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 • Apr. 6, 2021

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

From Washington Post • Dec. 8, 2015

Yum said last week that it would wait for approval from regulators before making a formal offer for the remaining shares in the chain, which owns and operates Mongolian hot pot restaurants, primarily in China.

From Reuters • May 13, 2011

In 2009, he acquired a 27 percent stake in Little Sheep Group, a Hong Kong-listed company that operates 480 restaurants specializing in Mongolian hot pot dishes.

From Washington Post • Feb. 12, 2011

If the Kremlin no longer helps to orchestrate conflicts in remote countries, it presides over a veritable Mongolian hot pot of disorder at home.

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