Ginseng Chicken Hot Pot

[Raw Materials] Ginseng 20 grams, hen meat 1500 grams, rehydrated sea cucumber, beef ring, lean pork each 200 grams, lean pork, pig tongue, carrot, lettuce each 150 grams, pea shoots, fermented rice wine juice each 100 grams, cooking wine 50 ml, Sichuan pepper 10 grams, soy sauce 15 ml, refined salt, rock sugar, green onion each 15 grams, monosodium glutamate 5 grams, ginger 20 grams, ground pepper 3 grams, fresh broth 2500 ml.
[Preparation]
1. Wash ginseng, briefly boil in a little water, remove, slice, then return to original pot and simmer for 15 minutes, remove and place in bowl, keep soaked in original broth. Wash hen meat, pat dry, cut into 4 cm cubes, blanch in boiling water, remove. Remove tendons from lean pork, blanch in boiling water, remove, slice. Scrape and clean pig tongue, blanch in boiling water. Clean sea cucumber, slice thinly, soak in water. Remove skin and tendons from beef ring, score with floral cuts, split open, cut into about 8 cm strips. Peel carrots and lettuce, remove strings, slice. Wash pea shoots. Crush green onions, cut into segments. Place all ingredients except hen cubes and ginseng slices separately on plates for serving.
2. Heat pan over fire, add pork fat until medium hot, fry ginger, green onion, Sichuan pepper until fragrant, then add hen cubes, salt, soy sauce, cooking wine, fermented rice wine juice, rock sugar, stir for a while, add fresh broth, bring to boil, add ground pepper, monosodium glutamate, boil for 10 minutes—ready for dipping various ingredients. Serve with sesame oil, garlic paste, vinegar, salt as dipping sauce, and drink the broth.
[Usage] Serve as meal accompaniment.
[Benefits] Tonifies deficiency, supports vital energy, anti-aging, nourishes both qi and blood, prevents collapse, generates body fluids, calms the spirit.
[Notes] This medicinal soup has delicious flavor and rich nutrition. Ginseng is a precious herb, known as "divine grass" in ancient times. It is sweet and slightly bitter, warm in nature, enters the spleen, lung, and heart meridians, with benefits of tonifying deficiency and resisting aging. Hen meat tonifies deficiency, boosts qi, nourishes blood. Together, they strengthen vital energy, nourish liver and kidneys, calm the spirit, suitable for fatigue due to overwork, deficiency cough, shortness of breath, yang deficiency, night sweats, palpitations, memory loss, dizziness, headaches, female menorrhagia, and long-term weakness.