How to: Mala Xiang Guo at Home! 

Hey Neighbors, we've just opened up our podcast! Over the last few years, we've been itching to find a space where we could chat in long-form. We wanted to chit-chat about those formative childhood stories as well as current reflections on coming-of-age! We also wanted a relaxed environment where we could open up about issues that are happening now. As well as the obligatory rants/tangents/lost-in-translation moments! If you want to join us beyond the kitchen... come grab a seat and listen to our first few episodes here on RU-vid 😛: ru-vid.com/show-UC5a02S9fzzMCRnAlr_POGZw Or iTunes here: podcasts.apple.com/kr/podcast/future-neighbor/id1516244220

my mala xiang guo must-have ingredients: instant noodles!!!, potato slices, crab sticks, enoki mushrooms. seriously guys instant noodles and potatos soak up that sauce real good u gotta tryyyy

You are my favorite channel!!! Love the recipes and all the work that goes into filming ! Keep up the awesome work!!!

Just found this channel and am so happy I did! You guys are awesome hosts and the videos are shot very well. Thank you and keep it up guys!

There are so many ingredients in this dish that I haven't had the chance to use, and some that I haven't even heard of. I'm excited to try to hunt all this down in the future. 😁 Everything looks so beautiful and welcoming. 😋 Thank you! 💜💚

You know who's my stress reliever? You guys videos! My bf and i religiously watch your channel, i already tried so many recipies and they always came out perfect

Oh wow this looks amazing. I still haven't tried dried hotpot but love Chinese flavours so will have to try and find the sauce! Love wood ear mushrooms and those tofu sticks too!

ah I love mala xiang guo! I've only had it in restaurants before. definitely gonna try making it at home!

Yummmmmm I wish I can try that :) looks amazing! thank you for sharing!!

I was adopted from Korea, but have white parents. I consider you and Maangchi my long lost Korean parents!

This is actually my favourite kind of stir-fry, lots of crunch. I will try this!

Excited for this!

Thanks for posting this! I've been craving mala xiang guo recently :D

so glad I found your channel! great content

i never saw him happy like that :)

i tried cooking with this brand's mala stir fry sauce too. the taste is super amazing and i've been buying it since. :)

This was a really great video! Thank you so much 🙏🏼

Wow that looks awesome🤤 venturing out to the asian market will definitely be worth it

SUBSCRIBED!!! thanks for sharing. I"m going to try this tonight

Thank you for sharing, i love these stir fry bowls I always get them when im in flushing in queens its amazing

This looks very delicious. I'll have to try this out cause I'm a sucker for that Sichuan heat🤩

Thanks again for another great instructional. Will visit the Chinese market tomorrow and make this happen. Can hardly wait.

Yum! Daniel! That looks so much better than my steel cut oatmeal and eggs lol. I've wanted to try lotus roots forever... but they only sell frozen ones or already cooked ones at my local hmart and 99ranch. Definitely a bucket list meal!

I was making a version of this at a "make your own" hot pot place, just missing a few of the ingredients from here. Its amazing, wish I could go back to it.

Future Neighbor! Hey! I randomly remembered you from when you first started out and you asked me for some recommendations. I don't know if you will see this but I'm so happy to see your channel grew so much when I was busy. You did the budae jjigae and kimbap suggestions, so cool. Best wishes.

Yesssssss.....I definitely like ingredients that sing to my tastebuds. I'm glad that you showed us the noodles you used. When it comes to buying Asian noodles I'm confused and lost sometimes on what to choose. Love your recipes....I will be adding some of these ingredients (like the tofu skin) to my shopping list. Super happy that my local market has fresh wood ear mushrooms(something about that crunch.....i can't quit it)🤤. Thanks again for always adding delicious flavor inspiration to my week.

Ppl love korean foods .. And koreans love Chinese foods 🤣💕

The Ma La Xiang Guo sauce you have is from Hai Di Lao, which is the largest hot pot chain in the world. Their hot pot soup base is readily available in all Chinese markets over the world so this shouldn't be difficult to find. Also, you can use the Ma La sauce for the hot pot for the Ma La xiang guo as well (they are interchangeable). The main difference is that the hot pot version contains beef fat as the oil, so it comes as a solid instead of a liquid. I actually find this version to be easier to use for MLXG because the sauce is easier to portion (it's solid so you can cut it up with a knife and use as much or as little as you want). I would personally skip adding oil to the pan to fry the garlic and ginger, and just add the sauce right away since there's already so much oil in the sauce. Your version looks great!

i am definitely going to try this one

My favourite. U can try sprinkling toasted peanuts in it too, would taste amazing

That really looks very delicious.

That’s look so good! Slobber 🤤 here!!👍❤️

Oh man, I love watching your videos. You sound sweet . I wish my neighbors were like you.

Looks so yummy!

Add some black Chinese vinegar(if available) at the end of cooking for the additional flavour. Btw this is my clear fridge dish, u can throw in anything u have, popular ingredients to throw in are luncheon meat & blanced instant noodles!

This ready-made Hai Di Lao basic stir fry sauce is VEGETARIAN guys! For those vegetarians out there, you are not missing out :)

Love to watch your videos from 🇳🇵

Woooow this is soooo good...thanks for sharing this love it👍😋👌😎😍

My favorite dish!!!

I really like this combination of ingredients. I was wondering if Lee Kim Kee makes a version of this sauce?

