We?re lucky to live in a city with handy access to a variety of Asian supermarkets, where grocery shopping often doubles as full-immersion education, but by far our favorite is Spring Garden Market at 4th and Spring Garden. Of the ones we?ve visited in the city, SGM is the largest/cleanest/best organized, and its aisles are stuffed with whoa. Each trip brings a new revelation, but last week, we said what the hell and picked up some Xiao Meng Xiang Hot Pot Soup Mix, a quick-and-dirty Sichuan-style hot pot mix that will let you whip up a rather amazing hot pot noodle/whatever dish in record time. Underneath that seemingly innocuous-enough packaging is a smaller clear envelope containing a sort of red paste that immediately registered with us as ?DANGEROUS, DO NOT TOUCH EYE AFTER TOUCHING THIS, LEST YE ACQUIRE THE MOTHER OF ALL JALAPENO EYES.?
Cautiously, we proceeded, sweating carrots, celery and garlic in a soup pot before adding the water and the mix. We then combined it with some wider Korean noodles (egg-noodle-ish ones), sliced of grilled, soy sauce-marinated chicken breast, cilantro and fresh green onions, and went to town. It looked like this:
We do not mind telling you: It was spicy and delicious, and done in under 30 minutes. Just remember: DO NOT TOUCH EYE.
Source: http://www.phoodie.info/2012/02/08/dept-of-things-we-found-at-spring-garden-market-xiao-meng-xiang-hot-pot-soup-mix/
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