼), cod (鳕鱼) or any other type of fish that might be on the menu, sliced fish fillets are a classic seafood addition to any hot pot. The pieces of fish are sliced then to make cooking them in the boiling broth much easier.

Hotpot: a mixture of meat and vegetables, usually including sliced potatoes, cooked slowly in a covered dish inside a cooker. Stew: a type of food consisting usually of meat or fish and vegetables cooked slowly in a small amount of liquid.

The main difference between an Irish stew and classic beef stew comes down to the protein. Traditional Irish stew is usually made with lamb, while beef stew is always made with beef. Our version includes beef chuck, which is less traditional, but easy to make and equally delicious.

Guardian food writer Felicity Cloake describes scouse as being similar to Irish stew or Lancashire hotpot, though generally using beef rather than lamb as the meat. While ingredients can vary, those essential are potatoes, carrots, onion and chunks of meat, with beef favoured over lamb.

Fricassees and blanquettes are “white” stews of poultry (in the case of fricassee), veal, or lamb. They are delicately flavoured with mushrooms, mild vegetables, and herbs; the sauce is thickened with egg yolks and cream.