Looks delicious

I keep having this spicy mala xiang guo with chicken, seafood, fresh tofu, dry tofu, tofu skin, enoki mushroom, black fungus, potato and cauliflower garnished with spring onions and sesame seeds. The flavour is an explosion in your mouth! It is so so good but I need to learn making this at home! Thank you for the recipe!

I use the haidilao mala paste too and omg it absolutely burns my lips off. I have to have it every week!

one of my favorites - that sauce packet is great but very spicy if you use the whole thing for those who are planning to make it! make sure you have enough ingredients for the sauce.

im from singapore and we have a lot of mala xiang guo here!!! u should try adding enoki mushrooms , instant ramen noodles and spam into it!!

Love your video tutorial! I’m gonna cook MALA CING GUO for the first time tonight! Instead of rice I’m gonna use instant noodle. I’m definitely gonna slice of garlic slices for extra fragrance! Thanks for making this video exciting!

My favorite!!!

It's just seem delicious 🤤🤤 I gonna try it, hoping to find the ingredients in the only Asian market of Cork (Ireland) where I live!

Hello sir, Thank you si much for sharing the lively ma la xian gua . i tried twice with the readmade sauce from china . onexe in kuala lumpur mala mala restaurent . it was amazingly tasety . i am tanking you for sharing .

Looks yum

The best part of Chinese food, love it and miss it..

OMG, I’m Chinese and I’ve never had this. Definitely going to try this.

That looks so good. I would use less spice though. Thanks.

Add some spam in as well! It tastes great!

I would love to see more wood eat mushroom recipes!

I usually add chicken to make this Mala dish...sometimes I will add some small abalone with chicken together. It’s so addictive!

I like to add fried potato slices and spam! The potato was a new discovery for me but so good!

I use to order this all the time when living in Beijing. Really missing these flavors.

Does the mala paste have MSG? Are there other store bought pastes that don't have MSG?

Lotus roots are a MUST 😍 could you recommend us your fav mala sauce? 🙏

You can tell how powerful this dish is by comparing his faces of before the dish and after the dish.

Can you make a video on how to make the malaxiangguo paste at home

look so delicious... 🤤🤤🤤

dude r those fresh wood ear mushrooms? where did u get those?

Tip: When you add the noodles, sprinkle a pinch of sugar and it tastes heavenly. Tiny pinch 🤏 so it's not sweet but it's just good.

I really love your videos and the food… but since I’m on a diet I have no idea what I can eat 😂 Can I eat everything you cook but only half portion ?

I hope one day I could enjoy the spicy level of this dish. Alas my taste buds are cowards. It looks so yummy!

It is also know as dry hot pot where I live.

Our favourites are intestines, tripes, quail eggs, luncheon meat and enoki mushrooms! Yum 🤤

Can you make a video on how to make malaxiangguo paste at home?

yay!!

Off topic- can you guys do a chapssal donut video please. Thanks!

dude hell yeah

So good

Hi From Indonesia. I loooove your videos. Very nice commentary going on.. Just like chatting with a neighbor. I have 1 question. I can't eat spicy food but would love to try More korean food. Any not spicy recipe?

Don’t we have to boil the lotus root??? What should I do about it? It’s very hard to

Your wife is such a lucky girl..... I try to cook at home too for my wife. It is fun:)

Thank you so much for Thai language

I will wait you release the homemade mala sauce jar recipe. Make it into 5 minute mala xiang guo recipe like sundubu jiggae lol

Wow wow wow

Add Sichuan peppercorns into this hehe. Plus I like spam and pork belly with my MLXG :D

replace mala sauce with small red chilli fresh ones.? Not same taste but hot

Must always add hot pot pork belly! It makes it even better

Mushroom is beautiful

Often cook Korean food at home....my favourite ingredients for Mala xiangguo are luncheon meat，shrimp and lotus...

actually，vegetables like mushroom should be parboiled in boiling water first, because thirts still in the saoking vegetales

Your pronunciation is good haha, confirmed by Chinese. 👍👍

Delicious . . . . . . 🤤🤤🤤🤤🥰🥰

HI!! Really awesome video and I love your content. You have the pronunciation very close...it's shiang goo [it's just the second word you are off a tiny bit on]. Shiang goo means mushroom in Chinese. Keep up the awesome work! Love to Katie!

Ah, you're using the Hai Di Lao brand of mala stir fry sauce.

A bit light on the x and the g, otherwise it's nice of you showing this. In Singapore, it's also quite a craze! Except I'm a bit tight on money and the current condition of the world right now, and the fact there's hardly any friends to eat with and the inability to eat on spot is definitely limiting... Those are the two conditions MXG would taste good! Anyway, nice work!

What market did you get your Mala sauce from....emart...lotte mart?

No matter what you say, because you cut and placed those chilies, I‘d use them. I think you’re hiding something If I don‘t! 😉

I'm Chinese, and your mandarin pronounciation is pretty right! Great recipe, and that sauce packet is produced by the most popular hotpot chain restaurant in our country, super authentic!

perfect looking dry spicy numbing hot pot！ #麻辣香鍋

My favorite food in China miss you china

My favorite takeout is Mala Lamb with basil. Never thought about buying the sauce and making it at home. Thanks!

Wow! It looks so appetizing! Chicken goes well with the mala sauce too! Make sure you don’t soak the wood ear over night though!

Ate mala xiang more than 100 times in canteen and still like it.

i think something vital is missing!! the peanuts! it makes all the difference!