Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, fried stuffed lotus root. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Super easy pan-fried stuffed lotus roots with minced pork filling and a spicy dip. Lotus root (莲藕) is a popular root ingredient in China. It is actually the steam of the plant with a crunchy texture. You may hear of the name of the lotus flower.
Fried Stuffed Lotus Root is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Fried Stuffed Lotus Root is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fried stuffed lotus root using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Fried Stuffed Lotus Root:
- Take About 40 thin slices Lotus Root *thawed if frozen
- Prepare Potato Starch Flour for coating
- Take Oil for frying
- Prepare Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix) *optional
- Get Filling
- Take 250 g Minced Chicken, Prawns OR Pork
- Take 1 small piece Ginger *grated
- Take 1 Spring Onion *finely chopped
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- Prepare White Pepper as required
- Get Sauce
- Get 1/4 cup Dashi Stock OR Chicken Stock *OR Water
- Take 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
- Take 1 tablespoon Mirin
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Potato Starch
First cut should not be completed, second one is. Stuffed Lotus Root is great for a bento side dish and also served as a snack with alcohol. Enjoy the texture of the crispy lotus root! Mobile(AMP) Stuffed Lotus Root with Ground Pork Mixture.
Steps to make Fried Stuffed Lotus Root:
- Combine Minced Chicken (OR Prawns or Pork), grated Ginger and Spring Onion in a bowl. Season with Salt & White Pepper.
- Spread Lotus Root slices on a large tray, sprinkle with Potato Starch and coat both sides. Sandwich the filling with 2 Lotus Root slices that are similar in size.
- Fry with a generous amount of Oil in a frying pan over medium heat until filling is cooked and outside is crispy.
- Drizzle with the sauce and sprinkle with some Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix), and enjoy. *Note: To make the sauce, cook all the sauce ingredients in a saucepan until thick.
Enjoy the texture of the crispy lotus root! Mobile(AMP) Stuffed Lotus Root with Ground Pork Mixture. Lotus seeds can be boiled and added to dessert soups or ground to make lotus seed paste, a common ingredient in sweets like mooncakes and daifuku. Wash and lotus root and cut it thinly. Then spread meat on top of each cut of lotus root.
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