Sichuanese usually dip in oil dishes when eating hot pot. Why?

The standard for Sichuan people to eat hot pot is to use the bottom of the pot. In our Sichuan people's view, the standard configuration for eating hot pot is to order a butter red pot first, and never order a Yuanyang pot. Hairy belly, duck intestines and yellow throat, these three dishes are necessary, commonly known as the three treasures of hot pot. Next, I don't care who likes what to eat.

there must be dishes dipped in sauce and sesame oil. You can't eat this hot pot without sesame oil. When eating hot pot in Sichuan, no one likes to use sesame sauce, chives and other sauces. Foreigners eat hot pot with sesame sauce, leek flower and so on as dipping sauce. In fact, this is also a continuation of the method of eating mutton. Because the bottom of the pot is basically all water, there is no spicy oil, so it is necessary to make up for it in the bowl. Sesame oil can also dilute a part of butter, which is beneficial to intestinal digestion. Some people suddenly eat too spicy and greasy, which is easy to upset their stomachs. Therefore, sesame oil dishes can play a role in cooling and moistening intestines in hot pot, reducing spicy taste and fragrance.

Some friends can eat spicy food themselves, so after using sesame oil dishes, they will feel that the spicy taste will be reduced. This kind of friends usually like to add a spoonful of soup to the bottom of the pot to increase the spicy taste. Many foreign friends can't stand this way of eating, so he doesn't recommend it. If you are not a Sichuanese and don't understand the mystery inside the oil dish, when a pot of steaming red hot pot is placed in front of you, it is not a complete hot pot. If there is no oil dish, then this hot pot is a hot pot without soul. Oil dishes, not only sesame oil, but also a lot of spices, can't be eaten at one breath.

In Sichuan, every family, old and young, eats Chili, and it is full of spicy. Hot pot is the best representative of Sichuan spicy food. Sichuanese eat hot pot not only to keep warm in winter, but also to eat hot pot in air-conditioned rooms in hot summer. When people eat hot pot, everyone will make an oil dish to dip in. The purpose of the oil dish is not to reduce heat. Some people think that the bottom material of hot pot is not spicy enough, so they add Chili powder or even rice spicy to the oil dish. You can eat as much dried Chili powder as you put in the oil dish.