Sinseollo (Royal Hot Pot)
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The Tale of Sinseollo (Royal Hot Pot)
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Sinseollo, an elaborate hot pot of meat, seafood, vegetables, and nuts arranged in a special brass vessel with a charcoal chimney at its center, was a dish of the Joseon dynasty royal court. Its name evokes an image of immortals gathering around the pot, and it remains one of the most visually striking dishes to survive from Korea's royal cuisine.
Ingredients
Scale:· 6 servings
- 1/2 lb beef, thinly sliced
- 6 cups beef stock
- 1/2 lb white fish fillet, sliced
- 4 oz beef meatballs, seasoned
- 4 eggs, some fried as thin sheets and sliced, one reserved
- 1 carrot, sliced decoratively
- 4 shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 1 cup watercress or spinach
- 10 walnuts and pine nuts
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- 1Season the beef stock with soy sauce, salt, and pepper, then bring to a gentle simmer.
- 2Arrange the sliced beef, fish, meatballs, sliced egg sheets, carrot, and mushrooms decoratively in concentric circles inside a traditional sinseollo brazier pot around the central chimney.
- 3Tuck watercress, walnuts, and pine nuts among the arranged ingredients.
- 4Pour the hot seasoned stock carefully around the arranged ingredients, filling the pot.
- 5Place hot charcoal in the central chimney of the brazier to keep the broth simmering at the table.
- 6Let everything cook gently for 10-15 minutes until heated through.
- 7Serve directly from the pot, ladling broth and ingredients into individual bowls.
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