Hot Pot is one of Sichuan's specialty food. There are all types of hot pots - spicy, non spicy, and with all different types of theme flavors. There are mainly two styles of hotpot that you order, either a "regular" hotpot or a "theme" hot pot such as frog hotpot, duck hot pot, mushroom hotpot, fish head hot pot, rabbit hot pot, eel hotpot, and so much more.

Sichuan hotpot is also very popular in xian In the past Sichuan Hot Pot was very spicy. Now people can taste hot pot with spicy, clear or milky soup. A hot pot may be divided into several parts, and a customer may instant boil food of three or four tastes in a same pot, in addition to various herbal medicinal hot pots. This kind of hot pot is suitable for the Chinese people from the south or the north, and for both Chinese and foreign customers. Its mutton, sugar garlic and seasoning are known as the best three of the hot pot world. Spicy Sichuan hotpot divides into half-spicy, half-not. There are three soups- spicy, clear or milky soup.

With the "regular" hot pots, you get the basic hot pot soup - either spicy, non-spicy, or a half and half pot. After deciding on the type of pot you want, you then order all types of foods to cook in the hotpot. You can order vegetables and meats such as beef, pork, lamb, chicken, duck, eel, rabbit, frog, fish, mushrooms, winter melon, lettuce, lotus root, tofu, rice noodles, and so much more. Generally, the hotpots are usually inexpensive, and the items cost anywhere from $2 yuan to $15 yuan.

With the "theme" hotpots, you must go to specialty hotpot restaurants that serve that theme. For example, a frog hotpot restaurant, a lamb hot pot restaurant, or a rabbit or duck hotpot restaurant. With this style, you get the main theme meat in the hot pot you order. A large pot costs around $50 yuan (more or less), and if you need additional meat, it will cost you by pound - ie. fish head hot pot usually cost around $15-$18 yuan per pound of fish head. Besides the main course in the hot pot, you can still order all types of other items as mentioned above in the same price range. A typical hot pot meal for 8 to 10 people will cost around $150 to $200 yuan. So it's very inexpensive.