A seemingly inexhaustible supply of materials should be kept on hand for diners to choose from. For protein, there is chicken, beef, mutton, pork and all kinds of seafood. Vegetables include Chinese cabbage, a kind of spinach, sliced tomatoes, green peppers, bean curd, noodles, and dumplings filled with fish or egg. Ingredients, soup stock and dip vary according to the provincial style of the restaurant.
沙茶火鍋可以擱的材料很多，除了肉類（牛肉、羊肉、豬肉）、蔬菜、豆腐、粉絲之外，還可依個人的喜好加上魷魚、豬血、鴨血、魚丸、脆丸、貢丸、魚板、甜不辣、蝦餃、魚餃、蛋餃、金針菇、洋菇等，嗜食海鮮的人也可加一點蝦、蟹、蚌、蚵。