Hotpot Dipping Sauces (3 Must have!)

Hotpot Season is FINALLY here, and nothing is more important than having a fantastic dipping sauce to level up your hotpot game at home.

Here are THREE of my favorite hotpot dipping sauces that you need to try!

Each dipping sauce is unique and can transform your hotpot experience.

Which one is your favorite – Creamy Garlic Sesame Paste, Spicy Garlic Hot Sauce, or the classic Taiwanese Shacha dipping sauce?

I love nothing more than having Hotpot at home with friends and family, which is why Hotpot Dipping Sauces are so important!

If you have never tried Hotpot before, think of it as “Asian Fondue” but with broth instead.

Everyone cooks their own food in the simmering broth.

There are many different versions of hotpot broths; my personal favorite is using the duo Hotpot and having one mala spicy and one Chinese herbal soup.

Here are my favorite hotpot soup base options that I highly recommend!

The best part about Hotpot is that all the guests get to personalize their meal.

As a host, you prepare ingredients such as meats (thinly sliced chicken, pork, beef, or lamb), fish balls, seafood (shrimp, crab, clams), vegetables (napa cabbage, enoki mushrooms, lotus roots), noodles (vermicelli, udon, instant noodles), tofu options.

The choices are endless. While the broth provides alot of flavourful, what completes the dish is the hotpot dipping sauces.

Host a HotPot potluck this holiday season and make a DIY Hotpot Dipping Sauces station for your guests.

All you have to do is prepare some of the most common ingredients, such as garlic, cilantro, green onion, and red chili.

I love that even though most dipping sauces use similar ingredients, they can completely transform and personalize the sauce depending on how they like it.