Mongolian hot pot

American  

noun

Chinese Cooking.

1. a stewlike dish of sliced meat, seafood, and vegetables cooked together in hot broth, often in a clay pot, and seasoned with a hot sauce.

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Etymology

Origin of Mongolian hot pot

First recorded in 1965–70

Example Sentences

There is Beijing Mongolian hot pot with lamb, Chongqing hot pot with chili and Sichuan peppercorn, and Taiwanese hot pot with a dipping sauce of satay and raw egg.

From Los Angeles Times

Other outsiders have since arrived: Last summer, Kao Sarn Thai Street Food debuted inside the Saigon West wing, and a few months later, the Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot chain opened an outlet in the former Spicy Bar & Grill space, adding a Mongolia-influenced Chinese flavor to the sprawling center.

From Washington Post

The San Gabriel Valley is home to every imaginable style of hot pot, but at Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot, there are no less than 36 ingredients in the broths.

From Los Angeles Times

If that’s not enough, Little Sheep, a Mongolian hot pot chain owned by the monolithic Yum!

From Washington Post

Little Sheep Mongolian Hot Pot: A location of the popular hot pot chain in China opened in Old Town earlier this summer.

From Los Angeles Times